Daphna Atnip

Daphna J. Atnip 82 of Louisville, KY and a former Glasgow resident, died Saturday January 16, 2010 at the Signature Health Care of South Louisville where she was a resident. She was born in Allen County, KY the daughter of the late Harley Russell Pemberton and Minnie Jewell Miller Pemberton. She was preceded in death by her two husbands, Donald Dinkins and James William Atnip. Daphna was the former owner and operator of Daphna's Cafe and Fairdale Florist in Fairdale, KY. She was a member of the D.A.V. Ladies Auxiliary where she had served as Unit Commander of Chapter 20 and also served as District Commander and State Commander. While living in Glasgow she attended the Glasgow Baptist Church and more recently the Northside Church of Christ in Clarksville, IN. She was also a member of the Owens Township Homemakers Club and was a Kentucky Colonel. She is survived by a son Daniel Dwight Dinkins, Sr. (Debra) of Louisville; a daughter Tressie J. Shofner (James) of Campbellsville, KY; 3 grandchildren Marcie Nease, Scott Shofner and Daniel Dinkins, Jr.; 7 great grandchildren, Justin and Casey Nease, Jeff, Jenna and Tara Shofner and Daniel Dinkins III and Elizabeth Dinkins; 3 great great grandchildren Brent, Madison and Ellie; a sister Evelyn Croslin (Tom) of Owensboro and 4 nephews. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday January 19, 2010 at the A. F. Crow & Son Funeral Home with burial in the Crescent Hill Cemetery in Scottsville, KY. Visitation will begin at 11:00am Monday at the funeral home. The D.A.V. Ladies Auxiliary will perform rites at 6:00pm Monday at the funeral home and the public is welcome to attend.