Bill Whitlow

Bill Whitlow, 93, of Paducah, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital. He was born on Jan. 13, 1932, in Mayfield to Voris Whitlow and Willa Spain Whitlow.

Bill was a graduate of Mayfield High School and attended Murray State Teachers College, where he received his bachelor's degree. He was a long-time member of Bible Baptist and then became a deacon and elder emeritus at Heartland Worship Center in Paducah. Bill worked at CSI and then transferred to the Paducah Board of Education, where he designed the Computer Center.

Bill was named a Duke of Paducah and a Kentucky Colonel. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He was a member and past president of the Paducah/McCracken County Retired Teachers Association and a member of the Kentucky Retired Teachers Association.

Bill is survived by his wife of 72 years, Barbara Carter Whitlow; one son, Jeff Whitlow of Paducah; and one granddaughter, Morgan Whitlow of Pensacola, Florida.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Voris Whitlow and Willa Spain Whitlow, and one sister, Jauan Cornman.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah, with Dick Vasseur officiating. Entombment will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens with Military Honors.

Visitation will be held noon to 2 p.m. Monday, Sept 29, at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah.

Expression of sympathy may be made to Heartland Church, 4777 Barkley Drive, Paducah, Kentucky 42001, or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude’s Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.

You may leave a message of sympathy and light a candle at milnerandorr.com.