Area Obituaries

EDMONTON – Larry Wayne Jones, age 71, passed away Monday, September 16, 2019, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow. Born in Haywood he was the son of the late John Winford and Luanne Powell Jones. He was a retired farmer and member of the New Beginnings Church of God in Edmonton. He is survived…

EDMONTON – Clifford McCray, age 84, went home to his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, September 4, 2019. A loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, he will be greatly missed. Clifford was born on March 23, 1935, in Whitesburg, KY, to Tandy and Lucinda McCray, by whom he is preceded in death, together with one…

SUMMER SHADE – Deborah Lois Grider Blythe, age 65, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2019, at her home. Born November 11, 1953, in Glasgow, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Mary Lois Shive Grider and the wife of Roy Blythe, who survives. They were married 47 years. She retired from the Metcalfe…

EDMONTON – Alicia Leann Warf, age 64, died Saturday, August 24, 2019, at the T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow. She was the daughter of the late Herbert and Dora Ann Muse Anderson. Leann was a homemaker and a member of the Edmonton Baptist Church and also attended Crossland Community Church. She is survived by…

Rebecca June Watts, a long-time resident of the Edmonton area, passed away on Tuesday, the 20th of August, at T. J. Samson Hospital. Born in 1946 in Miami, FL, June grew up with a zest for life. She attended Miami Edison Senior High. After she married the love of her life, Doyle “Bud” Watts. They…

CAMPBELLSVILLE – Marie Parnell Pierce, age 80, passed away Monday, August 12, 2019, in Louisville. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Lora Strader Parnell. She was a nursing assistant and of the Pentecostal faith. She is survived by three sons: Larry Coffey of Flat Rock, Indiana, Howard Pierce of Elizabethtown, Indiana, and…

EDMONTON – James William Edwards, age 79, passed away Saturday, August 10, 2019, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow. He was the son of the late Maurice and Lula Devore Edwards. James was a US Army veteran and a member of the Church of Christ. He is survived by his wife, Loretta Howell Edwards;…

EDMONTON – Susan Jaime Harper Curry, age 41, died Sunday, August 4, 2019, at the UK Medical Center in Lexington as the result of an automobile accident Sunday in Burkesville along with her husband, Joey Curry. She was the daughter of the late Samuel Wayne Bennett and Connie Lou Gibson Bennett of Edmonton who survives.…

CENTER – Ricky Monroe Brooks, age 40, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019, at his home. He is the son of Richard (Lou Anne) Clink of Lancing, New York and Ruth (Gerald) Brooks of Edmonton. Ricky was retired from the Kentucky State Police, was a US Army veteran, and the present Metcalfe County Sheriff. He…

EDMONTON – Sherri Lynn Bryant, age 56, passed away July 23, 2019, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Dawson John Benjamin and Catherine Grace Gooch Paronto. Sherri was a member of the House of God and former nurse at the Glasgow State Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Van Bryant…