Alice Joyce Cruse Lee, 79, died Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at Baptist Health Hardin. She was a retired postal worker and farmer. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward J. “Billy” Lee; one daughter, Theresa Gail Lee; her parents, Henry Jud and Ora Smith […]
Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Jail. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. This information is public record. […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, May 6, 2021 — The COVID-19 pandemic last summer prevented the opening of the Bardstown City Pool, but this summer, the city’s parks and recreation plans to for the pool to open Memorial Day weekend. The pool will open Saturday, May 29, 2021 for the summer, with regular […]
Dr. Jason J. Kesler, 86, formerly of Bloomfield, died Monday, May 3, 2021, of cancer at his home in Fisherville. The youngest of seven, he was born in Marshall, Ill., to the late Ray H. and Ruby (McGee) Kesler. He developed a life-long love of reading at an early age and excelled at school. He […]
Jeffery Lee Wilcox, 42, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at his home. He was born Feb. 14, 1979, in Bardstown. He is survived by his parents, Joseph and Barbara Wilcox of Bardstown; two brothers, Robert Barnes and Christopher Wilcox (Meghan), both of Bardstown; several stepbrothers and sisters; nieces and nephews Bridgett Wilcox, Jonathon […]
Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Jail. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. This information is public record. […]
Russell “Tadpole” Jeffires Jr., 84, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born June 18, 1936, in Shepherdsville to the late Russell Sr. and Irene Richards Jeffires. He was a retired equipment operator for Medusa Aggregates. He was a former member of the Sportsman club and a former employee […]
Betty Ann Woford, 87, of Bloomfield, died Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at Norton Brownsboro Hospital. She was born Jan. 25, 1934, in Marion County to the late Elmer E. and Frances Stumph McCarty. She was a homemaker and a member of Bloomfield Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, May 5, 2021 — The culvert near 2690 Walter Hall Road is to be replaced Thursday, May 6, 2021. Work will begin about 8:30 a.m. that day, and should take about a day to complete. During the work, Walter Hall Road will be closed at the work site […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, May 4, 2021 — Nelson Fiscal Court spent time reviewing a draft of the county’s 2021-22 budget that included a sometimes testy exchange between Sheriff Ramon Pineiroa and Judge Executive Dean Watts. Pineiroa asked Nelson Fiscal Court to fund an additional deputy position for the county […]
