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Date of these obituaries: 04-24-2003
Mildred Poe, nurse, took people in at home
Mildred Poe's faith was very important to her. She was the oldest member of Mays Lick Baptist Church -- and she had a vision shortly before she died.
"She talked about God and one night she said, 'Helen, look up there. There's a beautiful house and beautiful flowers. Don't you see them?'" said her daughter, Helen Sanders of Maysville.
"I said, 'Yes, Mama. That's heaven. That's where you're going.'"
Mrs. Poe, who lived in Mays Lick, died Tuesday at Maysville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She would have been 96 Saturday, now the day of her funeral.
She grew up in Robertson County but lived most of her life in Mason County. She was a practical nurse and began caring for elderly people in her home before her husband, Lawrence Poe, died in 1970.
After that, she moved to another home in Mays Lick and cared for as many as four people at a time for about five years. "She more or less kept an eye on them, and she cooked for them and did their laundry, " Sanders said.
"She was just a caring person, and she really did enjoy that."
Mrs. Poe also enjoyed yard work, her daughter said, especially tending her vegetable gardens of tomatoes and string beans, and her flowerbeds of petunias and begonias.
Sanders said her mother was witty and had a good sense of humor.
"She was loved all her life, " she said. "The nurses caring for her cried and said so many nice things about her after she died."
Surviving Mrs. Poe in addition to her daughter are sons, Howard Poe and Ray Poe, both of Cincinnati, Lawrence Poe Jr. of Maysville and Emmitt Poe of Mays Lick; 14 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, six step-great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren and two step-great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mays Lick Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in Shannon cemetery in Mays Lick.
Memorials are suggested to Mays Lick Baptist Church Building Fund, 5105 Main St., Mays Lick, Ky. 41055; or Hospice of Hope, 1 W. McDonald Parkway, Maysville, Ky. 41056.
Palmer Funeral Home in Mays Lick is handling arrangements.
Sharon K. Ashcraft, 45, of Hebron, died at 4:10 p.m. Monday in an automobile accident at Centennial Circle and Ky. 18 west of Florence. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Jay T. Ashcraft; sons, Quentin Baker of Melbourne, Robin Baker of Lexington and Conley Ashcraft of Hebron; and sisters, Janice Kane of Golden, Colo., Barbara Buedger of Walton and Joanne Brafford of Florence.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Burial will be in Burlington Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Conley Ashcraft Memorial Fund, in care of Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, 1833 Petersburg Road, Hebron, Ky. 41048.
Albert Campbell, 67, of Williamstown, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was a carpenter with Arlinghaus Builders and a farmer. He was also a member of Mason Baptist Church. A daughter, Stephanie Lynn Campbell, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Louise Noe Campbell; sons, Joey Campbell and Louie Campbell, both of Williamstown; daughters, Sheri Vaske of Cincinnati, Jenny Deckard of Covington and Star Honeycutt of Morning Vew; a brother, Cleave Campbell of Anaheim, Calif.; sisters, Thelma Kline of Farmington, Mich., and Lorraine Davenport of Mount Vernon, Ind.; and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mason Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in Mason Baptist Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Mason Baptist Church Building Fund, 320 Mason-Sipple Road, Mason, Ky. 41054.
Virgil Creekmore, 73, of Florence, died Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was the retired owner of a home improvement business and a member of Masonic Lodge No. 159, Covington.
Survivors include his wife, Melba Creekmore; sons, Michael Creekmore of Goldsboro, N.C., Richard Creekmore of Panama City, Fla., Rocky Creekmore of Asheville, N.C., and Bruce Creekmore of Willis, Texas; a daughter, Dolly Thomas of Florence; and sisters, Rose Morgan of Cincinnati and Wilma Mitts of Newport.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Radel Funeral Home, Newport. Visitation will begin there at noon Friday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Virginia Kaub, 94, of Latonia, died at 5 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood.
Arrangements are pending at Swindler and Currin Funeral Home, Latonia.
Marie Lay, 93, of Walton, died Monday at Woodcrest Manor, Elsmere. She was a switchboard operator with St. Barbara Church, Erlanger. A son, Herbert Lay, died in 1991.
Survivors include daughters, Dolores Reasons of Walton and Rose Richardson of Florence; a son, Bruce Lay of Florene; 18 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Visitation will begin there at noon Friday. Entombment will be in Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to Woodcrest Manor, 3876 Turkeyfoot Road, Elsmere, Ky. 41018.
Charles E. Spoonamore, 33, of Cincinnati, formerly of Petersburg, died Tuesday at his home. He was a customer service representative with Raddison Hotels.
Survivors include a daughter, Heather Danielle Forman of Petersburg; her parents, Harold and Joan Spoonamore of Dry Ridge; and a brother, Harold E. Spoonamore Jr. of Dry Ridge.
Services will be at 8 p.m. Friday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Hebron. Visitation will begin there at 6 p.m. Friday. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, 8899 Brookside Ave., Suite 102, West Chester, Ohio 45069.
Linda J. Sheriff Stidham, 51, of Cincinnati, died at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at University Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a licensed practical nurse. Her husband, William R. Stidham, died Feb. 25.
Survivors include sons, James Allphin of Columbia, S.C., Robert King of Akin, S.C., Samuel Setters of Graniteville, S.C., Stacey Stidham of Anchorage, Alaska, and William Stidham-Garner of Cincinnati; daughters, Katherine Kappes of Batesville, Ind., Christina Setters of Akin, S.C., and Phyllis Setters of Covington; brothers, Douglas Sheriff and Patrick Sheriff, both of Crittenden; and 16 grandchildren.
Memorials are suggested to 7 p.m. Friday at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati.
Marie L. Calia Sund, 92, of Burlington, died at 4:25 p.m. Tuesday at Village Care Center, Erlanger. She was a retired accounting department worker with the Internal Revenue Service and a member of RSVP and the Burlington Senior Center. A son, George T. Sund, preceded him in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Judy Pohlgeers of Burlington; a son, Eugene R. Sund of Altadena, Calif.; a sister, Theresa Nelson of Rockford, Ill.; 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John Church, Covington. Visitation will begin there at 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati. Memorials are suggested to St. Eizabeth Hospice Unit, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, Ky. 41014. Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington, is handling arrangements.
Violet Wilson, 84, of Cincinnati, died Tuesday at East Galbraith Health Care Center, Cincinnati.
Survivors include a son, Dr. George Wilson of Oatley, New South Wales, Australia; daughters, Jackie Wallace of Dry Ridge and Judy Noelker of Camden, S.C.; and seven grandchildren.
No services are planned. Memorials are suggested to Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Attn.: Beveryly Stalion, 800 S. Limestone, Lexington, Ky. 40536. Peoples Funeral Home, Falmouth, is handling arrangements.
