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Judy Ann Carman

Judy Ann Carman

Nov 3, 2017

Judy Ann Carman, age 74, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Friday, (November 3, 2017) at the Norton's Hospital in Louisville KY. She was born on July 31, 1943, in Bagdad, KY, the daughter of the late Robert and Nellie Streible Eden. She was a retired factory worker, who enjoyed playing Bingo, UK Basketball and watching her grandchildren play ball and...

Shirley Maxine Higgs Embry

Shirley Maxine Higgs Embry

Oct 28, 2017

Shirley Maxine Higgs Embry, age 79, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Saturday, (October 28, 2017) at the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield. She was born on February 9, 1938, in Caneyville, KY, the daughter of the late Abe Higgs and Hulda Jane Hayes McAdams. She was a housewife, who enjoyed sewing, watching westerns and Shark Tank, and spending...

Donna Carol Grant

Donna Carol Grant

Oct 27, 2017

Donna Carol Grant, age 60, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Friday, (October 27, 2017) at Hardinsburg Nursing and Rehab in Hardinsburg KY. She was born on November 2, 1956 in New Albany, IN, the daughter of the late William "Bill" and Vera Witherspoon Grant. She was a housewife. She is survived by her son, Terry Earl (T J) Probus, JR...

Geraldine "Jeri" Keane

Geraldine "Jeri" Keane

Oct 24, 2017

Geraldine "Jeri" Keane, 91, passed away at her home in Leitchfield, KY on October 24, 2017. She was born on April 21, 1926 in Chicago, IL, the daughter of the late John and Adelaide Grube Croke. She made her home in Lindenhurst, IL for 45 years before moving to Lockport, IL and then to Leitchfield, KY. She worked for Illinois...

Robert L. (Big Bill) Skaggs

Robert L. (Big Bill) Skaggs

Oct 17, 2017

Robert L. (Big Bill) Skaggs, age 76, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Tuesday, (October 17, 2017) at his home. He was born on August 4, 1941 in Grayson Springs, KY, the son of the late Charles and Angie Skaggs. He was a former business owner and mechanic at a full service automobile center. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren,...

Paige Madison Abney

Paige Madison Abney

Oct 14, 2017

Paige Madison Abney, age 18, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Saturday, (October 14, 2017) at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on April 22, 1999 in Owensboro, KY, the daughter of Brett and Dana Abney. Paige loved watching Mickey Mouse Club House and never left the house without wearing a pair of her signature Chuck Taylor tennis...

Russell F. "Pete" Decker

Russell F. "Pete" Decker

Oct 13, 2017

Russell F. "Pete" Decker, age 91, of Olaton, KY, passed away Friday, (October 13, 2017) at his home. He was born on May 11, 1926 in Yeaman, KY, the son of the late Wayne and Dale Young Decker. He was a veteran of the United States Army who worked as a truck driver for Certified Concrete for 37 and a...

Nora Mae Logsdon Newton-Mercer

Nora Mae Logsdon Newton-Mercer

Oct 8, 2017

Nora Mae Logsdon Newton-Mercer, age 96, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Sunday, (October 8, 2017) at Springview Health and Rehab Center in Leitchfield. She was born on September 28, 1921 in Grayson County, KY, the daughter of the late Sterling Thomas and Sylvia Meredith Logsdon. She was a sewing machine operator for Kane Manufacturing. She enjoyed sewing, gardening and growing...

Elliott Mccormick

Elliott Mccormick

Oct 1, 2017

Elliott McCormick, age 88, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Sunday, (October 1, 2017) at Springview Nursing and Rehab in Leitchfield. He was born on May 24, 1929, in Whiting, IN, the son of the late Ireland and Fanny Ferry McCormick. He was a retired roofing contractor. He was the owner of McCormick Roofing. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He is...

Roger Wilson

Roger Wilson

Oct 1, 2017

Roger Wilson, age 61, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Sunday, (October 1, 2017) at the Kentuckiana Medical Center in Clarksville, IN. He was born on May 08, 1956 in Millwood, KY, the son of the late Lee and Mamie Hodges Wilson. He was a maintenance worker for Bel Cheese for 30+ years and enjoyed hunting deer, raccoon, and turkey, cooking,...

Cayden Robert Pawley

Cayden Robert Pawley

Sep 30, 2017

Cayden Robert Pawley, infant son of Wesley Robert Pawley and Hannah Lee McGrew, received his angel wings on September 30, 2017. He is survived by his parents, both of Millwood, KY; grandparents, Crissy McGrew of Leitchfield and Robert Ray Pawley of Leitchfield; and special grandmother, Tina Haycraft; great-grandparents, Nat Hart, and Danny McGrew. He was the nephew of Kaitlyn Harper,...

Marvin E. Duvall

Marvin E. Duvall

Sep 27, 2017

Marvin E. Duvall, age 67, of Clarkson, KY, passed away Wednesday, (September 27, 2017) at his home. He was born on September 10, 1950 in Bee Spring, KY, the son of the late Walton and Vannie Russell Duvall. He was a truck driver for Averitt Express who enjoyed riding horses, working on old cars and raising his garden. He was...

Denver "Woody" Aubrey Wood

Denver "Woody" Aubrey Wood

Sep 25, 2017

Denver (Woody) Aubrey Wood (June 22, 1939 – September 25, 2017) Denver (Woody) Aubrey Wood, age 78, of Leitchfield, KY passed away Monday, September 25, 2017, at Norton's Hospital in Louisville, KY. He was born June 22, 1939. One of 15 children he was raised in a one room farm house and learned the value of hard work at an...

Rita Catherine Burden

Rita Catherine Burden

Sep 24, 2017

Rita Catherine Burden, age 70, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Sunday, (September 24, 2017) at Fordsville Nursing and Rehab. She was born on November 7, 1946 in Grayson County, KY, the daughter of the late Homer and Minnie Mae Hayse Lindsey. She married Kenneth Ray Burden on June 10, 1964. She was a housewife who loved cooking, gardening, canning and...

Ruvine Hayse Ramsey

Ruvine Hayse Ramsey

Sep 24, 2017

Ruvine Hayse Ramsey, age 93, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Sunday, (September 24, 2017) at her home in Leitchfield. She was born on February 26, 1924 in Spring Lick, KY, the daughter of the late John Richard and Mattie Bell Boone Hayse. She was a restaurant owner, a homemaker, and a great cook who enjoyed gardening and spending time with...

Jerry Ellis Cave

Jerry Ellis Cave

Sep 24, 2017

Jerry Ellis Cave, age 75, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Sunday, (September 24, 2017) at his home in Leitchfield. He was born on April 29, 1942 in Grayson Co, KY, the son of the late Jack and Wilma Lockard Cave. He was a retired car salesman and a former race horse owner, who enjoyed spending time with his horses and...

Linda Odle Clements

Linda Odle Clements

Sep 21, 2017

Linda Odle Clements, age 69, of Millwood, KY, passed away Thursday, (September 21, 2017) at the Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, KY. She was born on August 18, 1948 in Millwood, KY, the daughter of the late Raymond and Goldie Gaither Odle. She retired as a supervisor for the Cabinet for Families and Children and enjoyed quilting, cooking, canning and...

Frances Mahurin Purcell Litsey

Frances Mahurin Purcell Litsey

Sep 12, 2017

Frances Mahurin Purcell Litsey, age 89, of Short Creek, KY, passed away Tuesday, (September 12, 2017) at Grayson Nursing and Rehab in Leitchfield. She was born on March 19, 1928 in Tousey, KY, the daughter of the late Ivan and Mary Frances Young Mahurin. She was a retired school teacher, a member of the Short Creek Eastern Star #27 and...

Dorothy Spears

Dorothy Spears

Sep 11, 2017

Dorothy Spears, age 80, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away, Monday (September 11, 2017) at her residence. She was born on September 10, 1937 in Pineville, KY, the daughter of the late James and Lillie Napier Knuckles. She was a housewife, who enjoyed playing with her grandchildren and fishing. She is survived by her daughters, Phyllis Gibson, Linda Haag (Rick), Lora...

Betty Sue Embry Logsdon

Betty Sue Embry Logsdon

Aug 29, 2017

Betty Sue Embry Logsdon, age 69, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Tuesday, (August 29, 2017) in Louisville. She was born on November 11, 1947 in Leitchfield, KY, the daughter of the late Thomas L. and Nell Johnson Embry. She worked as a clerk at the Midway Pharmacy in Clarkson for 25 years. She was a member of the Thomas Homemakers...

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