Obituaries

Jan 28, 2022

Jessie Allen Johnson, 47, of Columbia, KY died Friday, January 28, 2022 from injuries sustained in an auto accident.  He was born in Louisville, KY on February 26, 1974 to James and Vallerie Trout Johnson of Columbia, KY who survives.

Jessie enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his family and friends.  He was an exceptional Trap...

Jan 28, 2022

Harold D. Loy, 72, of Columbia, KY died Friday, January 28, 2022 at T. J. Health Columbia.  He was born in Columbia, KY on August 10, 1949 to the late Hansel and Rosa Gladys Hill Loy.  He was preceded in death by his wife Dorothy Bardin Loy.

Mr. Loy enjoyed tinkering with cars and spending time with...

Jan 26, 2022

Jewell Darlene Huddleston, 92, of Glensfork, KY died Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at Summit Manor Nursing Home in Columbia, KY.  She was born on April 16, 1929 in Columbia, KY to the late Thomas Elva and Lula Bunch Blair.  She was preceded in death by her husband William Edward Huddleston.

Mrs. Huddleston was a member of the...

Jan 22, 2022

David Lee Sharpe, 76, of Columbia, KY died Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Summit Manor Nursing Home.  He was born in Columbia, KY on January 25, 1945 to the late Vanus Lee and Josephine Gadberry Sharpe.

Mr. Sharpe was a member of the Egypt Christian Church.  David was very proud of his family and his farm that...

Jan 19, 2022

Barbara Franklin Sinclair, 78, of Columbia, KY died Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at Summit Manor Nursing Home in Columbia, KY.  She was born in Columbia, KY on February 28, 1943 to the late Samuel E. and Nancy Alice Estes Franklin.  She was preceded in death by her husband Arvist Lee "Pee Wee" Sinclair and a brother Jerry Lee Franklin....

Jan 18, 2022

Larry "Two" Dixon, 72, of Columbia, KY died Tuesday, January 18, 2022 in Columbia, KY.  He was born in Louisville, KY on December 7, 1949 to the late Morris K. and Leona Huffman Dixon.  He was also preceded in death by a brother Richard "Dick" Dixon.

Mr. Dixon was a member of the Good Shepherd Catholic Church...

Jan 6, 2022

William Edwin Bryant, 81, of Columbia, KY died Thursday, January 6, 2022 at Summit Manor Nursing Home.  He was born in Adair County on September 24, 1940 to the late Acy Wade and Carrie Burton Bryant.  He was also preceded in death by his wife Bernice Yarberry Bryant and a brother Lewis Bryant.

Mr. Bryant was a...

Jan 4, 2022

David William Doss, 69, of Columbia, KY died Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, KY.  He was born in Indianapolis, IN on April 27, 1952 to the late Sidney and Edna Burton Doss.

Mr. Doss was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed hunting, fishing, being outdoors and spending time with his family...

Jan 3, 2022

Margie Ree Dickson, 81, of Columbia, KY died Monday, January 3, 2022 at her son's residence.  She was born on March 28, 1940 in Columbia, KY to the late Louis Elmer and Mary Lizzie Keith.  She was preceded in death by her husband Cecil Dickson.

Mrs. Dickson was a member of the Prices Creek Missionary Baptist Church...

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...