Kenneth E. Amick

Aug. 21, 1932 – March 28, 2016

 

Mr. Kenneth Eugene Amick, age 83, a resident of 112 Arrowhead Trail, Washington, died Monday, March 28, 2016, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington officiated by Leroy “Skip” Hurley, Evangelist. Burial will be later in the Coleman Family Cemetery of Shelbiana, Kentucky.

The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at Paul Funeral Home of Washington and other times at the home.

Mr. Amick was born in Scott County, Indiana, on Aug. 21, 1932, son of the late Lawrence Morrison Amick and the late Emma Hammel Amick. He was a graduate of Austin High School in Austin, Indiana, and received his bachelor’s degree at Louisville Bible College in Louisville, Kentucky. Following his call to the ministry and his bible education, Mr. Amick served many congregations in the Churches of Christ in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina. On Nov. 15, 1952 he married the former Jacqueline “Jackie” Coleman who preceded him in death on Oct. 30, 2003. Mr. Amick was a member of Woodard’s Pond Church of Christ and a former member of the Bunyan Ruritan Club and the Beaufort County Republican Party. He was a past board member of the Roanoke Christian Service Camp of Washington.

Survivors include a son: Tom Amick and his wife Sharon Cutler Amick, of Washington; a daughter, Lisa Amick Lee and her husband Pete, of Washington; two grandchildren, Jennifer Amick and Bradley Amick; a brother, Harry “Bud” Amick of Austin, Indiana; two sisters, Shirley Loesch of New Albany, Indiana, and Wanda Sizemore of Scottsburg, Indiana; a helpful and compassionate young friend, Jazire Boyd and numerous nieces and nephews. Mr. Amick was predeceased, along with his parents and wife, by a son, Stephen Curt Amick; two brothers, William “Bill” Amick, Stanley Amick and a sister, Opal Mae Roe.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly asks for memorial contributions to be made to Woodard’s Pond Church of Christ, 9004 US Hwy. 264 East, Washington, NC 27889 or to Louisville Bible College, 8013 Damascus Road, Louisville, KY 40228.

Online condolences may be offered to the family by visiting www.paulfuneralhome.com.

Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington is honored to serve the Amick family.