Today marks the third time in 14 months that Kentucky has mourned a former Kentucky governor.

Julian Carroll passed away Sunday at the age of 92.

He was more than the state's 54th governor who served from 1974 to 1979.

He was also lieutenant governor, speaker of the Kentucky House and a state senator.

During today's memorial service at the state Capitol Rotunda.

Notable politicians praised his public service.

I'm not sure we can say about anybody else that their service spanned over six decades.

From his election in the sixties to the House of Representatives to his retiring as a state senator in 2020.

He was an orator.

He was a stump speaker.

He liked to pick up the microphone and go.

And he did not need a card or a teleprompter or a script.

He was one of the best pure speakers on the stump off the cuff.

There were few and far between, like Julie and Carol.

You know, it was the voice, that remarkable voice that was marked by its resonance, its zeal, its passion, its energy, its persuasive power.

It was that voice accompanied by that broad smile that let everyone know.

Julian Martin Carol was in the room.

In the primary.

I will tell you how and what I would call him today, because this is how we wound up our years in the Senate.

I would call Julian Carroll, my friend.

You've traveled far.

And now it's time for you to rest your.

You can see former Governor Julian Carroll's entire capital memorial service online on demand at KCET dot org.