May 30, 1919 ~ July 2, 2011
Rev. William Richard Staples, 92, Glasgow, died Saturday, July 2, 2011, at his residence. A native of Barren County, he was a son of the late Tom and Cora Shader Staples. He was a retired farmer and a Baptist minister. He had preached in well over 150 different churches in the Barren County and surrounding areas. He was also a U.S. Army Veteran of WW II.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma; two sons, Kenneth Staples and wife, Betty, and Tommy Staples and wife, Rita, all of Glasgow; four grandchildren, Tommy Staples, Jr. and wife Tina, Kim Forbis and husband Tommy, and Lee Ann Moore all of Glasgow, Mikki Owens and husband Aaron of Sumter, SC; eight great-grandchildren, Quentin, Tyler, and Kalei Staples, Taylor Moore, Lindsey Forbis, Mason, Jacob, and Michael Owens; three sisters, Velma Smith, Frances Garner, and Doris Warf all of Glasgow; several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Pam Fox Staples; two brothers, Earl Thomas Staples and J. P. Staples; one sister, Mary Lee Groce.
Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home with burial in the Happy Valley Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after 5:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Alternate expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Ronald McDonald House or a favorite charity.