William Veachel Starr, age 98, of the 44 community of Barren County ,
passed away peacefully to his eternal home on Wednesday, September 27, 2017,
surrounded by family and friends at his residence.
Born April 27, 1919
in Nobob, he was a son of the late Louis Starr and Mattie E. Goode Starr Shives, and the husband of Ruby Fields
Starr, who survives. They were married for 69 years.
He was a farmer and
a member of Union # 2 Missionary
Baptist Church
since 1940.
Survivors, in
addition to his wife, include one daughter,
Mary (Billy) Baise, Glasgow; two
sons, Larry (Linda) Starr, Marion, Ky and Jerry (Geneva) Starr, Glasgow; four
grandchildren, Jason Starr, Zackary and Andrew Baise, all of Glasgow, and
Sheila (Chuck) Jones, Austin, Ky; and
two great grandchildren, Gracie and Noah Jones, Austin, Ky,
Besides his
parents, he was preceded in death by four sisters, Jewell Simmons, Susie
Garrett, Mary Nell Steen, and Gladys Simmons and two brothers, Robert Starr and
Ray Starr.
Funeral services will be Saturday, September
30, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at Union #2 Missionary Baptist
Church , with Brother Berlon Roy
officiating, burial will follow in the Poplar Log Cemetery . Visitation will be Friday,
September 29, 2017, at McMurtrey Funeral Home, from 4:00-8:00 p.m. and on
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at the funeral home from 8:00-10:30 am. and after
11:00 a.m. at the Union # 2 Church.
In lieu of flowers
memorials may be made to the Poplar
Log Cemetery .