Jerry Don Barrett

Dec 11, 2025

Mr. Jerry Don Barrett, age 81, of Murray, Kentucky, passed away on December 11, 2025, at his home.

Jerry was born on June 23, 1944, in Mashall County, Kentucky to the late Woodrow Barrett and Naomi Kennedy Barrett. He was a member of the Little Cypress Baptist Church in Possum Trot, Kentucky, a 1963 graduate of Calloway County High School, retired...

Alta Nadine Stonecipher

Dec 8, 2025

Mrs. Alta Nadine Stonecipher, age 96, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 8, 2025.

She was born on July 20, 1929. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest “Joe” Stonecipher, Jr; they married on August 1, 1948,

She is survived by her children, Ernest “Joe” Stonecipher III and wife Dana of Murray, Kentucky and Christie Stonecipher Cistola of Centralia, Illinois;...

Mrs. Edwina Vance Bucy

Dec 6, 2025

Mrs. Edwina Vance Bucy, age 78, of Murray, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, December 6, 2025, at her home.

Mrs. Bucy was born on January 21, 1947, in Murray, Kentucky, to the late Edwin Vance and Willie Orr Vance. She retired from Providence Elementary School as a teacher’s aide and a special needs bus driver. Mrs. Bucy was a member of the...

Amy Lynn Atherton

Dec 4, 2025

Ms. Amy Lynn Atherton, age 51, of Murray, Kentucky, passed away on December 4, 2025, at her home.

Ms. Atherton was born on June 21, 1974, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Ms. Atherton received her Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Murray State University, later earning her Masters. She was of the Christian faith.

Ms. Atherton was preceded in death by her mother, Sharon...

Mrs. Frances Genese Reid

Dec 1, 2025

Mrs. Frances Genese Reid (Joiner), age 77, of Murray, Kentucky, passed away on Monday, December 1, 2025.

Mrs. Reid was born on September 15, 1948, in Paducah, Kentucky to the late Arthur Joiner and Louise (Cumbee) Joiner. She was a school teacher for 32 years at Murray Elementary School before retiring in 2008. She was also a devoted Christian and a...

Ms. Dorothy M. Norris

Nov 27, 2025

Ms. Dorothy Mae Norris, age 80, of Murray, Kentucky, passed away on Thursday, November 27, 2025, at the Murray-Calloway County Hospital.

Ms. Norris was born in Kimball, Nebraska on November 14, 1945, to the late Herman Buescher and Edna (Frerichs) Buescher. Ms. Norris retired after 30 years from the Murray Calloway County Hospital as a registration clerk. She was also a...

Mrs. Diana Cothran

Nov 23, 2025

Mrs. Diana Cothran, age 78, of Murray, Kentucky, passed away on, Sunday, November 23, 2025, at her home.

Mrs. Cothran was born on November 10, 1947, in Calloway County, Kentucky, to the late Ervie Grant Willoughby and Mary Frances (Wallace) Willoughby. She was a retired schoolteacher at East Elementary School and a member of the Sugar Creek Baptist Church.

In addition to...

Bobbie Sue Gilstrap

Nov 23, 2025

Ms. Bobbie Sue Gilstrap, age 87, of Aurora, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, November 23, 2025, at her home.

Ms. Gilstrap was born on October 1, 1938, in Jefferson County, Alabama to the late Cleo Gilstrap and Cora Mae Estes Gistrap. She retired from Hostess Bakery and was a member of Sinking Springs Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she is proceeded...

Mrs. Shirley Morris

Nov 22, 2025

Mrs. Shirley Morris, age 86, of Murray, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2025, at Baptist Health in Paducah, Kentucky.

Mrs. Morris was born on October 3, 1939, in Calloway County to the late Osro Butterworth and Estelle Farmer Butterworth. She retired from Mattel and had also worked at Briggs and Stratton and the Lynn Grove Egg Company. She was a...

Mr. Dave Hornback

Nov 21, 2025

Mr. Dave Hornback, age 81, of Murray, Kentucky, passed away Friday, November 21, 2025, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Mr. Hornback was born on December 9, 1943, in Cairo, Illinois to the late William Hornback and Beulah Martin Hornback. Dave was a proud graduate of Murray State University and served his country through in the United States Army....