Obituary: Etta Tungate Spalding, 99, Bardstown

Etta Tungate Spalding, 99, of Bardstown, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. She was born on Sept. 22, 1913, in Taylor County to the late Essie and Angie Cox. She was a former employee of Bardstown Manufacturing and a member of Abundant Life Church.

She was preceded in death by four daughters, Joyce Burchett, Betty Jean Tungate, Mary Tungate, and Mary T. Hill; two sons, Glen Edward Tungate and Mark Tungate; and one brother, Elmer Cox.

She is survived by five daughters, Alma Taylor of Whiteland, Ind., Virginia Bunch and Bonnie Reiter, both of Bardstown, Linda Carney of Mount Washington, and Dorcus St. Clair of Cox’s Creek; three sons, Leander Tungate Jr. of Louisville, William Tungate of Lebanon and Allen Tungate of Columbia; two sisters, Demmie Shacklin of Cincinnati and Nellie Lopez of Hawthorn, Calif.; 34 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.

The funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, at the Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home with burial in the Bardstown Cemetery.

Visitation is noon-2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, at the funeral home.

The Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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