William Earl French, Sr.

1909 - 1994  (85 years)

• Name	William Earl French  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	8 Jul 1909	Union County, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Jul 1994	Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky
  Burial	Saint Mary of the Woods Cemetery in Whitesville, Daviess County, Kentucky
  Origins
  Person ID	I2760	1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family	Alice Delilah Alvey,   b. 31 Mar 1909, Union County, Kentucky d. 6 Jun 1968, Daviess County, Kentucky (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1929	Union County, Kentucky
  Children	1. Pansy French ▻ James O. Manning  m. Abt 1957   2. Norman Thomas French,   b. 1933   d. 1991 (Age 58 years)   3. Julian Ross French,   b. 1935   d. 1970 (Age 35 years)   4. Joseph Glenn French,   b. 1938   d. 2019 (Age 81 years)   5. Calvin Jewell French,   b. 1942   d. 1943 (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Father, Joseph Lambert French, Sr Mother, Mary Ann Rowley William married Alice Delilah Alvey on October 15, 1929 in Union Co, KY. Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer (KY), July 16, 1994 **French, William Earl, 85, of 708 Time Drive, Apartment 1, Owensboro, died Thursday at his home. Survivors include two stepsons, James C. Sharp of Madison, Tenn., and Jerry Lilostanky of Columbus, Ohio; three stepdaughters, Helen Harrison and Beverly Gipe, both of Owensboro and Lois Mack if Binghamton, N.Y.; 24 stepgrandchildren; and 15 stepgreat-grandchildren. Services are at 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Burial in St. Mary Cemetery, Whitesville. Visitation is after 1 p.m. today at Cecil Funeral Home in Whitesville, where prayers will be said at 6 p.m. Editor's note: Several survivors were omitted from William Earl French's obituary in Saturday's edition. They are included here.* William Earl French, 85, of 708 Time Drive, Apartment 1, Owensboro, died Thursday, July 14, 1994, at his home. He was born in Union County, was a retired carpenter and farmer, and was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Survivors include two sons, William "Bill" French of Rochelle, Ill., and Glenn French of Whitesville; two daughters, Pansy Manning of Oakland City, Ind., and Martha Wathen of Sandwich, Ill.; 18 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Allen French of Indianapolis and Dorris French of Morganfield; and a sister, Helen Hammons of Morganfield. Services are at 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Burial in St. Mary Cemetery, Whitesville. Visitation is after 1 p.m. Sunday at Cecil Funeral Home in Whitesville, where prayers will be said at 6 p.m.

  
  

• Sources

  [S817] Alvey, Bob.