Louis Travis

Wilmore – Charles “Louis” Travis, age 89, passed away at home in Wilmore, Kentucky on January 29, 2018. Services for Mr. Travis will be held at Harrod Brothers Funeral Home on Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. with Pastor Bill Bales officiating. Burial will follow at Frankfort Cemetery. Military Honors will be observed at the gravesite by the VFW Post 4075. Visitation will be held at Harrod Brothers Funeral Home on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 service time on Thursday. Masonic Rites will be conducted Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. by Hiram Lodge #4 F&AM and Hart Masonic Lodge #61 F&AM. The Lodge will open at 7:00 p.m. Mr. Travis was born in Frankfort, Kentucky on March 8, 1928 to the late Charles and Martha Tandy Travis. He proudly served in the US Navy during the Korean War, was a Kentucky State Trooper in Frankfort, served two terms as a Franklin County School Board member, was the owner of Travis Photo Studio, and retired as a Veteran’s Employment Counselor at the Veteran’s Hospital on Leestown Road in Lexington. He was a member of the Nicholasville United Methodist Church and Bethel Christian Church. He was also a member of the Frankfort Hiram Lodge #4 F&AM and Nicholasville Hart Masonic Lodge #61 F&AM, and the Oleika Shrine Temple. He was the President of the High Bridge Community Association, served on the Kentucky River Task Force, the past Chairman of the High Bridge Homecoming Festival Committee, and numerous other organizations. He lived a life of service to his community and dearly loved his family. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his siblings, Helen Aldridge, Kenneth Travis, Doug Travis, Leroy Travis, Bill Travis, Shirley Travis, Zane Travis and Lloyd Travis. He is survived by his wife, JoAnn Travis; his children, Milt (Angie) Travis, Martha (Rick) Sandlin, and Randy (Norma) Swaenepoel; and his brother, Jack Travis. He was also blessed with eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Mr. Travis’ nephews will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be George Aldridge, Jr., Jack Travis, Leonard Edwards, Jr., Bert Walker, Victor Whitaker, Eddie Fox, Frank Daughtery, Doug Dunaway, and Wm. Neal Cassity. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to Shriner’s Hospital for Children. Arrangements are under the direction of Harrod Brothers Funeral Home.

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Louis Travis

March 8, 1928 - January 29, 2018