Harold Mason Streets

CENTRAL CITY Harold Mason Streets, 88, of Central City died at 9 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009, at Hillcreek Manor in Louisville. He was born Jan. 2, 1921, in Muhlenberg County and was a member of First Baptist Church of Central City. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II serving on the USS New Mexico. After he left the Navy he attended the University of Kentucky. He was a member of the Phi Alpha Delta fraternity. He received a bachelor of law degree in 1951 and his juris doctor degree in 1970. He was a member of the Kentucky and American bar associations. He was admitted to the bar in 1951. He served two years as the assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, Muhlenberg County attorney for four years and Muhlenberg County master commissioner for 25 years. Mr. Streets was appointed a Kentucky Colonel in 1962. He was on the Pennyroyal Regional Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board. He helped organize the Muhlenberg County Opportunity Center. He belonged to the VFW, American Legion, Rotary Club, and he was also a member of the Cotillion Club, where he enjoyed socializing and dancing. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ethelyn Streets; a sister, Elsie Nell Streets Guesman; and his parents, John F. Streets and Leona C. Mason Streets. Survivors include his wife, Alice (Jeanie) Streets of Louisville; a son, Harold Mason Streets Jr. of Central City; a stepson, Marty (Christie) Mitcham of Frankfort; a nephew, Stephen Guesman; and nieces Sharon Lynn Goodman and Laura Streets.