Joseph Webb Devers Sr.

1938 - 2021

Joseph Webb "Boojer" Devers Sr., 83, of Cecilia, passed away Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, at Kensington Center in Elizabethtown. He was born Sept. 26, 1938 in New Hope. He was a former machinist with Brown and Williamson Tobacco with 22 years of service and later worked at Cooper Industries in Elizabethtown. He was an avid lifelong farmer and loved raising cattle and tobacco. He was a member of St. James Catholic Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Dennis William and Mary Ellen Masterson Devers; seven sisters, Lois Jean Richardson, Dorothy Howell, Elizabeth Jane Harris, Eugenia Anderson, Shirley Ann Devers, Martha Kimberlin, and infant, Maria Goretti Devers; and five brothers, William Paul, Joseph Newman, Donnie, Dennis Jr. and infant, Douglas McArthur Devers.
Survivors include one daughter, Joanna (Walter) Williams, of Bowling Green; four sons, Joseph W. (Beth) Devers Jr., of Bee Spring, Lawrence Robert "Larry" (Becky) Devers, of Glasgow, William Scott (Jennifer) Devers, of Bee Spring, and Jason Todd (Jacqueline) Devers, in Mount Washington; 11 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 104 Church Street in New Hope. The Rev. Matthew Hardesty will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery where military rites will be conducted by the Marion County Veteran's Honor Guard.
Visitation is 3-7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3, at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road in Loretto, with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. by Deacon Dean Giulitto.
Mattingly Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.