Obituaries
Linda Fay (Moore) Goodpaster
Feb 18, 2017
Linda Faye Moore Goodpaster, 72, of Mt. Sterling, died Saturday morning, February 18, 2017 at her residence. She was born January 31, 1945 in Montgomery county to the late Solomon Moore and Hazel Trent Moore Tipton.
Linda was a Montgomery County native, a member of the Reid Village Baptist Church and a 1964 graduate of Camargo High...
Richard Wayne Johnson
Feb 17, 2017
Richard Wayne Johnson, 72, of Winchester, died Friday evening, February 17, 2017 at his residence. He was born July 5, 1944 in Salt Lick to the late Christopher and Louella Highley Johnson.
Richard moved to Clark County fourteen years ago from Scott County and was retired from Toyota. He enjoyed bluegrass music, old...
Barbara Sue Curran
Feb 14, 2017
Barbara Sue Curran , 64, of Mt. Sterling, died Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at her residence. She was born August 11, 1952 in Mt. Sterling to the late Jesse and Becky Moore Curran.
Barbara was a Montgomery County native, of the Christian faith, graduated from the last class of the Mt. Sterling High School and previously worked...
Robert "Bobby" Davis
Feb 11, 2017
Robert "Bobby" Davis, 62, of Lexington, died Saturday afternoon, February 11, 2017 at Baptist Health. He was born April 2, 1954 in Jenkins, Kentucky to the late Lonnie and Catherine Jones Davis.
Bobby received his Masters Degree from the University of Louisville, he retired from K.E.T. as a programming engineer and was a member and soundboard operator...
Ada Ruth (Banks) Barnes
Feb 10, 2017
Ada Ruth Banks Barnes, 70, of North Middletown, died Friday, February 10, 2017 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. She was born December 14, 1946 in Winchester to the late James Banks and Helen Jewell Neal.
Ada moved to North Middletown two years ago from Jeffersonville. She was a member of the Full Gospel Light house in Clay...
Zella Mae (Ingram) Moreland
Feb 10, 2017
Zella Mae Ingram Moreland, 77, of Mt. Sterling, died Friday, February 10, 2017 at Hospice Care Center in Lexington. She was born July 30, 1939 in Frenchburg to the late Hobert and Thelma Morrison Ingram.
Zella moved to Montgomery County in her early years from Frenchburg. She was a lover of watching the birds, squirrels and all...
Beneda Mae (Caskey) Ross
Feb 9, 2017
Beneda Mae Caskey Ross, 78, of Mt. Sterling, died Thursday, February 9, 2017 at Clark Regional Medical Center. She was born April 23, 1938 in Morgan County to the late William and Zora Caskey.
Beneda moved to Montgomery County in 1948 from Morgan County. She was a member of Bless the Lord Church and enjoyed cats, going...
Steven Arthur Lawrence Gampfer
Feb 1, 2017
Steven Arthur Lawrence Gampfer, 66, of Clay City, died Wednesday morning, February 1, 2017 at his residence. He was born January 21, 1951 in Covington, Kentucky to the late Stanley and Sarah Cusick Gampfer.
Steve moved to Clay City four years ago from Owen County, he was of the Christian faith, a retired cattle farmer and a...
Arthur Eugene Vanlandingham
Jan 29, 2017
Arthur Eugene Vanlandingham, 79, of Mt. Sterling, died Sunday evening, January 29, 2017 at Fountain Circle Care and Rehabilitation. He was born January 16, 1938 in Bath County to the late Claude Vanlandingham, Sr. and Aileen Caskey Williams.
Arthur moved to Mt. Sterling three years ago from Winchester, he was of the Christian faith, a retired press...
Sarah Ellen (Shanks) Jones
Jan 23, 2017
Sarah Ellen Shanks Jones, 80, of Mt. Sterling, died Monday, January 23, 2017 at her residence. She was born November 17, 1936 in Lexington to the late Ebb Sr. and Polly Hobbs Shanks.
Sarah moved to Mt. Sterling thirteen years ago from Sanford, Florida, she was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. She enjoyed spending time...
Susan Marie (Rempfer) Roberts
Jan 19, 2017
Susan Marie Rempfer Roberts, 70, of Mt. Sterling, died Thursday, January 19, 2017 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. She was born November 12, 1946 in Battle Creek, Michigan to the late Cletus and Ruth Frolicher Rempfer.
Susan graduated high school from Notre Dame Academy in Toledo, Ohio. She was an active member of the St. Patrick...
Yvonne (Carroll) Wages
Jan 13, 2017
Yvonne Carroll Wages, 61, of Winchester, died Friday, January 13, 2017 at her daughter's residence in Winchester. She was born October 3, 1955 in Dayton, Kentucky to the late Wendall and Stephanie Morgan Carroll.
Yvonne moved to Winchester twenty-seven years from Mt. Sterling, she previously managed the Cantuckee Diner. She enjoyed being a mother, grandmother and great...
Jack W. Denton
Jan 11, 2017
Jack W. Denton, 87, of Mt. Sterling, died Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. He was born April 11, 1929 in Brocton, Illinois to the late Sib and Ollie Watkins Denton.
Jack lived in California for most of his life, after a five year stint administering and teaching in Germany, Spain and Cuba with...
Pamela Louise (Melvin) Ryan
Jan 8, 2017
Pamela Louise Melvin Ryan, 53, of Mt. Sterling, died Sunday, January 8, 2017 at the Hospice Care Center in Lexington. She was born May 29, 1963 to the late Donald and Iva June Seigers Melvin.
Pamela moved to Montgomery county from Indiana in 1982, she was a member of the Freedom Church of God and previously drove...
Roy "Thomas" Ross
Jan 7, 2017
Roy "Thomas" Ross, 33, of Nicholasville, died Saturday, January 7, 2017 at St. Joseph Jessamine. He was born February 22, 1983 in Mt. Sterling to the late James and Elizabeth Stamper Ross.
Thomas was in construction as a painter and enjoyed the outdoors; fishing and hunting.
Survivors include; one son, Mikey Ross of Nicholasville; one...
James Edward Sparks
Jan 6, 2017
James Edward Sparks, 84, of Irvine, died Friday, January 6, 2017 at UK Medical Center. He was born September 14, 1932 in Irvine, Kentucky to the late Robert and Lillie Keith Sparks.
James previously worked at Continental Metal Specialty and Robinson Tool & Die, he was also a United States Marine Corps veteran in the Korean War. ...
James Weldon Williams
Jan 5, 2017
James Weldon Williams, 88, of Lexington, died Thursday, January 5, 2017 at a veterans care residence in Kings Mountain, Kentucky. He was born March 2, 1928 in Hazard, Kentucky to the late Charles Sr. and Celia Mae Peck Williams.
James was a United States Army veteran in the Korean War and a graduate from Morehead State University. ...
Robert "Moody" M. Little
Dec 31, 2016
Robert "Moody" M. Little, 86, of Mt. Sterling, died Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Baptist Health Lexington. He was born July 17, 1930 in Middletown, Ohio to the late Carma Oldfield and Robert Moody Little.
Robert was a life-long resident of Mt. Sterling, a member of the First Christian Church, retired custodian for the Montgomery County Schools...
Robert "Bob" Paul Hawkins
Dec 29, 2016
Robert Paul Hawkins, 86, husband to Polly Ledford Hawkins, died in his home on Thursday, December 29th in Mt. Sterling, KY. “Bob”, as he was known, was born in Peru, IN to the late Paul and Julia McCreary Hawkins of Dayton, OH. He graduated from Fairmont East High School in Dayton, OH in 1948 and received a Naval ROTC...

Elsie Marie (Oakley) Cassada
Dec 28, 2016
Elsie Marie Oakley Cassada, 77, of Mt. Sterling, died Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at her residence. She was born March 26, 1939 in Mt. Sterling to the late English Oakley and Ida Neal.
Elsie was a Montgomery County native. She preached the gospel for fifty-one years; past pastor at a church in Lexington for eight years and...