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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Emmit Euin Stanley
Emmit Euin
Stanley
Aug 26, 1925 — Mar 25, 2015
Emmit Euin Stanley's Obituary
Emmit Stanley, 89, of Hanson, KY passed away very peacefully while visiting his sister in Ft. Myers, FL on Wednesday, March 25, 2015.
He was born on August 26, 1925 in Madisonville, KY to the late Cosby B. Stanley and Ilean Griffin Stanley. He attended Pritchett School and Hanson High School. Emmit was a United States Army Veteran and served in WWII with the 101st Airborne Division in Ft. Campbell, KY during the invasion of Europe and later during the Korean War. While stationed in Berlin he was a member of General Dwight D. Eisenhower's elite honor guard. He and his son Steve were successful farmers for forty-seven years where they grew specialty crops such as blue corn, black turtle beans and popcorn as well as corn and soy beans. They also raised black Angus and Charlois cattle. Emmit's hobbies were farming activities, keeping up with the latest farming techniques, spoiling his two grandchildren, watching football, baseball and UK basketball. He loved feeding and watching the birds. He was an active member of Hanson United Methodist Church where he served on numerous committees. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son, Steve Stanley.
He is survived by his wife of sixty-four years, Anita Shelton Stanley; granddaughter, Megan (David) Menke; grandson, Miles Stanley; great-granddaughter, Bailey Stanley; daughter-in-law, Lisa Stanley; sister, Louise Stanley Peyton; one niece and one nephew; and several great nieces and great nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with Pastor William Moore officiating. Burial to follow in West Lawn Cemetery in Hanson. Military honors will be conducted graveside by the 101st Airborne Division Ft. Campbell and the Hopkins County Honor Guard.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. until the funeral hour Wednesday at Harris Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Miles Stanley, Lindsey Blue, Mark Blue, Dylan Blue, T. Roy Cates, David Menke, Josh Lancaster and Phillip Renfro.
Honorary pallbearers will be Annelle Miller, Neal Turley, Bill Renfro, Karen Renfro, Hardy Forbes.
Memorial contributions may be made in Emmit's memory to the Christian Food Bank of Hopkins County.
He was born on August 26, 1925 in Madisonville, KY to the late Cosby B. Stanley and Ilean Griffin Stanley. He attended Pritchett School and Hanson High School. Emmit was a United States Army Veteran and served in WWII with the 101st Airborne Division in Ft. Campbell, KY during the invasion of Europe and later during the Korean War. While stationed in Berlin he was a member of General Dwight D. Eisenhower's elite honor guard. He and his son Steve were successful farmers for forty-seven years where they grew specialty crops such as blue corn, black turtle beans and popcorn as well as corn and soy beans. They also raised black Angus and Charlois cattle. Emmit's hobbies were farming activities, keeping up with the latest farming techniques, spoiling his two grandchildren, watching football, baseball and UK basketball. He loved feeding and watching the birds. He was an active member of Hanson United Methodist Church where he served on numerous committees. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son, Steve Stanley.
He is survived by his wife of sixty-four years, Anita Shelton Stanley; granddaughter, Megan (David) Menke; grandson, Miles Stanley; great-granddaughter, Bailey Stanley; daughter-in-law, Lisa Stanley; sister, Louise Stanley Peyton; one niece and one nephew; and several great nieces and great nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with Pastor William Moore officiating. Burial to follow in West Lawn Cemetery in Hanson. Military honors will be conducted graveside by the 101st Airborne Division Ft. Campbell and the Hopkins County Honor Guard.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. until the funeral hour Wednesday at Harris Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Miles Stanley, Lindsey Blue, Mark Blue, Dylan Blue, T. Roy Cates, David Menke, Josh Lancaster and Phillip Renfro.
Honorary pallbearers will be Annelle Miller, Neal Turley, Bill Renfro, Karen Renfro, Hardy Forbes.
Memorial contributions may be made in Emmit's memory to the Christian Food Bank of Hopkins County.
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