ObituarIES
Local Obituaries for Lewisburg and Logan County, KY

Horris R. Trice
Feb 27, 2012
Horris R. Trice, 77 of Blairsville, Georgia died on Monday, February 27, 2012, at Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares, Florida. He was born Monday, December 31, 1934 in Russellville, Kentucky, the son of the late Arlington Trice and the late Mary Brady Trice. He was the husband of Nancy Trice who survives. Surviving are sons, Roy Bomar of Tavares,...

Douglas Allen Drake
Feb 11, 2012
Douglas "Doug" Allen Drake, 50 of Lewisburg, Kentucky died on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at his residence in Lewisburg, Kentucky. He was born on Monday, January 22, 1962 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, he was the son of Hershal Drake and the late Dorothy Creek Drake. He was the husband of Cynthia Young Drake who survives. He was employed by...
Audrey Irene Francis
Feb 8, 2012
Audrey Irene Francis, 78, of Spa Community, died on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at Creekwood Place in Russellville, Kentucky. She was born on Monday, January 8, 1934 in Logan County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Robert James "R.J." Moore and the late Eva Johnson Moore. She was a retired Seamstress from Russellville Red Kap. She was...

Edna Claris Vaughn
Feb 6, 2012
Edna Claris Vaughn, 97 of Lewisburg, Kentucky died on Monday, February 6, 2012, at Gilchrist Hospice in Columbia, Maryland. She was born on Saturday, February 21, 1914 in Lewisburg, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Frank Bivin and the late Lee Austin Bivin. She was the wife of the late Byron "Shorty" Vaughn, Sr. She was a...
Faye Westray
Feb 1, 2012
Faye Westray, 73 of Lewisburg, Kentucky died on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at Hospice Center of Southern Ky. in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She was born on Monday, October 24, 1938 in Beechmont, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Veachel Johnson and the late Mabel Belcher Johnson. She was the wife of Dennis Westray of Lewisburg, who survives....
Ed Gower
Jan 30, 2012
Lawrence Edwin "Ed" Gower, 64, of Lewisburg died Monday, January 30, 2012, at his home. He was born in Springfield, Tennessee, April 30, 1947, a son of the late Ben Williams (Doc) and Marguerite O'Neal Gower. Mr. Gower graduated from Lewisburg High School, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Tennessee in Memphis. Mr....
Wallace Ray Harper
Jan 23, 2012
Wallace Ray Harper, 82 of Lewisburg, Kentucky died on Monday, January 23, 2012, at Creekwood Place in Russellville, Kentucky. He was born on Tuesday, October 15, 1929 in Butler County, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Jerry Harper and the late Etta Moore Harper. He was the husband of Willie Anderson Harper of Lewisburg, who survives. He...

Alma Blanche Coursey
Jan 22, 2012
Alma Blanche Coursey, 89 of Russellville, Kentucky died on Sunday, January 22, 2012, at the Medical Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She was born on Friday, December 8, 1922 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She was the daughter of the late S. E. Childress and the late Carrie Miller Childress. She was the wife of the late John Henry Coursey....

Jimmy Gaskey
Jan 21, 2012
Jimmy Gaskey, 49 of Hopkinsville, Kentucky died on Saturday, January 21, 2012, at Gainesville Manor in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He was born on Wednesday, October 10, 1962 in Lewisburg, Kentucky, he was the son of the late William Lewis Gaskey and the late Iva Heath Gaskey. He was disabled. Surviving are brothers, William Gaskey of Hopkinsville, KY and David Gaskey...

Virginia L. Shoemake
Jan 19, 2012
Virginia L. Shoemake, 72 of Russellville, Kentucky died on Thursday, January 19, 2012, at Logan Memorial Hospital in Russellville, Kentucky. She was born on Thursday, June 29, 1939 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Winfred Travis and the late Bertha Travis. She was the wife of the late Harvey Shoemake. She was a homemaker....

Sandra Kaye Love
Jan 14, 2012
Sandra Kaye Love, 69 of Lewisburg, Kentucky died on Saturday, January 14, 2012, at Medical Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She was born on Tuesday, June 16, 1942 in Beech Creek, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Buford Ford and the late Helen Mitchell Ford. She was a former waitress. Surviving are sons, Jaymie Penrod of Kevil,...
William Clifford Brooks
Jan 13, 2012
William Clifford Brooks, 93 of Lewisburg, Kentucky died on Friday, January 13, 2012, at Creekwood Place in Russellville, Kentucky. He was born Wednesday, October 9, 1918 in Logan County, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Tommy Brooks and the late Cora Williams Brooks. He was the husband of the late Mary Allen Brooks. He was a former...

Raymond Dewayne Joly
Jan 11, 2012
Raymond Dewayne Joly, 55 of Hillside Dr. Russellville, Kentucky died on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at his home. He was born Friday, August 10, 1956. He was the son of the late Raymond Joly and Judy Bell Joly Whittinghill of Russellville, who survives. He was a former sheet metal mechanic. He was also preceded in death by his wife...
Octavia Page Smith
Jan 5, 2012
Octavia Page Smith, 91 of Lewisburg, Kentucky died on Thursday, January 5, 2012, at Creekwood Place in Russellville, Kentucky. She was born Monday, August 23, 1920 in Logan County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of the late John Page and the late Nannie Hildabrand Page. She was the wife of the late James Smith. She retired from Lewisburg School...

Eva Joyce Clack
Jan 2, 2012
Eva Joyce Clack, 79 of Russellville, Kentucky died on Monday, January 2, 2012, at the home of her daughter in Lewisburg, Kentucky. She was born Thursday, June 2, 1932 in Logan County, Kentucky, She was the daughter of the late Herbert King and the late Leona Tabb King. She was the wife of the late Thelmer Clack. She retired...
James Talmadge Smith
Dec 24, 2011
James "Pete" Talmadge Smith, 81 of Lewisburg, Kentucky died on Saturday, December 24, 2011, at Maple Manor Health Care Center in Greenville, Kentucky. He was born Tuesday, July 8, 1930 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the son of the late Preacher Smith and the late Midge Spicer Smith. He was the husband of Brenda Smith who survives. He was...

Pauline W. Jackson
Dec 20, 2011
Pauline W. Jackson, 97, of Huntersville, NC, died Dec. 20, 2011, at Olde Knox Commons. Pauline was born Dec. 23, 1913, in Butler County, KY, the daughter of the late Callie J. and Sarah Harper Wooldridge. She retired from National Cash Register in Dayton, Ohio in 1972 and moved to Charlotte, NC. She then worked and retired from K-Mart...
Bessie Joines
Dec 16, 2011
Bessie Joines, 77 of Russellville, Kentucky died on Friday, December 16, 2011, at Logan Memorial Hospital in Russellville, Kentucky. She was born Friday, June 1, 1934 in Todd County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lear and the late Redonie Mayes Lear. She was the wife of James Joines who survives. She was a homemaker. She...

Phillip Dawson Smith
Dec 13, 2011
Phillip Dawson Smith, 54 of Lewisburg, Kentucky died on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, at his Residence in Lewisburg, Kentucky. He was born Wednesday, October 23, 1957 in Springfield, Massachusetts, He was the son of Dawson Smith, of Lewisburg, who survives and the late Linda Penrod Smith. He was employed by Boilermakers Local 40 as a Welder. He was a...

Betty Sue (Coursey) Henderson
Dec 4, 2011
Betty Sue (Coursey) Henderson, 69 of Russellville, Kentucky died on Sunday, December 4, 2011, at Auburn Health Care in Auburn, Kentucky. She was born Tuesday, July 21, 1942 in Logan County, Kentucky, She was the daughter of the late Leslie Coursey and the late Lorene Johnson Coursey. She was self employed as a sitter for the elderly. She was...