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Date of these obituaries: 02-18-2000
Robert Lucas craved work, travel
Robert and Jane Lucas of Cynthiana worked and played together for nearly 58 years.
Mr. Lucas - the only brother of U.S. Rep. Kenneth Lucas, a Democrat from Richwood - operated his own business, Lucas Waterproofing. His steady hand - his wife - was the company bookkeeper.
After the Lucases retired, they joined an Airstream trailer club and traveled to places like Bismarck, N.D., Mount Rushmore in Keystone, S.D. and Canada.
"It was lots of fun. We just had a good life," said Mrs. Lucas. The couple was married
57 years and would have celebrated another anniversary on Monday.
Mr. Lucas died Wednesday at his home at age 82.
Mr. Lucas was born in Dry Ridge. His family moved to Fort Mitchell while he was in high school.
Mr. Lucas was an Army veteran of World War II. He worked for a sandblasting and painting business, but quit the job after narrowly escaping death when a bridge he was working on in West Virginia collapsed.
Mr. Lucas then founded Lucas Waterproofing. He won contracts to waterproof a number of state buildings in Lexington.
He also waterproofed basements in private homes.
Later in his career, Mr. Lucas also renovated homes.
He was a past president of the board that oversees the Harrison County Airport in Cynthiana.
And, Mr. Lucas was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Cynthiana.
Mrs. Lucas enjoyed being a bookkeeper, but told her husband she didn't want to do it forever. "I told him that when I was 65, I'm retiring. And he said, 'I don't want to retire.'
"And I said, 'Well, if you don't retire, you're going to have to get a bookkeeper because I'm through'," Mrs. Lucas told him.
So the couple retired about 20 years ago.
That's when they joined the Wally Byram Airstream Club's Kentucky unit.
The Lucases were active in committees that planned local, national and international conferences.
Mrs. Lucas treasured the time with her husband as much as the travel.
"He was very pleasant to live with," she said.
Mr. Lucas was preceded in death by a daughter, Ann Marie Carter of Harrison County, who died last April.
Besides his wife and brother, Mr. Lucas is survived by a another daughter, Lynn Lucas Spurrier of Louisville; sisters, Jean Shackleford and Dorothy Vice, both of Florence; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Drake Funeral Home in Cynthiana.
Visitation: 4 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Battle Grove cemetery in Cynthiana.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 508 E. Pike St., Cynthiana, Ky. 41031.
James G. Ballou, 66, of Covington, died at 7:50 p.m. Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Hospice in Covington.
He was a retired crane operator for Interlake Steel, Newport.
He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Leah R. Ballou of Covington; a daughter, Tanya G. Charles of Covington; sisters, Bette Strange of Independence and Barbara Doran of Cincinnati; and four grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Mother of God Cemetery, Fort Wright.
Arrangements are being handled by Don Catchen & Son Funeral Home, Covington.
Betty Jean Brann, 70, of Fort Thomas, died at 9:58 a.m. Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East in Fort Thomas.
She was the owner of J & G Cafe, Highland Heights.
She was a former assistant postmaster at the Melbourne Post Office and a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Melbourne Fire Department.
She was a former member of Melbourne City Council.
Her husband, Buford Brann, died in 1996, and a son, Bradley Brann, died in 1983.
Survivors include sons, Brian Brann of Fort Thomas and Barry Brann of Melbourne; brothers, Ralph Pollitt Jr. and Gerald Wayne Pollitt, both of Melbourne; sisters, Faye Wade of Silver Grove and Mary Moore of Grants Lick; and two grandchildren.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Alexandria Funeral Home, Alexandria.
Visitation will be there from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery.
John William Clayton, 70, of Alexandria, died at 11:57 p.m. Wednesday at his home.
He was an employee of Ford Motor Co., Batavia, Ohio, and a member of Valley Chapel, Silver Grove.
He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.
A daughter, Constance Clayton, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Zania Clayton; sons, Richard Clayton of Crescent Springs, John Clayton of Clinton, Md., and Robert Clayton of Atlanta; stepsons, Steve Rogers and Robert Rogers, both of Tallahassee, Fla.; stepdaughters, Lois Kennedy, Pam Lainhart and Barb Bayless, all of Alexandria, Joyce Roberts of Mentor and Ilene Thacker of Latonia; a brother, Donald Clayton of Bellevue; sisters, Gloria Cooper and Georgia Farley, both of Newport, and Loraine Deaton of Highland Heights; 26 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Alexandria Funeral Home.
Visitation will be there from 6 to 9 tonight.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Charly Jolynn Casey Cornelius, 12, of Cincinnati, formerly of Covington, died at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Children's Hospital, Cincinnati.
Arrangements are pending at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia.
Robert H. Gough, 76, of Covington, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center North in Covington.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Bradley Howell, 39, of Taylor Mill, died Thursday at University Hospital, Louisville .
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill.
Carrie Margaret Mumphrey, 60, of Carrollton, died Wednesday at University Hospital, Louisville.
She was a homemaker and a member of Ghent Second Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Prentice "Sonny" Mumphrey; sons, Lonnie Mumphrey and Brian Mumphrey, both of Carrollton, Rodney Mumphrey of Warsaw and Kevin Mumphrey of Louisville; a brother, John F. Sanders Jr. of Carrollton; sisters, Mary Alice Hughes and Nine Sue Hartley, bot h of Carrollton; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ghent Second Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight, and after noon Saturday at the church.
Burial will be in Ghent Second Baptist Church Cemetery. Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton, is handling arrangements.
Garnetta Price Ramsey, 80, of Falmouth, died Thursday at Harrison Memorial Hospital, Cynthiana.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
Kathy Stewart, 22, of Falmouth, died at 1:35 a.m. today at Meadowview Regional Hospital in Maysville.
Arrangements are pending at Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth.
