Floye "Marie" Burden Pettyjohn, 79 years of age, of Hodgenville, Kentucky, departed this life on Saturday, February 13th, 2021 at the Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
Marie was born in West Point, Kentucky on May 8th, 1940, daughter of the late Robert Cletis Burden and Dorothy Lillian Findley Burden. She was a member of Hilltop General Baptist Church in Shepherdsville, and she was the Nursing Home Supervisor at Wesley Manor Nursing Home. Marie loved to read, travel, and watch criminal television shows such as NCIS; she always said she wished she had become a detective instead of a nurse. Marie loved her family, especially her grandchildren.
Marie was survived by two sons, John (and Debbie) Pettyjohn of Knoxville, Tennessee and Richard Pettyjohn of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; five daughters, Brenda Rainwater of Eubank, Kentucky, Vanessa (and Michael) Sears of Somerset, Kentucky, Debbie Pettyjohn of Berea, Kentucky, Cherryle Lawson of Magnolia, Kentucky, and Shannon (and Roger) Burks of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; two brothers, Chesley Burden of LaGrange, Kentucky and Willard (and Jean) Burden of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; one sister, Betty Cupp of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; twenty-five grandchildren; fifty-seven great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends who mourn her passing.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Cletis Burden, who departed this life on February 4th, 1989 and Dorothy Lillian Burden, who departed this life on May 20th, 1988; her loving husband, Vertrice Pettyjohn, whom she married in October of 1967 and who departed this life on March 24th, 2002; one step-daughter, Kathy Marie Waters, who departed this life on October 22nd, 2000; two step-sons, Myer Rector "P.J." Pettyjohn, who departed this life on May 6th, 2003 and Gregg David Pettyjohn, who departed this life on December 31st, 1998; two brothers, James Arden Burden, who departed this life on March 2nd, 2019 and Dallas Burden, who died in infancy on September 14th, 1936; and three sisters, Edith Rheaume, who departed this life on September 18th, 2006, Geneva Elizabeth Kidd, who departed this life on November 11th, 2020, and Mary Davis.
Visitations were held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 19th, 2021 at the Lake Cumberland Funeral Home in Somerset, Kentucky.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 20th, 2021 in the Chapel of the Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Bro. Dean Saunders officiating.
Burial followed in the Birdie Russell Cemetery in Casey County, Kentucky.
THIS IS A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF MARIE,
I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an after glow
of smiles when life is done.
I'd like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun
of happy memories
that I leave when my life is done.
Memorial created by Cadmus.
Marie was born in West Point, Kentucky on May 8th, 1940, daughter of the late Robert Cletis Burden and Dorothy Lillian Findley Burden. She was a member of Hilltop General Baptist Church in Shepherdsville, and she was the Nursing Home Supervisor at Wesley Manor Nursing Home. Marie loved to read, travel, and watch criminal television shows such as NCIS; she always said she wished she had become a detective instead of a nurse. Marie loved her family, especially her grandchildren.
Marie was survived by two sons, John (and Debbie) Pettyjohn of Knoxville, Tennessee and Richard Pettyjohn of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; five daughters, Brenda Rainwater of Eubank, Kentucky, Vanessa (and Michael) Sears of Somerset, Kentucky, Debbie Pettyjohn of Berea, Kentucky, Cherryle Lawson of Magnolia, Kentucky, and Shannon (and Roger) Burks of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; two brothers, Chesley Burden of LaGrange, Kentucky and Willard (and Jean) Burden of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; one sister, Betty Cupp of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; twenty-five grandchildren; fifty-seven great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends who mourn her passing.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Cletis Burden, who departed this life on February 4th, 1989 and Dorothy Lillian Burden, who departed this life on May 20th, 1988; her loving husband, Vertrice Pettyjohn, whom she married in October of 1967 and who departed this life on March 24th, 2002; one step-daughter, Kathy Marie Waters, who departed this life on October 22nd, 2000; two step-sons, Myer Rector "P.J." Pettyjohn, who departed this life on May 6th, 2003 and Gregg David Pettyjohn, who departed this life on December 31st, 1998; two brothers, James Arden Burden, who departed this life on March 2nd, 2019 and Dallas Burden, who died in infancy on September 14th, 1936; and three sisters, Edith Rheaume, who departed this life on September 18th, 2006, Geneva Elizabeth Kidd, who departed this life on November 11th, 2020, and Mary Davis.
Visitations were held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 19th, 2021 at the Lake Cumberland Funeral Home in Somerset, Kentucky.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 20th, 2021 in the Chapel of the Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Bro. Dean Saunders officiating.
Burial followed in the Birdie Russell Cemetery in Casey County, Kentucky.
THIS IS A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF MARIE,
I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an after glow
of smiles when life is done.
I'd like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun
of happy memories
that I leave when my life is done.
Memorial created by Cadmus.
Floye "Marie" Burden Pettyjohn, 79 years of age, of Hodgenville, Kentucky, departed this life on Saturday, February 13th, 2021 at the Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
Marie was born in West Point, Kentucky on May 8th, 1940, daughter of the late Robert Cletis Burden and Dorothy Lillian Findley Burden. She was a member of Hilltop General Baptist Church in Shepherdsville, and she was the Nursing Home Supervisor at Wesley Manor Nursing Home. Marie loved to read, travel, and watch criminal television shows such as NCIS; she always said she wished she had become a detective instead of a nurse. Marie loved her family, especially her grandchildren.
Marie was survived by two sons, John (and Debbie) Pettyjohn of Knoxville, Tennessee and Richard Pettyjohn of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; five daughters, Brenda Rainwater of Eubank, Kentucky, Vanessa (and Michael) Sears of Somerset, Kentucky, Debbie Pettyjohn of Berea, Kentucky, Cherryle Lawson of Magnolia, Kentucky, and Shannon (and Roger) Burks of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; two brothers, Chesley Burden of LaGrange, Kentucky and Willard (and Jean) Burden of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; one sister, Betty Cupp of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; twenty-five grandchildren; fifty-seven great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends who mourn her passing.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Cletis Burden, who departed this life on February 4th, 1989 and Dorothy Lillian Burden, who departed this life on May 20th, 1988; her loving husband, Vertrice Pettyjohn, whom she married in October of 1967 and who departed this life on March 24th, 2002; one step-daughter, Kathy Marie Waters, who departed this life on October 22nd, 2000; two step-sons, Myer Rector "P.J." Pettyjohn, who departed this life on May 6th, 2003 and Gregg David Pettyjohn, who departed this life on December 31st, 1998; two brothers, James Arden Burden, who departed this life on March 2nd, 2019 and Dallas Burden, who died in infancy on September 14th, 1936; and three sisters, Edith Rheaume, who departed this life on September 18th, 2006, Geneva Elizabeth Kidd, who departed this life on November 11th, 2020, and Mary Davis.
Visitations were held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 19th, 2021 at the Lake Cumberland Funeral Home in Somerset, Kentucky.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 20th, 2021 in the Chapel of the Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Bro. Dean Saunders officiating.
Burial followed in the Birdie Russell Cemetery in Casey County, Kentucky.
THIS IS A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF MARIE,
I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an after glow
of smiles when life is done.
I'd like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun
of happy memories
that I leave when my life is done.
Memorial created by Cadmus.
Marie was born in West Point, Kentucky on May 8th, 1940, daughter of the late Robert Cletis Burden and Dorothy Lillian Findley Burden. She was a member of Hilltop General Baptist Church in Shepherdsville, and she was the Nursing Home Supervisor at Wesley Manor Nursing Home. Marie loved to read, travel, and watch criminal television shows such as NCIS; she always said she wished she had become a detective instead of a nurse. Marie loved her family, especially her grandchildren.
Marie was survived by two sons, John (and Debbie) Pettyjohn of Knoxville, Tennessee and Richard Pettyjohn of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; five daughters, Brenda Rainwater of Eubank, Kentucky, Vanessa (and Michael) Sears of Somerset, Kentucky, Debbie Pettyjohn of Berea, Kentucky, Cherryle Lawson of Magnolia, Kentucky, and Shannon (and Roger) Burks of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; two brothers, Chesley Burden of LaGrange, Kentucky and Willard (and Jean) Burden of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; one sister, Betty Cupp of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; twenty-five grandchildren; fifty-seven great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends who mourn her passing.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Cletis Burden, who departed this life on February 4th, 1989 and Dorothy Lillian Burden, who departed this life on May 20th, 1988; her loving husband, Vertrice Pettyjohn, whom she married in October of 1967 and who departed this life on March 24th, 2002; one step-daughter, Kathy Marie Waters, who departed this life on October 22nd, 2000; two step-sons, Myer Rector "P.J." Pettyjohn, who departed this life on May 6th, 2003 and Gregg David Pettyjohn, who departed this life on December 31st, 1998; two brothers, James Arden Burden, who departed this life on March 2nd, 2019 and Dallas Burden, who died in infancy on September 14th, 1936; and three sisters, Edith Rheaume, who departed this life on September 18th, 2006, Geneva Elizabeth Kidd, who departed this life on November 11th, 2020, and Mary Davis.
Visitations were held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 19th, 2021 at the Lake Cumberland Funeral Home in Somerset, Kentucky.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 20th, 2021 in the Chapel of the Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Bro. Dean Saunders officiating.
Burial followed in the Birdie Russell Cemetery in Casey County, Kentucky.
THIS IS A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF MARIE,
I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an after glow
of smiles when life is done.
I'd like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun
of happy memories
that I leave when my life is done.
Memorial created by Cadmus.
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