- Date Of Death: March 13, 2014
- State: Kentucky
Lawrence Poe, Jr., 86, passed away after a brief illness at his home at 260 Edgemont Rd. Thursday afternoon, March 13, 2014.
He was born in Mays Lick, on January 31, 1928 to Mildred Fulton and Lawrence Poe, Sr.
A Kentucky Colonel, June was a retired gear manufacturing specialist of 41 years at Browning/Emerson Power Transmission.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Flora Mae (Irvin) Poe; a daughter Judy (Lynn) Insko of Winchester, and two sons Larry (Barbara) Poe, and Bob Poe (Karen Lanter) both of Maysville; 5 grandchildren Brent Insko and Brad (Staci) Insko of Portland, OR, Lawrence (Yngvild) Poe of Tonsberg, Norway, Blair Poe of Ithaca, NY and Robert Poe of Maysville; and two great-grandchildren Noah Insko and Mathias Poe;
He also leaves a special cousin Cecil Fulton of Mays Lick.
He is also survived by two brothers Emmitt (Jane) Poe of Mays Lick and Ray (Sudie) Poe of Cincinnati.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister Mary Helen (William) Sanders, brother Howard “Tade” Poe.
June enjoyed gardening and working in his yard.
June loved fishing. Last summer he watched his 4-year-old great grandson catch his first fish. He loved family trips: camping and fishing at Cave Run Lake and beach trips to Destin, FL. He would tinker on anything mechanical from lawn mowers to vacuum cleaners.
He was a 50 year plus member of Maysville Lodge #52 F&AM.
