Obituaries
James Allen Crump
Nov 16, 2017
James Allen Crump, 75, of Mt. Sterling, died Thursday morning, November 16, 2017 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. He was born August 13, 1942 in Carlisle to the late Hanson and Eva Sams Crump..
James moved to Montgomery County fifty-five years ago from Carlisle, he's of the Christian faith and retired from Hobart. He enjoyed; car dirt...
Mary Ellen (Borland) Hart
Nov 7, 2017
Mary Ellen Borland Hart, 63, of Mt. Sterling, died Tuesday morning, November 7, 2017, at her residence. She was born September 17, 1954 in Paris to the late Chester and Mary Hughes Borland.
Mary moved back to Kentucky in 1994 from Ohio, of the Christian faith and previously worked in home health as a care giver. She...
Homer Nickels
Nov 7, 2017
Homer Nickels, 87, of Mt. Sterling, died Tuesday afternoon, November 7, 2017 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. He was born October 24, 1930 in Floyd County to the late Kelly and Ada Slone Nickels.
Homer was a Knott County native and moved to Montgomery County in 1945, of the Christian faith, graduated from Camargo High Scholl and...
Junior Brewer
Nov 3, 2017
Junior Brewer, 68, of Mt. Sterling, died Friday morning, November 3, 2017 at his residence. He was born November 12, 1948 in Mt. Sterling to the late Leslie Sr. and Ruth Nickells Brewer.
Junior was a Montgomery County native, retired from Kerns Bread and a member of the Heritage Christian Church. Junior loved sports and was a...
Robert "Bob" Terrell Leggett
Oct 28, 2017
Robert "Bob" Terrell Leggett, 78, of Mt. Sterling, died Saturday evening, October 28, 2017 at the Bluegrass Hospice Care Center in Lexington. He was born February 22, 1939 in Paris, Kentucky.
Bob moved to Montgomery County fifty-four years ago from Paris, graduate from Fugazzi Business College, retired from Burke Parsons Bowlby in Stanton, an active member of...
Melissa Lynn (Thomas) Lawill
Oct 27, 2017
Melissa Lynn Thomas Lawill, 43, of Mt. Sterling, died Friday morning, October 27, 2017 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. She was born April 13, 1974 in Mt. Sterling.
Melissa was a life-long Montgomery County resident. She was of the Christian faith and enjoyed; cooking, mowing and most of all, spending time with her family. She'll be dearly...
Gary Eugene Wells
Oct 25, 2017
Gary Eugene Wells, 67, of Mt. Sterling, died Wednesday morning, October 25, 2017 at his residence. He was born June 28, 1950 in Morgan County.
Gary graduated from George Rogers Clark High School in Winchester, of the Christian faith and retired from Rockwell. He enjoyed working on older cars, watching drag racing, camping and boating. He will...
Phillip Davis Dale
Oct 17, 2017
Phillip Davis Dale, 69, of Owingsville, died Tuesday evening, October 17, 2017 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. He was born September 20, 1948 in Bourbon County to the late Woodson and Ethel Lauglin Dale.
Phillip moved to Owingsville fifteen years ago from Mt. Sterling, member of the Means Community Miracle Church and a retired truck driver. He...
Walter Scott Shoemaker, Jr.
Oct 9, 2017
Walter "Scott" Shoemaker, Jr., 85, of Mt. Sterling, died Monday morning, October 9, 2017 in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born March 5, 1932 in Mt. Sterling to the late Walter Scott Sr. and Audie Mae Vice Shoemaker.
Scott was a life-long resident of Montgomery County, of the Baptist faith, a volunteer fireman, retired from the Army Depot...
Owen Brooks Vice, Sr.
Oct 7, 2017
Owen Brooks Vice, Sr., 85, of Owingsville, died Saturday morning, October 7, 2017 at St. Claire Medical Center. He was born May 6, 1932 in Bath County to the late Clifton Sr. and Minnie Sargent Vice.
Owen was a Bath County native, life-long farmer and retired from Moorman's Feed Company, Sharpsburg High School alumni, member of the...
Carmen F. (Stanley) Ball
Sep 30, 2017
Carmen F. Stanley Ball, 51, of Wellington, died Saturday morning, September 30, 2017 at UK Medical Center. She was born February 3, 1966 in Paintsville to the late Thomas and Roberta Vanhoose Stanley.
Carmen moved to Menifee County fifteen years ago from Paintsville. She enjoyed color pencil drawing, technology and boat riding. She'll be dearly missed by...
Lloyd Tiebout Steinmetz, Jr.
Sep 26, 2017
Lloyd Tiebout Steinmetz, Jr., 94, of Mt. Sterling, died Tuesday evening, September 26, 2017 at UK Medical Center. He was born July 12, 1923 in Great Falls, New Jersey to the late Lloyd Sr. and Anna Hinnes Steinmetz.
Lloyd was a WWII Navy veteran on the Battleship New Jersey, graduate from the University of Alabama as an...
Ronald Jack Valenti, Sr.
Sep 22, 2017
Ronald Jack Valenti, Sr., 72, of Olympia, died Saturday evening, September 23, 2017 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. He was born July 23, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois to the late Peter and Helen Dobstaf Valenti.
Ronald moved to Bath County in 1978 from Chicago and was previously employed at Donotech. He enjoyed mowing his lawn, playing scratch...
Brenda Gail (Hutson) Sorrell
Sep 22, 2017
Brenda Gail Hutson Sorrell, 55, of Jeffersonville, died Friday evening, September 22, at her residence. She was born February 12, 1962 in Mt. Sterling.
Brenda was a Montgomery County native, member of the Macedonia Baptist Church and retired after twenty-three years driving a school bus for the Montgomery County school system. She enjoyed flower & vegetable gardening,...
Joshua Shane Conkright
Sep 22, 2017
Joshua Shane Conkright, 25, of Mt. Sterling, died Friday morning, September 22, 2017 at Clark Regional Medical Center in Winchester. He was born August 7, 1992 in Mt. Sterling.
Joshua was a Montgomery County native, of the Christian faith and a graduate from Montgomery County High School. He enjoyed playing Xbox, UK basketball and Dallas Cowboys. He...
Dana Renee (Burkhart) Highley
Sep 20, 2017
Dana Renee Burkhart Highley, 48, of Powell County, died Wednesday morning, September 20, 2017 at Clark Regional Medical Center in Winchester. She was born October 22, 1968 in Powell County to Millard Jr. and Mary Lou Patrick Burkhart.
Dana was a Powell County native and of the Christian faith. She had a contagious laugh along with an...
Betty Jean Tipton
Sep 16, 2017
Betty Jean Tipton, 88, of Montgomery County, died Saturday morning, September 16, 2017 at Northpoint Healthcare in Lexington. She was born April 21, 1929 in Montgomery County to the late Everett and Zetta Wells Tipton.
Betty was a Montgomery County native, member of the Church of the Nazarene, Montgomery County Senior Citizens, Red Hat Society and Montgomery...
Anna Lou (Hoffman) William
Sep 12, 2017
Anna Lou Hoffman William, 93, of Montgomery County, died Tuesday evening, September 12, 2017 at Thomson-Hood Veterans Center in Wilmore. She was born December 15, 1923 in Montgomery County to the late Jouett Miller, Sr. and Mary Van Zant Tabb Hoffman.
Anna Lou was a Montgomery County native, member of the Ascension Episcopal Church and a United...
LeRoy Johnson
Sep 8, 2017
LeRoy Johnson, 97, of Jeffersonville, died Friday afternoon, September 8, 2017 at the VA Medical Center in Lexington. He was born June 17, 1920 in Russell County, Virginia to the late Lee Andrew and Martha Hurd Johnson.
LeRoy was a life-long resident of Montgomery County, of the Christian faith, retired from Hobart and a United States Army...
Rebecca Marie Vivian
Sep 5, 2017
Rebecca Marie Vivian, 12, of Jeffersonville, died Tuesday evening, September 5, 2017 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. She was born May 8, 2005 in Mt. Sterling to Marty & Kristi Picco Vivian.
Rebecca was a Montgomery County native and a member of Fellowship Christian Assembly Church and their worship dance team. She was the funny bone of...
