Local obituaries for Glasgow and Barren County in Kentucky

Michael Burks
May 26, 2014
Michael Neal Burks 60 of Glasgow died Monday, May 26, 2014 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. Born in Ft. Meade, MD he was the son of the late James H. Burks and Lorene Janes Burks of Glasgow who survives. Mr. Burks was a former manager of Minit Mart in Glasgow and was of the Baptist faith. In...
Jerald Decker
May 26, 2014
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday (May 28, 3014) at the Watson & Hunt Funeral Chapel in Leitchfield with Bro. Wilford Logsdon officiating. Burial will be at the Peonia Annex Cemetery in Peonia. Visitation wil be held after 4:00 p.m., Tuesday and from 9:00 a.m. until service time on Wednesday at the funeral home.

Samuel Riherd
May 24, 2014
Samuel Joseph 'Joe' Riherd 81 of Glasgow died Saturday May 24, 2014 at the Barren County Healthcare facility in Glasgow. He was born in Barren County the son of the late W.T. Riherd & the late Mary White Young Riherd. Mr. Riherd was a retail sales executive. He served in the U.S. Air Force in the Korean War and...
Paul Coats
May 23, 2014
Paul Coats Jr, 78, of Caneyville, passed away Friday, May 23rd, 2014 at his residence. He was born on April 20th, 1936 in Edmonson County, the son of the late Paul Sr and Reva (Seaton) Coats. He was the former Chairman of the Board for the Caney Creek Watershed, a past member of the Caneyville Volunteer Fire Department, a...
Jane Rogers
May 22, 2014
Jane C. Rogers, 83, of Owensboro, passed away Monday, January 6, 2014 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born October 13, 1930 in Daviess County to the late John and Louise Gillim Cheuvront. She was the Executive Secretary to the City Engineer of Owensboro for 32 years and a charter member of Immaculate Catholic Church. She enjoyed reading,...

Reba Phipps
May 20, 2014
Reba Lavern Phipps 84 of Glasgow died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at the T.J. Samson Community Hospital. She was born in Missouri, the daughter of the late E. L. and Narcie Henderson Phipps. She is survived by two brothers Butch (Martha) Phipps of Glasgow and with whom she lived, and Jack (Kathy) Phipps of Richmond, VA; three sisters Wanda...

Eric Mcdowell
May 20, 2014
Eric Kendall McDowell 53 of Glasgow died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at his home after a long illness. Eric was a graduate of Glasgow High School and had attended Western Kentucky University until becoming ill in January 1984 with renal failure. He received a kidney transplant in 1985. His interests were reading, coin and stamp collecting and basketball when...

J. D. Steenbergen
May 20, 2014
J. D. Steenbergen, Jr. 93 of Cave City, KY died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at his home. He was born at Allen's Crossroads in Barren County, son of the late Jimmy D. and Rhoda Allen Steenbergen. J. D. was a farmer and a member of Dover Baptist Church at Haywood and was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII where...

Fannie Roberts
May 19, 2014
Fannie Mae Roberts 90 of Glasgow died Monday, May 19, 2014 at Barren County Health Care. She was the daughter of the late Henry Lester and Gladys Hayes Plumlee and wife of the late Donald Roberts. She was a bookkeeper and a homemaker. She is survived by a brother-in-law Malra Kidd of Glasgow; a sister-in-law Edna Plumlee of Glasgow;...

Myron Harvey
May 18, 2014
Myron 'Richard' Harvey 75 of Glasgow died Sunday, May 18, 2014 at the NHC Health Care Facility in Glasgow. He was born in Louisville, the son of the late Wilson Garnett Harvey and Mary Pearl Lewis Harvey. He was a retired truck driver for Armour Food. Mr. Harvey was a Ham radio operator and was active in the Ohio...

Wendell Furlong
May 17, 2014
Bro. Wendell Paul Furlong 75 was called home on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at his home in Burnside, KY. Wendell was a native of Barren County, KY. He was born March 3, 1939, son of the late Louis Dow and Lera Scott Furlong. He pastored Baptist Churches since 1960 in the following counties: Barren, Monroe, Metcalfe, Green, Mercer, Pulaski,...
Floyd Wilson
May 16, 2014
Floyd David Wilson, 85, of Caneyville, passed away Friday, May 16th, 2014 at the Edmonson Care Facility in Brownsville. He was born on June 7th, 1928 in Short Creek, the son of the late Sollie and Eula Mae (Day) Wilson. He was a member and a deacon at the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church. He retired from Lorillard Tobacco Company...

Charles Crabtree
May 16, 2014
Charles Richard Crabtree 76 of Glasgow died Friday, May 16, 2014 at his home. Born in Barren County he was the son of the late Paul and Mauree Word Crabtree. Charles owned and operated Charles Crabtree Construction Co. He was a member of the Temple Hill Lions Club and the Temple Hill Baptist Church where he served as a...

Billy Long
May 15, 2014
Billy Long 80 of Glasgow died Thursday, May 15, 2014 at the Medical Center at Bowling Green. He was born in Cumberland County the son of the late Ed Long and Gladys Long Borders. Mr. Long was a farmer and a member of the Refuge Church of Christ. He enjoyed tractor pulling and watching UofK Basketball. He is survived...

Darrell Cochran
May 13, 2014
Darrell Loyd Cochran 57 of Glasgow died Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at Glenview Health Care in Glasgow. Born in Liberty, KY he is the son of Vernon Ray Cochran of Glasgow who survives and the late Lou Nell Denham Cochran. Darrell was an employee of Hayden Construction Co. and was a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church. In...
James Silman
May 13, 2014
James 'Buddy' Silman, Jr., age 55 of Leitchfield passed away Tuesday (May 13, 2014) at his residence. He was born January 11, 1959 in Charleston, WV the son of James, Sr., & Edythe Bowyer Silman. He was a retired Receiving Inspector for Campbell-Hausefeld and a Navy Veteran. He is survived by his wife, Amber Clark-Silman of Leitchfield, three children,...
Cassandra Embry
May 12, 2014
Cassandra Kennison, age 53 of Leitchfield, passed away Monday, May 12, 2014 at her residence. She was born December 23, 1960 on Oklahoma, the daughter of David Thomas & Nellie Hall Leonard. Contribution Information
Robert Mercer
May 11, 2014
Robert R. Mercer, age 82 of Leitchfield, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2014 at Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield. He was born December 31, 1931 in Anneta, KY the son of the late James and Gertie (Scott) Mercer. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He is survived by his wife, Rose Ann Mercer...
Charles Campbell
May 9, 2014
Charles Gorden Campbell, 81, of Caneyville, passed away Friday, May 9th, 2014 at the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center. He was born on January 8th, 1933 in Grayson County, the son of the late Neil and Edna (Cummings) Campbell. Charles was a member of the Wilson Church (Pleasant Union-Grayson County). He worked for 7 years for Illinois Central Railroad...
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