Sonny Starnes
Mr. Lamar B. “Sonny” Starnes, age 83, of Hickman, Ky., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, at his residence.
He was born on Dec. 11, 1940, in Hornsby to the late Johnnie Lamar Starnes and Lois Etna Baker Black.
Sonny was a member of Davids Chapel Baptist Church and was a Mason in the Union City Lodge 538. He was a retired supervisor for General Motors and loved helping others, his family and making people laugh.
He is survived by his wife, Alice Fay Busby Starnes, whom he married Jan. 30, 1965; two daughters, Linda Fay Starnes Peters of Imperial, Mo., and Brenda Kay Starnes Johnson of Hickman; his grandchildren, Elizabeth (Chris) Ford of Bowling Green, Ky., Brittinnie (Cody) Shepherd of Bowing Green, Amanda Peters of Imperial, Melissa Milam of Hickman, Melannie (Zack) Milam of Hickman and Ray Johnson of Staples, Minn.; his great-grandchildren, Regan Worley of Union City, Bentley Milam, Lillith Kuikendoll, Addilynn Crider and Zachary Crider, all of Hickman, and Ray Johnson Jr. of Tennessee; and a brother, Dale Robertson of Austin, Texas.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Minnie Armour.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel-Hickman (903 Broadway St. in Hickman), with burial following in Hickman City Cemetery. Visitation was held at the funeral chapel from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, and after 9 a.m. Friday until the hour of service.
Pallbearers were Zachary Crider, Aaron Pugh, Jeff Johnson, Cody Shepherd, Chris Parker and Wayne Busby.
Online tributes may be left at www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com.
Published in The Messenger on 1.3.24