Area Obituaries

 Mavis Dye Price, 86, of Columbia died Friday, December 6, 2019 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, KY.  Born in Casey County, she was the daughter of the late Arnold J. and Zimmer Turner Dye and wife of the late Thomas Price.  Mrs. Price was a member of the Columbia Christian Church and a retired School…

Virginia Ann (Loy) Nix, age 75 years of Bridgeview, Ill passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 3:41 pm CST at her home in Bridgeview, Ill. 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…

Cathy Ann Conover, 75, of Columbia, died Saturday, November 30, 2019 at the UK Medical Center in Lexington. She was born February 22, 1944 in Clinton County to the late Fred Johnson and the late Bertha Thurman Johnson York. She was raised by the late Richard and Ada Lee Guffey of the Bryan community.  Besides…

Alma E. Walls, age 63, passed away Friday, November 29, 2019 at IU Health University Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. She was born on Saturday, October 6, 1956, in Mineral Wells, TX. She was the daughter of the late Enoch and Deller Burton. She was the wife of Laurel Walls of Columbus, IN. Survivors include: one daughter,…

Edith Mirl Brown Wilson, of Columbia, KY., went to be with the Lord on Sunday morning, November 17, at her home after a long illness. She was born on October 17, 1932, to Mr. Arcillus and Mrs. Alice Brown. Mrs. Edith was united in marriage to the late Terry Wilson on July 1, 1950. Unto…

Mary Helen Stroud, 90, of Columbia, Ky, died Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at her residence. She was born March 13, 1929, in Hickman, Ky, to the late Carl and Ethel Watkins Lane, was a caretaker of the elderly and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include two sons Tony Borman of Lafayette, LA,  and Thomas Milton…

Virginia Gadberry, 85, of Fairplay, died Sunday, November 24, 2019 at 7:10 A.M. at the T.J. Samson Hospital in Glasgow surrounded by her family. She was born July 23, 1934 in Adair County to the late Montie and Dorothy Darnell Gadberry.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Karen…

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, KY, to the late James and Mattie Beard Murrell. Billy was a member of Columbia Christian Church serving as an usher for many years and a former deacon at…

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…

Ricky Daryl Huckaby, Jr., 41, of Columbia, Ky, died Wednesday, November 13, 2019 in Adair County. He was born October 23, 1978 and was currently the Administrator at the Adair County Regional Jail. He was preceded by; his father, Ricky Daryl Huckaby on June 24, 2019 and by his grandparents, Hobert and Juanita Huckaby and…