Obituaries
Nicholasville, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Nicholasville and Jessamine County, KY
Frances Pauline Waters Houp
Nov 20, 2016
Frances Pauline Waters Houp, 88, wife of Virgil Bryant Houp, passed Sunday, November 20, 2016. She was born December 18, 1927 in Jessamine County to the late Buford C. and Grace Helen Clark Waters. Frances liked yard sales, sewing and cooking. Family survivors are three children, Jerry (Wanda) Houp, Terry (Mary) Alan Houp and Cheryl (Terry) Lynn Parson, six grandchildren,...
Donald Ray West
Nov 19, 2016
Donald Ray West, 67, passed Saturday, November, 19, 2016. He was born June 20, 1949 in Fayette County to the late Elihu West and Delores Francis Delaney Sztolyar. Donald liked woodworking, motorcycles and playing guitar. Family survivors are two children, Tina (George) Woods and Donald West, two grandchildren, Heather and Hunter Barnes and other family members. Services held at a...
Harold L. Higgs
Nov 19, 2016
Harold L. Higgs, 89, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2016 at Wesley Village in Wilmore. He was a lifelong resident of Jessamine County having been born December 25, 1926 to Robert Taylor and Jimmie Goss Higgs. A 1945 graduate of Nicholasville High School, he entered the Army the following week serving proudly and with distinction. He attended Transylvania College and...
James Wilson Laird
Nov 16, 2016
James Wilson Laird, 84, husband of Patricia Quan Laird, passed Wednesday, November 16, 2016. He was born in Farmer, TX to the late Francis and Mattie Conder Laird. He was a member of Harmony Fellowship, a Scout Master for over twenty years and a Army Veteran. Additional family survivors are three daughters, Angela Rivel, April McCauley Laird, Sheila Wardle Laird,...
Mildred June Tupts Cartwright
Nov 12, 2016
Mildred June Tupts Cartwright, 87, widow of Earl Cartwright, passed Saturday, November 12, 2016. June was born June, 1, 1929 in Jessamine County to the late Omer and ruth Vernon Corman Tupts. She was a member of Lancaster Baptist Tabernacle Church in Lancaster, KY. She liked sewing and crafts, going to yard sales, church, singing and just getting out and...
Robert L. "R.L." Mcclure
Nov 11, 2016
Robert L. 'R.L.' McClure, 73, passed Friday, November 11, 2016. He was born May 26, 1943 in Mt. Vernon, KY to the late John and Sudie Thomas McClure. Family survivors are two children, Suzie (John) McClure and Bobby McClure, two granddaughters, Cheyenne McClure and Faith Brock, two great grandchildren, Aria Matlock and Brantley Matlock, his ex wife, Pat Hurt, two...
Phyllis Ann Malone Absher
Nov 9, 2016
Phyllis Ann Malone Absher, 66, wife of Kenneth Ray Absher, passed Wednesday, November 9, 2016. She was born in Somerset, KY to Raymond and Nannie Malone. Phyllis liked to clean, cook, dance and UK basketball but most of all she loved being with her family. Family survivors are five children, Stephen & Peggy Deering, Lisa & Patrick Sparks, Ricky &...
Curtis Cobb
Nov 9, 2016
Curtis Cobb, 90, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 9,2016. He was preceded in death by his wife, Josephine Cobb, his parents, Brutus and Susie Cobb, five brothers, Floyd, Arnett, Arnold, Bobby,and Eugene; three sisters. Elsie, Christine and Marion. He is survived by one son, Wayne Kirk (Beverlee), and a special friend, David Drake. He was also...
Kenneth Edward Hall
Nov 5, 2016
Kenneth Edward Hall, 68, husband of Connie Lou Bair Hall, passed Saturday, November 5, 2016. Kenneth was born December 19, 1947 in Winchester to the late Odie and Ethel Sparks Hall. He attended Chapel Hill Baptist Church and was retired from Pepsi Cola after twenty five years. He loved to sing and listen to music. Kenneth was a police officer...
Nell Gilmore Strugill
Nov 4, 2016
Nell Gilmore Sturgill, 82, widow of William Q. Sturgill, passed Friday, November 4, 2016. She was born January 17, 1934 in Geneva, AL to the late Henry D. and Mary Stokes Gilmore. Nell loved to work, fish and spend time with her family. Family survivors are two children, JoAnn (Foster) Arvin and John D. Sturgill, a grandson, Christopher Arvin, a...
Pauline Carson Burton
Oct 31, 2016
View Video Pauline Carson Burton, 79, widow of Roland R. Burton, passed Monday, October 31, 2016 after a long illness. She was born December 21, 1936 in Highbridge, KY to the late William Joseph and Adeline Sallee Carson. Pauline was a loving mother, wife and grandmother. She attended Edgewood Baptist Church and was co-owner of Edgewood Florist for twenty one...
Anthony Wayne Malone
Oct 31, 2016
Anthony Wayne Malone, 48, husband of Nora Dee Traylor Malone passed Monday, October 31, 2016. He was born August 17, 1968 in Lexington, KY to the late A J and Lottie Carolyn Malone Graham. He loved being around his family and friends and was an avid UK fan. Family survivors are four step children, Tabitha (Dylan) Hawkins, Michael (Franni) Traylor,...
Deborah Ann Morgan Perkins
Oct 30, 2016
Deborah Ann Morgan Perkins, 62, wife of Paul F. Perkins, passed Sunday, October 30, 2016. She was born October 5, 1954 in Portsmouth, OH to Richard Lee Roy and Geraldine Rosella Mauk Morgan. Deborah was an RN for forty years, working at UK and Hospice of the Blue Grass. She attended Southland Christian Church, liked to cook, go to the...
Wylie Neal "Cork" Burton
Oct 28, 2016
Wylie Neal 'Cork' Burton, 87, husband of Ruby Burton of sixty seven years, passed Friday, October 28, 2016. He was born February 9, 1929 in Garrard County to the late Joseph Neal and Margaret Morris Burton. Wylie worked as a machinist at Fansteel. He was an Army Veteran. He loved to fish, garden and read. Family survivors are two children,...
Helen Marie Lee Mcdonald Adkins
Oct 21, 2016
Helen Marie Lee McDonald Adkins, 66, passed Friday, October 21, 2016. She was born June 18, 1950 in Nicholasville, KY to the late Robert Roy and Nora Land Lee. Helen attended Harmony Fellowship, loved to sew and cook but most of all loved being with her family. Family survivors are three daughters, Kimberly Dawn Ballard, Tonya Sue (Milgen) Lowry and...
Christopher Todd Heidgerd
Oct 21, 2016
Christopher Todd Heidgerd, 51, of Lexington died October 21st. Moving to Lexington in 1983, he attended Henry Clay High School, graduating in 1987. He was always looking to make a friend, always wanting to be busy. He helped with newspaper delivery in his neighborhood The Woods and also had a Herbie-Curbie service there. Visitation is at Betts and West in...
Terry Boone Ferguson
Oct 18, 2016
Terry Boone Ferguson, 69, husband of Gwen Yates Ferguson, passed Tuesday, October 18, 2016. He was born in Lexington, KY, September 21, 1947 to the late Era Boone Ferguson. He was a Vietnam Navy Veteran, retired engineer from GTE, cattle farmer, and school bus driver for Jessamine County Schools. He loved his Lionel trains and was a avid UK fan....
Knight Corman
Oct 17, 2016
Knight Corman, 87, passed October 17, 2016. He was born February 16, 1929 in Nicholasville, KY to the late Sherman Kersey and Susie Mary Anderson Corman. Knight was a lifelong resident, a Korean War Navy Veteran and member of the VFW. Survivors are two sisters, Thelma Teater and Carolyn Stinnett, a special niece, Tammy Reed and a special nephew, Robert...
Bobby Norton Becknell
Oct 17, 2016
Bobby Norton Becknell, 75, widower of Ella Marie Dixon Becknell, passed Monday, October 17, 2016. He was born July 5, 1941 in Jessamine County to the late Clarence Edmond and Lillie Christine Carroll Becknell. Bobby was an ordained Minister, Deacon and member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, enrolled agent with the IRS, farmer and manager at H&R Block. Family survivors...
Elige Bee Mccollum
Oct 17, 2016
Elige Bee McCollum, 89, passed Monday, October 17, 2016. He was born March 3, 1927 in Rockcastle, KY to the late Vollie Andrew and Lecy Mullins McCollum. He was of the Pentecostal faith, loved to vegetable garden, be under the hood of a car and was the hardest working man the family knew. Family survivors are four children, Marquetta McCollum,...
