Name: Henry Troy Basil [photo]
Residence: Glasgow KY
Born: 08 Nov 1924 Barren Co KY
Died: Tuesday, 9 May 2006, T J Samson Community Hospital, age 81.
Son of the late Oris Stanford and Nellie Mae Walden Basil
Employee of Southern Explosives Company in Glasgow; member of Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville KY
Founder of the Gospel Troubadors and was known as the "Blind Troubador".
Survivors:
Wife: Ada Winers Basil
Son: Troy Nathan Basil and wife Linda of Glasgow
Two daughers: Ellen Mae Harper and husband Kenny of Horse Cave KY and Mary Margaret Basil and son Jamie Clifton Basil of Glasgow
Daughter-in-law: Beverly Basil of Glsgow
Nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchilden
Four sisters: Virginia Bunnell of Hose Cave, Margie Houchens of Park City KY, Ima Deloris Sexton of Glasgow and Patricia Ann Bragg of Cave City KY
Two brothers: Oris Eugene Basil of Glasgow and James Benton Basil of Park City
Preceded also in death by:
Grandson: Billy Allen Basil
Two brothers: LeeRoy and Ray Eagle Basil
Sister: Bertha Matthews
Services: Thursday, 11 May 2006, 2 pm, A F Crow and Son Funeral Home, burial Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Glasgow (KY) Daily Times, Wednesday, 10 May 2006, p. 2.
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