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Timothy Michael ‘Tim’ Cotner

Timothy Michael “Tim” Cotner, 35, of Okolona, died Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at University Hospital in Louisville after suffering a tragic accident.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Hugh and Frances Hopkins; his grandfather, Connie Cotner; and his stepgrandfather, Luke Jones.

Survivors include his parents, Terry A. Cotner and Carolyn and Charlotte R. Cotner and Jesse; a brother, Tony T. Cotner; and his grandmother, Anna Jones of Vine Grove.

By NE Staff

ELIZABETHTOWN — A 22-year-old Elizabethtown man is being held at the Hardin County Detention Center on $50,000 bond after police claim he raped a 12-year-old in a room at the Roadside Inn motel March 11.

Tories Dwayne Qualls, of Melanie Drive, was arrested on the charge of first-degree rape after an investigation by Elizabethtown Detective Peter Chytla.

Laura Pauline Cave Boaz

Laura Pauline Cave Boaz, 88, of Sonora, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown.

She was born in Cecilia and lived many years in Sonora. She loved to quilt and do things with her hands. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Sonora.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Laura Shannon Cave; a daughter, Jimmie Pauline Boaz; two brothers, Rondell Cave and Clarence Cave Jr.; a sister, Norma L. Bates; and a grandson, James David Boaz Jr.