Local obituaries for Glasgow and Barren County in Kentucky

James Burris
Sep 1, 2018
James Luther Burris, 82, of Glasgow died Saturday, September 01, 2018 at his residence. Born in Edmonton, KY he was the son of the late William and Anne England Burris and husband of the late Barbara Jean Hodge Burris. Mr. Burris was of the Baptist faith, sang in several gospel groups and taught Sunday school. He was a retired...
James Winchell
Aug 31, 2018
James Leslie Winchell, age 71 of Leitchfield passed away Friday, August 31, 2018 at his residence.
Peggy Reece
Aug 30, 2018
Peggy Ritter Reece, 85, of Glasgow, died Thursday August 30, 2018 at her home. She was born in Barren County, a daughter of the late Wallace and Elizabeth Matthews Ritter. Peggy and her husband, the late Herbert Cecil Reece left Kentucky early in their life and lived, worked and raised their children in the Chicago, IL area before moving...

Eugene Martin
Aug 29, 2018
Eugene Martin, 96, of Glasgow, died Wednesday August 29, 2018 at his home just 3 days shy of his 97th birthday. Born in the Oil City community of Barren County on September 1, 1921, he was the 3rd of 10 children of the late John Burl and Vassie Ruth Jackman Martin. He was a member of Mt Tabor Baptist...
Carolyn Childress
Aug 28, 2018
Carolyn Buford Childress, 79, of Glasgow died Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. Born in Glasgow, KY she was the daughter of the late Arlington and Mary Lettie Gillenwater Buford. Ms. Childress was a Member of the Queens Chapel Baptist Church and served as secretary. Survivors include 3 daughters Lisa Bailey (Jimmy) and Carol...
Margaret Gerald
Aug 24, 2018
Margaret Louise Bragg Gerald, 70, of Glasgow died Friday, August 24, 2018 at the T.J. Samson Community Hospital. She was born in Glasgow, KY the daughter of the late Rufus Bragg and Millie Jessie Bragg. Mrs. Gerald was a beautician for over 27 years and owner and operator of Splendid Style Beauty Shop for several years. She was a...

Edna Jean Young
Aug 22, 2018
Edna Jean Young, 87, of Glasgow, died Wednesday August 22, 2018 at Greenwood Nursing and Rehab Center in Bowling Green. She was born in Barren County the daughter of the late Dwight and Mattie Elizabeth Lewis Siddens and was the wife of the late John Wayne Young. Mrs. Young was retired from Handmacher Co. and had attended the Glasgow...
Sue Chapman
Aug 21, 2018
Sue Ann Thomas Chapman, 71, of Big Meadow at Knob Lick, KY died Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at T. J. Samson Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Kenneth D. Thomas and Nora Mae Bennett Thomas of Big Meadow who survives. She was a member of the Wisdom Faith Community Church, a homemaker and loved spending time with...
Jerry Graven
Aug 20, 2018
Jerry Douglas Graven, 83, of Bowling Green died Monday, August 20, 2018 in Bowling Green, KY. The Barren County native was the son of the late Tommy and Lillian "Jim" Powell Graven. Jerry had been a farmer and a farm manager for many years and was the owner and operator of Lonesome Dove Equine Stables. He was a member...
Clyde Short
Aug 20, 2018
Clyde Edward Short, 75, of Glasgow, died Monday, August 20, 2018 at T. J. Samson Community Hospital. The Monroe County native was the son of the late J. C. and Morene Collins Short. He was retired from Ford Motor Company and was a member of the Refuge Church of Christ at Eighty-Eight. His hobbies and interests included gardening, fishing,...
James Higdon
Aug 20, 2018
James Altus Higdon, age 85 of Clarkson passed away Monday, August 20th 2018 at the Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. He was born August 31st 1932 in Clarkson, Kentucky, the son of Dent & Myrtle Hill Higdon. He was a member of the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, a Bronze Star Veteran of the Korean Conflict, an officer & volunteer...
Stephen Dyche
Aug 20, 2018
Stephen Christopher Dyche, 45, of Glasgow died Monday, August 20, 2018 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. Born in Cumberland, MD, he was the son of the late James Robert Dyche III and Barbara Colleen Twigg Steibly. He was also preceded in death by his step-father Frank G. Steibly. Mr. Dyche was a member of the Calvary Baptist...
Billy Smith
Aug 20, 2018
Billy Ray Smith, 65 of Indianapolis, IN and formerly of Glasgow, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 at his home. He was the son of the late Arthur and Delcie Farlee Smith. Mr. Smith was a former employee for Southern States and Southern Explosive Co. in Glasgow and was an avid fisherman. He is survived by 5 children, Stacy Myers...
Roscoe Vandyke
Aug 19, 2018
Roscoe R. Vandyke, 81, of Glasgow, died Sunday, August 19, 2018 at his home. He was born in Pike County, Ohio to the late Perry and Stella Matney Vandyke, the youngest of his four brothers who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Margie Allen Vandyke in 2017. Mr. Vandyke was a veteran...

Elizabeth Emmitt
Aug 15, 2018
Elizabeth Frances Emmitt, 71, of Glasgow died Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, KY. Born in Allen County she was the daughter of the late William John and Martha Louisa Kettles Elmore. Ms. Emmitt was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include 3 sons Gregory Emmitt (Anissa) of Scottsville, KY, Chad Emmitt (Dajjah...
Richard Read
Aug 15, 2018
Richard Edwin Read, 55, of Glasgow, died Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. He was born in Glasgow, January 23, 1963 the son of the late George Edwin Read and Frances Story Read of Glasgow who survives. Richard worked 26 years for Hill Pet Nutrition. He was a lifetime member of H.O.G. (Harley Owners Group) and...
Leroy Logsdon
Aug 14, 2018
Leroy Logsdon, age 71 of Leitchfield, passed away, Tuesday, August 14th 2018 at his residence. He was born May 1st 1947 in Hart County, KY
Diane Risinger
Aug 14, 2018
Diane Sue Risinger, age 58 of Sweeden, passed away Tuesday, August 14th 2018 at her residence. She was born August 2nd 1960 in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Robert & Mary Dudgeon Saltsman. She was a CMA at the Grayson Manor Nursing Facility, a loving mother and grandmother. She is survived by her daughters, Mary Jane Spainhoward (Nick) &...
Joe Hale
Aug 13, 2018
Joe Danny Hale, 69, of Smiths Grove, KY died Monday, August 13, 2018 at the Medical Center of Bowling Green. He was born in Glasgow, the son of the late John Henry and Mattie Jeanette Wilson Hale. Joe was a former lab x-ray technician and was employed by Dr. Robert McKinley and T. J. Samson Hospital and later became...
Jonathan Irwin
Aug 11, 2018
Jonathan Lance "Jon Boy" Irwin, 28 of Edmonton, entered the gates of his heavenly home Saturday, August 11, 2018. He was born in Barren County, the son of David and Marla Birge Irwin of Edmonton who survive. He was a member of Wisdom Faith Community Church and was currently employed at Sumitomo in Edmonton. In addition to his parents,...
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