Obituaries

Aug 12, 2017

?Jane D. Bascomb, age 84, widow of Nolie M. Bascomb of Stanton, KY passed away on Saturday, August 12, 2017. Born in Rienzi, MS she was the daughter of the late Arthur Cythe Rogers and the late Dora Burcham Rogers. She was seamstress and a member of Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Glen,...

Aug 10, 2017

Dorothy Laverne Roberts Coomer, age 83, widow of Shelby Vernon Coomer, of Hardwicks Creek Road, Clay City, KY passed away on August 10, 2017 at Saint Joseph Hospital Bluegrass Hospice Care Center, Lexington, KY. Born in Stanton, KY she was the daughter of the late Luther Roberts and the late Reatha Neal Roberts. She was...

Jul 31, 2017

Karl Ray Spencer, age 52, of Cat Creek Road, Stanton, Kentucky passed away on July 31, 2017 at his residence. Born in Sacramento, California he was the son of Maureen Wilson Spencer and the late Wilford Ray Spencer and he was a graduate of Powell County High School. He was a security policeman in the U S Air Force and...

Jul 31, 2017

Darrhyl Matthew Combs, age 71, of Snow Creek Road, Clay City, Kentucky passed away on July 31, 2017 at Saint Joseph Hospital Bluegrass Hospice Care Center in Lexington. Born in Clay City, Kentucky he was the son of the late Matthew Jackson Combs and the late Maude Treadway Combs and he was a former factory...

Jul 27, 2017

Larry (Buck) Bush, age 69, of Little Hardwicks Creek Road, Clay City, Kentucky passed away on July 27, 2017 at Stanton Nursing and Rehab. Center. Born in Clay City, KY he was the son of the late Edward Bush, Jr. and the late Zelma Ballard Bush and was a former employee of the...

Jul 27, 2017

Richard Edward Bolduc, age 84, of Spout Springs Road, Clay City, KY passed away at his residence on July 27, 2017. Born in Concord, NH he was the son of the late Ernest and Corinne Miner Bolduc and he was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was a former tool and dye specialist for Continental Metal Specialties...

Jul 22, 2017

Robert Earl "Rog" Mathews, age 61, husband of Vanessa "Poodle" Mathews of Stanton, Kentucky passed away Saturday, July 22, 2017 at U K Chandler Medical Center. Born in Chicago, Illinois he was the son of the late Jimmy and Twyla Allen Mathews, a U.S. Army Veteran and he attended Clay City First Church of God. Rog was a law enforcement...

Jul 17, 2017

Loree Kay Collins, age 33, of Stanton, Kentucky passed away on July 17, 2017 at University of Kentucky Medical Center.  Born in Lexington, she was the daughter of Debbie Overbee Collins and Daryl Collins of Stanton.  She attended Stanton Assembly of God and was a teacher at Training His Treasures Preschool.  In addition to her...

Jun 28, 2017

John Robert Arthur, age 70, husband of Jean Arthur of Willis Branch Road, Richmond, KY passed away on June 28, 2017 at U K Medical Center.  Born in Winchester, KY he was the son of the late Elwood and Betty Chambers Arthur and he was an Army Veteran. He was the owner of Bob's Barber...

Jun 23, 2017

James T. Crabtree, age 88, husband of Katherine Starnes Crabtree of High Rock Road, Stanton, Kentucky passed away on June 23, 2017 at his residence. Born in Bowen, Kentucky he was the son of the late Avery D. and Ethel Oaks Crabtree and he was an Army Veteran of the Korean War. He was retired from General Motors, a member...

Jun 16, 2017

Margie Bell Vinson, age 90, of Lake Naomi Road, Clay City, KY passed away Friday, June 16, 2017 at her residence. Born in Clay City, KY she was the daughter of the late George and Stella Barnett Pasley and she was a member of Powell's Valley Baptist Church. Margie Vinson was a former Certified Nurses Assistant employed at Irvine...

Jun 4, 2017

Melissa Suzanne Haddix, age 18, died June 4, 2017 from injuries received in an automobile accident on the Mountain Parkway near Clay City, Kentucky. Melissa graduated with honors in 2016 from Powell County High School and attended Morehead State University. She had ambitions to be a nurse and had just completed her state board examination. She was preceded in...

Jun 3, 2017

Carrie Lee Abney, age 63, passed away at Stanton Nursing Center Saturday,

June 3, 2017. Born in Hazel Green, Kentucky she was the daughter of the late Earl and Freda Trent and she was a homemaker.  In addition to her mother, she was also preceded in death by one...

May 27, 2017

Lottie Rose Pugh, age 85, Smith Hollow Road, Clay City, KY passed away

Saturday, May 27, 2017. Born in Perry County, KY she was the daughter of the late Jesse Spencer and the late Emily Collins Spencer. Lottie was a retired factory employee of Continental Metal Specialties and a...

May 18, 2017

Mary Ellen DeCenzo Conlee, age 94, of Knoxville, Tennessee, passed away Thursday, May 18, 2017. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Mary was born in Coleraine, Minnesota, on July 31, 1922 to the late Peter DeCenzo and Elisa Voce DeCenzo. She grew up in her hometown of Bovey, Minnesota, and moved to Kentucky after she married Ralph...

May 14, 2017

Warren Douglas Baker, age 70, widower of Judith Ann Landrum Baker, Clay City, KY passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Baptist Health Lexington. Born in Whitesburg, KY he was the son of the late Roosevelt and Corsie Slone Baker and a retired machinist from Rockwell International. Warren was a member of West Bend United Methodist Church and he was...

May 13, 2017

Imogene Kinser McIntosh, age 88, widow of Hershell Lyle McIntosh passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017 at Rockcastle Regional Hospital, Mount Vernon, KY.  Born in Bowen, KY she was the daughter of the late Bennie W. and Pearl Lee Bowen Kinser.  She was a beautician and operator of Imogene's Beauty Shop in Stanton...

Apr 21, 2017

Edward Stump, age 74, of West Lone Oak Road, Clay City, Kentucky passed away at Baptist Health Lexington on Friday, April 21, 2017. Born in Thacker, West Virginia he was the son of the late Western Stump and the late Alice Coleman Stump. Edward Stump was a retired coal miner and a member of the National Rifle Association. In addition...

Apr 15, 2017

Janet Elizabeth Small, age 80, of Snow Creek Road, Clay City, Kentucky went to be with the Lord at her residence on Saturday, April 15, 2017. Born in Rochester, New York she was the daughter of the late William Arthur Cotton and the late Mabel Alice Peck Cotton. She was a graduate of Geneseo College...

Apr 4, 2017

Russell Clay Ware, age 84, widower of Mary Lois Flinchum Ware of Hidden Valley Road, Clay City, KY passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at his residence. Born in Mt. Sterling, KY, he was the son of the late Boone C. Ware and Ruth Bunner Ware and his late stepmother, Emma Dee Ware. Russell Clay Ware was a...