Local obituaries for Glasgow and Barren County in Kentucky

William Haynes
Mar 27, 2020
William Riley Haynes, 73, of Glasgow, KY died Friday, March 27, 2020 at his residence, born in Louisville, KY the son of the late James William and Rene Beck Haynes. Mr. Haynes was a self-employed carpenter. Survivors include his wife, Beverly Curry Haynes; one daughter, Bobbi Jane Pace husband John of Louisville, KY; one son, John Robert Roth of...

Linda Mae Benbow
Mar 26, 2020
Linda Mae Benbow, 71, of Glasgow, KY died Thursday, March 26, 2020 at her residence. Born in Glasgow, KY she was the daughter of the late Price Lee, Jr. and Edna Mae Brown. She was a CNA for the State Hospital in Glasgow and member of the Hopewell Baptist Church. Survivors include her son, Justin Anderson of Glasgow; three...
Frances Johnson
Mar 25, 2020
Frances Marie Johnson, 98, of Smiths Grove, KY, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at the T.J. Samson Community Hospital. She was born in Barren County on May 30, 1921, the daughter of the late Edward Welch and the late Laura Sturdivant Welch. Mrs. Johnson was a homemaker and of the Church of Christ Faith. Survivors include two daughters,...
Dennis Murrell Rigsby
Mar 22, 2020
Dennis Rigsby, age 72, departed this life March 22, 2020. He was born September 15, 1947 in Glasgow. He was the son of the late Mitchell Rigsby and the late Avo (Barbour) Rigsby. Dennis was a member of Siloam Baptist Church and he loved singing bass in the church choir. Dennis was a self-employed contractor who loved building and...
James C. Spencer
Mar 20, 2020
James Clifton Spencer, Jr., 78 of Glasgow, passed away Friday, March 20, 2020 at the Barren County Healthcare Nursing & Rehabilitation in Glasgow. He was born in Metcalfe County, on June 4, 1941, to the late James C. Spencer and Nancy Pearl Perkins Croft. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and retired as a pipeline bender for Pipeline Construction...
Barbara Ann Brown
Mar 18, 2020
Barbara Ann Brown, 79, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 18th, 2020, at TJ Samson Hospital. She was preceded in death by Paul Brown, her husband of 33 years. Barbara was a lifelong resident of Glasgow, KY. She was the daughter of Mary Ethel Jones (Shaw) and Hayde Jones. In her life, Barbara enjoyed working with her...
Earl Miller
Mar 17, 2020
Rev. Earl Miller, 82, of Smith Grove, died Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at the T.J. Samson Community Hospital. He was born in Glasgow on August 15, 1937, to the late James Mack Miller and the late Ruth M. Davidson Miller. Earl was a truckdriver with Hays Feed Mill for many years and was currently serving as pastor of the...
Ronald "Lew" Young
Mar 12, 2020
In Loving Memory of Ronald "Lew" Young, Lew was welcomed home in the arms of angels on March 12, 2020. He was born on May 9th, 1941, in Peoria, Illinois, he lived a life filled with love, compassion, and undying friendship. Lew was raised in Louisville. He was a University of Louisville Alumni, earning an Associate of Applied Science...
Irene Runyon
Mar 12, 2020
Irene Pansy Runyon, 99, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020 in New Albany, IN. she was born in Glasgow, KY the daughter of the late John Benjamin and Minnie White Dean. She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years Roy Glen Runyon. Mrs. Runyon was primarily a homemaker, working briefly as a seamstress at KY Pants...

Ronnie A. Matthews
Mar 12, 2020
Ronnie A. Matthews, age 63, of Glasgow, died Thursday, March 12, 2020 at TJ Samson Community Hospital. Born July 11, 1956 in Jefferson, IN, he was the son of the late Robert Matthew and Emma Jean Matthews who still survives. Ronnie was a self-employed farmer. He survived by one brother, Donnie Matthews as well as several cousins. In addition...
Bonita Van Bever
Mar 11, 2020
Bonita Vanbever, age 70, of Glasgow, KY, died Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at Barren County Nursing and Rehab in Glasgow. The daughter of the late Quinton Vanbever and the late Trudy (Glass) Vanbever, she was born in Louisville, KY on June 17, 1949. She is retired from TJ Samson Community Hospital where she worked as a Phlebotomist. She is...
Velma Ruth Sowers
Mar 10, 2020
Velma Ruth Sowers, age 88, of Glasgow, died Tuesday, March 10 at the Medical Center at Bowling Green. The daughter of the late James C. Williams and the late Tippie (Kinslow) Williams, she was born in Glasgow on January 23, 1932. She was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Cecil Willis Sowers. Velma was a member...

Helen Russell
Mar 8, 2020
Helen Bull Russell, age 80, of Glasgow, KY, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2020. Helen was born in Cumberland County KY and was the daughter of the late Johnny Clay Bull and the late Orthie (Brown) Bull. She moved to Barren County at the age of 6 and was raised and lived the rest of her life there. Mrs....
James Anderson
Mar 8, 2020
James "Jimmy" Anderson, 89, of Owensboro passed away Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Owensboro Center. He was born in Owensboro on April 3, 1930. James was retired from Brantley & Sons Excavating where he worked as a truck driver hauling heavy equipment and crane operator. He served in the United States Army. James was preceded in death by...
Jackie Thompson
Mar 8, 2020
Jackie Dant Thompson, 58, of Owensboro passed away Sunday, March 8, 2020. She was born in Owensboro on May 5, 1961 to the late James "Chick" and Imogene McIntyre Dant. Jackie worked for Carhartt close to 30 years, she then went on to help her son and daughter-in-law at Beef and Bacon Custom Processing, and was most recently employed...
Barbara Gail Ramey
Mar 7, 2020
Barbara Gail Ramey, 70, of Glasgow, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Glasgow, April 1, 1949, the daughter of the late Willie Robert Syree and the late Nellie Ruth Ogden Syree. Barbara retired from T.J. Samson after 20years, as a switchboard operator. She was a faithful member for over 40 years, of...

Holland A. Strange, Jr.
Mar 7, 2020
Holland A. Strange, Jr., 75, of Glasgow, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Glasgow, November 10, 1944, the son of the late Holland A. Strange and the late Ruby Aline Martin Strange. Holland retired from the HHB 1st Battalion 623rd Field Artillery Kentucky Army National Guard. He had worked at RR Donnelly...

Terry Townsend
Mar 7, 2020
Terry Townsend, age 58, of Glasgow, died Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. He was born in Lexington on April 15, 1961 to the late Lila Townsend. He was an assembly line worker at Life Skills and a member of Crossland Church. He is survived by his brother, Wendell Townsend, Greenville; one aunt, Ruth Grinter; friend,...

Evans Martin Whitney
Mar 7, 2020
Evans Whitney, 86, of Glasgow, KY passed away on March 7, 2020 at TJ Samson Regional Hospital, Glasgow, KY. Evans Martin Whitney was born on April 5, 1933 to the late Roxie (Martin) and Ellis Whitney in Oak Grove, Kentucky. He joined the armed services (Air Force) in 1951 and worked as a mechanic in the motor pool. He...
Velma Lois Crabtree
Mar 7, 2020
Lois Bunch Crabtree, 90, of Greensboro, North Carolina, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2020 in Greensboro. She was born in Barren County on December 12, 1929 to the late Walter Wheat and Annie Jewell Williams Bunch. She was married for 65 years to Dr. Carson E Crabtree, who preceded her in death in 2014. Two brothers, Roger Mitchell...
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