Local obituaries for Nicholasville, KY.
Sharon (Peel) Durbin
Nov 8, 2018
Sharon Peel Durbin, 65, left her earthly home on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. She was a native of Lexington born Nov. 28, 1952, to the late James M. and Edna V. Smith Peel. Sharon was an extremely talented musician and opened shows for top country music entertainers such as Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Ernest Tubb, and Porter Wagner as...
Rollie Teater
Oct 28, 2018
A limb has fallen from the Teater family tree; Rollie Teater, 91, left his earthly home on Sunday, Oct. 28. Rollie has been the widower of Willowdean Teater since 1997. He was a native of Jessamine County born on Oct. 28, 1927, one of 4 children to the late Bradie Ford and Elizabeth Dean Brooks Teater. Rollie was self...
Vivian (Day) Lewis
Oct 24, 2018
Vivian Lewis, 74, widow of Harold Lewis since 2001, left her earthly home on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the Hospice Care Center in St. Joseph Hospital. She was a native of Harlan County, born Sept. 2, 1944, to the late Arnold and Alberta Day. Vivian loved lively music and played her favorite songs frequently, which could be heard throughout...
Melissa Lynn (Barnett) Peel
Oct 22, 2018
Melissa Lynn Peel, 51, daughter of the late Charles Melvin and Wilma Jean Barnett left her earthly home on Monday, Oct. 22. Melissa was born Jan. 3, 1966, in Lexington, KY but lived in Nicholasville until she was admitted to the Landmark of Lancaster. A homemaker and mother to Candace Brouse and Weston Flannery, she has 6 grandchildren and...
Paul Allen Cuzick
Oct 16, 2018
Paul Allen Cuzick, 50, son of the late Bobby and Dessie Johnson Cuzick, left his earthly home on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at UK Hospital. Paul was a farmer and husband of Joy Wilcher Cuzick for 20 years. He is survived by children Beth Wilcher, Bobby Cuzick, Christy Wilcher, Della Cuzick, Brittany McKeehan, and Jerry Cuzick, grandchildren Jason Wilcher (who...
Glenn Wesley Lowry
Oct 15, 2018
Glenn Wesley Lowry, 58, son of the late Eugene Wesley and Gladys Mae Johnson Lowry, left his earthly home on Monday, Oct. 15, at Baptist Health Care. Glenn was raised in Highbridge where he lived most of his life. He was a custodian for the Jessamine County Board of Education for 23 years and former member of the Highbridge...
Anne (Puckett) Harrison
Oct 12, 2018
Anne Harrison, 81, loving wife of Rev. Jim Harrison for 63 years, left her earthly home on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. Anne was a native of Jessamine County, born Nov. 1, 1936, one of eight children born to the late Litford and Christine Wilkerson Puckett. She was a retired seamstress at Jessamine Cleaners where she always had a smile...
Jean (Hardin) Waller
Oct 12, 2018
Jean Hardin Waller, 87, widow of Lorin B. “Jack” Waller left her earthly home on Friday, Oct. 12, at the Hospice Care Center in St. Joseph Hospital. A native of Jessamine County she was born Jan. 19, 1931, to the late Walter and Thelma Figg Hardin. Jean was the hub of the Waller family and was loved dearly by...
John Peter "Jack" Ward, Jr.
Oct 7, 2018
Our community has lost one of our members, Jack Ward, 9l, on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, who will always be remembered by many, not only here but those who traveled through our Main Street, for his devotion to the Bakery that was started by his father in 1927. Many have spoken of Ward’s Bakery as a landmark in their...
Walter Lee Bradshaw
Sep 29, 2018
Walter Lee “Shorty” Bradshaw, 75, of Jessamine County, succumbed to cancer in the comfort of his own home on Saturday, September 29, 2018. Walter is survived by his wife of 52 years, Beverly Powell Bradshaw, his only daughter Paige Bradshaw Sininger, and his only grandson Kyle Bradshaw Sininger. Additionally, two brothers Autry Bradshaw and Keith Bradshaw (Doll), stepbrother, Pete...
Juanita Rose (Lunsford) Keller
Sep 21, 2018
Juanita Rose Keller, 88, widow of Robert “Bobby” A. Keller, to whom she was married for 43 years since 1992, left her earthly home on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. She was a native of Lexington born May 15, 1930, to the late Elzie and Ella Mae Mefford Lunsford, and raised by her paternal aunt and uncle, the late Lottie ...
Eddie Ray Davis
Sep 9, 2018
Eddie Ray Davis, 68, loving husband of Donna Sponcil Davis for 48 years, father of Jason, wife Shari, and Poppy of Nathan Davis, entered into eternal rest on Sunday Sept. 9. He was a native of Lexington, but a life long resident of Jessamine County, born May 5, 1950, to the late Ray and Esther Hager Davis. Eddie Ray...
Ruth Ann (Howard) Holmes
Sep 9, 2018
Ruth Ann Holmes, 59, widow of Danny Lee Holmes since 2011, left her earthly home on Sunday Sept. 9, at UK Hospital after a brief illness. Ruth was one of nine children of the late Tony and Margaret Christine Parker Howard, born March 21, 1959, in Lexington. She loved to cat fish, having just the right touch to catch...
Ingeborg (Jobst) Brooks
Aug 31, 2018
Ingeborg J. Brooks, 87, widow of Warren Maxwell Brooks since 2005, left her earthly home on Friday, August 31, surrounded by her daughters that she dearly loved. She was a native of Munich, Germany born Jan. 22, 1931, to the late Alois and Anna Friehofer Jobst. She was a homemaker and devoted mother to her daughters Susan Brooks and...
Barbara Sue (Phillips) Fischer
Aug 16, 2018
BARBARA SUE FISCHER (1939 – 2018) Barbara Fischer, 79 of Lexington, passed away August 16, 2018 and was the daughter of the late Marvin and Hester Phillips of Nicholasville, Kentucky. Born in Nicholasville, Kentucky on January 24, 1939, she is survived by sons Steven Fischer (Karen), Craig Fischer, Chris Fischer (Angie) and daughter Suzanne Dorsey (Todd). Barbara had six...
Marlene Stinnett
Aug 12, 2018
Marlene Stinnett, 65, the oldest child of the late Marvin “Buck” and Iva Jean Miller Stinnett, left her earthly home to be with her Lord on Sunday, August 12. She was born June 4, 1953, and was a life long resident of Jessamine County. Being a homemaker, she loved cooking, baking, sewing and helping her family. Her memory will...
James Luther Cosner
Jul 23, 2018
“What the heart has once known it shall never forget”. James Luther Cosner, 73, loving husband of Debra Woolridge Cosner, and father of Linda Cosner Thomas and Nicole Cosner, left his earthly home on Monday, July 23. He was a native of West Virginia being one of 13 children of the late Paul and Margaret Cosner. He loved the...
Mary E. "Boo" (Prather) Wells
Jul 16, 2018
Mary Elizabeth (“Boo”) Prather Wells, of Wilmore, Kentucky, born on January 5, 1916 in Troy, Kentucky, to the late Alma Black Prather and the late Boswell Prather, passed away July 16, 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky at Meadowthorpe Assisted Living. Mary was the loving wife of the late Raymond Wells to whom she was married for 58 years. She was...
Nadine Laws
Jul 15, 2018
Marylan May Nadine Laws left her earthly home on Sunday, July 15, 2018 surrounded by her family. She was born on Christmas Day 1925 in Lincoln, Nebraska to the late Louis Lester and Elnora Hayes Laws, one of their 12 children. Nadine had a free and independent spirit, determined to make her way in the world from a young...
William Howard Duncan
Jul 13, 2018
William “ Bill” Howard Duncan, 92, being the youngest one of 7 children, was born Nov. 2, 1925, in Buena Vista, Ky to the late Jesse L. and Mary B. Preston Duncan. He then moved with his family to Shun Pike and then Vince Road before moving to Mercer County in 1943. He entered the Army in 1945, and...
