Area Obituaries

Casey Reed Sparrow, 47, of Harrodsburg, husband of 23 years to Lisa Cox Sparrow, died Saturday, Nov. 3, at his home in Harrodsburg. He was principal for Bondurant Middle School for eight years and employed by the Franklin County Board of Education for 15. Casey was on the Mercer County Planning and Zoning Board, Kentucky…

Charles D. White, 66, of Harrodsburg, husband of Kathy Sutherland, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born March 1, 1952, in Mercer County, he was the son of the late Wallace Donald and Christine Crawford White. He was a retired employee of the E. W. Brown Power…

William Richard Banks, 75, of Uniontown, Ohio, husband of Chloe L. Sallee Banks, died on Oct. 31, 2018, at Pleasant View Care Center. Born on May 24, 1943, in Conway, he was the son of the late John G. and Edna Bell Banks.

Velma Votaw Patterson, 99, widow of Edwin M. Patterson, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, at the Willows of Harrodsburg. Born Oct. 9, 1919, in Washington County, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Ada Sims Votaw. She is survived by three daughters: Diana (Stephen) Mullins of Lexington, Donna (Don, deceased) Hayslett and Vicki…

Stephen Parrott, 75, of Harrodsburg, husband of Andrea Barron Parrott, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, at his home. Born March 6, 1943, in Washington County, he was the son of the late William and Mary Blanche Baker Parrott. He was a retired South Central Bell Phone Company employee and a U. S. Navy Veteran, a…

Kyle Franklin Downs, 56, of Harrodsburg, husband of Jennifer Keating-Downs, died Friday, November 2, 2018, at his home. Born March 17, 1962, he was the son of John H. Downs, Lucie McGonigal and Gay Downs. He was native to Murray, where he worked as a contractor and electrician with his late father and was a…

Fonda Marie Burrows, 31, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 201, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born July 29, 1987, she was the daughter of the late Frankie Burrows and the late Deborah Sisk Coffman. She was a former Foodlion employee.

James Edward “Jim Ed” McClellan, 73, of Rineyville, husband of Jo Ann McClellan, died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. Born Sept. 27, 1945, in Harrodsburg, he was the son of the late Loys and Martha Kimmel McClellan. He was a retired licensed funeral director and embalmer working for several funeral…

Bobby Ray Durham, 59, of Danville, husband of Tammy Renee Baker Durham, died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born Sept. 30, 1959, in Lexington, he was the son of the late Charles Edward and Vivian Combs Durham. He was a graduate of Stanford High School, received an Associate…

Edna Christine Baker, 93, widow of John Baker, died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, SC. Born July 25, 1925, in Harrodsburg, she was the daughter of the late Ethel Mae Sandridge and James Nelson Yeast. She was a graduate of Westside High School in Harrodsburg, was employed for over 30…