Local obituaries for Glasgow and Barren County in Kentucky

Timothy James Smith
Nov 17, 2021
Timothy James Smith, 65, of Glasgow, Kentucky passed away Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at T. J. Samson Community Hospital. He was born April 15, 1956 in Freeport, Illinois to the late James William Smith and Frances Jeanette Owens Smith. Timothy was a truck driver for Walbert Trucking most of his life and loved farming. Mr. Smith was a proud...
Geneva "Penny" Crenshaw
Nov 16, 2021
Geneva "Penny" Haskins Crenshaw, 88, of Knob Lick, Kentucky passed away peacefully at her home Tuesday, November 16, 2021. She was born February 11, 1933 in Greensburg, Kentucky to the late John Allen Haskins and Paralee Patterson Haskins. Mrs. Crenshaw attended Mt. Moriah Elementary School of Greensburg, Kentucky and Durham High School of Campbellsville, Kentucky and graduated in 1951....
James W. Alexander
Nov 15, 2021
James Walton Alexander, 90, of Glasgow, Kentucky passed away Monday, November 15, 2021, at the Greenview Hospital in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He was born October 23, 1931, in Bon Ayr, Kentucky to the late John Alexander and Bessie May Gray Edmunds. James grew up farming and was a real estate investor for over 60 years. He was also an...
Sherry Keen
Nov 15, 2021
Sherry Keen, 55, of Glasgow, Kentucky passed away Monday, November 15, 2021 at her residence. She was born February 18, 1966 in Winchester, Kentucky to the late Marvin Clarkston and Peggy Lawwill Clarkston. Sherry was a homemaker. Survivors include her children, Heather Blankenship (Steve) and Derek Keen (Shawna); three grandchildren, Jessie Minor (Madelyn), Jaylin Blankenship, Layla Keen; one great...
Dessie Y. Gibson
Nov 14, 2021
Dessie Y. Gibson, 91 of Glasgow, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021, at her residence. She was born in Lincoln County, KY on April 13, 1930, to the late Samuel Yocum and Laura Devore Yocum. Mrs. Gibson was a homemaker in addition to working for over 40 years and retiring from Mallory's Capacitor in Glasgow. She was a 1947...
Eldon Smith
Nov 14, 2021
Eldon J. Smith, 89, of Glasgow, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, November 13, 2021, in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, on April 25, 1932, to the late Cecil Smith and Gladys Hammett Smith. Mr. Smith graduated from Glasgow High School in 1950 and earned a B.A. from Western Kentucky University in 1954, followed by an M.A....
Alla Faye Terry
Nov 14, 2021
Alla F. Terry, 80, of Glasgow passed away peacefully Sunday, November 14, 2021, at the Barren County Nursing and Rehab Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, Monroe and Cletis Collier of Jackhorn, Kentucky; her husband of 32 years, Gordon D. Terry; a brother, Luther Potter and two sisters, Betty Lou Holmes, and Gloria "Mousie "Sloan. She...

Shelia Gaye King
Nov 14, 2021
Sheila Gaye King, 72 of Glasgow, KY, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021, at the T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow, KY. She was born in Tupelo, MS the daughter of the late Bill Harris and Linteen Cox Harris. Sheila work as a traveling nurse most of her life and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include a nephew,...
Wendell E. Parker
Nov 14, 2021
Wendell Earl Parker, 75, of Smiths Grove, Kentucky passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021 at his residence. He was born February 20, 1946 in Railton, Kentucky to the late Willis Hall Parker and Mildred Houchens Parker. Wendell was a truck driver for the Kentucky State Road Department until he retired and attended Bethel United Methodist Church. Survivors include his...
Francis Jeanette Horton
Nov 12, 2021
Frances Jeanette Horton, age 76, of Glasgow, died Friday, November 12, 2021, at The Medical Center in Bowling Green. She was born in Bowling Green on October 16, 1945, to Olen E Jessie, who still survives and Marie (Brown) Jessie, who preceded her in death. Jeanette was retired from Houchens Industries. She is survived by one daughter, Renee Horton...
Mable Britt
Nov 10, 2021
Mable F. Britt, age 81, of Austin, KY, passed away Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at her residence, just one day after her husband Trulon Britt passed away. She was born in Glasgow, KY on November 29, 1939 to the late William K Hogue and the late Ava (Willoughby) Hogue. She was a homemaker and a member of Peters Creek...
Thomas Franklin Hurt
Nov 9, 2021
Thomas Franklin Hurt, 89, of Glasgow, Kentucky passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2021. He was born September 20, 1932 in Lucas, Kentucky to the late Lacy Whitney Hurt and Lizzie Helen Huddleston Hurt. Thomas was a cutting machine operator at Handmacher for over 42 years before retiring. He was a true-blue Kentucky basketball fan and loved spending time with...
Harold Wayne Staten
Nov 8, 2021
Harold Wayne Staten, 68, of Glasgow, Kentucky passed away Monday, November 8, 2021 at Signature Healthcare of Glasgow. He was born August 4, 1953 in Summer Shade, Kentucky to the late Cecil Staten and Lucille Huffman Staten, who survives. Harold Wayne was a former cook at Shoney's and was of the Baptist faith. He loved hunting, fishing, and was...
John Rich Froggett
Nov 8, 2021
John Rich Froggett, 56 of Glasgow, passed away Monday, November 8, 2021, at his residence. John was born in Glasgow on November 22, 1964, to the late William Froggett and Cassie Rich Froggett. John had worked at Dana corporation for approximately 20 years, then as a transport driver with Indiana Transport Company. He was of the Baptist Faith. Survivors...
Wallace Dee White
Nov 8, 2021
Wallace "Dee" White, 87, of Glasgow, passed away Monday November 8, 2021, at his residence. He was born in Edmonson County on April 28, 1934, to the late Grover Cleveland White and Ethel Blanche Young Glass White. Mr. White was a lifelong Farmer and a member of the Glasgow Faith Church. Survivors include one daughter, Pamela White Sherfey of...
Trulon Britt, Jr.
Nov 8, 2021
Trulon Edward Britt, Jr., 87, of Austin, Kentucky passed away Monday, November 8, 2021 at his residence, One day after his passing, the love of his life for 65 years, Mable F. Britt, passed away. He was born October 6, 1934 in Glasgow, Kentucky to the late Trulon E. Britt Sr. and Ollie T. Winn Britt. Trulon was owner...
William Alton Abston
Nov 8, 2021
William Alton Abston, 92, of Haywood, passed away into the next life on November 8, 2021, at his home. Born in Barren County, KY, on June 28, 1929, to the parents, Charlie Perk Abston and Ethel Mae Nunn Bradley Abston, who preceded him in death. As a young man, he worked on the family farm. He was a mechanic...
Edith Marie Taylor
Nov 7, 2021
Edith Marie Taylor, 97, of Glasgow, passed away Sunday, November 7, 2021, at the Glenview Health & Rehab nursing facility in Glasgow. She was born on January 18, 1924, to the late Roy Mathews and Euna Rigsby Mathews. Edith was a homemaker and member of the Beech Grove Baptist Church at Eighty-Eight, KY. Survivors include two sons, Ralph Taylor,...
Bertha Blankenship
Nov 7, 2021
Bertha Blankenship, 77, of Glasgow, passed away Sunday, November 7, 2021, at her residence. Bertha was born on April 3, 1944, to the late Jim and Ellen Daniels Blakley. Until their retirement, she and her husband Elmer lived and worked in Illinois in the summer and Florida in the winter. She attended and helped with the church service at...
Elizabeth Ann Combs
Oct 28, 2021
Elizabeth Ann Ellis Combs of Glasgow, 86, passed gently into the next life on October 28th, 2021, at Barren County Nursing and Rehab. She was preceded in death by her husband, Maxey B. Combs; sons, Stephan Combs and Scott Combs; and her parents, Rev. Chris and Kathleen Ellis. A sister, Mary Dodd Ellis Thomas, also preceded her in death....
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