Deacon Sam Filiatreau, 77, of Bardstown, died Sunday, July 11, 2021, at his home. He was born Feb. 29, 1944, in Bardstown. He retired from Ford Motor Company. He served in Vietnam with Army National Guard C Battery and the 101st Airborne. He was a member and Deacon at St. Thomas Catholic Church, where he […]
Joseph E. Riley, 77, of Vernonia, Ore., died Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Vernonia, Ore. He was born Aug. 26, 1943, in Nelson County. He was an electrician for MBF Inspections. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of Vietnam and a member of Lyons Club of Vernonia, Ore. He loved to restore old cars. […]
Daniel Odell Ice, 86, died Sunday, July 11, 2021, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He retired from Louisville Gas & Electric and was a former ranger with the Kentucky Division of Forestry. He was a lifelong resident of Nelson County. He was born Dec. 28, 1934, at the height of the Great Depression in a log […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 13, 2021 — The newly reorganized Republican Party of Nelson County unanimously approved a resolution Monday night that honored state Rep. Chad McCoy his years of service to Nelson County. The resolution cited four specific bills McCoy sponsored during the most recent session of the […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Monday, July 12, 2021 — As summer speeds by and we look towards to the start of school, students and teachers will trade masks and temperature checks for recess and high-fives. Throughout the pandemic, students, parents and teachers were faced with challenges, including changes to students’ routine, ability to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, July 12, 2021 — Nelson County Clerk Jeanette Sidebottom’s office is unable to process vehicle-related transactions — tag renewals, transfers or registering new vehicles — due to ongoing statewide computer issues. The computer system used for vehicle registrations — the Automated Vehicle Information System (AVIS) has been running […]
Steven Bruce Popplewell, 71, of Cox’s Creek, died Sunday, July 11, 2021, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. He was born Jan. 12, 1950, in Stanford to the late Robert and Ada Tapp Popplewell. He was a retired maintenance supervisor for the University of Louisville and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. In addition […]
Mary Louise “Sis” Rummage, 93, of Bardstown, died Sunday, July 11, 2021, at UofL Jewish Hospital in Louisville. She was born July 29, 1927, in Bullitt County to the late Manley “Boss” and Minnie Bell Thompson. She was a former employee of T.W. Samuels Distillery and a retired supervisor in food service for the Nelson […]
Newman “Buzz” Bryan, 88, of Bardstown, died Saturday, July 10, 2021, at his home in Bardstown with his wife and family by his side. He was born in Boston on Jan. 1, 1933. He worked at Heaven Hill, McLean Trucking and retired from maintenance at the Nelson County Board of Education. He lived in Okeechobee, […]
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. […]
