All Obituaries

MAYSVILLE   Patricia King, 81, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at the Care Center at Kenton Pointe.            Mrs. King was born in Cincinnati on November 12, 1937 daughter of the late Earl & Rose (Williams) Williams.  She was a retired Administrative Assistant at University of Cincinnati.  Pat was a volunteer at the Kentucky Gateway Museum Center and later as a Registrar at the Museum.  She was a...

Jerry Michael Storie ,64, of Ewing passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at his home.             Jerry was born on February 3, 1955 in Stearns, Kentucky to the late McCoy & Irene Wright Storie.              He had many titles in life and fulfilled each role with the utmost pride. He was known to his working community as Jerry.  To his many karate students over the...

LEWISBURG  John Richard “Dick” Brannon, a life-long resident of Lewisburg, Kentucky, died April 17, 2019 at the age of 53.  Dick was born on February 1, 1966 and was the son of Edward and Mary Margaret “Margie” Griffith Brannon.  His parents preceded him in death as did his sister, Kathy Brannon.   Survivors include a daughter, Bailey Marie Brannon of Flemingsburg; a son, Tanner Hord of Tollesboro, three brothers and one sister:  Charles...

MAYS LICK   William Preston “Billy” Berry, 74 of Lexington and formerly of Portsmouth,  OH passed away on Tuesday April 16, 2019 at his home.           Billy was born in Maysville on November 6, 1944 son of the late Preston & Mary Fox Berry and was retired from the Coca Cola Company of Portsmouth.  He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp and a member of the Bethel Baptist...

MAYSVILLE   Raymond Elliott “Ray” Helton, 75, of Maysville passed away on Friday, April 19, 2019 at his residence. Ray was born in Newnan, Georgia on October 17, 1943 son of the late Raymond Lawrence & Haysel Hyde Helton. He was a 1967 graduate of Georgia Tech with a degree in Industrial Engineering. He then obtained an MBA at Morehead State University. Ray was owner of Sterling Electric in Indianapolis. He was an avid golfer and a supporter of the Maysville Country...

Lori Beth Humphrey Shields, 38, of Norton, Kansas passed away on April 7,2019.  Lori was born in Maysville, Kentucky on January 15, 1981 daughter of the late Mary Jacquelyn Gordon Humphrey and the late William (Billy) Johnson.  She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Theodore (Redney) and Mary Hurst Gordon and paternal grandparents, Ollie M. and Mary Johnson Sr.; a special nephew William Edward Johnson Lofton and special cousin, Billie Shawn Thomas and a host of...

Joseph Wagler, 71 of May’s Lick, KY passed away on Friday, March 22, 2019 in Maysville.           Joseph was born in Montgomery, IN on January 30, 1948 son of the late David L. & Ida Mae Yoder Wagler.            Survivors include his wife of 46 years Iva Mae Hochstetler Wagler; 10 children, John Jay (Dorothy) Wagler, Rachel Irene (Lester) Beechy, David Ray (Barbara) Wagler,  Reuben...

Kizzie Lee Chambers, 84, of Maysville left this world on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in Lexington to be with her heavenly Father.             Mrs. Chambers was born in Mt. Olivet, Kentucky on January 9, 1935 daughter of the late Charles & Lydia Anderson Williams.  She was a retired School Bus Driver and Dietitian.  Kizzie was a great matriarch of the family.  She was loved by everyone and she loved everyone.  She...

William Clay “Buddy” Cropper, 83, well known farmer-landowner of May’s Lick and Shannon area of Mason County passed away on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at the Care Center at Kenton Pointe.              Buddy was born in Fleming County on September 11, 1935 son of the late William Clyde & Anna Gertrude Vincent Cropper.  He was an active and dedicated tobacco and livestock farmer, a veteran of the U.S. Army, a...

Maysville… Edward Lee Comer, age 88, of Lewisburg, Kentucky, died March 1, 2018 in Maysville. He was born on March 29, 1930 in Lewisburg, Kentucky, the son of the late Frank and Ellen Kreitz Comer.  He was a member of St. Patrick Church in Maysville, Kentucky.   He graduated from St. Patrick High School and was a lifelong farmer.   He was a long-time member of the Knights of Columbus.   He is survived by his ten children, Rev. Michael Comer, Mark...