Gene McGregor Obituary

CLAY - Gene Lynn McGregor, age 65, died Saturday Nov. 4, 2006, at his home in Clay, Ky.

Gene Lynn grew up in the mining town of Earlington, Ky., where he graduated high school in 1959. Over the next 45 years Gene Lynn worked for and managed various coal companies in western Kentucky and southern Illinois. Presently, Gene Lynn was the general manager of Vision and Advent mining near Sebree, Ky. He was a member of Jachin Lodge No. 739 in Clay, Ky., for over 26 years. He attended Webb Memorial United Methodist Church in Clay, Ky.

He was preceded in death by his father, Will Lindsey McGregor, in 1998, and mother, Imogene, in 2005.

Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Pat McGregor of Clay, Ky.; two daughters, Debra Ford and her husband, Greg, of Clay, Ky., and Sandra Sandidge and her husband, Bob, of Morganfield, Ky.; one sister, Carol Vanover and her husband, Larry of Clay, Ky.; one brother, Roger McGregor and his wife, Janet of St. Mary's, Ga.; one aunt, Helen "Sissy" Perkins of Madisonville, Ky.; and three grandchildren, Hilary, Hailey, and Hunter Ford, all of Clay, Ky.

Funeral services are 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, at Webb Memorial United Methodist Church in Clay, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Clay, where Masonic services will be conducted. The minister will be Dr. Curtis Yarborough, assisted by Brothers David Harting and Rick Oakley. Visitation is 1 to 8 p.m. today at Webb Memorial United Methodist Church in Clay and from 8 a.m. to service time.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Anthony's Hospice of Webster County, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, or National Down Syndrome Society envelopes will be available at the church. Vanover Funeral Home is handling arrangements.