PAGE A2 ■ FEBRUARY 19, 2012 ■ THE STATE JOURNAL ■ FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY OBITUARIES COMMUNITY Perry (Kelly), Patrick Perry heating and air conditioner Eastwood Baptist Church, CALENDAR OBITUARY POLICY (Stacy); and great grandchil- contractor. Ann Williams 500 Eastwood St., Bowling dren, Brittany, Austin, Hunt- He was preceded in death BOWLING GREEN – Ser- Green, KY, 42103 The State Journal publishes brief ORGANIZATIONS er, Alexis, Kaitlyn and Jacob by his wife, Velinta Dean; vices for Ann Williams, death notices at no charge. MONDAY Perry. son, Gary Dean; sister, Ev- 85, wife of the late James This notice includes name, age, The Franklin Country Republican Party She was a loving mother to H. Williams, will be 10 date and place of death, funeral elyn Mullikin and brother, Lilly Mae will meet at 6 p.m. at Gatti’s Pizza, 770 her children, grandchildren a.m. Monday at Johnson- home, memorial contributions, Richard Dean. Wilkinson Blvd. and great grandchildren Vaughn-Phelps Funeral Wright visitation, spouse name, services Survivors include his The Lakeview Park Committee will and to many others. She had Home in Bowling Green. MIDWAY – Services for and a photo. Families who want daughter, Donna Morris, meet at 10 a.m. at 321 W. Main St. the love of God in her heart She died Thursday at Lilly Mae “Ms. Lilly” John- additional information published Frankfort; step- daughter, throughout her life. Bowling Green Medical TUESDAY may do so for a charge based on Catherine (Tim) Hayden, son Wright, 87, will be 1 Funeral services will be The Franklin Country Republican length, $7.50 per column inch Lexington; niece, Rosemary Center. p.m. Monday at Sunset Me- 10 A.M. Monday, February Women’s Club will meet at noon at (7 lines of text per inch). Pictures (Kenneth) Harp, Frankfort; Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m. morial Gardens. 20, 2012 at the Shannon Fu- the Candleberry Tea Room, 1500 Lou- may be submitted with any nephew, William (Nedra) Sunday at the funeral She died Thursday. neral Home with Rev. Carter isville Road paid obituary. Obituaries are Clark, Lexington; six grand- home. Visitation is 2 to 4 p.m. Barnett and Machelle Perry accepted only from funeral children and two great- Memorial contributions Sunday at Clark Funeral officiating. Visitation will ALCOHOLICS homes. Obituaries also appear grandchildren. can be made to the Amer- Home, Rose Hill. on www.state-journal.com. be 1-7 P.M. Sunday at the fu- A gathering of family, ican Heart Association, Memorial contributions ANONYMOUS neral home. Burial will be in friends and neighbors to cel- 1212 Ashley Circle, Suite 1, can be made to Midway SUNDAYS Grove Hill Cemetery. ebrate George’s life will take Bowling Green, KY 42104 or Christian Church. Breakfast at Brando’s, Georgetown Expressions of sympathy place 11 a.m. Friday, Febru- Road at Forks of the Elkhorn, open may be made to Kosair Chil- ary 24, at New Union Chris- speaker/non smoking at 9 a.m.; Frank- dren’s Hospital Foundation, Iva Ritter Akins tian Church, Old Frankfort fort Group, 300 Strathmore Drive, Iva G. Ritter Akins, 95, 234 E. Gray Street, Suite 450, NEWS OF RECORD open discussion at 11 a.m.; Chips Louisville, KY 40202 Pike, Midway. LeCompte- went to be with the Lord Johnson-Taylor Funeral Group, Bridge Street, open discus- Thursday, February 16, 2012. sion at 6:30 p.m.; Frankfort Group, Home is handling the ar- FRANKFORT POLICE LOTTERY WINNERS 300 Strathmore Drive, open Big Book She was born May 21, 1916 rangements. and raised on Ritter Lane in George nA theft was reported on Pick 3 (Friday): 6-0-1 meeting at 8 p.m. Sign online guest book at Meredith Avenue around Shelby County. Dean Jr. ljtfuneralhome.com. Pick 4 (Friday): 0-1-7-3 She was a faithful member 2:15 p.m. Thursday. AL-ANON George Dean Jr., 88, Pick 3 (Saturday): 0-3-3 nAn assault was report- MONDAYS of Grace Fellowship in Wad- Frankfort, passed away ed on Second Street around Pick 4 (Saturday): New Hope, 111 ½ Bridge St. (upstairs), dy. Wednesday at Frankfort Re- Belinda Kaye non-smoking at 6:30 p.m. She was preceded in death gional Medical Center. 6:10 p.m. Thursday. 2-5-0-9 by her loving husband, Orbit He was born in Frankfort Morales Akins; brothers, Ralph Rene, and remained a lifelong resi- OWENTON – Services for Jessie, and Dudley Ritter; and dent. He was the son of the Belinda Kaye Morales, 46, sister, Edna Ritter. late Mattie Finn and George wife of Jorge Morales, will be She is survived by her Dean Sr. George was a US Ar- 1 p.m. Monday at McDonald daughter, Edna Mae Perry, my veteran stationed in the and New Funeral Home on Whitney Houston remembered Waddy; sons, William Lee Pacific Theater during World Main Street in Owenton. Perry, Shelbyville, Michael War II. She died Wednesday in Ft. at hometown funeral in N.J. Keith Perry (Kathy), Frank- He was employed at Na- Pierce, Fla. fort; grandchildren, Chris tional Distillers for 42 years Visitation is 2 to 6 p.m. BY NEKESA MUMBI MOODY bi Kristina began crying, and ated Press that she had been Perry (Machelle). Michael and was a self-employed Sunday at the funeral home. AP MUSIC WRITER the sobs of Houston’s mother up most of the night with leg spasms and sent best wish- NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — rang throughout the church. �������������������������������������� “My baby!” she wailed. es to the family. “May God ��������������������������������������������������� Clapping hands and sway- Stevie Wonder and Oprah bless and keep them all,” she SECTION 8 ing to gospel hymns in the Winfrey were among the wrote. church where Whitney ��������������������������� APPLICATIONS biggest names gathered to A program featuring a Houston’s powerful voice mourn Houston, along with picture of Houston looking OPENING once wowed her congrega- Hudson, Monica, Brandy skyward read “Celebrating The Housing Authority of tion, the biggest names in en- and Jordin Sparks — repre- the life of Whitney Elizabeth Flooring Frankfort will start distributing tertainment sang along with senting a generation of big- Houston, a child of God.” Pic- applications for the Section the choir to remember the voiced young singers who tures of Houston as a baby, ������������������������������������� 8 Rental Assistance Program pop superstar at her home- grew up emulating her. with her mother and daugh- in Franklin County on town funeral Saturday. Costner, her co-star in ter filled the program. ������������������������������� Wednesday, March 7th from “We are here today, hearts “The Bodyguard,” which “I never told you that when 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. and will broken, but yet with God’s ������������������������ spawned her greatest hit, re- you were born, the Holy Spir- continue on Wednesdays strength we celebrate the membered a movie star who it told me that you would from 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. only life of Whitney Houston,” was uncertain of her own not be with me long,” Cissy �������� for the months of March and the Rev. Joe A. Carter told the fame, who “still wondered, Houston wrote her daughter ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� April, 2012. packed New Hope Baptist ‘Am I good enough? Am I in a letter published in the Church after the choir be- pretty enough? Will they like program. “And I thank God hind him sang “The Lord is me?’” for the beautiful flower he al- My Shepherd.” “It was the burden that lowed me to raise and cher- Mourners, including made her great and the part ish for 48 years.” singer Jennifer Hudson and that caused her to stumble in Houston’s mother, gospel the end,” Costner said. singer Cissy Houston, stood, Filmmaker Tyler Perry ������������� swayed and clapped along praised Houston’s “grace in the aisles. Gospel singers that kept on carrying her all THE STATE BeBe Winans and the Rev. the way through, the same Kim Burrell joined with pop grace led her all the way to JOURNAL stars like Alicia Keys in pay- the top of the charts. She ing tribute to the 48-year-old sang for presidents.” Ann Dix Maenza, Publisher ������������������ pop superstar who first be- Warwick presided over 227-4556, ext. 232 gan singing in the Newark the funeral, introducing [email protected] church. Carleton L. West, Editor speakers and singers. 227-4556, ext. 250 “You wait for a voice like Houston’s mother was [email protected] that for a lifetime,” said mu- helped by two people on ei- Ron Herron, Opinion Editor sic mogul Clive Davis, who ther side of her as she walked 227-4556, ext. 260 shepherded Houston’s ca- in and sat with her grand- [email protected] reer for decades. daughter and other family to The service had light- begin the service. Houston’s Lloyd Lynch, Advertising Manager hearted moments too — ex-husband, Bobby Brown, Linda Roberts, Prepress Manager Kevin Costner imagining briefly appeared at her fu- Stephen D. Estes, Press Foreman Michael Veno, Systems Administrator a young Houston using her neral, walking to the casket, Rick Kuiper, Circulation Manager winning smile to get out of touching it and walking out. trouble, Houston’s cousin Di- ���� He later said in a statement NEWS onne Warwick offering short that he and his children were Keren Henderson, 227-4556, ext. insights about the singer. asked repeatedly to move 261 [email protected] Others were more mourn- and he left rather than risk Jordan Smith, 227-4556, ext. 259 ���������������� ful; singer Ray J., who spent creating a scene. [email protected] time with Houston during Katheran Wasson, 227-4556, ext. 253 As the funeral began, [email protected] her last days, broke down mourners fell quiet as three Kevin Wheatley, 227-4556, ext.