Richard Black

George Richard Black, 80, of Paducah, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2021 at Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center.
He was an honor graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School, Paducah Junior College and the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.  In 2007, he retired from Westlake Chemical Company, formerly B. F. Goodrich, with 44 years of service as an esteemed Senior Process Engineer and Supervisor in their Vinyl Department.  He was an active member of Lone Oak United Methodist Church for 53 years.
Richard was Scout Master for Troop 200 of The Boy Scouts of America for several years. He was the recipient of Scouting's Silver Beaver Award.  He was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel in 1991, the 199th year of the Commonwealth.  He was an active member and leader of the Ohio River Rangers SASS Club, where he was well-known by the alias of “George Rodgers”.  Richard was an avid cyclist and completed several exciting tours, including riding the Natchez Trace.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Brenda Blewett Black; their three children, Ben Perley (Todd) of New Orleans, Louisiana, Dr. Natalie Davis (Brett) of Paducah, and Tim Black (Claudia) of Portland, Oregon; his four grandchildren, Kennedy Hodge of Lexington, Kentucky, Hugo Hodge of Murray, Francesca Hodge of Paducah, and Cedar Black of Portland, Oregon; his two brothers, Phillip Black (Beth) of Omaha, Nebraska, and Larry Black (Lana) of Elizabethtown, Kentucky; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George Houston Black and Freda Ross Black, and his infant daughter, Brenda Susan Black.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 5, 2021 at the Lone Oak Chapel of Milner & Orr Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. until the service time of 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 5, 2021 at the Lone Oak Chapel of Milner & Orr Funeral Home.
Burial will be at Mt. Kenton Cemetery
Expressions of sympathy may be made to The Boy Scouts of America, Troop 200, Lone Oak United Methodist Church, 3835 Old US Highway 45, Paducah, KY 42003.
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