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Plummer family of Vanceburg, Kentucky

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George Martin Plummer (1912-1970) — also known as George M. Plummer — of Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky. Born in Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky., 1912. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lewis County Court Clerk, 1942-70; member of Kentucky Republican State Central Committee, 1960; member of Kentucky state senate 18th District, 1970; died in office 1970. Methodist. Member, Lions. Died, from a heart attack, in Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky., January 17, 1970 (age about 57 years). Interment at Lewis County Memory Gardens, Vanceburg, Ky.

		Relatives: Son of Oscar Mitchell Plummer (1882-1958) and Stella (Burriss) Plummer (1890-1968); brother of Luther Karl Plummer; married to Mary Catheryn Pollitt (died 1964); uncle of George Mark Plummer (1949-).
		Political family: Plummer family of Vanceburg, Kentucky.

Luther Karl Plummer (1923-1980) — also known as Luther K. Plummer — of Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky. Born in Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky., March 25, 1923. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky state senate 18th District, 1970-73; defeated, 1973. Methodist. Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Died, of heart disease, in Mercy Hospital, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, December 29, 1980 (age 57 years, 279 days). Interment at Lewis County Memory Gardens, Vanceburg, Ky.

		Relatives: Son of Oscar Mitchell Plummer (1882-1958) and Stella Lee (Burriss) Plummer (1890-1968); brother of George Martin Plummer; married, July 28, 1945, to Joan Grey Chapman (1927-1997); father of George Mark Plummer (1949-).
		Political family: Plummer family of Vanceburg, Kentucky.

George Mark Plummer (b. 1949) — also known as George M. Plummer — of Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky. Born, in Mercy Hospital, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, May 20, 1949. Republican. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives 96th District, 1978-82; defeated, 1981; Lewis County Judge Executive, 1994-2003; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1996. Christian. Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons. Still living as of 2006.

		Relatives: Son of Luther Karl Plummer (1923-1980) and Joan (Chapman) Plummer (1927-1997); married, June 23, 1966, to Elizabeth Jane Kegley (divorced 1974); married, December 4, 1981, to Sharon Louise Moore; nephew of George Martin Plummer.
		Political family: Plummer family of Vanceburg, Kentucky.

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