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Pernie Stanton

Pernie Stanton

Sep 8, 2016

Pernie J. Stanton, age 88, of Elizabethtown, KY, passed away Thursday, (September 8, 2016) at Kensington Manor in Elizabethtown. She was born on July 1, 1928, in Hart County, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Johnny and Rena Smith Stasel. She retired from Etown Sportswear, and enjoyed sewing & gardening. She was a member of Broadford Baptist Church. She is...

Hazel Vera Smith

Hazel Vera Smith

Sep 8, 2016

Hazel Vera Smith went home to be with the Lord on September 8, 2016. She was born on May 21, 1923. She is preceded in death by her parents, Cline and Etta Ward, her sisters, Alta Haycraft, Lillian Grayson, and Margaret Mattingly, brothers Roy Ward, Mack Ward & Murrell Ward, and her beloved husband, Paul Smith. She survived by her...

Cloretta Gibson

Cloretta Gibson

Sep 6, 2016

Cloretta Gibson, age 63, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Tuesday, (September 6, 2016) at the Golden Living Center–Hillcreek Nursing Facility in Louisville. She was born on July 6, 1953, in Grayson County, KY, the daughter of the late Mac and Iva Williams Gibson. She was a home-maker, who enjoyed walking, baking, watching her favorite shows "Andy Griffith" and "Little House...

Leona Powell Carby

Leona Powell Carby

Aug 27, 2016

Leona Powell Carby, age 85, of Clarkson, KY, passed away Saturday, (August 27, 2016) at her home. She was born on November 27, 1930 in Grayson County, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Jess and Cora Smith Powell. She was a housewife and a member of Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church who enjoyed sewing and spending time with her family....

Curtis "Spider" Wilson

Curtis "Spider" Wilson

Aug 27, 2016

Curtis "Spider" Wilson, age 81, of Oldham County, KY, passed away Saturday, (August 27, 2016) at the Baptist Health Hospital in Oldham County. He was born on July 17, 1935 in Grayson County, KY, the son of the late Vessie and Vennie Mudd Wilson. He was a retired truck driver and cabinet builder, who enjoyed hunting, fishing and riding motorcycles....

Allen Wilson

Allen Wilson

Aug 14, 2016

Allen Wilson, age 51, of Millwood, KY, passed away Sunday, (August 14, 2016) at the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield. He was born on January 26, 1965 in Glasgow, KY. He was raised by his grandparents, James and Alma Wilson. He was a merchandiser for Crossmark Sales and Marketing Service. He enjoyed the ocean, especially surfing. He was...

Hershell Preston Tucker

Hershell Preston Tucker

Aug 13, 2016

Hershell Preston Tucker, age 89, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Saturday, (August 13, 2016) at his son's home in Mt. Washington. He was born on July 6, 1927, in Grayson County, KY, the son of the late Robert and Sarah Chaney Tucker. He was a retired civil servant, and an avid gardener who enjoyed making canes. He was a member...

Theressa Faye Farris

Theressa Faye Farris

Aug 12, 2016

Theressa Faye Farris, age 61, of Millwood, KY, passed away Friday, (August 12, 2016) at her daughter's home in Leitchfield, KY. She was born on December 20, 1954 in Grayson County, KY, the daughter of the late Chester and Erma Nell Tarrance Dockery. She was a relief post master in Millwood, KY and a member of Church of Joy who...

Phyllis Hornback

Phyllis Hornback

Aug 8, 2016

Phyllis Hornback, age 76, of Caneyville, KY, passed away Monday, August 8, 2016, at Nortons Hospital in Louisville. She was born on December 31, 1939, in Caneyville, KY, the daughter of the late Eugene and Bowers Small. She was a life long teacher, over her 37 plus year career as a teacher in Grayson County Schools, a member of KEA,...

Lloyd Mitchell Newton

Lloyd Mitchell Newton

Aug 8, 2016

Lloyd Mitchell Newton, age 89, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Monday, (August 8, 2016) in Caneyville, KY. He was born on March 27, 1927 in Grayson Co., KY, the son of the late John and Lillie Vincent Newton. He was a custodian for the Grayson County High School for 19 years and a farmer, who enjoyed flea markets, gospel singing...

Mabel E. Hayes

Mabel E. Hayes

Aug 2, 2016

Mabel E. Hayes, age 78, of Leitchfield, KY, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, (August 2, 2016) at her residence in Leitchfield. She was born on March 22, 1938, in Grayson County, the daughter of the late Obie, Sr. and Gertie Mae Brooks Woosley. She was a home-maker, who enjoyed gardening, canning and going to church. She was a...

Regina (Jennie) Lois Wood

Regina (Jennie) Lois Wood

Jul 31, 2016

Regina (Jennie) Lois Wood, age 77, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Sunday, (July 31, 2016) at University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was born on October 2, 1938, in Leitchfield, the daughter of the late Robert L. and Consulo Lavada Decker Grant. She was a home-maker, who enjoyed gardening, canning and visiting with her family. She married the...

Nellie C. Bratcher

Nellie C. Bratcher

Jul 27, 2016

Nellie C. Bratcher, age 80, of Clarkson, KY, passed away Wednesday, (July 27, 2016) at the Norton's Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was born on August 28, 1935, in Grayson County, KY, the daughter of the late Robert and Dora McGrew Lindsey. She was an assembly line worker at Stratton Tackle Box and Sporting Manufacturing Company, who enjoyed quilting, cooking,...

Leon D Kessinger

Leon D Kessinger

Jul 25, 2016

Leon D. Kessinger, age 88, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Monday, (July 25, 2016) at the Hosparus Inpatient Care Unit in Louisville, KY. He was born on April 6, 1928, in Snap, KY, the son of the late Clarence and Pearl Williams Kessinger. He retired from Philip Morris where he worked as a machinist for 30 years and was a...

Shannon Ray Raymer Sr.

Shannon Ray Raymer Sr.

Jul 19, 2016

Shannon Ray Raymer Sr., age 68, of Caneyville, KY, passed away Tuesday, (July 19, 2016) at his residence. He was born on November 22, 1947, in Caneyville, KY, the son of the Floyd and Elsie Lorene Anderson Raymer. He was a retired construction worker, a Vietnam Veteran of the US Army, serving in H Troop, the 17th Cavalry, who received...

Nellie Marie Whitaker

Nellie Marie Whitaker

Jul 15, 2016

Nellie Marie Whitaker, age 91, of Shrewsbury, KY, passed away Friday, July 15, 2016, at Kensington Manor in Elizabethtown. She was born on August 20, 1924, in Millerstown, KY, the daughter of the late Roy and Bessie Skaggs Layman. She was a home-maker, who enjoyed playing piano at her church and visiting with family and friends. She married the love...

Ethel Frances Croghan

Ethel Frances Croghan

Jul 9, 2016

Ethel Frances Croghan, age 101, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Saturday, (July 9, 2016) at the Grayson Manor in Leitchfield. She was born on July 29, 1914 in Hart County, KY, the daughter of the late William Dart and Trecie Frances Alvey Bratcher. She was a housewife, who enjoyed cooking, sewing, quilting, flowers and especially spending time with the family....

Carmel T. Sego

Carmel T. Sego

Jul 7, 2016

Carmel T. Sego, age 78, of Louisville, KY, passed away Thursday, (July 7, 2016) at Hosparus Inpatient Care Center in Louisville, KY. He was born on January 4, 1938 in Grayson Co., KY, the son of the late Arvil and Vera Higdon Sego. He was a retired line assemblyman at GE who enjoyed Seek and Find Books and spending time...

Anita Sue Melchior

Anita Sue Melchior

Jul 7, 2016

Anita Sue Melchior, age 76, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Thursday, (July 7, 2016) at Norton's Hospital in Louisville. She was born on June 17, 1940, in Hardinsburg, IN, the daughter of the late Leonard and Gayle Jones Ponder. She was employed as legal secretary, and enjoyed BINGO, reading, and listening to gospel music. She attended the Church of God...

Joseph Carlton Clemons

Joseph Carlton Clemons

Jul 6, 2016

Joseph Carlton Clemons, age 79, of Clarkson, KY, passed away Wednesday, (July 6, 2016) at the V.A. Medical Center in Louisville, KY. He was born on February 12, 1937, in Grayson County, KY, son of the late Dillard and Maude Ellen Sims Clemons. He was a member of St. Anthony Church in Peonia, KY. He is survived by his wife...

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