Area Obituaries

Travis B. Thomas, 78, Sergeant Major, US Army Retired, of Southern Shores, NC, died on June 4, 2018, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. He was born and raised in Knifley, Adair County, Kentucky, the youngest son of Joseph Allen Thomas and Lillian May (Bryant) Thomas. He graduated from Campbellsville High School and joined the US…

Brandon Burns, 34 of Columbia, KY passed away suddenly Sunday, June 17, 2018, at  7:48  AM at his home. He was born September 30, 1983, in Campbellsville, KY. He was preceded in death by his grandparents; Eugene and Lucille Burns and Paul and Dorothy Curry. Brandon is survived by his parents, Barney and Mary Anna…

J. D. Montgomery, 79, of Columbia, KY passed away Thursday, June 14, 2018, at 11:14 AM at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital Hospice Care Unit in Somerset, Kentucky after a short illness. He was born June 16, 1938, in Adair County, KY the son of the late Raymond and Pairlee  Pendleton Montgomery. He was a…

Bonnie Feese Absher Perry, 68, of Louisville, formerly of Columbia, died Thursday, June 14, 2018, at 5:30 A.M. at the Hosparus Inpatient Care Center in Louisville. She was born May 14, 1950, in Louisville, Kentucky to the late Paul Ray & Elsie Lee Edwards Feese.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death…

Ruby Burton, 86 of the Morris Chapel Community, formerly of the Allen Schoolhouse area of Adair County, Kentucky passed away at her home on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at 7:10 PM after several weeks illness. She was born August 5, 1931, the daughter of the late George and Flora D. Harmon Cook of Adair County,…

Lydia Suarez, 73, New Port Rickey, Fla. formerly of Columbia, KY passed away on June 10, 2018, at the of age 73. She was born May 10, 1945, and united into marriage September 11, 1964, to William Suarez.  Lydia was a long time member of the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Columbia, KY. She resided…

George W. Austin, 81, of Columbia, Kentucky, died Thursday, June 14, 2018, at 10:15 P.M. at Diversicare of Glasgow. He was born April 26, 1937, in Albany, Kentucky.  He served his country in the U.S. Marines during the Korean Conflict, was a member of Greasy Creek Baptist Church in Green County and a truck driver…

Margie Ann (Sneed) Elsler, 78, died Friday, June 15, 2018, in Elberta, Ala. Margie was born December 18, 1939, in Columbia, Ky to the late Roy Claudus and Stella (Baker) Sneed. She was retired from General Electric in Louisville, KY. and was a former member of One Community Church in Clarksville, Ind. Margie was a…

Alfred Rodgers, 72, of Mooresville, KY passed away Saturday, June 9, 2018, in his home surrounded by his family. He was born on November 2, 1945, in Columbia, Kentucky to the late Caleb Powers Rodgers and Mary Frances (Beard) Rodgers Napier. After moving to Indiana, Mr. Rodgers found work in construction and later worked for…

Dorothy Knight, 92, of LaCenter, KY died on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at 12:50 p.m. at the Life Care Center in LaCenter, KY. She is survived by her two daughters; Susan Minton of Columbia, KY, and Denise Knight of Kevil, KY; One brother, Kenneth Myatt of Marion, KY; two sisters Carolyn DeGroot of Knoxville, TN,…

Ray Price, 83, of Columbia, KY passed away Friday, June 8, 2018, at 7:45 PM at Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville, KY. He was born on April 10, 1935, in Adair County, KY the son of the late Arlis Raymond  & Amanda Ermon Coomer Price. Mr. Price was preceded in death by his wife Louise…