James Edward Coomes

James E. Coomes, 96, died Thursday, August 9, 2007 at Harborside Nursing Home. Mr. Coomes was born in Daviess County to the late James Alphonsus and Matilda Ann (Johnson) Coomes. He was a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church. He was a farmer and had retired after 23 years from Glenmore Distillery. Mr. Coomes loved playing cards two or three times a week.

He was preceded in death by his wife Myrtle Coomes; daughter Marjorie Marie Coomes; daughters in law, Elaine Coomes and Joyce Coomes; a son in law, Lambert Cecil; 4 siblings, Hazel Montgomery, William Charles Coomes, Joseph Alphonsus Coomes and Margaret Ann Ryan; and grandsons, Billy Coomes and Michael Cecil and a great grandson Nicolas Porter,

Surviving are his sons, Charles E. Coomes of Houston, TX., Joseph Donald Coomes and James Randall Coomes and his wife Charlotte, both of Owensboro, Richard Eugene Coomes and wife Becki, of Philpot; and a daughter Rose Ann Cecil of Philpot; 13 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren; and a sister, Catherine Brown of Philpot.

Funeral services will be held 10 :00 a.m. Monday, August 13, 2007 at St. Pius X Catholic Church with Fr. Richard Meredith officiating. Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. with prayers at 5 p.m. and also after 8:30 a.m. Monday at Glenn Funeral Home.