Area Obituaries

Horace Wesley “Wes” Huffman Jr., 71, husband of Joan (Metcalfe) Huffman, of Harrodsburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. Born Oct. 7, 1953, in Danville, he was the son of Horace Wesley Huffman Sr. and the late Ruth (Lay) Huffman. He was a member of St. Andrew…

Rosetta Benge, 80, of Harrodsburg, widow of Louis Benge, died Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born May 21, 1945, in Harrodsburg, she was the daughter of the late Marvin Russell and the late Edna (Devine) Bradley. She was a retired seamstress for Palm Beach Clothing Company, a member…

Judy Rose (Brown) Wilson, 78, of Harrodsburg, wife of William Thomas “Billy” Wilson, died Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, at Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Lawrenceburg. Born April 30, 1947, in Mercer County, she was the daughter of the late James William “JW” and the late Hazel Fern (Sherrod) Brown. She worked for Eaton Corp. and…

Linda (Long) Watts, 77, of Harrodsburg, widow of Connie G. Watts, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at the University of Kentucky Bluegrass Hospice Care Center in Lexington. Born Nov. 24, 1947, in Harrodsburg, she was the daughter of the late Jasper Oneal and Ann Catherine (Jenkins) Long. She attended Mercer County Schools, was a pastry…

Brenda Carol Turner Russell, 84, widow of Burtice Russell, died Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, at Baptist Health Lexington.  Born Aug. 15, 1941, in Washington County, she was the daughter of the late William Harrison and Juanita Royalty Turner.  She was a 1959 graduate of Mackville High School, a member of Mackville Baptist Church and a…

Terry Parnell, 74, of Harrodsburg, husband of Diane Coffman Parnell, died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, at his home. Born Jan. 11, 1951, in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of the late Albert Edward and Bertha Mae Montgomery Parnell. He was a retired self-employed concrete contractor. Survivors, in addition to his wife, include: two daughters,…

Doris Jean Lowe, 95, of Harrodsburg, widow of Loyd Adelbert Lowe, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at her home. Born July 10, 1930, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, she was the daughter of the late John Henry and Beryl Catherine (Hamburg) Anacker. She attended Bible School for two years, was a church music director, Sunday School class…

Mabel Mae Graham, 81, of Harrodsburg, widow of A.J. Graham, died Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born March 11, 1944, in Jacksonville, Florida, she was the daughter of the late William and Annie Laurie (Ketron) Combs. She was a self-employed residential cleaner and a member of the Pentecostal…

Hope White, of Cambridge, Mass., died Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. Survivors include: one son, Narai White. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Aug. 23, at the St. Pauls AME Church with Rev. Dr. Ellis Washington officiating Visitation 11 a.m. until the hour of service at the church. Memorial contributions are suggested to the family to…

Eugenia “Genie” Ingram Whayne, 85, widow of Dr. Thomas “Tom” French Whayne Jr., of Lexington, died Sunday,  Aug. 17, 2025 at her home. Born Feb. 10, 1940, in Harrodsburg, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Givens “S.G.” Ingram and Ruth McDonald Ingram. She was a 1957 graduate of Harrodsburg High School,  a 1961…