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Dorothy "Dottie" Duff

Dorothy "Dottie" Duff

Oct 31, 2013

Dorothy "Dottie" Duff, age 71, of Owenton passed away, October 31, 2013 at the Owenton Manor. Born August 23, 1940, in Perry County, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Helen Combs Duff. Dottie was a member of the Stamping Ground Church of Christ. Surviving are her sisters, Mable (isaac) Maggard and Velma Perry both of Owenton and...

Tommy Carver

Tommy Carver

Oct 29, 2013

Tommy Carver, 82, passed away Tuesday Oct. 29 in Lexington. He was born in Owen County the son of the late Everett and Isa Conley Carver. He was also preceded in death by a daughter Dawn Ellen Carver. Tommy was a farmer raising beef cattle, operating a dairy and raising tobacco. He was a member of the Poplar Grove Baptist...

Victoria Hawkins

Victoria Hawkins

Oct 28, 2013

Victoria Hawkins, age 95, of Owenton, passed away Monday, October 28, 2013 at her home. Born December 16, 1917, in Owen County, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Fannie Leake Hawkins and was also preceded in death by her siblings, Ella Bennett, Mary Stivers, B.M. Hawkins and Thomas Hawkins. Mrs. Hawkins was a retired accountant. Surviving are...

Ethel Tate Stivers

Ethel Tate Stivers

Oct 23, 2013

Ethel Tate Stivers, age 94, of Owenton, passed away October 23, 2013 at the Crestview Nursing Facility in Shelbyville, KY. Born January 5, 1919, in Midway, KY, she was the daughter of the late Allie and Mary Hockensmith Tate and the widow of Ollie Stivers. She was also preceded in death by 10 siblings. Mrs. Stivers was a former waitress...

Washington "Cig" Atha, Jr.

Washington "Cig" Atha, Jr.

Oct 21, 2013

Washington "Cig" Atha, Jr., age 71, of Monterey, passed away Monday, October 21, 2013 at the New Horizons Medical Center. Born March 4, 1942 in Monterey, KY, he was the son of the late Washington Atha, Sr. and Nola New Atha and was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Cook Atha and his brother, Jess Atha. "Cig" work in...

Florence E. Cook

Florence E. Cook

Oct 11, 2013

Florence Evelyn Webster Cook, age 83, of Owenton, passed away, Friday, October 11, 2013 at Owenton Center following a long illness. Born April 19, 1930, in Carroll County, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Rosa Kinman Webster and was also preceded in death by her daughter, Patricia Duvall Blake and her grandson, Matthew Ray Duvall. Mrs. Cook...

Emma B. Courtney

Emma B. Courtney

Oct 10, 2013

Mrs. Emma B. Courtney, age 76, of Owenton passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013 at the New Horizons Medical Center. Born December 29, 1936, in Owen County, she was the daughter of the late Francis Marion "Frank" and Bethel Yarber Martin and was preceded in death by her son Rex Allen Martin and her brothers, Roy, Otis, Mike and Douglas...

Thomas Shupert Webster

Thomas Shupert Webster

Oct 5, 2013

Thomas Shupert Webster, age 74, of Owenton passed away, Saturday, October 5, 2013 at the Frankfort Regional Medical Center. Born February 22, 1939, in Gallatin County, he was the son of the late Vernon and Minnie Ellis Webster and was also preceded in death by his siblings, Charlie Malcomb, William Vernon and Edith Beach. Tom was a member of the...

Linda Gail Stivers

Linda Gail Stivers

Oct 4, 2013

Mrs. Linda Gail Stivers, age 74, of the Squiresville community, passed away Friday, October 4, 2013 at her residence. Born January 1, 1939, in Henry County she was the daughter of the late Bill Greene Bryant and Willie Leach Bryant. Also preceding her in death was her grandson, Lucas Mason and her siblings Glenna Duvall, Patsy Dees and Larry Bryant....

Allison Brooke Fitzgerald

Allison Brooke Fitzgerald

Oct 1, 2013

Miss Allison Brooke Fitzgerald, age 23, of Monterey, passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at the New Horizons Medical Center. Born April 14, 1990, in Frankfort she was a 2008 graduate of Owen County High School and a cashier at Marathon. She was also a member of El Bethel Christian Church. Her grandfathers, Cecil Marshall and Buford Fitzgerald preceded her...

Bernice Harris

Bernice Harris

Sep 19, 2013

Bernice Harris, age 85 and a resident of Owenton, passed away Thursday, September 19th, at the Owenton Manor. Born October 1, 1927, she was the daughter of the late J.D. Hammond and Hattie Lathrem Hammond. Bernice was also preceded in death by two brothers: Buford and Henry Hammond as well as five sisters: Emily Marston, Florence Toole, Gypsy Steers, Bertha...

Betty Irene Ogden

Betty Irene Ogden

Sep 15, 2013

Mrs. Betty Irene Dutton Ogden, age 87, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2013 at Gallatin Healthcare. Born August 6, 1926, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Franklin and Opal Jackson Haven. Also preceding her in death were her husband Jack and siblings, Jim, Jack, Duane, Frank and Deliah. Mrs. Ogden retired from Dairy Queen at...

Barbara J. Brown Watson

Barbara J. Brown Watson

Sep 9, 2013

Barbara J. Brown Watson, age 80, of Monterey passed away Monday, September 9, 2013 at her residence. Born February 4, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Tommie Edward and Anna Elizabeth Stephens Johnson and was the widow of William H. Brown and Stuart J. Watson. She was a retried records keeper and respiratory therapist. Surviving are her son,...

Charlotte Vance

Charlotte Vance

Sep 8, 2013

Charlotte Vance, age 82, of Owenton passed away Sunday, September 8, 2013 at the Owenton Manor. Born June 12, 1931 in Owen County, she was the daughter of the late Roscoe and Eura Bell Vance. She was preceded in death by her brothers, George and Paul Vance and her sisters, Sibyl Rosenstiel and Irene Vance. Surviving are her two nieces...

Ruth Lynn O'Banion

Ruth Lynn O'Banion

Sep 5, 2013

Ruth Lynn Beckham O’Banion, 67 of Worthville, passed away Thursday morning at the Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington. Born March 13, 1946, in Owen County, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Elizabeth Wilhoite Beckham. Also preceding her death were two sisters, Christine Combs and Mary Wynn and two brothers: Hershel Beckham and Mack Beckham. She was a...

Violet Mae Franks

Violet Mae Franks

Aug 27, 2013

Mrs. Violet Mae Franks, age 74, of Owenton, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at the Owenton Manor. Born December 29, 1938, in Owingsville, KY, sh was the daughter of the late Owen and Anna Maude Shrout Staton and was preceded in death by four brothers. Violet was a retired registered Nurse and worked for the Ashland Daily Independent newspaper....

Dorothy Stewart

Dorothy Stewart

Aug 24, 2013

Miss Dorothy Stewart, age 83, of Owenton, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2013 at the Owenton Manor. Born, January 30, 1930 in Owen County, she was the daughter of the late Orville and Mattie Poe Stewart. She was also preceded in death by her infant sister. She was a 1947 graduate of New Liberty High School and a 1951 graduate...

Donald Wayne Ballard

Donald Wayne Ballard

Aug 19, 2013

Donald Wayne Ballard, 55 of Monterey passed away Monday, August 19, 2013 at the Frankfort Regional Medical Center. Born October 17, 1957, in Frankfort, he was the son of the late J.F. Ballard. Don was retired from the Office of the Courts as a Program Analyst. He is survived by his Mother, Margaret McDonald Ballard of Monterey and his brother,...

Emily Marie Marston

Emily Marie Marston

Aug 16, 2013

Mrs. Emily Marie Marston, age 89, of Owenton passed away Friday, August 16, 2013 at the New Horizons Medical Center. Born June 7, 1924 in the Fairbanks community of Owen County, she was the daughter of the late Jimmy D. and Hattie B. Jones Hammond. Also preceding her in death were her siblings, Bertha Kingcaid, Gracie Hammond, Gypsy Steres, Buford...

Elizabeth "Libby" Owens Downing

Elizabeth "Libby" Owens Downing

Aug 15, 2013

Elizabeth "Libby" Owens Downing passed away Thursday Aug. 15. She is survived by her husband Frank, her children, Frank Keiser "Kye" (Jill) Downing Jr., Sue Downing Wingate and Margaret "Brian" Forsee. Seven grandchildren also survive. Visitation is Friday Aug. 16 from 4 to 7 at the Owenton First Christian Church. The funeral is Sat. at 2pm at Milward Funeral Home...

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