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Article: COUNTY REMEMBERS ITS `PEOPLE PERSON' LONGTIME OFFICIAL `JIMMY' VEATCH DIES
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- May 4, 2005
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Friends are remembering former Union County Judge-Executive James
D. "Jimmy" Veatch, who died of lung cancer Friday at a Venice, Fla.,
hospital, as a "people person."
"If he saw you a block away, he'd holler and whistle and wave at
you," said Sturgis, Ky., chiropractor Dr. John Arnold, who represents
Union County in the Kentucky House of Representatives. "He was a
people person. He enjoyed his job and did a good job."
"Jimmy just loved people," said current Judge-Executive Larry Joe
Jenkins, who will be among those to eulogize Veatch during funeral
services at 2 p.m. today at Morganfield First Baptist Church. Most
county offices will close to allow courthouse staff to attend the
service, he ...