Obituaries
Nicholasville, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Nicholasville and Jessamine County, KY
Stuart Thomas Leasor
Mar 12, 2022
Stuart Thomas Leasor, 45, was born June 20, 1976, to the late Virgil Leasor Jr. and Judy Carolyn Leasor. He died unexpectedly on March 12, 2022. He was a devoted member of the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. He was employed by the University of Kentucky for 26 years. He was greatly loved by his family and friends. Additional family...
Ralph Carr
Mar 11, 2022
Ralph Carr, 81, husband of Sandra Key Carr, passed away Friday, March 11, 2022, at his home in Lexington. He was born in Coffee County, Alabama, on August 23, 1940, to the late Hollis Carr and Callie Ammons Carr. As well as his wife, Sandy, he is survived by a daughter, Tonya Bailey (Rick), two grandchildren, Shelby Griffin (Jeremy) and...
Thomas Patrick Reid
Mar 10, 2022
Thomas Patrick Reid, 70, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2022, at the V.A. Medical Center in Lexington. He was born in Winchester, Kentucky, on September 8, 1951, to the late William Hill Reid and Bobbie Louise Patrick. He worked as a biomedical researcher and served in the United States Army in Military Intelligence. He is survived by three daughters, Katherine...
Jean Allen Miller
Mar 9, 2022
Jean Allen Miller, 78, widow of James “Bub” Vickers, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022. She was born in Jessamine County on June 24, 1943, to the late Dea Rhineheimer and Nannie Hamilton Rhineheimer. She is survived by her son, Jimmy Vickers (Leslie), daughter, Deidra “Dede” Jenkins, brother, Michael Rhineheimer, two sisters, Donna Hager (Allen) and Patricia “Patsy” Howell, three...
Mary Helen Burch
Mar 8, 2022
Mary Helen Walker Scott Burch, 92, wife of Clellie Burch, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at her home in Nicholasville. She was born in Jessamine County on November 11, 1929, to the late John L. Walker and Vina Dean Walker. She is survived by a son, Billy Logan Scott (Vickie), a daughter, Laqueta Shaw (Terry), a sister, Ann Bruner...
Sandra Kay Salerno
Mar 7, 2022
Sandra Kay Salerno, 76, wife of Ralph Charles Salerno, passed away Monday, March 7, 2022, at her home in Nicholasville. She was born in Leslie County on January 15, 1946, to the late Fred Becknell and Mahalia Roberts Becknell. As well as her husband, Ralph, she is survived by a son, Tom Jones (Tammy), a daughter, Shannon Lee Parrott (Dan),...
Judy Christine Johnson
Mar 7, 2022
Judy Christine Johnson, 69, passed away Monday, March 7, 2022. On February 10, 1953, she was born in Lexington to the late Leonard L. Johnson and Wanda Lou Wilson Johnson. She is survived by a son, Jimmie L. Johnson, Jr., and a brother, Randy L. Johnson. Besides her parents, she is preceded by a son, Michael Morgan Johnson, as well...
Wanda Mae-Whitmore Stucky
Mar 7, 2022
Wanda Mae Whitmore-Stucky, 84, wife of John Ellis Stucky, passed away Monday, March 7, 2022. She was born and raised in Navarre, Ohio on May 7, 1937 to the late Lloyd Whitmore and Gladys Salburg-Whitmore. She married her high school sweetheart John, and was married for 65 years. In addition to her husband, she is survived by sons, John (Corky)...
David Linton Ratliff
Mar 6, 2022
David Linton Ratliff, 67, husband of Sandra Smith Ratliff, passed away Sunday March 6, 2022, at his home in Nicholasville, KY. He was born in Pikeville, Kentucky on May 16, 1954, to Mary Lou Sifers and the late David Lester Ratliff. He attended Eastern Kentucky University and proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps. He continued in...
Eugene "Bud" Ray Jenness, Jr.
Mar 5, 2022
Eugene Ray Jenness Jr., “Bud,” 56, husband of Renee Barnes Jenness, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2022, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. He was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, on February 17, 1966, to Ovaline Holt Jenness and the late Eugene Ray Jenness Sr. He was a member of Southland Christian Church and a pastor for the United...
Brenda Lou Reeves
Mar 3, 2022
Brenda Lou Reeves, 72, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2022. She was born in Lexington on July 18, 1949, to the late Leslie Burt Reeves and Mary Alice Florian Reeves. She is survived by a brother, Richard Reeves, two sisters, Linda Sue Watts (Randy), Juanita Welch (Donnie), as well as several nieces and nephews. She is preceded by two brothers,...
Bertha Snavely
Mar 1, 2022
Bertha (Booty) Snavely, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 1st in Nicholasville, KY. She was born in Princeton, WV on August 4th, 1943 to the late Mary Dicey and Blackstone Cooper. Booty was a 1961 graduate of Pearisburg High School. As a young woman she loved fast cars (especially her little red GTO), gardening, and crafting. As she grew older,...
Sherri Lynn Barker
Mar 1, 2022
Sherri Lynn Barker, 59, wife of Bonita Faye Bartleson, transitioned Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at St. Joseph Hospital. She was born in Michigan on March 10, 1962, the daughter of the late Joyce Mosher. She is survived by two daughters, Terri Jo Lewis, and Jessica Lamb (Dale), a brother, Edwin Lee Barker (Terry), two sisters, Mary Jo Marshall (Dewey) and...
Jo Ann Stanhope
Feb 27, 2022
Jo Ann Stanhope, 77, wife of John Y. Stanhope, Jr., passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022. She was born on April 30, 1944, in South Hill, Virginia, to the late Floyd Walter Schock and Shirley C. Rickertt Schock. In addition to her husband, John, she is survived by her brother, Floyd Michael Schock (Peggy), and sister, Constance “Connie” Fitz Schock....
Jerry Wayne Mccollum
Feb 27, 2022
Jerry Wayne McCollum, 47, husband of Renea Baker McCollum, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022. He was born May 20, 1974, in Lexington, to the late Bobby Lee McCollum and Evelyn Davis McCollum. In addition to his wife, Renea, he is survived by two sons, William McCollum and Thomas McCollum, one daughter, Cierra McCollum, a brother, Brian Keith McCollum, a...
Christopher Niklarz
Feb 26, 2022
Christopher Niklarz, 50, husband of Angela, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2022, at Baptist Health Lexington. He was born December 31, 1971, in Farmingdale, New York, to the late Robert Niklarz and Rosemarie Eberle Niklarz. He is survived by his wife, Angela Marie Brumley Niklarz, two sons, Robert William Niklarz and Kevin Christopher Niklarz, and a brother, Michael Niklarz (Denise)....
Dorothy Dean Reed
Feb 24, 2022
Dorothy Dean Burton Reed, 87, widow of William Woods Reed, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2022, at Baptist Health Lexington, with her daughters Ruth and Catrina by her side. She was born in Jessamine County on January 18, 1935, to the late Homer Burton and Christine Walker Burton. As well as being a member of the Nicholasville Christian Church, she...
Shirley Ann Johnson
Feb 24, 2022
Shirley Ann Johnson, age 80, widow of Otis Johnson, of Nicholasville, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2022, at Baptist Health Lexington. She was born in Harper, Kansas, on November 27, 1941, to the late Charles A. Besore, Sr., and the late Jean Besore. She is survived by her children, Leonard Johnson (Ann), Bradley Johnson (Nancy), Frank Johnson (Dorthea), Geana...
Jim Anne Adams
Feb 23, 2022
Jim Anne Adams, 62, wife of Ken Adams, of Keene Way Drive, Nicholasville, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at her home. She was born in Morehead, Kentucky, on April 18, 1959, to the late Jim and Sharon Jackson. Jim Anne was retired from East Jessamine High School, where she worked in multiple administrative positions during her career. She is...
Sandra Lynn Mccoy
Feb 19, 2022
Sandra Lynn McCoy, 60, passed away Saturday, February 19, 2022, at her home in Nicholasville. She was born in San Bernadino, California, on August 14, 1961, to Druecilla Paul Thomas and the late Frank Kenneth Thomas. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her two sons, Jason Thomas and Brandon McCoy, two daughters, Brittany McCoy and Brooke McCoy,...
