Obituaries
Roy Clay Hudson, Jr.
Jun 9, 2016
Roy Clay Hudson, Jr., 57, of Lexington, died Thursday afternoon, June 9, 2016 at Clark County Regional Medical Center in Winchester. He was born March 26, 1959 in Mt. Sterling to Roy, Sr. and Betty Carpenter Hudson.
Roy was a self employed horse trainer, past member of the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Midway and a graduate...

Michael Todd Cassidy
Jun 9, 2016
Michael Todd Cassidy, 49, of Versailles, died Thursday morning, June 9, 2016 at Baptist Health in Lexington. He was born October 6, 1966 in Mt. Sterling to Lloyd "Moon" and Linda Hunt Cassidy.
Todd graduated from Montgomery County High School in 1984 and Eastern Kentucky University in 1989, he was employed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky Tourism,...
Mattie "Eunice" (Strange) Mangold
Jun 3, 2016
Mattie "Eunice" Strange Mangold, 77, of Mt. Sterling, died Friday, June 3, 2016 at her residence. She was born December 18, 1938 in Montgomery County to the late Sterling and Ida Belle Martin Strange.
Eunice was a Montgomery County native, she attended the Freedom Church of God and enjoyed watching TV and tending to her vegetable and...

Tyrion Patrick Stone-Doherty
May 31, 2016
Tyrion Patrick Stone-Doherty, gestational death, Tuesday, May 31, 2016.
Survivors include; parents, Robert James Doherty of London, England and Misty Renae Stone of Jeffersonville; two brothers, Connor Stone of Mt. Sterling and Cuan Doherty of London, England; two sisters, Raven Stone of Mt. Sterling and Ὰine Lawrence of London, England; maternal grandfather, Ira "Woody" Pack of South...
James Steele Smoot
May 28, 2016
James Steele Smoot, 97, of Mt. Sterling, died Saturday morning, May 28, 2016 at Windsor Care Center. He was born March 3, 1919 in Bath County to the late Ed and Mary Steele Smoot.
James moved to Montgomery County seventy years ago from Bath County, he was a retired farmer, a past deacon and a member of...
Rebecca "Becky" (Morton) Razor
May 19, 2016
Rebecca "Becky" Morton Razor, 62, of Mt. Sterling, died Thursday, May 19, 2016 at Baptist Health Lexington. She was born February 16, 1954 in Xenia, Ohio to the late Everett and Christine Brown Morton.
Becky was a Montgomery County High School graduate, a Western Kentucky undergraduate and she received her Masters at the University of Kentucky as...
Billy Lee Akers
May 16, 2016
Billy Lee Akers, 73, of Frenchburg, died Monday morning, May 16, 2016 at his residence. He was born November 15, 1942 in Spartanburg, South Carolina to Mary Floyd Akers and the late Nathaniel Dewey Akers.
Billy had been a resident of Frenchburg for the past thirty-two years coming from Shreveport, Louisiana. He was a member of the...
Barbara Lee Lawson
May 15, 2016
Barbara Lee Lawson, 53, of Elizabethtown, died Sunday, May 15, 2016 at Hardin Memorial Hospital. She was born April 7, 1963 in Montgomery County to the late Carl and Deloris Thompson Lawson.
Barbara was a Montgomery County native, an Insurance Agent and attended the Jeffersonville Assembly of God. She was a 1981 graduate of Montgomery County High...
Ronald Lee Crigger
May 5, 2016
Ronald Lee Crigger, 71, of Winchester, died Thursday, May 5, 2016 at his residence. He was born June 12, 1944 in Lexington to the late Bernard and Thelma Florence Crigger.
Ron was a life-long resident of Clark County, a United States Air Force veteran, a retired licensed optician and a member of the Winchester Church of Nazarene,...

Carl S. Estes
Apr 26, 2016
Carl S. Estes, 58, of Irvine, died Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Baptist Health in Lexington. He was born August 5th, 1957 in Dayton, Ohio to the late Carl and Mary Alma Watson Estes.
Carl moved to Kentucky forty-three years ago from Ohio. Carl loved to grow a garden, have cook-outs for his family and friends and...
Charles "Pat" Patrick Middendorf, Jr.
Apr 24, 2016
Charles Patrick "Pat" Middendorf, Jr., 56, of Mt. Sterling, died Sunday morning, April 24, 2016 at UK Medical Center. He was born January 31, 1960 in Butler, Pennsylvania to Charles Patrick, Sr. and Karen Bean Middendorf.
Pat moved to Kentucky forty-six years ago from Pennsylvania, graduated from Mason County High School in 1978 and attended Eastern Kentucky...
Wayne Douglas Alsept
Apr 20, 2016
Wayne Douglas Alsept, 57, of Mt. Sterling, died Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at his residence. He was born March 29, 1959 in Mt. Sterling to Walter, Jr. and Ruth Bradley Alsept.
Wayne was a Montgomery County native, of the Christian faith and employed as a auto body technician at Henderson's Auto Body. He will be dearly missed...
Ann (Morgan) Carroll
Apr 17, 2016
Ann Carroll, 81, died Sunday evening, April 17, 2016 at Clark Regional Medical Center. She was born August 29, 1934, in Leslie County to the late Chester Morgan and Molly Napier Morgan Howard.
Ann moved to Montgomery County forty years ago from Leslie County. She enjoyed; cooking, flowers, birds and most of all spending time and taking...
George Henry Jones
Apr 13, 2016
George Henry Jones, 82, of Mt. Sterling, died Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at UK Medical Center. He was born August 15, 1933 in Sharpsburg to the late Bramblett H. and Mattie Lee Jones.
George was a Montgomery County native, member of the Evergreen Baptist Church and retired from Monarch Mill. He enjoyed working, walking, exercising and worshipping...
Vernetta Sue (Little) Kerns
Apr 10, 2016
Vernetta Sue Little Kerns, 67 passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016 at Baptist East Hospital in Louisville. She was born September 6, 1948, in Mt Sterling to the late Ova and Opal Little.
She was the most loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend anyone could ever want. She was an active member of the First Church of...
John "Doc" Lloyd Baba
Apr 10, 2016
John "Doc" Lloyd Baba, 56, of Jeffersonville, died Sunday, April 10, 2016 at his residence. He was born December 22, 1959 in Turlock, California to the late Alex and Marie Schaub Baba.
Doc moved to Montgomery County in 2007 from Modesto, California, he was a United Sates Navy veteran, of the Baptist faith, retired from the Bluegrass...
Cheryl Ann Taylor
Mar 31, 2016
Cheryl Ann Taylor, 45, of Winchester, died Thursday, March 31, 2016, at her residence. She was born September 27, 1970, in Asheville, North Carolina.
Cheryl moved to Clark County in 1985 from Mt. Sterling, she was a United States Army veteran and a sales representative at Republic Service in Lexington. She enjoyed; horses, fishing, camping and spending...
Fronda Jane (Swartz) Sivis
Mar 30, 2016
Fronda Jane Swartz Sivis, 72, of Mt. Sterling, died Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. She was born October 18, 1943, in Middletown, Ohio to the late Talmadge and Edith Highley Swartz.
Fronda moved to Montgomery County forty-six years ago from Middletown, Ohio and her working career was in health care as a phlebotomist....

Stephen Clay Routt
Mar 21, 2016
Stephen Clay Routt, 60, of Bethel, died Monday, March 21, 2016 at his residence. He was born August 27, 1955 in Mt. Sterling to Harold Davis Routt and Lida Ray Williams Routt.
Stephen moved back to Bethel fifteen years ago from Troy, Ohio where he resided for forty years. He enjoyed reading history about native American Indians...

Donald Ray Adkins
Mar 17, 2016
Donald Ray Adkins, 74, of Middletown, Ohio, died Thursday, March 17, 2016 at his residence. He was born April 12, 1941 in West Liberty to the late Willie and Pauline Litteral Adkins.
Donald moved to Middletown four years ago from Menifee County, a United States Army veteran, retired self employed heavy equipment operator. He enjoyed restoring older...