Area Obituaries

Bobby Darrell Purvis, 64, passed away December 25, 2021, at his residence in Georgetown, KY. He was born to the late Henry and Mayme Purvis of Paris, KY, on April 4, 1957. He worked very hard for his family on Kentuckiana Farm, he was there for seventeen years. He was an outside man, loved sitting…

Kimberly Dale Earlywine Hale, 58, passed away December 25, 2021, at her residence. She was born in Paris, KY, December 25, 1963, to Dailey Earlywine Jr. and the late Mary Katherine Jones Earlywine. She is survived by her father Dailey Earlywine, a sister Nicolle Vaughn, a nephew Forrest Vaughn, a niece Victoria Vaughn and her…

Shirley Faye Fisher Pergram, 76, widow of the late Frank Pergram II, died Tuesday December 28, 2021 at the Johnson Mathers Nursing Home, Carlisle, KY. She was born in Paris, KY to the late Robert and Wilma Adams Fisher. She was a stay at home mom and loved raising her children and grandchildren. She is…

Nancy Clara McCracken passed suddenly from this life on December 20, 2021 in her home in Atlanta, GA at the age of 51. She was born on January 10, 1970 to the late Frank C. McCracken Jr and Reverend Sue McCracken in Louisville, KY. A 1988 graduate of Paris High School, she attended the University…

Raymond Combs, Sr., was born on July 5, 1939 and passed from this life to his Heavenly home on December 26, 2021. He was the son of the late Thomas and Maude Combs of Clayhole, Breathitt County, Kentucky. He leaves behind his loving wife, Dena Dwelly Combs, along with his children and scores of loved…

Delphia “Doughie” Higgins Baker, 106, widow of the late Robert Baker, died Sunday December 26, 2021 at the Bourbon Heights Nursing Home, Paris, KY. She was born in Millersburg, KY to the late John Willie and Carrie Thomas Higgins. She was a Domestic Worker/Nannie to several children, many of them still keep in contact and…

Jimmy Lane Jones, age 66, husband of Melissa Bryant Jones, died Friday, December 24, 2021 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. He was born December 5, 1955 in Winchester, Kentucky, son of the late James Jones Jr. and Marlene Fay Buckler English. Jimmy was a graduate of Bourbon County High School, loved…

Robert Gannon Gorey passed away on Tuesday, December 14th, 2021 after a two year battle with cancer. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky on Wednesday, August 18th, 1943 to the late James L. and Margaret (O’Hearn) Gorey. Named for his relative the Rev. Robert Ignatius Gannon, S.J., Robert grew up in Paris, Kentucky. He graduated…

If you had the pleasure of meeting William Ray McDonald, affectionately known as Mac, you certainly would not have forgotten him. He had an infectious laughter that accompanied jovial facial expressions and a clever sense of humor that brought enjoyment to all who knew him. If laughs are a measure of a life well lived,…

William Thomas Emerson, Jr., 84, died December 15, 2021 at the VA Medical Center, Lexington, KY. He was born in Paris, KY to the late William Thomas Emerson, Sr. and the late Mary Rogers Emerson. He was a Human Resource employee for the Kentucky State Government. William was also a member of the Consolidated Baptist…