Shirley Belcher Walkup
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Shirley Belcher Walkup
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Glasgow Daily Times
Shirley Belcher Walkup
ELIZABETHTOWN – Shirley Belcher Walkup, 69, of Elizabethtown, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville.
A Barren County native, Mrs. Walkup retired as a teacher at Helmwood Heights Elementary School after teaching at that school for 35 years. After retirement, she subbed in the Hardin County School District for a number of years. She worked as a consultant for the Professional Development Center at Western Kentucky Univeristy. Mrs. Walkup was an active member of the Elizabethtown Church of Christ.
She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. She was a member of the Elizabethtown Education Association, Kentucky Education Association and National Education Association and served on various committees at the local level. She was first runner-up in 1977 as Kentucky Teacher of the Year. She was past president of the Lincoln Heritage Reading Council which is affiliated with the International Reading Association. She was a Kentucky Colonel.
Mrs. Walkup was preceded in death by her parents, Jess and Edna Matthews Belcher; one brother, Guy William Belcher; and two sisters, Rosa Leigh Belcher and Carolyn Mussnug.
She is survived by one daughter, Amy Elizabeth Walkup of Louisville; Elroy Walkup; an honorary granddaughter, Lily Derthick of Goshen; a special “adopted” daughter, Robyn Skaggs of Elizabethtown; four sisters and their husbands, Laura and Roy Woodcock of Glasgow, Nancy and Donald Steele of Sarasota, Fla., Mary Ann and Stephen Spaeth of Canyon Lake, Calif., and Edie and Bob Bell of Glasgow; two brothers and their wives, Doug and Marie Belcher of Glasgow and Danny and Christi Belcher of Madisonville; special friends, Beth Jones, Rick and Jennifer Derthick of Goshen and 12 nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Brown Funeral Home with Brother Ray Pack officiating. Burial will follow in Glasgow Municipal Cemetery in Barren County.
Visitation will be today from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the food pantry or the clothing center at the Elizabethtown Church of Christ or perform a random act of kindness.
Shirley Belcher Walkup
ELIZABETHTOWN – Shirley Belcher Walkup, 69, of Elizabethtown, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville.
A Barren County native, Mrs. Walkup retired as a teacher at Helmwood Heights Elementary School after teaching at that school for 35 years. After retirement, she subbed in the Hardin County School District for a number of years. She worked as a consultant for the Professional Development Center at Western Kentucky Univeristy. Mrs. Walkup was an active member of the Elizabethtown Church of Christ.
She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. She was a member of the Elizabethtown Education Association, Kentucky Education Association and National Education Association and served on various committees at the local level. She was first runner-up in 1977 as Kentucky Teacher of the Year. She was past president of the Lincoln Heritage Reading Council which is affiliated with the International Reading Association. She was a Kentucky Colonel.
Mrs. Walkup was preceded in death by her parents, Jess and Edna Matthews Belcher; one brother, Guy William Belcher; and two sisters, Rosa Leigh Belcher and Carolyn Mussnug.
She is survived by one daughter, Amy Elizabeth Walkup of Louisville; Elroy Walkup; an honorary granddaughter, Lily Derthick of Goshen; a special “adopted” daughter, Robyn Skaggs of Elizabethtown; four sisters and their husbands, Laura and Roy Woodcock of Glasgow, Nancy and Donald Steele of Sarasota, Fla., Mary Ann and Stephen Spaeth of Canyon Lake, Calif., and Edie and Bob Bell of Glasgow; two brothers and their wives, Doug and Marie Belcher of Glasgow and Danny and Christi Belcher of Madisonville; special friends, Beth Jones, Rick and Jennifer Derthick of Goshen and 12 nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Brown Funeral Home with Brother Ray Pack officiating. Burial will follow in Glasgow Municipal Cemetery in Barren County.
Visitation will be today from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the food pantry or the clothing center at the Elizabethtown Church of Christ or perform a random act of kindness.