Recent Obituaries

Larry “Doug” Douglas Spears, age 67, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed from this life on Thursday, April 9, 2026 at his home. Larry was born on August 3, 1958 to the late Arvis Spears and Mildred R. Adams in Somerset, Kentucky. He was a member of First Baptist Church in...

Edward Alden Keith, age 78 of Monticello, Kentucky, passed from this life on Thursday, April 9, 2026 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.He was born on May 12, 1947 in Parkers Lake, Kentucky, son of the late Arvel Atlas and Della Margaret Branscum Keith.Edward was...

Dale Edward Whitaker, age 81, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed from this life on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at Hospice of Lake Cumberland. Dale was born on October 29, 1944, to the late Alonzo and Velma Whitaker in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was of the Baptist faith, and he...

Luid Jasper "Pappy" Gover, 89, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed away at his residence on Saturday, April 11, 2026. A native of Nancy, Kentucky, he was born on September 5, 1936, to the late William Jennings "Willie" Gover and Mayme Lee Rogers Gover. Luid spent much of...

Norma Lee Bales Girdler, age 97, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed from this life on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at her home. Norma was born on December 27, 1928 to the late William Prentice Bales and Ophia Whitaker Bales in Dahl, Kentucky. She was a member of Slate Branch...

Harold Dick, age 90, of Bronston, Kentucky, passed from this life on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at Hospice of Lake Cumberland. Harold was born on September 21, 1935 to the late Elbert Dick and China Morgan Dick in Tateville, Kentucky. He was a member of Piney Grove...

Reginald Owen VanCleave, age 76 of Somerset, Kentucky, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. He was born on August 11, 1949 in Middletown, Ohio, the son of Willard Hershel and Sindyella Hodge VanCleave. He worked in...

Glen Allen Brown, age 61 of Burnside, Kentucky, passed from this life on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at his home. He was born on November 8, 1964 in Somerset, Kentucky, son of Linda Mounce Brown and the late Kenneth Brown. Glen was a member of Sloans Valley Baptist...

Betty S. Hughes, age 82, of Bronston, Kentucky, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. Betty was born on September 22, 1943 to the late Vernon Ragle and Katie Bunch Ragle in Burnside, Kentucky. She was of the Pentecostal...

Jeffery T. Wilson, age 60 of Somerset, Kentucky, passed from this life on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at Hospice of Lake Cumberland. He was born on September 4, 1965 in Somerset, Kentucky, the son of Richard and Veronica Syracuse Wilson. Jeffery was a retired truck driver...

McArthur “Mac” Cain, age 81 of Somerset, Kentucky, passed from this life on Monday, March 30, 2026 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. He was born on November 15, 1944 in Casey County, Kentucky, son of the late Arthur and Dillary Cooper Cain. Mac was a Karate...

Brian Wesley Thompson, age 43, of Anaheim, California, passed from this life on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Brian was born on December 20, 1982 to Donald Thompson and Norma Hughes Thompson in Somerset, Kentucky. He loved to travel and the beach and ocean were his...

Kathy Lynn Taylor, age 62, passed away on Wednesday, April 1st, 2026, at her home in the Elrod community of Somerset. She was surrounded by her family, whom she loved more than anything. She was born on October 6, 1963, in Somerset, Kentucky. Kathy loved spending time...

Steven Scott Spradlin, age 44, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed from this life on Thursday, March 26, 2026 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Steven was born on April 5, 1981 to Ronnie Spradlin and Pamela Davis Troxell in Germany. He loved the outdoors,...

Donna J. Loveless, age 71, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed from this life on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at Somerset Nursing and Rehab. Donna was born on December 23, 1954, to the late Joe Bill Lee and Velta Mize Lee in Somerset, Kentucky. She was a member of Denham Street...

Ronald Lee Farmer, age 71, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed from this life on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at his home. Ronald was born on December 27, 1954 to the late Onva “Sarge” Farmer, Alma Imogene McFarland Farmer in Bellevue, Kentucky. He was of the Baptist faith. He...

Virgil Johnson, age 93, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed from this life on Friday, March 27, 2026, at Somerset Nursing and Rehab. Virgil was born on December 9, 1932, to the late Isadore Johnson and Melissa Newsom Johnson Napier in the Hen Pen Branch of Melvin,...

 Orrin Eugene Bray, age 65, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed from this life on Thursday, March 26, 2026 at UK Medical Center in Lexington. He was born on July 8, 1960 to the late Virgil Bray and Nanie Lizzie (Neely) Bray in Amherst, Ohio. He was of the Baptist faith, and...