Nov. 30, 1916 - Jan. 26, 2012 (Hager & Cundiff Funeral Home / January 30, 2012) |
Longtime Nicholasville city commissioner Harlan Veal Sr. died Thursday, Jan. 26, following a short illness. He was 95.
Veal served on the Nicholasville City Commission from 1981-1989, 1992-1993 and from 1997-2000.
Current city commissioner Johnny Collier, who served with Veal from 1997-2000, said Veal left his mark on the city.
“He was a very involved person in the community,” Collier said. “The expertise and the knowledge that he brought to the commission from being involved in the whole community as a Realtor and as a teacher I think was a valuable asset to the commission.”
Collier said he felt improvements across the city would be one of Veal’s legacies.
“We had a whole lot of infrastructure projects going on then, and he was always involved and was just a real, real joy to be around,” he said. “I’m pretty sure he was the person who started the Nicholasville Now program. Back then, there wasn’t anything like that, and he was very instrumental in getting that started.”
Veal was born Nov. 30, 1916, to the late Willmot Preston and Rae Belle Hale Veal. He was a widower of Willie Rogers Veal. The couple were married 68 years before her death in 2008.
He graduated from Bryan Station High School and the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. During the four years at UK, he lettered for his achievements in track. He taught vocational agriculture at Paint Lick High School, Flemingsburg High School, Wilmore, Nicholasville, Woodford County and Jessamine County High School where he retired in 1978.
He was an active member of Nicholasville Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
Veal is survived by two sons, Harlan H. Veal Jr. and wife Phyllis, and Willmot Preston Press Veal; a son-in-law, Wilson M. Routt Jr.; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services were at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at Nicholasville Christian Church, with the Rev. Jeff Mandrell and the Rev. John Todd officiating. Visitation was from 1-5 p.m. Sunday at Hager & Cundiff Funeral Home, and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church Monday.
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