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A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Faye Cain Sears Memorial Highway in 1
Pulaski County. 2
WHEREAS, Faye Cain Sears was born on April 22, 1910, in Cain Store, Kentucky, 3
to George Ephriam Cain and Margaret Elizabeth Tarter Cain; and 4
WHEREAS, Faye Sears grew up riding to town on Saturdays with her parents for 5
supplies in their horse drawn wagon on the muddy unpaved roads; and 6
WHEREAS, Faye Sears became a Christian at 11 years old at Hopeful Baptist 7
Church and her faith remained important to her for the rest of her life; and 8
WHEREAS, Faye Sears was one of the first women in her area to drive a car, and 9
she used this skill to drive the elderly to doctor appointments and went to sit with the sick 10
and bereaved; and 11
WHEREAS, Faye Sears was once lauded as "one of the most beautiful women in 12
Pulaski County" by the late Richard Cooper and his brother Senator John Sherman 13
Cooper, but she only had eyes for one man, her late husband Goebel D. Sears; and 14
WHEREAS, Faye Sears married Goebel D. Sears on July 24, 1937, and they went 15
on to have four children during their marriage that ended far too soon when Goebel died 16
on June 1, 1968; and 17
WHEREAS, Faye Sears was a lifelong conservative Democrat and was Fall Branch 18
Precinct Chairperson, and was recognized by the Pulaski County Fiscal Court for serving 19
as an election officer for over 50 years; and 20
WHEREAS, Faye Sears attended the inauguration of three governors and was 21
instrumental in filling a charter bus for the inauguration of Governor Brereton Jones; and 22
WHEREAS, Faye Sears was honored in the Congressional Record by Congressman 23
Harold Rogers and was recognized on the floor of the United States House of 24
Representatives; and 25
WHEREAS, Faye Sears was also named a Somerset Colonel by Mayor Eddie 26
Girdler, Pulaski County Colonel by Judge/Executive Barty Bullock, and a Kentucky 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 1388
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Colonel; and 1
WHEREAS, Faye Sears was a loving mother and grandmother. Her greatest joy 2
was spending time cooking for her children and grandchildren; and 3
WHEREAS, on her 100th birthday, Faye Sears repeated her life motto, "if it's good 4
talk away, it it's bad stop and pray"; and 5
WHEREAS, Faye Sears entered eternal rest in her heavenly home on December 20, 6
2017, in Somerset, Kentucky; and 7
WHEREAS, Faye Sears is survived by her children, Larry Sears, Garry Sears, 8
Imadene Brinson, and Edna Thomas; grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and 9
nephews, and countless other family and friends; and 10
WHEREAS, Faye Sears leaves a hole in the heart of the Sears family and the 11
Pulaski County community and her contributions should be recognized; 12
NOW, THEREFORE, 13
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 14
ď˘Section 1. The Transportation Cabinet shall designate the portion of Kentucky 15
Route 914 in Pulaski County, from its intersection with Kentucky Route 1577 to its 16
intersection with Kentucky Route 1247, as the "Faye Cain Sears Memorial Highway" and 17
shall, within 30 days of the effective date of this Resolution, erect appropriate signage 18
denoting this designation. 19