Annie Marie Creason Milby, Green Co., KY (1944-2012)

She was the matriarch of a large, respected Green County, KY, family. Her marriage to Charles Everett "Buck" Milby, who survives, endured 50 years and six days. She leaves 7 direct living descendants and five living step descendants. She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Oak Forest Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was a former Teacher's Aide for the Green County School System
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Mrs. Annie Marie Creason Milby of Summersville, Kentucky, daughter of the late Rollin Creason and Valley Dangerfield Creason, was born on April 17, 1944 in Green County, and departed this life on Sunday, December 23, 2012 at the Campbellsville Health & Rehab Center. She was 68 years, eight months, and six days of age.

The funeral services for Mrs. Annie Marie Creason Milby will be conducted at 11amCT/12pm noon ET, Thursday, December 27, 2012 at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S. Main Street, Greensburg, KY with burial to follow in the Nearce-Milby Cemetery. Visitation is requested 4pm-8pmCT/5pm-9pmET Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home and after 7amCT/8pmET, Thursday until time of the funeral.

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Violet R. Thomas, Casey County, KY (1927-2012)

She was the matriarch of a respected Casey County, KY, family. She was the widow of Ralph Archibald Thomas. She leaves 36 direct living descendants. She was a homemaker and a member of the Oak Grove Church of Christ

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Violet R. Thomas passed away Sunday December 23, 2012 at her home in Casey County, KY. She was 85.

Funeral services are 12pm noon CT/1pmET, Thursday December 27, 2012 at McKinney-Brown Funeral Home, 752 Campbellsville Street, Liberty, KY, with Gary Russell and Steve Russell officiating. Burial will be at Oak Grove Contown Cemetery. Visitation is Thursday 9amCT/10amET, until funeral service.

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Thank you for you and everyone - great job everyday

Allen and Mary Ann Brown writes:

I live in Campbellsville but this is the first site we check every morning when we rise. Thanks for the up to date news whether good or bad. I'm so grateful I have this site to refer to each and everyday! - Allen and Mary Ann Brown

Thank you both - You could not have sent a better Christmas present. We so much appreciate everyone who's helped spread the word about CM. - EW

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Patricia Wilbert, Adair County, KY (1942-2012)

She was a native of Jefferson County, KY, and the matriarch of a large, highly regarded Adair County, KY, family with many strong family ties in Jefferson County, KY, and elsewhere. She is survived by her husand, Don Wilbert, of Columbia, KY. She leaves 33 direct living descendants. She was a member of South Louisville Christian Church and a retired sales clerk for Stewart’s department store

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Patricia Wilbert, 70, of Columbia, KY, formerly of Louisville, died Saturday, December 22, 2012 at her residence.

Memorial Service will be held Friday, December 28, 2012 at 1pmCT/2pmET at the First Christian Church, 317 Fairlane Drive (Map, Mount Washington, KY, with Bro. Hugh Withers officiating. Visitation will be with the family at the church after the service. Cremation has been chosen by the family.

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Leonard E. Bryant, Adair County, KY (1921-2012)

He was a highly respected citizen and the patriarch of a great Adair County, KY family. His marriage to the Nellie Pearl Roberts Bryant endured an especially noteworthy 72 years. He leaves 79 direct living descendants. was a member of the New Hope Separate Baptist Church and was a saw mill operator for many years

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Leonard E. Bryant, age 91 years of Columbia, KY passed away Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 4:45 pmCT, at the Summit Manor Health and Rehab Center in Columbia, KY.

Funeral services will be Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 1pmCT/2pmET, at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, 210 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY, with Bro. David Coffey the officiating clergy. Interment will be in New Hope Cemetery, 131 New Hope Cemetery Road, Columbia, KY. Visitation will be after 4pmCT/5pmET, Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at the funeral home.

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Merry Christmas 2012: Albums III - CU and More

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This is Merry Christmas 2012 - Album III
An index of links to individual cards in Album III will be posted here later.

Christmas Cards 2012 are pouring in and this years are especially creative and imaginative. They're published again in 2012 at no charge, on first come/first serve basis for individuals, churches, schools, organizations, government units, and with non-commercial messages from businesses, whether they are CM Advertisers or not. Submit yours now using any Contact/Submit Button

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Site News: We're still posting essential news during holidays

While families are enjoying the holiday season - as we are, too - ColumbiaMagazine.com's holiday staff will continue to post as much of the essential news as we can, including Events, Weather Updates, new Christmas Cards - and we pray none happen, deaths - and, of course, additions to the Birthday's, In Memory Birthdays, and Anniversaries.

Just at midnight, an annniversary was added, and we just posted another In Memory Birthday. It's an exceptionally long list today - we hope you'll take time to scan them today. And if you're one of those whose birthday or anniversary gets lost in the Christmas rush, maybe you'll find time to let us know what it's like to have been a Christmas Eve or Christmas Day baby.

We'll do our best to have someone post updates today, if we've missed any important birthdays, in memory birthdays, or anniversaries in center and clockwise from high noon: Adair, Taylor, Casey, Russell, Cumberland, Metcalfe, and Green Counties. Send using any Contact/Submit button. And, even during the holidays, call 270-250-2730 for help if you have trouble emailing your information and we don't post after 2 business hours. - CM

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Free Christmas Day meal at 2nd Christian Church

Second Christian Church, 829 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY, is offering a free Christmas meal to the homeless and anyone who has no place to eat on Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25, 2012, from 12pm noonCT/1pmET until 3pmCT/4pmET - or until food runs out. - Billy Wheat

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Today, MONDAY with CM, December 24, 2012

Haiku by Robert Stone for December 24, 2012:

Eyes see what eyes see
and there is no true image
that all see alike.

--Robert Stone, Monday, 24 December 2012.
-1000 haiku countdown to Chambers Stevens' 50th birthday, Day 468, in progress

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The Weather for Today

Hazardous Weather Outlook if any

The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, has issued the following forecast for Columbia, KY. This forecast Updated on 23 Dec 2012, 11:45pmCT Sunday12pmmET, Monday, NWS, Louisville, KY

Overnight - Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 43. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Monday - Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 52. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Monday night - Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable.

For complete current National Weather Service forecast: Click to National Weather Service for Columbia, KY

The Kentucky Mesonet is The Commonwealth's Official Source for Weather and Climate Data.
Mesonet stations are live in: Adair - Casey - Cumberland - Metcalfe - Taylor

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Quick links to Favorite SUNDAY with CM Columns
Plus some- added Today, this past week, with maybe a few from History, and more:
direct links to articles, columns, poems and/or photos possibly with other important links, are posted here:

• Stephanie Caldwell: Servicemen at Christmas - Morgan's Men: Always Ready, Always There Posted on 2012-12-19 09:52:38
• Tom Chaney: Of Writers and Their Books - Tom Chaney: Cussing with Imagination Posted on 2012-12-23 00:17:27
• Billy Joe Fudge: Nature - Kentucky Color - Fox Squirrel Pposted on 2012-12-23 00:37:15
• Chuck Hinman: Reminiscences - This House is Santa Claus Unfriendly Pposted on 2012-12-23 01:46:31
• Big Al Owens, the Big Rig Trucker - Picking up freight, meeting Kix Brooks at Arrington Vineyards Posted on 2012-12-23 01:00:37
• Robert Stone: Poetry w/Photo - Socks, a villanelle Posted on 2012-12-23 09:43:59
• Sharon Whitehurst: The Whitehurst Diaries - Sunset calm after the thunderstorm w/Photos. Posted on 2012-12-18 05:57:58

The CHRISTMAS STORY ANTHOLOGY
Some new, some old, the way we remember Christmas, through stories of the past. If you have one of your own a new one or a remembered one from CM, let us know. Christmas is a time of remembering:

• Chris Bennett: A CM Christmas Classic: A Child's Christmas in Fairplay, KY
• Tom Chaney: A CM Christmas Classic: Old Fashioned Christmas
• Jean Waggener Cravens:A CM Christmas Classic: The Christmas Puzzle
• Kelly Crawhorn: A CM Christmas Classic: Littlest angel carries off Baby Jesus kidnapping
• Lindsey Wilson College. A CM Christmas Classic:Video Christmas Message for 2010
• Cyrus: A CM Christmas Classic:Christmas in Columbia, 1948 with afterword by Ed Waggener
• Chuck Hinman: A CM Christmas Classic:: Memories of Christmas Past
• Chuck Hinman: A CM Christmas Classic: Grandma's Doll. A Christmas story
• Matt Hodge, What is Christmas? A Carol for the Troops Campbellsville University Video YouTube video of song by Matt Hodge.
• Nancy Salato Humphrey: A CM Christmas Classic: Christmas Memories:None are more special than Columbia, KY, in 60s and 70s
• JIM: compilation of story by Paul Revere JIM: Christmas Eve: Leatherwood Creek, Nell, Adair Co., Ky 1869
• "Jim" : A CM Christmas Classic: Christmas Reflections, Adair County News, 1909
• Barry Jones: A CM Christmas Classic: Christmas Memories during the 60's and 70's
• Julia Ann Pickett: A special gift in 1957 lives on, in a generously shared dream
• Von Price: The Good Old Days The Good Old Days: Christmas growing up in Adair Co., KY
• Robert Stone: Poetry. A Christmas Classic Poetry by Robert Stone: Searching for common interests, a sonnet
• Robert Stone: Poetry Poem for the Winter Solstice: The Adair Co. Way: A CM Christmas Classic:
• Robert Stone:A CM Christmas Classic: Poetry A Psalm for Christmas Eve. Psalm 96: Each Day A New Song
• Judy Somerville A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC: 2011 CM Christmas Anthology: Tiny Tears - memories of Christmas past a Child's Christmas in Casey Co., KY
• Helen Fay Waggener McKinley2011 CM Christmas Stories Anthology: And Your 50 cents
• Carlis B. Wilson: A CM Christmas Classic:First Christmas Remembered in Sparksville, KY

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Merry Christmas 2012: Albums II - Bell Ringer Album

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Christmas Cards 2012 are pouring in and this years are especially creative and imaginative. They're published again in 2012 at no charge, on first come/first serve basis for individuals, churches, schools, organizations, government units, and with non-commercial messages from businesses, whether they are CM Advertisers or not. Submit yours now using any Contact/Submit Button

They're for Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Russell and Taylor Counties of Kentucky. Ten-card albums will be posted until January 1, 2013.

And, this year, those who prefer may send New Year's Greetings, as well. Thanks for your overwhelming response! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at ColumbiaMagazine.com!

Album II and Album III start today, Tuesday, December 24, 2012. Album II, this one, is dedicated just to the Salvation Army Bell Ringers. (We think we got all of the series; let us know if any omitted). If you prefer to visit each card separately:

Luke Rich, the littlest bell ringer, The Kings Kids, Picketts Chapel United Methodist Church, Merry Christmas 2012: Picketts Chapel Bell Ringers:, Three Generations of Bell Ringers, ACHS Football Team, Jayden Williams Gowen performs as elf

Christmas Greetings 2012 Album I is filled with 10 Christmas Cards.
It includes greetings from:

Columbia/Adair County Utilities District, Lindsey Wilson College community, Larry Smith at the Big Dawg 99.9 FM, Melissa Stone and Kris Knight, Greg Thomas Photography, TaP's Diner, Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, Pen & Amy and Evan, Hailey Elizabeth, and Graham Waggener, Sheila's Gifts, and Cowherd & Parrott Funeral Home.

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Grethan Wethington, 89, Columbia, KY (1923-2012)

She was the matriarch of a large, highly regarded family with deep roots in Adair and Casey Counties of South Central Kentucky. She was the widow of the late Lucian Wethington. She leaves 17 direct living descendants
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Grethan Wethington, age 89, of Columbia, KY, passed away on Saturday December 22nd, 2012, at Casey County Hospital, Liberty, KY.

Funeral Services will be held at 10amCT/11amET, Thursday December 27, 2012 at Bartle Funeral Home Chapel, 142 KY 49 Hwy, Liberty, KY, Father Patrick Dolan officiating. Burial will be in the St. Bernard Catholic Cemetery, Clementsville, KY. Visitation will be held after 4pmCT/5pmET. Wednesday December 26, 2012 at Bartle Funeral Home Chapel, Liberty, KY.

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Mr. John Wood Judd, Greensburg, KY (1945-2012)

He was a member of a prominent, highly regarded Green County, KY family. He had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Greensburg United Methodist Church, and was a former Supervisor for American Airlines.
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Mr. John Wood Judd, 67, of Greensburg, KY departed this life on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, KY.

The funeral services for Mr. John Wood Judd will be conducted at 1pmCT/2pmET, Monday, December 24, 2012 at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S. Main Street, Greensburg, KY, with burial to follow in the Greensburg Cemetery, N. Main Street, Greensburg, KY. Bro. Mike Moon will be officiating. Visitation is requested after 9:30amCT/10:30amET, Monday until time of the funeral service, at Cowherd & Parrott Funeral Home.

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Mrs. Opal Elizabeth Matney, Green Co., KY (1920-2012)

She was a native of Green County was the matriarch of a great, steadfast Green County family. She and her late husband were married a remarkable 66 years. She leaves 52 direct living descendants. She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Greasy Creek Baptist Church, and was a homemaker
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Mrs. Opal Elizabeth Matney, 92, of Green County, KY, departed this life on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at her home.

The funeral services for Mrs. Opal Elizabeth Matney will be conducted at 10amCT/11amET, Monday, December 24, 2012 at the Greasy Creek Baptist Church, 7100 Edmonton Road, Greensburg, KY, with burial to follow in the Lee Cemetery. Bro. Dale Curry and Bro. Roger Robertson will be officiating. Visitation is requested 4pm-9pmCT/5pm-10pmET, from 4 until 9 P.M., Sunday at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S. Main Street, Greensburg, KY, and after 9amCT/10amET, Monday at the Greasy Creek Baptist Church.

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Billy Carol Wilborn, 63, Summer Shade, KY (d. Dec. 23, 2012)

He was a self-employed mechanic and the son of the late Leo and Thelma Miller. He was the patriarch of a respected family with deep roots in Metcalfe, Monroe and Barren Counties of South Central Kentucky. He leaves 12 direct living descendants.

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Billy Carol Wilborn, age 63 of Indianapolis, Indiana, died there Sunday, December 23, 2012, at his home.

There will be no funeral service, as cremation was chosen. A private burial will be at a later date. McMurtrey Funeral Home, 2232 Summer Shade Road, Summer Shade, KY, in charge of arrangements.

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LINK: Update on succcess of Richardsville net-zero school

It's getting National and International attention for Kentucky, and this morning another story, this one in depth, on the 'Net-Zero' School at Richardsville, KY. 'Net-zero' school pays off/Richardsville Elementary setting standard with its electricity generation At CM, we're still waiting for news of a Net Zero building even closer to home. Anyone know of one in the Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Russell and Taylor County area?



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