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Obituary: Henry Allen Buchanan (1914 - 2008)

Mr. Buchanan was a major force in the trucking industry in South Central Kentucky

Henry Allen Buchanan, Jr. of Campbellsville, son of the late Henry Allen Buchanan, Sr. and Bessie Gaines Buchanan, was born September 30, 1914, in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 6:52pmET, Monday, November 17, 2008 in Campbellsville, KY, at the age of 94.

He professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church.

He united in marriage to Louise Parrott October 19, 1951. She preceded him in death August 5, 2003.




He was reared on the Buchanan Family Farm where he helped in the sawmill business. On December 31, 1949, he bought Central Transfer Company and McKinley Nance Trucking Company and then became Central Motor Express which operated from 1953 through 1983. He then retired from Central Motor Garage in 2006.

He is survived by two sons: Fred H. Buchanan of Campbellsville and William O. Bill Buchanan and wife, Ann of Louisville; two step-grandchildren: Charity Peterworth and Matt Watson of Louisville; one sister-in-law, Sue Buchanan of Montrose, Alabama; one nephew, William Gaines Buchanan of Mobile, Alabama; three nieces, Nancy Buchanan, Bobbie Sheily and Elizabeth Miller of Burkesville and many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by one son, Henry Allen Buchanan, III October 30, 2003 and two brothers and one sister: Richard W. Buchanan, Lee G. Buchanan and Alethea Walker.

The funeral servcie was at 11:00amET,Thursday, November 20, 2008 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville with Dr. Skip Alexander and Dr. J. Chester Badgett the officiating clergy.

The burial was in the Brookside Cemetery in Campbellsville, KY.

Pallbearers were Walter Helm, Don Judd, Junior Moore, David Mouseer, Raj Sublett, and Fred Waddle.

Honorary pallbearers were Kenneth Colvin, Eddie Franklin, Dave Geralds, Roy Graham, Fuller Harding, Ken Hedrick, Byron Sanders, Bobby Wilson, Clarence "Frog" Wilson.


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