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June Newton Adcox
Mar 9, 2017
June Newton Adcox, age 66, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Thursday, (March 9, 2017) at the Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. She was born on April 19, 1950 in Blowtown, KY, the daughter of the late Claude and Eva Mae Decker Newton. She was a retired bus driver for the Grayson County, Breckinridge County, and Hardin County school systems. She...
Roberta Haycraft Vanmeter
Mar 7, 2017
Roberta Haycraft VanMeter went home March 7, 2017 at Grayson Manor Nursing Home. Roberta was born August 3, 1928 She was born in Grayson County to Happy Jack and Flora Meredith Haycraft. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-great grandmother who loved her family and her church when she was able to attend. She was a charter member of...
Eula Ray Willis
Mar 5, 2017
Eula Ray Willis, age 92, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Sunday, (March 5, 2017) at Springview Nursing and Rehab in Leitchfield. She was born on December 17, 1924 in Butler County, KY, the daughter of the late Elbert and Anna Ora Embry Smith. She was a housewife and a member of the Aberdeen Baptist Church, who enjoyed sewing and quilting....
Catherine Kiper
Mar 2, 2017
Catherine Kiper, age 86, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Thursday, (March 2, 2017) at the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield. She was born on April 15, 1930 in Hardinsburg, KY, the daughter of the late William McKinley and Vevie Embry Whitten. She was homemaker and a cook for the Leitchfield Healthcare Manor, and a member of the First...
Evelyn Arlene Brooks
Feb 25, 2017
Evelyn Arlene Day Brooks, age 71, of Anneta, KY, passed away Saturday, (February 25, 2017) at Norton's Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was born on November 9, 1945 in Grayson County, KY, the daughter of the late Rev. Edward and Iva May Hazelwood Day. She was a housewife and a member of the North Town United Baptist Church. She is...
Stoy Hayes
Feb 17, 2017
Stoy Hayes, age 96, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Friday, (February 17, 2017) at his home in Leitchfield. He was born on June 13, 1920 in Shrewsbury, KY, the son of the late Oliver and Eva Jane Duvall Hayes. He was a livestock dealer and farmer, who enjoyed trading, making harnesses and doing saddle repairs. He attended Hopewell Missionary Baptist...
W.D. "Don" Phelps
Feb 16, 2017
W. D. "Don" Phelps, age 78, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Thursday (February 16, 2017) at the Commonwealth Regional Specialty Hospital in Bowling Green. He was born on January 11, 1939, in Bonnieville, KY, the son of the late James Marion and Elsie Greene Caswell Phelps. He was retired from Phillip Morris Tobacco Company. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, fishing,...
Joseph R. Higdon
Feb 15, 2017
Joseph R. Higdon, age 88, of Clarkson, KY, passed away Wednesday, (February 15, 2017) at his residence. He was born on August 12, 1928, in Grayson County, KY, son of the late Charles and Lenora Lush Higdon. He was an electrician and a US Army Veteran of the Korean War. He enjoyed fishing and was a member of St. Benedict...
John Robert "Jr" Oller
Feb 12, 2017
John Robert "JR" Oller, age 64, of Elizabethtown, KY, passed away Sunday, (February 12, 2017) at the Norton Suburban Hospital in Louisville. He was born on February 21, 1952, in Louisville, the son of his late father, Stoy Oller, and his mother, Mary Mudd Oller Stevenson. He retired as a police officer from Boonville, IN Police Department, where he served...
Vicky Joyce Nelson
Feb 10, 2017
.Vicky Joyce Nelson, age 63, of Caneyville, KY, passed away Friday, (February 10, 2017) at the Norton Inpatient Care Unit in Louisville, KY. She was born on December 11, 1953, in South Bend, IN, the daughter of the late Joe B. and Billie Joyce Preston Whaley. She was a talented seamstress, who enjoyed gardening, making crafts, fishing, reading, and spending...
Evelyn Kerr
Feb 8, 2017
Evelyn Masters Kerr, age 76, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Wednesday, (February 8, 2017) at Spring View Nursing and Rehab in Leitchfield, KY. She was born on November 24, 1940 in Hart County, KY, the daughter of the late James and Georgia Beeler Masters. She was retired from Grayson Manor Nursing Home and was a homemaker. She enjoyed crocheting and...
Mary Helen Williams
Feb 5, 2017
Mary Helen Williams, age 81, of Louisville, KY, passed away Sunday, (February 5, 2017) at the Hosparus Inpatient care Center in Louisville. She was born on February 27, 1935 in South, KY, the daughter of the late Hubert and Mildred Hunt Moon. She was a housewife who enjoyed traveling, shopping, and working in her ceramics shop. She was a member...
Jane Ellen Bratcher
Feb 5, 2017
Jane Ellen Bratcher, age 97, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Sunday, (February 5, 2017)in Leitchfield. She was born on September 7, 1919, in Thrope West Virginia, the daughter of the late John Bryant and Rose Rucker Gillespie. She was a retired educator from the Grayson County School System. Mrs. Bratcher taught music, French and English. She received her education degree...
Walter (Walt) Lee Puryear
Jan 25, 2017
Walter Lee "Walt" Puryear, age 54, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Wednesday, (January 25, 2017) at Norton Hospital in Louisville. He was born on July 1, 1962 in Grayson County, KY, the son of the late William and Betty Jane Puryear. He was a retired welder from Louisville Ladder. He enjoyed working on vehicles, fishing, and hunting. He especially loved...
Billy Joe Lucas
Jan 21, 2017
Billy Joe Lucas, age 67, of Clarkson, KY, passed away Saturday, (January 21, 2017) at the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield. He was born on June 12, 1949 in Breckinridge County, KY, the son of the late Vernon (Mike) Sr. and Dorothy Mcholan Lucas Ashley. He was a carpenter, who enjoyed playing music on his guitar and banjo,...
Jonathon "Jon" Michael James
Jan 17, 2017
Jonathon "Jon" Michael James, age 31, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at his residence in Leitchfield, KY. He was born on September 20, 1985 in Springfield, OH to Carole Lee and Robin James. Jon was saved on April 1, 1995, when he was 9 years old, at Grace Missionary Baptist church and was currently a member at Charity Missionary...
Justus "Junior" Hudson
Jan 15, 2017
Justus "Junior" Hudson, age 63, of Breckenridge County, KY, passed away Sunday, (January 15, 2017) at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, KY. He was born on April 9, 1953 in Jefferson County, KY, the son of Justus Sr. and Freda Lampton Hudson Nelson. He was a retired bus driver in Louisville and worked at Hillerich and Bradsby. He enjoyed watching...
Georgia Rhe Bell
Jan 15, 2017
Georgia Rhe Bell, age 95, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Sunday, (January 15, 2017) at Kensington Rehab Center in Elizabethtown, KY. She was born on October 18, 1921 in Grayson County, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Charles W. and Beulah Vincent Newton. She retired as a cook from Grayson County Schools and was a 53 year member of the...
Marvin Earl Hester
Jan 14, 2017
Marvin Earl Hester, age 78, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Saturday, (January 14, 2017) at Grayson Manor in Leitchfield. He was born on December 19, 1938, in Grayson Co., KY, the son of the late Thomas and Pansy Marie Carter Hester. He was self-employed, who enjoyed woodworking and showing his tractor and was a member of New Freedom Baptist Church....
David Louis Mercer
Jan 14, 2017
David Louis Mercer, age 49, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Saturday, (January 14, 2017) at the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield. He was born on April 21, 1967 in Louisville, KY, the son of Roger and Brenda Noe Mercer. He was a fabricator for Akebono and who enjoyed camping and restoring old cars. He was saved at Stony...
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