Ethel O'Bannon was born November 18, 1923 and departed this life on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at Harrison Memorial Hospital.

A native of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, she was a daughter of the late James Elias & Minnie Bell O'Bannon. The youngest of seven children, she was the last survivor of her immediate family.

She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Anchorage, Kentucky. Later, she attended Wesley Chapel C.M.E. upon moving to Johnson-Mathers Nursing Home in Carlisle, and thereafter to Edgemont Nursing Home in Cynthiana.

Ethel was a graduate of Lincoln Ridge High School in Simpsonville, Kentucky, where the late Lottie Williams O'Bannon was one of her teachers. After graduation she moved to Michigan, working there for five years before returning to Louisville.

Survivors include nieces, Jackie Ezell, Louisville, Sharon (James) Compton, Carlisle, and Judy C. McEwen & Karen Green, Louisvill; nephews, "Chuck" O'Bannon, Memphis, Tennessee, Michael (Doris) O'Bannon, Gahanna, Ohio, Gregory O'Bannon, Carlisle, and Jimmy Ezell, Louisville; great-nephews, James Compton, III & his daughter Kendra Compton, Joseph Compton, Michael (Shannon) French & his children Ayden French and Cordell & Aaliyah Burgess, all of Lexington, and Derrick O'Bannon, Gahanna, Ohio; great-nieces Sharnetta (Noah) Fritts, Morehead, and Lori & Edith Brown, and also by a host of family and friends.

She was also preceded in death by her brothers & sisters and their spouses Ruth (Dan) Whalen, James "Pap" O'Bannon, Roberta (Buford) Ezell, Lillian Mae (Rev. Theodore) Williams, Rev. Charles O'Bannon Sr., and Thomas (Lottie Williams) O'Bannon, a nephew, Jack Ezell, and a niece, Arlene O'Bannon.

Services will be conducted 12:00 Noon Tuesday, June 26 at Wesley Chapel C.M.E. Church with Rev. D.Wayne Rogers officiating. Burial will follow in the Henryville Cemetery.

Visitation will be after 11:00 A.M. Tuesday at the church.