Local obituaries for Glasgow and Barren County in Kentucky
Catherine Calhoun
Nov 5, 2017
Catherine 'Katy' Calhoun, 87, passed away October 29, 2009 in Owensboro, KY. She was born on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1922, in Providence, Rhode Island, to the late Edwin and Catherine Casey. She had been employed by JJ Newberrys and Woolco as the fabrics department manager. She was a member of Blessed Mother Catholic Church where she sang...

James Green
Nov 5, 2017
James D. Green, 89, of Glasgow, died Sunday November 5, 2017 at the NHC Healthcare facility. He was born in Barren County the son of the late Clarence Green and Emma Loraine Doty Green. Mr. Green was a farmer and retired from the Glasgow Electric Motor Shop after 25 years. He was a member of the Hanging Fork Missionary...
Jim Elliott
Nov 3, 2017
James "Jim" Elliott Sr, 64, of Caneyville, passed away Friday, November 3rd, 2017 at his residence. He was born on Saturday, January 3rd, 1953 in Louisville, the son of the late Floyd Hall and Mallie Marie (Brooks) Elliott. James attended the Gospel Light Missionary Baptist Church in Caneyville. He was an EMT in Butler County and also a retired...
Edith White
Oct 30, 2017
Edith Elizabeth White, 82, of Glasgow died Monday, October 30, 2017 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. Born in Glasgow, KY she was the daughter of the late Harry Hunter and Lilliam Rose McClusky Houchens and the wife of the late Cecil Daniel White. Mrs. White was of the Baptist faith and retired from T. J. Samson Community...
Murrell Miller
Oct 30, 2017
Murrell C. Miller, 80, of Glasgow died Monday, October 30, 2017 at the NHC Healthcare facility in Glasgow. Born in Cumberland County he was the son of the late George Burford and Flora Pearl Anderson Miller. Mr. Miller was a member of the Shady Grove Church of Christ and a former employee of SKF in Glasgow. Survivors include his...
Kenneth Todd Compton
Oct 30, 2017
Bro. Kenneth "Todd" Compton, 51, of Glasgow died Monday, October 30, 2017 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Born in Glasgow, KY he is the son of Harold Kenneth and Sheila Faye Melton Compton of Glasgow. Mr. Compton was a member of the Old Path Missionary Baptist Church and an employee of ACK in Glasgow. Survivors include his...
Merrill Woosley
Oct 28, 2017
Merrill Gordon Woosley, age 83 of Shrewsbury, passed away Saturday, October 28th 2017 at his residence. He was born March 24th 1934 in Edmonson County, Kentucky, the son of Landon & Sedalia Huff Woosley. He is survived by his son, Eric Woosley (Yolonda), three grandchildren, Matthew Landon Woosley, Romana Hicks, & Zachary Hicks, and two sisters, Nina Ruth Meredith...
Mark Wheeler
Oct 28, 2017
Mark Alan Wheeler 59 of Glasgow died Saturday, October 28, 2017 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. Born in Glasgow, KY he was the son of the late Jesse Bryant and Barbara Jean Smith Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler was a 40-year employee of Dana Corporation, formerly Eaton's and an avid off-road ATV Side by Side rider. Survivors include his...
Brandi Gerwitz
Oct 28, 2017
Brandi Lynn Gerwitz, age 20 of Clarkson, passed away Saturday, October 28th 2017 in Allen County. She was born July 29th 1997 in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Charles William & Sandra Kay Duff Gerwitz. She was a student at Elizabethtown Community Technical College and a quality control inspector at Plastikon. She is survived by her parents, Charles &...
Nathan Sewell
Oct 27, 2017
Nathan Lee Sewell, 43, of Glasgow, died Friday, October 27, 2017, as the result of an auto accident in Barren County. Nathan was a member and an assistant pastor of the Bethel Independent Baptist Church in Glasgow. He was a graduate of Western Kentucky University and an IT Specialist for the Fruit of the Loom Company in Bowling Green....
James Parks
Oct 26, 2017
James Parks, 29, of Caneyville, passed away Thursday, October 26th, 2017 at his residence. He was born on Thursday, February 18th, 1988 in Grayson County, the son of Dewayne and Joyce (Geary) Parks. James loved spending time with his daughter, Karmin. He also loved playing his guitar and singing. James is survived by his daughter, Karmin Parks of Caneyville;...
Wendell Johnson
Oct 26, 2017
Wendell Leroy Johnson, 75, of Glasgow (Lamb), died Thursday, October 26, 2017, at T. J. Samson Community Hospital. Born at Lamb, KY, he was the son of the late Wendell and Claudia Nelle Atkinson Johnson. Leroy was a teacher and administrator for Barren County Schools. He began his teaching career as a student teacher and then a teacher at...
James Pedigo
Oct 24, 2017
James Clifton Pedigo 85 of Glasgow, died Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at the Medical Center at Bowling Green. He was the son of the late Joe W. and Albert Christine Walker Pedigo. Mr. Pedigo was a former Handmacher employee, an insurance agent and more recently employed with Dollar General in Scottsville. He was a member of the Glasgow Baptist...

Mary Griffith
Oct 21, 2017
Mary C. Griffith, age 96 of Lake City, SC, passed away Saturday, October 21, 2017. She was born in Mayfield, KY the daughter of the late Allen Thomas Wooldridge & Mary Grace McChesney Wooldridge. She was a member of the St. Anthony Catholic Church. In Kentucky, she spent many hours volunteering at nursing homes and making quilts for her...
Peggy Sherfey
Oct 19, 2017
Peggy Lou Sherfey 68 of Glasgow, died Thursday, October 19, 2017 at T. J. Samson Community Hospital after a sudden illness. Peggy was the daughter of the late Marvin and Willie Luevern Tolle Carder. She had been an employee of Mallory, Sorensen Mfg. and R. R. Donnelley before joining her husband in the operation of Sherfey's Automotive Center in...
Bradley Greer
Oct 19, 2017
Bradley Wade Greer 52 of Park City died Thursday, October 19, 2017 at the Medical Center at Bowling Green after a fighting a courageous battle with cancer for the past year. He was born September 2, 1965 to Stanley and Peggy Greer of Etoile who survive. Brad was a farmer and was a member of Caney Fork Baptist Church....
Betty Durham
Oct 16, 2017
Betty Sue Durham 79 of Austin, KY died Monday, October 16, 2017 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. Born in Barren County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Jessie Lou Kirby Williams. Betty Sue was a homemaker and a member of Concord Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Max Durham; 2 sons Mark Durham of Austin...
Harold Garrett
Oct 16, 2017
Harold Lee Garrett 76 of Glasgow, died Monday, October 16, 2017 at Diversicare of Glasgow. Born at Lamb, KY, he was the son of the late Leo and Sarah Atkinson Garrett. Harold was a life-long farmer and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife Wilma Thomas Garrett; daughter Beverly Jo Garrett of Glasgow; son Tommy Lee Garrett (Julie)...
Billy Watson
Oct 16, 2017
Billy S. Watson, 80, of Horse Branch, passed away Monday, October 16th, 2017 at his residence. He was born on Saturday, March 13th, 1937 in Horse Branch, the son of the late Theodore and Ollie (Renfrow) Watson. He graduated from the Horse Branch High School in the class of 1957. Billy retired from the Marines after serving two tours...
Mary Wolfe
Oct 14, 2017
Mary Margaret Wolfe, age 88, died at Morning Pointe in Danville, Kentucky, on October 14, 2017. Born November 4, 1928, in Danville, Illinois, to Rose Pearl and Lessie Clyde Williams, she graduated from the Lois Glyn Beauty School in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1947. She married Maurice Wolfe on February 16, 1947, and they settled in Glasgow, Kentucky, where...
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