Area Obituaries

Brenda Ann Neal Shanks, 62, widow of the late John Conley Shanks, Sr., died Tuesday April 27, 2021, at her home. A native of Paris, KY, she was the daughter of the late Johnie B. and Lodema Roe Neal. She was a homemaker and loved doing crafts and selling them at court days. She is…

Harold Lee Rule, 74, of Lancaster, passed away Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at his home. Born on Thursday, December 12, 1946, in Paris, KY, he was the son of the late Harold Veach and Gladys Rainey Rule. Harold was a United States Navy veteran who served during the Vietnam War. He played on the Navy…

Ruth June Trunnell Anderson, widow of Robert Stone, departed this life on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at her home in Homosassa, Florida, having attained the age of 93 years. She was born on December 8, 1927, in Bethesda, Maryland, the daughter of the late Walter Joseph Trunnell, Sr. and Ruth B. Weber Trunnell, was a…

George Mark Rassenfoss, 74, passed away peacefully on April 26, at Bourbon Heights in Paris, KY. He was born on April 29, 1946, in Cincinnati, OH, to the late George A. and Martha Rassenfoss. George was one of eleven children. He was retired from the maintenance department at the University of Kentucky and was the…

James Douglas McIlvain, Sr., 78, died Friday, April 23, 2021, at his residence in Paris, KY. A native of Paris, KY, he was the son of the late James Douglas and Myrtle Finney McIlvain. He was a retired farmer. He is survived by one son, Doug (Julia) McIlvain; one granddaughter, Katelyn McIlvain; one brother, George…

Betty Ruth Dampier Stanfield, age 86, passed away Thursday, April 22, 2021, at Central Baptist Hospital. She was born in Harrison County on February 3, 1935, to the late Charlie Thomas and Nannie Mae Fryman Dampier. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, Harry E. Stanfield; and two brothers, Carlos Dampier,…

Mrs. Ethel “Sissy” Moreland, age 82, of Franklin, KY, passed away on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at 8:01 p.m., at the Medical Center of Bowling Green, KY. Visitation will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Franklin Church of Christ, 700 South Main Street, Franklin, KY. A…

Patricia Thompson Copelan, age 92, of Paris, KY, beloved wife of Dr. Robert W. Copelan, died peacefully at Chester Park Farm, her home in Bourbon County, KY, on Sunday, April 18, 2021, after a prolonged illness. She was the dear mother of James S. Mahan (Peggy), Ryan R. Mahan, and stepmother to Jane Gail Copelan.…

Fred D. Norton, 63, of Millersburg, died Monday, April 19, 2021, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. He was born November 22, 1957, in Newport, TN, son of the late Doyle and Mary “Maggie” Norton Valentine. Fred worked as an installer for Everburn and worked with Mister P Express and, in his spare time,…

Alma Jean Boone Hill of Bonaire, GA passed away Sunday, April 18, after a long illness. She was born June 22, 1937, in Limestone, TN, to the late Wade N. and Nora Bailey. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, James E. Hill, sisters; Pauline Boone and Dorothy M. Gibson, and…