David Edward Cole

David E. Cole, a long-time resident of Daviess County, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2005 at Central Baptist Chospital in Lexington. Born January 8, 1915 on Laketown Road near the community of Newman in western Daviess County, he was the son of the late Stella Rush Cole and Jasper Henderson Cole. He was preceded in death by his wife, Beatrice Bollinger Cole, four brothers, Earl, Milton, Jasper, and Thomas Cole, and two sisters, Dora Lee Cole and America May Cole Flat.

In his earlie years, Mr. Cole was a very successful farmer tending some 2500 acres in Daviess, Hancock, Edmonson, Henderson, and Ohio counties. He also built numerous houses and developed three subdivisions near Newman. One of his favorite pastimes was telling an oral history of farming in the Ohio and Green River bottoms of Daviess and Henderson counties from the 1920s through the 1980s. These stories chronicled farming with mules and horse, the transition of farming with animals to use of machines and the development of modern day farming. Mr. Cole was a very active member of three Baptist churches. He was a strong advocate for the church and was very active in capitol developments at Newman, Old Panther Creek, and Parrish Ave. Baptist churches.

David is survived by two sons and two daughters-in-law, Michael E. & Karen Hardesty Cole of Owensboro, and David L. & Rebecca Robards Cole of Lexington., two grandchildren, Jill S. Cole and Dr. Jonathan D. Cole and wife Melody Pennington-Cole of Lexington, and two great grandchildren, Hunter J. Cole and Brooke E. Cole of Lexington.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, January 20 at Glenn Funeral Home in Owensboro with burial following in Owensboro Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be on Wednesday, January 19, from 5:00-8:00 P.M. and after 8:30 A.M. on Thursday.