Obituaries

May 23, 2015

ERNEST SPARKS, 83 of Columbia, KY passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 12:10 AM at the Hosparus Inpatient Care Center in Louisville, KY after several months illness.

He was born July 1, 1931 in Adair County, Kentucky the son of the late Mont and Nona Coomer Sparks, also preceded in death by one sister: Minnie Catherine...

May 23, 2015

Billy Sullivan age 65 years of the Oak Grove Community Columbia, KY

passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 3:05 AM at his home

He was born on Sept. 18, 1949 in Adair County

The son of Alvis L. Sullivan & the late Dorothy Grider Sullivan

of Adair County...

May 20, 2015

ETHELEAN DENSON KELTNER, 85 years of the Coburg Community in Taylor County, KY passed away suddenly, Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at her home.

She was born March 2, 1930 in Adair County the daughter of the late Luther Thomas

and Elnora Ballenger Denson

She was preceded in death by her husband Samuel Miller...

May 19, 2015

MARIE DICKSON 79 years of the Prices Creek Community of Adair County, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 5:00 PM at her home after several months illness.

She was born September 19, 1935 the daughter of the late: Charlie and Emma Shirley Dickson of Adair County, Kentucky

Preceded in death by her parents and...

May 15, 2015

Samantha Lynn Young age 23 years of Columbia, KY passed away Friday, May 15, 2015 at

9:24 PM at Kindred Hospital in Louisville, KY from injuries received in an automobile accident

on April 2, 2015 which occurred on Hwy. 55 So. Road Columbia, KY

She was born on Oct. 4, 1991 in Hamburg,...

May 8, 2015

DONALD COLE, 86 years formerly of Liberty Road, Columbia, KY passed away

Friday, May 8, 2015 at 9:40 pm at the Jane Todd Crawford Hospital in Greensburg, KY

He was born June 5, 1928 in Lookout, Pennsylvania the son of the late Lynn and Wanda

Monditon Cole of Pennsylvania

...

May 8, 2015

DONALD FURKIN, 69 years of Columbia, KY formerly of the Sparksville Community passed away Friday, May 8, 2015 at 4:53 pm at the Baptist Health Hospital in Corbin, KY after several weeks illness.

He was born June 29, 1945 in Sparksville, KY the son of the late: Coy and Ruth Coomer Furkin of Adair County, KY he...

May 5, 2015

NANCY KARNES , 73 years of Columbia, KY passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 4:44 pm at the Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, KY after several weeks illness.

She was born December 30, 1941 in Celina, Tennessee the daughter of the late Edison and Ora Willis Spears of Cumberland County, KY

She was preceded...

Apr 30, 2015

Delmar Ray Foster age 88 years of Campbellsville, KY formerly Columbia

passed away Thursday April 30, 2015 at 4:32 P.M.

at Campbellsville Nursing & Rehab Center in Campbellsville, KY

He was born on September 24, 1926 in Adair County

Son of Burley & Mary Linda Simpson Foster

He was...

Apr 20, 2015

Paula Fulp age 70 years of Columbia, KY passed away Monday, April 20, 2015

At 5:30 PM at Hosparus In Patient Care Center in Louisville, KY

after illness

She was born on Nov. 20, 1944 in Anderson, IN

She was the daughter of the late Ernest & Evelyn Genevieve Ashby Fulp...

Apr 17, 2015

GERTRUDE BROWNING , 91 of the Burkesville Road, Columbia, KY passed away Friday, April 17, 2015 at 8:40 A.M. at her home after several weeks illness.

She was born in Pineville, KY on June 5, 1923 the daughter of the late: Bass and Bessie Rice Bailey of Bell County, KY

She was preceded in death...

Apr 14, 2015

Jonah Elias Reed age 4 hours & 12 minutes died Tuesday, April 14, 2015

At Oklahoma University Medical Childrens Hospital in

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

He was the son of Jesse James & Danielle Paige Reed of

Fort Sill, Oklahoma formerly of Adair & Russell County

Besides his parents he...

Apr 9, 2015

HUGH "RICKY" AKIN, 65 years of Russell Springs, KY passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 5:52 pm at the Jean Waddle Care Center in Somerset, KY after several months illness.

He was born in Chance, KY on March 6, 1950 the son of the late: Oris Guy and Dortha Mae Stotts Akin of Adair...

Apr 8, 2015

MABEL BURTON, age 91 years of Columbia, KY died Wednesday April 8, 2015

at 8:00 PM at Westlake Regional Hospital Columbia, KY

She was born on June 9, 1923 in Adair County

She was the daughter of the late Oscar & Laura Alley Smiley

& was the widow of Waymon Burton...

Apr 7, 2015

Rollin Edward Kerns age 86 years of Sulphur Creek Road, Columbia, KY

passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 1:10 AM at Campbellsville Nursing

& Rehab Center in Campbellsville, KY

He was born on May 11, 1928 in Adair County

He was the son of the late Robert Montgomery...

Apr 3, 2015

Richard "Rick" Kerr, 17 of Edmonton, KY passed away suddenly Friday, April 3, 2015 in Campbellsville, KY

He was born June 27, 1997 in Campbellsville, KY

He is survived by his mother: Stephanie Elaine Richards Wolfe of Buffalo, KY

His father Charlie Kerr of Columbia, KY

Two brothers:

Adam...

Apr 1, 2015

Elbert Burton age 90 years of Columbia, KY passed away Wednesday April 1, 2015

at 10:38 AM at Westlake Regional Hospital in Columbia, KY

He was born on Aug. 1, 1924 in Adair Columbia, KY

He was the son of the late Sidney & Mary Lee Burton

Preceded in death by...

Apr 1, 2015

ESTHER MEYER, 82 of the Flatwoods Community of Adair Co. KY formerly of Chicago, Illinois

passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 9:00 PM at the Westlake Regional Hospital in

Columbia, KY

She was born in Exland, Wisconsin on July 13, 1932 the daughter of the late:

Leonard and Theodora (Chrastowski)...

Mar 29, 2015

FRONA LOUISE MURRELL, 40 of Columbia, KY passed away at 5:16 p.m. Sunday March 29, 2015 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, KY from injuries she received Saturday afternoon in an automobile accident on the Columbia By-Pass and Burkesville Street.

She is survived by her parents: Debbie and Carnell Hadley of Fairplay, KY

Mar 28, 2015

Ernest Eugene Hadley age 81 years of Columbia, KY passed away

Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 9:15 AM at University of Louisville Hospital

In Louisville, KY

He was born on April 22, 1933 in Adair County, KY

He was the son of the late Clurel L. & Helen Gertrude Buster Hadley...