Jerry Richard Church, 81, of Henderson, Kentucky, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020.

He was a 23-year U.S. Air Force veteran having achieved the rank of Technical Sergeant and retired from the Henderson Ambulance Service and Henderson Municipal Golf Course.  Jerry was a member of First Baptist Church in Henderson.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 42 years, Zora Mae Church, who died October 23, 2004; his parents, Frank and Willie Bell Church; and two brothers, Thomas Church and Steve Church.

Survivors include two sons, Randy Church and his wife, Dana, and Michael Church and his wife, Karla, both of Henderson, Kentucky; two sisters, Mary Parsley of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Susan Flatt of Jackson, Tennessee; five grandchildren, Isaac Church and his wife, Abbey, Jordan Church and his wife, Melissa, Taylor Church, Clay Church, and Kyle Forrester and his wife, Lindsay; four great-grandchildren, Greyson Church, Gentry Church, Colby Sutton, and Alaya Noeth-Durocher; nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home.  The Reverend Todd Linn, Ph.D., will officiate.  Burial will be in Fairmont Cemetery with military rites.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.

Contributions may be made to St. Anthony's Hospice.

Pallbearers will be Isaac Church, Jordan Church, Clay Church, Kyle Forrester, Johnny Jones, Joey Jameson, and Jeff Francis.

Online condolences may be made at www.rudyrowland.com .