William Thomas "Bill" Head

A Louisville resident, Mr. William Thomas "Bill" Head, age 93, passed away Monday, June 9, 2025, at his residence. He was born May 27, 1932, in Gethsemane to the late Dee and Alice Miller Head. He was a direct descendant of Cuthbert Head who came to the Americas in the late 1770's from England and purchased land on the Pottinger Creek where the Head family lived for 200 years until the home place burned in 1965. Bill was a retired supervisor at General Electric, was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and was a Past Master of Willis Stewart Lodge #224. He was a member of Kosair Shriners and was a past member of the Kosair Oriental Band, Kosair Golf Club and the Top Hat Gun Club. Bill was a resident of Bardstown from 1954-1965 and enjoyed spending his summers at his home in Louisville and his winters in Naples and Estero Florida. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Rose Alice Lyvers Head, 3 sisters, Ethel Ann Stanley, Marilyn M. Culver, Charlotte M. Rogers, and his brothers-in-law, Dink Stanley, Dickie Culver, Al Rogers and Donald Bradley. He is survived by his son, Terry (Peggy) Head, his grandson, Jacob (Kara) Head, 2 great grandsons, Christopher Theodore and Connor Joseph Head, his sister, Elizabeth Vienna Bradley, as well as several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 11:00 am, Monday, June 16, 2025, at the Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home in Bardstown. Deacon Joe Dant will officiate. Interment will be in Holy Cross Catholic Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 3:00-8:00 pm and Monday after 9:00 am until time of the funeral service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. The Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.