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Date of these obituaries: 10-04-2001
Frank Reece, ministerin Christian churches
A minister who loved talking to people as much as he loved preaching to them, Rev. Frank L. Reece in recent years was slowed so much by arthritis and other health problems he could no longer care for others.
On Sunday, he told his wife it was time for him to go.
"He said his ministry was over, that he'd completed his mission, " said his wife of 49 years, Esther. "He wanted to go home." Rev. Reece, 75, died the next day at his Villa Hills home.
He was a clergyman with Christian Disciples of Christ Church of Kentucky, serving as a minister with Central Christian Church in Newport and First Christian churches in Petersburg and Bromley. He also was a former member of the Northern Kentucky Interfaith Commission.
Mrs. Reece said her husband was "a powerful speaker" who often delivered rousing sermons without notes. But he also was devoted to pastoral care, and after his retirement, he continued visiting parishioners whether inil, 6p, 1.7ichurch, home or hospital, serving Christian churches in Erlanger, Ludlow and Walton.
He was also an elder emeritus at Madison Avenue Christian Church. In addition to his wife, Rev. Reece is survived by his son, Dan Reece of Cincinnati; a brother, Charles M. Reece of Hawkins, Texas; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Madison Avenue Christian Church, Covington.
Visitation will be from noon to 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the church. Cremation will be at Cincinnati Cremation Co.
Memorials are suggested to Madison Avenue Christian Church, 1530 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky. 41011 or to Christian Church in Kentucky, 1125 Red Mile Road, Lexington, Ky. 40504.
Raymond Adkins, 98, of Highland Heights, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a millwright with Newport Steel and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include a son, William Adkins of Covington; a stepson, Edsel Kannady of Dry Ridge; daughters, Debbie Teaford of Highland Heights and Sheila Smith of Dry Ridge; stepdaughters, Linda Smith of Bromley and Rita Warren of Georgia; and grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona. Visitation will begin there at noon Saturday. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery, Dry Ridge. Memorials are suggested to Pleasant View cemetery Trust Fund, in care of Christine King, 3080 Crittenden- Mount Zion Road, Crittenden, Ky. 41030.
Corrine Campbell, 53, of Covington, died Sunday at University Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a member of Ninth Street Baptist Church, Covington.
Survivors include sons, George Campbell Jr. of Cincinnati and Joshua Campbell of Covington; daughters, Shale'l Mays of Cincinnati and Ivy Campbell of Covington; her mother, Margaret L. Bell of Covington; brothers, William Bell of LaPaca, Calif., Thomas Bell of Las Vegas and Jacob Bell of Cincinnati; and sisters, Mary Harvey of Rialto, Calif., Rebecca George of San Bernardino, Calif., Lucille Jennings and Margaret Obasi, both of Covington.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ninth Street Baptist Church, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 8 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Jones and Simpson Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Ruth Catherine Simmons Fisk, 80, of Taylor Mill, died at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospice Unit, Covington. She was a retired antique and collectibles dealer and a member of Holy Cross Church, Latonia. Her husband, David Griffin Fisk, died in 1973.
Survivors include a daughter, Marilyn Tomes of Taylor Mill; a son, John Norman Twehues of Independence; and two grandchildren.
Services were this morning at Holy Cross Church. Burial was in Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright. Memorials are suggested to Holy Cross Church, 3612 Church St., Latonia, Ky. 41015. Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia, is handling arrangements.
James Herlon Griffith, 84, of Cynthiana, died Tuesday at his home. He was a retired farmer. His wife, Mary Catherine Kelly Griffith, and sons, James E. Griffith, both preceded him in death.
Survivors include a son, Melvin Griffith of Harrison County; daughters, Mary Griffith, Hazel Morris, Judy Horn, Shirley Worrell and Jane Callahan, all of Harrison County, and Margaret Poff of Garrett County; a brother, Herbert Griffith of Corinth; sisters, Etta Benge of Idaho and Imogene Morrison of Scott County; 25 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Pythian Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Jessie Huskey, 77, of Covington, died at 1:05 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
Benjamin B. B. Jacks, 71, of Fort Mitchell, died Wednesday in Jamestown, Tenn.
Arrangements are pending at Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow.
Ethel M. Penniwell McGraw, 77, of Stanton, Del., died Tuesday at her home. She was a retired employee of Nationwide Insurance Co. in Parkside, Pa., a job coach with the Christiana, Del., School District, and a member of the Charitians, a senior group from Our Lady of Charity Church in Brookhaven, Pa. Her husband, Richard L. McGraw Jr., died in 1997.
Survivors include daughters, Saundra D. Turnberger of Stanton and Cheryl L. Campbell of Charlotte, N.C.; a son, Richard L. McGraw III of Edgewood; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Chapel of Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Bear, Del. Memorials are suggested to Make A Wish Foundation, 1601 Concord Pike, Suite 78, Wilmington, Del. 19803. Nichols- Gilmore Funeral Home, Newport, Del., is handling arrangements.
Lawton Morehouse, 80, of Kenton County, died at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Independence.
Ken Oberhelman, 63, of Florence, died Wednesday at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
Alma Sydnor, 92, of Falmouth, died Tuesday at Grant Manor Health Care Center, Williamstown. She was a member of Antioch Mills Christian Church, where she worked in the church nursery and was active in the Bible school program. Her husband, Richard T. Sydnor, died in 1968. Daughters Mable Gillespie and Mary Lovelace also preceded her in death.
Survivors include grandchildren, Betty Auchter of Dry Ridge, Ruby Colvin of Falmouth, Richard Earl Gillespie of Falmouth, Judy Hurst of Kentucky, Juanita Wolfe of Falmouth and David Lovelace of Falmouth.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Pendleton County. Memorials are suggested to Antioch Mills Christian Church Building Fund, 12785 U.S. Highway 27 North, Berry, Ky. 41003.
Robert Dale Warner Jr., 4 months, son of Christy Hurst Warner and Robert Dale Warner Sr. of Harrison County, died Tuesday at Harrison Memorial Hospital, Cynthiana.
Other survivors include a brother, Anthony Warner, at home; sisters, Hope Warner and Paige Warner, at home; grandparents, Algan and Ollie Faye Hurst and Glen and Brenda Yazell, all of Harrison County; and great-grandmother, Ollie Sayre of Lawrenceburg.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana.
Willena "Pete" R. York, 84, of Williamstown, died Wednesday at home.
Arrangements are pending at Rogers Funeral Home, Corinth.
