Obituaries

Paula Marie Nichols

Paula Marie Nichols

Mar 26, 2024

Paula Marie Moore McFarland Nichols, 80, of Owensboro, KY departed this life on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born in Owensboro on December 15,1943 to the late Paul Moore and Laura Mae Simmons Moore Henry. She attended Western High School where she excelled both academically and organizationally. She retired from Commonwealth Aluminum (now, Commonwealth Rolled...

Calvin Ray Robinson

Calvin Ray Robinson

Mar 25, 2024

Calvin Ray Robinson of Owensboro, father, lawyer, veteran, outdoorsman, and community leader passed away Monday, March 25, 2024, at The Heartford House. He was 96. Born in Owensboro on April 17, 1927, a son of the late William Addison Robinson and Mona Calvert Robinson, he graduated from Owensboro High School. Enrolling in the University of Kentucky, he was a member...

Janie H. Mayes Paris

Janie H. Mayes Paris

Mar 25, 2024

Janie H. Mayes Paris, 87, of Owensboro, Kentucky passed away peacefully, on March 25, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was born on December 9, 1936, in Muhlenberg County, KY, to the late James “Jim” Mayes and the late Mary (Uzzle) Mayes Higgs.

Mrs. Paris was an active member of Metro Pentecostal Church. Her passion was living for God, going to...

Nancy C. Kennedy

Nancy C. Kennedy

Mar 21, 2024

Nancy C. Kennedy, 91, of Owensboro, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2024 at Wellington Parc. She was born June 22, 1932 in Whitesville, Kentucky, to the late George D. Childers Sr. and Edna Egelston Childers. Nancy was the office manager and a trustee for the Lester E. Yeager Charitable Trust; secretary to the president of Citizens State Bank and a...

Layla Mae Quinn

Layla Mae Quinn

Mar 20, 2024

Layla Mae Quinn, 17, went home Wednesday March 20, 2024. She was born October 14, 2006, in Owensboro to Tauresha Roberson and Brian Quinn. Left to cherish wonderful memories are her parents, three brothers, one sister, numerous other family members and friends. Burial services: Friday March 29, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. at Rosehill-Elmwood Cemetery, 1300 Old Hartford Road, Owensboro, KY 42301.

Martha Dean Reeks Davenport

Martha Dean Reeks Davenport

Mar 20, 2024

Martha  Dean Reeks Davenport, 77 of Bowling Green entered into eternal life on  March 20, 2024 at the Hospice House.

The Daviess County native was a daughter of the late James Tyler Reeks and Elizabeth Conrad Reeks.   She was the wife of the late Frederick Paul Davenport and is preceded in death by her sister, Darlene Crowe.  Her passion was...

Bobby Gene "Bob" Burgess

Bobby Gene "Bob" Burgess

Mar 8, 2024

Bobby Gene “Bob” Burgess, 89, of Owensboro, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2024 at Baptist Health Hospital in Lexington.  He was born January 24, 1935 in Monticello, Wayne County and lived most of his life in Owensboro.  Bobby was preceded in death by his 1st wife of 51 years, Mary Sue Burgess, brother Edwin Milton Burgess, sister Dorothy Faye...

Gloria Wanda Winstead Horne

Gloria Wanda Winstead Horne

Mar 5, 2024

Gloria Wanda Winstead Horne, 89, of Owensboro completed her final battle and peacefully went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at the Heartford House in Owensboro, KY. Gloria was the second child of ten, born to the late Lee Chester Mae Dixon and Samuel P. Winstead on November 28, 1934. She...

Joyce Marie Henderson

Joyce Marie Henderson

Mar 5, 2024

Joyce Marie Henderson, 84, of Owensboro passed away on March 5, 2024. She was born on March 6, 1938 to the late Norman and Dorothy Sinclair Henderson of Owensboro, Ky. Joyce was a former secretary for American Airlines in Chicago, and the best hand-made bow maker that S.W. Anderson's in Owensboro ever had. Joyce was also a former employee at a...

Fonda Denise Howard Fant

Fonda Denise Howard Fant

Mar 4, 2024

Fonda Denise Howard Fant, 63 years old, of Owensboro KY, departed this life on March 4, 2024, surrounded by her family at the Owensboro Regional Hospital. She was born October 13, 1960, to Gloria W. Lewis and the late Donald L. Johnson.She was preceded in death by her father, her youngest brother Adrian Lewis, her grandmother Mrs. Isophene Coleman and...

Patsy Gaddis Bidwell

Patsy Gaddis Bidwell

Mar 4, 2024

Patsy Gaddis  Bidwell, 84, of Owensboro, died March 4, 2024, while under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky. She was born in Muhlenberg County on November 27, 1939, to the late Luther and Ida Vanell Carr. She spent her early childhood in Martwick, Kentucky, before moving to Owensboro, where she remained for the rest of her life.

 Patsy was an...

Brenda Sue Leslie

Brenda Sue Leslie

Mar 2, 2024

Brenda Sue Leslie, 76, of Owensboro passed away Saturday, March 2, 2024, at her home with her family by her side. The Daviess County native was born August 5, 1947, as one of eleven children to the late Finis and Evelyn Sosh English. Brenda was employed at Cintas before leaving to join the team at Unifirst. She became a department...

Samuel Everly

Samuel Everly

Feb 26, 2024

Samuel Everly, of Owensboro, Kentucky, passed away on February 26, 2024. Sam grew up in Owensboro as the youngest of ten children in a three room shot-gun house with a two-seater outhouse. His oldest brother was 25 years older than him, and being the baby, his sisters treated him like one of their baby dolls!Sam quit school after  the 8th grade...

Sherlene Mattingly Harrison

Sherlene Mattingly Harrison

Feb 25, 2024

Sherlene Mattingly Harrison, 95, formerly of Owensboro passed away on Sunday, February 25 2024 in Roswell, Georgia. Sherlene was born in Owensboro to the late William Sherman Mattingly and Mary Elizabeth Evans Mattingly. She was a lifelong member of Buena Vista Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school and served on various committees. Sherlene was a graduate of Owensboro High...

Larry Dale Burton

Larry Dale Burton

Feb 22, 2024

Larry Dale Burton, 82, of Owensboro, passed away on Thursday, February 22, 2024 while under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky. He was born on October 21, 1941 in Owensboro to the late Arvel and Dorothy Denham Burton. Larry played football while attending Owensboro High School. He was accepted into the Marine Corp. 3rd recruit battalion, platoon 361 M.C.R.D.,...

Regina Faye Hite

Regina Faye Hite

Feb 20, 2024

Regina Faye Hite, 83, of Philpot, passed away on February 20, 2024, while under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky. Regina was born in Ohio County on July 22, 1940, to the late Onal and Stacy Nash Westerfield. Regina completed her education at Hartford High School before starting a career at General Electric. There, she worked in various capacities,...

Irene Morris Crowe

Irene Morris Crowe

Feb 19, 2024

Irene Morris Crowe, 79, of Owensboro, died on February 19, 2024, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Irene was born in West Louisville, Kentucky, on August 17, 1944, to the late Woodrow and Marietta O’Bryan Morris. She was a member of Curdsville Baptist Church. She attended Daviess County High School and retired from Eck Miller Transportation Corporation. She was a loving mother, grandmother,...

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