Obituaries

Mary Mae Leach
Jul 13, 2013
Mary Mae McClain Leach, 71, of Jeffersonville, died Saturday, July 13, 2013 at her residence. She was born in Montgomery County on June 23, 1942 to the late John McClain and Elsie Lee McClain Hobbs.
Mary was a Montgomery County native and a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She was a volunteer at Edgewood Estates and Windsor...

Dr. Leon Douglas Vaughan
Jun 28, 2013
Dr. Leon Douglas Vaughan, 91, of Mt. Sterling, died Friday, June 28, 2013 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. He was born June 10, 1922 in Eubank, Kentucky to the late Glenn and Hallie Reynolds Vaughan.
Dr. Vaughan honorably served his country in the United States Army Air Corps. He did his undergraduate studies at University of Kentucky...

Jimmy Lee Castle
Jun 24, 2013
Jimmy Lee Castle, 54, of Mt. Sterling, died Monday morning, June 24, 2013 at his residence. He was born on January 1, 1959 in Ashland to Emma Savage Castle Miller and the late Lyman Castle.
Jimmy moved to Montgomery County five years ago from Ashland. He was an Insurance Agent for Monumental Insurance for 29...

Albert Eugene Hamilton
Jun 21, 2013
Albert Eugene Hamilton, 71, of Mt. Sterling, died Friday, June 21, 2013 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. He was born in Dunkirk, Indiana on April 9, 1942 to the late Howard and Ruth McGlothin Hamilton.
Albert moved from Dunkirk, Indiana to Montgomery County thirty-five years ago where he served his community as Captain of the Mt....

Mildred Elizabeth Radford
Jun 12, 2013
Mildred Elizabeth Spofford Radford, 82, of Jeffersonville, died Wednesday morning, June 12, 2013 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. She was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on May 1, 1931 to the late Foster and Dorothy Stone Spofford.
Mildred graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in Chemistry. She spent much of her life in Puerto...

Marjorie Jane Rose
Jun 9, 2013
Marjorie Jane Curtis Rose, 67, of Means, died Sunday morning, June 9, 2013 at UK Medical Center in Lexington. She was born in Montgomery County on June 17, 1945 to the late John and Margaret Lawrence Curtis.
Marjorie moved to Menifee County in 1962 where she and her husband, Donnie, raised two sons, John and Danny. She...

John "Jack" Gaitskill McCormick
Jun 7, 2013
John G. McCormick, Jr., 82, better known as "Jack" McCormick, of Mt. Sterling, died Friday morning, June 7, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Mt. Sterling on January 12, 1931 to the late John and Kelly Barnes McCormick.
Jack was a lifelong resident of Montgomery County where he was a partner in the...

Jackie Sue Cole
Jun 7, 2013
Jackie Sue Howard Cole, 58, of Harrodsburg, formerly of Mt. Sterling, died Friday evening, June 7, 2013 at her residence. She was born in Springfield, Ohio on September 17, 1954 to the late Ernie Howard and Mary Elizabeth Otten Howard Nealis.
Jackie was a member of the Harrodsburg Pioneer Baptist Church. She was a true animal lover...

Ivan Dallas "Doc" Dorsey
Jun 3, 2013
Ivan Dallas "Doc" Dorsey, 64, of Jeffersonville, died Monday, June 3, 2013 at St. Joseph Hospital East in Lexington. He was born in Points, West Virginia on July 4, 1948, to Irvin D. and Dorothy C. Dorsey. He married Thelma Baker on October 20, 2003.
Ivan and his family moved to Mt. Sterling in 2006. He worked...

John Monroe "Big John" Carpenter
Jun 2, 2013
John Monroe "Big John" Carpenter, 51, of Mt. Sterling, died Sunday morning, June 2, 2013 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. He was born in Mt. Sterling on February 13, 1962 to Rollie and Vernell Walters Carpenter.
"Big John" was a Montgomery County native, employed at East Kentucky Power, a member of Spring Street Baptist Church, and a...

Dallas Edward Walters
May 26, 2013
Dallas Edward Walters, 72, of Mt. Sterling, died Sunday morning, May 26, 2013 at his residence. He was born on April 18, 1941 to the late Charles and Lulu Walters.
Dallas was a lifelong resident of Montgomery County. He was a Kentucky Colonel, a car dealer and auctioneer. He loved sports; he enjoyed playing golf,...

Elizabeth Sue Shepherd
May 26, 2013
Elizabeth Sue Barnes Shepherd, 65, of Mt. Sterling, died Sunday, May 26, 2013 at her residence. She was born September 21, 1947 in Mt. Sterling to the late Rhodalis and Lilliway Garland Barnes.
Sue was a Montgomery County native and a faithful member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. She worked for the Montgomery County School System...

Donnie Lee Templin
May 24, 2013
Donnie Lee Templin, 57, of Mt. Sterling, died Friday morning, May 24, 2013 at his residence. He was born on April 12, 1956 to Anna Louise Holder Templin Little and the late Elwood Templin.
Donnie was a Montgomery County native; he was a farmer whose hobby was working on cars.
Survivors include; his mother, Anna...

Romie Gayhart
May 17, 2013
Romie Gayhart, 83, of Winchester, Kentucky died early Friday morning, May 17, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Garrett, Kentucky on February 22, 1930, to the late Kelly Gayhart and Bertha Centers Ward.
Romie was a United States Army Veteran and a member of the DAV Chapter 149. He was an Army First...

Teresa Lynn Brandenburg
May 17, 2013
Teresa Lynn Myers Brandenburg, 52, of Jeffersonville, died Friday morning, May 17, 2013 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. She was born March 8, 1961 in Mt. Sterling to the late Bill and Betty Cartmill Myers.
Teresa was a lifelong resident of Montgomery County, a 1979 graduate of Montgomery County High School, a member of Freedom Church of...

Douglas Neal Shearer
May 15, 2013
Douglas Neal Shearer, 43, of Frenchburg, died Wednesday morning, May 15, 2013, at his residence. He was born February 24, 1970 in Dearborn, Michigan to the late Charles Douglas and Myra Yvonne Moore Shearer.
Doug had resided in Taylor, Michigan before moving to Menifee County 5 years ago. He was a self-employed carpenter and an outdoorsman who...

William Joseph Wesley
May 14, 2013
William "Bill" Joseph Wesley, 71, of Frenchburg, died Tuesday evening, May 14, 2013, at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. He was born January 8, 1942 in Hayward, California to the late Austin and Gene Smith Wesley.
William previously lived in Los Angeles, California before moving to Menifee County 8 years ago. He was a member of...

Timothy Joseph Monaghan
May 6, 2013
Timothy "Tim" Joseph Monaghan, 55, of West Liberty passed away Monday, May 6, 2013 at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. He was born October 11, 1957 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Audrey Ruth Amos Monaghan and the late John E. Monaghan.
Tim was an Indianapolis native and a 1976 graduate of Plainfield High School...

Kathleen Mary Alomia Peck
Apr 28, 2013
Kathleen Mary Alomia Peck, 60, of Mt. Sterling, died Sunday morning, April 28, 2013 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. She was born June 11, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois to Patricia Lou Ball Schnell and the late Vincent James Alomia.
Kathleen moved to Montgomery County six years ago from Greenville, North Carolina. She was a member of the...

Joshua Russell Martin
Apr 26, 2013
Joshua Russell Martin, 34, of Mt. Sterling, died Friday, April 26, 2013 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling. He was born in Lexington on June 15, 1978 to Tony and Belinda Brewer Martin.
Joshua was a Montgomery County native, a member of Victory Chapel Church, a 1997 graduate of Montgomery County High School, and employed at Hoffman Enclosures....