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Special services

Fountain Avenue United Meth-odist Church will sponsor a wor-ship service at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Jackson House.

Hills Chapel AME and St.

John AME will sponsor a prayer breakfast — Prayer for the Na-tions — at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. John, 1300 Atkins St. $7 dona-tion. Breakfast will include eggs, bacon, sausage, grits, biscuits, fruit, juice and coffee. Rev. Sherri

Cowley Scott, pastor.This Sunday at First Christian

Church, 415 Audubon Dr., is Laity Sunday. Members of the congregation will lead worship. Speakers: John Caywood and Susie Foreman. Two worship ser-

vices at  10:45 a.m. traditional in main sanctuary and 5:30 p.m. contemporary in Fellowship Hall on the lower level.

Bells Chapel C.M.E. Church, 207 North Highland Drive, Fulton. Annual Youth Day, 3 p.m. Sunday.

Guest speaker: Rev. Michael Mc-Clure of Turning Point Ministry in Hickman. 

First Love Seventh-day Adven-tist Church, 1029 Oscar Cross

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DALLAS — Fear of the fl u has some churches rethinking their traditional hugs and handshakes.

Love your brother, they advise, just don’t touch him.

The Catholic and Episcopal dioceses of Dallas sent guidelines to clergy late last week designed to slow the spread of sickness through their congregations.

“This is just a matter of remind-ing people to use their common sense,” said Dr. Patricia Hughes, director of the offi ce of worship for the 1.5 million-member Dallas Catholic Diocese.

“We’re saying, ‘Be gentle with yourself and be sensible and don’t ever feel compelled to do one thing or another.’”

During a ritual called the “Sign of Peace” — in which parishioners clasp hands and occasionally exchange kisses on the cheek — church leaders suggest less physi-cal contact would be better.

“Perhaps people should be a little more discreet until the fl u epidemic is over,” said Hughes. “A smile, head bow and eye contact will generally work for wishing someone peace.”

Bishop James M. Stanton, head of the Episcopal Diocese of Dal-las, took the precautions a step further.

In a two-page letter, he coun-seled clergy on the importance of hand washing and use of sanitizer and on proper methods of wash-ing and storing the chalice and plate used to serve communion.

He also suggested parishioners not be allowed to drink wine from a common chalice during commu-nion or dip their wafers in wine.

“Persons who have the fl u, sore throats, coughs, cold sores, etc. should be dissuaded from attend-ing corporate worship services until they are well,” he wrote.

As to the “Passing of the Peace” — which is to the Catholic “Sign of Peace” — Stanton wrote that the observance “should be limited to the bowing of the head to one an-other or other forms of acknowl-edgment not involving physical contact of any kind.”

Both churches said the modifi ed practices were also used during the swine fl u epidemic in 2009.

During that outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a six-foot buffer from sick people, an advisory that led many people to avoid handshakes and hugging.

David Tang, pastor of the 500-member Dallas Chinese Bible Church in Richardson, Texas, said that’s when his congregation started offering communion dif-ferently.

Instead of passing a common plate of bread, the loaf is broken into pieces to prevent the spread of germs.

But if someone reaches for his hand, Tang said, he’ll always meet them halfway — even if they’re coughing.

“I just make sure to be vigilant about washing my hands before touching my face,” he said. “Shak-ing hands is part of the church culture, and for me, it’s one way to greet someone and to show them we care and to let them know we’re glad they’re here to worship with us.”

Others seem reluctant to give up the practice, too.

Most business lunches still begin and end with handshakes, as do job interviews and even trips to the doctor.

Dr. Isaac Pugach, a primary-care physician who runs a clinic in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas, said he never leaves anybody hanging.

“If a patient offers their hand, I always take it,” he said. “You never want to offend anyone, but from a medical point of view, this is a decision each individual needs to make.”

He suggested that a namaste — an Indian tradition of press-ing palms together in front of the chest — followed by a gentle bow might be a polite gesture until the infl uenza outbreak subsides.

Shaking hands is a tradition that began as early as the fi fth century B.C. to demonstrate that an extended hand did not carry a weapon. Today, it has evolved into a pleasantry and a quick assess-ment of someone’s confi dence.

Lakehill Preparatory School headmaster Roger Perry said he’s sending children a message each

day when he greets them with a hand pump.

“I believe it offers them reassur-ance that somebody cares, and it’s a symbol of shared respect back and forth,” he said.

“It’s a tradition worth continu-ing because it trains kids in a small and polite thing to do when they meet someone.”

Zachary Thompson, executive director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, said he’s found a way to reduce the spread of the fl u virus and extend a warm greeting — the fi st bump.

“I get my fi st up fast and say, ‘Hey,’” said Thompson, who’s been spending a lot of time these days with crowds of vaccine seek-ers at the health department.

When Thompson can’t avoid a grateful handshake, he keeps sanitizing gel with alcohol nearby to wipe out lingering germs.

Dallas County Judge Clay Jen-kins said the fl u season is just an occupational hazard. Sometimes, politicians must press the fl esh.

“After working on the Obama campaign, I am prone to fi st bump,” he said. “If people will take a fi st bump, I’ll give them one.”

Associated Press

The Rev. Allan Hawkins delivers communion to a parishioner at Saint Mary the Virgin Catholic Church in Arlington, Texas. With flu widspread in Texas, some churches across the state are making provisions to their services to make sure their parishioners stay healthy, from skipping the shared communion cup to advising clergy to keep hand sanitizer on the ready.

Flu season has churches rethinking handshakes

BY SCOTT FARWELLAND SHERRY JACOBSONMcClatchy-Tribune News Service

“If a patient offers their hand, I always take it. You never want to offend anyone, but from a medical point of view, this is a decision each individual needs to make.”

David TangPastor, Dallas Chinese Bible Church

HURST, Texas — Susan Slade is certain that she’s on earth to help people fi nd what they need.

“My purpose is to encourage people to fi nd their purpose in God and to express it,” she said.

But Slade’s done so much more than that since she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla., then became an ordained minister. She has performed weddings, made inspirational videos, appeared on television, preached from pulpits to hundreds at a time and used a prophet-like insight to fi nd meaning in Scripture.

Born with cerebral palsy, the 46-year-old woman did all that from a reclining wheelchair or a hospital bed. The only parts of her body that she can control are the thumb and forefi nger of her right hand.

“I call it the fi ery fi nger,” she said. “When I start getting into Scripture, that fi nger really starts going.”

People who visit Slade in her grandmother’s home, where she has been confi ned to a bed since May, have watched that fi ery fi nger fl y as she emphasizes points she is making.

Illnesses and conditions that include neuropathy, scoliosis, osteoporosis and the loss of a kidney have complicated Slade’s life, but they haven’t impeded her ministry, said John Tyler, senior pastor at North Pointe Baptist Church in Hurst, Texas.

He called Slade “a prayer warrior and encourager in our church family.”

One who has benefi ted from those talents, Dennis Bass, said Slade has talked him through some desperate times.

“She’s helped me through depression,” he said. “My mom passed away, and everyone said I couldn’t make it without her. Susan helped me get through that and through the anniver-sary of her death.”

Slade’s ability to intervene with God on others’ behalf may be her strongest ability, Bass said.

“You can call on her anytime you have health problems, family problems, problems with fi nances and she’ll pray

for you,” Bass said. “It’s like a miracle happens, and you just get through whatever it is.”

Doug White, former senior pastor of Restoration Church in Euless, Texas, called Slade his hero.

“I’ve watched her go through things that grown men couldn’t,” he said. “I visit her every four or fi ve months and never leave her presence that I don’t feel encouraged. Her spirit and attitude are exceptional.”

Slade’s ability to interpret God’s message brings Tyler to her more often.

“God has given her a unique insight into his word, and he has given us a partnership in studying for future messages,” Tyler said.

An example came in a ser-mon Tyler recently preached on Mark 10:45: “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

“In her notes on that passage, Susan wrote that God intends for us to be his ‘instruments of distribution,’” Tyler said. “We are not just serving others, we are distributing his love, grace and power to others. Awe-some!”

Slade said she prays about and then researches texts that Tyler sends her. “Brother John plugs in what I fi nd where it’s appropriate. We work off of each other. Iron sharpens iron, the Bible says,” Slade said.

Slade said she hopes someday to make Biblical interpreta-tions, inspirational poems and videos available online, as well as receive prayer requests, using a website for her ministry.

Until God works out a way, Slade has to be content with a speaker phone for consultations and a computer for research.

Her circumstances haven’t made her a better prayer war-rior or minister than the next person, she said, because every-one has something they have to overcome.

“I’m not greater because I have this, but they’re not greater because they don’t,” she said. “This isn’t a story about a young handicapped woman in and of itself. It’s a story about overcoming, turning lemons into lemonade, seeing the glass half full. Everyone needs that.”

Texas woman doesn’t let her circumstances impede her ministry

BY TERRY EVANSMcClatchy-Tribune News Service

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Susan Slade reclines in her bed at her grandmother’s home on Jan. 9 in Hurst, Texas, from which she, as an ordained minister, counsels people by phone through her own Precious Jewels min-istry.

Avenue. Morning service at 9:30 a.m. Saturday with lunch and concert by Bro. Wayne Hayes.

 Radio Ministry

First Christian Church, 415 Audubon, Paducah. Morning worship is broad-cast every Sunday 10:45 a.m. on 1560 am WPAD or 99.5 FM.

“God’s Guide for Daily Liv-ing” is presented each Sun-day morning at 7:30 a.m. by the Fairdealing Church of Christ, 8081 U.S. 68-East, Benton, KY, on Benton radio stations WCBL 99.1 FM and 1290 AM by Lexie B. Ray, minister of the church.

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Jocelyn never expressed an interest in being a teacher, but she taught many people lessons they say they’ll never forget.

My daughter would turn 18 on Jan. 27. I want to share with you the lessons learned, the gifts given, that others felt she gave in life and in death. But, fi rst, I want to share something I posted a while ago on her Facebook page, a place where many of us gather to remember her:

“It is evident when I read this page how much you are missed, Joc. How terribly big and gaping is the hole left in so many lives. I pray that these words of affection and longing to have you here read as a cautionary tale to anyone feeling alone and desperate enough to do what you did, Jocelyn. NOTHING is solved with suicide. It only spreads the pain around to ev-eryone else. So, I hope no one touched by the love expressed here, and feeling alone in their own lives, romanticizes this or glamourizes it... because, we can all tell you, this grief isn’t pretty or glam-orous. And anyone who feels alone should know that she sometimes felt that way, too. But she was wrong. She was only alone

in her own mind. Because we all held her in our hearts. Always.”

What follows, anony-mously, are just some of the messages and com-ments others shared about lessons Jocelyn taught them:

“Some people live 71 years and their lives do not have the impact that Jocelyn’s 17 years have contributed to this world. She was such a person of contrasts that she chal-lenged us to look at our-selves differently. She was smart, funny, talented, intense, somber and feisty. And looking at the world and myself differently are some of the lessons that Jocelyn has taught me. I now know that sometimes people can be in such deep pain that no matter how much love, support and kindness is showered upon them, they are not able to take it all in. I also believe that it is not about making a choice to live or die, it

is about ending pain. It is hard for me to understand that deep seated pain. But one thing I do know is that I will speak up and not remain silent about how Jocelyn lived and how she died. There is much to learn from both.”

“Jocelyn taught me that a beautiful 16-year-old girl ruffl ing the hair of a shy 12-year-old boy can do more for that boy than one would have thought possible. That a smile really can light up a room. That pain can take many forms. That love is sometimes found in the most unexpected places. What Jocelyn taught me in her leaving was to slow down, to love hard, to hold hands, and to say ‘I love you’ more freely.”

“She taught me that con-fi dence is important. She taught me how to stick up for myself, and for those who can’t do it themselves. She taught me how to be more outgoing and to be silly. She taught me that it’s OK to cry sometimes. She taught me that brown-ies taste better when they are not cooked, and that diet coke makes me sick. She really taught me what a true best friend is.”

“You encouraged me to embrace who I am. I know it must make you smile to

see how much more outgo-ing I am.”

“She was always the one that stuck up for herself and others. She always had the best advice. People may look like they have no pain on the outside when, really, they keep it in.”

“Jocelyn, you have slowly changed my way of thinking about everything. I appreciate more, have more patience, forgive more, and love more. Because of you I have stopped and cherished amazing moments with my friends and family more. I just wish I did all these things before you passed.

“You didn’t just teach me things after your pass-ing but before too. You taught me to come out my shell and not to care what people thought about me. I honestly would not be as social if it wasn’t for you.

“You have inspired my optimism and changed my outlook on life and I thank you for that. You’ve taught me to treat everyone with

the respect they deserve and to stand up for what I believe in. While it’s a hard situation, I thank God all the time for being blessed with you as a friend.”

“I have set my heart on pursuing my Masters in Education/School Coun-seling. I want to help teens navigate their high school years and assist their par-ents as well. If I can reach one child... assist one in getting their future into focus, resolve one issue, I will be satisfi ed. I cannot say that this decision was made simply based on the loss of Jocelyn, but it was coupled with other thoughts that I have had for quite some time. The puzzle has fi nally locked into place for me.”

“Her death has helped me to be more compas-sionate and think about individual struggles that a person may have. I have learned to pay more at-tention to what people are saying and more impor-tantly what they are not saying. To listen for the

pain. I now go out of my way for others and try to be available if they need me.”

A fi nal posting to Joc-elyn from someone who understands internal pain much more than most of us: “In your passing you’ve shown me just how many people care. Thank you for helping me realize the amount of suffering and sadness I’d leave in the wake of my absence if I had succeeded in killing myself. That amount of sadness will always out-weigh that of my own, so thank you for showing me that living is the answer.”

There’s no greater lesson Jocelyn could leave behind than that. She may have only been with us for 17 years but the lessons from her life and death will last a lifetime.

Jaletta Albright Desmond is a columnist who writes about faith and family. She lives in North Carolina with her family. Contact her at jdesmond@bdtonline.com.

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Jaletta Desmond

I pray that these words of affection and longing to have you here read as a cautionary tale to anyone

feeling alone and desperate enough to do what you did, Jocelyn. NOTHING is solved with suicide. It only spreads

the pain around to everyone else.

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paducahsun.com Obituaries The Paducah Sun • Friday, January 25, 2013 • 3D

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MARION, Ky. — Low-ell Nelson Hughes, 70, of Marion, Ky., passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at Lourdes hospital.

Mr. Hughes was a re-tired supervisor of 30 years from Potter & Brumfi eld in Marion. He was also co-founder and former co-owner of Par 4 Plastics in Marion. He served in the United States Navy and was a member of Deer Creek Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Muriel (Asher) of Marion; one son, Ricky Nelson Hughes of Marion; and one granddaughter, Ashlyn Shea Hughes of Tampa, Fla.; two brothers, Den-ton Hughes and wife Joan of Tampa, Fla., and Doug Hughes and wife Pegi of Ashburn, Ga.; one aunt,

Evelyn (Stephenson) Hamilton; and sister-in-law, Brenda Hughes of Marion, Ky. Several other in-laws and nieces and nephews also survive.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Vir-gil and Cloyce (Stephen-son) Hughes; one broth-er, Ronnie “Doorknob” Hughes; and one nephew.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, January 26, 2013, at My-ers Funeral Home in Mar-ion, Ky., with Bro. Marty Brown offi ciating. Burial will follow in the Maplev-iew Cemetery with U.S. Navy military rites.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home Fri-day, January 25, 2013, be-tween the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. and from 9 a.m. until the time of ser-vice Saturday.

Nelson Hughes

Lonnie Eddleman, 73, of Reidland passed away peacefully at 4:43 p.m. Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at his home.

Mr. Eddleman was a re-tired contractor and a U.S. Navy veteran. A member of the National Rifl e Associa-tion, he enjoyed hunting, fi shing, and beekeeping.

Surviving are his wife, Becky Eddleman; his daughter, Rae Ann (John) Gill of Lexington; two sons, Ron (Starla) Ward of Ledbetter and Barry (Stephaine) Ward of Ben-ton; one sister, Wilma (J.R.) Blasdel of Reidland; one granddaughter, Shea (Ward) Shumaker; two

great-grandchildren, Aar-on and Braylee Shumaker, and two nephews, Tim and Steve Blasdel.

He was preceded in death by his fi rst wife, Marie Ed-dleman, who is survived by daughter, Rae Ann. His parents were Norman and Ora Eddleman.

Visitation will be Sat-urday, January 26, 2013, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Lindsey Funeral Home.

Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 26, 2013, with Dr. Kenneth Puckett offi ciating.

Online condolences may be left at www.lindseyfu-neral.com.

Lonnie Eddleman

BENTON — Mrs. Merry Sue (McCuiston) Thomp-son, 79, of Benton, Ken-

t u c k y , p a s s e d away on Wednes-d a y , J a n u -ary 23, 2 0 1 3 , at 11:05 p.m. at Lourdes h o s p i -tal in

Paducah, Kentucky.Born Easter Sunday,

April 9, 1933, in Mur-ray, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Thomas B. McCuiston and the late Willie (Rob-erts) McCuiston. She was the wife of the late Jack-ie Lee Thompson, who passed away August 29, 2012.

She was a mother, homemaker and retired bookkeeper and was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Eastern Star.

Surviving are one daughter, Catherine Lee Street, husband Randy Otto of Hardin, Ky.; two sons, Thomas Hugh Thompson, wife Cari Lynn of Benton, Ky., and Timothy Dale Thompson, wife Joanne M. of Port Allen, La.; grandchildren,

Jason Hugh Thompson, wife Kim of Benton, Ky., Lindsey Catherine Eg-ner, husband Donnie of Benton, Ky., Ryan Street, wife Rebekah of Wesley Chapel, Fla., Tanner S. Thompson of Benton, Ky., Chelsea A. Thompson of Benton, Ky.; great-grand-children, Mary Grace Thompson of Benton, Ky., Jack T.C. Thompson of Benton, Ky., Hugh Da-vid Thompson of Benton, Ky., Jack Henry Street of Wesley Chapel, Fla., and Jetson Otto Street of Wes-ley Chapel, Fla., and Pe-nelope Bea.

One sister, Loretta Earles, husband Jim of Benton, Ky., and sister-in-law, Barbara Logeman of Greenville, S.C., also survive.

She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, and one sister, Margie Farley.

A Celebration of Life service will be held on Sat-urday, January 26, 2013, at 3 p.m. at the Collier Fu-neral Chapel with Johnny Phillips offi ciating.

Visitation will be held between the hours of 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Satur-day, January 26, 2013, at Collier Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be given to Lourdes Hospice, P.O. Box 7100, Paducah, KY 42002-9961.

Merry Sue Thompson

BENTON — James “John” Rudd, age 90, of Benton, Kentucky, passed

a w a y T h u r s -d a y , January 24, 2013, at 12:45 a.m. at Western B a p t i s t H o s p i -tal in Paducah, K e n -

tucky.Born Friday, January 27,

1922, in Benton, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Yancy Washington Rudd and the late Pearl (Canup) Rudd. He was the hus-band of the late Josephine (Starks) Rudd, of 69 years.

He was a Harness Horse-man and member of the U.S. Trotting Association where he was an owner, trainer, and driver. He honorably served his coun-try during World War II in the United States Navy. Mr. Rudd was a retired su-pervisor for Mid Continent Coal and Coke in Dawson Springs, Ky., as well as a brick mason by trade. He was a member of Union Hill Church of Christ.

Surviving are one son, James Timothy “Tim” Rudd (Shelley) of Benton, Ky.; one daughter, Myrna Odom of Benton, Ky.; sis-ters, Rachel Siress of Ben-ton, Ky., Pauline Siress of

Hardin, Ky., Ruby Lovett of Mayfi eld, Ky., and Wan-da Little of Benton, Ky.

Grandchildren: Connie Pace, Terry Odom (Rosie), Jennifer Simon (Eddie), Todd Odom (Julie), Heath-er Wiles (Travis), Toni Gamble (Rustin); great-grandchildren: Tassie Pace (Joey), Justin Odom (Tay-lor), Trevor Pace, William Odom (Lisa), Tanner Si-mon, Kayla Simon, Kelsey Rundles, Lonnie Odom, Madison Gamble, Levi Wiles; and great-great-grandchildren: Emerson Odom, Gavin Holder, and Adeline Odom.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, R.V. Rudd and Henry Sherman “Bill” Rudd; sisters, Edith Darnall, Emma Nell Rudd; and son-in-law, Jimmy Odom.

Funeral service will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Col-lier Funeral Chapel with Tim Rudd, Rev. James Stom, and Josh Herndon offi ciating. Interment with military honors will fol-low in Edwards Cemetery, Benton, Ky.

Visitation will be held between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday, January 25, 2013, at the Collier Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be given to the Ed-wards Cemetery Fund, c/o Leslie Groves, 453 Hunter Road, Benton, KY 42025.

James ‘John’ Rudd

Rudd

Thompson

FULTON — Jimmie Nell Wright Cronch, 80, of Ful-ton died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at her home.

She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church in Fulton and retired from the former Brown Shoe Com-pany.

She is survived by two sons, Eddie Wayne Wright of South Fulton, Tenn., and Michael Scott Wright of Pearl River, La.; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three broth-ers, Charles Edward Stoker and Bobby Joe Stoker, both of Atlanta, and Donald James Stoker of Hoschton, Ga.; and two sisters, Doro-tha Mae Stoker Bennett of Paducah and Charlene Stoker Lamb of Fulton.

She was preceded in death by her fi rst husband, Jimmy Wayne Wright; her second husband, Herman Gene Cronch; one daugh-ter, Kathy Lynn Wright Cruce, and one brother. Her parents were Roy Lee and Mandy Louise (Totty) Stoker.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at Hornbeak Funeral Cha-pel in Fulton. Burial will be in Ebenezer Cemetery. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Liberty Baptist Church, c/o Cathy McCleary, 773 Freeman Road, Fulton, KY 42041; or Ebenezer Cemetery Fund, c/o Fred Asbell, 1048 Ky. 239 S., Fulton, KY 42041.

Jimmie Cronch

KUTTAWA — Services for Gordon Holeman Hancock Jr., 96, of Kuttawa, former-ly of Onton, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at Tomblinson Funeral Home Sebree Chapel in Sebree with Marty Robertson and the Rev. Danny Fireline of-fi ciating. Burial will be in Onton Cemetery.

Mr. Hancock died Tues-day, Jan. 22, 2013, at Riv-er’s Bend Retirement Cen-ter in Kuttawa.

He retired from Williams Chemical Co. in Henderson. He was a member of Onton United Methodist Church and the Bailey-Onton Ma-sonic Lodge No. 538.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Lee Ashby Hancock; two brothers, and one grandson, Robert D. Hancock.

His parents were Gor-don H. and Eula (Dunville) Hancock.

He is survived by one son, retired U.S. Air Force Col. Jackie R. Hancock of Ed-dyville; one grandson, Rog-er E. Hancock of Benton; four great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchil-dren, and several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at the funeral home.

Masonic rites will be con-ducted at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at the funeral home.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of con-tributions to Onton United Methodist Church or the Onton Cemetery.

Gordon Hancock Jr.

MURRAY — Patricia Ann Rice, 67, of Murray died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at Murray-Calloway County Hospital.

Arrangements were in-complete at J.H. Churchill Funeral Home.

Patricia RiceKUTTAWA — Virginia

LeFan Duncan, 91, of Kut-tawa, formerly of Princ-eton, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at Christian Care Center in Kuttawa.

Arrangements were incomplete at Morgan’s Funeral Home in Princ-eton.

Virginia Duncan

Erie Louvenia “Lou” Norman Dunigan, 86, of Paducah, formerly of Mar-shall County, died at 4:55 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

She was of the Church of Christ faith.

She is survived by two sons, Stephen Dunigan of Paducah and Norman Dunigan of Florida; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by one brother. Her parents were Jewell Nor-man and Elmer English Norman.

Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at Sharpe Church of Christ Cemetery with An-drew Clausen offi ciating. There will be no visitation. Keeling Family Funeral Home is in charge of ar-rangements.

Erie Dunigan

DEXTER, Ky. — Cherylin Weeden, 65, of Dexter died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at Murray-Calloway County Hospital.

She retired as an operator for Briggs & Stratton.

She is survived by her husband, Larry Weeden; three sons, John Phipps of Murray, Jason Weeden of Dexter, and Ralph Phipps of Mayfi eld; one daughter, Kelly Keen of Dexter; one stepson, Troy Weeden; one sister, Roxanne Downey of Murray; and eight grand-children.

Her parents were Ralph and Earnestine Miller.

Memorial services will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at Imes-Miller Fu-neral Home with Rev. Kerry Lambert offi ciating.

Contributions may be made to Calloway County Humane Society, P.O. Box 764, Murray, KY 42071.

Cherylin Weeden

MURRAY — Becky “Miss Becky” Travis, 91, of Mur-ray died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at Spring Creek Health Care.

She was a caregiver and taught fi rst-grade Sun-day school at First Baptist Church for 57 years.

She is survived by two children, Carol Neale of Huntsville, Ala., and Bar-ry Travis of Murray; fi ve grandchildren; and fi ve great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bay Travis.

Her parents were Steve MiIler Jones and Anna Cash Jones.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at J.H. Churchill Funeral Home with the Revs. Kerry Lambert and Boyd Smith offi ciating.

Burial will follow in Mur-ray Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at the funeral home.

Becky Travis

SOUTH FULTON, Tenn. — Charlene R. Hodges of South Fulton died Wednes-day, Jan. 23, 2013, at Park-way Regional Hospital in Fulton, Ky.

She was a member of First Baptist Church in Fulton, a teachers aide for the Obion County School System and a bank teller for the former Fulton Bank.

She is survived by her husband, James (Jim) Seay Hodges; one daughter, Deborah Fenwick of Old Hickory, Tenn.; two grand-children, Courtney Fenwick Goodman of Columbia, Tenn., and James Fenwick of Durham, N.C.; and one great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters. Her parents were Victor Elwood and Pearl (Irvan) Clayton.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel in Fulton. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Fri-day, Jan. 25, 2013, and after 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Bap-tist Church, 115 Second St., Fulton, KY 42041.

Charlene Hodges

OWENSBORO — Helton Harriman Harbison, 82, of Owensboro Place, passed

away on T h u r s -day, Jan-uary 24, 2013.

Helton was born on De-c e m b e r 6, 1930, in Law-r e n c e -b u r g ,

Tennessee. He was one of ten children born to Addie Bell Parker Harbison and W.W. Harbison and spent his childhood years in Ten-nessee.

As a young adult, Helton moved with his family to Cullman County, Ala., his family’s native home. He was a member of Jones Chapel Baptist Church in Cullman, Ala. Through the years he received spe-

cial care from many family members.

Most recently he has lived in Owensboro, Ken-tucky, to be near his neph-ew, Grey (Ellen) Hurt.

Helton had a kind and loving spirit that endeared him to family, friends and those who cared for him.

Helton is survived by two sisters, Scharlyene Harbi-son Hurt of Owensboro, Kentucky, and Jeweldean Harbison Clay of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

There will be a private burial in Benton City Cemetery in Benton, Ky., on Saturday, January 26, 2013. One of Helton’s nephews, Rev. Bob Cook of White House, Tenn., will offi ciate.

Filbeck-Cann & King Funeral Home of Benton, Ky., is in charge of arrange-ments.

Helton Harriman Harbison

Harbison

BENTON — Funeral services for Ashley Nicole Elee, 29, of Benton, Ky.,

will be at 2:00 p . m . S a t u r -d a y , J a n u -ary 26, 2 0 1 3 , in the c h a p e l of Kil-patrick Funeral

Home, West Monroe. Rev. Nancy Owens will offi ci-ate. Interment will follow at Kilpatrick’s Serenity Gardens under the direc-tion of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe.

Ashley was born on November 8, 1983, in Monroe, La. She attended Ouachita Jr. High and West Monroe High. Ash-ley was interested in act-ing and animal rescue. She was a movie extra in the Walt Disney Picture “Glory Road” and worked as a cashier and waitress occasionally. Ashley’s main dedication was to animal welfare.

She loved her baby Chihuahua Bindi. Ashley was preceded in death by her grandmother, Cloteal

Jones DeLand.Ashley is survived by

her mother and step-father, Mary Elizabeth DeLand Martin and Ar-chie Martin; her father, Joseph Eugene Elee; her grandfather, Charles La-mar DeLand; her uncles, Charles Walter DeLand and Phillip Howell De-Land; her aunts, Debo-rah DeLand Kirkland, Cynthia Bell DeLand and Barbara Self DeLand; her half sisters, Angel Philen and Samantha Brewer.

Pallbearers will be Ben-jamin Lee DeLand, Keith Patrick DeLand, Charles Phillip DeLand, Richard Stout, Jr., Dusty Breaux, Pete Caston, Eugene Mar-tin, Jr., Larry Holzer, Jr., and Christopher Allen Kirkland.

Visitation will be held Friday, January 25, 2013, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe, Louisiana.

Filbeck-Cann & King Funeral Home & Crema-tory was in charge of lo-cal arrangements, and on-line condolences may be left on their website at www.fi lbeckcannking.com.

Ashley Nicole Elee

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Dear Annie: I am in the process of converting to Ju-daism. Among other things, this involves eating only ko-sher food. Initially, it was diffi cult, but I know that do-ing this brings me closer to understanding more of my new religion.

My problem is that most of my friends, including some Jewish friends, have an issue with my eating habits. They say eating kosher is “outdat-ed,” or they imply that I think I’m better than they are. They actively discourage my efforts. This confuses me be-cause I don’t scold my friends for eating cheeseburgers or pork, and I never insist on any special treatment.

Conversion is not an easy process, and I’d like the support of my friends, but it’s hard to keep my head up sometimes, especially dur-ing meals together. How do I approach this? Do I need new friends? — Questioning in California.

Dear Questioning: Maybe. Your friends think conversion will change who you are and the relationship they have with you. They feel marginalized by your new religious interest and are trying to un-dermine your convic-tions. This is all about them and their needs. If you are truly commit-ted to conversion, you should not be so easily derailed. Please talk to your rabbi. If you attend services at a synagogue, see whether they have a social group for those in your age bracket. You are more likely to make new friends and fi nd support there.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Too Many Left-overs” about people who

don’t RSVP to invitations. It encouraged me to share my experience.

Our two daughters were married in the same year. The fi rst wedding brought the same issue of the lack of receiving RSVPs. When it came to the second wed-ding, I had our new son-in-law use his calligraphy skills to make a nice sign that read “For those who did not RSVP.” I placed the sign on the gift table next to a jar of peanut butter, a knife and some soda crackers.

I don’t know why my wife and the mother of the groom didn’t see the hu-mor. I have shared this with several people, and the men always think it’s hilarious. — Father of the Brides.

Please email your ques-tions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Cre-ators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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NEW YORK — While ev-erybody loves Raymond, it’s stand-up comedy that Ray Romano loves most.

The 55-year-old actor-comedian says performing live is his passion, so he jumped at the chance to participate in the “Garden of Laughs” event at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.

“It’s great to see some of the guys that I started doing stand-up with, like Brian Regan and Wanda (Sykes),” Romano said. “And Bob Costas is host-ing.”

Adam Ferrara and Dar-rell Hammond are also scheduled to perform in the comedy event, which will benefi t the Garden of Dreams Foundation.

Romano, who starred in the long-running TV series “Everybody Loves Ray-mond” and the short-lived “Men of a Certain Age,” says he feels more comfort-able onstage.

“Yeah, I love to act and explore different charac-ters, but I’m still learning and fi nding out if I’m good at all,” Romano said of his work in front of the camera.

“When I do stand-up, I’m

in my element. This is what I am a pro at doing.”

Romano joked about the upcoming benefi t: “I want to know when I’m going on. Because I don’t want to go last.”

He calls performing with old friends a “win-win situ-

ation.”“I’m a fan of all of them.

I started with Brian. If I was going to pick one guy whom I have the most in common, it’s him. Brian and I are friends. We both started around the same time,” he said.

Ray Romano set to perform at Garden of Laughs event

BY JOHN CARUCCIAssociated Press

Associated Press

Actor Ray Romano arrives for the Classic Television/To-day’s Stars: Live Stage Reading Of “Marty” on June 4 in Los Angeles. Romano, who starred in the TV series “Ev-erybody Loves Raymond” and “Men of a Certain Age,” says he feels more comfortable onstage.

NEW YORK — In Netf-lix’s bid for a fl agship origi-nal drama of its own — a “Sopranos” to its HBO — the subscription stream-ing service is presenting a high-class adaptation of a British political thriller of-fered up all at once, with its fi rst season immediately ready for TV-viewing glut-tony.

The show, “House of

Cards,” is a bold attempt to remake the television land-scape with the kind of pres-tige project cable channels like HBO, AMC and Show-time have used to defi ne themselves. But “House of Cards,” produced by David Fincher and starring Kevin Spacey, won’t be on the dial of that refuge of quality dramas — cable television — but streamed online to laptops and beamed direct-ly to fl at-screens through

set-top boxes and Internet-enabled devices.

On Feb. 1, all 13 hours of “House of Cards” will pre-miere on Netfl ix, a poten-tially landmark event that could herald the transition of television away from pricey cable bundles and toward the Internet — a process well under way at YouTube, Hulu, Yahoo and others, but not yet tested to the degree of “House of Cards.”

Netflix shuffles its TV deck with ‘House of Cards’ drama

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Belleville, IL 40 17 pc 30 21 pcBowling Gn., KY 36 22 sn 35 22 sBristol, TN 34 24 i 34 13 pcC. Girardeau, MO 42 21 i 35 24 pcCarbondale, IL 38 18 i 32 23 pcCharleston, WV 34 24 sn 30 11 sfChattanooga, TN 39 28 i 45 23 sClarksville, TN 39 23 i 36 22 sColumbia, MO 40 16 pc 33 24 pcEvansville, IN 38 19 i 32 20 sFt. Smith, AR 52 31 pc 55 35 cHopkinsville, KY 38 23 i 35 23 sIndianapolis, IN 30 13 sn 27 15 pcJackson, KY 32 19 sn 30 16 pcJackson, TN 45 26 r 43 24 pcJoplin, MO 45 26 pc 47 35 pcKansas City, MO 44 18 pc 39 29 pcKnoxville, TN 36 25 i 39 20 sLexington, KY 36 18 sn 30 16 sLittle Rock, AR 52 31 pc 51 34 pcLondon, KY 36 20 sn 31 17 pcLouisville, KY 38 21 sn 32 20 sMemphis, TN 48 32 r 48 31 pcNashville, TN 40 26 i 39 23 sPeoria, IL 32 8 pc 24 16 sSt. Louis, MO 40 17 pc 30 25 pcSpringfi eld, IL 36 12 pc 26 20 sSpringfi eld, MO 44 21 pc 45 29 pcTerre Haute, IN 34 15 sf 27 17 s

National Summary: Snow will extend from the upper Great Lakes to the mid-Atlantic with ice and a wintry mix over part of the interior South today. Showers are in store for part of the Deep South. Two storms will affect the West with showers and high-elevation snow. One will target Southern California to the Four Corners. The other will affect the Northwest.

Cairo 40 40.14 +0.09

Paducah 39 38.89 +0.06Owensboro 38 17.80 -3.20Smithland Dam 40 38.17 +0.03

Lake Barkley 354 354.65 -0.10Kentucky Lake 354 354.80 -0.21

Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.