Obituaries
Alexander Hamilton
Dec 1, 2014
Alexander Hamilton, 88, of Waynesburg, Kentucky, passed away Monday, December 1, 2014 at Lakeridge Villa in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born in David, Kentucky on February 21, 1926, son of the late James Porter and Della Centers Hamilton. After serving in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific for 3 years during World War II. He graduated from Louisville School...
Dale Cain Phelps
Nov 28, 2014
Dale Cain Phelps, 77, of Louisville, Kentucky, passed away Friday, November 28, 2014. He was born in Science Hill, Kentucky on April 4, 1937, son of the late Earl Cardin and Grace Cain Phelps. He was a retired teacher, a longtime basketball and golf coach, then served as athletic director until his retirement from Tullahoma High School. He was a...
Bro. Wendell Butte
Nov 28, 2014
Bro. Wendell Butte, 74, of Somerset, passed away Friday, November 28, 2014. He was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky on October 26, 1940, son of the late Arnold M. and Mary Hines Butte. He was a minister and a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. He was saved by grace on February 15, 1959. Shortly thereafter, he surrendered to the ministry...
Norma Jean Combest
Nov 28, 2014
Norma Jean Combest, 78, of Science Hill, Kentucky, passed away Friday, November 28, 2014 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. She was born in Science Hill, Kentucky on August 11, 1936, daughter of the late Logan and Goldie Haggard Combest. She was a homemaker and of the Methodist faith. She is survived by two nieces, Glenda Pauline Hines of Nancy, KY...
Shirley Mae Young
Nov 26, 2014
Shirley Mae Young, 65, of Monticello, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at Wayne County Hospital. She was born in Monticello, Kentucky on September 13, 1949, daughter of the late Wendell and Murl McGuire Young. She was a homemaker. She is survived by two sons, Rexal K. Brown and Ricky Lee Brown, one daughter, Murl Southwood, all of Monticello,...
Noble Dallas New
Nov 24, 2014
Noble Dallas New, 92, of Eubank, Kentucky, passed away Monday, November 24, 2014 at his home with family. He was born in Wayne County, Kentucky on February 5, 1922, son of the late Dewey Smiley New and Flossie Elizabeth New. Noble was a WWII Army veteran, who served in Northern France and Germany. After being discharged in December of 1945,...
Glen D. Skeens
Nov 22, 2014
Glen D. Skeens, 59, of Somerset, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. He was born on December 29, 1954, son of the late Dewey and Bonnie Watts Skeens. He was retired from Oakwood. He is survived by two daughters, Amy & (Andy) Stephens of Nancy, Ky, and Ashley & (Johnny) Greer of Kings Mtn., Ky,...
Junior Lee Taylor
Nov 22, 2014
Junior Lee Taylor, 80, of Eubank, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. He was born in Goodhope, Kentucky on November 18, 1934, son of the late Roy and Pearly Reynolds Taylor. He was retired from the Highway Department of Somerset after 25 years and was a member of Walnut Grove Church of Christ. He...
Philip Andrew Phelps
Nov 18, 2014
Philip Andrew Phelps, 60, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. He was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky on January 14, 1954, son of the late Obe and Celeste Rachael Vaught Phelps. He lived his early years on Clifty Creek in Science Hill, later moving to the Hogue community where he lived the...
Bobby Killis Wesley
Nov 14, 2014
Bobby Killis Wesley, 72, of Science Hill, Kentucky, passed away Friday, November 14, 2014 at Hospice of Lake Cumberland, Jean Waddle Care Center. He was born in Erlanger, Kentucky on May 24, 1942, son of the late Homer Clay and Della Mae Dick Wesley. He was a retired maintenance worker and welder. He was a member of Carter Ridge Baptist...
Floyd Dee "Giz" Weddle
Nov 13, 2014
Floyd Dee "Giz" Weddle, 75, of Science Hill, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, November 13, 2014 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. He was born in Hogue, Kentucky on August 2, 1939, son of the late Morris and Thelma Wesley Weddle. He was a retired printer for Zumbiel Box Company of Cincinnati, Ohio and attended Bethelridge United Methodist Church. He loved to...
Morris Clay Dick
Nov 10, 2014
Morris Clay Dick, 59, of Science Hill, Kentucky, passed away Monday, November 10, 2014 at University of Kentucky Medical Center. He was born in Somerset, Kentucky on October 30, 1955, son of Denzil Dick and the late Katherine Sturgill Dick. He was a building contractor and of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his wife, Jeanette Bolin Dick, his...
Brian Lee Whitaker
Nov 10, 2014
Brian L. Whitaker, 45, of Jacksonville, FL, passed away Monday, November 10, 2014 at St. Vincent Hospital in Jacksonville. He was born at the UK Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky on July 17, 1969, son of Donald Whitaker and the late Charlcie Whitaker. He is survived by his father, Donald Whitaker of Eubank, one sister, Karen S. Marcinko of Woodstock,...
Juanita Faye Ruckel Back
Nov 9, 2014
Juanita Faye Ruckel Back, 88, of Eubank, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, November 9, 2014 at Somerwoods Nursing & Rehab. She was born in Eubank, Kentucky on September 30, 1926, daughter of the late Henry and Ruby Spaw Ruckel. She was a homemaker and a member of Buncombe Baptist Church for more than 50 years. Juanita was the oldest of ten...
Dallas A. Perkins
Nov 4, 2014
Dallas A. Perkins, 67, of Science Hill, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, November 4, 2014. He was born in Harlan, Kentucky on October 9, 1947, son of the late George and Laura Jeffers Perkins. He was a life time member of the DAV and a member of the American Legion. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by his...
Kenneth Lee Davis
Nov 1, 2014
Kenneth Lee Davis, 72, of Waynesburg, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2014 at his home, surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born in Somerset, Kentucky on February 13, 1942, son of the late Lonnie "Buster" and Ila Mae Dick Davis. He was a retired employee of Norfolk Southern Railroad, where he served as a detective for...
Gladys Irene Sutton Trowbridge
Oct 31, 2014
Gladys Irene Sutton Trowbridge, 86, of Eubank, Kentucky, passed away Friday, October 31, 2014 at Hospice of Lake Cumberland, Jean Waddle Care Center. She was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky on May 20, 1928, daughter of the late Reflone and Janie Ashley Sutton. She was a homemaker and a member of Baptist Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is survived by...
James "Jim" Christopher Richardson
Oct 30, 2014
James "Jim" Christopher Richardson, 67, of Science Hill, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, October 30, 2014 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. He was born in Somerset, Kentucky on December 13, 1946, son of the late James W. and Josephine Estes Richardson. He was an employee of the Pulaski County Road Department and former Fire Chief of the Science Hill Fire Department,...
Ruby Estella Osborne
Oct 26, 2014
Ruby Estella Epperson Osborne, age 100 years and seven days, of the Good Hope community, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Harrodsburg Healthcare Center in Harrodsburg, KY. She and her family had a big celebration last weekend to celebrate her 100th birthday. Now there will be another big celebration to celebrate her life and her homegoing to be with...
Eleanor Ellie Randolph
Oct 24, 2014
Eleanor Ellie Randolph, 75, of Science Hill, Kentucky, passed away Friday, October 24, 2014 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 27, 1939, daughter of the late Seigel Keith Burgess and Ruth Beatrice Lee Harp. She was a homemaker. She is survived by three sons, Timothy Keith & (Anna) Grigsby, Samuel Gordon & (Cheri)...

