Area Obituaries

Hattie Pearl Claunch McMurry, 86, widow of Charles E. McMurry Jr. of Harrodsburg, passed peacefully into her heavenly home on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, at Morning Pointe of Danville. Born Sept. 2, 1939, in Danville, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Mae (Claunch) Claunch. She was a member of Bruner’s Chapel Church…

Michael B. Phillips I, 74, of Harrodsburg, died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, at his home. Born Nov. 17, 1951, in Harrodsburg, he was the son of the late Ralph B. and Eileen (Joyce) Phillips. He was a Mercer County High School graduate, was an auctioneer for Addison Crouch, Lee Sims and Jimmy Sexton, was a…

Virginia Hale, 85, widow of Robert Earl Hale, of Harrodsburg, died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, at home. Born June 2, 1940, in Casey County, she was the daughter of the late Forest and the Mary Mae (Passmore) Brown. She was a homemaker and grew up attending Maxey Baptist Church. Survivors include: three daughters, Becky (Ken)…

Harold “JR” Baker Jr., 74, of Harrodsburg, husband of Versa Morris Baker, died Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, at the V.A. Medical Center in Lexington. Born May 29, 1951, in Mercer County, he was the son of the late Harold Cecil and Pearl (Gardener) Baker. He was an Army veteran and a member of the Baptist…

Lonnie Vernon Campbell, 86, husband of Phyllis Smith Campbell, of Harrodsburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, at his home. Born Feb. 26, 1939, in Harrodsburg, he was a son of the late Wallace Owen and Louise Gibson Campbell. Survivors, in addition to his wife, include: one sister, Jody (Rodney) Noel of Harrodsburg; two daughters, Jean…

William Patrick Hatchett, 73, died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. He was the son of the late J. Emmett Hatchett and Jane Vandiver Hatchett. He was a 1970 graduate from Harrodsburg High School, attended Castle Heights Military Academy and Western Kentucky University, worked for Dawahare’s and Huffmaster Services Group in Chicago, founded Hatchett Distributing Inc. and…

Bro. James A. Harley, 83, of Harrodsburg, husband of Judy (Gash) Harley, died Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Centre in Danville. Born Sept. 28, 1942, in Lawrenceburg, he was the son of the late Walter and the late Alpha (Blakeman) Harley. He was an army veteran of the Vietnam war.…

Hattie Pearl Claunch McMurry, age 86, widow of Charles E. McMurry Jr. of Harrodsburg, KY passed peacefully into her heavenly home on Monday, February 2, 2026 at Morning Pointe of Danville. Born September 2, 1939 in Danville, KY to the late Tom and Mae (Claunch) Claunch. She was a member of Bruner’s Chapel Church and…

Gwendolyn Britton Abner, 88, wife of Al Abner, died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2026, in Salvisa. Born Oct. 7, 1937 in Salvisa, she was the daughter of the late Gilbert Henry Britton and Myrtle Lorraine Jackson Britton. She was a active member of Salvisa Christian Church and its Lady’s Groups, was a homemaker, a former Avon…

Milton Daniel “Danny” Jackson, husband of Pamela Jackson, of Harrodsburg,  went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, after a long journey with cancer.  Born Jan. 7, 1958, he was the son of the late Walter and Gladys (Gritton) Jackson. Survivors, in addition to his wife, Pamela, who he took as…