Rev. Robert J. Stout, pastor of Liberty and Centertown United Methodist Churches in Ohio County, Ky., died on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. Rev. Stout had previously served congregations in Louisville and Horse Cave in Kentucky, and in Maryland.
Rob was a graduate of the University of Louisville, and held a Master of Divinity from Louisville Presbyterian Seminary. He was a patron of arts groups in Louisville and Horse Cave, having served on the boards of several groups including the Horse Cave Repertory Theatre. He served in a number of capacities in the United Methodist Church, the Kentucky Council of Churches, Rotary Club, and volunteered at the Speed Museum and at schools in areas where he served as pastor.
Rob is survived by his son, Richard H. MortonStout and Rick’s daughters, Amyah and Myla; his son, Jonathan H. MortonStout; Rick and Jon’s sister, Sophie H. Maier, all of Louisville; brothers, Marty Stout, of Bowling Green, Ky., and Scott Stout & family, of Athens, Ala., and a host of parishioners and theatre folk who thought of him as family.
The family is grateful to Rob’s friends and the members of his congregations who have so lovingly tended to him during his many hospitalizations and surgeries over the past few years, providing meals, transportation and care.
Interment of ashes at Main Street Municipal Cemetery, 402 East Main Street, Horse Cave, Ky., at 11 a.m., Central Time, on Saturday, Jan. 31. Memorial Service at Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church, at 4th & St. Catherine Streets, Louisville, at 4 p.m., Eastern Time, also on Saturday, Jan. 31.
Donations in Rob’s memory can be made to any of the churches he has served or to any small theatre arts group of the donor’s choosing.