Neighbors

“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man who lives in it so that his place will be proud of him.”

—    Abraham Lincoln

President Abraham Lincoln’s words hang inside Edward “Hoppy” Bennett’s office and resonate throughout the grounds of Undulata.

Bennett bought the famous old home at auction in 1994 after it had fallen into some disrepair.

Was Coty Brewer all shook up when he and his bride, Sara Morgan, tied the knot on Valentine’s Day?

Probably so, because he and his bride were married on live television by Elvis – or close enough anyway.

Elvis Presley impersonator Otis Berry, a minister who owns and operates Indiana’s Chapel in the Hill, journeyed to Louisville on Tuesday to perform the ceremony for the couple on WHAS-Channel 11’s Great Day Live,a daily entertainment and talk show hosted by Terry Meiners and Rachel Platt.

Tom and Ruth Hodge own both Its Convenient stores located on U.S. 60, and for the past few decades, they have been known for their efforts in treating their customers like family.

The Hodges make it a point to help out people in need in the community, and their most recent effort was collecting thousands of dollars for Bill Pearson, an elderly man who lost his home on Henry Clay Street in a fire that killed his brother. 

Mary Marshall spent 40 years coaching youth sports, ever since graduating from high school in the early 1950s.

A single mother, Marshall, who found herself divorced at an early age, raised 7 children on her own, which in itself is no small accomplishment.

 “And they all went to college,”  she said with well-deserved pride.

Marshall, who was quite athletic herself, had a passion for sports at an early age, coaching softball, soccer and baseball even before graduating from the Lincoln Institute in Simpsonville in 1952.