Campbellsville, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Campbellsville and Taylor County, KY
Howard Henry "Hook" Rice
Aug 20, 2020
Howard Henry “Hook” Rice, 84, of Birmingham, Alabama passed away August 20, 2020 after a brief illness. Born and raised In Campbellsville, Kentucky, he was the only son of Evelyn Henry Rice and Dr. Howard Rice. He was a proud alumnus of The College of William and Mary where he was a member Of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Howard then...
Amy Harrison Jessie
Aug 19, 2020
Amy Harrison Jessie of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Tommie Wright and Betty Wright, was born April 19, 1938 in Donansburg, Kentucky. She died at 5:17 A.M., Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in Louisville. Age: 82 She professed faith in Christ and was a member of South Campbellsville Baptist Church. Amy was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom in...
Ann Matherly Dile
Aug 19, 2020
Ann Matherly Dile of Springfield, Tennessee, formerly of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Frank Matherly and Mae Shofner Matherly, was born October 19, 1937 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in Clarksville, Tennessee. Age: 82 She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Covenant Confirmers in Springfield, Tennessee. Ann was a retired employee for...
Mary Wilkerson Campbell
Aug 19, 2020
Mary Wilkerson Campbell of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Thomas Edgar Wilkerson and Eva Johnson Wilkerson, was born October 25, 1926 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at 1:51 P.M., Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in Danville. Age: 93 She professed faith in Christ and was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church. Mary was a retired restaurant worker and...
Norma J. Walters
Aug 18, 2020
Norma J. Walters of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Ernest Williams and Vela Clark Williams, was born May 25, 1933 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at 3:12 P.M., Tuesday, August 18, 2020 in Elizabethtown. Age: 87 She professed faith in Christ and was of the Pentecostal faith. Norma was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville....
Dr. Kenneth H. Pope
Aug 16, 2020
In his book Outliers, the researcher and author Malcom Gladwell reports that in terms of career opportunities, the best year to be born in the 20th century was 1935. Kenneth Harden Pope had the good sense and foresight to come in to this world on May 9th of that year in Shubuta, Mississippi. He was the first child of Matt...
Edward Lee Allen
Aug 7, 2020
Edward Lee Allen of Columbia, son of the late James Allen and Helen McDermott Noel, was born December 17, 1946 in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 9:20 P.M., Friday, August 7, 2020 in Louisville. Age: 73 Edward was a farmer and enjoyed making and selling very detailed tiny wooden houses. He is survived by one sister, Jane Levesque of...
Edith Garnett
Aug 2, 2020
Edith Garnett of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Herman Hunt and Iva Mae Hunt, was born May 27, 1930 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at 8:30 P.M., Sunday, August 2, 2020 in Greensburg. Age: 90 She professed faith in Christ and was a member of South Campbellsville Baptist Church. Edith was a former employee of Fruit of the Loom...
Doris Jean Bright Wilson
Jul 30, 2020
Doris Jean Bright Wilson of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Linus Bright and Avis England Bright, was born September 23, 1938 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at 1:55 A.M., Thursday, July 30, 2020 in Campbellsville. Age: 81 She professed faith in Christ and was a proud member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Jean was a retired owner of Wilson’s...
Mary Beth Huckaby
Jul 28, 2020
Mary Beth Huckaby of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Albert Gene Laytart and Eleanor Jean Isaacs Laytart, was born December 25, 1966 in Harrison County, Kentucky. She died at 11:07 P.M., Tuesday, July 28, 2020 in Campbellsville. Age: 53 She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Mannsville Christian Church. Mary Beth was an employee of Bluegrass Way...
James Edward Wayne
Jul 27, 2020
James Edward Wayne of Campbellsville, son of the late Benjamin Turner Wayne and Annie Mae Deener Wayne, was born December 23, 1934 in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 5:52 A.M., Monday, July 27, 2020 in Campbellsville. Age: 85 James accepted Christ as a young child and was a member of Salem Baptist Church. He served his country honorably in...
Charlie Darrell Miller
Jul 24, 2020
Charlie Darrell Miller of Campbellsville, son of the late Charlie Hobert Miller and Opal Miller, was born September 29, 1949 in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 10:40 A.M., Friday, July 24, 2020 in Campbellsville. Age: 70 Darrell professed faith in Christ and was a member of The Rock in Campbellsville. He was a retired worker from Fruit of the...
John A. "Johnny" Helm
Jul 23, 2020
John A. “Johnny” Helm of Greensburg, son of Walter Helm and Patricia Godsey Thompson, was born June 25, 1966 in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 10:34 A.M., Thursday, July 23, 2020 in Louisville. Age: 54 John was an employee of Morgan Smith Industries in Columbia. He loved muscle cars and motorcycles and hobbies included camping and drawing. He was...
Leona Pike
Jul 21, 2020
Leona Pike of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Robert E. Lee Kilby and Nettie Louvena Cave Kilby, was born August 10, 1928 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at 8:38 P.M., Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in Campbellsville. Age: 91 She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Eastside Baptist Church. She was a God fearing woman who dearly...
Becky Cox
Jul 19, 2020
Becky Cox of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Finis McMahan and Nona Hinton McMahan, was born December 27, 1938 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at 9:38 A.M., Sunday, July 19, 2020 in Campbellsville. Age: 81 She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Becky was the adult Sunday school teacher since 1980 until her...
Joan Helen Shear Johnson
Jul 17, 2020
Joan Helen Shear Johnson, devoted wife and mother, passed away on July 17, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She was 86 years old. Joan was born and raised on a small dairy farm in North Argyle, New York. She attended Alfred State College in New York, completing a 2-year course in secretarial and bookkeeping. After working for...
Terry R. Perkins
Jul 11, 2020
Terry R. Perkins of Campbellsville, son of the late James K. Perkins and Barbara Stayton Perkins, was born November 5, 1953 in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 2:08 A.M., Saturday, July 11, 2020 in Nashville. Age: 66 He professed faith in Christ and was a member of Campbellsville First Church of God. He served his country honorably in the...
Naomi Benningfield
Jul 3, 2020
Naomi Benningfield of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Johnie Page and Nettie Karnes Page, was born June 15, 1933 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at 2:48 A.M., Friday, July 3, 2020 in Campbellsville. Age: 87 She professed faith in Christ and was the oldest living member of Spurlington United Methodist Church where she was very active with the Methodist...
Leona Hayes
Jun 24, 2020
Leona Hayes of Campbellsville, formerly of Florida, daughter of the late Tomie Emerson and Mattie McElroy Emerson, was born September 8, 1941 in Casey County, Kentucky. She died at 4:40 P.M., Wednesday, June 24, 2020 in Louisville. Age: 78 She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Lake Asbury Baptist Church in Green Cove Springs, Florida. She united...
Joe Sullivan
Jun 23, 2020
Joe Sullivan of Campbellsville, son of the late Omra Sullivan and Bessie White Burton, was born September 11, 1947 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. He died at 5:10 A.M., Tuesday, June 23, 2020 in Clarksville, Indiana. Age: 72 He professed faith in Christ. He is survived by three daughters and one son: Cheryl Akins of Campbellsville, Angela Sullivan of San Diego,...
