Obituaries
Tina Rena Humphrey
Oct 23, 2025
Tina Rena Humphrey, 50, Glasgow, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2025 at the Commonwealth Regional Specialty Hospital in Bowling Green. A native of Allen County, she was the daughter of the late Steve Wayne Huff and Myrna Lee Ragle Huff. Before her health prevented her continuing, she was employed as a dietary cook at the Barren County Health & Rehab...
Chester Byron Mills
Oct 22, 2025
Chester Byron Mills, 79, Glasgow, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at the Medical Center at Bowling Green. A native of Hiseville, he was the son of the late Chester and Pauline Parker Mills.
He was a retired master mechanic at SKF in Glasgow with 40 years of service. He was actively involved with tractor pulling and was a member of...
Charley Linea Fancher
Oct 17, 2025
Charley Linea Fancher, 14, of Knob Lick, Kentucky, passed away Friday, October 17, 2025. She is the daughter of Jamie Lee Fancher and Tiffany Lynn Jackson Fancher.
Besides her parents she is survived by four sisters: Makayla Fancher (Kyle Bohr), Rebecca Fancher (Tyler Hogue), Paige Fancher and Alanda Fancher; two brothers: Matthew Fancher (Megan) and Jacob Fancher (Ashley); maternal grandparents: Dalton...
Shannon Faye Matthews
Oct 14, 2025
Shannon Faye Matthews, 53, Glasgow, passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at the T J Samson Community Hospital. She was a native of Barren County; a homemaker; and one who loved going to church, reading her Bible, doing volunteer work, and spending time with her son.
Survivors include her son Samuel Lee Matthews; her mother, Schenella Ward of Glasgow; two uncles:...
Rebecca Marie Hawkins
Oct 10, 2025
Rebecca Marie Hawkins (Johnson, Jones, Spear), 71, Glasgow, passed away Friday, October 10, 2025 at Centennial Hospital in Nashville. Born in Cloverdale, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Ben and Mary Janes Johnson.
Rebecca was accomplished in many different vocations. She was formerly a real estate agent and most recently a cosmetologist. She was also involved in construction and...
Christopher Lee Turner
Oct 10, 2025
Christopher Lee Turner, 56, Glasgow, passed away Friday, October 10, 2025 following a lengthy illness. While being confined to home, he received great pleasure in watching Andy Griffith and Matlock on television.
Chris is survived by his mother Judy K. Turner; his father, William Terry Turner; his brother, Eric William Turner; his niece, Rayli Hope South, all of Glasgow; along with...
Elmer Truman Kline
Oct 6, 2025
Elmer Truman Kline 79, passed away Monday, October 6, 2025, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of the late Joseph Edward Kline and Hazel Eugenia Vankirk Kline. He was a loving father and “Pap Pap” to his grandchildren. He was an avid University of Kentucky sports fan. He was former employee at Handmacher for...
Jerry Kaye Taylor
Oct 4, 2025
Jerry Kaye Scott Taylor, 75, Glasgow, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at her residence. The daughter of the late Hervy and Magdalene Guinn Scott, she was a retired finance and insurance manager for different automobile dealerships. She was a lover of antiques and enjoyed buying and selling them. She was also a long-time member of the Park...
Gerald Patrick Lakin
Sep 27, 2025
Pat Lakin, (Gerald Patrick Lakin), died 9/27/2025. His ashes will be buried in the Glasgow Municipal Cemetery on 1/10/2026 at 1:00 PM. His brother, Larry Lakin, survives him. Reverend Wayne Hensley will officiate the service. All friends are invited.
Pat was born and raised in Glasgow, KY. Joined the Marines, then the Army to become a paratrooper, and completed his national...
Joy Marie Pernat
Sep 26, 2025
Joy Marie Pernat, 62, Glasgow, KY passed away peacefully Friday, September, 26, 2025 at the Shanti Niketan Hospice House surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of Edna Marie Rauch Delair and the Late Royal Peter Delair.
Born in Palos Park, IL in 1963 and later moved to Elwood, IL in 1974 to finish her grade school years at...
Kenneth Dewayne Matthews
Sep 26, 2025
Kenneth Dewayne “Kenny” Matthews, 57, Glasgow, passed away Friday, September 26, 2025. A life-long resident of Barren County, he was the son of the late Doyle Kenneth Matthews and Martha Kay “Marty” Wade Matthews.
Before his illness prevented his working, Kenny was a long-time driver for Papa John’s Pizza in Glasgow. He was one who loved the Lord. He also loved...
Ricky Lee Sherfey
Sep 22, 2025
Ricky Lee Sherfey, 61, Austin, passed away Monday, September 22, 2025 at his residence. A native of Barren County, he was the son of Mary Lou McGuire Birge and the late Danny Sherfey. He was a maintenance supervisor at Akebono in Glasgow who had a sincere fondness of horses and motorcycles.
Survivors include two sons: Derek Sherfey and his wife Hope,...
Thomas Hamilton Ferguson
Sep 18, 2025
Thomas H. “Tommy” Ferguson, 74, Glasgow, passed away Thursday, September 18, 2025 at the T J Samson Community Hospital. A native of Clinton County, he was the son of the late Douglas and Jimmie Alice Gist Ferguson.
Tommy was a devoted Christian and a member of the Bethel Independent Baptist Church. He was a retired employee in the bindery department at...
Wanda J Cowles
Sep 16, 2025
Wanda Jean Cowles, 64, of Cave City, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at her residence. She was a daughter of the late Elvie Frank and Betty Coomer Taylor.
She is survived by her husband of 45 years: Marty Cowles; one son: Kevin Cowles; three grandchildren: Veah Cowles (Jessie), Chloe White (AJ) and Damien Cowles; one great-grandchild: Oliver Key; three...
Marshall C Horton
Sep 9, 2025
Marshall C. Horton, 84, of Horse Cave, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2025. He was the son of the late Charlie Walton Horton and Stella Ella Maulden Horton.
He is survived by two sons: Mark Horton and Michael Horton; one daughter: Angela “Pumpkin” Whitlow (David); ten grandchildren: Austin Carey, Chasity Carey, Kayla Horton, Brittany Horton, Christian Whitlow, Cameron Whitlow, Destiny...
John Clinton Poteet, III
Sep 7, 2025
John Clinton Poteet, III, 60 of Glasgow, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, September 7, 2025. He was a son of the late John Clinton Poteet, Jr. and Barbara Jewell Franklin Poteet.
He is survived by three children: John Clinton Poteet, IV (Misty), Chastity Wallace (Joshua) and Ellis “Bo” Carnhan; eight grandchildren: Alex Poteet, Katie Poteet, Mya Wallace, Addilyn Wallace, Waylon Wallace, Emma...
Margie Chapman
Sep 7, 2025
Margie Chapman, 76, Bonnieville, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, September 7, 2025, at her residence. A native of Barren County, she was a daughter of the late Will and Olene Taylor Wooten.
Survivors include; two sons, Calvin Wayne Chapman (Amanda), and Robert “Buck” Chapman (April); eight grandchildren, Bethany Chapman, Vanessa Garrett, Coriane Chapman, Lila Nicole McDowell, Delanie Paige Ragland, Jordon Bunch, Elizabeth...
Earl Anthony Prokupek, Jr.
Sep 4, 2025
Earl Anthony “Arch” Prokupek, Jr., 74, Glasgow, passed away Thursday, September 4, 2025 at the Hosparus Inpatient Unit in Louisville. A native of La Grange, Illinois, he was the son of Cynthia Pearl Wilson Prokupek and the late Earl Anthony Prokupek, Sr.
Anthony was a carpenter by trade who had previously worked with his father at Prokupek Builders. He had many...
Thelma Beatrice Peden
Sep 4, 2025
Thelma Beatrice (Crabtree) Peden passed away on September 4, 2025. She was born on November 22, 1931, in Lee County, Kentucky, to the late Charley Crabtree and Elizabeth Howell Crabtree Edgeworth. It was during the Depression when she was six years old that her father passed away and her mother had to find work. She was sent to the Masonic...
Sara Florence Barnett
Sep 3, 2025
Sara Florence Barnett, 88, of Cave City, Kentucky passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at NHC in Glasgow, Kentucky. She was a daughter of the late James Robert Church and Bessie Louise Thomas Church. She was retired from DART Container.
She is survived by two daughters: Deborah Sue Ferguson and Janice Faye England; four grandchildren: Nikki Warren (Jonathan), Jason Ferguson (Donna),...

