Kentucky
Dr. Robert Letcher
1947-2003
Dr. Robert T. Letcher, 56, of Ashland, passed away Friday, Sept. 19, in Jewish Hospital in Louisville following a courageous battle following a kidney transplant.
Dr. Letcher was born Sept. 19, 1947, in Louisville, the son of the late Charles M. and Emma Jane Baughman Letcher Sr.
He was the founding pastor of Christ Center Ministries in Russell, Ky., and former past president of the Kentucky One Church One Child adoption agency. In addition, he established the chaplain program for EKCC and was a former employee of the city of Ashland.
He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Denzella R. Smith Letcher of Ashland; two brothers, Charles M. Letcher Jr. of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Samuel L. Letcher of Louisville; four special sisters, Sharon Farrow, Linda Carey and Melissa Strader, all of Ashland, and Sylvia Manley of Charlotte, N.C.; an aunt, Luvenia Gazaway of Cincinnati; special cousin, Joyce Walker of Alabama; mother-in-law, Mary A. Bell of Ashland; and grandmother-in-law, Alma Smith of Ashland.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2003, at the Steen Funeral Home-Marshall Steen Chapel in Ashland by the Rev. Wayne Kuhner. Burial will be in Rose Hill Burial Park.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Friends may make contributions to American Diabetes Association, 1941 Bishop Lane, Suite 110, Louisville, KY. 40218.
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