In Memory

Nathan Looney - Class Of 1970

Looney, Nathan R. age 38 of Jenkins, Letcher County, KY Deputy Coroner, Embalmer and Funeral Director of Polly & Craft Funeral Home, died from an accidental drowning in Clinch River, near Sneedville, TN on Monday, July 30 1990. He was the son of Elmer Looney and Lillie Mae (Knight) Looney, born August 19, 1951.  Survivors are his wife, Vickie (Ellis) Looney and three children, Nathan Ray, II, Jeffery Leslie and Darla Elizabeth, all at home. His parents, Elmer and Lillie Mae Looney of McRoberts; two sisters: Patsy Allen of Bowling Green and Darla Mae Sexton of Jenkins; three brothers: Danny Looney of Jenkins, Elmer, Jr. of Kenosha, WI. And Darrell of Newark , CA. Nathan served eight years in the United States Air Force. He later joined the staff of the Polly & Craft Funeral Home where he served his apprenticeship and then attended and graduated form the Mid- American College of Funeral Service. He was a member of the Pi Sigma Eta Fraternity; (a national honors mortician fraternity and was a Letcher County Deputy Coroner. Interment in Laurel Fork Cemetery, Rt. 1 Jenkins, KY.



 
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07/28/09 08:42 PM #1    

Fred Back (1960)

Nathan was one of the people that stands out in my mind as a really good friend and good person. I will never forget our coon hunts together and will regret that we never took that fishing trip you wanted to take. nathan was special.

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