Richard D. Acuff - 1943-2007
Richard D. Acuff, 63, of Ashland, Ky., died Monday evening, July 23, 2007, in King’s Daughters Medical Center following a heart attack.
He was born Nov. 12, 1943, in Herrin, Ill., a son of Betty Lee Acuff Cernkovich of Marion, Ill., and the late R.D. Acuff.
He retired as associate warden from the Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution in Ashland. He was an Army veteran who served in Senop, Turkey, near the Red Sea and was a member of First Baptist Church of Russell.
Additional survivors include his loving wife of 34 years, Mary Hutchison Acuff of Ashland; three sons, Damon Acuff and his wife, Tracy, of Metropolis, Ill., Jason Acuff and his wife, Michelle, of El Reno, Okla., and Aaron Acuff and his wife, Stacy, of Ashland; a brother, Patrick Felts of Colorado Springs, Colo.; three grandchildren, Chase Acuff, Benjamin Acuff and Madison Acuff; his mother-in-law, Helen Hutchison of Ashland; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 26, 2007, at Steen Funeral Home-Marshall Steen Chapel in Ashland by the Rev. Ken Gowin, assisted by Father John Noe. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today, July 25, 2007, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to First Baptist Church Russell Building Fund, 901 Ashland Drive, Russell, KY 41169.
Condolences may be sent to steenfuneralhomes.com.
