Joyce Janes, 84, died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and cherished friend. She was born Oct. 10, 1939, in Chaplin to Winford Grover and Carrie Sweazy Ockerman. She was a beacon of love, kindness, and unwavering patience throughout her life. She shared 62 beautiful years of marriage with […]
Bennie Franklin Hardin, 79, of Taylorsville, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, at Norton Brownsbo Hospital. He was born July 16, 1945, in Taylorsville to the late Curtis and Catherine Bolin Hardin. He was a retired employee of General Electric after 35 years and was a member of New Hope Tabernacle. He enjoyed mowing the yard, […]
Connie Thompson Schickel of Bardstown, formerly of Holy Cross, died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, at her home. She was born in Holy Cross, taught in Jefferson County Schools, and enjoyed her bridge and Parkinson’s support groups. She was preceded by two sisters, Doris (John) Johnson and June (Sonny) Hutchins; and one brother, Allan (Mary Gail) […]
Sheila Marie Nalley, 70, of Elizabethtown, died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, at Kensington Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and attended St. Catherine Catholic Church. She enjoyed crafts, baking, telling stories and jokes, and dancing. Her favorite song was “My Maria” by Brooks and Dunn. She was preceded in death by her mother, Rita Greenwell […]
Paul E. Parrish, 68, of Bloomfield, died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, at U of L Hospital at Jewish. He was born Nov. 19.1955, in Louisville to the late Donald Wesley and Pauline Joyce Marshall Parrish. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant sister, Paula Donn Parrish; and one brother, […]
Clyde Grigsby “Billy” Hopewell, 79, of Taylorsville, died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, at Baptist Health Louisville. He was born Dec. 1, 1944, in Spencer County to the late Bernice Irene Thomas and Jerome Cull Hopewell. He was a retired employee of Clarion maintenance department and Butler Store Equipment. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran […]
Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Ice, 65, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, at the University of Louisville Hospital. She was born Aug. 29, 1958. She loved to garden. She was preceded in death by her parents, Francis Xavier and Lorene Ice; and one sister, Veronica Cowell. She is survived by her fur baby and best […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024 — The Nelson County Clerk’s office announced Tuesday changes to the number of polling places and their location for Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. There will be no polling locations at individual precincts; instead, there will be eight voting centers spread across Nelson County. Residents […]
By CANDY MASSARONIState Representative Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024 — I am deeply troubled that a national convention would openly embrace Planned Parenthood, not only promoting its agenda but even going so far as to offer mobile services for medical abortions and the morning-after pill. How did we get to this point? There was a time […]
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 Correctional Center. 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. Everyone […]
