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James Wesley Pierce, 49, of Columbia, KY passed away Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at his residence. He was born in New Albany, IN on April 11, 1972, a son of the late Pamela (Luther) and James I. Pierce. 

He was a Tree Service Foreman 

SURVIVORS:
1 daughter: Gracie Pierce 
Several aunts, uncles and cousins

The family chose care and cremation and a Celebration of Life will be held later. 
 

H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapel in Jamestown is in charge of the arrangements.

Billie Sue Brown, 82, passed from this life on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at her home at 182 Woody Lane in Jamestown, KY. She was born on October 15, 1938 in Columbia, KY to the late Mary Beard Wolford and William Robert Wolford. 

Billie Sue was saved at a young age and was a member of the Russell Springs Christian Church. She was an office manager for State Farm Insurance and a full-time loving mother to four children. Billie Sue was gentle and kind and had a most cheerful spirit. She was known for sending hundreds of hand-written cards to anyone she could find an address for. To those celebrating birthdays, graduations, promotions, weddings, babies and the occasional thank-you note, if you had been so kind as to do something special for her or someone she loved. She was the epitome of thoughtful and a good friend to many. Raising her family on Old Columbia Road, Billie Sue’s children had everything they needed and most of what they wanted. Billie Sue’s home was known to be welcoming, fun, and most importantly- loving. Billie Sue was an excellent mother and her children were blessed to have her.

Billie Sue Wolford and Nathan Jack Brown, III were united in marriage on May 19, 1957. They were married for 37 years and he preceded her in death in 1995. She was also preceded in death by her beloved son, Mark Allan Brown. 

SURVIVORS:

1 sister: Lou Ann Overton (Jerry)

3 children: Sherri Selby (Darrell), Suzette Hadley (Eric), and Kandi Campbell (Scott)

5 grandchildren: Alex Selby (Blakesley), Austin Hadley (Kayla), Grant Hadley (Haley), Jack Hadley, and Gavin Campbell

Niece: Cassie Richardson

Nephew: Jason Overton

Funeral Service: Sunday, October 17, 2021 at 2:00pmCT at Bernard Funeral Home with Bro. Carroll Egnew officiating

Burial: Russell Springs City Cemetery

Visitation: After 10:00amCT on Sunday at Bernard Funeral Home

Billie Sue’s funeral arrangements are entrusted to Bernard Funeral Home. An online guestbook is available at www.bernardfuneralhome.com.

Michael Stephens, 35, of Columbia, KY, passed away Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at Summit Manor Nursing Home. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 4, 1985, a son of the late Patsy (Hopper) Stephens. 

SURVIVORS:
1 sister: Elizabeth Stephens 
Aunts and cousins

Graveside Service: Friday, October 15, 2021 at 3:00pmCT at Fairview Church Cemetery in Russell Springs, KY with Bro. Nick Armstrong officiating

Louise Pelly, 92, of Columbia, KY, died Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at her home. She was born February 5, 1929 in Adair County to the late James Frank and Iva Mae Derman Stone.

Louise was a homemaker and babysitter and a member of Columbia Christian Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Pelly; a son, James Wayne Pelly; 2 grandchildren: Kody Pelly and James Dewayne Pelly; and 4 siblings: Mabel McClister, Bob Stone, Jack Stone and Betty Goff. 

SURVIVORS:

1 son: Bobby Joe (Kim) Pelly of Columbia

1 daughter: Kathy (Jeff ) Rodgers of Columbia

4 grandchildren: Jessi Janes, Jazmyne Burton, Jared Rodgers and Paul Pelly

14 great-grandchildren: Lilli and Averi Ballard, Casper, Parker and Piper Burton, Mary Kate, Rhett, River, Karly, Matt and Mason Janes, Skyler and Bryce Bechtel and Ethan Tomblin

Daughter-in-law: Vocal Pelly of Columbia

3 siblings: Helen Burton of Morristown, Indiana, Ronnie Stone & Jimmy Stone of Columbia, KY

Special dog: Casey

Funeral Service: Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home

Burial: Haven Hill Cemetery

Visitation: After 5:00 P.M. on Friday, October 15, 2021

Casket bearers: Jared Rodgers, Jeff Rodgers, Danny Stone, Billy Stone, Bobby Stone, Lenny Stone, Ron Stone, Darrell Burton and Jason Janes

Grissom-Martin Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Marvin Helm, 85, of Jamestown, KY passed away on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at Russell County Hospital. Born on May 17, 1936 in Jamestown, KY, he was a son of the late Robert Michael and Lizzie Ellen Warriner Helm.
 

Marvin was a retired self-employed carpenter and a member of Fairview Separate Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and spending time with his family and friends. 

SURVIVORS:

2 brothers: Roy (Carol) Helm of Somerset, KY and Roger (Sharon) Helm of Jamestown, KY

1 sister: Geneva Walters of Jamestown, KY

Special niece: Regina Burton of Russell Springs, KY

In addition to his parents, Marvin was preceded in death by his wife, Lena Ruth Garner Helm, who passed away on January 24, 2017 and two brothers: Eugene Helm and Montie Helm. 
 

Funeral Service: Friday, October 15, 2021 at 11:00amCT at Bernard Funeral Home with Bro. Roy Helm officiating

Burial: Hadley Cemetery

Visitation: After 9:00amCT on Friday at Bernard Funeral Home. 
 

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Hadley Cemetery Fund, c/o Betty Higginbotham, 3756 N. Hwy. 55, Jamestown, Kentucky 42629. 
 

Marvin’s funeral arrangements are entrusted to Bernard Funeral Home in Russell Springs, KY.

Marvin Ethridge Snow, 80, fondly known as “Birdie”, of Russell Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2021 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. He was born on October 22, 1940 in the Rowena Community of Russell County to the late Samuel and Nola Chapman Snow.

Birdie got his start in life within a large family of 6 siblings learning farm life on the river bottom as 1 of only 2 boys. Both his father and grandfather drove the Rowena Ferry and taught him skills in farming by the river. While just a boy, he could make straight rows for tobacco and often accompanied his father to till the neighbor’s fields. 

Birdie served our nation in the U.S. Army Heavy Armor infantry division. He was an enlisted man in the U.S. Army when he met Peggy Hudson. After a short courtship they eloped with family and friends in tow on New Year’s Eve in 1965. Birdie would often speak fondly of Peggy and her very affectionate family of opening his heart to experience tender love. 

Birdie became a career truck driver and his love for driving was passed to his children and grandchildren. He racked up millions of miles and mentored many. Birdie was a member of the Bernard Ridge Church of God, where he gave his heart to God and received deliverance from an addiction to alcohol. He believed in God with child-like faith. 
 

Birdie was a down to earth “man’s man”, and an excellent provider for his family. Raised on a farm, necessity taught him to be a solution person and with a soft heart, he was always looking to help someone in need. Birdie could fix anything and was usually found tinkering in his garage or on his zero-turn mower, “keeping the yard up”. He was a big story-teller who liked to fish and turkey hunt (until he killed two turkeys with one shot). Birdie was a generous man; known to give his knives away - if he took a liking to you. He looked forward to the men’s fellowship breakfast at church. Birdie was well-known for his gravy, and teaching other men at church how to make it.  He loved his black coffee, secretly telling his daughter Debra it’s the only way to have it. 
 

SURVIVORS:

Wife of 55 years: Peggy Snow

3 children: Debra Jo Stephens (Randall Finn) of Covington, Georgia, Steve Ethridge Snow of Russell Springs; Kimberly Lou Rosson (Gary Lawless) of Hurst, Texas

3 grandchildren: Joshua Stephens, Amanda Stephens (Ron Calvert) and Mark Isaac Winfrey

6 great-grandchildren: Corbin, Jasper, Kayliah, Ethan, Kyle and Christopher

Great-great-granddaughter: Moana

Brother-in-law: Danny Isbell

Former sons-in-law: Mark Winfrey and Robert Wayne Stephens

Former granddaughter-in-law: Sarah Stephens

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings: Jeanetta Burns, Jim Snow, Yvonne Morris, Faye Scrivner, Maxine Bruner and Karen Isbell; and a great-grandson, Zion Stephens. 

Funeral Service: Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 1:00pmCT at Bernard Funeral Home with Bro. Roger Garner officiating

Burial: Bernard Ridge Cemetery

Military Honors will be conducted by the D.A.V. Honor Guard.

Visitation: After 10:00amCT on Saturday at Bernard Funeral Home

Birdie’s arrangements are entrusted to Bernard Funeral Home. An online guestbook is available at www.bernardfuneralhome.com.

Hulis Burton, 85, of Franklin, KY passed away peacefully at home on October 9, 2021 at 10:53pm following a brief battle with lung cancer. Hulis, known to his friends as Burt, was born in Columbia, KY to Ealie and Bonnie Burton who preceded him in death.

Hulis joined the Army on December 1, 1954. He was in the 2nd BG 5th Infantry in Fort Carson, Colorado and was honorably discharged on December 2, 1958. While serving in the Army he married Millie Harmon on January 1, 1957. After leaving the Army, he and Millie lived in Aurora, Illinois where he worked as a mechanic. They were married for 21 years before Millie passed away from brain cancer in January 1978.

In 1981, Hulis met Valerie Raffaelli, a North Aurora widow with three young children. They married two years later on May 28,1983 in Dowagiac, Michigan. Over the course of the next several years, they would live in Schaumburg, Illinois and Dowagiac, Michigan before returning to Kentucky to be closer to Hulis’s family. While in Kentucky, Hulis answered the call of God to preach His Word. He served as a minister in churches in Kentucky and Tennessee. He loved preaching, reading, and talking about the Word of God to everyone.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Millie Harmon Burton; 4 siblings: Rosemary Burton, Elmo Burton, Leon Burton and Shirley Burton; and one grandson, Joshua Burton.

SURVIVORS:

Wife of 38 years: Valerie Burton

8 children: Linda Schlasky (Bob) of Nevada, MO; Hulis Burton, Jr. of Fessenden, ND; Lisa Lieser (Guy) of Sugar Grove, IL; Terry Burton of Sugar Grove, IL; Jeff Burton (Nancy Hagan) of Harvey, ND; Julie Ranger (Jeff), Jennifer Hunt (Bart), and Gina Crabtree (Nathan), all of Bowling Green, KY

16 grandchildren: Christina Miller (Carl), Stephanie Stiefbold (Patrick Arvin), Cheree Burton (Jason Carpenter), Brook Ebersohl (Jay), Brent Harper, Amber Smyder (Chris), Alesha Lieser (Nolan Koch), Abigail Lieser, Felicia Hertz (David), Heather Burton, Jeffrey Ranger (Christina Gorman), Ashley Ranger, Madison Hunt, Natalie Crabtree, Allison Crabtree, & Tailer Burton

13 great-grandchildren & 3 great-great-grandchildren

7 siblings: Leaman Burton of Hope, IN, Jerry Burton (Eloise) of Conover, NC, Jody Burton of Columbia, KY, Brenda Deal (David) of Claremont, NC, Robert Burton (Pat) of Columbia, KY, Nella Lamb of Whiteland, IN, and Edgar Burton (Christina) of Columbia, KY

Many nieces & nephews

Dear family friends: Sherman and Mary Rucker, Steve and Lois Hoots, and Karen and Dominic Rappelli

Celebration of Life: Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 11:00amCT at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home with Pastor Jack Batson officiating 

Visitation: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 from 3:00-7:00pmCT at the funeral home

Graveside Service: Monday, October 18, 2021 at 1:00pm at Lincoln Memorial Park in Aurora, Illinois with full military honors 

Pallbearers: Sherman Rucker, Jeff Ranger, Jeffrey Ranger, Bart Hunt, Nathan Crabtree & Kevin Reagan

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice of Southern Kentucky.

Tammie Jane Roy, 49, of Russell Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at her home. She was born on May 19, 1972 in Columbia, KY, a daughter of Betty Robertson Ashbrook and the late Phillip George.
 

Tammy was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was employed by Lawless and Smith True Value Supply. Most of all, she loved her family. She was the best “Mammy” to her grandbabies.

SURVIVORS:

Hhusband: Tim Roy, whom she wed on January 7, 2006

2 sons: Trevor (Natalie) Foster of Columbia and Kyler Roy of El Paso, Texas

2 daughters: Britany (Branden) Ford of Columbia and Sierra (Matt) Ryan of Hawaii

6 grandsons: Seth Ford, Nate Ford, Rhett Foster, River Foster, Jackson Ryan, and Samuel Ryan

3 granddaughters: Abby Ford, Ella Ford, and Lillie Foster

Mother: Betty Ashbrook of Russell Springs

Mother-in-law: Bobby Roy of Jamestown

5 brothers: Ricky (Sandy) George of Columbia, Randy (Missy) George of Russell Springs, Gary (Anne) George of Edmonton, Greg (Tara) George of Russell Springs, and Timmy (Renae) George of Russell Springs

1 sister: Rebecca (Kenny) Dixon of Greensburg

A host of nieces, nephews and cousins

Funeral Service: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 1:00pmCT at Bernard Funeral Home with Bro. Leonard Pierce and Weston Dixon officiating

Burial: Dixon Cemetery

Visitation: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 from 5:00pm-8:00pmCT at Bernard Funeral Home

Pallbearers: Seth Ford, Nate Ford, Ron Wooley, Kyler Roy, Joe Aaron, Owen George, Blake Williams, and Alan Beavers

Bernard Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Wanda Fay Popplewell, 79, of Russell Springs, KY passed away Friday, October 8, 2021 at Cumberland Nursing and Rehab in Somerset, KY. She was born in Russell Springs, KY on April 29, 1942, a daughter of the late Myrtle (McQueary) and Ishman Tucker. 

She was a homemaker. 

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by five sisters and five brothers. 

Susanna Lynn Foster, 46, of Columbia, KY died Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at her home. She was born December 3, 1974 in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Susanna was a loving and caring mother, enjoyed spending time with her family and left a legacy of love for her family.

SURVIVORS:

Her husband: Lloyd Dean Foster of Columbia

2 sons: Dean Foster and Brandon Foster both of Columbia

1 daughter: Cheyenne Foster of Georgetown

Her parents: Harry & Sue Northern Shover of Columbia

1 brother: Montie (Jackie) Shover of Columbia

Brother-in-law: Ben & Mandi Foster of Alexandria, Indiana

Her grandmother: Jeanette Black of Frankfort, Indiana

Sisters-in-law: Barbara Lou Savage, Trucie Petty and Corina Foster

Several other relatives & friends

The family has chosen Cremation and a Celebration of Life will be held by the family.

Grissom Martin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Andrew Steven Meagher, 38, of Prestonsburg, KY died Wednesday, October 6, 2021 in Pikeville, KY.  He was born on August 26, 1983 in Muncie, IN.

SURVIVORS:

His parents: Martin Steven Meagher of Louisville, KY & Pamela Howard (William) of Greensburg, KY

1 daughter: Emma Nicole Meagher of Greensburg, KY

1 sister: Erin Priddy (A.G.) of Brandenburg, KY

Several aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives

The family chose cremation and a memorial service will be held on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 11:00amCT at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home. 

Visitation: Tuesday from 9:00am-11:00amCT at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, donation may be made to The Brook Hospital @ 1405 Browns Ln., Louisville, KY 40207.

Janeice Melson Corbin, 61, of Columbia, KY died Thursday, October 7, 2021 at her residence. She was born in Columbia, KY on December 19, 1959 to the late Elwood and Jearlene Wright Melson.

Mrs. Corbin was a former employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville, KY and enjoyed being outdoors.

SURVIVORS:

Her husband of 33 years: Tony Morris Corbin

Several friends & relatives

Funeral services will be private with burial in the Haven Hill Cemetery.

Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.