Tom Emberton, a former Kentucky appeals court judge and one-time gubernatorial candidate died in a house fire Thursday, October 20, 2022, after heroically saving his wife.
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Former judge Tom Emberton, 90, jumped into action after his home in Edmonton caught fire around 3:30 a.m.
Edmonton Mayor Doug Smith told local ABC affiliate WBKO, “He heroically rescued his wife and got her to safety.” “Then he went back in to save his home and died,” the mayor explained.
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“Tom was simply the best guy in the world to be around.” “He was contagious to everyone,” Smith told WBKO. “He had a way with words.”
“Tom was just the greatest guy in the world to be around. He was infectious to everybody,” Smith said to WBKO. “He had a way about him that was really special.”
In 1971, Emberton ran for governor of Kentucky, and in 1987, he was appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
Emberton and Julia, his wife, had been married for 65 years. The couple were the parents of two children and five grandchildren.
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