Evangeline Duff

Lida Evangeline Duff, age 85, widow of Patrick Ray Duff, of Clay City, KY passed away September 25, 2019 at The Willows at Hamburg, Lexington, KY.  Born in Clay City, KY she was the daughter of the late Armour Maupin and the late Ruth Eaton Maupin.  She was a Powell County High School cheerleader and helped cheer her basketball Pirates to many victories. As newlyweds, she and husband Patrick Ray Duff, moved to Middletown, OH, where she worked at Soard Paper Mill, while he attended college. When they moved to Louisville, she was a lab technician for the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and later worked for the University of Kentucky Tobacco Research Department in Lexington. The Duffs were partners in manufacturing companies in Richmond and Clay City; established Winchester Coating, Inc. in Winchester KY and returned to Clay City where they made their home.  Evangeline and Ray were not just residents of Clay City, they were active supporters of their community. She served on the Clay City PRIDE committee which erected welcome signs at entrances to the city limits. Evangeline played a major role in securing the first physician for Clay City; constructed an office building for him, which now houses Powell Prescription and a second building which houses Mountain Comp Care in Clay City. She was a life-long member and supporter of the Clay City United Methodist Church and an active member of the Clay City chapter of Powell County Homemakers, opening her home and resources to the ladies' group.  In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by her grandson, Patrick Shaw and her brother, Murray Ford Maupin.  Evangeline is survived by her daughter, Connie (John) Mills of Clay City; four grandchildren:  Kortney (David) Shearer of Clay City, Meagan Lawson of Winchester, Coe (Caley) St. John of Louisville and Jonathan (Tabitha) Mills of Winchester and five great grandchildren:  Brennon Meadows, Christian Williams, Landon Lawson, Dawson Mills and Chloe St. John.  Funeral services officiated by Rev. Kim Rose will be held at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 1, 2019 in Clay City United Methodist Church, 7th Street, Clay City, KY.  Visitation begins at 6:00 P.M. Monday, September 30, 2019 in Hearne Funeral Home, Inc., 125 West College Avenue, Stanton, KY.  Final disposition will be in the Duff Mausoleum, Clay City - Eaton Cemetery with Brennon Meadows, Coe St. John, Jonathan Mills, Christian Williams, John Mills and Michael Frazier serving as active pallbearers.  Memorial contributions may be made to Clay City United Methodist Church.  Arrangements by Hearne Funeral Home, Inc.