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Area Obituaries

Gilbert Brock

Gilbert Brock, 79, of Columbia died Monday, October 22, 2018 at 4:57 P.M. at T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow. He was born November 9, 1938, in Adair County, to the late Elbert and Ethel Parson Brock. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Sherry Wolford; and seven siblings,…

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Sharon Sue Dile Cates

Sharon Sue Dile Cates was born on March 2, 1951 in Greensburg, KY.  Daughter of Shreve and Louise Burris  Dile. Sharon had 6 siblings. In 1969 she married Kenneth W. Cates and moved to Alaska. They raised 2 children in Alaska.  She enjoyed living in Alaska, hunting, halibut and salmon fishing, clam digging, berry picking,…

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Robin Edward Adair

Robin Edward Adair, 61, of Millsap, Texas passed away, Sunday October 14, 2018 as a result of an apparent drowning on Lake Cumberland. He became a police officer in 1990 working for several Texas Police Departments. He was currently a patrol sergeant with Rhome Police Department. He was involved with community activities as well as…

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Marie Coop Cantrell

Marie Coop Cantrell, 85, of Louisville, formerly of Columbia, died Friday, October 12, 2018. She was retired from the Jefferson County Clerks Office, a former volunteer at Baptist East Hospital and a member of St. Gabriel Catholic Church. She was a passionate fan of the Kentucky Derby and enjoyed a good Derby party with family…

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Donald Dean Dillingham

Donald Dean Dillingham, 80, of Columbia, passed away Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 2:23 AM at the Hosparus Inpatient Center in Louisville. He was born May 6, 1938 in Columbia, Kentucky, the son of the late Robert Nolan and Jewell French Dillingham, of Adair County. Mr. Dillingham is survived by his wife, Carrie Beard Dillingham,…

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David Wayne Sneed

David Wayne Sneed, 65, of Columbia, passed away at his home on October 10, 2018. He was born March 6, 1953 in Columbia, the son of the late Duel and Earcular Parnell Sneed. Survivors include two daughters, Elizabeth (Chris) Roos, of Sweden, and Samantha Sneed (Kyle Wilson), of Elyria, Ohio; three grandchildren, Logan, Elysia, and…

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Christal Brown

Christal (Hall) Brown, 41, of Jamestown, passed away , Sunday October 14, 2018 at her residence. She was a homemaker and attended Living Stone Church. She was born  on  Tuesday October 26, 1976 in Albany, the daughter of Joyce Bradfield and John Henry Hall of Jamestown. She is survived by her husband, Barry Brown of Jamestown; two daughters, Ashley…

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Albert Burton

Albert Burton, 85, of Byrdstown, Tennessee formerly of Adair County, passed away Tuesday, Oct 9, 2018 at 12:29 PM at The Medical Center at Albany, in Albany, Kentucky. He was born on Jan. 30, 1933 in Adair County. He was the son of the late Leslie and Annie Streeval Burton of Adair County. He was…

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Lee Burton

Lee Burton, 70, of Dunreith, passed away Friday, October 5, 2018 at St. Vincent Hospital in Anderson, Indiana. He was born August 4, 1948 in Columbia, Kentucky, a son of Oliver and Ruby Helen (Reece) Burton. Lee was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving eight years in the Vietnam War. He retired from Navistar,…

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Raymond Brown

Raymond Brown, 76, of the Romines Community in Taylor County, Kentucky, formerly of the Weed community in Adair County, passed away Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 3:24 AM at his home after several months illness. He was born in Adair County on March 2, 1942, the son of the late Herbert and Ruey Bragg Brown.…

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