By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 — If your phone rings and the caller ID shows the number is “Unknown” or “Blocked,” be aware you are the target of a banking scam targeting random phone numbers across Nelson County. When the call is answered, a robotic, automated voice says, “This is […]
May LaMotte Smith Hoerter, 92, of Lebanon, died Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Lexington after a short illness. She was born May 11, 1921, in Lebanon and was the daughter of William Lancaster Smith and Dorothy Elinor (Spalding) Smith. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Plantagenet Society, Sovereign Colonial […]
George Norman Hoffman, 92, of Bardstown, died Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, hours after his beloved wife died at Nazareth Home in Louisville. He was born Jan. 29, 1921, in Louisville to George F. and Anna Mae (Sandman) Hoffman. He graduated from St. Xavier High School and attended the University of Louisville. He joined the U.S. […]
Kenneth Neil “Kenny” Wright, 56, of Bardstown, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at Norton-Audubon Hospital in Louisville. He was preceded in death by his parents, M.T. and Blanche Goodlett Wright. Cremation was chosen by the family with no public visitation. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Houghlin Funeral Home in Bloomfield […]
Barry E. Grigsby, 49, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, at his home. He was a native of Nelson County, a former employee of the Budd Co. of Shelbyville, and a member of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension. He was preceded in death by his father, Beverly Prewitt Grigsby; and an infant brother, […]
Charles Edward Wheeler, 92, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at Springfield Nursing and Rehab in Springfield. He was the son of the late Lewis and Cecilia Wheeler in Hodgenville. He was a retired woodworker for Gamble Brothers. He is survived by one brother, Harvey Wheeler of Fisherville; several nieces and nephews; and his […]
Viola Florence Hoffman, 93, of Bardstown, died Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at Nazareth Home in Louisville. She was born March 11, 1920, in Louisville to the late Joseph and Clara Mundy Schuler. She grew up in St. Matthews and graduated from Jeffersontown High School and later attended business school. On July 24, 1943 she married […]
STAFF REPORT Friday, Jan. 18, 2014 — Nelson County High School’s basketball game with Bethlehem High School will be played as scheduled. Thomas Nelson High School’s basketball game with Bardstown High will also be played as scheduled. -30- Please follow and like us:
Destiny Groves, 31, of Bardstown, died Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at Norton Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville. She was born Feb. 2, 1982, in Bardstown. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Boyce Groves; and paternal grandmother, Frances McMillian. She is survived by her mother, Jane Groves of Bardstown; her […]
Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, 1:30 p.m. — A 60-year-old woman suffered minor injuries Friday morning about 11:15 in a single-vehicle accident near the 22 mile marker on the Blue Grass Parkway. Nelson County EMS and police were dispatched to the scene. The victim was transported to Flaget Memorial Hospital complaining of chest pain. -30- Please […]
