Obituaries

Bobby J. Tindell, 42, died Feb. 16, 2012, at Breckinridge Memorial Hospital in Hardinsburg.

Survivors include his wife, Lisa Goins Tindell; and children, Kaylee Jo Tindell, Julie Ann Tindell, Zachery Lee Tindell and Laynie Jade Tindell.

The funeral was Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Alexander Funeral Home in Irvington. Burial follows in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Irvington

Rose M. Floyd, 56, of Cecilia, died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Audubon Hospital in Louisville.

She was a native of Westville, Ind., and she took in seriously abused animals.

She is survived by her husband, Stanley “Branch” Floyd.

There are no services at this time. Brown Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Judith Graham, 97, of Vine Grove, died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at Spring View Health & Rehab Center.

She was born Oct. 17, 1914. She was a homemaker and a member of Worldwide Church of God.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Silas Graham; two sons, Lynos Graham and Darrell Graham; a daughter, Sonya Sue Tucker; her parents, George Washington and Amanda Davis Armes; two brothers and three sisters.

James H. “Jimmy” Smith Jr., 56, formerly of Brandenburg, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.

Survivors include his wife, Diana Smith; a son, James H. Smith III; a stepdaughter, Jennifer Smith; and his mother, Margie Smith.

The funeral was Monday, Feb. 20, at Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home in Brandenburg. Burial was in Cap Anderson Cemetery.

Tootie Burba, 85, of Hodgenville, passed away Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown.

She was a member of Ovesen Heights Baptist Church in Hodgenville and retired from General Electric in Louisville and LaRue County Board of Education.

She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother.

She was preceded in death by two children, Connie and Timmy; her parents, Robert and Alice Benningfield Walters; a grandson, Jeremy Greenup; and a brother, Arthur Lee Walters.

William Paul Holbert, 80, of Lyons Station, died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at his residence.

He was a Baptist by faith and a member of Rolling Fork Baptist Church. He retired from American Air Filter in Louisville and was a U.S. Army veteran and an avid gardener.

Paul was preceded in death by his wife, Bessie Kennedy Holbert; his parents, Joseph Elmer and Rhoda Redmon Holbert; and two grandchildren, Sara Lynn Holbert and Justin Ross Holbert.

Joseph William Vetter, 87, of Radcliff, died Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown.

Onzo Slusher, 87, of Clarkson, died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at his residence.

He was born Jan. 11, 1925, and was a retired Teamster for Allied Trucking and a World War II Air Corps veteran.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Geraldine “Gerry” Slusher; his parents, James and Daily Elliott Slusher; and a brother, James Slusher.

Survivors include a daughter, Mary C. (Ronald) Peterson of Cutler, Ind.; a son, Johnathan Michael Slusher of Scottsville; a sister, Alma Gilliam of Cumberland; four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Henry Ping Marr of Elizabethtown was born Feb. 22, 1927, in Green County and departed this life Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at Sunrise Manor Nursing Home. He was 84.

He was retired from civil service, having worked as a motor vehicle operator, and was a World War II veteran, having served in the U.S. Army Air Corps.