Lonnie Flora

Lonnie David (L.D.) Flora A graveside service for Lonnie David (L.D.) Flora will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Murray Memorial Gardens. Garry Evans will officiate. Entombment will follow in the Murray Memorial Gardens mausoleum. Visitation will be at Murray Memorial Gardens after 10 a.m. Friday. J.H. Churchill Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Alzheimer's Association, Kaden Tower, 6100 Dutchmans Ln., STE 401, Louisville, KY 40205-3284. The family would like to thank the West Kentucky Veteran's Center and Russell and Nancy White for the care they have given Mr. Flora. Mr. Flora, 90, Murray, died Monday, July 20, 2009, at 3:20 p.m. at the West Kentucky Veterans Center, Hanson. He was a foreman for the Murray Division of the Tappan Company for 32 years. An Army veteran of World War II, he participated in allied attacks at Algiers, Algeria, El Guettar and Tunisia. He was wounded when he was struck by a German 88mm shell, and was awarded a Purple Heart and was given an honorable discharge. After his retirement he enjoyed hunting and fishing with his friends. Preceding him in death were his wife, Pauline (Polly) Flora, one son, William D. Flora, two brothers, Wayne Flora and William Guy McCuiston, and one sister, Loy Flora White. Born Sept. 18, 1918, in Calloway County, he was the son of the late Wavel Jackson Flora and Edmona Wyatt Flora McCuiston. Survivors include two sisters-in-law, Fay Nell Flora and Cozy McCuiston, both of Murray. and several nieces and nephews.