He was preceded in death by nine brothers; one sister; and two grandchildren, Shannon Lora Smith and Elcer Boone Pursiful.
Funeral Services were held at 1 p.m. Friday, April 21, at Lusk-McFarland Funeral Home with the Rev. Sandy Sanders officiating. Burial followed at 3 p.m. at the Hunt Family Cemetery in Estill County.
Pallbearers were Nathaniel Arvin, Danny Joe Smith, Mike Erlewein, Ricky Lee Erlewein, Anthony Goosey, and James William Arvin.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the Salvation Army.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Lusk-McFarland Funeral Home. Visit www.lusk-mcfarland.com to view the guestbook.
Jensen Cooper
April 6, 2006 - April 22, 2006
Jensen Gage Cooper of Nicholasville, the infant son of Christopher Lee and Angie Cross Cooper of Eaglenest Drive, died April 22.
He is also survived by three sisters, Lexus, Shaylin and Kyliee Cooper; a brother, Trenton Cooper; maternal grandparents, Kevin and Ruth Cross and the late Susan Stevens; paternal grandparents, John; and his special nanny, Maria Dunaway; great grandparents, Elmer and Eunice Gray, of Indiana; and many other relatives.
He was preceded in death by a grandfather, Jerry Griffin.
Services were held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday at Lighthouse Baptist Church.
Bearers were his family.
Honorary bearers were John and Nathan Dunaway and Kevin Cross.
Edna Eldridge
Aug. 13, 1910 - April 23, 2006
Edna M. Fain Eldridge, 95, a resident of 256 Blueberry Lane in Nicholasville for more than 20 years, died Sunday, April 23, at Royal Manor Nursing Home.
Born in Lancaster, she was a daughter of the late John W. and Volona B. Jackson. She was a homemaker and attended Tabernacle Baptist Church in Nicholasville.
Survivors are her children and their spouses, William Clarence and Betty Fain, Wilma Blanch and Donald Fugate, Lewis Walker and Barbara Fain, Charles Edward and Donna Fain, and Ralph Gordon and Denise Fain; 18 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William K. Fain, two daughters, Clara Elizabeth Becknell and Linda Rose Nantz, a son, Hubert Joseph Fain, four sisters, Lyda Cummins, Lucille Lane, Mary Underwood, and Margaret Hutchinson; and one brother, Jim Bradley.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home on Main Street in Lexington by the Rev. R.J. Morelli.
Burial was at Lexington Cemetery.
Marvin Wolford
Dec. 28, 1932 - April 24, 2006
Marvin S. Wolford, 73, of Lowry Lane in Wilmore, died on Monday afternoon, April 24th, at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington.
Born Dec. 28, 1932, to Stanley and Alice Wolford of Abingdon, Ill., Marvin married Jean Roberson of Abingdon on Dec. 19, 1957. They were married in New York on the "Bride and Groom" TV show.
She survives.
Marvin is also survived by three sons and their wives; Tom and Donna of Fredericksburg, Va., Steve and Debbie of Irvine, Calif., Andy and Dana of Wilmore; five grandsons; a granddaughter; his brother, Arthur; and a sister and her husband, Patricia and Dunlap, both of Abingdon.
After Abingdon High School, Marvin attended Western Illinois State Teacher's College (University), completing his degree in agriculture education at the University of Illinois. He attended Asbury Theological Seminary, and received his Master's of Divinity at Candler's School of Theology at Emory University. He earned his Doctorate in Missions at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
