Area Obituaries

Lisa Lynn Wagner Long, wife of David Long, died Wednesday February 15, 2023 at the Community North Hospital, Indianapolis, IN. She was born in Paris, KY to Glenn Phillips and Helen Mae Caywood Wagner. She was a retired data processor for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. In her spare time she enjoyed camping and fishing.…

Wilma Ann Toy peacefully slipped into eternity on Friday, February 24, 2023. She was a remarkable woman in many ways and will be deeply missed by her family, friends, and to the many she impacted along the way. She was a woman of incredible joy. She lived life to the fullest overcoming many challenges. She…

Margaret Jean Farley Isbell, of Paris, widow of Ronald Herman Isbell, departed this life on Saturday, February 25, 2023, at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, at the age of 81. Jean was born in Wallins Creek, Kentucky on March 9, 1941, to the late Whitfield and Bertha Gross Farley. She was a homemaker, and…

Charles Thomas “Tom” Skeen, husband of Toni DeNitto Skeen, to whom he was married for 58 years, departed this life on Thursday, February 23, 2023, at his home with family by his side, having attained the age of 80 years.   Tom was born in Lexington, Kentucky on March 10, 1942, the son of the late…

Michelle Dare Jones, 56, wife of Allen Jones, died Monday, February 20, 2023 at her home in Paris, KY. A native of Mt. Sterling, she was the daughter of the late Stanley W. Staton and Virginia Pieratt Staton. In addition to her husband, she is survived by one sister, Genean Crosby; one brother, Stanley P.…

Gary Wayne Adams, 71, widower of the late Rita Mae Smith Adams, died Sunday, February 12, 2023, at the Robertson County Health Care Facility, Mt. Olivet, KY. A native of Bourbon County, KY, he was the son of the late Eula Townsend Jones. He was a former machinist with Johnson Controls and attended the Paris…

Michelle Louise Morgan Smith, 62, died Saturday, February 11, 2023, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Anna Ruth Black Morgan. She was a Certified Nursing Assistant at Edgemont Nursing home and formerly worked at Dollar Tree. She loved…

Roger Lee Noland, Jr., of Scottsville, Kentucky, departed this life way to early on Friday, February 10, 2023, at the young age of 35 years. Roger was born in Xenia, Ohio to the late Roger Lee Noland, Sr. and Rosetta Groves who survives. He worked for Top Notch Tree Service, was a carpenter, a jack…

William R. “Bill” Stamler died February 8, 2023 at his home in Paris, KY. He was the son of William Raymond “Ray” Stamler and Mary Buford Hodges. He was born November 11, 1934 in Beckley, WV. In 1961, he married Ellen Boyd in All Saints Chapel at the University of The South at Sewanee, TN.…