Obituaries
Grant County and Northern Kentucky Obituaries
C. R. "Coach" Wenderoth
Mar 6, 2022
C.R. “Coach” Wenderoth of Dry Ridge, KY was born August 21, 1934 in Dayton, KY and died Sunday March 6, 2022 in Florence, KY at the age of 87.
He was the son of the late Carl Anthony and Ann Estelle Nicholson Wenderoth. He was a retired teacher, principal, and coach, working at Ludlow...
Terry Jason Bussell
Mar 6, 2022
Terry Jason Bussell, 44, of Dry Ridge, KY passed away Sunday March 6, 2022 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center - Grant. Born December 31, 1977 in Lexington, KY, he was the son of Loretta Fay Bussell and the late Vernon Dean Bussell.
Terry was a self-employed automobile mechanic and a 1997 graduate of Grant Co....
Melvin Donald Sears
Mar 5, 2022
Mr. Melvin Donald Sears of Dry Ridge, KY. passed away Saturday, March 5 at his residence at the age of 95. Mr. Sears was born February 4, 1927 in Erlanger, KY. to the late Melvin Jesse Sears and Henrietta Kalish Sears. Mr. Sears proudly served his country in World War II as a member of the United States Marine Corps...
Thomas Edward Brooks
Mar 4, 2022
Thomas E. Brooks, a Crittenden, KY resident, was born in Boone County, KY on April 27, 1925 and passed away on March 4, 2022 in Edgewood, KY at the age of 96. He was the son of the late Sylis Swango and Edna Mae Portwood Brooks. Mr. Brooks was a proud Army, World War II Veteran and a retired Heavy...
Evelyn Penn Workman
Mar 4, 2022
Mrs. Evelyn Frances Penn Workman, a Demossville resident, passed away at her residence on Friday, March 4, 2022 at the age of 58.
Evelyn was born on January 28, 1964 to the late Thomas and Lora Penn. She was a former factory worker for Levi's manufacturing. She loved to make crafts, work in her...
Joseph Gilbert Van Arsdall
Mar 3, 2022
Joseph Gilbert Van Arsdall, 61, of DeMossville, KY, passed away Thursday March 3, 2022 at St. Elizabeth Medical center - Edgewood. Born Thursday March 24, 1960, he was the son of the late George Gilbert and Beulah Ellen Rhodes Van Arsdall.
On December 30, 2000 he was united in marriage to the former D’ann Runyon;...
Corine Hammond
Feb 27, 2022
Effie Corine Ford Hammond was born May 11, 1930 in Grant County, Kentucky and passed away Feb. 27, 2022 at her residence in Dry Ridge, Kentucky at the age of 91. She was the daughter of the late William and Ira Roland Ford.
On June 11, 1948, Corine was united in marriage to Eugene Hammond, who preceded...
Sandra Norine Murray Dildine
Feb 27, 2022
Sandra Norine Murray Dildine was born in Columbus, OH on May 3, 1944 and passed away in Williamstown, KY on February 27, 2022 at the age of 77. She was the daughter of the late George T. and Maxine Spry Murray.
Sandy, a proud graduate of The Ohio State...
Marshall Dean Parker
Feb 25, 2022
Marshall Dean Parker, 62, husband of Carmen Wolf Parker, passed away Friday, February 25, 2022, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 27, 1959, he was a son of Jeanette Simpson Parker of Verona Ky. and the late Willard Parker.
Marshall, a U. S. Army Veteran, was an employee of Royal Securities, LLC, as a security technician. He loved his family, his...
Emogene Smoot
Feb 25, 2022
Emogene Smoot, 88, of Crittenden, KY, passed away Friday February 25, 2022 at St. Elizabeth Hospice in Edgewood. She was born August 17, 1933 in Crittenden, KY.
She was the daughter of the late Willard and Mabel Plunkett Pugh, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wilmeth Marvin Smoot; he preceded her in death...
Lilyana Rose Messer
Feb 25, 2022
Lilyana Rose Messer, 5 months, slipped into her heavenly home on Friday February 25, 2022 unexpectedly at her home. Born September 10, 2021 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center - Edgewood, KY, she was the daughter of James Martin and Grace B.anne Miracle Messer; they both survive.
Survivors, in addition to her parents, include one brother:...
James Luther Sydnor
Feb 24, 2022
James Luther Sydnor was born on September 17, 1944 in Grant County, KY and passed away on February 24, 2022 in Edgewood, KY at the age of 77. He was the son of the late Clyde Franklin and Sylvia Mae House Sydnor.
James proudly served his country in the US Army, was a member of the American...
Joseph Scott West
Feb 23, 2022
Joseph Scott West of Williamstown, KY was born December 19, 1993 in Edgewood, KY and died Wednesday February 23, 2022 in Williamstown, KY at the age of 28.
He was the son of Scott Joseph and Pamela Kay Lambert West, he enjoyed playing video games and his art, and he was a member of...
John Mcbeath Rankin
Feb 22, 2022
Mr. John McBeath Rankin, a Williamstown resident, surrounded by loving family, peacefully passed away at his residence on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at the age of 89. He was the caring and faithful husband to Addie Rose Toole Rankin for 68 years.
John was born in Stanford, KY on November 30, 1932 to the late Robert Lindsay...
Bernard Edward Mardis
Feb 21, 2022
Bernard Edward Mardis was born April 23, 1938 in Cordova, Kentucky and passed away February 21, 2022 in Warsaw, Kentucky at the age of 83. He was the son of the late Clyde and Emmaline Cleveland Mardis.
Bernard was a retired Dispatcher for the Kentucky State Police, from which he retired in 1988 after 33 years of...
Elizabeth Regner Thomas
Feb 21, 2022
Mrs. Elizabeth "Betty" Regner Thomas, a Williamstown resident, passed away at the St. Elizabeth Hospice Center in Edgewood, KY on Monday, February 21, 2022 at the age of 89.
Betty was born in Cincinnati, OH on March 16, 1932 to the late Jack and Lillian "Lil" Listerman Regner. She was a LPN for 15 years for UC...
Bruce Allen Heller
Feb 20, 2022
Bruce Allen Heller was born June 27, 1940 in Akron, Ohio and passed away February 20, 2022 in Lexington, Kentucky at the age of 81. He was the son of the late Russell Wayne and Mae Jean Brandon Heller.
On June, 15, 1963 Bruce was united in marriage to the love of his life, Dorothy Mae Epperson. ...
Charles Willard Courtney
Feb 18, 2022
Charles Willard Courtney was born May 21, 1944 in Pendleton Co., Kentucky and passed away Feb. 18, 2022 at his residence in Williamstown, KY at the age of 77. He was the son of the late John Willard and Zelma Louise Jackson Courtney.
On Aug. 8, 1964 Charles was united in marriage to Juanita Bolling Courtney. In...
Doug Callahan
Feb 17, 2022
Doug Callahan of Corinth, KY was born August 17, 1961 in Owen County, KY and died Thursday, February 17, 2022 at his residence at the age of 60.
He was the son of the late John Robert and Laverne Ruth Milner Callahan, and a construction worker. On July 4, 1997 he was united in...
Ernest Ray Burnette
Feb 16, 2022
Ernest "Ernie" Ray Burnette was born July 11, 1941 in Grant County, KY and passed away Feb. 16, 2022 at his residence in Dry Ridge, KY at the age of 80. He was the son of the late Claude and Stella Updike Grubbs.
On December 16, 1961 Ernie was united in marriage to Emma "Judy" Winans Burnette....
