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Bobby Dale Swafford, 52 of Morgantown, Ky. passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011 at his residence. He was a Georgia native and son of the late Carl and Lucille Kilgore Swafford. Bobby was a Army veteran and preceded in death by one sister Angela and one brother Corky.
Bobby Dale Swafford is survived by one son Tommy Swafford (Leeann Huff); daughter Staccie Payne (James); 6 sisters Debbie Williams, Jean Rosser, Cheryl Blackwell, Joyce Hight, Faye Doughty and Shirley Davenport; brother Dale Cooper; 9 grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and other extended family members.

Willard D. Hester, 91  of Bowling Green, entered into rest  on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at The Medical Center. The Logan County native was born June 19, 1920 to the late Harry and Della Brown Hester. He retired after 45 years at James P. Rogers Lumber Company. He loved to travel, fish, and was deeply devoted to his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife Marta Thomason Hester, three brothers, three sisters and  an infant great-grandson Nathan Ross Gibbs.

Meda I. Johnson Brown of Morgantown, Ky.
Date of Death: Sunday , November 20, 2011
Age: 81 Born- May 30, 1930
Place of Death: Morgantown Care & Rehab Center , Morgantown
Place of Birth: Butler Co., Ky.
Occupation: Homemaker
Religious Affiliation Member of First Baptist Church
Parents: Leonard "Wood" Johnson & Martha Phelps Johnson (both
deceased)
Visitation: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 from 4-9pm - Wednesday, November 23, 2011 from 8am til Funeral all at Smith Funeral
Home Chapel

Wendell G. Wilson, 24 of Morgantown, Ky. passed away Friday Nov. 18, 2011 in a automobile accident in Butler County. He was a Louisville, Ky native and son of Wendell Glen Wilson Sr. and Rosemary Bacanskas Wilson who survives.

William Granton Cooper McCoy of Morgantown, KY
Date of Death: Monday , November 21, 2011
Age: 90
Place of Death: At his Residence
Place of Birth: Butler County, Kentucky- Born December 10, 1920
Occupation: Retired Carpenter and Farmer, He was a WWII Army Veteran of the 318th Anti Tank Unit, A Purple Heart Recipient , 2006 Veteran of the Year of The NSDAR Green River Chapter
Religious Affiliation: Member of Sandy Creek Baptist Church
Spouse: Virginia McKinney McCoy (Deceased)

Evelyn Lawrence Page, 90, of Morgantown died Saturday, November 19, 2011, at the Medical Center in Bowling Green, KY with her family by her side. She was born on August 24, 1921 to Ivey Keith and Ruby Newton Lawrence. She was raised with her older brothers Robert and John Lawrence in the Sugar Grove community of Butler County, where she lived most of her life.

Christopher Chance Deweese, 33 of Roundhill, Ky. passed away Friday, November 18, 2011 in a automobile accident. He was a Jefferson County native son of the late Emma Faye Phelps Deweese and Frank M. Deweese Sr. who survives.
Christopher Chance Deweese is survived by his fathter and step mother Frank M. Sr. and Sylvia Deweese of Beattyville, Ky.; brother Frank Deweese Jr. of Louisville, Ky; sister Stephanie Hodges of Louisville, Ky. and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Laura Christine Price, 41, of Bowling Green died Friday, November 18, 2011 at the Medical Center. The Indianapolis, Indiana native was a homemaker and a member of Ebenezer Church.

She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Claude Warren and maternal grandparents, Fred and Ellen Wiese. She is the daughter of Margaret Wiese and William "Bill" E. Warren and his wife, Nancy, who survive.

Doris Annis Tichenor, 80, of Logansport, KY and Gainesville, FL, died Thursday afternoon, November 17, 2011, in Lexington, KY.
 
Doris was born to the late Wendell and Amy Annis on October 18, 1931 in Morgantown, KY.  She was Valedictorian of her high school class at Logansport, KY and entered the University of Kentucky at age 16, where she studied Home Economics.  After graduating Doris married Carroll Tichenor of Centertown, KY on February 16, 1952 and they resided in the Bluegrass area of Kentucky for the next 32 years.
 

Rhonda Jane Brooks, 55 of Morgantown, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at the Medical Center in Bowling Green, Ky. She was a Ohio County native, daughter of the late Frank and Wanda Herrall Gipson and member of Mt Olivet Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by one daughter Cassandra Gipson and one brother Garry Gipson. Memorial contributions may be made to The Morgantown Mission P.O. Box 580 Morgantown Ky 42261 or Aberdeen Cemetery Fund 789 Caneyville Rd. Morgantown, Ky. 42261.