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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Lily Helen Roberts Crook-Redman
Lily Helen
Roberts Crook-Redman
Dec 27, 1929 — Jul 31, 2014
Lily Helen Roberts Crook-Redman's Obituary
Lily Helen Roberts Crook -Redman, 84, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Thursday, July 31, 2014.
She was born on December 27, 1929 to the late Virgil Rodolphus Roberts Allie Estes Roberts. Lily was a descendant of the Madison family where the town Madisonville, KY got it's name. She attended Western Kentucky University and and received a secretarial degree from Tennessee Business College. She was formerly a teacher at Munns School House in Manitou, KY and Suthards Schoolhouse. She was employed as a clerk at the Hopkins County Courthouse and also worked as a bookkeeper at Singer Sewing Company and was owner of Helen's Sewing Center. She was chairwoman of the Democratic Governor and Lieutenant Governor Associations of Kentucky in the 1960's and was awarded the honor of Kentucky Colonel in 1965. She was a member of the Eastern Star and was a member of Suthards Christian Church.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, William Ray Crook; her grandparents, George Washington Roberts and Nannie (Madison) Roberts; and her step-brother, Rupert Owen Roberts.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Edward Redman; her daughter, Patricia Janice Crook Headrick of Wichita, KS; her son, Harvey Ray Crook of Mortons Gap, KY; her sisters, Hazel Lois Riddle and Dorothy Janice Crook both of Madisonville; her brothers, Kenneth Meakins Roberts of Nebo, KY; five grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren and two more on the way in October and December; several nieces and nephews; and longtime friend and daughter-in-law, Lyndi Bryan of Madisonville.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, August 4, 2014 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with Pastor George Carmen officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Madisonville.
Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. until the funeral hour Monday at Harris Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Clint Cartwright, Stormy Crook, Michael Crook, Koty Crook, Christian Crook and Kadyn Franklin.
She was born on December 27, 1929 to the late Virgil Rodolphus Roberts Allie Estes Roberts. Lily was a descendant of the Madison family where the town Madisonville, KY got it's name. She attended Western Kentucky University and and received a secretarial degree from Tennessee Business College. She was formerly a teacher at Munns School House in Manitou, KY and Suthards Schoolhouse. She was employed as a clerk at the Hopkins County Courthouse and also worked as a bookkeeper at Singer Sewing Company and was owner of Helen's Sewing Center. She was chairwoman of the Democratic Governor and Lieutenant Governor Associations of Kentucky in the 1960's and was awarded the honor of Kentucky Colonel in 1965. She was a member of the Eastern Star and was a member of Suthards Christian Church.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, William Ray Crook; her grandparents, George Washington Roberts and Nannie (Madison) Roberts; and her step-brother, Rupert Owen Roberts.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Edward Redman; her daughter, Patricia Janice Crook Headrick of Wichita, KS; her son, Harvey Ray Crook of Mortons Gap, KY; her sisters, Hazel Lois Riddle and Dorothy Janice Crook both of Madisonville; her brothers, Kenneth Meakins Roberts of Nebo, KY; five grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren and two more on the way in October and December; several nieces and nephews; and longtime friend and daughter-in-law, Lyndi Bryan of Madisonville.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, August 4, 2014 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with Pastor George Carmen officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Madisonville.
Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. until the funeral hour Monday at Harris Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Clint Cartwright, Stormy Crook, Michael Crook, Koty Crook, Christian Crook and Kadyn Franklin.
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