Area Obituaries

(1) To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the Heaven: (2) A time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; (3) A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break…

Michele Coe Foley, 74, wife of Philip Marshal Foley, died Monday, September 26, 2022. She was born, in Cynthiana, KY to the late Richard E. Coe and the late Lucile “Pete Coe” Gustafson Coe. She was retired from the Juvenile Justice Department with over 30 years of experience. She also taught music at Bourbon County…

Margery Jane Doyle, 58, died Saturday, September 24, 2022, at the Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas. A native of Paris, KY, she was the daughter of the late Joe Melvin Doyle and Missy McGurk Doyle-Simminger. She was an Intelligent Systems Scientist and Engineer. She is survived by two daughters, Breanna Jones and Tiffanie Doyle. There…

Patricia Ann Brooks Ransdell, 79, of Frankfort, died on Monday, the 11th day of July, 2022, at Frankfort Regional Medical Center. Born in Shelbyville on the 23rd day of March in 1943, she was the daughter of the late Stanley Ervin Brooks and Ruth Bell Rogers Brooks Roberts. A member of the Shelbyville First Baptist…

Sue Clay Farris Watkins, 64, died Tuesday, September 27, 2022, in Nicholas County, KY. A native of Paris, KY, she was the daughter of Dorothy Williams Farris and the late Clarence E. Farris.  She was a member of the Ruddles Mill Christian Church and a former medical records clerk at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY.…

John Drue Stubblefield, 66, husband of Susan Stubblefield, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2022, at his home. A native of Paris, Kentucky, he graduated from Bourbon County High School, class of 1974, and attended Eastern Kentucky University. He was the son of the late Lewis J. Stubblefield, Sr. and Iona Frances Rains Stubblefield. He will…

Michael Williams, 73, husband of Sharon Banks Williams for 33 years, died Friday, September 16, 2022, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY. A native of Richmond, KY, he was the son of the late Jack Talmadge Williams and the late Mildred Pauline Crews Williams.  He was a member of the Church of…

Richard M. Brothers, 72, husband of Kimberly Sue Morrison Brothers, died Sunday September 18, 2022 at the VA Medical Center, Lexington, KY. He was the son of the late Jospeh and Mattie Frances Baker Brothers.  He was a United States Army Veteran of the Vietnam War, enjoyed working outdoors and loved his family and friends.…

Walter Bradley Buckler, Sr., 78, husband of Mary Francis Miles Buckler, died Friday, September 16, 2022, at his home in Paris, KY. A native of Sharpsburg, KY, he was the son of the late William Buckler and Ines Burnes Buckler.  He loved to fish and always joked around, but the main thing was loving his…