Obituaries
Dudley Ritchie
Dec 31, 2013
Dudley Ritchie, 86, of Ewing, widower of Rose Evelyn Wagoner Ritchie, passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at Fleming County Hospital. Born on December 22, 1927 in Nicholas County, he was the son of the late Nathan Dudley and Hazel Argo Ritchie. Dudley was a WWII Army veteran stationed in Japan. A retired farmer, he raised cattle...
Darrell Linville
Dec 31, 2013
Darrell Linville, 56, of Flemingsburg, husband of Maranna Linville, passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at Fleming County Hospital. He was born November 1, 1957 in Bourbon County to Roy and Joyce Ann Linville of Fleming County. Besides his wife and parents, he is survived by: children, Nathan Darrell Linville of Nicholas County, Nicholas Keith (Mindy) Linville...
Audrey Taylor
Dec 12, 2013
Audrey Pauline Fannin Taylor, 79, of Flemingsburg, widow of Arvel Lloyd Taylor, passed away Thursday, December 12, 2013 at Fleming County Hospital. Born June 6, 1934 in Hillsboro, she was the daughter of the late Annabelle Delores Gray Hatfield and Emerson Ray Fannin. Audrey was a homemaker and worked many years with her husband on a dairy...
Betty Honaker
Dec 12, 2013
Betty Jean Dickson Honaker, 81, of Flemingsburg, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. She was born December 14, 1931 to the late Charles and Maggie Dickson. Retired from U.S. Shoe Factory after 30 years, she loved spending time with her family. She is survived...
Marie Turner
Dec 9, 2013
Marie Turner, 81, of Flemingsburg, widow of Kenneth Turner, passed away Monday, December 9, 2013 at Fleming County Hospital. Born February 2, 1932 in Elliott County, she was the daughter of the late Glen and Vesta Conley Lewis. Marie was a retired inspector from Randall Textron. She is survived by: a son, Duane Turner of Flemingsburg; a...
Emma Boyd
Nov 30, 2013
Emma 'Nanny' Jane Boyd, 68, of Flemingsburg, passed away Saturday, November 30, 2013 at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. She was born in Flemingsburg on November 18, 1945 to the late James Jackson and Margaret Monroe Boyd. Retired from the U.S. Shoe Factory, Emma was a member of Strawberry Methodist Church. She was an avid...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...