Waymon E. Cambron, 88, of Owensboro, Ky., died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. He was born on June 20, 1926, in Ohio County, Ky., to the late W.E. & Helen Cambron.
Waymon a was faithful and dedicated member of Bells Run Baptist Church for over 70 years. He loved his church very much and served as a Deacon and was chairman of the Deacons. He was a Navy Veteran of World War II and retired from Peabody Coal Company, the UMWA, and Local 633 Plumbers & Pipe Fitters. He was also a Mason from Joe Ellis Lodge 473. Waymon enjoyed UK basketball, gardening, golfing, and bowling, but most of all he loved reading his Bible.
He is preceded in death by his brother, Adrian Cambron, and sister, Joyce Akins.
Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Ella Mae Cambron; three daughters, Brenda (Lanny) Likens, of Owensboro, Debbie (Kenny) Hardesty, of Utica, and Carla (George) Stout, of Georgia; four grandchildren, Angie (Levi) Haynes, Treva (Daniel) Walker, Benjamin (Andrea) Stout, Kimberly (Boyd) Franklin; eight great-grandchildren, Megan (Kevin) Rudy, Mallory Jacob, Kailey and Jansen Dobbs, Nicholas and Bryson Stout, Madison and Corben Franklin, six great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Coy Cambron; and several nieces and nephews.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at the Chapel of James H. Davis Funeral Home & Crematory in Owensboro. Burial will follow in Bells Run Cemetery with Military Honors. Visitation is from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. Monday with a Masonic Service at 7 p.m. on Monday and after 9 a.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Bells Run Baptist Church, Building Fund, 3969 Taffy Road, Whitesville, KY 42378.
