Local obituaries for Glasgow and Barren County in Kentucky

Zelma Gooden
May 21, 2008
Zelma Gooden 96 of Glasgow died Wednesday May 21st at the Glasgow Health and Rehab Facility. Born in Barren County, she was the daughter of the late Troy and Letha Brown Palmore. Her husband was the late Garvin P. Gooden. She is survived by a daughter Betty Joyce Emmitt (Chester) of Cave City; 2 granddaughters Cheryl Page (Rickey) of...

Walter Cooper
May 21, 2008
Walter 'Tommy' (Papa) Cooper 73 of Smiths Grove, died Wednesday May 21, 2008 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. He was born in Alabama the son of the late Rufus and Martha Young Cooper. He was the former supervisor of Maintenance for the Barren County Board of Education for 21 years and was a member and a Deacon...

Minnie Meikle
May 19, 2008
Minnie E. Meikle 86 of Cave City, KY, died Monday, May 19, 2008 at her residence. Born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island she was the daughter of the late Erwin and Isabelle Blogett Ames and the wife of the late John S. Meikle. She is survived 3 daughters Maureen Riner of Edmonton, Deborah Greenhalgh and Martha LaChance both of Blackstone,...

Chester Belcher
May 19, 2008
Chester Acton Belcher 78 of Glasgow died Monday May 19th at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. Mr. Belcher was born in Barren County December 2, 1929 the son of the late Leo and Lee Ann Kinslow Belcher. He was also preceded in death by his wife Julia Charmaine Gabehart Belcher. He was a life long farmer and was...

Mary Clark
May 17, 2008
Mary Lougene Clark 74 of Glasgow died Saturday May 17, 2008 at the NHC Healthcare Facility in Glasgow. Born in Metcalfe County the daughter of the late Venus James and Goldie (Medley) James. Mrs. Clark was a homemaker and a member of the South Fork Baptist Church. Survivors include; 2 sons Steve Clark (Regina) of Glasgow and Chris Clark...

Charles Young
May 15, 2008
Charles Edward Young age 77 of Glasgow, died Thursday May 15, 2008 at T. J. Samson Community Hospital. Charlie was born in Shelby County, May 28th 1930 to Van L. Young and Fannie Dean Peak Young, both of whom preceded him in death. He was a U. S. Navy Veteran of the Korean War and a retired employee of...

Aline Kingrey
May 15, 2008
Aline Kingrey 82 of Glasgow died Thursday, May 15, 2008 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. Born in Barren County she was the daughter of the late Willie and Clara Edna Roller Sexton and the wife of the late Clarence E. Kingrey. Mrs. Kingrey was a homemaker and member of the Body of Christ Church. Survivors include 1...

Edward Carney
May 14, 2008
Edward Denton Carney 72 of Glasgow, died Wednesday May 14th at the NHC Health Care Facility in Glasgow. He was born in Edmonson County, the son of the late William and Myrtle Davis Carney. He was a member of the Cedar Springs United Baptist Church and was retired after 34 years from Desa International in Bowling Green. Survivors include...

Mary Bunch
May 10, 2008
Mary Imogene Bunch 80 of Glasgow died Saturday May 10, 2008 at Metcalfe Nursing Home in Edmonton, KY. The Barren County native was the daughter of the late George W. and Gertie Vance Cox and wife of the late James Oakley Bunch, Jr. She was a member of the New Salem Methodist Church. She is survived by 2 daughters...

Kelly Houchens
May 9, 2008
Kelly Ray Houchens 78 of Glasgow died Friday May 9th in Glasgow. He was born December 13, 1929 in Monroe County, KY to the late Evans and Betty Temple Houchens. He currently attended Grider Memorial Baptist Church. Mr. Houchens was a TSGT in the U. S. Air Force and retired in 1972 after 20 years of service. He moved...

Eldon Lewis
May 8, 2008
Eldon Michael Lewis 81 of Glasgow died Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at his residence. Born in Warren County he was the son of the late Renick and Ruby Smith Lewis. Mr. Lewis was a member of the Glasgow Baptist Church and was retired from the United States Postal Service. He was a WWII veteran serving in the Army and...

Jessie Bradshaw
May 6, 2008
Jessie Margaret Bradshaw 89 of Glasgow died Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at her residence. Born in Circle, Montana she was the daughter of the late Jessie Roscoe and Vallie Taylor Goode and the wife of the late Tevie John Bradshaw. Mrs. Bradshaw was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking and quilting and was a member of the Refuge Church of...

Jewell Atkinson
May 5, 2008
Jewell Hurt Atkinson 81 of Glasgow, KY died Monday May 5th at the NHC Health Care Facility in Glasgow. She was born in Metcalfe County the daughter of the late Will and Pearl Ferrell Hurt. Her husband was the late William Wendell Atkinson. Mrs. Atkinson had owned and operated Atkinson's Antiques and had also been employed by Hidden Attic...

Walton Bishop
May 5, 2008
Walton Catherine Bishop 89 of the Bon Ayr and Merry Oaks community, died Monday May 5, 2008 at the Barren County Health Care Facility. She was born May 5, 1919 in Barren County, a daughter of the late Ancil and Edna Spradling Barrick. She was the widow of the late Virgil Bishop. Mrs. Bishop was a farmer and a...

Johnny Combs, Ii
Apr 30, 2008
Johnny Lee Combs II, 21 of Glasgow died Wednesday April 30, 2008 at the UofL Hospital in Louisville. He was born in Louisville the son of Johnny Lee and Rebecca Sue Wilson Combs of Glasgow who survive. He was an employee of Dana Corporation and a member of the Dover Missionary Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and the...

Eddie Williams
Apr 28, 2008
Eddie Louis 'Roscoe' Williams 53 of Glasgow, died Monday April 28th at his home. He was born in Glasgow, KY the son of the late Walter G. and Lucille Stockton Williams. Mr. Williams was a long distance truck driver and was a member of Queens Chapel Baptist Church at Hiseville. Survivors include 4 sisters, Betty J. Crayton of Bowling...

Warner Elmore
Apr 25, 2008
Warner Wayne Elmore 65 of Louisville, KY and formerly of Barren County died Friday, April 25, 2008 at his lake home in Leitchfield, KY. Born in Barren Co. he was the son of the late Paul Clifton Elmore and Neoma Mae Powell Perkins of Glasgow who survives. Mr. Elmore was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and...

Penny Wix
Apr 23, 2008
Penny Louise (Jackson) Wix 35, passed away at her home in Scottsville, KY on Wednesday April 23, 2008 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She is the daughter of Jerry and Ann Smith Jackson of Glasgow who survive. She is also survived by a daughter Taylor Ann Jackson of Scottsville, 2 sons that were always near to her heart,...

Mildred "Poodle" Houchens
Apr 20, 2008
Mildred F. 'Poodle' Houchens 79 of Glasgow, died Sunday April 20, 2008 at the NHC Health Care Facility in Glasgow. She was born in Barren County the daughter of the late E. L. and Tishie Proffitt Hunt. Mrs. Houchens was a homemaker and a member of the Glasgow Faith Baptist Church. She is survived by 1 son Jimmy Houchens...

Thelma Gray
Apr 19, 2008
Thelma Elizabeth 'Granny' Gray 89 of Louisville, KY died Saturday April 19th at Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville. She was born in Barren County the daughter of the late Willie Elmer Gray and Annie Elizabeth Waller Gray. Mrs. Gray was a retired employee of the Enro Shirt Company and was a member of Grace United Methodist Church....
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