Area Obituaries

Amy Lynn Manion Wood, 36, died Sunday, May 1, 2022, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY. A native of Cynthiana, KY, she was the daughter of Anthony Wayne Manion and the late Vickie Cobb Lail. She was a homemaker. In addition to her father, she is survived by two children, Kylie Howland…

Lillian Stewart Yazell Plummer, 78, departed this life on Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Bourbon Heights Nursing Home after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born March 21, 1944, in Paris, daughter of the late Carl and Lena Walton Yazell and was a 1962 graduate of Bourbon County High School. Lillian was the former…

George Robert Wheeler, Jr. 67, husband of Mary Frances Brewer Druen Wheeler, died Thursday, May 5, 2022 at the Clark Regional Medical Center, Winchester, KY. A native of Paris, KY, he was the son of the late George Robert Wheeler, Sr. and Margaret G. Rigsby Wheeler. He was a retired employee from the City of…

Billy D. Purcell passed away in Austin, Texas on April 22, 2022. He was born in Nicholas County, Ky in 1936 and he and his family moved to Paris when Billy was a young age. He was a 1955 graduate of Paris High School and played many sports. After graduation he joined the Navy and…

William Bradley “Brad” Hays, of Paris, departed this life on Sunday, May 1, 2022, at the Hospice Care Center in Lexington, Kentucky, having attained the age of 48 years. Brad was born on November 30, 1973, in Richmond, Kentucky, the son of Patty Haney and Jim Hays, was a graduate of Lafayette High School as…

Nancy Jane Jordan Rice, 67, died Friday April 29, 2022 at the Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY. She was born in Charlestown, WV to the late Madison Eugene and Betty Mae Adkins Jordan. Nancy was a former manager at Shoney’s Resturant. She is survived by one son, Paul Rice; two grandchildren, Bradley Hawkins and Alexandria…

Ronald Bruce Reffett, 78, retired industrial engineer at Hoover Wire Products, a Leggett & Platt Division, U.S. Army Reserve Veteran, and husband of Rose Mary Shanks Reffett, died Wednesday April 13, 2022 at his home. He was born on April 19, 1943 in Bourbon County, KY to the late Bruce and Thelma Plummer Reffett. Ronald…

Wilma Lee Shannon, widow of Floyd Turner Shannon, departed this life at her home on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, having attained the age of 84 years. Wilma was born on January 16, 1938, in Ruddles Mill, KY, the daughter of the late Ella Lee Sams and James Reese Watkins, Jr., was a graduate of Nicholas…

Kenneth Ray Wilson, 47, husband of Tracy Ann Jones Wilson, died Tuesday April 26, 2022 at the Robertson County Nursing Home, Mt. Olivet, KY. He was born in Paris, KY to Ollie Wilson and Terri Thomas. He was a former welder and loved spending time with his family. In addition to his wife and parents,…