Julia Catherine Atchison

Julia Catherine Vittitow Atchison, 90, of Bardstown, formerly of New Haven, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. She was born May 4, 1924 in New Haven. She was the retired owner/operator of Towne Country Antiques and was an antique appraiser in Bardstown after many years of operation. She owned and operated Maureen's Dress Shop, New Haven Dry Goods, Federal Hill Nursing Home in Bardstown, Loving Care Rest Home and Haven Motel connected with it. A loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Orville Leake and Catherine Frances Slater Vittitow; and two brothers, Orville Vittitow and Charles W. Vittitow.
Survivors include two sons, Raymond Carothers and Steve Carothers, both of Bardstown; a daughter, Maureen Harvey, of Cox's Creek; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Harry S. Vittitow, of New Haven, Joseph H. Vittitow, of Lawrenceburg; three sisters, Rosanne Bowling, of Louisville, Mary W. Parman, of Patuskula, Ohio, and Dorothy Toney, of Charlotte, N.C.; and several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
A celebration of life service will be 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at Abundant Life Church on Bloomfield Road in Bardstown.
William Rust Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.