Area Obituaries

DOROTHY BOTTOM Dorothy J. Bottom, 83, of Harrodsburg, widow of Bobby Lee Bottom, died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born Feb. 12, 1938, in Washington County, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Pearl (Taylor) Carrier. She was a retired seamstress from Cricketeer Manufacturing and…

MARY BARGER Mary Pauline (Bryant) Barger, 88, of Dillsboro, Indiana, formerly Harrodsburg and the widow of Rev. Roy Lee Barger, passed away Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, at Shady Nook Care Center in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Born Jan. 19, 1933, in New Miami, Ohio, she was the daughter of George and Pearl (Gilley) Bryant. She was a…

DENNIS BALLARD Samuel Dennis Ballard, 63, of Harrodsburg, died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born August 4, 1958, in Lexington, he was the son of the late Samuel Wallace and Mildred (Dennis) Ballard. He graduated from Eastern Kentucky University, was a woodworker at the Old Fort Harrod…

DEWAYNE WRIGHT Dewayne “Wolf” Wright Sr., 68, husband of Ethel “Peachie” Wright, died Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, in Danville. Born in Marion County, he was the son of the late Willie Dewain Wright and Bonnie Brown. He was a retired self-employed contractor.

GENE TAYLOR Gene Thomas Taylor, 78, of Harrodsburg, widower of Carrie Jane (Cook) Taylore, died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center In Lexington. Born Nov. 25, 1942, in Lexington, he was the son of the late Junius and Rosie (Rowe) Taylor. He was a graduated of Scott County High School,…

BRONSON PROCTOR Bronson Leon Proctor, 79, of Lawrenceburg, widower of Margaret Katherine Scanlon Proctor, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, at Baptist Health in Lexington. Born on Oct. 5, 1941, in Mercer County, he was the son of the late James Henry Proctor and Bertha Geneva Phillips Proctor. He was a retired building contractor and a…

JOHN MAYES John Thomas Mayes, 70, of Harrodsburg, husband of Diane Frances Williams Mayes, died Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, at his home in Harrodsburg. Born Aug. 20, 1951, in Lewisburg, Tennessee, he was the son of the late John Frank and Ollie Pauline (Hill) Mayes. He attended high school in Lewisburg, Tennessee, was a dietary…

LULA LISTER Lula Lister, 91, widow of Edgar Lister, formerly of Harrodsburg, died Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, at the University of Louisville Shelbyville Hospital. Born Dec. 3, 1929, in Boyle County, she was the daughter of the late George and Della (Baxter) Turpin.

RONNIE COCANOUGHER Ronnie Dale Cocanougher, 60, husband of Audra Chumbley Cocanougher, died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born Sept. 14, 1960, in Harrodsburg, he was the son of Georgia Lester Cocanougher of Harrodsburg and Robert Glenn (Bonnie) Cocanougher also of Harrodsburg. He was a farmer and attended Deep…

JUDY ALFORD Judy Ann Alford, 73, wife of Wayne Alford, died Friday Sept. 10, 2021, at Baptist Health in Lexington. Born Sept 12, 1947, in Gate City, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Henry and Jessie Babb. She was a retired employee of BBT Bank and a member of Lighthouse Baptist Church.