Thanks to my cousin, Louis Cornelius, I’m an honorary Kentucky Colonel with business cards to prove it!
A couple of months ago, he and I were exchanging messages on Facebook and he asked me if I would be interested. I said I would be interested and thought nothing more of it. A few weeks later I received an 11 x 14 certificate from the governor and a couple of weeks ago received an ID card and business cards!
According to their website, “…being a Kentucky Colonel is much more than having an impressive certificate to hang on the wall. The Governor's order creating the commission states that the commission carries with it a responsibility to be ‘Kentucky's ambassador of good will and fellowship around the world.’"
Part of the reason for joining the organization is social in nature (the Kentucky Derby, for example) , but a large part is generosity and doing good works. Hopefully I can be worthy of this honorary title.
There’s an event scheduled at Churchill Downs on November 13th. I would like to be there if I can.
I’m proud to join this group and to be (in a small way) associated with these famous colonels – past and present:
- Ann Margret
- Ashley Judd
- Barry Manilow
- Betty White
- Bill Clinton
- Billy Ray Cyrus
- Bing Crosby
- Bob Barker
- Bob Hope
- Carol Channing
- Crystal Gayle
- Dale Evans
- Danny Sullivan
- Dick Smothers
- Dwight Yoakam
- Edgar G. Robinson
- Elvis Presley
- Foster Brooks
- George Bush
- Glenn Frey
- Harlan Sanders
- Hugh O’Brien
- Jeff Foxworthy
- Jeff Gordon
- Jimmy Durante
- Johnny Depp
- Jose Ferrer
- Lloyd Bridges
- Louise Mandrell
- Mae West
- Marie Osmond
- Mario Andretti
- Mel Tillis
- Muhammad Ali
- Naomi Judd
- Norm Crosby
- Norman Schwarzkopf
- Omar Bradley
- Pat Day
- Peter Graves
- Phyllis Diller
- Pope John Paul II
- Richard Petty
- Richard Thomas
- Ronald Reagan
- Rosemary Clooney
- Roy Rogers
- Shirley Temple Black
- Tiger Woods
- Tom Smothers
- Tom T. Hall
- Wayne Gretzky
- Wayne Newton
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Winston Churchill
- Wynonna Judd
Thanks once again to Cousin Louis for making this all work!
