Monette Belcher

NICHOLASVILLE - Monette Vanover Keathley Belcher, 70, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2013 at the University of Kentucky Hospital. She was a native of Pike County born April 3, 1943, to the late John T. and Alta Vanover. She leaves to cherish her memory her husband and best friend Terry Belcher, her daughter Beverly Quinn, husband Darin, sons Tom Keathley, wife Madonna, John David Keathley, and Chett Keathley wife Ute, as well as the grandchildren she adored Ron McCoy wife Cheryl, Thomas and Dalton Keathley, Mackenzie Palmer, Robert and John Quinn, Timothy, Lukas, and Oliver Keathley and great-granddaughter Chloe. Additional survivors include brothers Roger Vanover, wife Linda and William Vanover wife Sandy, sisters Dorothy Meade, Betty Keel, and Mary Hunt, husband Clinton and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by brothers Tom, Hubert, and Johnny Vanover and sister Martha Lovern. Monette was a retired employee of Blue Grass Community Action having worked with the Jessamine County Adult Day Care for many years and was a member of their Advisory Board. After receiving a lung transplant she became an advocate for organ donations working close with KODA in fund raising and helping with awareness of the organ donation program. She was a member of the Nicholasville Baptist Church for many years. A Service of Remembrance will be held 1pm Thursday, May 16, at Hager & Cundiff Funeral Home with Rev. Ray Coates officiating and Bill Black delivering the Eulogy. She will be laid to rest in Maple Grove Cemetery. Honoring her as pallbearers will be her grandsons Ron McCoy, Lukas, Thomas, Dalton, and Timothy Keathley, John and Robert Quinn and Larry Schmidt. Honorary bearers will be The Belcher Family, Martin Lowry, Jimmy Whitaker, Tom Caukins, and David A. "Doy" Smith. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from 4-8pm Flowers are welcome but the family suggest donations to the Jessamine Adult Day Care or KODA in her memory. Guestbook and Tribute www.hagerandcundifffunerals.com.