Hubert Douglas Mcfarland

Hubert D. McFarland, 86, of 1805 West Parrish Ave, Owensboro, Kentucky passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at the Hermitage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. McFarland graduated from Owensboro High School and the School of Modern Photography in New York. He was one of the first men to volunteer for the armed services the day after Pearl Harbor, during World War II. He served as a Staff Sergeant in the Army Air Corp, and worked in the photo lab in India. A professional baseball player he was the catcher for the Owensboro Oilers. Mr. McFarland was a professional photographer in Owensboro for over 50 years. He and his wife owned and operated McFarland Photography. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bernardine Josephine Oberst McFarland, by his parents, Roy Leighton McFarland and Mary Elizabeth Waltrip McFarland, and by his brothers, William Owen McFarland, James Allen McFarland and David Andrew McFarland.

Survivors include his children, Andy McFarland, Mary Charlotte Fulkerson and her husband Charles, and Eddy McFarland and his wife Lorraine all of Owensboro; three granddaughters, Dana, Chelsea and Erica McFarland all of Owensboro; two sisters-in-law, Charlotte Oberst and Irma McFarland both of Owensboro; and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be held Friday, March 30, at 1 p.m. in the Glenn Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be on Thursday from 4 until 8 p.m. and after 10 a.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to the Daviess County Library, Kentucky Room.