Bobby Cavanaugh, 73 of Grand Rivers, formerly of LaCenter, passed away at 8:45 a.m. Friday, May 4, 2007 at Calvert City Convalescent Center. Mr. Cavanaugh retired from Ballard Rural Telephone Coop and was a professional photographer. He was a veteran and a member of First Baptist Church of LaCenter. He will be remembered as a Boy Scout leader and for operating the first community bus service in the area. Mr. Cavanaugh was a kind and fun loving person who loved to tell and trade stories with his friends and family; he loved being on the lake and was an avid fisherman. He also loved to hunt and took great pleasure in his gun collection.
Surviving are his wife of 51 years, Doreen Webber Cavanaugh of Grand Rivers; one daughter, Linda Smith (Lyle) of Ledbetter; and two sons, Paul Cavanaugh (Vicky) of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Steve Cavanaugh (Kelly) of Wickliffe. He will be missed by six grandchildren, Angela (David) Mathis, Eric Wilson, Rhonda (Andrew) Harned, Meghan Cavanaugh, Matt Cavanaugh and Caitlin Cavanaugh.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Denise Cavanaugh, a brother Al Clayton, and his parents, Noble Cavanaugh and Bertha Tiner Cavanaugh.