Obituaries
Nicholasville, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Nicholasville and Jessamine County, KY
Barbara Catherine Withrow Eddy
Jun 4, 2009
Barbara Catherine Withrow Eddy, wife of Frank E. Eddy, died Thursday, June 4, 2009. She was a homemaker, pet lover and an avid advocate for animal rights. Barbara was the daughter of the late Othmer Henderson and Losha Jane Buckalew Withrow. Additional survivors include two sons, Kevin Michael (Debby) Eddy-Lexington and Kent Franklin (Sharon) Eddy-Alaska, two sisters, Virginia (Bud) Bucher-WV...
Melvina Bentley
Jun 3, 2009
Nicholasville-Melvina Bentley, 74, wife of John D. Bentley, died June 3, 2009. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church and was a retired employee of Sergeant & Greenleaf. Additional survivors include a daughter and her husband, Karen and Larry Roberts, a son and his wife, Philip and Debbie Bentley, a grandson and his fianc-e, Philip Owen Bentley and Lindsey...
Roberta Lucille Colyer Atwood
Jun 2, 2009
Roberta Lucille Colyer Atwood, 84, widow of Hendon Atwood, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009. She was a member of the East Hickman Baptist Church. Survivors include a brother, John Colyer, two sisters, Lillian Pitre and Anna Lee Reynolods. Services will be Noon on Saturday at Betts & West Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 10:00am until Noon Saturday. Burial will...
Debra Jones Adams
May 30, 2009
Debra Jones -Aunt Day- Adams, 55, loving wife of Richard Adams, passed on May 30, 2009. She was the daughter of Anna Montgomery Jones Mulligan and the late Isaac Louis Jones. Additional survivors include her two sons, James Harvey Brewer and Montgomery -Quaid- Adams, two step sons, Jeremy (Elisha) Adams and Dustin Adams, two grandchildren, Hannah M. Brewer and her...
Robert Joseph Dillon
May 29, 2009
Nicholasville-Robert Joseph Dillon, 58, husband of Barbara Easterling Dillon, died Friday, May 29, 2009. He was born January 1, 1951 in Lexington, KY to the late Edwin Shirley and Ann Waters Dillon. He is also survived by his daughter, Emily Paige Dillon of Lancaster and her fianc- Darren Allen, special beloved pets, Rascal and Powder and other family members. Services...
Lt. Col. James C Routt
May 27, 2009
Lt. Col. James C. Routt, 90, entered eternity Wed, May 27. Born in Ottawa Canada, Jim grew up in Kentucky attending UK-s school of business. He left UK to defend his country in 1942 becoming a B-25 pilot in Stockton, CA flying over 30 missions in China during WWII also serving in the Korean War. He returned to UK to...
Margaret Clay Bibb Johns
May 27, 2009
Margaret Clay Bibb Johns, 90, widow of Hunter Johns and life long resident of Jessamine County, died May 27, 2009 at Central Baptist Hospital. She was a member of the Little Hickman Christian Church. A banker for 34 years, she retired in 1980 as Vice President of First National Bank, Nicholasville. Survivors include a daughter and her husband, Lynda and...
Leroy Thomas Horton
May 26, 2009
Leroy Thomas Horton, 66, husband of Mary Wilson Cornett Horton of High Bridge Road, died May 26, 2009 in Lexington. He was born in High Bridge on December 27, 1942, the son of the late John Cornelious and Gladys Frances McLaughlin Horton. He was a retired employed of the City of Nicholasville, a member of the United Holiness Church at...
Alonza Green "A.G." Canter
May 24, 2009
Alonza Green -A.G.- Canter, 83, husband of 64 years to Ida Ruth Montgomery Canter, of Sugar Creek Pike, died May 24, 2009 at his home. He was a lifelong farmer, an Elder and Superintendent at Little Hickman Christian Church and a member of the Jessamine Co. Beef Cattle Association. He was the happiest when on his tractor, driving a team...
Frances Somers Hanson
May 24, 2009
Frances Somers Hanson, 93, a good and faithful servant of the Lord, went home to Heaven on Sunday, May 24, 2009. Fran was born October 4, 1915 in Faribault, Minnesota to the late Charles Hadden Spurgeon and Lenora Belle Grant Somers. She attended Carleton College and the University of Minnesota. She was an avid figure skater and ice hockey player....
Buford Albert Dodgen
May 22, 2009
Buford Albert Dodgen, 81, of Tower Plaza, died May 22, 2009. He was born in Mule Shoe, TX, son of Albert and Lilly Harris Dodgen. He a U. S. Marine Veteran of WWII. Survivors include seven children, Marsha Kay Butt, Linda Lori Bobst, John Albert Dodgen, Joe Blake Dodgen, James Arthur Dodgen, Peggy Sue Paulson, Jack Allen Dodgen, numerous grandchildren...
Stuart Leroy Hall
May 22, 2009
Stuart Leroy Hall, 90, husband of Marcia Ellen Hettinger Hall of Lancaster, died Friday, May 22, 2009. He was born October 19, 1918 in Williamsport, PA to the late Clarence Alvin and Verdnia Marie Kemery Hall. Survivors are a daughter, Cherylbeth (Frank) Smith-AL, a son, Stuart L. -Ted- (Sandy) Hall Jr., Nicholasville, two grandchildren, Marcia Smith-Wilmore and Spencer Hall-Nicholasville, two...
Jeffery Lee "Tubbs" Osten
May 21, 2009
Jeffery Lee -Tubbs Osten, 48, widower of Susan Gross Osten, died Thursday, May 21, 2009. He was born February 9, 1961 in Lexington, KY to Margaret Reynolds Osten of Nicholasville and the late James Edgar Osten. Survivors are two sons, Brandon Osten of Lexington and Derrick Osten of Nicholasville, three grandchildren, Dylan, Kaitlyn and Tyler Osten of Lexington and other...
Maria Livingston
May 20, 2009
Maria Livingston, 93 the wife of G. Herbert Livingston went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on May 20, 2009 in the hospice care unit at St. Joseph Hospital. She was born in Munster, Holland to Burt and Nellie Saarloos who immigrated to the USA in 1920 with her older sister Lucy. They lived in northwestern Iowa...
Irma Frances Mason Morris
May 20, 2009
Irma Francis Mason Morris, 92, widow of Edward Clayton Morris, died Wednesday, May 20, 2009. She was born October 15, 1916 near Bangor, Iowa to Edwin and Elsie Hinshaw Mason. She was a Friends pastor and founder and former director of Wilmore Day Care Center. Survivors are her children, Kathleen (Bill) Ulmet-IL, Eileen (Ben)-MI, Homer (Debra) Morris-NC, Linn (Wanda) Morris-PA,...
Devola "Dee" Mae Boggs
May 20, 2009
Devola -Dee- Mae Boggs, 81, died May 20, 2009. She was the daughter of the late Fred and Ella Lewis. Mrs. Boggs was active in the KITS Club at Southland Christian Church and was a retired employee of K-Mart. Survivors include a daughter and her husband, Jo Ann and Jack Clark of Lexington, thirteen grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, two sisters,...
Herbert H. "Pete" Royse Jr.
May 16, 2009
Nicholasville-Herbert H. -Pete- Royse, Jr., 68, beloved husband of Mary Sue Willis Royse, died Saturday, May 16, 2009. He was a teacher, coach and administrator with the Jessamine County Schools for 43 years. He was born in Nicholasville, January 29, 1941, to the late Herbert H. Royse and Gertrude Conn Royse. He was a 1958 graduate of Nicholasville High School....
Hanokhbhai Manilal Gohil
May 15, 2009
Hanokhbhai Manilal Gohil, 35, husband of Esther Damodar Jadhav, went home to his Heavenly Father, May 15, 2009. He was born January 18, 1974 in Kathlal Kheda Guj, India to Manilal Dahyabhai and Monicaben Manilal Khristi Gohil. Visitation was held Wednesday from 5:00 until 8:00 pm at Betts & West Funeral Home. Services and burial will be held in India...
Charles Nitin Jacob
May 15, 2009
Charles Nitin Jacob, 28, husband of Elizabeth Ann Flanagan Jacob, went to be with heveanly father Friday, May 15, 2009. He was a ordained Christian minister in India, member of Mt. Freedom Baptist Church in Wilmore, active member of the Indian community at Asbury and served with Anant Jeevan Ministerys in India. Charles had just received his work permit and...
Mabel Dixon Boggs
May 15, 2009
Nicholasville-Mabel Dixon Boggs, 90, wife of Earl Boggs of Cannonball Drive, died unexpectedly Friday, May 16, 2009. She was a member of Central Baptist Church in Logan, WV. She was a native of Letcher County, daughter of the late Pearl B. and Cora Fields Dixon. Survivors include two children and their spouses, Earl Eugene and Barbara F. Boggs and Michael...
