Obituaries

Charlotte Wilson Patrick Morton
Dec 10, 2012
Charlotte Wilson Patrick Morton, 66, of Mt. Sterling, died Monday, December 10, 2012 at Hospice Care Center in Lexington. She was born January 7, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio to the late Charley and Rosemary Wynn Wilson.
Charlotte moved to Montgomery County four years ago from Frenchburg. Charlotte attended Jeffersonville Assembly of God, she enjoyed camping, traveling, and...

Bobbie Arnold McCarty
Dec 8, 2012
Bobbie Arnold McCarty, 85, of Mt. Sterling, died Saturday evening, December 8, 2012 at his residence. He was born September 25, 1927 in Mt. Sterling to the late Elbert Boyd and Nettie Thomas McCarty.
Bobbie was a native of Montgomery County, a United States Army Veteran, and he served on the Board of Directors for the Montgomery...

Katherine Sue Morgan
Dec 2, 2012
Katherine Sue Bogie Morgan, 80, of Independence, died Sunday afternoon, December 2, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood. She was born December 28, 1931 in Mt. Sterling to the late Jim and Bethel Thompson Bogie.
Katherine, a Montgomery County native, moved to Kenton County in the mid 1950's. She retired from the Kenton County...

Delta Kidd Buchanan
Nov 23, 2012
Delta Kidd Buchanan, a resident of Edgewood Estates in Frenchburg, died on Friday, November 23, 2012. She was a 93 year old native of Menifee County being born on September 22, 1919 on Myers Fork Road to Ronald Kidd and Ada Fox Kidd Wells.
Delta was a farm housewife and mother but also worked for...

Manuel Vires
Nov 19, 2012
Manuel Vires, 50, of Mt. Sterling, died Monday, November 19, 2012 at his residence. He was born March 21, 1962 to Gladys Collins Vires and the late John Everett Vires.
Manuel was a Hazard native and moved to Mt. Sterling thirty years ago. He was a farmer, and enjoyed hunting, fishing, leather crafts, and horses.
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Jimmie M. Egelston
Nov 16, 2012
Jimmie M. Egelston, 79, of Frenchburg, Kentucky, passed away on November 16, 2012. He was born September 6, 1933 in Mariba to the late Arnold, Sr. and Hattie Day Egelston.
Jimmie was a lifelong resident of Menifee County, retired from Hobart where he worked in Tool and Die. Jimmie attended Frenchburg Church of God and...

James Wesley Duff
Nov 8, 2012
James Wesley Duff, 86, of Mt. Sterling, died Thursday evening, November 8, 2012 at St. Joseph Mt. Sterling Hospital. He was born February 2, 1926 in Mt. Sterling to the late James and Pearl Duff.
James was a lifelong resident of Montgomery County, a member of the Howards Mill Baptist Church, and he was retired from his...

Ovie Emmitt Nealis
Nov 6, 2012
Ovie Emmitt Nealis, 57, of Mt. Sterling, died Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. He was born July 2, 1955 to China Nealis and the late Tommy Nealis.
Ovie was a lifelong resident of Montgomery County, a United States Air Force Veteran, a member of American Legion, and a graduate of Montgomery...

Horace Gene Ellis
Nov 4, 2012
Horace Gene Ellis, 81, of Mt. Sterling, died Sunday morning, November 4, 2012 at his residence. He was born April 2, 1931 in Dunnville, Kentucky to the late Othello and Bertha Mings Ellis.
Horace Gene moved to Montgomery County five years ago from Campbellsville. He was a United States Air Force Veteran and retired from...

Susie Mae Reed
Oct 29, 2012
Susie Mae Banks Reed, 72, of Mt. Sterling, died Monday evening, October 29, 2012 at her residence. She was born July 19, 1940 in Jeffersonville to the late Everett and Amanda Esteppe Banks.
Susie was a Montgomery County native, a believer in Jesus Christ and worshiped at Assemblies of God. She was previously employed at Trojan Manufacturing...

Walter Stephen Goodpaster
Oct 28, 2012
Walter Stephen Goodpaster, 63, of Mt. Sterling, died Sunday morning, October 28, 2012 at UK Markey Cancer Center. He was born July 3, 1949 in Montgomery County to the late Walter Jackson and Mildred Pergram Goodpaster.
Stephen was a Montgomery County native, a graduate of Montgomery County High School, and he attended Rolling Hills Church of Christ....

Amanda Lynn Tapp Lowe
Oct 11, 2012
Amanda Lynn Tapp Lowe, 32, of Mt. Sterling, died Thursday evening, October 11, 2012 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born January 19, 1980 to Charles Michael Tapp and Yvonne Curran Butler.
Amanda, a Bath County native, moved to Mt. Sterling twelve years ago. She was a 1998 graduate of Bath County...

Antrionette "Sissy" Combs Estes
Oct 11, 2012
Antrionette "Sissy" Combs Estes, 57, of Greenup, died Thursday, October 11, 2012 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. She was born November 24, 1954 to Laura Vivian Combs and the late Elijah Combs, Jr.
Antrionette, better known as "Sissy", moved to Greenup four years ago from Mt. Sterling where she had spent most of her life....

Pearlie Irene Hall
Oct 7, 2012
Pearlie Akers Hall, 50, of Lee City, died Sunday, October 7, 2012 at UK Hospital. She was born October 6, 1962 to John and Mary Akers.
Pearlie was a Wolfe County native and a graduate of Wolfe County High School. She was a homemaker, had an outgoing personality and loved the outdoors. She will be dearly missed...

Mark Allen Rust
Oct 6, 2012
Mark Allen Rust, 38, of Mt. Sterling, died Saturday, October 6, 2012 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. He was born May 18, 1974 and the son of Eunice Sexton and the late Manson Rust.
Mark was a Montgomery County native and graduated from Montgomery County High School in 1995. His previous employment was with Nestle, Grief...

Henry Dee Thompson
Sep 30, 2012
Henry Dee Thompson, 70, widower of Loretta Miles Thompson, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, died September 30, 2012. He was born January 22, 1942 in Bath County to the late Ed and Anna Spence Thompson.
Henry was an Army Veteran, and was retired from A.O. Smith. He enjoyed playing bingo, watching westerns, playing cards, hunting, and...

Ivan Elliott
Sep 29, 2012
Ivan Elliott, 74, of Jeffersonville, passed away on September 29, 2012 at his residence. He was born January 4, 1938 in Montgomery County to the late Clyde and Lena Atkins Elliott.
Ivan was a lifelong resident of Montgomery County. He was retired from Ensor Excavating where he was a backhoe and dozer operator. Ivan was...

Vernon Wilbor Rice
Sep 25, 2012
Vernon Wilbor Rice 80, of Paris, died Tuesday afternoon, September 25, 2012, at St. Joseph Hospital in Mt. Sterling. He was born October 5, 1931 in Georgetown to the late Offie and Sally Floyd Rice.
Vernon moved to Paris from Georgetown two years ago. He was a Navy Veteran and a farmer. He had a love for...

Milton "Milt" David Price III
Sep 24, 2012
Milton "Milt" David Price III, 51, of Jeffersonville, Kentucky, passed away on September 24, 2012. He was born September 24, 1961 in Saint Paul, Minnesota to Glenna Millard Price and the late Milton David Price, Jr.
Milton moved to Montgomery County from Nicholasville in 2005. He was an employee of Lexington Metals where he worked in Quality...

Paul David Cowden
Sep 23, 2012
Paul David Cowden, 67, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, passed away on September 23, 2012. He was born August 29, 1945 in New York, New York and was the son of Barbara Cowden and the late Bill Cowden.
Paul moved to Mount Sterling after graduating from Williams College in 1967 and Vanderbilt University Law School in 1970. He...