Obituaries

Dec 30, 2021

Mary Sue Young, 67, of Russell Springs, KY died Thursday, December 30, 2021 at her residence.  She was born in Gallatin, TN on January 31, 1954 to the late Clyde and Agnes Marie Chandler Reecer.  She was preceded in death by her husband Earl Young, Jr. and three siblings Julia White, Johnny Reecer and Charles Reecer.

Survivors...

Dec 29, 2021

James Bolin "Jim" Beard, 79, of Louisville, KY died Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at V. A. Hospital in Louisville, KY.  He was born in Columbia, KY on July 30, 1942 to the late John H. and Dorothy Bailey Beard.

Mr. Beard was of the Baptist faith and retired from the U. S. Army.  He served during the...

Dec 28, 2021

Kaylee Tennison Frost, 28, of Hodgenville, KY and formerly of Columbia, KY died Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington, KY.  She was born in Glasgow, KY on May 6, 1993 to Terry and Sherry Phillips of Columbia, KY who survives.

Kaylee was a member of the Emory Chapel United Methodist Church.  She...

Dec 25, 2021

Beula Grant, 93, of Columbia, KY died Saturday, December 25, 2021 at Summit Manor Nursing Home in Columbia, KY.  She was born in Fairplay, KY on December 16, 1928 to the late Melvin and Laura Bell McInteer Earls.

She was preceded in death by her husband Ray Grant; two children Sue Janes and Lonnie Grant and eight...

Dec 24, 2021

Michael Allen Lacy, 65, of Columbia, KY died Friday, December 24, 2021 at Greenhill Rehabilitation and Care in Greensburg, KY.  He was born on January 2, 1956 in Canton, IL to the late Orville and Pauline Maher Lacy.

Mr. Lacy was a truck driver and veteran of the U. S. Marines.  He enjoyed Fishing, riding motorcycles and...

Dec 18, 2021

Eldridge "Tangle" Dykes, 79, of Glensfork, KY died Saturday, December 18, 2021 at Summit Manor Nursing Home in Columbia, KY.  He was born on April 26, 1942 in Columbia, KY to the late Johnny and Mae Lloyd Dykes.

He is survived by his wife Nenia Aaron Dykes of Glensfork, KY.

In addition to his parents...

Dec 17, 2021

Terry Donald West, 76, of Columbia, KY died Friday, December 17, 2021 at his residence.  He was born on December 31, 1944 in Beallsville, OH to the late John Marvin West and Hilda Dennis West Thomas.

Mr. West was a member of the Central Church of Christ and served as Minister of many churches in Ohio and...

Dec 17, 2021

Mike Allen Burton, 61, of Columbia, KY died Friday, December 17, 2021 from injuries sustained in an auto accident in Larue County.   He was born in Indianapolis, IN on October 24, 1960 to Nathaniel 'Slick" Burton and the late Maydean Simpson Grant.  He was also preceded in death by his step-father Don Grant.

Mr. Burton attended the...

Dec 15, 2021

Nora Frances Corbin Coomer, 79, of Columbia, KY died Thursday, December 16, 2021 at T. J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow, KY.  She was born in Adair County on August 27, 1942 to the late Frank and Nora Sneed Corbin.

Frances professed her faith in her savior Jesus Christ at a young age at Antioch United Methodist...

Dec 15, 2021

Dorothy Nell Vanarsdale, 89, of Columbia, KY died Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at Summit Manor Nursing Home.  She was born on October 23, 1932 in Milltown, KY to the late Chatman and Belvia Coomer Montgomery.  She was preceded in death by her husband Edwin Paul Vanarsdale.

Mrs. Vanarsdale was a member of the Church of the Nazarene...

Dec 14, 2021

Phallis J. Crockett, 78, of Columbia, KY died Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at Baptist Health in Lexington, KY.  He was born in Jamestown, KY on December 23, 1942 to the late Frank and Clara Wiggington Crockett.

Mr. Crockett was a member of the Bearwallow United Methodist Church and loved horses and whittling.

Survivors include his...

Dec 12, 2021

Traven Doris Robison, 88, of Jeffersonville, IN died Sunday, December 12, 2021 at her residence.  She was born in Adair County, KY on August 28, 1933 to the late Harrison and Antha Blakley Green.  She was preceded in death by her husband Lloyd Gilbert Teague.

Mrs. Robison was a member of the Walnut Street Baptist Church in...

Dec 7, 2021

Bernard "R. B." Janes, 96, of Columbia, KY died Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at Fair Oaks Nursing Home in Jamestown, KY.  He was born in Columbia, KY on December 27, 1924 to the late Freeman and Leora Hamilton Janes.  He was preceded in death by his wife LV Sexton Janes.

Mr. Janes was a member of the...

Dec 7, 2021

Shirley Mae Bush Giles, 82, of Columbia, KY died Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs, KY.  She was born in Adair County on February 12, 1939 to the late Walter and Amanda Corbin Bush.  She was preceded in death by her husband Alvin D. Giles.

Mrs. Giles was a member of the...

Dec 3, 2021

Arvist Lee "Pee Wee" Sinclair, 82, of Columbia, KY died Friday, December 3, 2021 at Norton Hospital in Louisville, KY.  He was born on July 2, 1939 in Columbia, KY to the late Herbert and Ada Burton Sinclair.

He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church and retired from the Department of Forestry and Pride. ...

Dec 1, 2021

Danny Lee McClister, 62, of Columbia, KY passed away on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 in Louisville, KY.  He was born on April 27, 1959 in Columbia, KY to the late Robert and Louise Stotts McClister.

He was a member of the New Life for the Nations Church.

Survivors include his wife Debbie Harden McClister of...

Nov 30, 2021

Joseph Edgar "Joe" Veatch, 76, of Russell Springs, KY died Friday, April 1, 2022 at the Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs, KY.  He was born in Taylor County, KY on September 25, 1945 to the late Frank Edgar and Bertha Nelson Veatch.  He was preceded in death by his wives Alice Mae Foster Veatch and Lizzie Harmon Veatch....

Nov 29, 2021

Harold Dean Nix, 81, of Bridgeview, IL died Monday, November 29, 2021 in Chicago, IL.  Born September 19, 1940 in McDowell County, NC to the late Frank and Callie Geneva (Davidson) Nix.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia (Loy), his son, Brian Scott, his siblings: five brothers Virgil, Dan, Lawrence, Don, and Mike Nix, and two...

Nov 27, 2021

Sheila Ellen Carter, 61, of Burnside, KY died Saturday, November 27, 2021 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.  She was born on February 22, 1960 in Columbia, KY to the late Walter Beckham Adamson, Jr. and Eva Ellen Knight Adamson.  She was also preceded in death by a brother Walter "Waldo" Adamson.

Mrs. Carter was of the Christian...

Nov 22, 2021

Betty Ann Bruton Brown, 82, of Jamestown, KY and formerly of Columbia, KY died Monday, November 22, 2021 her residence.  She was born in Cumberland County, KY on August 7, 1939 to the late Kelly Paul and Flossie Shelley Bruton.

Betty graduated from Adair County High School and then Lindsey Wilson College in 1960.  She had 35...