Masten Childers II held several posts in state government before becoming secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family services under Gov. Brereton Jones. (Cabinet for Health and Family Services)
Masten Childers II, Kentucky’s hard-charging and sometimes controversial secretary of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services under former Gov. Brereton Jones, has died. He was 75.
Friends said Childers, who had been diagnosed several years ago with Parkinson’s disease, died Thursday in Lexington following a decline in health…