Obituaries

Dec 4, 2019

Jack Bolin Morgan, 86, of Columbia, KY died Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at T. J. Health Columbia.  Born in Adair County he was the son of the late Ples and Nancy Jane "Jenny" Grant Morgan.

Mr. Morgan was a member of the Haven Mission Church, a veteran of the Korean War serving in the U. S. Marine...

Dec 3, 2019

Charles Edward "Ed" Harvey, 83, of Columbia, KY died Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.  He was the son of the late Curtis and Sallie Nokes Harvey and husband of the late Norma Cahill Harvey.

Born in Burkesville, KY he moved to Columbia when he was 10 years old.  He moved to Jeffersonville,...

Nov 30, 2019

Belen Tolentino Mader Franko, 90, of Lees Summit, MO and formerly of Columbia, KY died Friday, August 7, 2020 in Kansas City, MO.  Born in the Philippines on July 11, 1930 she was the daughter of the late Blas and Feliciana Angeles Tolentino.

Belen was of the Catholic faith and enjoyed sewing and quilting.  She loved to...

Nov 30, 2019

Becky Lynn Loy, 63, of Sparksville, KY died Saturday, August 22, 2020 at her residence.  Born in Burkesville, KY she was the daughter of the late James E. "Yank" and Sophie Allene Murphy Loy.

Ms. Loy was a member of the Sparksville Nazarene Church and a homemaker.

Survivors include two sons Billy Wayne Stotts of...

Nov 27, 2019

Virginia Ann (Loy) Nix, age 75 years of Bridgeview, IL passed away Wednesday , November 27, 2019 at 3:41 pm CST at her home in Bridgeview, IL.   She was born on August 28, 1944 in Adair County, KY. She was a proud graduate of ACHS class of 1961 at the age of 16. She attended Draughons Junior Business College...

Nov 23, 2019

William "Billy" Murrell, 84, of Columbia passed away Saturday, November 23, 2019 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, TN.

He was born April 19, 1935, in Adair County, Kentucky, to the late James and Mattie Beard Murrell. Billy was a member of Columbia Christian Church serving as a usher for many years and a former deacon at Mt....

Nov 15, 2019

Marie Sparks, 82, of Jamestown, KY and formerly of Columbia, KY died Friday, November 15, 2019 at Fair Oaks Health in Jamestown, KY.  Born in Russell Springs, KY she was the daughter of the late Lonzo and Maggie Stephens Smith and wife of the late James "Jimmy" Thomas Sparks.

Mrs. Sparks was a member of the Clearfork...

Nov 14, 2019

Naomi Mae Cave, 81, of Columbia died Thursday, November 14, 2019 at the Summit Manor Nursing Home in Columbia.  Born in Adair County, KY she was the daughter of the late Walter Gray and Lou Vina Holt Overstreet and wife of the late Wyatte Cave.

Mrs. Cave was of the Christian faith and loved cooking, vegetable gardening...

Nov 13, 2019

Joyce Goodin Durham, 77, of Columbia, KY died Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at the University of Louisville Hospital.

She was born January 23, 1942 in Adair County, to the late Elbert and Lois Holt Goodin and was the wife of the late Hunter Durham.  An active member of Columbia Baptist Church, she participated in or led various...

Nov 5, 2019

Jimmy Dean Burton, 59, of Columbia, KY died Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at the Jean Waddle Hospice Care Center in Somerset, KY.  Born in Columbia, KY he was the son of the late Caleb Burton and Imogene Pendleton Burton.

Jimmy was the owner and operator of Jimmy's Guttering.  He loved vegetable gardening, doing carpenter work and the...

Nov 4, 2019

Gary Wayne Taylor, 63, of Columbia, KY died Monday, November 4, 2019 at the Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville, KY.  Born in Columbia he was the son of the late Marion Houston and Laura Gray Taylor.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife Jennette Murphy Taylor, a son Gary Wayne...

Nov 2, 2019

William Watson, 87, of Columbia died Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN.  Born in Adair County he was the son of the late William Coy and Ethel Roberta Feese Watson.

William attended the New Hope Separate Baptist Church and was a retired EMT with Adair County Ambulance Service.  He was a member...

Oct 16, 2019

Gwendolyn Harris Alley, 67, of Columbia, KY died Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow, KY.  Born in Franklin, IN she is the daughter of Audrey Sheperd Pike of Russell Springs who survives.

Ms. Alley attended the Millerfield Brethren in Christ Church, was a former employee of OshKosh in Columbia and...

Oct 10, 2019

William M. "Bill" Ballou, 82, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2019 at his home after several months illness. He was preceded in death by his parents Virgil Leroy and Mary Elizabeth Harmon Ballou and by one sister Judith Rosemary Ballou Sexton.

Bill Ballou was a former Adair County Sheriff and Adair Circuit Court Clerk for 28 years,...

Oct 4, 2019

Rollin Nelson Branham, 95, of Columbia died Friday, October 4, 2019 at the Radcliff Veterans Center in Radcliff, KY.  Born in Breeding, KY he was the son of the late Rollin and Audrey Lacy Branham.

A lifelong resident of Adair County he was drafted at the age of 18 to the U. S. Army to serve his...

Oct 3, 2019

Linda Goodin Burton, 81, of Columbia, KY died Thursday, October 03, 2019 in the Palliative Care Unit at Baptist Health Louisville.  Born in Adair County she was the daughter of the late Elbert and Lois Marie Holt Goodin and wife of the late Hollis Burton.

Mrs. Burton was a very Christian lady that attended the Bloomington Brethren...

Sep 30, 2019

Betty Sue Ollestad, 75, of Columbia, KY died Monday, September 30, 2019 at the Summit Manor Nursing Home.  Born in Gradyville, KY she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Eula Maupin Burris.  Ms. Ollestad was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church.

Betty known as Miss Betty, Sue Sue, Grandma Betty and Granny Betty...

Sep 26, 2019

William "Bill" C. Cowan, 75, of Louisville and formerly of Columbia passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019 at his home.  Bill was preceded in death by his first wife, Darlene Cowan; 9 siblings; and step-son, Jamie Logsdon.

He is survived by his wife of 19 years, Athel Cowan; sons, Brian K. (Christy) and Jason Cowan; step-children, Roland...

Sep 25, 2019

Celystine Baker, 73, of Columbia, KY died Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital.  Born in Breeding, KY she was the daughter of the late Porter and Sophie Furkin Stotts and wife of the late Lawrence Odell Baker.

Mrs. Baker was a member of the Wells Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, a former employee...

Sep 23, 2019

Bernadene Cox 97, of Franklin, IN and formerly of Columbia, KY died Monday, September 23, 2019 at the Indiana Masonic Home in Franklin, IN.  Born in Adair County she was the daughter of the late John O. and Ida Mae Gentry Brockman and wife of the late Robert Henry Cox.  Mrs. Cox was a member of the Free Union...