Don Lafferty was a Grandmaster checkers player (1996 ACF Rating 2586) . He first became interested in the game at an early age by playing with his uncle and grandfather. Later coached by Horace Steen, who was also young Walter Hellman's coach in Gary, Indiana in the early 1930s. In 1982 he defeated Derek Oldbury for the World GAYP (Go As You Please) Championship with a score of 1-win, 0-losses and 23 games drawn. He was challenged for the championship in 1984 by Paul Davis, winning easily 5-0-15. In 1986 he defended his title again by drawing James Morrison with a score of 0-0-24 and in 1989 he defeated Elbert Lowder 4-3-16.
He contested for the 3-move restriction title twice in his career but never succeeded. In 1987 he failed to defeat the great Marion Tinsley, losing by a score of 2-0-36. In 1996 he tried again, this time against Ron King, but he only managed a 5-5-30 draw.
Don Received his bachelor's degree in math and physics from Western Kentucky University at Bowling Green, Kentucky. With later graduate studies at both Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, he earned a master's degree in Math and Physics plus 30 hours for Rank One Teacher's Degree. He taught high school math and physics in Kentucky prior to retiring in
Don was the father of four girls. His youngest daughter, Holly Brook, Lafferty was killer in an auto accident in 1993 and she is also buried in Needham - Smith Chapel Cemetery.∼Name: Don Morgan Lafferty
Residence: Eastview, KY
Died: Sunday, 7 June 1998, at home, 64.
Born: Barren Co
Occupation: Retired Hardin Co School teacher, Rank I Masters from Western KY University.
Membr of: Amrican Checker Federation
Church: Franklin Crosssroads Baptist
Survivors:
Daughters:
Tara Chi Lafferty, Eastview
Martha Kaye Lafferty, Bowling Green
Denise "Denny" Riddle, Glasgow
Grandchildren: Emily & Bradley Riddle
Half-brother: J B Sartin, Cave City, KY
Half-sisters:
Eva Bogue, Munfordville, KY
Becky Hartman, AZ
Preceded in death by: Daughter - Holly Brook Lafferty and sister, Patsy Ross O'Brion.
Body donated to the University of Kentucky's Anatomy and Neurobiology program, Lexington, KY
Memorial service: 11 am Friday, 12 June 1998, Manakee Funeral Home, Elizabethtown.
Glasgow Daily Times, Tuesday, 9 June, 1998.
He contested for the 3-move restriction title twice in his career but never succeeded. In 1987 he failed to defeat the great Marion Tinsley, losing by a score of 2-0-36. In 1996 he tried again, this time against Ron King, but he only managed a 5-5-30 draw.
Don Received his bachelor's degree in math and physics from Western Kentucky University at Bowling Green, Kentucky. With later graduate studies at both Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, he earned a master's degree in Math and Physics plus 30 hours for Rank One Teacher's Degree. He taught high school math and physics in Kentucky prior to retiring in
Don was the father of four girls. His youngest daughter, Holly Brook, Lafferty was killer in an auto accident in 1993 and she is also buried in Needham - Smith Chapel Cemetery.∼Name: Don Morgan Lafferty
Residence: Eastview, KY
Died: Sunday, 7 June 1998, at home, 64.
Born: Barren Co
Occupation: Retired Hardin Co School teacher, Rank I Masters from Western KY University.
Membr of: Amrican Checker Federation
Church: Franklin Crosssroads Baptist
Survivors:
Daughters:
Tara Chi Lafferty, Eastview
Martha Kaye Lafferty, Bowling Green
Denise "Denny" Riddle, Glasgow
Grandchildren: Emily & Bradley Riddle
Half-brother: J B Sartin, Cave City, KY
Half-sisters:
Eva Bogue, Munfordville, KY
Becky Hartman, AZ
Preceded in death by: Daughter - Holly Brook Lafferty and sister, Patsy Ross O'Brion.
Body donated to the University of Kentucky's Anatomy and Neurobiology program, Lexington, KY
Memorial service: 11 am Friday, 12 June 1998, Manakee Funeral Home, Elizabethtown.
Glasgow Daily Times, Tuesday, 9 June, 1998.
Don Lafferty was a Grandmaster checkers player (1996 ACF Rating 2586) . He first became interested in the game at an early age by playing with his uncle and grandfather. Later coached by Horace Steen, who was also young Walter Hellman's coach in Gary, Indiana in the early 1930s. In 1982 he defeated Derek Oldbury for the World GAYP (Go As You Please) Championship with a score of 1-win, 0-losses and 23 games drawn. He was challenged for the championship in 1984 by Paul Davis, winning easily 5-0-15. In 1986 he defended his title again by drawing James Morrison with a score of 0-0-24 and in 1989 he defeated Elbert Lowder 4-3-16.
He contested for the 3-move restriction title twice in his career but never succeeded. In 1987 he failed to defeat the great Marion Tinsley, losing by a score of 2-0-36. In 1996 he tried again, this time against Ron King, but he only managed a 5-5-30 draw.
Don Received his bachelor's degree in math and physics from Western Kentucky University at Bowling Green, Kentucky. With later graduate studies at both Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, he earned a master's degree in Math and Physics plus 30 hours for Rank One Teacher's Degree. He taught high school math and physics in Kentucky prior to retiring in
Don was the father of four girls. His youngest daughter, Holly Brook, Lafferty was killer in an auto accident in 1993 and she is also buried in Needham - Smith Chapel Cemetery.∼Name: Don Morgan Lafferty
Residence: Eastview, KY
Died: Sunday, 7 June 1998, at home, 64.
Born: Barren Co
Occupation: Retired Hardin Co School teacher, Rank I Masters from Western KY University.
Membr of: Amrican Checker Federation
Church: Franklin Crosssroads Baptist
Survivors:
Daughters:
Tara Chi Lafferty, Eastview
Martha Kaye Lafferty, Bowling Green
Denise "Denny" Riddle, Glasgow
Grandchildren: Emily & Bradley Riddle
Half-brother: J B Sartin, Cave City, KY
Half-sisters:
Eva Bogue, Munfordville, KY
Becky Hartman, AZ
Preceded in death by: Daughter - Holly Brook Lafferty and sister, Patsy Ross O'Brion.
Body donated to the University of Kentucky's Anatomy and Neurobiology program, Lexington, KY
Memorial service: 11 am Friday, 12 June 1998, Manakee Funeral Home, Elizabethtown.
Glasgow Daily Times, Tuesday, 9 June, 1998.
He contested for the 3-move restriction title twice in his career but never succeeded. In 1987 he failed to defeat the great Marion Tinsley, losing by a score of 2-0-36. In 1996 he tried again, this time against Ron King, but he only managed a 5-5-30 draw.
Don Received his bachelor's degree in math and physics from Western Kentucky University at Bowling Green, Kentucky. With later graduate studies at both Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, he earned a master's degree in Math and Physics plus 30 hours for Rank One Teacher's Degree. He taught high school math and physics in Kentucky prior to retiring in
Don was the father of four girls. His youngest daughter, Holly Brook, Lafferty was killer in an auto accident in 1993 and she is also buried in Needham - Smith Chapel Cemetery.∼Name: Don Morgan Lafferty
Residence: Eastview, KY
Died: Sunday, 7 June 1998, at home, 64.
Born: Barren Co
Occupation: Retired Hardin Co School teacher, Rank I Masters from Western KY University.
Membr of: Amrican Checker Federation
Church: Franklin Crosssroads Baptist
Survivors:
Daughters:
Tara Chi Lafferty, Eastview
Martha Kaye Lafferty, Bowling Green
Denise "Denny" Riddle, Glasgow
Grandchildren: Emily & Bradley Riddle
Half-brother: J B Sartin, Cave City, KY
Half-sisters:
Eva Bogue, Munfordville, KY
Becky Hartman, AZ
Preceded in death by: Daughter - Holly Brook Lafferty and sister, Patsy Ross O'Brion.
Body donated to the University of Kentucky's Anatomy and Neurobiology program, Lexington, KY
Memorial service: 11 am Friday, 12 June 1998, Manakee Funeral Home, Elizabethtown.
Glasgow Daily Times, Tuesday, 9 June, 1998.
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