Obituaries
Nicholasville, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Nicholasville and Jessamine County, KY
Evelyn S. Murphy
Jan 1, 2021
Evelyn S. Murphy, 95, widow of Ray Edgar Murphy, of Village Parkway, Nicholasville, died Friday, January 1, 2021 at her home. She was born in Jessamine County on June, 29, 1925 to the late John and Susie Fain Sponcil. She worked for the Spears Water Company and was a member of the Nicholasville United Methodist Church. She is survived by...
Brenda May Baker
Dec 30, 2020
Brenda May Baker, age 70, wife of Kenneth Lee Baker, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. She was born on February 9, 1950 in Cartersville, Tennessee to the late Sydney and Gloria Brown Fowler. She was retired from the State of Kentucky where she worked in Human Resources and with Social Services. Additional...
Gregory Scott Spicer
Dec 30, 2020
Gregory Scott Spicer, 52, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at his home on Harbaugh Way in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He was born on December 15, 1968 to Betty Sue Goosey Spicer and the late Jimmy Spicer. He worked as a machinist for Ved Pro. Survivors include two sons, Cameron Spicer and Gary Hughes and his wife, Donna Pearce Spicer. Betts...
Amann Muir Coleman
Dec 30, 2020
Amann Muir Coleman, age 71 passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2020 in Fort Pierce, Florida. He was born January 18, 1949 to the late Benny Coleman and Betty Muir Coleman. Amann was retired from General Telephone as a lineman and a US Air Force Veteran. Funeral service will be conducted at 1PM Friday, January 8, 2021 at Betts & West...
William C Lancaster
Dec 28, 2020
William C. Lancaster, 74, of Danville, Kentucky passed away Monday, December 28, 2020 at Ephraim McDowell Hospital in Danville. He was born August 4, 1946 in Talladega, Alabama to the late Robert True Lancaster and Elsie Margaret Mulcahy. William worked as a Betting Window Operator at Keeneland Racetrack in Lexington, Kentucky. Survivors include daughter, Deanna Dawn (Chris) Yocum and a...
Arline Olga Hansen
Dec 27, 2020
Arline Olga Hansen, 76, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2020 at Landmark of Lancaster. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 2, 1944 to the late Hans Arne Wabek Hansen and Ruth Carlson Hansen. Arline attended the Faith Evangelical Free Church in Dix Hills, New York. Survivors include her loving sister, Christine Ruth Smith, and a niece, Adriana...
Charles E Davis
Dec 25, 2020
Charles E. Davis, age 81, of Lehigh Acres, passed away December 25, 2020 in Lehigh Acres. He was born July 15, 1939 in Hubble, KY, to the late James Robert and the late Nellie Iris (Miracle) Davis. Charles had been in failing health within the last few years. He was born and raised in the heart of Kentucky. When he...
Mrs. Evelyn Hill Jewell
Dec 24, 2020
Mrs. Evelyn Hill Jewell, age 98, went to be with The Lord on Thursday, December 24, 2020 at White Oak Manor in Lancaster, SC. She was born November 9, 1922 in Fayette County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late John Riley Hill and Verna Curry Hill and was the wife of the late George William Jewell for 74 years. She...
Billy Cobb
Dec 23, 2020
Billy Cobb, 60, husband of Phyllis Peel Cobb, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at his home on Keene Road in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky to William Archie and Mary Edna Peel Cobb. Billy was the farm manager for Willow Birch Farm. Betts & West Funeral Home is honored to serve Billy and his family. In...
John Ellis Robinson
Dec 23, 2020
John Ellis Robinson, 76, husband of Glenda Gaines Robinson of Lancaster, Kentucky died, Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at Thomson Hood Veterans Center in Wilmore, Kentucky. He was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky to the late Clarence Ellis and Lorena Mae Hamon Robinson. He was an Army Veteran who served during the Vietnam Era and Desert Storm and was a member...
Lela Arnett
Dec 19, 2020
Lela Barnett Arnett, 83, widow Ronald Arlen Arnett of Lexington, Kentucky died Saturday, December 19, 2020 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. She was born in Bell County, Kentucky on April 18, 1937 to the late Luther and Bessie Mills Barnett. Survivors include her daughter, Donna Arnett and son, Greg Arnett. Betts & West Funeral Home is honored to...
Monte Edwin Marsee
Dec 18, 2020
Monte Edwin Marsee, 64, of Willisburg, Kentucky died Friday, December 18, 2020 at the University of Kentucky Hospital. He was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky on January 28, 1956 to the late Edwin B. Marsee and Mary Katherine Goins. He worked as a Heat and Air Technician for many years. Survivors include his children, Shannon Marsee, Hermitage, TN, and Brandon...
Kenneth Gregory Witt
Dec 15, 2020
Kenneth Gregory Witt , 97, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020. He was a longtime resident of Nicholasville, a member of the Baptist church community and as a WWII Army Veteran and POW, he recently resided at Thomson Hood Veterans Center. He owned a small business, Nicholasville Appliance Store and after retirement, enjoyed a second career with Walmart until age...
Robert Keith Jones
Dec 14, 2020
Robert Keith Jones, 56, died Monday, December 14, 2020 at his home on Strawberry Court in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He was born June 19, 1964 to the late Robert Lee Jones and Sandra Kay Becknell Salerno. He is survived by his daughter, Destiny Jones, sister, Shannon Parrott and brothers, Tom Jones, Mark Johns and Eric Jones and other family members. Betts...
Ruth May Locker
Dec 13, 2020
Ruth May Locker age 94, widow of Buford “Buck” Locker, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2020 at Diversicare of Nicholasville. She was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky on October 9, 1926 to the late William and Sarah McLoney May. She was retired from the Jessamine County School System where she worked in the cafeteria for many years. She is survived by...
Teresa Carol Becknell
Dec 13, 2020
Teresa Carol Bain Becknell, 61 died Sunday December 13, 2020 at her home on East Edgewood Drive. She was born on July 19, 1959 to the late Herbert Bain and Ethel Canter Bain. Teresa was retired from the University of Kentucky. Survivors include her son, Kyle (Shelby) Becknell, stepson, Hunter Becknell and stepdaughter, Sydney Becknell. She was preceded in death...
Dorothy Welsh Moss Ward
Dec 12, 2020
Dorothy Welsh Moss Ward age 94, widow of George Francis “Bo” Ward, died Saturday, December 12, 2020 at The Willows at Fritz Farm. She was born on February 22, 1926 in Blackey, Kentucky to the late John Welsh Moss and Lilly Goldstein Moss. Dorothy was an administrative assistant for Federal Judge B.T. Moynahan for several years and was a member...
Alvin Underwood
Dec 12, 2020
Alvin Underwood, age 86, husband of Mary Blackburn Underwood died peacefully Saturday, December 12, 2020 at his home on Wesley Drive in Wilmore, Kentucky. He was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky on December 30, 1933 to the late Roas Underwood and Myrtle Purvis Underwood. He is survived by sons, Alvin Mark (Jae) Underwood and Leonard Welch Underwood, four grandchildren, Lindsey...
Patricia Ann Masters
Dec 10, 2020
Patricia Ann Masters, 78, widow of Nathan Junior Masters, passed away peacefully at her home on December 10, 2020 surrounded by her family. She was born on September 7, 1942 to Richard Carl and Pauline Miller. Patricia is survived by her five daughters, Natasha (Danny) Gossett, Tina Smith, Karen (Eddie Hutchison) Masters, Marilyn (Gary) Land, and Beverly (Ricky) David. She...
Edna Marie Dillard
Dec 9, 2020
Edna Marie Manuel Dillard, age 77, wife of Cecil George Dillard of Handys Bend Road in Wilmore, Kentucky passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at St. Joseph Hospital She was born on December 8, 1943, in Yakima, Washington to the late Phillip Chapman Manuel and Hazel Francis Drace Manuel. Marie worked for 31 years in the Jessamine County Circuit Clerk’s...
