07/28/2026
Carl Perrin Clore, Jr., second great-grandson of Elijah Clore, Sr., the original settler of the Clore Station property, was born on May 27, 1917, in Crestwood. Carl Jr., affectionately known as “June,” was very close with his younger brother, Lee Anderson, “Bub,” who was just over a year younger. Their mother, Mayme Alberta Pearce Clore passed away when they were 9 and 10, leaving their father, Carl Sr., as sole parent prior to the Great Depression. Lee and June grew up assisting with hard labor on the family farm alongside their father and uncles to make ends meet. Carl Sr. began additional work as a buyer and traveling salesman for Ross Seed Company to supplement their income. Carl Sr. spent a lot of time traveling for his job and sent June to Millersburg Military Institute in Millersburg, Kentucky when he was in high school. It was around this time that Lee was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and within four years, Lee passed away in 1938 at the age of twenty. Later in life, June named his son after his beloved brother and uncle, Lee Stanton Clore.
Carl went on to attend Georgetown College for a short time before he decided to work for Ross Seed Company with his father as well as help on the farm, producing to***co, corn, h**p, orchard grass, beef, and pork. It was during this time that he met Janie Ruth Gilliam while she was working for attorney Guthrie Crowe in LaGrange. They eloped on November 23, 1940, in her hometown of Hopkinsville, making their home in Crestwood. During the early years of World War II, June responded to the lack of farm equipment manufacturing by opening a farm equipment refurbishment and resale business in Crestwood.
After the war, along with his farm implement business, June became interested in property development. His first development was a 4-acre tract in Brownsboro (across from Apple Patch). In the 1960s and early 1970s, he was the largest real estate developer in Oldham County. His developments included Clore-Crest, Crestview Terrace, LaGrange Acres, Mayfield, Fible Farms, Borowick Farms, Stanton Farms, the early phase of Briar Hill, and Shelburn Oaks. June co-founded Clore & Duncan Real Estate, which eventually had four locations. In 1956, June was elected chairman and assisted the Oldham County Water District in conducting a feasibility and financial study to bring water lines to Crestwood. This was the beginning of the Louisville Water Company serving Crestwood.
With his success, June gave back to the local community freely and generously. Whether it was donations to charity, civic projects, or lending a hand directly to a specific person in need, he was known for his generosity. He preferred to work behind the scenes in politics; the only public office he held was a ten-year term on the Oldham County Board of Education, from 1956 to 1966, after his father’s passing. June was also on the Crestwood State Bank Board (later PNC) for many years until his death.
June and Ruth raised two children, Lee Stanton and Carla Jane, in an apartment building in Crestwood (where PNC Bank is now located). They cared for his father Carl Sr., who lived in the first-floor apartment. They built a home in 1954 on the family farm that included Summerfield Lake. The home remains today in the Summerfield subdivision. Carl Sr. passed away in 1956.
Carl Perrin Clore, Jr. died of a heart attack while on a hunting trip in Beeville, Texas in 1975. In similar fashion to when his father Carl Sr. passed away, the Oldham County Board of Education, led by chairman Clayton E. Stoess, issued a formal resolution honoring June’s service. His wife, Janie Ruth Gilliam Clore passed away in 2004. She was a 50-year member of the Crestwood Civic Club, a 60-year member of Crestwood Christian Church, a past member of Pewee Valley Women's Club, a Meals on Wheels volunteer, and a 25-year volunteer at Baptist Hospital East.
