Jack Lucas

LUCAS Jack Griffith, age 74, died May 23, 2014 at home. He was the husband of Rose Moloney Lucas and father of Jack Griffith (Jay) Lucas, Jr. (Debra), Elizabeth Clara Lucas (Patrick Colwell), Patrick Lee Lucas, Michael Wayne Lucas (Mary), Rose Ann Lucas Downs (Vincent). He was Granddaddy to Alyssa Lea Lucas, Michael Alexander Lucas, Ashley Rose Lucas, Lucas Ray Downs, Abigail Grace Downs, Rose Magdalene Downs, Sophia Ann Downs, Aidan Patrick Lucas and Addison Jack Lucas. Jack was born in Biddle, Kentucky to Lorraine Doan Lucas and the late Shirley Lee Lucas. He is also survived by his sisters, Betty Ann Lucas Wise and Peggy Lucas Atkins, and his brother, Ted Wayne Lucas (Doris), brother-in-law Michael R. Moloney (Janette) and a number of nieces and nephews. Jack was a graduate of Scott County High School and Transylvania University where he played basketball and baseball. He was a member of the first Transylvania team to play in a national basketball tournament. He was inducted into the Transylvania Pioneer Hall of Fame in 2001. Jack played fast pitch softball for Square D, IBM, Parker and Wainscott, and Parkette and coached the Square D team. He was named to the charter class of the Kentucky Softball Hall of Fame. Jack was employed at Square D Company (Lexington and Oxford, OH) for 23 years and the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government for 20 years, retiring in 2003 as Director of Property Management. He served as a member of the Oxford Parks and Recreation Board, Knights of Columbus in Oxford, Oxford Lions Club, recreation league basketball coach, Parish Council Chair, St. Mary's Parish, Oxford, Lexington Community Action Council and North Lexington YMCA Board of Directors. He was a high school basketball official in both Kentucky and Ohio. Jack was a member of Holy Spirit Parish, the Newman Center where he served as a hospitality minister. He was a good friend to many, all of whom will cherish their memories of him. Visitation, Milward's Funeral Home, Broadway 4-8pm Wednesday, May 28, Funeral Mass, 10am Thursday, May 29, Newman Center, 320 Rose Lane, concelebrating: Fr. Walt Bado, Fr. Dan Noll, Fr. Steve Roberts. Pallbearers: Alyssa Lucas, Alex Lucas, Ashley Lucas, Lucas Downs, Gary Anderson, Ted Lucas, Richard Moloney, and Caywood Prewitt. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 2312 Alexandria Drive, Lexington, KY 40504, the Newman Foundation, 628 North Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508 or the Baptist Foundation at Baptist Health, attention Pulmonary Rehabilitation, 1740 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY 40503. www.milwardfuneral.com