Obituaries

Mar 30, 2025

Geneva Pearl Wisdom, 95, formerly of Adair County, passed away peacefully on March 30, 2025, in Campbellsville, Kentucky. She was born on November 2, 1929, in Amandaville, Kentucky, Cumberland County to the late Charlie and Mary Lee Williams Firkins.

Geneva lived a life defined by faith, love, and kindness. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and...

Mar 29, 2025

Thomas "Todd" Stotts, 82, of Breeding, KY passed away peacefully Saturday, March 29, 2025, at T. J. Health Columbia. He was born in Breeding, KY on May 7, 1942, to the late Porter and Sophia Furkin Stotts. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings Bobby Stotts, Porter Stotts, Jr., Minnie Marie Stotts, and...

Mar 26, 2025

Cynthia "Cindy" Harvey, 71, of Columbia, KY passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at her residence. She was born in Philadelphia, PA on September 16, 1953, to the late Jim and Eleanor Ewell Gault. She was also preceded in death by her husband Tony Lynn Harvey in 2015.

Cindy was a former employee of Walmart where she...

Mar 25, 2025

Phyllis Jean Akin, 81, of Columbia, KY passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at her residence. She was born in Calsag, IL on September 23, 1943, to the late Vasco and Pearl Gibson Coomer. She was preceded in death by her husband Rev. Bill Dickey Akin in 2015.

Mrs. Akin was a member of the Flatwoods Separate...

Mar 23, 2025

Virginia Marie Keltner, 91, of Nicholasville, KY passed away Sunday, March 23, 2025, at UK Bluegrass Hospice Care Center in Lexington, KY. She was born on October 29, 1933, in Dayton, OH to the late Walter Scott and Beatrice Marie Shelby Wiseman. She was preceded in death by her husband Carl David Keltner in 2012.

Mrs. Keltner...

Mar 16, 2025

Melissa Faye Meers, 46, of Jamestown, KY passed away Sunday, March 16, 2025, at Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs, KY. She was born November 7, 1978, in Corydon, IN to the late Melvin Odell and Myrtie Faye Pelston Wooten.

Melissa enjoyed fishing, cooking, and spending time with her family and friends, especially her dogs Lilly and...

Mar 15, 2025

Ricky Lynn Keltner, 56, of Columbia, Ky passed away Saturday, March 15, 2025, at Norton Hospital in Louisville, KY. He was born in Columbia, Ky on June 27, 1968, to the late Johnny Wayne Keltner and Violet Coffey Keltner of Columbia, KY who survives. He was also preceded in death by a sister Judith Elaine Keltner.

In...

Mar 12, 2025

Phyllis Arnold, 72, of Columbia, KY passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at UK Bluegrass Hospice Care in Lexington, KY. She was born in Columbia, KY on September 6, 1952, to the late Curtis and Nina Breeding Sullivan.

Mrs. Arnold was member of Fairview Baptist Church and enjoyed traveling, flower gardening, crocheting, fishing, cooking, and spending time...

Mar 9, 2025

Rachel Holmes Burton, 91, of Columbia, KY passed away Sunday, March 9, 2025, at her residence. She was born in Adair County on October 20, 1933, to the late Lindsey and Thelma Neat Holmes. Mrs. Burton was married to Joseph Odell Burton on August 28, 1952, and he preceded her in death in 2012.

Mrs. Burton was...

Mar 5, 2025

Charles Melton O'Dell, age 87, of Columbia, KY passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at the Medical Center at Bowling Green in Bowling Green, KY. He was born on December 14, 1937, to the late Lonzolie and Cora (Montgomery) O'Dell and grew up in the city of Clinton in Eastern Tennessee.

At a young age, Charles made...

Mar 3, 2025

Fannie Marie Huff, 89, of Columbia, KY passed away Monday, March 3, 2025, at Baptist Health Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was born in Breeding, KY on May 31, 1935, to the late John K. and Lyda Mae Harvey Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband Jiner Chad "J.C." Huff.

Mrs. Huff was a member...

Mar 3, 2025

James Dallas Harris, 85, passed from this world on Monday March 3, 2025, surrounded by his loving family.  He was born on April 25th, 1939, son of Dallas and Ruby Harris born in West Virginia. Spending his younger years in West Virginia, then his later youth in Trenton, New Jersey. He was a member of the US Air Force...

Mar 2, 2025

Ethel DeLane Burton, 79, of Columbia, KY passed away Sunday, March 2, 2025, at Summit Manor Nursing Home in Columbia, KY. She was born on December 29, 1945, in Columbia, KY to the late Edd Logan and Bessie Dell Helm Hadley.

Mrs. Burton was a member of the Trinity Church. She enjoyed gardening and spending time with...

Mar 1, 2025

Ethel "Mae" McClister-Gadberry Curry, 87, of Columbia, KY passed away at Cumberland County Hospital on Saturday, March 1, 2025.  She was born on March 7, 1937, to the late Joseph and Nona McClister of Fairplay, KY and had two sisters Citie Irene and Opal Amerine. Mae was married to the late Orville "Dutch" Gadberry of Fairplay, KY.  Together they...

Mar 1, 2025

Billy Dean Andrew, Jr., 65, of Glensfork, KY passed away Saturday, March 1, 2025, at T. J. Health Columbia. He was born in Columbia, KY on June 11, 1959, to Billy Dean Andrew of Columbia and the late Ella Loraine Dudley Andrew.

Billy was of the Baptist faith and former member of Glensfork Masonic Lodge #528. He...

Mar 1, 2025

Rev. Charles Edward Brown, 84, of Columbia, KY passed away Saturday, March 1, 2025, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on October 25, 1940, in Adair County, KY to the late Earl and Ellen Bedwell Brown.

Mr. Brown was a member of the Union Chapel Baptist Church and a faithful man of God....

Feb 27, 2025

John Bernard Zimnoski, 66, of Knifley, KY passed away Thursday, February 27, 2025, at his residence. He was born in Mattituck, NY on November 1, 1958, to the late John and Jeanette Sosnowski Zimnoski. He was also preceded in death by a sister Donna Bell.

Mr. Zimnoski was retired from the United States Coast Guard and was...

Feb 25, 2025

Lleslie Lynne Wilson, 58, of Columbia, KY passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at the Shanti Niketan Hospice Home in Glasgow, KY. She was born in Columbia, KY on October 24, 1966, to Bobby Wilson and Barbara Fudge Rinke.

Ms. Wilson was a member of Asbury Church and a 1984 graduate of Adair County High School and...

Feb 17, 2025

Glen Dale Burton, age 78, passed away on February 17, 2025, at TJ Health Columbia in Columbia, KY. Born on January 14, 1947, in Kentucky, Glen was the beloved son of the late Elic and Lura Grant Burton of Adair County, KY.

Mr. Burton was of the Christian faith and enjoyed fishing, NASCAR racing, watching old westerns...

Feb 10, 2025

Mildred Frances Holliman, 80, of Columbia, KY passed away Monday, February 10, 2025, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow, KY. She was born on March 3, 1944, in the Totz community in Harlan, KY to the late Haywood and Cora Farley Harris.  She was preceded in death by her husband Democrat Holliman.

Mrs. Holliman was of...