Julia Bullard Guerrant, 98, of Winchester, died Wednesday at the Winchester residence of her son, Wallace Guerrant.
A native of Oxford, Ala., she was the wife of the late Dr. Edward O. Guerrant and daughter of the late Ellerslie and Hattie Goode Bullard.
She attended Judson College in Alabama for two years and was sent by the college to compete in the World's Fair, where she won her division in floral design. She received a bachelor of arts degree in both piano and organ from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 1932. She was the University of Cincinnati's escort for George Gershwin during his visit and she became the first woman to become both a deacon and elder of the First Presbyterian Church.
She was a former member of the Winchester Board of Education, the Fine Arts Club, president of the Parent-Teacher Association, a member of the Clark County Historical Society, a tennis instructor, a charter member of the Bowl and Blossom Club and served on numerous church and civic committees. Guerrant was also appointed to the state Beautification Committee by former governors Ned Breathitt and Louis Nunn.
Survivors include four sons and a daughter, Edward Guerrant Jr. of Santa Rosa, Calif., Wallace Bullard Guerrant and Edward Putney Guerrant both of Winchester, Fred Wilson Guerrant of Thomson, Ga. and Hattie Lee Griffith of Sarasota, Fla.; 16 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Rolan G. Taylor Funeral Home by the Rev. Ed Mesta. Burial will be in Winchester Cemetery.
Visitation will be Monday from noon until the hour of service at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be grandsons Wallace Guerrant Jr., David Parke, Phillip Steinmetz, Will Guerrant, T.J. Harville and Eddie Guerrant IV. Honorary pallbearers will be Anna Laura Codell, Martha Sudduth, Nancy Peel, Dr. Ed and Mrs. Suzanne Mesta, Carla VanMeter, Clara Taylor Houlihan, Dr. and Mrs. John Hubbard, Barbara Jordan, Dr. Bennett Asher, Betty Edgington, Mike Rowady and Milred Stephenson.
Memorials may take the form of contributions to Hospice East, 407 Shoppers Drive, Winchester.
A native of Oxford, Ala., she was the wife of the late Dr. Edward O. Guerrant and daughter of the late Ellerslie and Hattie Goode Bullard.
She attended Judson College in Alabama for two years and was sent by the college to compete in the World's Fair, where she won her division in floral design. She received a bachelor of arts degree in both piano and organ from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 1932. She was the University of Cincinnati's escort for George Gershwin during his visit and she became the first woman to become both a deacon and elder of the First Presbyterian Church.
She was a former member of the Winchester Board of Education, the Fine Arts Club, president of the Parent-Teacher Association, a member of the Clark County Historical Society, a tennis instructor, a charter member of the Bowl and Blossom Club and served on numerous church and civic committees. Guerrant was also appointed to the state Beautification Committee by former governors Ned Breathitt and Louis Nunn.
Survivors include four sons and a daughter, Edward Guerrant Jr. of Santa Rosa, Calif., Wallace Bullard Guerrant and Edward Putney Guerrant both of Winchester, Fred Wilson Guerrant of Thomson, Ga. and Hattie Lee Griffith of Sarasota, Fla.; 16 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Rolan G. Taylor Funeral Home by the Rev. Ed Mesta. Burial will be in Winchester Cemetery.
Visitation will be Monday from noon until the hour of service at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be grandsons Wallace Guerrant Jr., David Parke, Phillip Steinmetz, Will Guerrant, T.J. Harville and Eddie Guerrant IV. Honorary pallbearers will be Anna Laura Codell, Martha Sudduth, Nancy Peel, Dr. Ed and Mrs. Suzanne Mesta, Carla VanMeter, Clara Taylor Houlihan, Dr. and Mrs. John Hubbard, Barbara Jordan, Dr. Bennett Asher, Betty Edgington, Mike Rowady and Milred Stephenson.
Memorials may take the form of contributions to Hospice East, 407 Shoppers Drive, Winchester.
Julia Bullard Guerrant, 98, of Winchester, died Wednesday at the Winchester residence of her son, Wallace Guerrant.
A native of Oxford, Ala., she was the wife of the late Dr. Edward O. Guerrant and daughter of the late Ellerslie and Hattie Goode Bullard.
She attended Judson College in Alabama for two years and was sent by the college to compete in the World's Fair, where she won her division in floral design. She received a bachelor of arts degree in both piano and organ from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 1932. She was the University of Cincinnati's escort for George Gershwin during his visit and she became the first woman to become both a deacon and elder of the First Presbyterian Church.
She was a former member of the Winchester Board of Education, the Fine Arts Club, president of the Parent-Teacher Association, a member of the Clark County Historical Society, a tennis instructor, a charter member of the Bowl and Blossom Club and served on numerous church and civic committees. Guerrant was also appointed to the state Beautification Committee by former governors Ned Breathitt and Louis Nunn.
Survivors include four sons and a daughter, Edward Guerrant Jr. of Santa Rosa, Calif., Wallace Bullard Guerrant and Edward Putney Guerrant both of Winchester, Fred Wilson Guerrant of Thomson, Ga. and Hattie Lee Griffith of Sarasota, Fla.; 16 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Rolan G. Taylor Funeral Home by the Rev. Ed Mesta. Burial will be in Winchester Cemetery.
Visitation will be Monday from noon until the hour of service at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be grandsons Wallace Guerrant Jr., David Parke, Phillip Steinmetz, Will Guerrant, T.J. Harville and Eddie Guerrant IV. Honorary pallbearers will be Anna Laura Codell, Martha Sudduth, Nancy Peel, Dr. Ed and Mrs. Suzanne Mesta, Carla VanMeter, Clara Taylor Houlihan, Dr. and Mrs. John Hubbard, Barbara Jordan, Dr. Bennett Asher, Betty Edgington, Mike Rowady and Milred Stephenson.
Memorials may take the form of contributions to Hospice East, 407 Shoppers Drive, Winchester.
A native of Oxford, Ala., she was the wife of the late Dr. Edward O. Guerrant and daughter of the late Ellerslie and Hattie Goode Bullard.
She attended Judson College in Alabama for two years and was sent by the college to compete in the World's Fair, where she won her division in floral design. She received a bachelor of arts degree in both piano and organ from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 1932. She was the University of Cincinnati's escort for George Gershwin during his visit and she became the first woman to become both a deacon and elder of the First Presbyterian Church.
She was a former member of the Winchester Board of Education, the Fine Arts Club, president of the Parent-Teacher Association, a member of the Clark County Historical Society, a tennis instructor, a charter member of the Bowl and Blossom Club and served on numerous church and civic committees. Guerrant was also appointed to the state Beautification Committee by former governors Ned Breathitt and Louis Nunn.
Survivors include four sons and a daughter, Edward Guerrant Jr. of Santa Rosa, Calif., Wallace Bullard Guerrant and Edward Putney Guerrant both of Winchester, Fred Wilson Guerrant of Thomson, Ga. and Hattie Lee Griffith of Sarasota, Fla.; 16 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Rolan G. Taylor Funeral Home by the Rev. Ed Mesta. Burial will be in Winchester Cemetery.
Visitation will be Monday from noon until the hour of service at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be grandsons Wallace Guerrant Jr., David Parke, Phillip Steinmetz, Will Guerrant, T.J. Harville and Eddie Guerrant IV. Honorary pallbearers will be Anna Laura Codell, Martha Sudduth, Nancy Peel, Dr. Ed and Mrs. Suzanne Mesta, Carla VanMeter, Clara Taylor Houlihan, Dr. and Mrs. John Hubbard, Barbara Jordan, Dr. Bennett Asher, Betty Edgington, Mike Rowady and Milred Stephenson.
Memorials may take the form of contributions to Hospice East, 407 Shoppers Drive, Winchester.
