Area Obituaries
Rev. Luther Garvin Blakey, 94, of Jamestown, died Friday, November 2, 2018 at his home. He was born December 11, 1923 in Russell County to the late Lawrence and Bertie Hadley Blakey. He was a Minister, a Veteran of US Army and a member of Jamestown Wesleyan Church. In addition to his parents, he was…
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Jamon Christopher Schmidt, Jr., 19, of Indianapolis, passed away October 24, 2018 as the result of an industrial accident. Jamon was born in Indianapolis September 29, 1999 the son of Becky (Shillings) Meador and Jamon C. Schmidt, Sr. He graduated this year from Ben Davis High School and was a Fork Truck Operator at Road…
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Brenda Grant, 66, of Columbia died Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at her residence. Born January 17, 1952 in Portsmouth, VA, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Dorothy Moreland Hughes and wife of the late Raymond Allen Grant. Mrs. Grant enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and her dogs; she also enjoyed reading.…
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Eveline Burris Squires, 88, of Campbellsville died Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at the Campbellsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Campbellsville. Born in Adair County, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Nonie Roach Burris and wife of the late Roy Alfred Squires. Mrs. Squires was a member of the Jesus Name Church and…
Read MoreJimmie Dean Johnson, 63, of Columbia, formerly of Russell County, died Thursday, November 1, 2018 at his home. He was born April 24, 1955 in Russell County to the late Garlin and Velma Jane Ford Johnson. He was a construction worker and a member of Clear Springs Missionary Baptist Church. He was preceded in death…
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Clarice Lewis, 89 of the Chance Community of Adair County passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 8:25 AM at the Cumberland Valley Manor Nursing Home in Burkesville. She was born April 3, 1929 in Russell County the daughter of the late Albert and Sally Compton Grant. She was preceded in death by her husband,…
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Wendy Jean Reeder, 65, wife of Charlie Reeder, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2018. Born in Chicago, she was the daughter of the late John and Betty Fudge. A former florist, Wendy was an RN and worked with various hospitals including Eastern State Hospital and later retired as Director of Nursing with Harrison Memorial Hospital…
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Russell Glen Mobley, 84, of Campbellsville died October 26, 2018 of complications from Parkinson’s disease at the Willows at Hamburg in Lexington. Mobley was born on November 18, 1933 to Elmer Mobley and Ollie Allen Mobley in the Crane Creek community of Clay County as one of nine children. He attended a one-room school and…
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Donna M. Harper, 78, of Columbia, died Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 4:18 A.M. at Baptist Health Lexington. She was born January 28, 1940, in Russell County, to the late John and Josephine Carnes Marcum. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James F. “Jimmy” Harper on October 28,…
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Suzzanne Faye Lewis Bunch, 68, of the Chance Community of Adair County, passed away Thursday Oct. 25, 2018 at 8:44 P.M. at her home. She was born on April 16, 1950 in Adair County to the late Ralph Jason and Clarice Faye Grant Lewis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marshall L. Bunch…
Read MoreVietta Diane Wright, 50, of Columbia died Friday, October 19, 2018 at 6:27 A.M. at her home. She was born September 14, 1968, in Loma Linda, California and preceded in death by her father, John Wright. Her survivors include her mother, Annie Clemons Turner of Columbia; and two sisters, Mary Ann Turner and Amy Turner…
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Sarah Cape Burchett, 91, of Columbia, died Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 3:25 P.M. at Summit Manor. She was born May 28, 1927 in Adair County to the late Finis and Emma Sullivan Cape. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Burchett on July 28, 2005; one brother,…
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