ColumbiaMagazine.com
Printed from:

Welcome to Columbia Magazine  
 



































 
Senator Wendell Ford to lie in State in Capitol Rotunda

Gov. Beshear orders flags lowered to half-staff in Sen. Ford's honor
Click on headline for complete story with photo(s)


By Kerri Richardson and Terry Sebastian
News from Gov. Beshear's Communications Office

FRANKFORT, KY - Retired Senator Wendell Ford will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, 700 Capital Avenue Bay, Frankfort, KY, on Sunday, followed by a funeral service and interment in Owensboro on Tuesday, January 27, 2015.



Sen. Ford died Thursday, January 22, 2015, at his home in Owensboro, KY, after fighting lung cancer. He was 90.

Gov. Beshear also directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise Friday, Jan.23, 2015 through sundown Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, in honor of Sen. Ford. He encouraged individuals, businesses, organizations and government agencies to join in the flag-lowering tribute.

Memorial service in Capitol

The public is invited to visit the Capitol on Sunday, where Sen. Ford will lie in state from 10amCT/11amET until 5pmCT/6pmET. A memorial service is scheduled for 2pmCT/3pmET. Gov. Beshear and Lt. Gov. Crit Luallen will participate in the service. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11amCT at First Baptist Church, 230 J R Miller Boulevard, Owensboro, KY. Visitation will be at Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory, 900 Old Hartford Road, Owensboro, KY from 2pm-7pmCT, Monday and after 10amCT, Tuesday at the church. A private service of committal will be held in Elmwood Cemetery.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the charity of one's choice or the Wendell H. Ford Government Education Center. The New York Times obituary: is at Wendell Ford, Longtime Kentucky Senator, Dies at 90



This story was posted on 2015-01-23 11:37:54
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know.


Grissom-Martin Funeral Home
Located one block off the Square at 200 Campbellsville Street in Columbia, KY.
To reach David and Cathy Martin, phone (270)-384-2149, or e-mail: grissomfuneralhome@windstream.net.
Large enough to serve comfortably; Small enough to serve personally.

G & G Monuments
Todd and Mandi Green and Jared Conover
1670 Liberty Road, Columbia, KY. email: toddg12@windstream.net, 270-634-0359
First Quality Marble and Granite

Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home
Established 1922 | 210 Greensburg St., Columbia, KY 42728 | Jeff Jessie, Owner
270-384-2145, www.stottsphelpsmcquearyfh.com, email stottspm@duo-county.com


 

































 
 
Quick Links to Popular Features


Looking for a story or picture?
Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com.

 

Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728.
Phone: 270.403.0017


Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.