Local obituaries for Glasgow and Barren County in Kentucky
Theresa Gibson
Jan 30, 2017
Teresa Wooten Gibson 54 of Edmonton, KY died Monday, January 30, 2017 at the Medical Center at Bowling Green. Born in Glasgow she was the daughter of the late Johnny and Sally Neal Wooten. Ms. Gibson was a former nurse at T. J. Samson Hospital and the Medical Center at Bowling Green. Survivors include her son Jonathan Harper (Ann)...
Odessa Emberton
Jan 29, 2017
Odessa Eakle Emberton 98 of Glasgow died Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Diversicare of Glasgow. She was born in Clay County, TN the daughter of Mack Clayton Eakle and Vadie Slate Eakle. Her husband was the late Glen Emberton. Mrs. Emberton was a homemaker and had been a lunchroom cook at the Gamaliel School. She was a member of...
Harry Jewell
Jan 28, 2017
Harry Garner Jewell, 87, of Lucas passed away Saturday, January 28, 2017 at T. J. Samson Community Hospital. He was born January 11, 1930 in Barren County, son of the late Ruth Byrd Carver Jewell and Garner Miles Jewell. In 1951 he married the love of his life, Lou Jean Wilkerson Jewell who survives. Harry was a 1948 graduate...
Dennis Wood
Jan 27, 2017
Dennis Joe Wood 56 of Glasgow died Friday, January 27, 2017 at the Medical Center at Bowling Green. He was born in Cook County, Illinois the son of the late J. B. Wood and Shelby Jean Green Wood. He was also preceded in death by his step-father Forrester Green. Dennis was retired after 35 years from R. R. Donnelley...
William Myers
Jan 27, 2017
William Ernest "Bill" Myers 77 of Glasgow died Friday, January 27, 2017 at his home. Born in Glasgow he was the son of the late Elbert Jewell Myers and Ruth Lyon Myers. Bill was a Certified Public Account and a partner with the firm of Campbell, Myers and Rutledge in Glasgow. He was a member of the Glasgow Rotary...
Walter Groce
Jan 26, 2017
Walter Wesley Groce 70 of Glasgow died Thursday, January 26, 2017 at the Glenview Healthcare Facility. Born in Glasgow, KY he was the son of the late Norman Wesley and Dannie Grace Spears Groce. Mr. Groce was a former employee of BR Tire & Retreading and of the Baptist Faith. Survivors include his wife Pat Groce of Glasgow; a...
Ronald Morgan
Jan 26, 2017
Ronald Lee Morgan, 74, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2017 at the TJ Samson Hospital, Glasgow, KY following a brief illness. He leaves his three sisters, Janice Scantland (George), of Nokomis, FL; Janet Renz (Norm) of Granville, OH; Connie Layne of Glasgow, KY; nieces and nephews, Lisa Held (Matt) their children Kyle, Chelsea, McKenzie, Madison and Kaitlyn of Glasgow,...
Jimmy Smith
Jan 24, 2017
Jimmy Lee Smith, 83, of Cave City died Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at his home after an extended illness. Jimmy was born July 4, 1933, son of the late Woodrow and Katherine Smith. He was a member of East Main St. Methodist Church and attended Boyds Creek Methodist Church. Jimmy served 10 years in the U.S. Navy during the...
Mildred Mabel Branstetter
Jan 24, 2017
Mabel Miller Branstetter 95 of Glasgow died Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at Glenview Health Care in Glasgow. She was born in Monroe County, the daughter of Ida Mae Carter Huffman and Frank Miller. Mrs. Branstetter was also preceded in death by her husband, Emmit I. Branstetter, two sons Danny Branstetter, an infant son Charlie Frank Branstetter and a sister...
Janice Hughes
Jan 24, 2017
Janice Arleen Hughes 68 of Cave City, KY died Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at her residence. Born in Franklin, IN she was the daughter of the late John William and Helen Marie McElroy King. She is survived by 2 sons Joe Jewell of Cave City and Allen Jewell (Melissa) of Nashville, IN; 11 grandchildren and several great grandchildren; 4...
Willie Rex Smith
Jan 20, 2017
Willie "Rex" Smith, 83, of Okolona, returned to his Heavenly Father on Friday, January 20, 2017. Mr. Smith was born to Willie Eugene and Mable Hunt Smith on November 26, 1933 in Barren Co. Kentucky. Rex was a member of Central Church of Christ and a talented musician. He was a proud member of the Preston Highway String Band...
David Cochran
Jan 19, 2017
David Wesley Cochran 61 of the Temple Hill community died Thursday, January 19, 2017 at his home. David was a plumbing inspector for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Monroe County. He was preceded in death by his mother, Lou Nell Denham Cochran, a daughter Vanessa Danielle Cochran and a brother Darrell...
John Sullivan
Jan 18, 2017
John Thomas "Tommy" Sullivan 63 of Glasgow died Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at T. J. Samson Hospital. He was born in Metcalfe County the son of the late Walter and Polly Shives Sullivan. Tommy was a maintenance supervisor for ACK Controls and was a member of BACA, Bikers Against Child Abuse. He is survived by his wife Ruby Green...
Betty Fargason
Jan 16, 2017
Betty Pearl Fargason 76 of Glasgow died Monday, January 16, 2017 at her home. Born in Barren County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Victoria Garret Neal. Mrs. Fargason was an employee for over 28 years with Mallory Capacitor and over 10 years for ACK Controls. She was a member of Bethel Independent Baptist Church. She...
Ima Delores Sexton
Jan 16, 2017
Ima "Delores" Sexton, age 74, entered her Heavenly rest on Monday, January 16, 2017. She was born March 7, 1942 the daughter of the late Oris and Nellie Walden Basil. She married Bobby Joe Sexton November 3, 1959, and they were married 48 years until his death on May 27, 2008. Delores was retired from Mallory Inc. where she...
Emma Morrison
Jan 15, 2017
Emma Grace Morrison, infant daughter of Dustin and Mandy Wheeler Morrison of Glasgow, was stillborn Sunday, January 15, 2017. In addition to her parents she is survived by her maternal grandparents Matt and Becky Wheeler of Glasgow; paternal grandparents Lisa and Jerry Poland and Danny Morrison all of Glasgow; aunt and uncle Stacy and Kent Clark of Madisonville; cousin...
Paula Phelps
Jan 15, 2017
Paula Kim Phelps 59 of Glasgow died Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Hosparus of Louisville, KY. She was the daughter of the late Paul and Blanche Staples Hickman and was employed as a CNA for local nursing facilities. She is survived by her son Daniel Phelps of Glasgow; her fianc
Eltie Decker
Jan 15, 2017
​Eltie Lee Decker, age 94 of Clarkson, passed away, Sunday, January 15th 2017 at her residence. She was born December 24th 1922 in Edmonson County, Kentucky, the daughter of Herbert Garner & Minnie Sowders-Hayes. ​She is survived by three children, Dean VanMeter, Jean Whobrey, & Ann Nelson, four granddaughters, ten great grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren, three half-sisters, Pearlie Mae...
Maurice Pennycuff
Jan 15, 2017
Maurice Byron Pennycuff, 89, of the Merry Oaks community departed this life into eternal life on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at his residence while surrounded by family and loved ones. He was a lifelong farmer and a veteran having served in the U.S. Air Force. He attended Merry Oaks Methodist Church. He was born in Barren County in the...
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