IN MEMORYOF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY...MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
Contributed by Robert McCurdy~
REALIZE
To realize
The value of a sister and/or brother
Ask someone
Who doesn't have one.
To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.
To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.
To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
To realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother
Who has given birth to
A premature baby.
To realize
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize
The value of one minute:
Ask a person
Who has missed the train, bus or plane.
To realize
The value of one-second:
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident.
To realize the value of a friend or family member:
LOSE ONE.
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
IN REMEMBRANCE OF:
GERALD LORENZO McCURDY
FKHS CLASS OF 1973
SUNSHINE: MAY 14, 1954
SUNSET: OCTOBER 14, 1992
VICKIE LYNN McCURDY-ROBINSON
FKHS CLASS OF 1975
SUNSHINE: JUNE 21, 1956
SUNSET: MARCH 15, 1998
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EDMOND L. DOERFLEIN, 2nd
FKHS GRADUATE OF 1970
SUNSHINE: May 8, 1952
SUNSET: December 26, 1995
Senior Prom - 1970 (Ann Mattingly)
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BUDDY "Bud" HOPE
FKHS CLASS OF 1975
SUNSHINE: October 25, 1957
SUNSET: October 12, 2006
I guess it goes without saying that Bud had a tremendous impact on my life since I was married to him for 29 years. The most important thing that Bud taught me is to live life to the fullest. He did everything in life with 100% commitment. He worked hard at UPS and he played hard as he traveled around the world, hosted entertaining parties, and celebrated every holiday during the year. He was devoted to his family, and he would do what ever was needed to make sure his family felt his love. If you were part of his inner circle of friends, you knew it. He loved to be with family and friends, and he loved having fun with those people. If I had to choose one word to describe him, it would definitely be FUN. Without him in my life, it is difficult to have fun, but I know in order to honor his memory, I want to live my life with the same exuberance he had for life.
---Debra Wood Hope, Class of ‘75
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Wesley Troy "Butch" Kyle (Oct. 3, 1955 - Oct. 6, 1985) - photographed with long time friend, Ron Escobedo
Murray State University, September 1977
I have known Wesley Troy "Butch" Kyle since I was 10 years old. We grew up together with a lot of you guys in Ft. Knox and at North Hardin. Pound for pound he was one of the toughest football players I ever knew. We came to North Hardin our junior year and tried out for the football team along with Abel De Leon, Jr. We were treated like red-headed step children, given OLD Trojan practice jerseys since we were the 93rd, 94th and 95th players signing up that summer. Butch and I made our names on the specialty teams, more importantly the kick off squad. By the end of the season we both started on a good Trojan team. Butch got Coach Hogg's attention when, bored during a scrimmage, he came in from the sideline and blind-sided a guy coming in to level the QB. The coaches were screaming wondering who did that? We of course, pointed to Butch, expecting him to be put in the dog house. Instead, Coach Hogg was so impressed, he started Kyle right then and there. It was funny as hell, since we had yelled out Butch's name, thinking the coaches would roast him for that. Instead, he gave us the one-finger salute as he took his place in the huddle. He was something else. We ended up going to Murray State University, and he married my sister's good friend Debbie. I think of him often and always smile with good memories. We would sometimes ride with Terry Penix to and from football practice our Junior year at North Hardin, and another great guy from our Fort Knox days. These two guys together were always fun. Great memories even over all this time! There isn't a week that goes by that I don't think of my old friend. His brother Rick owns a company in Clovis, NM where he lives with his wife Valerie, and their son and daughter, Justin and Morgan. Butch is survived by his wife Debbie Geurin Smith, and daughter Megan. He was laid to rest in Spring Hill, TN.
Pam Kyle
(September 18, 1958 - August 21, 1986)
I knew Pamela Jo Kyle since she was 7 years old and Butch's kid sister. She went to Ft. Knox High School briefly. She graduated from North Hardin High School in 1976. Unfortunately, cancer took this wonderful young woman when she was only 27. You could not meet a nicer, prettier, and kinder person than she. This picture does not give justice to the tall, willowy blonde who was always quick to smile. While her life was short, she was one of those friends who will always be missed. Pam was as wiry, and tough as her older brother and was actually taller than him! She was nice and fun-loving to her friends, and a typical older sister to her brother Ricky! I hope some of you who read this had the opportunity to call her friend. I know I am a better person for having known her in my life. Pam rests in peace near her mother Glenda, in Magnolia, KY. She is survived by her brother Rick, his wife Valerie, their son Justin and daughter Morgan of Clovis, NM.
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IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
JONAS BRINSON III (FKHS Class of 1976)
SUNRISE: SEPTEMBER 23, 1956
SUNSET: MAY 18, 1994
THE LORD IS MY SHEPARD, I SHALL NOT WANT. PSALM 23:01
JONAS BRINSON III…
WAS BORN TO THE PARENTS OF JONAS BRINSON JR. AND PEARLIE B. JACKSON. JONAS III WAS RAISED IN TAYLOR, TEXAS WHERE HE ATTENDED O.L. PRICE SCHOOL, THERE IN TAYLOR. RAISED IN A MILITARY FAMILY, HIS PARENTS WHERE STATIONED AT GELLENHAUSEN, GERMANY. WHERE HE ATTENDED GELLENHAUSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEREAFTER, THE FAMILY WAS STATIONED AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY WHERE HE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM FORT KNOX HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE THERE IN KENTUCKY. HE LATER MOVED TO PHOENIX, ARIZONA AND ATTENDED AN AIRLINE STEWARDSHIP SCHOOL, WHICH BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT. DUTY CALLED FOR HIM TO RELOCATE TO CALIFORNIA WHERE HE WORKED FOR SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, FOR YEARS. FINALLY, HE WAS RELOCATED TO HAWAII WHERE, AFTER 2 YEARS, HE MET OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST.
OUR ETERNAL FATHER CALLED JONAS TO REST ON MAY 18, 1994, LEAVING BEHIND HIS FATHER JONAS BRINSON II OF FLORIDA, HIS MOTHER PEARLIE B. JONES OF HARKER HEIGHTS, TEXAS, ONE BROTHER DONALD RAY BRINSON OF CALIFORNIA, THREE SISTERS; DELORES ANN CHASE OF MARYLAND, BARBARA FAYE THOMPSON OF KILLEEN, TEXAS, AND ANGELA RENA GRAVES OF HARKER HEIGHTS, TEXAS. HE WILL TRULY BE MISSED BY HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THERE WERE MANY ARMS THAT REACHED DOWN TO WELCOME HIM HOME. JONAS WAS VERY SPECIAL; HE TOUCHED MANY HEARTS AND MADE MANY FRIENDS WHO LOVED HIM DEARLY. HE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY AND SMILING. MAY YOU SMILE DOWN ON HIM OUR FATHER, LORD, AND JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.
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ERIC JOHNATHAN MCKINNEY, SR.
McKINNEY, ERIC JOHNATHAN SR., 52, of Louisville, entered into the loving arms of the Lord after losing his battle with cancer on June 27, 2009, surrounded by his family and friends.
He was an Army veteran and LPN by profession.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Earnestine McKinney.
Heis survived by his devoted wife, Theresa; his children, Stephanie McKinney-Williams (Quentin), Eric McKinney Jr., Aaron McKinney (Kathy), Kiana McKinney and Trent and Destiny Ferguson; his siblings, Harriett Morris, Heyward McKinney (Belinda), Clifton McKinney (Gloria), Valeria McKinney Mayfield and Eunice McKinney Commodore; his grandchildren, Bryce, Jadyn and Tylan; and a host of nieces, nephews, family andfriends.
His wishes were to bequeath his remains to the University of Louisville Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology.
A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Friday, July 3, 2009, at Oak & Acorn, 631 S. 28th St., Louisville.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to J. Graham Brown Cancer Center.
*You may go to this link and sign the 'guestbook' for the Louisville Courier Journal obituary website.
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Paula Jean Hopkins Hey (1957 - 2010)
Paula Jean Hopkins Hey passed away Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, surrounded by her family.
