Cecil "June" Humphrey

August 21, 1929 - March 04, 2017

Cecil "June" Humphrey

A limb has fallen from the Humphrey family tree and a voice can be heard saying to remember the best times, my laughter, stories, and the good life we have lived together. Cecil “June”Humphrey, 87, loving husband of Betty Jean Cooper Humphrey for 67 years, left his earthly home on Saturday, March 4, 2017. He was a native of Jessamine County born Aug. 21, 1929, to the late Duard and Lottie Lee Bowman Humphrey. June served as Elder at the Bethel Christian Church, was a Life Time and charter member of the Jessamine County Saddle Club, as well as the Bluegrass Horse Pulling Association, the Kentucky Farm Bureau, and was honored to be a member of Fitch’s IGA Breakfast Club. He leaves to continue his heritage and traditions his children Wayne Humphrey, wife Debbie, Jean Ann Hammond, Karen Detherage, husband Kevin, and Susan “Susie” Miller, husband Paul, grandchildren Steven J. Hammond, Shannon P. Miller, Jason Wayne Humphrey, wife Margaret, Emily Anne Wheeler, husband Gerald, Ashley Miller, and Lanie Jane Humphrey, and his 5 great grandchildren. June is also survived by a sister Virginia “Cricket” Shelton, husband Bobby, and has numerous nieces, nephews, and other extended family members. He was preceded in death by a son Kevin Humphrey, brothers Louis Bowman, Robert L. Charles, and Bowman Humphrey and sisters Addie Lee Black and Dorothy Wiess. A Remembrance Service will be held 1:00 PM Wednesday, March 8, at Hager & Cundiff Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Bales and Rev. Roy Lauter officiating. He will be laid to rest beside his son in Maple Grove Cemetery. Honoring him as pallbearers will be his grandsons Steven, Shannon, Jason, Dusty, Tristan, and Joseph “Shaggy”. Honorary bearers will be the Bethel Christian Church Members, Leonard Fitch and the IGA Breakfast Club, as well as Jonathan Snowden and Carl Corman, Jr. HIs family will receive friends from 2 to 8 PM on Tuesday, March 7. Donations may be made in his memory to the Bethel Christian Church, 1991 Phillips Lane Rt. 1267, Nicholasville, KY 40356. Hager & Cundiff Funeral Home is honored to serve the Humphrey family.

Funeral Information

Remembrance Service: 1:00 PM Wednesday, March 8

Hager & Cundiff Funeral Home

Laid To Rest: Maple Grove Cemetery

Receiving Friends: 2 to 8 PM Tuesday, March 7

Hager & Cundiff Funeral Home

Donations Information

Bethel Christian Church
1991 Phillips Lane, Rt. 1267
Nicholasville, KY 40356

Directions

Visitation: Hager & Cundiff F.H.

Service: Hager & Cundiff F.H.

Cemetery: Maple Grove Cemetery