Area Obituaries

LEO LARSEN Leo Larsen, 99, widower of Lillian “Billie” Dams Larsen, died Aug. 28, 2021.   Born Feb. 25, 1922, in Aurora, Nebraska, he was the son of the late Marius and Marie Larsen.  He was an Air Force veteran, a retired electrical engineer from IBM and a member of Porter Memorial Baptist Church. Survivors…

DONNIE HIMES Donnie Gene Himes, 70, husband of Linda Himes, died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, at his residence. Born Dec. 9, 1950, in Harrodsburg, he was the son of the late Elizabeth Himes. He was a US Army veteran, having served in Vietnam, was retired from American Greetings and enjoyed fishing and metal detecting.

MARK ALCORN Mark Allen Alcorn Jr., 35, died Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.  Born Nov. 19, 1985, in Danville, he was the son of Charlotte “Dale” Bottoms and Mark Allen Alcorn Sr. He was employed at Hitachi.

JOHN TUDOR Ralph “John” Tudor Sr.,  78, widower of Patsy Sue Keeton, of Lancaster, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. Born March 29, 1943, in Lexington, he was the son of the late Ralph and Margaret Tudor. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and a retired home builder in Garrard County.

WILLIAM ‘SONNY’ THOMPSON William E. “Sonny” Thompson, 74, of Harrodsburg, husband of Sherry McNees Thompson, died Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born Sept. 20, 1946, in Anderson County, he was the son of the late Norman Edward and Ada Mae Merriman Thompson. He was a retired employee…

GLENDA SHARP Glenda Joyce Sharp, 81, widow of Lee Sharp, of Lancaster, died Aug. 21, 2021, at Landmark of Lancaster. Born on July 19, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Nora Lee Black Perkins. She was a retired teacher and nurse’s aid from Camp Dick Elementary and was a member of…

PAULINE ROYALTY Mrs. Pauline Cherry “Polly” Royalty, 78, of Panama City Beach, Florida, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond. Mrs. Royalty, the daughter of the late Ralph W. and Anne Dedman Cherry, was born in Fayette County on Aug. 24, 1942. She graduated from William and Mary University in…

BRUCE PARROTT Robert Bruce Parrott, 79, of Harrodsburg, husband of Thelma Louise (Clark) Parrott, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born Sept. 27, 1941, in Mackville, he was the son of the late William Eugene and Mary Blanche (Baker) Parrott. He was a 1959 graduate of Mackville…

EDDIE NICHOLS William Edward “Eddie” Nichols, 69, of Salvisa, husband of Christine Chilton Nichols, died Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born Oct. 6, 1951, in Fayette County, he was the son of the late Charles W. and Dorothy (Anderson) Nichols. He was a member of the Mayo…