Obituaries

Nov 9, 2016

Joanne Held, 67, of Columbia, KY formerly of Dover Plains, NY passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 11:40 AM at the Norton Health Pavilion in Louisville, KY after an illness.

She was born March 6, 1949 in Cornwall, NY, the daughter of the late Joe Pilus and is survived by her mother Winifred Laegler Pilus of...

Nov 8, 2016

Frankie L. Burton age 66 years of the Liberty Road, Columbia, KY passed away Tuesday November 8, 2016 at 10:34 AM at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset

He was born on September 12, 1950 in Adair County, KY

He was the son of the late Delmar Lee & Arleter Burton of

Adair...

Nov 7, 2016

Kenneth Ray "Ken" Babcock, 89 of Columbia, KY passed away Monday, November 7, 2016 at the Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs, KY after several weeks illness

He was born September 26, 1927 in Joliet, Illinois the son of the late Raymond Shield and Velma Marston Babcock

He was preceded in death by his wife...

Nov 7, 2016

Billy J. Antle age 81 years of the Glensfork Community passed away Monday, Nov. 7, 2016 at 10:25 PM at Kindred Hospital in Louisville, KY

He was born on Dec. 12, 1934 at Glensfork, KY

He was the son of the late Roscoe & Velonia Reece Antle

& was preceded in death by...

Oct 28, 2016

Macie Drake, age 15, of Sanders Ridge Road, Columbia, KY died

as a result of an ATV accident on Friday, October 28, 2016 at 4:56 PM

in the Pellyton community in Adair County

She was born May 11, 2001 in Campbellsville, KY

Preceded in death by her paternal grandparents: R.D. and...

Oct 28, 2016

Judith Rosemary Ballou Sexton age 71 years of Columbia died Friday October 28, 2016 at 2:42 PM at Signature Health at Summit Manor in Columbia

She was born on December 1, 1944 in Adair County, the daughter of the late Virgil Leroy and Mary Elizabeth Harmon Ballou

Preceded in death by one Great-grandson William Trent...

Oct 22, 2016

TABATHA FURKIN 39, of Columbia, KY passed away Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 5:57 PM at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset KY after a short illness.

She was born October 21, 1977 in Louisville, KY the daughter of the late

Darrell Furkin, preceded in death by a brother: Darren Furkin in 2013

Oct 19, 2016

Catherine Janes age 71 years of Columbia, KY passed away Wednesday Oct. 19, 2016 at 8:40 PM at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, KY after a brief illness

She was born on July 14, 1945 in Adair County, KY

She was the daughter of the late Jesse & Emma Telia Hadley Burton

Oct 14, 2016

WILL SAM TAYLOR , 96 of Russell Springs, KY formerly of the Pellyton

Community in Adair Co. passed away Friday, October 14, 2016 at 4:42 PM at the Russell County Hospital after an illness.

He was the son of the late James and Ramey Taylor of Adair Co He was preceded in death by three...

Oct 9, 2016

Mary Margaret Edwards Blackwell age 66 years of Columbia, KY passed away Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016 at 1:14 AM at St. Joseph Hospital East in Lexington

She was born on July 19, 1950 in Campbellsville, KY

She was the daughter of the late Hubert Edwards & Billie Jo Miller Edwards of Columbia, KY who survives...

Oct 8, 2016

BENTON HARVEY 83, of Columbia, KY died Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 12:39 AM at the Commonwealth Regional Specialty Hospital in Bowling Green, KY after several weeks illness.

He was born in Cumberland County, Ky on September 10, 1933 the son of the late Curtis and Sallie Nokes Harvey. He was preceded in death by his wife:...

Oct 8, 2016

Dorothy Richard, 69 of Symrna, Tennessee formerly of Columbia, KY passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 9:22 PM in Franklin, Tennessee after several weeks illness. She was born in Breeding, KY on March 25, 1947 the daughter of the late: Virgil and Emmer Bybee McKinney of Adair Co., KY

She was preceded in death by her...

Oct 6, 2016

Maxine Dykes age 86 years formerly of Glensfork passed away

Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 at 3:30 AM at Signature Health at Summit Manor

She was born on Sept. 2, 1930 at Melson Ridge, KY

She was the daughter of the late Herbert & Bertha Grant Huddleston of Glensfork

Preceded in death...

Oct 2, 2016

Kimberlyn Avery Cross was stillborn on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 at 1:04 AM at Springview Hospital in Lebanon, KY

Daughter of Jonathan C. & Kimberly L. Graham Cross of Greenburg, KY

besides her parents she is survived by:

one brother: Kyle Lucas of Greensburg, KY

one sister: Kaitlyn Cross of Albany,...

Oct 1, 2016

Robert "Bob" Stivers, Jr. age 84 of Columbia, KY went to be with the

Lord on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 6:20 PM at his home

Bob was born in Henry County, Kentucky on Sept.7, 1932

He was the oldest child of Paul and Lena Mae Edrington Stivers, Sr.

...

Sep 27, 2016

Mike Branson, 66 years of the Montpelier Community in Adair County passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at his home after several months battling with cancer.

Mike was born February 9, 1950 in East Chicago, Indiana

the son of the late James Emmanuel Branson,

he was also preceded in death by a brother...

Sep 27, 2016

John Stewart "Stu" Lyons age 82 years of Columbia, KY passed away

at his home Tuesday , September 27, 2016 at 5:06 PM

He was born in Salt Lick, KY on June 13, 1934 the son of the late John Newton and Anna Beatrice Staton Lyons

He was preceded in death...

Sep 26, 2016

Gerald Wade Coomer age 64 years of Columbia, KY passed away

Monday at 9:50 AM at his home

Born May 25, 1952 in Adair County

He was the son of the late Wallace J. & Claudia Brown Coomer of Adair County

Survived by his wife:

Cynthia Loy...

Sep 25, 2016

Lawrence E. Bryant age 76 years of Columbia, KY passed away

Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016 at 11:55 PM at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN

He was born on April 24, 1940 in Adair County

He was the son of the late James Albert & Bessie Jane Bohannon Bryant of Adair County...

Sep 23, 2016

Lisa Renee Cowan age 47 years of Columbia, KY passed away Friday

Sept. 23, 2016 at 5:02 PM at the Medical Center of Bowling Green

Bowling Green, KY. She was born on Jan. 5, 1969 in Louisville, KY

She was the daughter of the late Norville Ray Fair & Annette Burton of Columbia....