Obituaries
Gerald Griffith
May 1, 2016
Colonel Gerald Sousley Griffith (USA-Retired), died at Pioneer Trace Nursing Home on May 1st, 2016, surrounded by family. He was born at Ewing, Kentucky September 3rd, 1932 to Omar Wilson and Susie Sousley Griffith. He was a career military officer, entering the U.S. Army upon graduation from The Citadel in 1954, and serving for more than 30...
Billy Corbin
Apr 25, 2016
Billy Gene Corbin, 74, of Tilton, loving husband of 52 years to Jackie Collins Corbin, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, April 25, 2016 after a long illness. He was born on October 8, 1941 in Fleming County, a son of the late Thomas D. and Nancy Sorrell Corbin. A lifelong farmer and dairy operator,...
Sandi Gray
Mar 31, 2016
Sandi Kachler Gray, 67, of Ewing, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Robertson County Health Care Facility. Sandi was born on October 9, 1948 in Mason County, a daughter of the late Carl and Edith Pregrem Vice. A retired pharmacy technician at Fleming County Hospital, Sandi was a lifelong member of Mayslick Baptist Church where she...
William Sims, Sr.
Mar 24, 2016
William M. Sims, age 90, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at the home of his son in Flemingsburg, with his family by his side. His wife, Martha Davis Judge Sims preceded him in death in December 2006. Mr. Sims leaves behind children Susan D. Smith (Alan) of Mesa, Arizona, Capt William M. Sims, Jr....
Wendell Johnson
Mar 21, 2016
Mr. Wendell Lloyd Johnson of Flemingsburg, KY, loving husband of 50 years to Angela Heitz Johnson, passed away from this life on Mon day, March 21, 2016. Mr. Johnson was born in Grange City, Kentucky on August 16, 1940, the second of four children to the late Thomas C. and Glyda Crawford Johnson. Mr. Johnson proudly started...
Willie Long
Mar 15, 2016
Willie Charles 'Charlie' Long, 77, husband of Lois Mae Long, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. Born December 24, 1938 in Limestone County, AL, Charlie was a son of the late Willie Clyde and Magnolia Green Long. A U.S. Marine veteran, Charlie was a retired mason with the...
Nancye Farley
Mar 1, 2016
Nancye Belle Hall Farley, former Circuit Clerk in Fleming County for 31 years, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. She was born on September 28, 1938 to the late Dr. John Lovell Hall and the late Ada Estes Hall. Nancy Belle attended Murray State University and returned to Flemingsburg for employment at the State...
Mary Hendrix
Feb 24, 2016
Mary Throckmorton Hendrix, 103, of Flemingsburg, widow of Jewel T. Hendrix, passed away Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Fleming County Hospital. She was born on August 31, 1912 in Pleasant Valley in Nicholas County, a daughter of the late Robert Lee and Bertha Mitchell Throckmorton. A homemaker, Mary was a member of Flemingsburg Christian Church. She loved...
Mary McGlothlin
Feb 22, 2016
Mary Kathryn McGlothlin, 76, of Ewing, wife of Dan McGlothlin, passed away Monday, February 22, 2016 at Fleming County Hospital. She was born on January 1, 1940 in Greenup, KY, the daughter of the late Arthur and Imogene Blankenship Ruark. A graduate of Greenup High School and Morehead State University, Mary Kathryn was a retired teacher having...

Lawrence Wright
Feb 21, 2016
Lawrence 'Rocky' Wright, 40, husband of Danielle Legner Wright, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2016. He was born February 7, 1976 in Flemingsburg, the son of Lawrence and Shirley Moore Wright of Fleming County. Rocky attended Fleming County High School, was of the Pentecostal Faith, and he loved to fish. Besides his wife and parents, he is...
Anna Pollitt
Feb 20, 2016
Anna Matt Pollitt, 94, of Lexington and formerly of Flemingsburg, widow of Howard Pollitt, passed away Saturday, February 20, 2016, at the St. Joseph Hospice Care Center. She was born November 9, 1921 in Mt. Carmel, a daughter of the late John and Annabel Bullock Clary. A homemaker, Anna was a member of the Unity Baptist Church...
Loretta Story
Feb 14, 2016
Loretta J. Story, 85, of Flemingsburg, widow of Marshall Allen Story, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2016 at Fleming County Hospital. She was born on December 31, 1930 in Mt. Sterling, a daughter of the late Paul Clay and Mable Applegate Ralls. A 1947 graduate of Orangeburg High School, Loretta was a very active member of the...
Marvin McDonald, Jr.
Jan 27, 2016
Marvin 'Junior' McDonald, Jr., 77, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at Fleming County Hospital. Junior was born October 19, 1938 to the late Marvin and Eileen Hutton McDonald. He was a lifelong farmer and a member of the Tilton Christian Church. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Linda K. Story McDonald; two...
Marcus Florence, Sr.
Jan 24, 2016
Marcus Edward Florence, Sr., 96, of Nepton, husband of 75 years to Beulah Arrasmith Florence, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at his residence with his family by his side. He was born on July 22, 1919 in Wallingford, the son of the late Charles Edward and Grace Ritchie Florence. A U.S. Army WWII veteran,...
Wanda Cooper
Jan 23, 2016
Wanda June Cooper, 89, of Muses Mill, widow of Buford Cooper, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Hospice of Hope at Kenton Pointe in Maysville. She was born on July 24, 1926 in Lewis County, the daughter of the late Mell and Sadie Dixon Polley. Sister June was a retired head teller for the...
Charles Brown
Jan 21, 2016
Charles A 'Charlie' Brown, 80, passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2016, at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Ky. He was born on February 15, 1935, in Hilltop, Fleming Co., Ky., to the late Geneva Faris and Albert Ray Brown. Charlie was retired as superintendent of Fleming Co. Schools, a position he held for 25 years. He...
James Boyd
Jan 16, 2016
James Walter 'Hoss' Boyd, 71, of Flemingsburg, passed away suddenly on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Fleming County Hospital. Born on March 22, 1944 in Flemingsburg, he was the son of the late James Jackson and Margaret Monroe Boyd. A retired sanitation worker for the city of Flemingsburg, he was a U.S. Army veteran, a volunteer fireman...
Ray Spurlock
Dec 6, 2015
Mr. Ray Spurlock, 75, of Flemingsburg, beloved husband of Sandra Spurlock, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015 at the V.A. Hospital -' Cooper Drive in Lexington. Ray was born on April 14, 1940 in Colfax, a son of the late Emmitt and Madeline King Spurlock. A U.S. Army veteran and a retired machinist with Emerson Power Transmission,...
Samuel Higgins
Dec 1, 2015
Samuel Thomas Higgins, retired Chief Boatswain Mate of the U.S. Navy, born August 29, 1936 in Mayslick, KY, beloved husband of Jennie Holts Higgins, passed from this life on Tuesday, December 1, 2015. Samuel was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Tatum and Mary Frances Higgins; daughter, Vicki; and brothers, Obie and Wilburn Kelly. Survivors other...
Melvin Carpenter
Nov 19, 2015
Melvin D. Carpenter, 72, of Orangeburg, husband of Brenda Meadows Carpenter, passed away Thursday, November 19, 2015 at Hospice of Hope in Maysville. He was born on July 17, 1943 in Fleming County, a son of Naomi Frances Wagner Carpenter of Foxport and the late Melvin Edgar Carpenter. Melvin was a lifelong farmer and landowner. Besides his...