Colby Deener, 95, of Taylor County, KY died Tuesday, August 1, 2023 in the same house in which he was born on October 19, 1927 of the union of the late John W. Deener and Willie Lear Sullivan Deener.  

Mr. Deener was the youngest of his siblings: Lillian Deener (James) Richerson, Robert C. (Gladys) Deener, Annie Mae Deener (Turner) Wayne, Walter (Eva) Deener, Dorothy Deener (Wayne) Kessler, James W. (Jean) Deener, Ora Lee (Leslie) Morris, all of whom predeceased him.

Mr. Deener was a career farmer in the Saloma area, farming land originally purchased by his father in 1904. He served on dairy cooperative and farming support organization boards. He was a Kentucky Colonel and a lifelong member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon. Mr. Deener in the U.S. Army from 1946-1947.
 

SURVIVORS:

His wife of almost 74 years: Gloria Mae Reynolds

4 children: Larry C. (Martha) Deener, Deronda M. (Deener) David Eastridge, Jeffrey A. (Kimberly) Deener and Bradley N. (April) Deener

7 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren & 3 great-great-grandchildren

FUNERAL SERVICE: Monday, August 7, 2023 at 1:00pmET at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Dr. James E. Jones and Dr. Danny Morris

BURIAL: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens 

VISITATION: After 10:00amET on Monday at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH OR GIDEON BIBLES AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME.