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- Her obituary reported “Mrs. Ruth (Highley) Sorrell, 78, of 1745 Tytus Ave., died Thursday morning, July 10, 1997, at the Willow Knoll Convalescent Center.
She was born in Olympia, Ky., on Sept. 2, 1918, a daughter of Thornton and Martha Staton Highley, and came to the area in 1958. On Aug 31, 1940, she married William Adrian Sorrell. Mrs. Sorrell was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary.
Among her survivors are her husband, William A.; a daughter, Judy Gail Lippphardt of Middletown; two grandchildren, Eric Christopher Boyd and Katina Marie Wilson; a sister, Edith Swartz of Middletown; and a brother, Hanley Highley of Louisville, Ky.
She was preceded in death by her parents; tow sisters, Florence Blevins and Winnie Blevins; and three brothers, Virgil, Paul and David Highley.”
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