Obituaries
Nicholasville, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Nicholasville and Jessamine County, KY
Amber Lee Ganci
Oct 22, 2020
Amber Lee Ganci – Owens, 57, wife of Jeffrey J. Owens died Thursday, October 22, 2020 at her home on Southview Drive in Nicholasville, Kentucky. She was born in California on November 7, 1962 to Langley Travis Hughes and Meda Alene Sennett Cooper. Survivors include three daughters, Ashley Ganci (Chris Sargent, Sara Wetzel (Cory) and Katie Ganci, three sons, Jonathan...
David J Peel
Oct 21, 2020
David J. Peel, 60, died October 21, 2020 at his home on Jessamine Avenue. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky on March 20, 1960 to the late Bonnie Hill Peel and Jerry Rice Peel. Graveside Services were held at Maple Grove Cemetery. Betts & West Funeral Home is honored to serve the Peel Family. www.BettsandWestfuneralhome.com
Christine Stinnett Lee
Oct 21, 2020
Christine Stinnett Lee 86, wife of 69 years of Raymond R. Lee, died Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at Baptist Health Lexington. She was born in Nicholasville, Kentucky on December 14, 1933 to the late Preston Stinnett and Fairy Davis Stinnett. She was a longtime member of Nicholasville First Assembly of God where she was a Sunday School teacher for 25...
Nicholas Browning Pile
Oct 18, 2020
Nicholas Browning Pile, 43, died Sunday, October 18, 2020 at his home in Brandywine, West Virginia. He was born in Lexington, KY on August 15, 1977, the loving son of Donna Perry Pile and the late William Mitchell Pile. He is survived by his precious children, Avery Nicole Pile and Nicholas Brier Pile, brothers, Samuel Walker (Gloria Wells) Pile and...
James William Beward
Oct 16, 2020
James Willard Beward, 61, died Friday, October 16, 2020 at Bluegrass Hospice Care Center in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born February 2, 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio to Charles Beward and Loretta Beier Beward. Survivors include three children, Patrick Wayne Beward, Ethan Beward and Katherine Beward. No services are scheduled. Betts & West Funeral Home is honored to serve the Beward...
Mary Evelyn Merrick
Oct 15, 2020
Mary Evelyn Lucas Merrick was born December 19, 1940 in Dorton KY to Willard Lucas and Alka June Howell Lucas, both now deceased. Mary passed away October 15, 2020 at 4:28 PM at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington KY following a brief illness. She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years Wilbern G. Merrick of Nicholasville, KY, one...
Robert Morris Leigh
Oct 14, 2020
Robert Morris Leigh August 15, 1941 – October 14, 2020 Bob was born in Danville, KY to William and Margaret Leigh. He grew up on Grant street with his three sisters Mary Francis Leigh Terhune Vest (2019), Amelia Leigh Goode (2021) and Betty Leigh Goode. They later gave him 10 nieces and nephews and they adored their Uncle Bob. Growing...
Ashley Sue Davis Sullivan
Oct 13, 2020
Ashley Sue Davis Sullivan, 34, wife of Aaron James “A.J.” Sullivan died Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at her home on Stream View Drive in Shelbyville, Kentucky. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky on March 1, 1986 to Douglas Davis and Mary Thurston Davis. Ashley was a nurse at Frankfort Regional Hospital. She is survived by her daughter, Aubrey Rae Sullivan,...
Joseph Patrick Walker
Oct 11, 2020
Joseph Patrick Walker, 56, died Sunday, October 11, 2020 at his home in Wilmore, Kentucky. He was born in Utica, New York on November 11, 1963 to Robert Walker and Carol LaPage Walker. Surviving are brother, Gene Walker, Wilmore, Kentucky. No services are scheduled, the family chose cremation for his final disposition, as were his wishes. Betts & West Funeral...
Howard Mclean Drury
Oct 10, 2020
Howard McLean Drury, 87, of Nicholasville, husband of Betty Jean Carroll Drury to whom he was married for 66 years died, Saturday, October 10, 2020 at Baptist Health Lexington. He was born in Woodford County, Kentucky on December 17, 1932 to the late George Drury and Hannah McGohon Drury. Howard was a farmer and retired from the University of Kentucky...
Carolyn Sue Montgomery
Oct 9, 2020
Carolyn Sue Montgomery, 75 died Friday October 9, 2020 at her home on Leeway Court in Nicholasville, Kentucky. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky on May 23, 1945 the daughter of George Thomas Montgomery and Della Mae Mattingly Montgomery. Carolyn was retired from Stratton Lumber Company, where she had worked as a salesclerk, and a member of Nicholasville Methodist Church....
Ethel Jean West
Oct 8, 2020
Ethel Jean West, 75 passed away Thursday, October 8, 2020 at Norton Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Ethel was born in Jessamine County on October 5, 1945 the daughter of the late Virgil West and Zula Mounce Bruner. She is survived by sister, Mary West, brother, David West and half-brother, Herbert Bruner Jr. Private graveside services will be Tuesday at Maple...
Robert Leroy Paterson
Oct 8, 2020
Robert LeRoy Paterson, 82, husband of Thelma Rea McCain Paterson, died Thursday, October 8, 2020 at his home on Hillcrest Drive in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He was born in Puyallup, Washington on March 27, 1938 the son of the late Glen Paterson and Alma Knapp Paterson. Robert was an Air Force Veteran and retired from Lex Mark. Survivors include daughter, Darlene...
Chad Edward Embry
Oct 8, 2020
Chad Edward Embry, 46, of Northbrook Rd., Nicholasville, died Thursday, October 8, 2020 at St. Joseph Jessamine. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky on July 30, 1974 to Gary Lee Embry and the late Pauletta Locker Embry. Chad loved to coach basketball and did so in Jessamine County for many years. He also loved to play softball up on the...
Ozella Arthur
Oct 6, 2020
Ozella Arthur 90, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at her home in Vancouver, Washington. She was born in Nicholasville, Kentucky on December 4, 1929 to the late Wallace Watts and Lillian Burke Watts. Graveside services will be 11:00AM, Saturday at Maple Grove Cemetery. Betts & West Funeral Home is honored to serve the Arthur family. Online guestbook at www.BettsandWestfuneralhome.
Robert Jamison "Jayme" Johns
Oct 4, 2020
Robert Jamison “Jayme” Johns, 44, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020 at his home on Old Mill Road. He born in Lexington, Kentucky on March 18, 1976. He is loving son of Robert F. and Sankey Sponcil Johns and father of Robert Walker Johns. He is survived by his parents, son, sister, Brooke Johns, niece, Morgann (Dustin) Hildenbrandt, niece and...
Brenda "Bk" Kaye Brumfield
Oct 4, 2020
Brenda “BK” Kaye Brumfield, 73, wife of Michael Charles Brumfield, died Sunday, October 4, 2020 at Mayfair Manor in Lexington, Kentucky. She was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky on March 10, 1947. BK loved UK basketball, football, the Cincinnati Reds, movies and walking her dog. She played softball and coached men’s softball for 25 years and met her husband, Michael...
Susan "Suzie" Maxine Cuzick Mastin
Oct 3, 2020
Susan “Suzie” Maxine Cuzick Mastin, wife of Billy Wayne Mastin died Saturday, October 3, 2020 at her home on Kevin Drive in Nicholasville, Kentucky. She was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky on April 18, 1958 to the late Robert Lee Jefferson Cuzick and Nettie Irene Lay Cuzick. Suzie was a member of Apostolic Holiness Fellowship Church, retired from Thomson-Hood Veterans...
Robert Lee Thompson
Oct 1, 2020
Robert Lee Thompson, 73, husband of Mae Thomas Thompson, died Thursday, October 1, 2020 at his residence on McCauley Road in Wilmore, Kentucky. He was born October 31, 1946, in Battletown, Kentucky. He is the son of the late Cleve and Rosemary Kegley Thompson. Survivors include daughter, Melissa Thompson Richardson and her husband, Brian, and a step-son, Michael, as well...
Cassandra Osborne
Oct 1, 2020
Cassandra Osborne, 65 died Thursday, October 1, 2020 at her home on Beauford Place in Nicholasville, Kentucky. She was born in Ohio on May 23, 1955 to the late Edward Holecker and Beverly June Towner Holecker. Survivors include a brother, Dale Holecker of Verminia, Ohio and friend, David Baker of Nicholasville, Kentucky. Private Graveside Services will be Wednesday. October 7....
