Area Obituaries

Linda Brooks, 72, of Lake Wales passed away Friday, April 9, 2021, at Select Specialty Hospital in Edgewood. She was born July 14, 1948, in Paris, KY, to the late Elmer and Emma McFarland; she moved to Lake Wales from Kentucky in 2010. Linda was a retired Administrative Executive for the VA Medical Center in…

Ruby Jane Holder Weaver, 75, died Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. A native of Williamstown, KY, she was the daughter of the late York and Bessie Burse Holder. She worked in motel housekeeping and Toyota housekeeping. She was baptized at a young age at a Christian church in Pine…

Willie Clay “W.C.” Jefferson, Sr., 87, husband of the late Addie Howard Jefferson for 66 years, passed away Sunday, April 11, 2021, at Harrison Memorial Hospital. Born March 8, 1934, in Nicholas County to the late Davie and Mary Lacey Gaunce Jefferson, he was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War, a lifelong…

Jeffery Thomas Curtsinger, 67, died Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at his home. He was the son of the late Thomas and Virginia Wood Curtsinger and was a truck driver. He is survived by two children, Christina (Edward) Burton and Lindsey (Marques Johnson) Curtsinger; five grandchildren, Paige Miller, Pia Miller, Kaylena Davis, Kaden Lindsey and Camaron…

Ruth Edith Miller departed this life peacefully on Saturday, April 10, 2021, at her residence with family by her side, having attained the age of 90 years. She was born January 5, 1931, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of the late Edward and Mary Patrick Foran, received her associate degree in early childhood development…

Cathy Shepherd Ratliff, 68, died Sunday, April 4, 2021, at the Bourbon Heights Nursing Home, Paris, KY. A native of Paris, KY, she was the daughter of the late James Allen Shepherd and Ann Buffin Sunley. She was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at the Bourbon Heights Nursing Home. She is survived by two…

Master Sergeant Bruce Fairbanks Spring, Sr. (U.S. Army-Ret), husband of Beatrice Douglas Spring, departed this life on Saturday, April 3, 2021 at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, having attained the age of 86 years. He was born on January 25, 1935, in Boston, MA, was a veteran of the United States Army, and taught ROTC…

Henry Clay Frederick, 92, widower of Dolly Bell Waugh Frederick, died Friday, April 2, 2021 at his residence in Paris, KY with his family at his bedside. A native of Nicholas County, KY, he was the son of the late Bruce Frederick and Iva (Archie) Wiggins. He was retired from Hinkle Construction. He is survived…

Lori Nelson Flynn, 64, died Thursday, April 1, 2021, at Bourbon Community Hospital, Paris, KY. A native of Paris, KY, formerly from California, she was the daughter of the late William Nelson Flynn and Betty Taylor Flynn. She was a member of the Clintonville Christian Church. She is survived by one son, Chad (Erin) Flynn,…

Byron Travis Miller, 49, husband of Lori Sue Perrin Miller, died Friday, April 2, 2021, at his home in Paris, KY. A native of Cincinnati, OH, he was the son of Glendon Hisel and the late Elaine Hensley Justice. In addition to his wife he is survived by five children, Rielly Perrin, Byron Miller, Jr.,…