Leroy Hobbs, 85, of Bardstown, died Friday, May 10, 2019, at his residence. He was born Sept. 9, 1933, in Ekron. He retired from General Electric and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the American Legion and St. Thomas Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by […]
Barbara Jean Pendygraft Back, 83, of Boston, died Friday, May 10, 2019, surrounded by her family at Sunrise Manor Nursing Home in Hodgenville. She was a member of New Haven Baptist Church, she was a loving mother, grandmother, and sister. She was preceded in death by her parents, William “Buck” and Ruby Cox Pendygraft; one […]
Aline Thompson Pierson, 81, of Willisburg,vdied at 7:34 p.m., Friday, May 10, 2019, at Norton Hospital in Louisville. She was a native of Washington County who was born Oct. 26, 1937, to the late Taylor and Pearlie Mae Lewis Thompson. She was a member of the Anchor Of Hope Church and former co-owner of Pierson […]
Karen Lynn Coulter, 55, of Lebanon, died Thursday, May 9, 2019, at her home. She was born Sept. 28, 1963, in Joliette, Ill. She was an employee of Curtis Maruyasu in Lebanon. She was a former employee of American Fuji Seal in Bardstown and a U.S. Army veteran. She loved animals, especially her dog, “Maggie” […]
Adeline Lillian Osborne, 95, of West Main Street in Springfield, died at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Springfield Nursing & Rehab Center. She is survived by two sisters, Elizabeth Logsdon of Bardstown and Ruby Osborne of Springfield; one brother, Joe Osborne of Lebanon; six nieces; three nephews; and several great-nieces and nephews also […]
Stanley Austin Wilkerson, 74, of Cecilia, died Thursday, May 9, 2019, with his family at his side at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. He was born March 30, 1945, in Cecilia to the late Thomas Austin and Bessie Belle Veirs Wilkerson. He was a retired barber, and also worked for Summit Polymers. He served his […]
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By JIM WATERSBluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, May 9, 2019 — Kentucky’s pension children shouldn’t pay for the sins of their retirement-systems’ fathers. Mankind shouldn’t break the Ten Commandments, either. But both scenarios have been occurring for a long time. The primary reason the Kentucky Employees Retirement System’s (KERS) funding level has dipped […]
Shirley Mae Colvin, 90, of Chaplin, died Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at her residence. She was born Sept. 25, 1928, in Nelson County to the late Garrett and Nannie Sparrow Thomas. She was a homemaker, member of the former Chaplin Fork Baptist Church, and loved fishing and gardening. In addition to her parents, she was […]
Dear Dave, I’ll be retiring in the next couple of years. When I leave my job, we will have a yearly income of $65,000 through my pension. I don’t think we need an emergency fund with such a dependable, steady income stream like that, but my wife disagrees. She says she would feel safer if […]
