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Billy Cannady

October 1, 1932 — December 3, 2008

Bill Cannady
Bill Cannady, 76, Murray, died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, at Murray-Calloway County Hospital.
An Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, he was retired from Briggs & Stratton and was a member of Poplar Spring Baptist Church where he served as director of the Van Ministry. Born Oct. 1, 1932, in Sulphur Spring, Texas, he was the son of the late Claude and Sammie Lucille Newton Cannady. Two sisters, Sue Bryarly and Mary Mihu, also preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Carol Kirby Cannady, to whom he was married June 13, 1975; two daughters, Kathy Boyer and husband, Bill, Michigan, and Rhonda Van Horn, Murray; two sons, William Van Horn and wife, Sue, Murray, and Scott VanHorn and wife, Suzanne, Lynn Grove; two sisters, Barbra Cannady, New Buffalo, Mich., and Toni Hardin and husband, Jim, St. Joe, Mich.; nine grandchildren, James Boyer, Billy Boyer and wife, Tracy, Don Sartin, and Kayla Hicks and husband, Jack, all of Michigan, Tracy Hardy and husband, Lennie, Almo, Lisa Fox and husband, Jamie, Tara Chambers, Anthony Van Horn and wife, Kacey, and Will Van Horn, all of Murray; 15 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Poplar Spring Baptist Church. Rev. Dennis Norvell will officiate. Music will be by Bob Waldrop, Dee & Kathy Lipford and the church choir. Burial will follow in the Murray Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Blalock-Coleman & York Funeral Home and after 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Online condolences may be made a www.yorkfuneralhome.com.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to Poplar Spring Baptist Church Van Ministry, 749 Poplar Springs Dr., Murray, KY 42071 or The Murray Gideon's, P.O. Box 931, Murray, KY 42071.

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