Local obituaries for Leitchfield and Grayson County in Kentucky
Shirley Crawford
Nov 11, 2022
Shirley Ann Embry Knight Crawford, age 85, entered heaven on Friday, November 11, 2022. She was born July 4,1937 in Butler County, Kentucky to Mal and Ruby Embry. Shirley grew up in Louisville where she enjoyed riding the bus downtown to watch movies or go skating. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1955. In 1956, she married Charlie...
Martha Cecil
Oct 10, 2022
Martha Ann "Cookie" Cecil, 70 of Big Clifty passed away Monday, October 10, 2022. She was a hair dresser for 40+ years and a former Trendsetters Cosmetologist. She was an amazing grandmother and mom and never met a stranger. She loved animals, cooked amazing meals and always had a smile on her face and a story to tell. She...
Peggy Isenberg
Oct 1, 2022
Peggy Stinson Isenberg, age 84 of New Haven, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2022. Funeral Service will be Thursday, October 6th at 7:00 p.m. in the chapel of Sellars Family Heritage at Gallatin. Visitation will be Thursday, October 6th from 3:00 p.m. until time of service at 7:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to...
Lorah Dupin
Sep 29, 2022
Lorah Nell Dupin, age 87 of Big Clifty, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2022 at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown. She was born on September 10, 1935 in Hardinsburg, Kentucky the daughter of the late Preston Clay and Bennie Frances Cahill Garner. "Our sweet Mamaw Nellie passed away very unexpectedly Thursday afternoon. By the Grace of God she was...
Kathleen Blanton
Sep 28, 2022
Kathleen Blanton, age 79 of Leitchfield, passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2022 at her residence. She was born on April 13, 1943 in Leitchfield, the daughter of the late James and Alene Whobrey Beville. Kathleen loved the farm life. She was a mother that showed unconditional love all the time. Her husband of 63 years, Roger, describes her as...
Jean Milliner
Aug 16, 2022
Jean Marie Milliner, age 90 of Shelbyville, formerly of Big Clifty, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2022, in Louisville. She was born on November 26, 1931 in Leitchfield the daughter of the late James Horace and Antha Vivian Fraze Miller. Jean was a member of Big Clifty Methodist Church. She loved music, especially country and Polka music. She enjoyed...
Lavonna Brock
Aug 15, 2022
Lavonna Brock, age 67 of Big Clifty, passed away Monday, August 15, 2022 at Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center. She was born on March 3, 1955, in Leitchfield, the daughter of John and Charlene Clark Tuncil. Lavonna loved gardening and working with her flowers. She enjoyed reading, crafts and watching her hummingbirds. She retired from the Grayson County...
Kathleen Forrister
Jul 17, 2022
Kathleen Forrister, age 80 of Clarkson, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, July 17 2022. She was born the daughter of Louis F. and Claudia Louise McClure Cavanaugh on December 16, 1941. Kathleen was a kind and intelligent woman who enjoyed spending time with her family, reading, sewing and quilting. She was a devout Catholic and a member of St. Augustine...
Dula Ashley
Jul 15, 2022
Dula "Dooley" Lee Ashley, 97, passed away Friday, July 15, 2022. A Celebration of his Life will be held at 4:00 PM Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at United Community Church on Heath Road with visitation beginning at 3:00 PM. Rev. Cory Maurer will officiate. Burial will be 10:00 AM Thursday, July 28, 2022 at Layman Memorial Gardens in Caneyville,...
Roy Beauchamp
Jul 2, 2022
Roy Thomas Beauchamp, age 87 of Big Clifty, formerly of Breckinridge County, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2022 at Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center in Leitchfield. He was born on March 10, 1935 in Hardinsburg, Kentucky the son of the late A. P. and Mary Lee Beauchamp. Roy was a hard working man who would give the shirt...
Marilyn Gibson
Jun 11, 2022
Marilyn Kay "Sissy" Gibson, age 57 of Clarkson, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2022 at her residence. She was born on November 1, 1964 in Leitchfield the daughter of the late Doris Jean (Riggs) Gibson and Maxwell Gibson, who survives. Sissy was a member of Little Flock Missionary Baptist Church. She enjoyed farming, especially working with cattle, and working...
Charles Witten
Jun 2, 2022
Charles Conda Witten, age 86 of Clarkson, passed away Thursday, June 2, 2022 at Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center in Leitchfield. He was born December 30, 1935 in Clarkson the son of Leon Cole Witten and Theresa Milton Witten. Charles was a member of Jubilee Pentecostal Church. He loved to play anything with strings and he also loved...
Johnie Sweet
May 30, 2022
Johnie "Melvin" Sweet age 72, of Clarkson, Kentucky, passed away Monday, May 30, 2022 at home with his loved ones by his bedside. He was born May 25, 1950 in Hart County, Kentucky the son of Johnie and Hattie Mathis Sweet. Melvin spent years working in the wood industry - Tell City Chair, Harrison's Pallet Mill and he retired...
Joan Meredith
May 26, 2022
Joan Carolyn Meredith, age 78, of Clarkson, Kentucky, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Clarkson, KY on October 20, 1943 to her parents, Fred and Pearl Dennis Powell. Carolyn married the love of her life, Larry Buell Meredith on Dec. 20, 1958. Together they raised...
Allen Eslick
May 15, 2022
Allen Leroy Eslick passed into eternal life on May 15, 2022 in Owensboro, Kentucky at the age of 84. He was born on January 18, 1938 to Emma and Newton Eslick in Crystal Lake, Illinois. As he was growing up, he lived on farms in Cary, Woodstock and Hebron, Illinois. From there, he lived in Kenoska, WI and Barrington,...
Brian Whobrey
May 15, 2022
Brian Dwayne Whobrey, age 48 of Leitchfield passed away Sunday, May 15, 2022 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. He was born January 23, 1974 in Hardinsburg the son of Harold and Mary Ashley Whobrey. Left to honor Brian's memory, are his mother, Mary Belmont (Ken); his father, Harold Whobrey (Rose); his sister, Crystal Whobrey Vigil (Joseph); his brother, Kevin...
Marlin Del Monico
May 10, 2022
Marlin DelMonico, age 66 of Leitchfield passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at her residence. She was born February 2, 1956 in Clarkson the daughter of the late Millard and Velda Imitha Williams Willis. Marlin was a very strong and independent woman. She truly fought for what she believed in. A devoted mother, she took great pride in caring...

Ina Decker
May 8, 2022
Ina Elizabeth Decker, age 72 of Leitchfield passed away Sunday, May 8, 2022 at Norton Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville. She was born on January 14, 1950 in Anneta, Kentucky the daughter of the late Nathan and Georgie Meredith Decker. Ina was an awesome mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, who loved her family fiercely. Spending most of her life caring for...
June Decker
May 6, 2022
June Marie Decker, age 86, of Leitchfield passed away Friday, May 6, 2022 at Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center in Leitchfield. She was born on November 8, 1935 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky the daughter of Noah and Dorothy Keith Reed. June was a fiesty lady and very opinionated. But her family knew her love. She would stand on the...
Wiliam Howard
Apr 26, 2022
William Vance Howard, Sr. age 88 of Big Clifty passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at his residence. He was born on February 10, 1934, in Big Clifty the son of the late Willie and Edith Therine Miller Howard. Left to honor William's memory are his children, William Vance Howard, Jr. and his wife Marcia, Ronald Lee Howard, and...
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