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Local obituaries for Nicholasville and Jessamine County, KY

Ima Jean Burge Dunaway

Ima Jean Burge Dunaway

Oct 7, 2025

Ima Jean Burge Dunaway, 76, loving wife of Fred Wayne Dunaway, passed away on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at her home in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on October 27, 1948, to the late Marshall Lee Burge Sr. and Lucy Geneva Gill Burge. Ima Jean was a homemaker who enjoyed taking care of her home and family,...

Roy Lee Estes, Jr.

Roy Lee Estes, Jr.

Oct 8, 2025

Roy Lee Estes, Jr. 59, passed away on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at Bluegrass Hospice Care at UK Healthcare in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born on December 22, 1965, in Lexington, Kentucky to the late Roy Lee Estes and Carnelia Lunsford Estes. Roy Lee was a self-employed automobile mechanic. Survivors include a daughter, Kim (Jakey Stevenson) Estes, a son, James...

Charles E Peel

Charles E Peel

Oct 12, 2025

Charles E. Peel, 73, husband of Bonnie Jean Drury Peel, died on Sunday, October 12, 2025, at his home on Weslyn Way in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He was born on May 25, 1952, in the Pollard area of Jessamine County, Kentucky to the late Hughie L. Peel and Margaret Miller Peel. In addition to his loving wife, Bonnie, he is survived...

Mark Anthony Reichmuth

Mark Anthony Reichmuth

Oct 3, 2025

Mark Anthony Reichmuth, 84, husband of Zenith Mullins Camper, entered his eternal rest with the Lord on Friday, October 3, 2025, at Baptist Health Lexington, in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born in Lindsay, Nebraska on August 6, 1941, the son of the late Leo and Arlene Reichmuth. Mark was a retired Senior Auditor for Condata Global. In addition to his...

Bulah Ethel Blevins

Bulah Ethel Blevins

Oct 1, 2025

Bulah Ethel Ratliff Blevins, age 71, widow of David Blevins, passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at the home of her sister in London, Kentucky. She was born in Morgan County, Kentucky on September 26, 1954, to Hobert Peck and Nannie Lickins Peck. Ethel had worked in manufacturing. Survivors include a son, Robert Anthony Hubbard (wife Tasha), a daughter,...

Ronnie Wayne Murphy, Sr.

Ronnie Wayne Murphy, Sr.

Sep 29, 2025

Ronnie Wayne Murphy, Sr., age 77, loving husband of Rosemary Merrell Murphy, passed away on Monday, September 29, 2025, at St. Joesph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born in Nicholasville, Kentucky on March 3, 1948, to the late Arthur Murphy and Mamie Clouse Murphy. Ronnie was an automobile mechanic for the Nicholasville City Government. He is survived by his...

Jeffrey Lyle Mclean

Jeffrey Lyle Mclean

Sep 27, 2025

Jeffrey Lyle Mclean, age 41, passed away on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at University of Kentucky Hospice in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky on July 27, 1984, to the late Jeffrey Lee Mclean and Angela Virginia Corman Davis and her husband Rodney. Jeffrey worked in Masonry Construction. He is survived by his girlfriend, Michelle Walker, three daughters,...

James "Billy" William Lamb

James "Billy" William Lamb

Sep 25, 2025

James “Billy” William Lamb, Jr., 81, loving husband of 61 years to Emily Allene Carpenter Lamb, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 25, 2025, at his home. He was born in Madison County, Kentucky to the late James “Bill” William Lamb and Susie Magdalene Hill Lamb. Billy was a farmer, affectionally known as the “Tomato Man” for selling his produce...

Matthew Alan May

Matthew Alan May

Sep 23, 2025

Matthew Alan May, 48, died Tuesday September 23, 2025, in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky on July 19, 1977, to Cecelia Rose Spady Tallman and the late Jackie Dean May.  Matthew worked as a painting contractor. He is survived by his wife, Stacy Dawson May, three sons, Cody May, Tyler May and his wife, Keira, and Austin...

Erma Jean Anderson

Erma Jean Anderson

Sep 23, 2025

Erma Jean Bryant Anderson, born 31 July 1937, left this life 2025 September 23. We know she woke this morning to a warm, sunny, forever summer surrounded by family and friends gone before.

May she see our tears of sorrow as the tears of gratitude we also feel and the voids in our hearts from her absence filled by the memories...

James "Jimmy" Warren Brewster

James "Jimmy" Warren Brewster

Sep 22, 2025

James “Jimmy” Warren Brewster, 73, widower of Janet “Jan” Martha Lindsay Brewster, died on Monday, September 22, 2025, at his home in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He was born in Akron, Ohio on May 16, 1952, and was raised by his grandmother, Nellie Ramsey. Jimmy retired from the Jessamine County Board of Education where he was a school bus driver. He is...

Teena Kay Horton

Teena Kay Horton

Sep 20, 2025

Teena Kay Horton, 49, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and formerly of Nicholasville, Kentucky, the loving daughter of Ronald Clay Horton and Wanda Darlene Coffey Horton, passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2025, in Knoxville, Tennessee. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on December 14, 1975. Teena had previously worked as a Paramedic in Jessamine County. In addition to her parents, she...

Ted Dalton Owens

Ted Dalton Owens

Sep 20, 2025

Ted Dalton Owens, age 91, widower of Eunice Owens, passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at his son’s home in Lancaster, Kentucky. He was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, on June 17, 1934, to Thomas Owens and Minerva Land Owens. Ted retired from the Kentucky American Water Company and was a United States Army veteran who served in Korea....

Benjamin Rivera

Benjamin Rivera

Sep 20, 2025

Benjamin Rivera, 60, passed away at his home on East Oak Street on Saturday, September 20, 2025. Benjamin was born in Puerto Rico on December 26, 1964, to the late Pedro Rivera and Florinda Lopez. Survivors include his longtime companion Ivette Ramirez, daughters, Tatiana Jimenez, Jailene Rivera, Maria Gonzalez, and Crystal Gonzales, a son, Geovanni Monserrate, eighteen grandchildren, and four...

Ralph Wayne Grimes

Ralph Wayne Grimes

Sep 19, 2025

Ralph Wayne Grimes, 70, died Friday, September 19, 2025, at his home in Wilmore, Kentucky. He was born in Wilmore, Kentucky, on May 9, 1955, to the late Ralph Thurman Grimes and Mary Lee Rader Grimes. He is survived by five children, two sons, Ralph Wayne Grimes, Jr., and Daniel Wayne Grimes, and his wife, Jessica Michelle, and three daughters,...

William Mitchell Hurt

William Mitchell Hurt

Sep 18, 2025

William (Bill) Mitchell Hurt, of Jessamine County, Kentucky, passed away peacefully at home on September 18, 2025, at the age of 86. Born on January 20, 1939, in Jessamine County, Bill spent his entire life in the place he proudly called home.

Bill was the beloved husband of Mary Hurt, with whom he shared 61 years of marriage. Together, they raised...

Jacalyn Christine McColgan

Jacalyn Christine McColgan

Sep 16, 2025

Jacalyn Christine McColgan, 40, loving daughter of Ed McColgan and Jill Carlino McColgan, passed away on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at her mother's home in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Jacalyn was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, on July 23, 1985. She was an avid reader, loved the outdoors, and was a graduate of Brockton High School. Survivors include two sons, Dylan and Desmond,...

Pauline Sharp

Pauline Sharp

Sep 15, 2025

Pauline Sharp, age 104, widow of Everett Lee Scott, passed away on Monday, September 15, 2025, at Nicholasville Health and Rehab. She was born in Boyle County, Kentucky, on July 11, 1921, to the late Samuel William Cox and Dora Myrtle Cox. Pauline was a homemaker who enjoyed taking care of her home and her family. Survivors include a son,...

Darlene Frances Mickley Olson

Darlene Frances Mickley Olson

Sep 14, 2025

Darlene Frances Mickley Olson, age 95, widow of Ronald Dale Olson, passed away on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at her home in Lexington, Kentucky. She was born in Sterling, Illinois, on October 8, 1929, to the late David Leslie Mickley and Ruth Kathryn Carlson Cluck. Darlene was a Missionary for the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. She is survived by...

Alben Allen Peel

Alben Allen Peel

Sep 12, 2025

Alben Allen Peel, 81, loving husband of Edna Rose Spaulding Peel, passed away on Friday, September 12, 2025, at Lexington Premier Nursing Care in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, on August 27, 1944, to the late Brutus Peel and Louise Bruner Peel. Alben was a member of Sulphur Well Christian Church, a farmer, and worked for...

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