Extracted from The Crittenden Press (Marion, KY)
Thursday, March 7, 2002

Gainey

LEDBETTER, Ky. - Funeral services for Chester Devoid Gainey, 80, of Ledbetter, were held March 5 at Boyd Funeral Home. Bro. Willie Guess officiated. Burial was in Cothran Cemetery.

He died March 2 at his home.

Gainey, a veteran of World War II, died March 2 at his home. He was a member of the 291 Infantry Regiment and was shot and captured in 1945 by the Germans. He was a prisoner of war for six months. He was honored during a ceremony in Miami at the war's end during which he received a Purple Heart medal from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. After his military career, he was a truck driver, making his last run at age 80.

Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Mina Mae Gainey of Ledbetter; five daughters, Mona ``Becky'' Lanier of Decatur, Ill., Sandra Krenn of Kalamazoo, Mich., Joyce McKinney and Judy Sexton, both of Ledbetter, Tammy Noles of Smithland; three sons, Bobby Gainey and Will Gainey, both of Grand Rivers, and David Gainey of Ledbetter; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

His parents were Lillie Perry Gainey and James W. Gainey.