Area Obituaries

Mark Allen Ashcraft, 55, of Harrodsburg, husband of Teletha Ashcraft, died Sat. Aug. 2, 2014 at the University of Kentucky from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. 

Gwen Marie Colvin Martinez, 49, died Friday, July 25, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington.

Gwen Marie Colvin Martinez, 49, died Friday, July 25, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington.

John Daniel Markel, 74, husband of Janice Stake Markel died Thursday, July 17, 2014 at his residence.  

Willie B. Horn, 91, of Harrodsburg, husband of Ava Jewell Long Horn, died Sunday, July 27, 2014, at The James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital.

Christine Parks, age 85, widow of Charles Monroe Parks Sr., died Friday, July 18, 2014 at The James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital. Born March 22, 1929 in Harrodsburg, she was the daughter of the late Franklin and Bessie Bryant Fisher, Sr.  She was a 1947 graduate of West Side High School where she was salutatorian…

Jerry Sanders, 72, husband of Nancy Sanders, of Louisville, died July 16, 2014 at the Episcopal Church Home in Louisville.  Born, Oct. 26, 1941, he was the son of Byford Roy Sanders and Virginia Ruth Daugherty.

Carrie Jane Taylor, 72, wife of Gene Thomas Taylor, died Thursday, July 10, 2014 at her residence in Harrodsburg.