Front seated on floor: Shannon (Blankenship) Wells, Brad Shemwell, Tammy (Orr) Steger, Mark Petrie. Second row seated: Marla (Herrell) Gillespie, Sandra (Dukes) Tinsley, Sarah (Harper) Hite, Jill (Brown) Sholar, Larisa (Criswell) Gregory, Julie (Harper) Dent, Shannon (Grace) Tuggle, Elizabeth Kidd. First row Standing: Mitzi (Warden) Page, Terry (Martin) Prince, Dawn (Wheeler) Wiles, Alecia Kennedy, Paul Dickinson, Tracie (Laster) Crews, Penny (Wells) Powell, Stacy Gibson, Marisa (Carter) Perry. Back row Standing: Allen Jordan, Kelvin DeBerry, Janet (Wiles) Gorham, Chris Sweeney, Scott White, Patrick Page, Mark Harris, Mervin Strader, Todd Rager, David Harper, Brad Suiter, Michael Gardner, and Todd Campbell. -- Photo by Steve Everett Photography.
Without a doubt one of Todd County's greatest musicians Odell was born in Allegre. His mother helped him get started playing guitar. Martin was playing at the Grand Ole Opry by the time he was seventeen and spent the next 30 years playing with the best in country music.
Odell Martin in 1968.
Rev. John Kiviiri and Dr. Robert Ballard
Todd Central softball coach and assistant football coach Troy Winders has been officiating basketball now for over 10 years. On Sunday night he took another step up the ladder by officiating in the NCAA Women's Tournament. Winders was in College Park, Maryland to officiate an opening round game between Duke and Murray State. See Coach Winders at work by watching a replay of the Murray vs Duke game at ESPN360.com -- select March 23rd under the dates menu. (file photo by Steve Everett Photography)
Photos by Darrin Cole
Photo by Darrin ColeElkton Milliken Memorial Community House, February 23rd, 2008. Mary has been blessed with 9 children, 30 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
Kulley and Bonnie Laster announce their engagement of their daughter, Amy Louise Laster to Joshua Adam Munday, son of Perry (Stump) and Marie Munday of Graham. Amy is the granddaughter of the late Shelly and Lucille Laster. She is a 2007 graduate of Todd County Central High School. The groom elect is a 2003 graduate of Muhlenberg North High School, and is employed by Nixon Car and Truck of Graham. He is the grandson of Mary Gibson and the late Leroy Gibson and also the late Talmadge and Alice Munday. The wedding is set for June 14, 2008 at 2 o’clock. Invitations will be sent out to family and friends.
The wife of Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear apparently has a long ago Elkton connection. On a recent Comment on Kentucky television show Jane Beshear told her interviewer that her parents met in the western Kentucky town of Elkton. After doing some quick math that would have likely happened around 60 years ago. If anyone can send us any additional information on this please do so.
