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William C. "Bill" Latham, 84, of Villa Hills, KY, died on August 7 at Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood Kentucky as the result of brain injuries suffered in a fall.
Mr. Latham was born on June 6, 1933 in Hartford, Connecticut and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he became an Eagle Scout and a varsity swimmer for Manual High School. After graduating from the University of Kentucky in 1956, he served two years in the Army, then worked as a reporter at the Louisville Times and as a picture editor at National Geographic magazine. He purchased the Clermont Sun in 1971.
Mr. Latham and his family lived for 38 years in Batavia, Ohio, where he owned and published the Clermont Sun, one of Ohio's oldest weekly newspapers. During that time, he modernized the business, expanded readership, and founded the Brown County Press in Mount Orab, Ohio. In 2007, the Ohio Newspaper Association recognized the Clermont Sun and the Latham family with its "First Families of Ohio Newspapers" Award. He sold both publications in 2015.
Mr. Latham was also a former president and long-time member of the Batavia Rotary Club, which honored him as a Paul Harris Fellow.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Patrick Latham, his children, William C. Latham, Jr. (Cindy) of Colonial Heights, Virginia, Elizabeth P. Jenks (Steve) of Castle Rock, Colorado, and Patrick C. Latham (Amber) of Batavia, Ohio, his sister, Jean Latham Robertson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his brother, Sidney Latham of Lexington, Kentucky. Mr. Latham is also survived by four grandchildren: Andrew and Olivia Latham, Nicholas Latham, and Alexander Jenks.
A funeral mass will be conducted at Holy Trinity Church in Batavia, Ohio at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 12. Visitation will be from 5-8 pm on Friday, August 11 at Moore Family Funeral Home, 225 Spring Street, Batavia, Ohio. Donations may be made to Rotary International, care of the Batavia Rotary Club, P.O. Box 727, Batavia, Ohio 45103.
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John J. Savant
May 6, 2018
Today, I thought of my friend, BiLL Latham, from my 2 years in the army at Madigan Army Hospital in Tacoma, Washington. Though we had but one phone conversation after our discharge from the service, he remains a man who impressed me with his intellectual integrity, his gifts of language, his humor and human sympathies, and his range of interests from sports to theology.
Today, I looked up his name on my computer--an instrument I use poorly-- and, to my dismay, discovered his obituary. If this is your Bill Latham, I want to express my condolences and my regrets that I never pursued our friendship further. I feel he has had some part in my decision to teach literature--and with so much regarding life, faith, and language that follows upon that.
John ('Jack') Savant
Emeritus Professor of English
Dominican University of California
San Rafael, CA 94901
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John J. Savant
May 6, 2018
If this is the Bill Latham I knew at Madigan Army Hospital in the mid 1950's, I send belated condolences and my personal regrets that I did not pursue our friendship after our 2 years in the army. I saw him as a man of considerable gifts of thought and language, of great humor and irony, of sincere interest in life's most important questions (including God), and of genuine compassion. He may well have had some part in my decision to become an English teacher.
John ('Jack') Savant
Emeritus Professor of English
Dominican University of California
Jan Staubach
August 11, 2017
Mary Pat and family - I am sorry to hear of Bill's passing. Some of my happiest days were working at The Brown County Press, and in the years since, I'd run into Bill somewhere, and have a delightful conversation. Happy to see his smile in the accompanying photo, because that's the way I always remembered him. Condolences to all.
Mary-Cabrini Durkin
August 11, 2017
Dear Elizabeth,
To you and your mother and family, my condolences on your father's death. I was always fond of you at St. Ursula and had the greatest respect for your parents. All day I've been trying to organize everything to get to the funeral home, but with Sr. Mary Germaine approaching death on the west side of town, it may not be possible - to my great regret.
Accompanying all of you in prayer,
Mary-Cabrini Durkin
Darrel Geis
August 11, 2017
Pat (and family),
So sorry to hear of the passing of your dad. Even though I did not have the pleasure of meeting him in this life, you always spoke so highly of him, and he certainly raised a great son.
Please know that me, my family and the staff of the Christian Blue Network will keep you and your family in our prayers.
Lisa McClanahan Power
August 11, 2017
I'm so sorry to hear of Bill's death. He taught me so much about reporting and photography in my first journalism job at The Clermont Sun. He was a true professional and a wonderful boss. My best to Mary Pat and family.
Duane Tennant
August 11, 2017
Mary Pat/family, Sorry to learn of Bill's passing. He was a good friend/colleague. He was always positive/helpful. May your wonderful memories console you in this time of grief.
Katie Erhardt West
August 10, 2017
I am so sorry to hear of Mr. Latham's passing. I have so many memories of him as the father of my friend Elizabeth and my employer at the Clermont Sun. My deepest condolences to you all.
August 9, 2017
Mary Pat & family,
Our deepest sympathy to you. We always enjoyed having Bill come to Eucharist on Sunday mornings in our chapel with Mary Pat. May God comfort you and give you peace through your good memories of Bill. We will be praying for you at this difficult time.
Sr. Deborah Harmeling for the Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery
Dan Lay
August 9, 2017
Bill was a good friend and mentor. I will always think about him.
Thank you my friend.
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