Ralph J. Cole age 90 of Burkesville, KY passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Cumberland County Hospital. Ralph was born on December 01, 1923 in Barren County, Kentucky to the late Kirk Leslie Cole and Audrey Lowe Cole.  Ralph was a retired employee of Cannell Construction Company, a member of Smith Grove Baptist Church in Smith Grove, KY, and a was an Army Veteran of World War II.  In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Kenneth Cole and Donald L. Cole, and one sister, Eleanor Cole Dawsey. Survivors Include: His Wife- Waneta Thomas Cole of Burkesville, KY Three Brothers- David G. Cole and his wife Lucille, and Willard D. Cole and his wife Mary Ann all of Bowling Green, KY, and Steven H. Cole and his wife Marcie of Westfield, Indiana Two Sisters- Kathaleen Cole Schickel of New Albany, IN, and Joanne Cole Puckett of Bowling Green, KY One local nephew- Thomas J. Brown and his wife Carol of Burkesville, KY and a host of other nephews, nieces, and friends also survive. A celebration of Ralph's life will be held on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. at Ballou & Stotts Funeral Home, 304 N. Main ST., Burkesville, KY. Visitation with the family will be on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 from 12:00 Noon until service time at 2:00 P.M. at Ballou & Stotts Funeral Home in Burkesville. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of a donation to the American Cancer Society.