Obituaries

Helen Eldridge

Helen Eldridge

Nov 30, 2013

Helen Kearns Eldridge, 91, died peacefully Saturday, November 30, 2013 at Sayre Christian Village Nursing Home in Lexington. She was the widow of Clarence Eldridge and mother of Billie Alexander (Thomas) Arnold of Lexington. Mrs. Eldridge was born December 26, 1921 in Mason County to the late Mamie Earlywine and Jessie Kearns. She was preceded in death...

Candace Varney

Candace Varney

Nov 21, 2013

Candace 'Candi' Gail Varney & infant Waylon Jacob Varney, wife and son of Justin 'Hazy' Varney, went on to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 21, 2013. Candi was born on September 2, 1980 in Maysville, Kentucky to David and Jayne Watson. A 1998 graduate of West Carrollton High School in Ohio, Candi attended the Flemingsburg...

Jeffrey Carpenter

Jeffrey Carpenter

Nov 18, 2013

Jeff' Jeffrey Thomas Carpenter, 41, of Flemingsburg, passed away suddenly Monday morning, November 18, 2013. Born in Flemingsburg on August 12, 1972, Jeff was the son of William T. 'Tommy' and Connie Ann Fritz Carpenter. A 1990 graduate of Fleming County High School, Jeff was employed with Cheap's Chevrolet since 1999. Jeff was always a great athlete,...

Nola Faulkner

Nola Faulkner

Nov 10, 2013

Nola Jewell McFarland Faulkner, 96, widow of John D. Faulkner to who she married in 1950, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2013 at Pioneer Trace Nursing Home. She was born September 11, 1917 at Myers Station in Nicholas County to the late William and Emma Lee McCarty McFarland. A lifelong member of Myers Christian Church where she...

Christine Harmon

Christine Harmon

Nov 5, 2013

Christine Harmon, 84, of Tilton, widow of Kenneth Paul Harmon, passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2013. She was born September 10, 1929 in Dalesburg, KY to the late Clarice Million Sparks and the late Rev. W.T. Sparks. Christine worked at Dunbar Drug Store and Colonial Village Pharmacy. She was a member of Tilton Christian Church where she...

Evelyn Mineer

Evelyn Mineer

Nov 4, 2013

Evelyn Mineer, 72, of Flemingsburg, widow of Paul Mineer, passed away Monday, November 4, 2013 at Pioneer Trace Nursing Home. She was born on February 6, 1941 in Fleming County to the late Otis and Lillian Harmon Ishmael. Evelyn was a former self-employed restaurant owner. She loved to play Bingo, talking to people, but most of all,...

William Mineer

William Mineer

Nov 3, 2013

William 'Bill' Mineer, 72, of Flemingsburg, loving husband of 26 years to Alfreda 'Freda' Pettit Mineer, passed away Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Fleming County Hospital. Born September 29, 1941 in Fleming County, he was the son of the late William Thomas and Edith May Sparks Mineer. A graduate of Morehead State University, Bill is a United...

Mamie Smith

Mamie Smith

Oct 12, 2013

Mamie A. 'Sue' Smith, 86, of Flemingsburg, widow of William Shirley Smith to whom she married on January 25, 1945, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Pioneer Trace Nursing Home. Born January 26, 1927 in Nicholas County, she was the daughter of the late Herman Finley and Thelma Belle McIntyre Clark. Sue was of the Christian...

Brandy O'Connor

Brandy O'Connor

Sep 25, 2013

Brandy Jo O'Connor, 36, of Goddard, KY, passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2013. Brandy was born October 26, 1976 in Winamac, IN to Irv James Portschell. Surviving are: her husband, Darrell O'Connor; two daughters, Courtney and Alanna Doyle; step-daughter, Sierra Humphrey; step-son, Darrell O'Connor II; a sister, Jennifer Ferrara; a brother, Irv Portschell; and numerous other relatives....

Phyllis Patterson

Phyllis Patterson

Sep 23, 2013

Phyllis 'Betty' Patterson, 81, of Flemingsburg, widow of Carey Patterson, passed away Monday, September 23, 2013 at her residence. Born in Fleming County on March 22, 1932, she was the daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Tinsley Dyer. Phyllis was a homemaker and a member of Flemingsburg Apostolic Community Church. She is survived by: two daughters,...

Helen Davenport

Helen Davenport

Aug 22, 2013

Helen Lucille Carpenter Davenport passed away on Thursday, August 22, 2013 at her home in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. She was born in Fleming County, Kentucky on November 6, 1918. She is survived by a daughter, Loretta McAlpine and her husband, Richard of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Lucille had a number of grandchildren including Arden McAlpine, Ardith Stetz and Randy McAlpine,...

David Ritchie

David Ritchie

Aug 20, 2013

David Allen Ritchie, 63, of Flemingsburg, formerly of Lewis County, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at his residence. Born November 23, 1949 in Maysville, he was the son of the late Hester Clayton and Freddie Maude Moran Ritchie. A U.S. Army Veteran, David proudly served his country in Vietnam. He retried from GTE as a communications...

Jessie Neudigate

Jessie Neudigate

Aug 12, 2013

Jessie Fay Neudigate, 92, of Greenville, SC, passed away Monday, August 12, 2013, at Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greer, SC. She was born in Fleming County on June 24, 1921 to the late Annie and Fletcher Lee. Mrs. Neudigate retired from the Fleming County School System where she served for 20 years in the Fleming County High...

Frances Ransbury

Frances Ransbury

Jul 31, 2013

Frances O. Ransbury, 79, of Flemingsburg, went home to be with Our Heavenly Father on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, due to heart complications. Born February 28, 1934 in Johnson County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Alka Daniels Grimm. She was preceded in death by; her husband, Donald G. Ransbury; four brothers, Homer,...

Emma Emmons

Emma Emmons

Jul 27, 2013

Emma Jean Lightner Emmons, 86, of Hilltop, passed away on Saturday, July 27, 2013 at UK Hospital in Lexington.-She was born in Wallingford, Ky.-on August 26, 1926 to the late Eugene Lightner and Nellie Hurst Lightner.-A member of the Kentucky Retired Teachers Association,-Mrs. Emmons-taught in the-Fleming County School System for over 33 years. She is survived by...

Rena Lykins

Rena Lykins

Jul 26, 2013

Rena Florence Marshall Lykins, 89, of James Road, Wallingford, died in her sleep on July 26, 2013. She was married to the late William Franklin Lykins in April, 1950. She is survied by her only child, Charlotte Ellison and her husband, William Franklin Ellison, of Robertson County. Rena Was born on February 13, 1924 to Lucy Hensley...

Bernadette McIntyre

Bernadette McIntyre

Jul 24, 2013

Bernadette Ann Kirby McIntyre was born on Sept. 29, 1939, in Fleming County, and died July 24, 2013. Her life centered on God, family and friends. She was the devoted wife of Willis McIntyre for 53 years, until his death in 2012. After briefly working in finance and education, she devoted her energies full time to raising...

Gertrude Souder

Gertrude Souder

Jul 24, 2013

Gertrude Godbey Souder, 95, a resident of Pioneer Trace Nursing Home in Flemingsburg, passed away Wednesday July 24, 2013 at Fleming County Hospital. She was born September 17, 1917 to the late Rev. S.B. and Bernice Godbey. She and her husband William owned and operated Foxport General Store. She is survived by one sister Anna Belle (Roy)...

Carl Hall

Carl Hall

Jul 19, 2013

Bro. Carl Dean Hall, 73, husband to Nancy Reynolds Hall, passed away Friday July 19, 2013 in Lexington, Ky.- Born in Letcher County Ky. to the late Enoch and Maggie Webb Hall.- Carl was a retired school teacher and coach in the Letcher and Pike County School system, a Kentucky Colonel since 1987, and had been a...

Kelly Dyer

Kelly Dyer

Jun 25, 2013

Kelly Edward Dyer, 75, loving husband for 53 years to Anna Florence Jones Dyer, passed from this life to meet his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at Fleming Count Hospital. Born August 10, 1937 in Colfax, KY, he was the son of the late William McKinley and Elizabeth Thomas Tinsley Dyer. Kelly worked as...

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