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Mrs. Theda Ganal Polston Baker (1933-2011)

She was a native of Clinton Co., KY, born New Years Day, 1933. She was a member of a large, respected Cumberland Co., KY family. She leaves 40 direct living descendants. She was a member of the New Horizons United Methodist Church in Anderson, IN
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Mrs. Theda Ganal Polston Baker, age 78, of Anderson, IN., formerly of Cumberland Co., Ky., passed away on Friday May 13, 2011 at the St. Johns Medical Center in Anderson, IN.

Graveside Services will be held on Monday May 16, 2011 at 10amCT at the Myers Ridge Cemetery in Cumberland Co., KY, with Rev. Gary Cash officiating. No visitation prior to the service.


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Mrs. Theda Ganal Polston Baker (1933-2011)



2011-05-15 - 601 N. Main ST, Burkesville, KY - Photo from Norris-New Funeral Home.
Mrs. Theda Ganal Polston Baker, Cumberland Co., KY (1933-2011)

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Mrs. Patricia K. Hofem Keen Joyce (d. May 11, 2011)

She was a native of Milwaukee, WI, and came to Cumberland Co., from Hollywood, CA. She was an insurance representative for the Anthem Blue Cross Co., and a member of Whites Chapel United Methodist Church.
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Mrs. Patricia K. Hofem Keen Joyce, age 76 of Bowling Green, Ky., formerly of Cumberland Co., KY, passed away on Wednesday May 11, 2011 at the Medical Center in Bowling Green, KY.

Funeral Services were held on Saturday May 14, 2011 at 11amCT,. in the Memory Chapel of Norris-New Funeral Home, 601 N. Main ST, Burkesville, KY, with burial in the Stockton Cemetery in the Wash's Bottom Community of Cumberland Co., KY.


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2011-05-15 18:34:10 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Letter from 3Trees church Alabama tornado relief group

Sally Kemp writes:
Ed, I just wanted to, again, extend thanks to you and Linda for supporting our (group from 3Trees Church) trip to Alabama with publicity! You guys rock when a crisis, need, fundraising, or event for the community is organized! I really appreciate all you do.

Thanks guys! Be blessed! - Sally Kemp
Thanks! We were so proud of you and all the groups who made and are making a special effort in the tornado relief effort. - EW


2011-05-15 18:16:36 | Comments | Printable version

Garland Brinkley Russell, Green Co., KY (1942-2011)

He was a member of a large, respected, Green Co., KY, family, with family ties in Adair and Green Counties. He was of the Baptist faith and was a truck driver for Buckhorn Block Company
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Mr. Garland Brinkley Russell of Grab Community of Green Co., KY departed this life on Friday, May 13, 2011 at the Jane Todd Crawford Hospital. He was 68 years, nine months and 29 days of age.

The funeral services for Mr. Garland Brinkley Russell will be conducted at 11amCT, Monday, May 16, 2011 at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S. Main ST, Greensburg, KY, with burial to follow in the Bethlehem Cemetery. Dr. Gary Ervin and Bro. Trent Davis will be officiating. Visitation is requested from 4 until 9pmCT, Sunday, May 15, 2011, at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home and after 7amCT, Monday until time of the funeral service.


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2011-05-15 17:40:42 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Perkins family is missing dog, Charlie, a Shih-tzu mix

Jennifer Perkins writes:
Missing our dog: His name is Charlie, he is a brown and white Shih-tzu mix. He's been missing from the Longhunters Subdivision since May 14, 2011. If you have seen him or know where he may be please call me at 1 (270) 250-2805.Thanks, -Jennifer
See Animals for this and other Pets classifieds>


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(Ad) Fresh strawberries wanted

Estelene Hayes writes:
Strawberries wanted: Does anyone have fresh strawberries for sale? If so, please call (270) 384-3060. -Estelene Hayes
Posted in memory of Monty Gadberry, revered Strawberry grower of Gadberry, KY.


2011-05-15 10:48:08 | Comments | Printable version

Poetry by Robert Stone: You will rise, a villanelle

You will rise
-a villanelle for Linda Regula
When you declare that you know, you know lies,
then suddenly for you will truth unfold.
When you decide that you will, you will rise.

When memories are stones the bad incise,
then chisel change the terrors there inscrolled.
When you declare that you know, you know lies.

When possibilities undim your skies,
then shiver shake the fears that once controlled.
When you decide that you will, you will rise.

When past despair all future hope defies,
then bravely breathe the new foretold.
When you declare that you know, you know lies.

When daybreaks difficult are soiled with sighs,
then grooving grasp the promises enrolled.
When you decide that you will, you will rise.

When you once empty now are filled with cries,
then always you respect must high uphold.
When you declare that you know, you know lies.
When you decide that you will, you will rise.

- Robert Stone, 15 May 2011
The next earlier Robert Stone poetry A strange and distant former home A sonnet for Timothy Frank Spruill


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100 years ago: Commencement week on Arbor Vitae hill

Prophetic Words:
Columbia has almost doubled its population in the last eight years, and its rapid rise is due in great measure to the Lindsey-Wilson. That the school will continue to prosper, the town continue to advance in growth, no one who is acquainted with the workings of the institution, has the slightest pretext to deny. - JOHN ED MURRELL, in the Adair County News, May 24, 1911

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By Jim
100 years ago: Commencement week on Arbor Vitae hill
Commencement at "the Lindsey-Wilson" was considerably different a century ago.

The end-of-term activities kicked off on Saturday, May 13th, with the annual L.W.T.S. (Lindsey Wilson Training School) Field Day, for which the admission fee was twenty-five cents, the prizes were plentiful, and the fun nearly endless. In some of the more unusual competitions, Guy Stevenson and Frank B. Hulse took first and second in the somersault race; Hulda McFarland and Leontine Leachman took top honors in the candy eating contest; and Miss Alva Knight of Jamestown carried the day in the girls' wheelbarrow race.


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2011-05-15 10:07:50 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History

Comments on Stamp out Hunger campaign

Comments re article 44342. Today Help Columbia KY Postal Carriers Stamp out Hunger

Carolyn Plahuta writes:
I'm all for helping the needy. But the hungry in Adair County and the rest of Kentucky wouldn't be as hungry if they spent their money on food instead of those expensive cigarettes. It seems to be the poor who smoke the most. -Carolyn Plahuta
Hope this doesn't mean you'd withhold food from hungry families just because a parent spends money on cigarettes. I can't think of any good reason not to support the Postal Carriers Stamp Out Hunger or the Food Pantry - especially not parental mishavior. Smoking would seem an unrelated matter. -Ed Waggener


2011-05-15 08:32:02 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Graduation information being posted as received

Graduation information is being posted as received from area colleges and universities.

We welcome submissions of news and photos from families, as well as any assistance in reminding institutional public relations departments to send material directly to ColumbiaMagazine.com

Priority is given to student and family oriented stories and photos. Graduate names and hometowns will be given the top priority and will be posted as received. -CM


2011-05-15 04:59:28 | Comments | Printable version

Brandon Kerr, Metcalfe Co., KY - 2011 Gatton Academy graduate

Brandon Kerr, Metcalfe Co., KY, was one of 60 students from 34 Kentucky Counties who were honored as Celebration of Commencement Weekend at Western Kentucky University continued on Saturday, May 14, 2011.

The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky honored its fourth graduating class of high school seniors, in Western Kentucky University's Van Meter Auditorium.


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Tom Chaney: Rumpole and the Primrose Path

Of Writers and Their Books Rumpole and the Primrose Path. First published in the Hart Co. News-Herald Sunday, 14 May 2006.
The next earlier column: Tom Chaney: The Unseen Savage of the White Man's Heart

By Tom Chaney

Rumpole and the Primrose Path

I must confess to an addiction from which I have recovered.

For years I regularly watched television. In Texas in 1964 fellow graduate students and I gathered at the house of one of our number every afternoon at 4:00 p.m. for a dose of Maverick reruns.


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Chuck Hinman. IJMA No. 359: Psychics: are they for real?

It's Just Me Again No. 359: Psychics: are they for real? For past Chuck Hinman columns, thumb back through Sundays with CM, reading ColumbiaMagazine.com as a Daily Newspaper.
Is Chuck Hinman your favorite Sunday with CM columnist, as many tell us? If so, we hope you'll drop him a line by email. Reader comments to CM are appreciated, as are emails directly to Mr. Hinman at: charles.hinman@sbcglobal.net

by Chuck Hinman

During the 1930's Mom discovered she had lost her diamond engagement ring. She searched high and low but to no avail.


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2011-05-15 03:38:20 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Chuck Hinman - Reminiscences

Rev. Joey N. Welsh: Twins, birthdays

Another Angle, the occasional musings of a Kentucky pastor. Some Biblical twins, some 20th century twins, and a birthday appreciation . First published 14 May 2006, in the Hart County News-Herald
The next earlier Another Angle Remembrances of Juleps past, about the Kentucky Derby and Mint Juleps.

By The Rev. Joey N. Welsh

There aren't many twins mentioned in the Bible, and the ones who are noted are a troubled, conflicted lot. Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25 and following) were competitors in the womb, and their conflict continued into their adult life. The disciple of Jesus, Thomas (also called Didymus - or "the twin") is known to us primarily as Doubting Thomas because of events related to us in John 20. We are told nothing of Thomas' twin.


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2011-05-15 03:30:27 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Commentary

Special News, Ads, for SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2011

The big Sunday with CM for May 15, 2011, features, news, and photos:
are now being posted. Plus selected favorite stories and some links to albums, and to news from the past week and beyond. Sunday with CM for May 15, 2011 and your favorite writers + important news stories:About Books. Book Reviews. Culture & EnlightenmentDivers notes of historical importA Brief History of Early Cinema in Columbia, Ky., c. 1903 to late 1922Nature: Birds of Kentucky, Wildlife, Flowers & PlantsPoet's Corner

Two vehicle collision on Hwy 55 South RD, Sat., May 14, 2011

Adair Co. Fire Department extracts one entrapped occupant

Special ColumbiaMagazine.com story

A head on collision on Hwy 55 S. Road, Columbia, KY, resulted in injuries to three. Two were treated and released at Westlake Regional Hospital WRH, in Columbia, a third was treated at WRH and later transfered to Lexington, KY.

According to the report from Sheriff Harrison Moss Adair County Sheriff's Office, the following occurred:


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2011-05-15 02:57:11 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports


Birthdays and Anniversaries for May 15
Happy Anniversary, Mark and Cindy Anderson Harris | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Neil and Hope Janes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Robert and Sarah Sloan | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Amy Grant Whitaker (1974) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Andrew K. Sneed (2002). | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Anna Paige Lloyd (2003) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Cody Grant | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Harriet McQuaide Gold | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jacqueline Collins | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, JoAnn Collins | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, John Raymond Keltner (1915) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, John W. Arnold | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Matt Rogers (1996) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Shirl Darnell | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Teresa Bertram. | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert Glenn (J R ) Kimbler, Jr.,, Adair Co., KY (1957-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Morris Ray Nunn, Green County, KY (1947-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Margaret Clark Shively, Taylor County, KY (1926-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Thomas Richard Wimsatt, Clarkson, KY (1941-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Millard L. Allen, Casey Co., KY (1920) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Earlene Richardson, Columbia, KY (1947) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, John Treber, Russell Springs, KY (1928) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robbin Ray Redmon, Adair County, KY (1962-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alice Wells Murphy, Cumberland Co., KY (1948-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Raymond Keltner, 98, Adair Co., KY (1915-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alvin (Glenn) Scholl, Adair County, KY (1955-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Karen Prince, Taylor County, KY (1956-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sherman Allen Murphy, 94, Casey County, KY (1920-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Gina Diane Eldridge, 57, Perry County, KY (1957-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Opal Hall Appleby, 49, Russell County, KY (1966-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gary Douglas Ford, 70, Summer Shade, KY (1945-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Malline McDonald, Liberty, KY (1923-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Billy Thomas, 84, Cumberland County, KY (1932-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Frank L. Black, Russell County, KY (1929-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Don Antle, Taylor County, KY (1931-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kenny W. Powell, 61, Columbia, KY (1962-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lillian Mae (Lynn) Curtis, 72, Columbia, KY (1950-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lorena Mae Ballard, 98, Adair Co., KY native (1924-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary F. Lester, 97, Jamestown, KY (1923-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Margaret Parrott Rogers, 84, Taylor Co., KY native (1925-2010) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruth Osborne, 95, Elkhorn, KY (1927-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Timmy Combs, 63, Edmonton, KY (1959-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Zachary Paul Derman, 25, Edmonton, KY (1995-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Sunday, May 15, 2011
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
6:00amCTTime to check Directory of Churches for Sunday morning & evening worship service schedules. | (ID:12204, Comment)
1:00pmCT(Ad) RESCHEDULE to TODAY, MAY 15, 2011
20th Annual Crusade for Children Golf Tournament originally scheduled for May 1, 2011, is rescheduled for today.POSTER with FULL DETAILS / NOTE DATE CHANGE
At the Pines at Lindsey Wilson, 275 Country Club RD, Columbia, KY. Sign up before 12pm noon CT. Payment by 12:30pmCT, May 15, 2011. Sponsored by the Adair County Fire Department and The Pines at Lindsey Wilson. All proceeds go to the WHAS Crusade for Children. -Donald Hare, Public Affairs Officer, Columbia/Adair Fire Department. | (ID:12561, Comment)
Funeral services in Russell Springs, KY, for Nettie Hill, Russell Springs, KY (1919-2011)| (ID:12664, Comment)
6:00pmCTGlory Heirs at Tabor Communtiy Church, 1477 Fairplay RD, Columbia, KY
Adair County Sunday night singing

The Glory Heirs with Bro. Charles Shepherd from Russell Springs, KY. will be at Tabor Community Church 1477 Fairplay Rd. Columbia KY on Sunday night May 15, 2011, at 6pmCT. Pastor Ralph Hadley and congregation invite everyone to attend. -Patricia Hadley | (ID:12636, Comment)
6:30pmCTCVBC Revival Starts
Cane Valley Baptist Church at 3145 Cane Valley Road will have revival services May 15-18 at 6:30 p.m. Bro. Jim Ryan will be the evangelist, and there will be special singing nightly. Pastor Jim Collison and congregation invite everyone to come and join us. | (ID:12596, Comment)
7:00pmCTColumbia Baptist Church Creative Ministries presents Year in Review, May 15, 2011
Columbia Baptist Church would like to invite the community to our Creative Ministry Year-In-Review starting at 7pmCT, May 15, 2011 at the Columbia Baptist Church, 201 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY in the new sanctuary. The group will share the love of God through drama, interpretive movement, puppets, and blacklight presentation. -Laura Marcum | (ID:12621, Comment)
Cane Valley Christian Church Revival
Cane Valley Christian Church is holding revival starting Sunday-Wednesday Night starting each night @7pm with Minister Tim Phillips from Egypt Christian Church. All Are welcome. Location: Cane Valley Christian Church. 2250 Cane Valley Rd. Columbia KY 42728. | (ID:12673, Comment)

 

































 
 
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