LOUISVILLE, KY., Cora Mae Holbrook, 90, of Louisville went to her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at Norton’s Audubon Hospital in Louisville. She was born in Todd County on February 12, 1933 the daughter of Osby Blankenship and Belva Marie Hardison Blankenship. She had worked in the restaurant business and was of the Baptist faith. She loved God, her family, U of L Cardinals, Bingo, and the color red. Her favorite games where The Price is Right and Wheel of Fortune. At her death, she peacefully passed surrounded by her loving family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her baby Betty Ann, 3 sons Wendell Lear, Jerry Lear, and Charles Winkle, 1 brother Rondel Blankenship, 2 sisters Corine Lee and Betty Boggess, and a grandson Ray Lear.
She is survived by 4 sons Joe Winkle of Louisville, Kenny (Martha) Holbrook of Carlisle, Donald Allen (Nedra) Holbrook, Sr. of Mt. Washington, and Ronnie Holbrook of Louisville, 1 daughter Marie (Keith) Phillips of Greenville, 16 grandchildren, 36 great grandchildren, 20 great-great grandchildren, and 1 brother Harold Blankenship of Lafayette, IN.
Visitation will be held from 11:00 AM until time of funeral at 2:00 PM at Gary’s Funeral Home in Greenville, KY
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 26, 2023 at 2:00 PM at Gary’s Funeral Home in Greenville, KY conducted by her grandson Kenton Holbrook. Burial will follow at Emberry Church Cemetery in Todd County, KY.