LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER KENTUCKY.COM CITY REGION MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2013 A7 ATKINS Virginia Marie, loving wife of Norman Atkins, passed away on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the age of 88. She was the daughter of the late Kenneth Payne and Estella Mae Anderson Payne. Virginia is survived by her husband of 65 years Norman, sons Mark Atkins and his wife Susan, Barry and his wife Barbara. Virgin- ia and Norman have 4 grand- children Ellora and Myles At- kins, Robin (Atkins) Lavoie, her husband Todd and Marcie (Atkins) Kestel, her husband Chad. Virginia is al- so survived by great grand- children Dominic and Ashley Lavoie, Abby and Joseph Kestel.
Virginia was a dedi- cated homemaker to her en- tire extended family through- out her life. Virginia and Norman have belonged to South Elkhorn Christian Church since 1968 and have contributed much to the spi- ritual community there. She was a member of the Priscilla and Mary Circles. She served as the Memorial Chairwom- an for 25 years, as well as be- ing involved in many proj- ects and special events over the years. Virginia was a member of the Salvation Ar- my in whose service she spent countless hours over the last 45 years volunteer- ing in nursing homes and hospitals throughout central Kentucky.
Virginia was also a member of the Suburban Club for many years where she continued her public service. Pallbearers will be Myles Atkins, Matt Gibbs, Bill Howard, Robin Lavoie, Jack McAllister and Fred Muschong. Visitation will be from 5-8pm Monday, Feb 25, 2013 at the Milward- Southland, Lexington, KY where funeral services will be held at 10am on Tuesday, Feb 26, with burial in Lex- ington Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to South Elkhorn Christian Church. www.milwardfuneral.com DENNIS Frances Jeannette, 102, of Lexington, widow of the late Owen Samuel Dennis, Sr, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2013 at Home- stead Nursing Home.
Born in Mt. Sterling, she was the daughter of the late William and Lena Stevenson Thomp- son. She was retired from Irving Parachute Co. as an inspector. Surviving is her son, Owen Dennis, Jr, (Pat) of Lexington; five grandchil- dren David Dennis (Elaine), Tyrone, GA, Darrell Dennis (Brenda), Lexington, Debra Adair (Woody) Danville, IN, Dean Dennis, Lexington, and Dee Anne Flanary (Kane) of Denver, NC; seven great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; one sis- ter, Juanita Givens, Fl; sister- in-law Freda Thompson, of Lexington, and many nieces and nephews.
She is preced- ed in death by her husband, parents, and two brothers, William Howard and Earl Davis Thompson. Special thanks to the Homestead Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held Wednes- day at 12pm in the chapel of Kerr Brothers Funeral Home of Main St. with burial fol- lowing in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Visitation will be held 5-8pm Tuesday at the funeral home.
Contributions are sug- gested to: First Church of God, 505 Kingston Rd, Lex- ington, 40505. FOLEY Forrest Elmo, 89, hus- band of Treva, died Feb 24, 2013. Funeral Thu, Kerr Bros. Harrodsburg Rd. Visit 4-8pm Wed at the funeral home.
MCDANIELS Joyce Ann, 76, died Sat. Memorial service 6pm Tue (Feb 26) at Central Christian Church, 205 E. Short St. www.clarklegacycenter.com WARREN Gordon Dean, 71, passed away Thursday, Feb, 21, 2013 at St. Joseph Hospi- tal in Lexington, KY of a heart attack brought on by complications of Renal Fail- ure with his wife and son by his side.
Gordon is survived by his wife, Anita Maynard Warren and son Gordon Dean Warren, whom he loved and cherished. Also surviving is one very special sister, Freda (Howard) Dulin of Memphis, TN as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Gordon was a life- long resident of Lexington and was the son of the late Sherman D. and Nannie Jones Warren. He was a graduate of Henry Clay High School in Lexington.
Follow- ing graduation, Gordon en- listed in the US Coast Guard and spent his military career stationed at the USCG Base in Sault Ste. Marie, Michi- gan. After serving in the mili- tary, Gordon was employed by IBM in Lexington for 30 years until his retirement. The family has honored Gor- wishes for cremation and there will be no public visitation or funeral services. Family and friends of Gor- don will have a "Celebration of Life" gathering for Gor- don later in the spring, de- tails pending.
At this time his family asks only for your thoughts and prayers to help us through this difficult time. The family would like to thank the doctors, nurses, chaplains, and staff at St. Jo- seph Hospital on Harrodsburg Rd. for their loving care for Gordon and his family dur- ing his final hours. Gordon is now in Heaven with his Fa- ther and Mother that loved him so dearly.
He was loved by all who knew him and will be truly missed. May he rest in peace. www.milwardfuneral.com WELLMAN Billy 67, husband of Faye Wellman, died Satur- day. Services today at Blue Grass Memorial Gar- dens. www.BettsandWest funeralhome.com BARBOURVILLE Mary Lou Pursiful Petrey, 49, died Wed.
Funeral 1pm Mon, Hopper Funeral Home. Visit after 11am Mon. BEATTYVILLE Richard Bailey, 87, died Feb 23, 2013. Services 1pm Tue, Newnam Funeral Home. Visit 11am-1pm Tue.
newnamfuneralhome.com BEDFORD Donald Ray Rowlett, 76, died Feb 23, 2013. Funeral Tue, 1pm, Ransdell Funeral Home, Bedford. Visit Mon 5-8pm; Tue, 11am- 1pm. ransdellfuneral.com BELFRY Jonah Stump, 56, of Burnwell, died sat. Funeral 1pm Wed.
Gospel Revelation Tabernacle Church. Visit after 5pm Mon, church. R.E. Rogers Funeral Home. BEREA Ferrall Morris, 87, wife of Clyde, died Saturday.
Services 11am Wed, Glades Christian Church. Visitation Tue, 6-9pm Lakes Funeral Home. www.lakesfuneral home.com BOONEVILLE Betty Jean Bennett, 59, widow of Andy, died Thu. Funeral 1pm Mon. Visit 6-9pm Sun.
Searcy Strong Funeral Home. CYNTHIANA Oliver B. Carroll, 82, died Sun. Service 11am Tue. Ware Funeral Home.
Visita- tion 5-8 Mon. www.warefuneralhome.com CYNTHIANA Tiffany Dawn Bradford Couch, 42. Service 1pm Thu, Drake-Whaley-McCarty. Visit 5-8pm Wed. www.drak ewhaleymccartyfuneralhome.
com CYNTHIANA Wanna Sakorn Tuggle, 71. Funeral pm Tue, Ware Funeral Home. Visit 3pm. www.warefuneralhome.com EVARTS Terry Wayne Lunsford, 48, passed away Sat. Funeral 1pm Mon at Victory Baptist Church.
Evarts Funeral Home in charge. GRAYSON Janet Littleton, 64, died Feb 23, 2013. Funeral Tue, 1pm, Sparks Funeral Home. Visit 6-9pm Mon. sparksfh.com HAZARD Jane Ann Vires, 70, died Feb 22, 2013.
Visit Feb 25, 6-9pm, Mtn. View Chapel. Service 12pm, Feb 26. HAZARD Zona Roberts, 86, died Feb 23, 2013. Visit Feb 26, 12-2pm, Mtn.
View Chapel. Service 2pm Feb 26. JACKSON Jerry Caudill, 67, died Sat. Service Tue, 11am. Visit 5pm Mon.
Deaton Funeral Home. JACKSON Sharlene Rodden, 44, died Sun. Husband Glen survives. Memorial service Tue, 2pm. Deaton Funeral Home.
LONDON Melvin Boggs, 79, died Feb 23, 2013. Graveside 11am Mon, Norvell Ceme- tery, London. Arr. Bowling Funeral Home. MANCHESTER Coy L.
Bowling, 69, wife Josephine. Funeral 2pm Wed, Britton Funeral Home. Visit 6pm Tue. MARTIN Katherine Newman, 82, died sun. Funeral Tue, 1pm, Hall Funeral Home Chapel.
Visit 4-9pm. MARTIN Virginia Mae DeRossett, 91, of Lexington, died Sun. Funeral 2pm Tue, Tom Moore Freewill Baptist, Prestonsburg. Visit 6pm Mon, Nelson Frazier Funeral Home. MORELAND Bertie Jeffries, 100, of Hustonville, died Sat.
Serv- ice 1pm, Wed at W.L. Pruitt Funeral Home. Visit after 11am. Wed. www.wlpruitt.com MT STERLING Richard Franklin Craig, 78, died Feb 23, 2013.
Fu- neral Wed, 11am. Visit Tue, 5-8pm, Full Gospel Word of God Church in Jeffersonville. coffmanadamsfuneralhome.com PAINTSVILLE Larry Joe Blanton, 61, Oil Springs, died Fri. No visi- tation or funeral services. Arr.
Paintsville Funeral Home. RICHMOND Jan Christine Sefton, 65, of Richmond, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2013, at the U. K. Medical Center in Lexington. She was born May 11, 1947, in Detroit, Michigan, to Henry and Harriett Melvin Breejen, both of whom preceded her in death.
She received her MA degree in Education from Eastern Kentucky Uni- versity and was a teacher at Lansdowne Elementary School, in Lexington, where she taught art. Jan is survived by her husband, David S. Sefton, of Richmond; two sons, Steven David Sefton of Dallas, Texas and Brian James Sefton and his wife Rhonda, of Hebron, Ohio; two precious granddaughters, Paige and Alice Sefton. She also leaves one brother, Dan- iel Breejen, and his wife Deb- bie and one sister, Judith Dine, all of whom reside in Michigan. A private memori- al service has been held by the family.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Markey Cancer Center, UKMC, 800 Rose Street, Lexington 40536. Oldham, Roberts and Powell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be ex- pressed at: www.orpfh.com RICHMOND Ora Lainhart, 95, widow of Elmer Lainhart. Funeral 2pm Wed, Combs, Parsons Collins Funeral Home. Visit 5-9pm Tue.
www.cpcfh.com SOMERSET Yancey L. Lewis, 91, died Feb 23, 2013. Funeral 12pm Tue, Chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home. Visit 10am Tue until services. STANFORD Isabel Oaks Carter, 87, widow of William died Fri.
Funeral 2pm Tue, Fox Funeral Home. Visit 5- 8pm Mon. STANTON Junior Spangler, 82, husband of Sarah Margaret Spangler, passed away Satur- day. Services Tuesday 2pm, Davis Davis Funeral Home, Stanton. Visitation Monday 6-9pm.
www.ddfh.net WINCHESTER Roberta Castle, 80, sis- ter of Leon Castle, died Sat. Private graveside service Tue. No visitation. scobeefuneralhome.com are like stars in the dark night of sorrow. TRAFFIC REPORT Work done between 9 a.m.
and 3 p.m., unless noted. SPECIAL NOTES If weather permits, the Division of Traffic Engineering will install three-way stop signs and pavement markings at the Mooncoin and Osbourn ways on Thursday. Motorists are asked to use caution while traffic adapts to the changes. SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC IMPACT Rolling lane closures will block one lane at a time of the following streets through Thursday for sewer work: East Main Street (right outbound lane) between Midland and Ransom avenues and between Midland Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard. Elm Tree Lane between Corral and East Main streets.
East Short Street between Elm Tree Lane and North Martin Luther King Boulevard. North Martin Luther King Boulevard between East Short and East Main street (6 p.m. to 6 a.m.). The inbound right lane of Tates Creek Road will be blocked between Armstrong Mill Road and Gainesway Drive through Friday for cable work. The northbound left turn lane of Pink Pigeon Parkway will be blocked at Alysheba Way through Friday to add an approach lane.
The right outbound lane of Winchester Road will be closed between Dayton Avenue and Liberty Road through March 8 for utility work. The right outbound lane of North Broadway will be blocked at West Loudon Avenue through Friday to replace curbs and storm sewers. DeRoode Street will be closed between Versailles Road and McKinley Street through Dec. 31 for work on the Newtown Pike extension project. Motorists may access the neighborhood from Merino Street to McKinley Street to Byars Alley.
MODERATE TRAFFIC IMPACT One lane of Manchester Street will be blocked between Driscoll Street and Henton Road through Monday for work on the railroad bridge. The right approach lane of Rosemont Garden will be blocked at Nicholasville Road on Wednesday to install directional pavement arrows. Portions of Clay Avenue between East Maxwell Street and Euclid Avenue and of Marquis Avenue between Euclid and Columbia avenues will be blocked through March 12 for utility work. Two-way traffic will be maintained. One lane of Jefferson Street will be blocked between West Fifth and West Sixth streets through Thursday for utility work.
Rolling lane closures will block East Fifth Street between Race Street and Silver Maple Way through Thursday and between Silver Maple Way and Anza Allen through Friday. Two-way traffic will be maintained: One lane of East Seventh Street will be blocked at North Martin Luther King Boulevard through Thursday for sewer work. A rolling closure will block the southbound lane of Jefferson Street between Tower Plaza and West Main Street through March 8 for utility work. One lane of Eastland Parkway will be blocked between Cantrill Court and Fort Sumter Drive through March 15 for stream restoration work. SOURCE: LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT 124-year-old bridge 240 feet above the water, that no- body cares to use except for bungee jumping.
Find me a duplicate like The website for Vertigo Bungee shows a photo of the bridge and the declaration own The company hopes to have the first jumps off the bridge in May, Morris said. Before then, a deck and hand- rail need to be installed on the span, he said. railroad rails taking up, and so left are he said. so, you have to build a deck on top of the ties so you have a good Morris said the bridge would be used for jumps per- haps only 10 weeks a year. going to bring in peo- ple with different themes and sponsors, and do a number of events, raise money and cre- ate he said.
Vertigo Bungee has more than 20 years of film footage documenting bungee jumps, and Morris hopes to film jumps from the Tyrone bridge to include in a 2015 documen- tary about the sport. The company also hopes to pitch a reality series called Join Us for Launch that would highlight the sport, Morris said. High Bridge stands next to the U.S. 62 bridge for vehicular traffic. The bridge is named for Bennett Hender- son Young, a Nicholasville na- tive and Confederate soldier who became president of Lou- isville Southern Railway.
Congress approved con- struction of the span in 1888. Work began early the next year, and the first train crossed it in August 1889. completion of the bridge was a gala event for Anderson and Woodford coun- a newspaper reported at the time, thousands had come by boat and carriages to witness the crossing of the first The last passenger train crossed the bridge in 1937, and most freight traffic was gone by the 1970s. The last diesel engine crossed the bridge in the 1980s. Ten years ago, a nonprofit charitable organization called Tyrone Bridge and Rail Co.
tried to raise money to pre- serve the bridge. But that group dissolved in 2011, ac- cording to the website for the Kentucky secretary of state. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. donated the bridge to High Bridge Histori- cal Society LLC in July 2008, according to a deed filed in Anderson County. Then, in October, the his- torical society sold the bridge to Bridge Partners.
But it until a couple of weeks ago that Morris an- nounced plans for the bridge in The Anderson News, Law- weekly newspa- per. Morris, 49, said he had made couple hundred jumps over 20 breathless, weight- less feeling when you acceler- ate and give yourself over to gravity from a is what makes the sport addic- tive, he said. and things like that got noise and wind and airplanes. Whereas this is much more intimate and Greg Kocher: (859) 231-3305. Twitter: From Page A3 BRIDGE A car rounded a curve on the U.S.
62 bridge next to High Bridge over the Kentucky River between Anderson and Woodford counties. High Bridge, an old railroad trestle, soon will become a platform for bungee jumping, according to the company Vertigo Bungee. Buy photo reprints at Kentucky.com GREG KOCHER Versailles rankfort Brannon Crossing 859.271.1111 Clarklegacycenter.com With Clark Legacy Center On-Site Crematory have the peace of mind knowing your loved one never leaves our care. On-Site Cremations.
