Area Obituaries

William Earl Hammons, March 17, 1925 – March 12, 2022, Scobee Funeral Home Leon Pace Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be March 18, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., funeral March 19, from 11:00 a.m., and burial to follow at Winchester Cemetery. www.ScobeeFuneralHome.com.

Johnetta Mae Reed, 87, died Monday, March 14, 2022 at Bourbon Heights Nursing Home, Paris, KY. A native of Paris, KY, she was the daughter of the late Harvey and Rhoda Thompson Reed. She was the head cook and cafeteria manager with the Paris School System for 47 years. She was a member of the…

David Gene Best, 55 of Paris, passed away peacefully March 11, 2022 at Bourbon Heights Nursing Home in Paris. David was born July 19, 1966 in Carlisle, KY to Velora Rose (Spencer) Purcell and the late Carroll Gene “Cotton” Best. David was a retired EMT and volunteer firefighter. At the time of his retirement, he…

William Thomas Tipton, Sr., 63, widower of the late Dolly Glen Campbell Tipton, died Saturday, March 12, 2022, at the St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY. He was born in Paris, KY, to the late George and Gracie Neal Tipton. William was a retired rock mason and former owner of a auto detail shop. He is…

Lindy Douglas Whalen, age 61, passed away on March 2, 2022, in Mt. Olivet, KY. Lindy was born in Paris, KY, to the late Lindy Alfred Whalen and Anna Mae Fryman Whalen. Besides his parents he is preceded in death by his brother, David Whalen. Lindy who his friends and family knew as “Dougie” enjoyed…

Karen S. Harney, 57, gained her wings and was called home on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center with her family by her side. A native of Nicholas County born April 16, 1964 to the late Stanley J. and Betty Vandy Robinson, she was a 1982 graduate of Nicholas County…

DeWayne Lewis (Cotterell) Lear, 44, Nicholasville, KY, passed away Saturday, night February 26, 2022, 6:33 p.m., at the University of Kentucky Hospital. He was born in Cynthiana, KY, on March 31, 1977, to the parents of Robert Cottrell Jr. and Teresa Wooten Knight. He is preceded in death by his grandparents Gene and Ethel Moreland.…

Emily Randall Colclough passed away unexpectedly Monday, February 28, 2022. Born September 1, 1992, in Lexington, KY, she was a graduate of The Sayre School in Lexington where she received a College Board Advanced Placement Scholar Award as a member of The National Honor Society. She earned a Provost Scholarship to attend the University of…

Naomi Faye Alfrey Jackson, 79, died Saturday March 5, 2022 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY. She was born in Salt Lick, KY to the late Hollie and Thelma Donathan Alfrey. She was a homemaker, enjoyed babysitting and a good yard sale. Faye loved her family and cherished spending time with her…

Jerry Wayne Dennis, 68, husband of Betty Jo Fryman Dennis, died Saturday March 5, 2022 at his home. He was born in Corinth, KY to the late Christopher Columbus Dennis, Sr. and the late Goldie Frisby Dennis. Jerry was a retired maintenance employee at Johnson Controls, where he worked for 28 years and was a…