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Date of these obituaries: 09-09-1999
Brooksville's Dr. Dewey Cummins helped found Bracken Public Library
Whether serving as the town doctor, helping to establish a public library or advising the Bracken County Board of Health, Dr. Dewey E. Cummins spent most of his life helping his neighbors.
Dr. Cummins, a native and long-time physician in Brooksville, was a charter member of the Bracken County Library Board, which was established in 1990 to build a public library. The idea drew some opposition, as some residents believed a privately operated library was the only one needed in Brooksville.
However, Dr. Cummins and others fought for the new public library, and the facility in Brooksville stands today as one of his board's finest achievements.
"He was very proud of the library," said his eldest son, Paul David Cummins of Cincinnati. "He always saw education as a big service to the community."
Dr. Cummins, 73, of Brooksville, died Tuesday in Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville.
Dr. Cummins served on the Legislative Research Committee on Aging, the Bracken County Board of Health, and was a member of the Bracken County school board.
Dr. Cummins knew his patients on a first-name basis. He was one the last doctors in the state who dispensed medicine from his office rather than refer his patients to a pharmacy.
He was the only doctor in Bracken County for many years and would often take his children with him on house calls. Dr. Cummins also received patients at his home, his son said.
"He was a good father, and he was a prankster. He was the life of the party," Paul Cummins said. "But he was also a good Christian man who raised us in the church."
Dr. Cummins was a past president of the Bracken County Lions Club and a member of Powersville Baptist Church, where he was a deacon, a Sunday school teacher and a song leader. He was also a member of the Kentucky and American medical associations. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Other survivors include his wife, Ann Lloyd Cummins; daughters, Judith Anne Anderson and Jane Ellen Zaluski, both of Lexington, and Jenny Lou Ray of Brooksville; another son, John Dewey Cummins of Owensboro; a sister, Marcella Egnew of Brooksville; and 13 grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Brooksville. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hamilton Cemetery, Brooksville. Memorials are suggested to American Red Cross, 59 Carothers Road, Newport, Ky. 41071; or Bracken County Public Library, Brooksville, Ky. 41004.
Billy Mac Bradbury, 54, of Augusta, died Wednesday at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville. He was a truck mechanic with Aberdeen Express Inc., and a member of St. Augustine Church, Augusta.
Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Hargett Bradbury; a son, Charles Bradbury of Augusta; and sisters, Hope Atchinson of Las Vegas and Christy Reiter of Brooksville, Fla.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Augustine Church. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Moore and Parker Funeral Home, Augusta. Memorials are suggested to American Heart Association, 2936 Vernon Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
Minnie Sue Marsh, 72, of Benton, formerly of Harrison County, died Monday at her home. She was a former restaurant owner and a member of Robinson Christian Church.
Survivors include a son, Willard E. Browning Jr. of Calvert City; a daughter, Mary Jo Wallace of Murray; a brother, Kenneth Landrum of Harrison County; a sister, Bessie Lyons of Harrison County; and two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana. Memorials are suggested to Lourdes Hospice, 2855 Jackson St., Paducah, Ky. 42011. Ware Funeral Home, Cynthiana, is handling arrangements.
Nellie Moore, 78, of Ludlow, died at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at her home. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Judd Moore Sr., preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Judd Moore Jr. of Ludlow; a daughter, Virginia Perkey of Ludlow; a brother, Oliver Stevens of Fairview, W.Va.; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington. Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home, Ludlow, is handling arrangements.
Earnest Prince, 78, of Covington, died at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati. He was a lieutenant commander of security guards for Pinkerton Agency, Cincinnati, and a retired warehouseman with the Kroger Co. in Cincinnati. He was a member of Decoursey Baptist Church in Covington, and Teamsters Union Local No. 100, Cincinnati. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Leona Prince; a son, Ernest Eugene Hammons of Corinth; a daughter, Pamela Kay Stanley of Erlanger; brothers, Roy Prince of Loveland, Ohio, and Hobert Prince of Eddyville; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Taylor Mill. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to Veterans Administration Nursing Home, 1000 S. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Alfred W. Prinz, 78, of Covington, died Tuesday at his home. He was a farmer and an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include a sister, Margaret Herrmann of Cynthiana.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Highland cemetery Chapel, Fort Mitchell. Visitation will begin there at 2:30 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Terry St. John, 57, of California, died at 3:17 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was a retired truck driver with the Cincinnati Enquirer and a member of Teamsters Union Local No. 100, Cincinnati.
Survivors include his wife, Rita Bezold St. John; sons, Tony St. John of Alexandria and Phillip St. John of California; daughters, Jane St. John and Catherine St. John, both of California, and Maria St. John of Dayton; a brothers, Gene St. John of Cold Spring; sisters, Bernice Marksberry of Houston and Alice Muench of Erlanger; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Redwood Rehabilitation Center, 71 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell, Ky. 41017.
Melva G. Steidle, 79, of Lakeside Park, died at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday at St. Charles Care Center, Fort Wright. She was a retired engineering department worker with Liebel Flarsheim, Cincinnati, and was active in the Catholic Theater Guild.
Survivors include a cousin, Marlene "Marty" G. Waggoner of North Bend, Ohio.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Blessed Sacrament Church, Fort Mitchell. Visitation will begin there at 9:15 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to St. Charles Care Center, 500 Farrell Drive, Fort Wright, Ky. 41011; or Mount St. Joseph Scholarship Fund, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45233. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is handling arrangements.
Clark William Thomas, 87, of Mount Auburn, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital East, Fort Thomas. He was co-owner of Flaugher Milk Transport, a farmer and a member of Pleasant Hill Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Lucille "Peggy" Thomas; daughters, Lois Begley of Orlando, Fla., Judy Owen of Butler, Kandy Browning and Kathy Thomas, both of Mount Auburn; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Lenoxburg Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
