Obituaries

Judith Solomon

Judith Solomon

Dec 25, 2016

Judith Ann Solomon, age 72, of Somerset, KY, departed this life on Sunday, December 25, 2016 at Jean Waddle Hospice Care Center. Her wish was to spend one last Christmas together with her family. Judy got her wish and spent her final Christmas surrounded by family and sharing their love one for another. Judy was born on November 19, 1944...

Elsie Morris-Johnson

Elsie Morris-Johnson

Dec 14, 2016

Marie Morris Johnson, 91, Quail Run of Somerset, KY died Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at the Jean Waddle Care Center. She was born on July 11, 1925, Mark, KY; the daughter of the late E.G. and Hattie Hare Roberts. She was retired and of the Baptist faith. She is survived by two daughters, Linda Hall of Spokane, WA, and Cheryl...

Lon Cummings

Lon Cummings

Dec 12, 2016

Lon D. Cummings, age 57, of Somerset, KY, and formerly of Albany, KY, departed this life on Monday, December 12, 2016 at the Jean Waddle Hospice Care Center. Lon was born on July 31, 1959 in New Castle, Indiana to the late John I. Cummings and Shirley "Jean" Bokma Cummings. He was a Clinton County High School Graduate in the...

Ansel Roy

Ansel Roy

Dec 11, 2016

Ansel Lee Roy, 91, of Russell Springs, died Sunday, December 11, 2016 at the Russell County Hospital. He was born September 9, 1925 in Pulaski County to the late Leo & Rosalie Scales Roy. He operated Roy's TV & Repair for many years. He was a Veteran of US Army having served in WWII and the Korea War. He was...

Nell Lewis

Nell Lewis

Dec 7, 2016

Nell Roberts Lewis, age 63, passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at Jean Waddle Care Center in Somerset. Nell was born in Somerset, KY on June 24, 1953, the daughter of the late Howard and Virginia Roberts. Nell was an LPN, graduate of Danville School of Nursing. Nell is survived by one brother, Ransom Roberts (LaDonna); two sisters, Jane...

Edwin Whitis

Edwin Whitis

Dec 2, 2016

Edwin G. Whitis, 72, of Somerset, Kentucky departed this life into God's arms on Friday, December 2, 2016, surrounded by love. He was born in Somerset on September 21, 1944 to James and Mary Bell Goff Whitis. Edwin married Carolyn Godbey on October 12, 1968 and they celebrated 44 years before her passing in 2013. This marriage brought two children,...

Joe Shadoan

Joe Shadoan

Dec 1, 2016

Mrs. Joe Ann Shadoan, age 80, of Somerset, departed this life on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. Joe Ann was born on November 4, 1936 in Shreveport, LA., to the late Walter and Thelma Frances Burkett Craft. Joe Ann is a member of Oak Hill Baptist Church and loved there Church functions. She was a secretary...

Roland Padgett

Roland Padgett

Nov 26, 2016

Roland Kenneth (R.K.) Padgett passed away November 26, 2016 at Thomson Hood Veterans Center in Wilmore, KY at the age of 96. He was born October 1, 1920 in Chattanooga, TN to the late Walter and Bess M. Padgett. He moved to Somerset as a child and became a member of First Baptist Church where he is still a member....

Jeffrey Hall

Jeffrey Hall

Nov 25, 2016

Jeffrey "Scott" Hall, age 36, of Somerset, passed from this life on Friday, November 25, 2016 at the Mayo Clinic - Saint Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Scott was born on October 1, 1980, in Somerset, to Jeff and Jeania Roy Hall. He was a member of Pulaski County High School's graduating class of 1999. He married Karen Nichols on...

Oscar Hornsby

Oscar Hornsby

Nov 23, 2016

Oscar Hornsby, Jr. passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, KY after a brief illness. He was preceded by his wife of 57 years, Mary Jane Meece Hornsby. She preceded him in death in 2012. Oscar is survived by two children, Jill Steder (Glenn) and Cindy Short (Mark), both of Lexington, KY; two...

Anna Crawford

Anna Crawford

Nov 16, 2016

Anna Maxine Crawford, age 76, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. She was born in Woodstock, KY on September 7, 1940 to the late Otha Gadberry and Flona Ethel New Gadberry. Anna was a member of the Woodstock Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing and quilting. Anna was an assembly line worker for Tecumseh Products. Anna...

Paul Blevis

Paul Blevis

Nov 11, 2016

Paul Ottis Blevins, 71, of Nancy, Kentucky, passed away Friday, November 11, 2016 at Hospice of Lake Cumberland, Jean Waddle Care Center. He was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky on December 21, 1944, son of the late Arvil Ottis and Merla E. Harness Blevins. He was a retired Quality Tech for Tecumseh Company and showed interest later in Interior construction...

Cody Wilson

Cody Wilson

Nov 10, 2016

Cody Ryan Clifford Wilson, age 27, of Somerset, KY, departed this life on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at the UK Chandler Medical Center in Lexington, KY after a three week struggle with a sudden illness. Cody was born on March 26, 1987, in Somerset, KY, to Lisa Marlene Gossett Wilson and the late Gregory Neal Wilson. Cody is a 2006...

Kenneth Barnett

Kenneth Barnett

Nov 9, 2016

Kenneth Barnett, 91, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. He was born in Somerset on October 17, 1925 to the late Orville Gilbert Barnett and Vesta Hail Barnett. Kenneth was a member of the First Christian Church where he was very much involved with the Orwin Men's Sunday School Class. He proudly served our country in...

Elaine Lamb

Elaine Lamb

Nov 4, 2016

Elaine Suzy Lamb, age 75, of Somerset, passed away on Friday, November 4, 2016 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital Elaine was born on September 3, 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio. She was the daughter of the late Sydney Ford and Beulah Ragle. Elaine was a retired truck driver. She enjoyed baking for her family and friends, shopping, and spending time with...

Agatha Todd

Agatha Todd

Nov 2, 2016

Martha Agatha Todd, 96, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2016. She was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky on March 17, 1920, daughter of the late William Joel and Gertrude Gentry French. She was a bookkeeper for Continental Construction and a charter member of Beacon Hill Baptist Church. She is survived by two sons, James P. Todd and...

Marjorie Turpen

Marjorie Turpen

Oct 28, 2016

Marjorie Rhea Knauer Turpen, 93, of Somerset, passed away on Friday, October 28, 2016 at Somerwoods Nursing and Rehabilitation. Marjorie was born in Louisville, KY on June 17, 1923 to the late D.C. Knauer and Marguerite Bilyen Knauer. She was united in marriage to James (Jay) Turpen in Somerset on October 29, 1954. He passed away on May 1, 2012....

Dorothy Jones

Dorothy Jones

Oct 24, 2016

Dorothy Jones, age 75, of Nancy, KY, departed this life on Monday, October 24, 2016 at her residence. Dorothy was born in Paintsville, KY, on October 5, 1941 to the late Ira and Melissa Greene Sparks. Dorothy is a retired manufacturing supervisor for Golden Grain, and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by a son, Rodney (and Diana)...

Anna Cook

Anna Cook

Oct 20, 2016

Anna Cook, age 96, of Nancy, KY, departed this life on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at Somerset Nursing and Rehab. Anna was born on January 6, 1920, in Nancy, KY, to the late George and Earl Light Simpson. Anna was a Homemaker and was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. She is survived by her two sons, Gary (and Phyllis)...

Mea Beshears

Mea Beshears

Oct 12, 2016

ELSIE "MAE" HAMMOND BESHEAR, age 88, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at Somerwoods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Somerset, Kentucky. She was born on January 2, 1928, in Kidder (Wayne County), Kentucky, to the late Jodie Lewis Hammond and Vada Ella Cassada Hammond. She was the owner of Copy Trolley Printing and a 1946 graduate of Nancy High...

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