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RALPH L. HUCABY Died Dec. 28, 2005 Ralph L. Hucaby, age 83, of Nashville, Tenn. passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2005. Born in Monticello, Ky. in 1922, Mr. Hucaby graduated with honors in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1944, after which he served in the Army with Armed Forces Radio in the Philippines during WWII. After employment with RCA, where he was involved in the design of CBS Television City in Hollywood, he moved to Nashville in 1953 to become the first Chief Engineer for WLAC-TV (WTVF-TV), Channel 5. Mr. Hucaby was promoted to Vice-President and Director of Engineering of WLAC-TV in 1966. In 1987, he was named a Life Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, in which he was a long-time officer of the Nashville Section. In 1994, Mr. Hucaby received the Silver Circle Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his contributions to the television industry in Nashville and the Mid-South. He held the rank of Colonel in the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, and was active in the local chapter of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors. He was a Deacon of Belmont Heights Baptist Church in Nashville, and was a member of its Dynamo Sunday School Class. He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Marion Hucaby. He is survived by his daughter, Marilyn Hucaby of Nashville; son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Debra Hucaby, of Raleigh, N.C.; sister, Ruth Patrick of Monticello, Ky; and brother and sister-in-law, Reid and Doris Hucaby of Lexington, Ky. Memorial services were on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 in the Mount Olivet Funeral Home chapel with private (family only) interment in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, 1101 Lebanon Pike, Nashville, Tenn. Add a comment |
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