Obituaries
Stanton, KY Obituaries
Dixie Elam
Feb 22, 2023
Dixie Pearl Elam, age 85, of Campton Road, Stanton, Kentucky, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at her home. Born in Tar Ridge, Kentucky on December 11, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Vernie Peck and the late Gladys Gose Peck. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Harlan Elam;...
Anna Townsend
Feb 22, 2023
Anna Louise Townsend, age 80, of Stanton, Kentucky, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at Stanton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Lombard, Kentucky on September 19, 1942, she was the daughter of the late William Letcher Hall and the late Alpha Mae Birch Hall. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband,...
Jimmy Morton
Feb 10, 2023
James “Jimmy” Densil Morton, age 71, husband of Karen Knox Morton passed away at his home in Bradenton, Florida, on Friday, February 10, 2023. Born in Winchester, KY on July 28, 1951, he was the son of the late Williard Morton and the late Geraldine Wireman Morton. Jimmy loved his family and was a loyal friend. He enjoyed fishing...
Vickie Rice
Feb 5, 2023
Vickie Lynn Rice, age 70, of Stanton, Kentucky, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2023, in Stanton. Born in Viper, Kentucky on June 19, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Elbert Clark Rice and the late Joyce Ann Sullivan Rice. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by one grandchild, Daniel Shadoe Duran Billings....
Clay Morefield
Feb 1, 2023
Oliver Clay Morefield, age 71, husband of the late Joann Lykins Morefield passed away at Windsor Care in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. Born in Estill County on December 6, 1951, he was the son of the late Jesse Morefield and the late Bessie Gillespie Morefield. Clay loved Ale8 only in returnable bottles, coffee and anything...
Bruce Crowe
Jan 28, 2023
Robert Bruce Crowe, age 65, husband of Vanessa Derickson Crowe passed away at his residence in Stanton on Saturday, January 28, 2023 after a long battle with cancer. Born in Winchester, he was the son of the late Charles Eunice Crowe and the late Lucy Anne Atkinson Crowe and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Stanton. Bruce was...
Frances Marie Wallace
Jan 18, 2023
Frances Marie Wallace, age 84, of Beattyville, Kentucky, passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at Lee County Care and Rehabilitation Center in Beattyville. Born in Lee City on January 26, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Alonzo Wilson and the late Geneva Jones Wilson. She was outspoken but very kindhearted, doing anything she could for others...
Michael "Bubbles" Means
Jan 12, 2023
Michael Lynn “Bubbles” Means, age 66, of Stanton, KY passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2023, at Stanton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Stanton. Born in Bowen, KY on January 28, 1956, he was the son of the late Oliver H. Means and the late Crystal Watson Means. In addition to his parents, Michael was preceded in death by...
Yvonne Martin
Jan 12, 2023
Yvonne Martin, age 86, of Stanton, KY passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2023 at her home. She was the wife of Charles Ray Martin and widow of Waller Allen Otis. Yvonne was born on April 13, 1936 near Rosslyn, Powell County, Kentucky and was the thirteenth, youngest and last surviving child of the late Pleas and Louis Wireman...
Andy Estes
Jan 12, 2023
Buford Andrew Estes, age 71, of Clay City, KY husband of Stella Vinson Estes passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2023, at University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. Born in Mt. Sterling, KY on December 19, 1951, he was the son of the late Buford Estes, Jr. and the late Vera Clay Barnett Estes. Andy was a very...
Orban Richmond Burnett
Jan 9, 2023
Orban Richmond Burnett, age 85, of Stanton, KY passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023, at Frankfort Regional Medical Center in Frankfort. Born in Powell County on March 3, 1937, he was the son of the late Paul Burnett and the late Nora Elam Burnett. Orban, known as Tommy to many, was a tobacco farmer, a logger and operated...
Shanna Trent
Jan 4, 2023
Shanna Dawn Trent, age 48, of Jeffersonville, Kentucky, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at Pikeville Medical Center in Pikeville, KY. Born in Mt. Sterling, KY on February 18, 1974, she was the daughter of Herbert Scott “Scotty” Trent and Roxanna Sparks Trent. Shanna greatly loved her grandchildren and her nieces and nephews who have been such a...
Aaron Hughes
Jan 3, 2023
Aaron Dean Hughes, age 78, of Clay City, KY, husband of the late Phyllis Lawson Hughes, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at his home. Born in Perry County, Kentucky on April 26, 1944, he was the son of the late Ceasar Hollon and the late Viola Hollon. He was a loving and caring father who was always...
Mildred Whisman
Jan 3, 2023
Mildred Darlene Albin Whisman, age 88, of Stanton, Kentucky, widow of the late Osa Raymond Whisman, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at her home. Born in Middletown, Ohio on March 8, 1934, she was the daughter of the late John Albin and the late Edna Sturms Albin. She was a homemaker who always had a smile on...
Loretta Spencer
Dec 26, 2022
Loretta Spencer, age 84, of Winchester, KY passed away on Monday, December 26, 2022, at Somerwoods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Somerset. Born in Wolfe County, Kentucky on March 20, 1938, she is the daughter of the late Timothy Graham and the late Alma Irene Tyra Graham. In addition to her parents, Loretta was preceded in death by one...
Iona Anderson
Dec 23, 2022
Iona Sorrell Anderson, age 77, of Clay City, widow of the late Vivian Eugene “Bib” Anderson, passed away on Friday, December 23, 2022 at Clark Regional Medical Center in Winchester. Born in Montgomery County, Kentucky on March 14, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Charles Otto Sorrell and the late Leeoma Sargent Sorrell. She worked as a...
Evelyn Tharp
Dec 18, 2022
Evelyn Jean Tharp, age 72, widow of Donald Tharp passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. Born in Slade, Kentucky she was the daughter of the late James Monroe Watkins and the late Lillian W. Watkins. Evelyn was a very hard worker and did an outstanding job taking care of...
Arnold Ledford
Dec 16, 2022
Arnold Ledford, age 77, of Jeffersonville, KY, husband of the late Etta Louise Morrison Ledford, departed this world to be reunited with his wife in his heavenly home on December 16, 2022 at Clark Regional Medical Center in Winchester. He was the son of the late Lawrence and Margie Burnett Ledford of Slade, KY. He was a member of...
Scott Morehead
Dec 14, 2022
Anthony Scott Morehead, age 67, of Stanton, KY passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at his residence. Born in Winchester, Kentucky on June 7, 1955, he is the son of the late Eugene Morehead and Anna Rose Cable Morehead of Stanton. He was a member of the 1974 Powell County Pirates 14th Region Championship Team and a graduate...
Anthony Neal
Dec 8, 2022
Anthony Wayne Neal, age 58, of Winchester, KY passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2022, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington. Born in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky on August 15, 1964, he is the son of Sharon Morton Neal and the late Wallace Neal of Winchester. He was a member of the National Rifleman’s Association, was an avid fisherman and...
