Eddie Ray “Slim” Sheckles, 79, of Bardstown, died Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, in Jewish Hospital in Louisville. He was born Aug. 19, 1935, in Fairfield to Skeel and Lizzie Hurst Sheckles. He was a retired employee of the Kentucky Department of Transportation, and a former employee of Mago Construction and Willett Distillery. He attended St. […]
Benjamin Gregory “Greg” Hall, 44, of Bardstown, died Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015 at his home. He was born July 13, 1971, in Nelson County to Benny William Hall and Carolyn Wilson. He was a truck driver for Tyson Foods. He was preceded in death by two sisters, DeQuena and Melinda Mudd, and his stepfather, Paul […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, 12:10 p.m. — The 2015-16 budget approved by the Bardstown City Council in June is going to require tax hikes, creating new taxes, or a combination of both in order to create enough revenue to meet the city’s current and future budget […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, 2 a.m. — The annual Fancy Farm Picnic — dubbed the “Superbowl of Kentucky politics” — has a long history of politicians with one-liners, zingers and puns directed at the opposing candidates and/or their party. And nearly every candidate who spoke at […]
Joseph Leo Houck, 80, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at his home. The Bardstown businessman was born June 27, 1935, in Cox’s Creek to the late Eugene and May Devers Houck. He retired after 35 years as a Century 21 real estate agent. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps on the U.S.S. […]
John Mason Elliott, infant, died Thursday, July 30, 2015, at Spring View Hospital. He was born July 2, 2015, at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Wallace Wright; and one aunt, Cassie Fowler. Survivors include his mother, Priscilla Wright of Lebanon; his father, Michael Chad […]
Vera Jane Sweat Walker, 84, of Lebanon Junction, died Friday, July 31, 2015, at Helmwood Health and Rehabilitation Center in Elizabethtown. She was a member of the Lebanon Junction First Christian Church and a retired clerk for Ferrell Gas Company. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Walker; her parents, Charles Daniel and […]
Charles Edward Grundy, 65, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at his home. He was born May 25, 1950, to the late Jubber Hughes and Mary Alice Grundy. He was a meat cutter at Save-A-Lot and a member of St. Monica Catholic Church and St. Peter Claver. He is survived by one son, Trevor […]
