Area Obituaries
Edwin Grant, 84, of Columbia, died Friday, July 20, 2018at the TJ Health Columbia Hospital. He was born March 14, 1934in Russell County to the late Gobel & Lydia Coffey Grant. Edwin was a retired employee of Russell Sportswear. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Clorine Grider, Vernie…
Read MoreL. B. Conover, 94, of Russell Springs, died Sunday, July 22, 2018, at his home. He was born February 22, 1924, in Adair County to the late Ruford Elmer & Rosa Belle Atchley Conover. He was a Veteran of US Army, a member of Bethlehem Separate Baptist Church and retired from Oakwood Training Center in Somerset. In addition…
Read MoreJames Earl “Cuz” Holt, 68, of Russell Springs, Kentucky passed away Thursday, July 12, 2018, at Russell County Hospital, Russell Springs, Ky. He was a farmer and member of Coffey’s Friendship Separate Baptist Church. He was born on Tuesday, November 22, 1949, in Russell County to the late Lyda Gaye Pierce Holt and the late…
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Coy Bennett, 76, of Columbia, died Monday, July 16, 2018, at the Hosparus Inpatient Care Center in Louisville. He was born August 1, 1941, in Adair County to the late Riley Thomas and Leoner Blaydes Bennett. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Carol Sue England Bennett, three brothers,…
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Billy O’Neil Lloyd, 87, son of the late Carma and Josephine Gann Lloyd, was born on Thursday, June 4, 1931, in Corbin, Ky, and departed this life on Friday, July 13, 2018, at his home in the Eli Community of Russell County, Ky. Bill had professed his faith in Jesus Christ as his Lord and…
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Barry Dowell, 51, of Columbia, KY passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at 10:50 PM at the Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs, KY after several months illness. He was born September 24, 1966, in Columbia, Ky. He was preceded in death by his father, Linzie Dowell and by one sister Linda Carol Dowell in…
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Phillip Wooldridge, 66, of Russell Springs, Ky passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at his residence. He was a truck driver and a member of the Baptist faith. He was born on Friday, February 08, 1952 in Russell County, Ky to the late Enola Wooldridge Russell and the late Londo “Short” Wooldridge. He is survived…
Read MoreMitchell Eads, 49, of Windsor, Kentucky passed away, Monday, July 9, 2018, at his residence. He was born on Sunday, April 27, 1969, in Casey County, Ky to the late Janice Pevely Eads and the late Walter Finley. He is survived by two sons, Christopher Eads and Jacob Eads both of Windsor, Ky; three brothers, Terry…
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Robert Charles Marton, 90, of the Glensfork community, formerly of Central Point, Ore., died Monday, July 16, 2018,at the TJ Health/Columbia Emergency Room. He was born June 1, 1928, the youngest of eleven children of Hungarian immigrants; Alex and Julia Varga Morton. He served his country during World War II, was a member of the…
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Margaret Giles, 82, of Columbia, Kentucky, died Thursday, July 12, 2018, at 6:55 P.M. at Liberty Health & Rehab in Liberty. She was born June 16, 1936, in Adair County, to the late Audy and Annie Campbell Sanders. Margaret was a member of Tabernacle Christian Church and retired from the Department for Social Services as…
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Donna Vanarsdale Bivens, 65, of Columbia, KY passed away Saturday, July 14, 2018, at 11:18 PM at Norton Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was born on August 8, 1952, in Adair County, Ky. She was the daughter of the late Everett Stanton and Floy Lee Burris Vanarsdale and the widow of Sam Bivens who preceded…
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Dorothy Murray of the Glensfork, KY born October 13, 1927, moved to heaven Monday, April 30, 2018. Her youngest daughter Cassondra was with her when she left this earth. She was the oldest child of Mike and Della Turner Grant Jr., besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: William Murray in…
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