Area Obituaries

Timothy Gene Cowan, 45, of Columbia, passed away Thursday Sept. 13, 2018 at 9:06 AM at his home. Timothy was a member of Charity Baptist Church, a welder, skill worker, loved hunting, fishing, like helping neighbors and others. He was born on July 17, 1973 in Adair County. He was the son of the late…

James J. Breeding, 86, of Bowling Green entered into rest Monday, September 17, 2018 at Christian Health Center. Jim was born December 26, 1931 in Breeding. He was preceded in death by his wife, Norene Breeding; parents, James Smith Breeding and Malcus Johnson Breeding; and one sister, Mary Enna Campbell. Jim was a broker having…

Euline Bowe, 76, of Columbia, died Friday, September 14, 2018 at 1:40 P.M. at her home. She was born September 8, 1942 in Columbia to the late Robert Wallace Wheat, Sr. and Mary Lee Ewing Wheat. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by six siblings, Jo Ann Clairbourne, Robert Wallace Wheat,…

Anita Torbert Steigerwald, 102, of Columbia, formerly of Louisville, died Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 2:08 A.M. at TJ Health/Columbia. She was born July 30, 1916, in Madison, Georgia, to the late John Harris and Willie Mae Tappan Torbert. She was married to Gerald Jeff Thurmond, who preceded her in death and later married George…

Betty Gilbert, 78, of the Gilbert Road, Glens Fork, passed away, Thursday, September 13, 2018 at the Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio after several weeks illness. Mrs. Gilbert was a member of the Bloomington Chapel Church and was a former employee of Ford Motor Company in Sharonville, Ohio. She was born August 19, 1940…

James Thomas “J.T.” Moss, 90, of Frankfort, formerly of Columbia, died Tuesday, September 4, 2018 8:57 P.M. at the Bluegrass Hospice Care Center in Lexington. He was born June 9, 1928 in Adair County to the late Walter Edgar and Ida Gibson Moss. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his…

Elizabeth Jane Melton, 58, of Columbia, died Monday, September 3, 2018 at her home. She was born October 12, 1959 in Adair County to the late James Marion and Thelma Hudson Giles. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Melton, and one brother, James “Buster” Giles, Jr. She…

Nellie Burbridge, 95, of New Albany, IN, formerly of Columbia, died Sunday, September 2, 2018 at Rolling Hills Healthcare in New Albany. She was born September 17, 1922 in Crocus, Kentucky to the late Tom and China Williams Staton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Sam Burbridge; three…