Area Obituaries
Robert Ray Brown, 77, the son of the late Abraham and Stella Johnson Brown, was born Saturday, August 9, 1941in Russell County and departed this life on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 in Knifley at his home. He had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a retired minister of the Church of the…
Read More
Katherine (Morgan) Powers, 93, of Fairland, Indiana passed away August 20, 2018. She was born April 16, 1925 in Glens Fork, the daughter of Pleas A. and Jennie (Grant) Morgan. She had worked at St. Francis Hospital but was mostly a wife and mother. She loved to garden and travel with her husband Edward J.…
Read More
Uriel C. Sparks, 88, of Louisville, formerly of Adair County, passed away Tuesday August 21, 2018 at the Hosparus in Patient Care Center in Louisville. He was born in March 1930, the son of the late W. B. “Bertress and Onie C. Hayes Sparks of Adair County. He is preceded in death by two brothers,…
Read MoreHelen B. Hutchison, 90, of Louisville was born on August 27, 1927 in Adair County to the late Joseph and Lillian (Bryant) Thomas and passed from this life on August 24, 2018. Helen was preceded in death by her husband Clarence “Hutch” Hutchison; sister, Katie Roeper; brothers, J. C. and Travis Thomas. Left to cherish…
Read More
Rhonda Shelton, 61, of Columbia, died Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 8:16 A.M. at the Medical Center in Bowling Green. She was born January 12, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Sam and Kara Matney Fudge and employed at TJ Health Columbia. Survivors include her husband, Robert Shelton of Columbia; one daughter, Shannon Shelton…
Read MoreRicky Walters, 17, of Jamestown, passed away, Sunday August 19, 2018 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, Somerset. He was born on Sunday January 28, 2001 in Somerset. He is the son of Latisha Foley Walters and Robert Walters of Jamestown. He is also survived by two sisters, Chaselynn Brower and Autumn Burton, both of Jamestown,…
Read MoreBenton Earl Bowman, 92, of Euless, Texas, died Thursday, August 16, 2018 at his home. He was born June 24, 1926, in Frankfort, Indiana, to the late Ferris and Eva Rasner Bowman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by wife, Mary Frances Knifley Bowman on March 10, 1988. He served in…
Read More
Mr. James Ralph Petty, 74, of Shepherdsville received his wings on Friday, August 17, 2018 after several months of illness at Norton’s Audubon Hospital. James was the son of the late Ralph and Annie Mae (Coomer) Petty. He retired from Brown and Williamson and Philip Morris. He was a member of Old Shively Methodist Church…
Read MoreLloyd Russell Luttrell, 65, of Windsor passed away, Sunday August 12, 2018 at Hospice of Lake Cumberland Jean Waddle Care Center, Somerset, Kentucky. He was of the Baptist faith. He was born on Friday April 17, 1953 in Liberty, the son of Mossie Owens Luttrell and Perry Luttrell, both deceased. He is survived by two…
Read MoreCarolyn Ann Westmoreland Bledsoe, 57, of Columbia, died Monday, August 13, 2018 at the Norton’s Brownsboro Healthcare Center in Louisville after an illness. She was the daughter of the late Hugh and Robbie Pritchard Westmorland of Adair County. She was the widow of Leon Bledsoe. Mrs. Bledsoe is survived by three daughters, Jennifer St. Andrew,…
Read More
Christine Carney, 91, of Columbia, died Friday, August 10, 2018 at 10:00 P.M. at her home. She was born February 12, 1927, to the late Nathan and Mary Perkins Rice. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley Carney Jr., on August 14, 2016, and a son, Don Carney. …
Read More
Brenda Kay Alexander, 76, of Columbia died Friday, August 10, 2018 at 1:34 PM at Signature Health Care at Summit Manor, Columbia. She was born on August 2, 1942 in Adair County. She was the daughter of the late Jessie Thomas & Lyda McGaha Holt. She was the widow of Charles Richard Alexander. Preceded in…
Read More