Obituaries
Nicholasville, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Nicholasville and Jessamine County, KY
Carolyn Sue Johns
Jan 21, 2024
Carolyn Sue Johns, 73, of Nottaway Drive in Nicholasville, Kentucky, passed away on Sunday, January 21, 2024, at Nicholasville Nursing and Rehab. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky, to the late Buford “Harold” Johns, Jr., and the late Helen Jean Cross Johns. Sue was retired from Thomson Hood Veterans Center in Wilmore, Kentucky. She is survived by her siblings, two...
Edyth Lavenia Hockaday
Jan 17, 2024
Edyth Lavenia Hockaday, 62, of Kurtzland Drive in Nicholasville, Kentucky, passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at her home. She was born in Richmond, Kentucky, on December 31, 1961, to the late Sam Hockaday and the late Willie Marie Kennedy Hockaday. Edyth was a Life Insurance Agent with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. She is survived by her...
Mac Arthur Blanton
Jan 17, 2024
Mac Arthur Blanton, age 78, widower of Cynthia Genora Martin Blanton of Foxwood Drive, Nicholasville, passed away at home surrounded by his family, on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. He was born in Madison County, Kentucky, on July 13, 1945, to the late Lewis Abs Blanton and the late Florence Woolery Blanton. Mac was a farmer and sanitation worker. He is...
Raymond R Lee
Jan 15, 2024
Raymond R. Lee, age 91, a lifelong resident of Nicholasville (Jessamine County) passed away at the University of Kentucky Hospital on Monday, January 15, 2024, from a short illness. He was born on May 6, 1932, in Waco, Kentucky to the late Edgar Lee and the late Lena Lutze Lee. He was preceded in death by his wife of 70...
Gary Lee Lay
Jan 15, 2024
Gary Lee Lay, 56, of Rainbow Drive in Nicholasville, Kentucky passed away, on Monday, January 15, 2024, at the University of Kentucky Hospital. He was born in Georgetown, Kentucky on July 28, 1967, to Garnett Lee (Lena) Lay and Terry Whaley Tubbs. Gary was a dedicated farmer and loved hunting, fishing, and riding around the farm with his best friend...
Joyce L Spurlock
Jan 14, 2024
Joyce L. Spurlock, age 91, of Wilmore, Kentucky, passed away at home on Sunday, January 14, 2024, of natural causes. She is preceded in death by her parents Gobel and Violet Burns Spurlock, siblings, Russell Spurlock, and Joan Spurlock Hahn. She is survived by a brother-in-law, Charles Hahn, four nieces Cindy Hahn Miller (Lester), Chrissie Hahn Tyra, Mila Spurlock Songer...
Charles Walter Nolte
Jan 10, 2024
Charles Walter Nolte, 63, husband of Cleo Frances Carpenter Nolte, died Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan on August 20, 1960, to the late Charles Nolte and the late Barbara James Nolte. Charles worked for Stonestreet Farms in Lexington, Kentucky. Survivors include two sons, Neil Robert Nolte (Sara), and...
Yvonne Young Walton
Jan 10, 2024
Yvonne Young Walton, 73, died Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. She was born in Lebanon, Tennessee on July 8, 1950, to the late Rayburn Guyn Young and the late Catherine Shelton Young. Survivors include a daughter, Michelle Bietz, two sons, Steven (Jennifer) Guyn Young, and Brian (Sarah) Bietz, eight grandchildren, Tyler Young, Austin Hopper,...
Marceda Gail Jones
Jan 9, 2024
Marceda Gail Jones, 77, wife of Jake Major Jones, Jr., passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at Ephriam McDowell Hospital in Danville, Kentucky. She was born on August 23, 1946, in Annville, Kentucky to the late Elmer Moore and the late Vogel Halcomb Moore. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Yonel (Steve) Fawcett, two sons,...
Helen Shackleford Robertson Sharon
Jan 9, 2024
Helen Shackleford Robertson Sharon, 75, of Oakmont Drive in Nicholasville, Kentucky, died Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at her home. She was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky on June 22, 1948, to the late John Ed Robertson and Lila Donohew Robertson. She is survived by a daughter, Sara Wells, of Enfield, New Hampshire, and a son, John-Everett Wells of Huntsville, Alabama. The...
Ann Farley Combs Peel
Jan 8, 2024
Ann Farley Combs Peel, 83, wife of Jimmie J. Peel, died Monday morning, January 8, 2024, at her home in Nicholasville, Kentucky. She was born on June 15, 1940, in Jessamine County, Kentucky to the late Elmo Talton and Cleo Adams Combs. Ann retired from Kroger in Nicholasville after many years of service. She is survived by two sons, Tal...
Charles William Dixon
Jan 7, 2024
Charles William Dixon, 83, husband of Barbara Jean Wells Dixon, passed away, on Sunday, January 7, 2024, at his home in Lancaster, Kentucky. He was born in Roxanna, Kentucky on March 30, 1940, to the late Arvil Dixon and the late Lavada Caudill Fouts. Charles was a retired computer operator at IBM, and a United States Air Force Veteran. In...
James E. Wilmot
Jan 7, 2024
James E. Wilmot, 90, husband of Jane D. Wilmot, of Nicholasville, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, January 7, 2024. James was born in Stanford, Kentucky on June 5, 1933, to the late John James and Katie Frances Gooch Wilmot. He was a Veteran of the United States Army and was retired from the University of Kentucky, where he worked as a...
Emily Gail Colbath Fitch
Jan 6, 2024
Emily Gail Colbath Fitch, of Wilmore, KY, died of heart complications in Lexington, KY on January 6, 2024. She was born in Hapeville, GA 1939 to Adrian and Violet Colbath. Emily attended LaGrange College before transferring to Asbury College to study Art and met the love of her life, James Leonard Fitch. Through this meeting she became a Kentucky transplant...
Carol Hamilton Russell
Jan 5, 2024
Carol Hamilton Russell, 94, wife of Dr. Carl Reed Russell Jr., of Keene Road, Nicholasville, passed away Friday, January 5, 2024. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky on August 9, 1929, to the late Kenneth and Clay Foley Hamilton. She worked as a veterinary nurse alongside her husband at their family veterinary practice. She was a longtime member of Bethel...
Sean Lee Tipton
Jan 5, 2024
Sean Tipton, age 54, of Nicholasville, Kentucky, passed away Friday, January 5, 2024. He was born July 30, 1969, in Cincinnati, Ohio to the late Edward C. Tipton and Shelby Horn who survives. Besides his mother, Sean is survived by a brother Timothy Edward Tipton (Sara Hurst Smoot), and a sister Monica Jean Coulardot (Neal). Sean is also survived by...
Donald Wayne Johns
Jan 1, 2024
Donald Wayne Johns, 87, husband of Ruth Agnes Williams Johns, passed away on Monday, January 1, 2024, at the University of Kentucky Hospital. He was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky on September 5, 1936, to the late Elmer Johns and Dallas Reynolds Johns. Wayne was a Minister at Trinity Community Church in Jessamine County and retired from IBM in Lexington,...
John Frank Howard Iii
Dec 29, 2023
John Frank Howard III, 74, Mitchell Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky passed away, on Friday, December 29, 2023, at the VA Medical Center. He was born in Yoko Suka, Japan, on January 4, 1949, to the late John Frank Howard, Jr. and Maymie Marie Howard. John was a Navy Veteran and a retired nurse, who worked at the VA Medical Center in...
Danny Lee Dunaway
Dec 27, 2023
Danny Lee Dunaway, 70, husband of Vicki Jo Russell Dunaway, of Maxey Valley Road, Hustonville, passed away Wednesday, December 27, 2023. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky on August 12, 1953, to the late Ernest and Naomi Hall Dunaway. Danny was a retired Veteran of the United States Navy. He is survived by his wife, Vicki, three daughters, Jeanna Michelle...
Glenda Lee Akers
Dec 25, 2023
Glenda Lee Akers, 85, widow of Donald Laverne Akers, died Monday, December 25, 2023, at Ephriam McDowell Hospital in Danville, Kentucky. She was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky on July 6, 1938, to the late Leo Harrod and the late Laura Marie Carney Harrod. Glenda was a salesperson at Sears and Roebuck. She is survived by 3 children, Laura (Stephen)...
