Obituaries
Grant County and Northern Kentucky Obituaries
Margie Louise Gordon
May 27, 2017
Margie Louise Gordon June 25, 1955 - May 27, 2017
Margie Louise Gordon was born in Grant County, Kentucky on June 25, 1955 and passed away at her residence in Berry, Kentucky on May 27, 2017 at the age of 61. She was the daughter of the late James Prentice and Mary B. Webster Gordon. Mrs. Gordon is survived...
Anthony Ray Smith
May 27, 2017
Anthony Ray Smith October 19, 1971 - May 27, 2017
Anthony Ray Smith, of Walton, KY passed away after a long illness on Saturday, May 27, 2017, at St. Elizabeth Hospice in Edgewood, KY. Anthony was 45. Anthony was born October 19, 1971 to Howard Lee Smith and Alice Katherine (Hensley) Smith in Covington, KY. Raised in Dry Ridge,...
Anthony "Tony" Carroll Thornberry
May 26, 2017
Anthony "Tony" Carroll Thornberry August 18, 1960 - May 26, 2017
Anthony "Tony" Carroll Thornberry, 56, passed away Friday May 26, 2017 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center - Grant. He was born August 18, 1960 at St. Elizabeth Hospital North to the late Ira Clarence and Edna Mae (Caldwell) Thornberry. Tony was the 11th of 14 children; he is...
Logan Michael Cooper
May 21, 2017
Logan Michael Cooper November 20, 1997 - May 21, 2017
Logan Michael Cooper of Dry Ridge, KY. passed away Sunday, May 21 in Dry Ridge at the age of 19. Logan was born November 20, 1997 in Edgewood, KY. to Rhonda Jones Carpenter and Kenneth Anthony Cooper. Logan was a 2016 graduate of Grant County High School where he...
James Ray Pennington
May 20, 2017
James Ray Pennington May 12, 1922 - May 20, 2017
James Ray Pennington of Dry Ridge, KY was born May 12, 1922 in Moultrie, GA and died Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Edgewood, KY at the age of 95.
He was the son of the late John L. and Mattie Barbara Browning Pennington. He was a farmer,...
Marshall Edward Kinsey
May 19, 2017
Marshall Edward Kinsey July 2, 1934 - May 19, 2017
Marshall Edward Kinsey, a Dry Ridge resident, passed away at the Drake Center in Cincinnati, OH on Friday, May 19, 2017 at the age of 82. He was the husband of Norma Sargent Kinsey. Marshall was a lifelong cattle and tobacco farmer as well as the owner and operator...
Elery William Robinson
May 18, 2017
Elery William Robinson December 14, 1940 - May 18, 2017
Elery William Robinson was born Dec. 14, 1940 in Covington, Kentucky and passed away May 18, 2017 in Verona, Kentucky at the age of 76. He was the son of the late Elery Daniel and Edna Mildred Callery Robinson. Elery was a retired lineman for C.G. & E. and...
Josie Kay Kendall
May 14, 2017
Josie Kay Kendall April 17, 2017 - May 14, 2017
Josie Kay Kendall, 27 days old, passed away Sunday, May 14 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. Josie was born April 17 in Cincinnati to Jeff and Jessica Kendall. Josie was preceded in death by her twin sister, Jacey Ann Kendall on April 25. Josie is survived...
Dale Porter Conrad
May 14, 2017
Dale Porter Conrad April 14, 1952 - May 14, 2017
Dale Porter Conrad, 65, passed away Sunday May 14, 2017, at his home in Williamstown. Born in Covington, KY, on April 14, 1952, he was the son of the late Floyd and Kathryn Fornash Conrad. Dale was a farmer and retired from Clark Equipment in Georgetown (later in Lexington)....
Georgia B. Adams
May 13, 2017
Georgia B. Adams August 13, 1940 - May 13, 2017
Georgia B. Adams of Sadieville, KY. passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017 at her home at the age of 76. Ms. Adams was born August 13, 1940 at Elk Lick in Scott County, KY. to the late Fred Thomas Adams and Julia Young Adams. Ms. Adams was a homemaker. ...
James Rhodes
May 13, 2017
James Rhodes January 17, 1929 - May 13, 2017
James Arthur Rhodes of Cynthiana and formerly of Florence and Dry Ridge, was born in Boone County, Kentucky, near Florence on January 17, 1929 and passed away at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky on May 13, 2017 at the age of 88. He was the son...
Wanda J. Turner
May 10, 2017
Wanda J. Turner March 23, 1933 - May 10, 2017
Mrs. Wanda J. Turner, 84 of Nitro, formerly of Covington, KY, went home to be with the Lord on May 10, 2017 in the Hubbard Hospice House West.
She resided in Covington, KY for most of her life and was a member of Eastside Church of the...
Berry Newton Wilson
May 9, 2017
Berry Newton Wilson January 4, 1936 - May 9, 2017
Berry Newton "Sonny" Wilson, Jr., a Dry Ridge resident, passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 in Williamstown at the age of 81. He was the husband of Shirley Cook Wilson. Mr. Wilson was the owner of Sonny Wilson Realty and Auction Co. A member of the Lawrenceville Baptist...
Opal Lea Courtney
May 9, 2017
Opal Lea Courtney August 2, 1930 - May 9, 2017
Opal Lea Craft Paul Courtney was born Aug. 2, 1930 in Harlan, Kentucky and passed away May 9, 2017 in Williamstown, Kentucky at the age of 86. She was the daughter of the late Willie and Martha Walker Craft. Opal was a retired LPN with VA Medical Center in...
James R. Lawrence
May 8, 2017
James R. Lawrence September 1, 1961 - May 8, 2017
James R. Lawrence of Williamstown, KY. passed away Monday, May 8 at the St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Williamstown at the age of 55. James was born September 1, 1961 in Owen County, KY. to Janice Mullins Dills and the late James A. Lawrence. James was an HVAC technician....
Jeffrey Ritchie
May 6, 2017
Jeffrey Ritchie October 17, 1958 - May 6, 2017
Jeffrey Ritchie of Crittenden, KY. passed away Saturday, May 6 at home at the age of 58. Jeffrey was born October 17, 1958 in Cincinnati, OH. to the late Woodrow and Gracie Hicks Ritchie. Jeffrey was a carpenter by trade and formerly worked for Aristech in Florence, KY. for 20...
Walter Joseph Sears, Jr.
May 6, 2017
Walter Joseph Sears, Jr. August 20, 1950 - May 6, 2017
Walter J. Sears, Jr., 66, passed away Saturday May 6, 2017 at his home. He was born August 20, 1950 to Mildred Baker Sears and the late Walter Joseph Sears, Sr. in Springdale, OH. He retired from Duro Bag in Richwood, served our country in the Army Reserves,...
Howard Epperson
May 4, 2017
Howard Epperson January 3, 1940 - May 4, 2017
Howard Allen Epperson was born Jan. 3, 1940 in Willilamstown, Kentucky and passed away May 4, 2017 in Dry Ridge, Kentucky at the age of 77. He was the son of the late Walter Adrian and Frances Corrine Spicer Epperson. Howard was a retired outside plant technician for Cincinnati Bell...
Billy Ray Sexton
May 3, 2017
Billy Ray Sexton May 3, 2017
Billy Ray Sexton of Florence, KY was born July 24, 1964 in Covington, KY and died Wednesday, May 3, 2017 in Edgewood, KY at the age of 52.
He was the son of the late Rodney Delano Sexton and Vella Donna Wilson Sexton. He was a machinist for Mazak Corporation in...
Elizabeth Ann Webb
May 3, 2017
Elizabeth Ann Webb August 8, 1955 - May 3, 2017
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Ball Webb passed away on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington, KY at the age of 61. She was the wife of Anthony Dean Webb. Mrs. Webb was a member of the Dry Ridge Christian Church. She was a retired school...
