Janet Taylor Birkhead

Janet Taylor Birkhead, 83, of Owensboro passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at the Hermitage Health Care Center. Born March 1, 1925 in Chrisney, IN, Miss Birkhead was the daughter of the late Eben and Reba Taylor Birkhead; graduated from Daviess County High School in 1943; and completed nursing training at San Diego County General Hospital School of Nursing in 1946. She worked at hospitals in Hawaii, California, New Mexico, and Wyoming before earning a bachelor's degree in nursing from Indiana University in 1961. She then spent 4 years as the Director of Nursing at Muhlenberg County Hospital and 30 years at Owensboro Daviess County Hospital in the Medical Unit. Miss Birkhead was a member of First Baptist Church and enjoyed traveling, visiting most areas of the United States and several foreign countries. She was most proud of her nursing career and work at the church. She was inducted in 2004 into the Hermitage Hall of Fame which honors the contributions of retired community leaders. She was preceded in death by a brother, James W. Birkhead and sisters, Louise Mitchell Rafferty, Ventress Hinds, Rachel Crutcher, Sedalia Montgomery, and Rebecca Dowling.

Surviving are nieces and nephews.

Graveside service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 27, 2008 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Sorgho with Rev. Allen Shouse officiating. The family will receive friends in the Pleasant Grove Fellowship Hall following the service. Glenn Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Hospice of Western Kentucky or First Baptist Church.