Area Obituaries

William Thompson McConnell, Jr., affectionately known as Bill T., age 68, of Paris, Kentucky died May 26, 2022, at home. The significance and impact of Bill T. cannot be fully captured in words, but these are a few of the highlights. He was born to the late William T. McConnell, Sr., and Colleene Monson McConnell.…

John Spencer Jones departed this life unexpectedly on May 24, 2022, having attained the age of 46 years. John was born the son of the late Franklin Donald Jones and Jimmie Faye Feeback Jones, was a graduate of Paris High School, and worked as a plumber. He was an outdoorsman with two of his favorite…

Amy Tod Box, age 45, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 23, 2022, at her home. She was born in Harrison County, on October 5, 1976, to Terry and Charlotte W. Box. She is survived by her parents and three brothers, Charlie (Jennifer) Box, Tyler (Blair) Box, Luke Box; a sister, Susan (Derek) Box Viens;…

Nancy Lucile Hudson Irvine died on November 1, 2020 after a short illness. She lived at Sunnyside Presbyterian Retirement Community in Harrisonburg. She was born in Fleming County, Ky. on October 4, 1929, the daughter of Clifton Herriott Hudson, and Nancy Graham Thompson. Nancy Lu graduated from Agnes Scott College, worked for a year as…

Robert Bruce Wornall, 65, passed away suddenly on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at his home. He was born November 24, 1956 in Paris, son of the late William Perry and Marjorie Ann Forsythe Wornall and was a graduate of Bourbon County High School. Bruce was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was…

Owen Bradley Young, 73, husband of Janet Marie Humphrey Young, died Sunday, May 8, 2022, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY. A native of Irvine, KY, he was the son of the late Hiram Bradley and Marie Powell Young. He was retired from the Sky Vue Twin Drive-in; he loved to go…

Monique Lynnetta Laing Benton, 36, wife of Randall Benton, died Sunday, May 8, 2022, at her residence in Paris, KY. A native of Jacksonville, FL, she was the daughter of Robert William Laing, Jr. and Leeanne Jane Winter Barton. She was a homemaker and loved to crochet, knit, and talk to her mother on the…

Marvin J. Doyle, 81, husband of 61 years to Sue Cartmill Doyle, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Bourbon Heights in Paris. Born October 7, 1940 in Harrison County to the late Rice Jones “RJ” and Ada Mae Vickers Doyle, he was a retired employee of Jockey International, a lifelong farmer, former member of…

Betty Ellen Stone Clem, 89, of Paris, passed away Monday, May 16, 2022 at her home. Born December 21, 1932 in Nicholas County to the late Charles and Anna Shields Stone, she was a devoted homemaker and member of Trinity Church of God. Betty loved to shop, attend church and spend time with family. Surviving…

Phyllis Ann Butler, 87, died Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Baptist Health, Lexington, KY. A native of Paris, KY, she was the daughter of the late Theodore Butler, Jr. and Gladys Arnold Butler. She was a retired librarian with the Paris-Bourbon County Library and worked in the cafeteria at Bourbon County Middle School. She was…