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Senator C.B. Embry Jr. has died

Following a battle with cancer, longtime Western Kentucky state lawmaker and public official C.B. Embry Jr. died late Thursday. Embry was 81 years old, and had just resigned from his post earlier this week.  Embry’s Senate District 6 had moved to a different part of the state during this year’s redistricting process due to population shifts in his native Western Kentucky. The district is now located in the suburban greater Louisville area, including Oldham and Trimble counties as well as a part of outer Jefferson County.

“It has been an honor of a lifetime to serve the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the good people of District 6,” Embry wrote in his resignation letter. “During my time in the Senate, I can truly say that I and my colleagues worked each day to make Kentucky an even greater state. I will miss my colleagues and staff in the Kentucky Senate, and will cherish the long-lasting friendships.” 

“C.B. Embry was a true gentleman and the consummate public servant, taking the duty and responsibility to represent the people until the very end,” said Senate President Robert Stivers in a statement. “A dedicated family man, successful business owner, and inspirational man of faith, C.B.’s values served as a bedrock in the state Senate and his contributions to our Commonwealth stand out on their own.”

Stivers said Embry was a “passionate advocate” for public education and veterans issues, and “raised the bar on everything he touched.”

 U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today on the passing of former State Senator C.B. Embry of Morgantown, Kentucky:

“Elaine and I are heartbroken to learn of the loss of my good friend C.B. Embry. For more than fifty years, until just this week, he dutifully served the people of Kentucky as Mayor, County Judge-Executive, State Representative, and State Senator. I join with the chorus of Kentuckians he touched throughout his long career in mourning his loss.

“C.B. was the senior statesman in Kentucky’s statehouse, valued deeply by his colleagues for both his great work – especially on behalf of the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable citizens – and for his fine character. Faith and family were his guiding light throughout his career, and just this August, C.B. celebrated his sixtieth wedding anniversary with his wife, Wanda. Elaine and I share our deepest condolences with Wanda, their three children, four grandchildren, and two great-children.”

He served in both the House of Representatives serving District 17 and District 6 as a Kentucky Senator.

Embry was elected 12 times to five different public offices that included mayor, a county judge-executive and in the General Assembly.

 

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