J.T. Bland

JT. Bland of Campbellsville, son of the late James Clarence Bland and Katherine Grant Bland Smith, was born August 23, 1940 in Adair County, Kentucky. He died at 8:28 P.M., Thursday, August 18, 2022 in Elizabethtown. Age: 81 He professed faith in Christ and was a member of Early’s Chapel United Methodist Church. JT. started working for Kroger at the age of sixteen and remained there until his retirement. He was a minor league baseball coach for many years and enjoyed watching westerns. J. T. also was an outdoorsman and enjoyed watching deer when he was not fishing or hunting. He united in marriage to Connie Walters Bland March 25, 1988 and she preceded him in death August 6, 2022. J.T. is survived by two sons: Craig Bland and wife, Maria of El Paso, Texas and Ryan Bland and wife, Kim of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; two step-children: Jenny Powell and husband, Richard of Elizabethtown and David Anderson and wife, Karen of Leitchfield; fifteen grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren and one on the way; one great-great-grandchild; one brother, Mike Bland and wife, Lee Ann of Maryville, Tennessee; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends. ______________ VISITATION: 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home FUNERAL SERVICE: 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Bro. Caleb Southern ENTOMBMENT: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens Mausoleum