Obituaries

Ovie Emmitt Nealis
Nov 6, 2012
Ovie Emmitt Nealis, 57, of Mt. Sterling, died Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. He was born July 2, 1955 to China Nealis and the late Tommy Nealis.
Ovie was a lifelong resident of Montgomery County, a United States Air Force Veteran, a member of American Legion, and a graduate of Montgomery...

Horace Gene Ellis
Nov 4, 2012
Horace Gene Ellis, 81, of Mt. Sterling, died Sunday morning, November 4, 2012 at his residence. He was born April 2, 1931 in Dunnville, Kentucky to the late Othello and Bertha Mings Ellis.
Horace Gene moved to Montgomery County five years ago from Campbellsville. He was a United States Air Force Veteran and retired from...

Susie Mae Reed
Oct 29, 2012
Susie Mae Banks Reed, 72, of Mt. Sterling, died Monday evening, October 29, 2012 at her residence. She was born July 19, 1940 in Jeffersonville to the late Everett and Amanda Esteppe Banks.
Susie was a Montgomery County native, a believer in Jesus Christ and worshiped at Assemblies of God. She was previously employed at Trojan Manufacturing...

Walter Stephen Goodpaster
Oct 28, 2012
Walter Stephen Goodpaster, 63, of Mt. Sterling, died Sunday morning, October 28, 2012 at UK Markey Cancer Center. He was born July 3, 1949 in Montgomery County to the late Walter Jackson and Mildred Pergram Goodpaster.
Stephen was a Montgomery County native, a graduate of Montgomery County High School, and he attended Rolling Hills Church of Christ....

Amanda Lynn Tapp Lowe
Oct 11, 2012
Amanda Lynn Tapp Lowe, 32, of Mt. Sterling, died Thursday evening, October 11, 2012 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born January 19, 1980 to Charles Michael Tapp and Yvonne Curran Butler.
Amanda, a Bath County native, moved to Mt. Sterling twelve years ago. She was a 1998 graduate of Bath County...

Antrionette "Sissy" Combs Estes
Oct 11, 2012
Antrionette "Sissy" Combs Estes, 57, of Greenup, died Thursday, October 11, 2012 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. She was born November 24, 1954 to Laura Vivian Combs and the late Elijah Combs, Jr.
Antrionette, better known as "Sissy", moved to Greenup four years ago from Mt. Sterling where she had spent most of her life....

Pearlie Irene Hall
Oct 7, 2012
Pearlie Akers Hall, 50, of Lee City, died Sunday, October 7, 2012 at UK Hospital. She was born October 6, 1962 to John and Mary Akers.
Pearlie was a Wolfe County native and a graduate of Wolfe County High School. She was a homemaker, had an outgoing personality and loved the outdoors. She will be dearly missed...

Mark Allen Rust
Oct 6, 2012
Mark Allen Rust, 38, of Mt. Sterling, died Saturday, October 6, 2012 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. He was born May 18, 1974 and the son of Eunice Sexton and the late Manson Rust.
Mark was a Montgomery County native and graduated from Montgomery County High School in 1995. His previous employment was with Nestle, Grief...

Henry Dee Thompson
Sep 30, 2012
Henry Dee Thompson, 70, widower of Loretta Miles Thompson, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, died September 30, 2012. He was born January 22, 1942 in Bath County to the late Ed and Anna Spence Thompson.
Henry was an Army Veteran, and was retired from A.O. Smith. He enjoyed playing bingo, watching westerns, playing cards, hunting, and...

Ivan Elliott
Sep 29, 2012
Ivan Elliott, 74, of Jeffersonville, passed away on September 29, 2012 at his residence. He was born January 4, 1938 in Montgomery County to the late Clyde and Lena Atkins Elliott.
Ivan was a lifelong resident of Montgomery County. He was retired from Ensor Excavating where he was a backhoe and dozer operator. Ivan was...

Vernon Wilbor Rice
Sep 25, 2012
Vernon Wilbor Rice 80, of Paris, died Tuesday afternoon, September 25, 2012, at St. Joseph Hospital in Mt. Sterling. He was born October 5, 1931 in Georgetown to the late Offie and Sally Floyd Rice.
Vernon moved to Paris from Georgetown two years ago. He was a Navy Veteran and a farmer. He had a love for...

Milton "Milt" David Price III
Sep 24, 2012
Milton "Milt" David Price III, 51, of Jeffersonville, Kentucky, passed away on September 24, 2012. He was born September 24, 1961 in Saint Paul, Minnesota to Glenna Millard Price and the late Milton David Price, Jr.
Milton moved to Montgomery County from Nicholasville in 2005. He was an employee of Lexington Metals where he worked in Quality...

Paul David Cowden
Sep 23, 2012
Paul David Cowden, 67, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, passed away on September 23, 2012. He was born August 29, 1945 in New York, New York and was the son of Barbara Cowden and the late Bill Cowden.
Paul moved to Mount Sterling after graduating from Williams College in 1967 and Vanderbilt University Law School in 1970. He...

Gerald Richard Gardner
Sep 10, 2012
Gerald Richard (Barnhart) Gardner, 74, of Jeffersonville, died Monday morning, September 10, 2012, at his residence. He was born July 5, 1938 in Preble County, Ohio to the late William and Orpha Gardner.
Gerald moved to Montgomery County from Kissimmee, Florida seven years ago. He served in the Army and Navy, he attended the First Church of...

Clinton Webb Hager
Aug 26, 2012
Clinton Webb Hager, 62, of Jeffersonville, died Sunday morning, August 26, 2012, at his residence. He was born September 12, 1949 in Prestonsburg to the late E.H and Ruth Hager.
Clinton was a Floyd County native and moved to Montgomery County in 1984. Clinton was cattle farmer and retired from Bluegrass Stockyards, a member of the Montgomery...

Robert Wayne Thompson
Aug 26, 2012
Robert Wayne Thompson, 43, of Mt. Sterling, died Sunday morning, August 26, 2012, at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington. He was born January 5, 1969 in Mt. Sterling to Larry Thompson and Betty Taylor.
Robert was a Montgomery County native, and an employee of Little Ceasars Pizza. Robert, who was known for his outgoing personality...

Kaytlin Hope McCoy
Aug 21, 2012
Kaytlin Hope McCoy, infant daughter of Brandon and Jennifer McCoy of Mt. Sterling, died Tuesday morning, August 21, 2012, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.
Survivors include; her parents, Brandon and Jennifer McCoy; one brother, Luke Brackston Wilson of Mt. Sterling; grandparents, Johnny Griffith of Morehead, and Michael and Susie McCoy of Jeffersonville; great...

Garry Michael "Mick" Martin
Aug 9, 2012
Garry Michael "Mick" Martin, 60, of Mt. Sterling, died Thursday morning, August 9, 2012, at his residence. He was born October 14, 1951 in Mt. Sterling to Ada Martin and the late Everett Martin.
Garry was a Montgomery County native, an employee of Bucyrus-Caterpillar and a member of Jeffersonville Assembly of God. Garry, who was known for...

Sarah Tobin
Aug 7, 2012
Sarah Tobin, 70, of Winchester, died Tuesday morning, August 7, 2012, at her residence. She was born February 12, 1942 in Lexington to the late Roger and Thelma Van Sickle.
Sarah, a Winchester native, was a homemaker and a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed golf, tennis, swimming, and UK basketball.
She is...

Howard "Jr" Moore
Aug 5, 2012
Howard "Jr" Moore, 82, of Mt. Sterling, died Sunday evening, August 5, 2012, at the Saint Joseph Hospital in Mt. Sterling. He was born January 1, 1930 in Hamlin, West Virginia to the late Hallie and Dollie Moore.
He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Jackie Smiley Moore; one son, Randy Moore (Trudi) of...