Obituaries

Apr 24, 2013

September 7, 1955          ~          April 24, 2013

Edward Anthony Fritsch, Sr., 57, of Franklin, Kentucky died Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at the Veterans Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the son of Joseph Fritsch and Elizabeth Soeder Fritsch. He was an army veteran and had been attending St. Mary Catholic Church in Franklin, Kentucky.

Apr 24, 2013

December 30, 1934     ~     April 24, 2013

James Logan Grider, Sr. “J. L.”, 78, Griderville, died Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. A native of Barren County, he was a son of the late Ernest and Thelma Patton Grider. He was a retired truck driver, a mason, a member of Teamsters Local...

Apr 22, 2013

June 11, 1931     ~     April 22, 2013

Irene Edwards, 81, Griderville, died Monday, April 22, 2013, at the University of Louisville Hospital. A native of Barren County, she was the daughter of the late Eugene H. “Jack” Turner and Dessie Grider Turner, and widow of the late Kenneth Clayton Edwards, Sr.  She was a self employed...

Apr 20, 2013

June 4, 1916     ~     April 20, 2013

Kay Mayfield, 96, of Glasgow died April 20, 2013 at NHC Healthcare. She was born on June 4, 1916 in Caruthersville, Missouri to Mr. And Mrs. O. T. Wilson. After attending business college in Pontiac, Michigan, she worked for the Civil Service Commission in Washington, DC, where she met...

Apr 19, 2013

January 8, 1958          ~          April 19, 2013

Cynthia Kay Wilson, 56, of Glasgow, died Friday, April 19, 2013 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.

She is survived by her husband: Ron Wilson; her parents: James and Bobbie Jackson; six children: Judge Woodfin and his wife Amy, Oran Woodfin, Justin Woodfin, Melissa...

Apr 19, 2013

October 4, 1942     ~     April 19, 2013

Garnett C. “Buck” Larabee, 70, Glasgow, died Friday, April 19, 2013, at his residence. A native of Barren County, he was the son of the late Howard and Betty Hazel Wyatt Larabee. He was a retired security guard, having worked at Handmacher’s and R. R. Donnelley’s.

Survivors...

Apr 17, 2013

August 6, 1936          ~          April 17, 2013

Margaret “Peggy” Hurt, 76, of Hiseville, Kentucky, joined her parents Terry and Stella Christie Hurt in Heaven on Wednesday, April 17, 2013.

She is survived by one brother: Kenneth Hurt; two sister-in-laws: Dean Hurt and Barbara Hurt. She was loved and adored by many nephews...

Apr 17, 2013

April 12, 1926     ~     April 17, 2013

Ralph Morgan, 87, Glasgow, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at the Barren County Health Care Center. A native of Barren County, he was a son of the late Clifford and Letha Lewis Morgan. He was a retired educator after 38 years of service. He had taught at Glasgow and...

Apr 15, 2013

October 17, 1935     ~     April 15, 2013

Chester Reed Smith, 77, Dry Fork, died Monday, April 15, 2013, at his residence after a sudden illness. A native of Barren County, he was a son of the late Byron Chester Smith and Bera Thomerson Smith. He was a life long farmer on the family farm and a...

Apr 11, 2013

October 07, 1935          ~          April 11, 2013

Deloris Ellen Lowery, 77, of Glasgow, died Thursday, April 11, 2013 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Leonard and Viola Spradlin Gosser and the wife of the late Garnett Lowery. She was a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church....

Apr 11, 2013

September 18, 1943     ~     April 11, 2013

James Henry Thomas, 69, Glasgow, died Thursday, April 11, 2013, at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. The Barren County native was a son of the late Georgie Ruel Thomas and Marie Borders Thomas. He was a retired employee of Houchens Markets after 35 years of service. He was...

Apr 7, 2013

June 12, 1923     ~     April 7, 2013

Charles E. Jones, 89, Glasgow, died Sunday, April 7, 2013, at the Western Kentucky Veterans Center in Hanson, KY. A native of Hiseville, he was a son of the late William Clarence and Carrie Freeman Jones. He was a veteran of WWII, having served as a member of the...

Apr 4, 2013

September 6, 1943     ~     April 4, 2013

Linda V. Edwards, 69, Glasgow, died Thursday, April 4, 2013, at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. The Barren County native was the daughter of the late Frill and Edith Short Adwell. She was a retired Administrative Assistant with the National Park Service, having retired from the Great Smoky...

Mar 19, 2013

December 27, 1942          ~          March 19, 2013

Edgar Jerry Eden, Sr., 70 of Glasgow, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. He was born in Boone County, Indiana to the late Raymond and Elsie Murray Eden. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.

He is survived by...

Mar 16, 2013

March 16, 1933     ~     March 16, 2013

Ada Laverne Eudy, 80, Glasgow, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Glasgow Health & Rehab Center. A native of Barren County, she was a daughter of the late Paul Dallas Hurt and Edna Jane Harris Hurt. She was a former employee of Sorensen’s, a homemaker, and had been attending...

Mar 12, 2013

May 9, 1941     ~     March 12, 2013

Lonnie Jessie 71, Hiseville, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at his residence. A native of Metcalfe County, he was a son of the late Charlie and Polly Ballard Jessie. He was an installer of aluminum siding and had been attending the Samson Street Church of God.

Survivors...

Mar 6, 2013

March 6, 2013

Henry Paul Garner, 89, Glasgow, passed away March 6, 2013. He was the son of the late Herdis Lee and Lela Mae Garner. He also was preceded in death by two brothers, Roger Lee and Jimmy Garner, along with an infant sister Virginia.

In 1945, Pfc Henry Garner was awarded the...

Mar 5, 2013

March 5, 2013

Sybil C. Holman Sneed, 80, Glasgow, died Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at her residence. A native of Barren County, she was a daughter of the late Arvle Restus and Mable Elizabeth Patton Holman. She was a former teacher at Caverna Elementary School and retired office manager at Western Kentucky Gas Company in Glasgow....

Mar 4, 2013

June 24, 1927     ~     March 4, 2013

Porter Elvin Gooden, Jr., 85, Bon Ayr, died Monday, March 4, 2013, at his residence. A native of Barren County, he was an appliance repairman, a veteran of WW II, and a member of the Big Meadow Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents,...

Mar 3, 2013

December 27, 1932          ~          March 3, 2013

Shelby R. Lanham, 80, of Glasgow died Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. He was the son of the late John William and Mary Margaret West Lanham.

He is survived by one brother: James Lanham; two sisters: Donna Gail Lanham...