Obituaries

Ben F. Thompson, 102, died Dec. 12, 2008, at Harborside Healthcare. Born Nov. 2, 1906, to Robert and Martha Jenkins Thompson of Owen County, he was a farmer and member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Minni Mae Rice Thompson; his son, J.B. Thompson; sisters, Nettie Layton, Sadie Morgan, Virgie Morgan, Lula McCormick and Bertha Corman.

Mr. Thompson is survived by a son, Carl Thompson of Frankfort; a granddaughter, Jennifer Elliott and husband Tony; and a great-grandchild, Jaden Elliott.

William F. Butcher, 77, of Carrollton, died Dec. 15, 2008, at Gallatin Health Care. He was the son of the late William N. and Mattie Hunt Butcher. He was the husband of Thelma Hughes Butcher of Carrollton. Mr. Butcher was a farmer and an Army Veteran of the Korean War.

He is also survived by a son, Steve Butcher of Carrollton; a daughter, Peggy Black of Campbellsburg; a brother, Elbert A. Butcher of Vine Grove; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Graveside services were held Dec. 20, 2008, at Owenton Cemetery.

Herschel Wayne O’Banion, 52, of Owenton, died Dec. 26, 2008, at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington.

Born February 1956, he was the son of the late William Henry O’Banion and Ethel Jean Howard. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Mary Perkins.

Wayne was a retired employee of the University of Kentucky Experimental Farm (Central Bull Test) located at Eden Shale in Owen County.

Frances Arnold, 86, died Dec. 11, 2008, at the Episcopal Church Home. She was born in Greenville, Texas, on Sept. 14, 1922.

She was a member of the Christian Women’s Club, and a longtime member of Farmdale Church Home.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Beebe Arnold, and their daughter, Beebe Carol.