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Tributes and Obituaries in Owenton, KY
Evelyn Cooke
Aug 30, 2021
Mary Evelyn Cooke, age 86, of Frankfort, KY passed away on Monday, August 30, 2021.
Born on February 3, 1935 to the late Wilbur Best and Geneva Woods. Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband; George Lee Cooke, a son; Paul Elliston, her brothers; Charles, Lawrence, James and Cotton Best, her sister; Judy Best and a...
Diana Jones - Page
Aug 27, 2021
Diana Jones Page, age 59, of Owenton, passed away Friday, August 27, 2021 at the Owenton Center.
Born July 22, 1962, in Georgetown KY she was the daughter of the late Dorothy House Jones and Arthur Jones, who survives. Diana was a fun loving friend to many who enjoyed horse pulls and loved feeding others. She enjoyed...
Levi James Scherder
Aug 25, 2021
Levi James Scherder, age 2, of Owenton, passed away Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at FRMC.
Born July 14, 2019 to James Scherder III and Jessica Brooks. Levi loved playing trucks with his brother. He was all about anything dinosaurs, or singing or just being laid back relaxing watching TV with his family.
He is survived...
Iva Dawn Salmons Ray
Aug 22, 2021
Iva Dawn Ray Salmons, age 43, of Danville, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2021.
Born August 12, 1978, to Harold Salmons and the late Nancy Hensley in Grant County.
She is survived by her step-mom Sandra Salmons, her daughter Sydney Ray and her brother Harold Salmons. Iva will be missed by an extended host of...
Katessa Michelle Hopkins
Aug 22, 2021
Katessa Michelle Hopkins, age 29, of Owenton, passed away Sunday, August 22, 2021.
Born August 8, 1992, in Ft. Thomas, KY, to Jesse Ray and Kathy Webster Hopkins. She is preceded in death by her brother Damon Trevor Hopkins.
She is survived by her son Bentley True, her siblings, Jesse Ray Hopkins, Jr., Charles Michael...
Wayne Dunn
Aug 17, 2021
Herman "Wayne" Dunn, age 65, of Owenton, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, KY.
Born Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1955, in Owen County, he was the son of the late Donald "Donnie" Lee and Willie "Rose" Taylor Dunn. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Gene. Wayne was a...
Lloyd Thomas Yancey
Aug 17, 2021
Lloyd Thomas Yancey, age 83, of Crescent Springs, and formerly of the Poplar Grove community, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021.
Born December 30, 1937, in Owen County, he was the son of the late Herschel and Christine Hayden Yancey. He was preceded in death by his brother C.W. Yancey. Mr. Yancey was a retired...
Robert Allen Kelly
Aug 14, 2021
Robert Allen Kelly, age 62, of Owenton, passed away Saturday, August 14, 2021, at the Hospice Care Center at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington.
Born December 7, 1958, in Lexington, he was the son of the late Everett Chrisman and Anna Louise Wheeler House. He was also preceded in death by his siblings, Tommy, Roger, Paul, Sheila,...
Jim Lemaster
Aug 12, 2021
James Lindon "Jim" Lemaster, age 58, of the New Columbus community of Owen County, passed away Thursday, August 12, 2021 in Georgetown.
Born May 3, 1963, in Lexington, he was the son of the late James Edward Lemaster and Barbara Watson Lemaster who survives. Jim was a 1981 graduate of Owen County High School and a graduate...
Naomi Parsons Collins
Aug 11, 2021
Naomi Lee Parsons Collins, age 94, of Owenton, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood.
Born August 23, 1926, in Vanceburg, KY, she was the daughter of the late Commodore D. and Emma Elizabeth Lucas Parsons. She was the widow of Robert L. Collins. Naomi was a homemaker who enjoyed sewing, quilting,...
Charles Beckham, Jr.
Aug 10, 2021
Charles Beckham, Jr., 93, of Owenton, passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Florence.
Born June 4, 1928, in the Greenup community of Owenton, he was the son of the late Charles William and Myrtle Hammond Beckham. On May 15, 1945, he married Margaret Louise Gaines Beckham who preceded him in death on...
Emma Sally Jane Sheppard
Aug 5, 2021
Emma Sally Jane Sheppard, 80, passed away Thursday August 5, 2021 at her home. She was born in Russel, Virginia on September 12 , 1940 the daughter of the late Gleaver and Susie Johnson Terry. She was also preceded in death by her husband Daniel Sheppard. Emma enjoyed spending time with her kids and grandchildren, ballgames, travel and sewing. She...
Ruth Cook
Aug 1, 2021
Ruth Abbott Cook, age 94, of Anderson County, formerly of Mussel Shoals Community, passed away Sunday, August 1, 2021 at her home.
She was born July 1, 1927 in Owenton, Kentucky to the late Buell D. Roberta Wright Abbott. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Franklin "Frank", her siblings; Viola Francis Cook, Dorothy Ellen...
Pam Sawyer
Jul 30, 2021
Pam Sawyer, age 49, of Owenton, passed away Friday, July 30, 2021, in Grant County.
Pam was born July 4, 1972, in Cincinnati, OH, to the late Tom and Geraldine Wilson Rainey. Pam was a fun-loving, devoted friend, who never met a stranger, and was employed by Dana Manufacturing. She enjoyed travel and vacationing, especially to Florida...
Edward Gene Hearn
Jul 24, 2021
Edward Gene Hearn, age 63, of Owen County, passed away at St. Elizabeth Edgewood, Saturday, July 24, 2021.
He was born on April 4, 1958 in Owenton, KY. to the late James Samuel and Lucille Lee Hearn. He was preceded in death by his wife Judy Sullivan Hearn, his siblings James Hearn, Jesse Hearn. Edward was pretty...
Tim Hall
Jul 23, 2021
Robert Timothy "Tim" Hall, age 63, of Owenton, passed away Friday, July 23, 2021.
Born April 11, 1958, in Owen County, Tim was the son of the late Charles and Opal Smith Hall and the widower of Margaret Lynn Guy Hall. He attended Beechwood Assembly of God and was a Brick Mason.
He is survived...
Alice Faye Jacobs-Forsee
Jul 20, 2021
Alice Faye Jacobs-Forsee, age 75, passed into the arms of Our Savior Jesus on Tuesday July 20, 2021. She was born December 11, 1945. She was a loving mother, “Granny”, sister, aunt, friend, and devoted wife. She was an active member of Dallasburg Baptist Church and loved her church family dearly. She loved time spent with family, piano music, hymns,...
Vicki Mae Roland
Jul 19, 2021
Vicki Mae Hall Roland, age 63, of Owenton, passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior on July 19, 2021. Vicki fought hard to battle several health crises, with grit and faith, for over seven long years.
She was born August 22, 1957, in Harlan County, to the late Hubert and Sylvia Larkey Hall. She was...
Ginny Banks
Jul 18, 2021
Ruth Virginia Banks, “Ginny,” age 75, passed away on July 18, 2021, at home. She was just two days shy of her 76 th birthday.
She was born to Francis Riley and Ruth Virginia (Fortner) Brakefield in Montgomery, AL. Ginny grew up in Ravenna, KY, and after graduating from Irvine High School in Estill County,...
Caroline Scott Smith
Jul 16, 2021
Caroline Scott Smith, age 77, of the Poplar Grove community, passed away Friday, July 16, 2021, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Florence.
Caroline was born April 17, 1944, in Kenton County, to the late Emmett Coleman and Jessie Foster Adkins Scott. She was the widow of James Alvin Smith who preceded her in death in February of...
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