Names: Herbert Lee "Hub" Pursley and Geneva Traylor Pursley [photo]
Residence: Glasgow KY
Died: Tuesday, 2 Oct 2004 after an automobile accident in Barren County. Mrs.
Pursley died at the scene and Mr. Pursley died later at the Vanderbilt Trauma Center in Nashville.
"Hub" was the former superintendent of the Glasgow Water Company and chairman of the State Board
of Health for Water Certification in Frankfort. He also taught sanitation engineering for the
Environmental Protection Agency, was a veteran of WW II. Geneva was a mother and housewife and
Hub's loving companion of 63 years, an anniversary they celebrated last May. They were members of
the East Main Street Methodist Church.
Survivors together:
Daughter: Dawn Goodrum and husband David of Glasgow
Son: Mike Pursley and wife Karen of Indianapolis IN
Grandchildren: Michael David Goodrum and Matthew Benjamin Goodrum, both of Glasgow, Julie
Pursley Oelschlager and husband Todd of Franklin IN and Michael Todd Pursley and wife Jennifer of
Goodlettesville TN
Great-granddaughters: Hannah Louise Oelschlager of Franklin and Dalton Ann Pursley of Goodlettesville
Geneva is also survived by:
Sisters: Mabel Traylor Peden of Glasgow and Izene Traylor Mackey of Daytona Beach, FL
Nieces and
nephews: Nikki P Norman of Orlando FL and Jerry Mackey, David Mackey, Steve Mackey, Darla M
Decker, Linda M Warren and Dianne M Lowery, all of FL and AL.
Preceded in death by:
Parents: Teller Traylor and Lennie Robert James Traylor Hub is survived by:
Sister: Pauline Pursley Wells of Gallatin TN
Brother: Harry Bryant Pursley of Glasgow
Several nieces and nephews: Lougene Wells Sims, Phillip
Pursley, Carla P Jones, Tommy Tipton, Joyce T Khol, Garland Pursley, Penny Pursley, Roxanne P Cirracco,
Connie P Lyon and Sheila P Bunch
He was preceded in death by:
Parents: Joshua Sherman Pursley and Mattie Mora Stringfield Pursley
Sisters: Virginia P Tipton and Lougene Pursley
Brothers: James Robert, Rev Elmer Garland, Haskel Clay and Donald Ray Pursley.
Services: Sunday, 7 November 2004, 2 pm, A F Crow and Son Funeral Home, burial Glasgow Municipal
Cemetery.
Glasgow (KY) Daily Times, Thursday, 4 Nov 2004, p. 2.
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