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Waddell, Harry Truman

Harry Truman Waddell, 72, Dies March 14

Beaver Dam - Harry Truman Waddell, 72, formerly of Central City, died in a nursing home in Beaver Dam Tuesday, March 14 at 10:15 p.m. He was born in Muhlenberg County April 12, 1888.

Funeral services will be conducted today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. in Central City with the Rev. Roy Geary, pastor of the Temple Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Nelson Creek cemetery.

Survivors include two sons, Raymond Waddell of Cicero, Ill., Truman Waddell of Chicago, Ill.; three daughters, Mrs. Marie Deihl, Mrs. Lola Highers and Mrs. Nellodean Creamer, all of Chicago, Ill.; mother, Mrs. Cora Waddell of Sacramento; three brothers, Cecil Waddell of Central City, Robert Waddell of Henderson, Jesse Waddell; sister, Mrs. Rosie Gregory of Cleaton; 19 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren.

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Wade, Joel T.

Rev. Joel T. Wade Dies in Chattanooga

Chattanooga, Tenn. - The Rev. Joel Taylor Wade Jr., 94, retired Presbyterian minister, died July 24 in a local hospital. He made his home at 502 S. Seminole Ave. [Chattanooga].

He had lived in Bevier for many years and was in charge of the Bevier group of Presbyterian churches in Muhlenberg, including Bethel at Nonnel, Bethlehem at Beechmont, Mt. Zion, Nelson and Elbethel.

The Rev. Mr. Wade had preached at Lewis Mission Chapel, Boulevard Chapel, Log Cabin Chapel and The Way, all in Chattanooga.

A native of Campbellsville, Ky., he was the son of Joe Taylor Wade and Letitia Durham Wade.

He is survived by his wife, Grace A. Vanduyn Wade; two daughters, Mrs. E.M. (Mary) Wade, Arlington, Vt., and Mrs. W.A. Stivers, Rome, Ga.; daughter-in-law, Mrs. Percy M. Wade, Chattanooga; four grandsons, William Taylor Wade and Thomas Quigg Wade, Chattanooga; William Arthur Stivers, Pittman, N.J., and James Edward Stivers, Arlington, Vt.; two granddaughters, Mrs. Clifford Kinsey, Cornelia, Ga., and Mrs. Richard A. Watt, Falis Church, Va., and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 11:30 a.m. July 25 at the First Presbyterian Church with Dr. James L. Fowle, Dr. William Crowe and Rev. Willard Peak officiating.

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Walls, Mary

Mrs. Mary Walls, 74, Is Buried Saturday

Powderly - Mrs. Mary Lous Reaby Wall, 74, died at her home in the Hillside community near Powderly Thursday, Feb. 23 at 2:30 a.m. following a lingering illness. She was born in Lyon County Jan. 27, 1887.

Mrs. Wall was a member of the Powderly Holiness Church where funeral services were conducted Saturday Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Phillip Uzzle of Martwick officiating, assisted by the Rev. Lorene Pendley. Burial was in the Dovey cemetery.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mary Agnes Jernigan of Powderly, two sons, Charles Leo Wall of Hammond, Ind., Arthur Raymond Wall of Hillside; two brothers, Dudley Forsythe of Granite City, Ill., Jimmy Forsythe of New York City; eight grandchildren, one great grandchild.

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Ward, Rosalie

Mrs. Rosalie Ward, 78, of Central City, died at 2:06 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11 in Sparks Nursing Center.

She was born June 22, 1918 in Grayson County and was a member of Cherry Hill Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Howard Ward; two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Noffsinger of Greenville and Ruby Nell Rager of Central City; two grandchildren; one sister, Bertha Gore of Central City.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday at Tucker Funeral Home, with the Rev. Leroy Rearden officiating. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.

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Watson, Thomas Dorris

T.D. Watson, 63, dies in Hopkinsville

Greenville - Thomas Dorris Watson, 63-year-old Greenville negro, died at 12:45 a.m. Sunday in Western State Hospital in Hopkinsville.

Surviving are the wife, Mrs. Addie Mae Watson of Greenville, and several cousins.

Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Trinity Chapel CME Church in Earlington by the Rev. C.E. Barnhill of Evansville with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery on North Kentucky Avenue in Madisonville.

Updated February 22, 2026.

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