Billy J. Kirk, 79, of Philpot, died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. He was born in Fordsville and was an Air Force veteran.
He was retired after 38 years from W.R. Grace and Hampshire Chemical Company and was a member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, Philpot.
Billy was preceded in death by his parents, Ezra and Gola Kirk; a son-in-law, David Kenyon; and a brother-in-law, Johnny Midkiff.
Survivors include his wife, Elaine Kirk, of Philpot; a son, Aaron Kirk, of Philpot; three daughters, Julia Kirk, of Johnson City, Tenn., Rosemary Kenyon, of Brentwood, Tenn., and Amy Kirk and husband, William Goodlet, Jr., of Louisville; two grandchildren, Nate Kenyon and Carter Kenyon, both of Boulder, Colo.; a sister, Marilyn Midkiff, of Fordsville; and two nieces, Sherry Johnson, of Reynolds Station, and Kathy Haynes of Owensboro.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Geary Funeral Home, Fordsville, with burial in Fordsville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday and after 12-noon Sunday at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, 4730 Pleasant Grove Road, Philpot, Ky. 42366.