Leslie Lanham Rakes, age 60, of Crain Lane, Springfield, KY passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at her residence. She was born on June 23, 1962 in Lebanon to the late Sammy Lee an Elaine Crouch Lanham. Survivors include her husband, David Rakes; a son, David Rakes, II (Ashley); two daughters, Fran Rakes and Rachel Teater (Roland) all of Springfield; ten grandchildren; a brother, Jimmie Lee Lanham of Perryville and five sisters, Theresa Bynog (Joseph), Mary Jo Murphy, Lelica Milburn and...

Karen Denise Garner Evans, age 63, of the Mooresville Community of Washington County, KY passed away Monday, May 29, 2023 at her home. She was born on November 26, 1959 in Winchester, Tennessee to Glenn Hoyt and Carolyn Hall Garner. She was a member of the Church of the Redeemer, a graduate of Pioneer Christian Academy, a former office manager of Just Blinds in Louisville and supervisor of the former Keystone Cinema. Preceding her in death was her son, Jeremy Evans on March 5,...

James Lewis Blakeman, age 86, of Frankfort, KY passed away Thursday, May 18, 2023 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. A native of Frankfort, he was born on December 25, 1936 to the late Ed and Cornelia Rice Blakeman. He was a graduate of Elkhorn High School and the University of Kentucky Business School. After a stint in the United States Army, Lewis worked with his father at The Market House on St. Clair. Following its closure to urban renewal, he owned and operated four Handy...

Bonnie Rose Ross Chesser, age 85, Springfield, KY passed away Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at the Village of Lebanon Nursing Home. A native of Washington County, she was born on August 26, 1937 to the late James Wagner and Lula Blanch Stine Ross. She was a member of the Willisburg Christian Church and a homemaker. Preceding her in death was her husband Everett Chesser on September 6, 2016; a daughter, Patricia Ann Moore on November 4, 1973; a son-in-law, Jerry Coulter on December 26, 2020; an...

Margaret Marie Mays Hood, age 91, of Shepherdsville, KY passed away at 5:22 p.m., Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at the Norton Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville. A native of Mason County, KY she was born on July 6, 1931 to the late Robert J. and Lucy M. Grimes Mays. She was a member of the Bullitt Lick Baptist Church; a graduate of Orangeburg High School in Mason County; a homemaker, a former bookkeeper and for the past twenty years she was employed by Wal-Mart having retired in 2022. Preceding...

Louise Yantis Young, age 85, of East High Street, Springfield, KY passed away Monday, May 15, 2023 at the Jane Todd Crawford Hospital in Greensburg. A native of Washington County, she was born on November 9, 1937 to the late Sylvester and Martha Grant Speaks Yantis. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Springfield, a retired employee of the Central Kentucky Head Start Program working her entire career in Washington County and a school bus driver for over thirty years for the...

Barbara Gail “Bobbi” Terrell Burkhead, age 63, of Chaplin, KY passed away at 9:57 p.m., Friday, May 12, 2023 at her home after an illness. She was born in Lebanon, KY on November 27, 1959 to the late Joseph Rudolph and Iris Gaye White Terrell. She was a member of the Chaplin Christian Church, a 1978 graduate of Washington County High School and a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Jeff Burkhead; a son, John Kirsch (Rebecca Castillo) of Willisburg; a daughter, Vanessa...

Sandra Kay Thompson Dodd, age 58, of Bardstown, KY passed away Friday, May 12, 2023 at her home. She was born in Lebanon, Kentucky on March 4, 1965 to the late Wilmo and Julia Marie Chesser Thompson. She was a member of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church and an employee of Marshall’s Department Store. Preceded in death was a brother, Donald Wayne Thompson on September 12, 2022. Survivors include a sister, Barbara Miles of Bardstown and four brothers, Billy Thompson (Lois) of Lebanon,...

Donnie Jennett Drury, age 82, of Springfield, KY passed away at 7:35 p.m., Thursday, May 11, 2023 at his home after an illness. A native of Washington County, he was born on February 22, 1941 to the late Russell Gordon and Flora Lee Brothers Drury. He was a member of the Fairview Christian Church, a retired farmer and formerly owned and operated Drury’s Milk Transport. Preceding him in death was a daughter, Laurie Ann Phillips on November 23, 2022; a sister, Gayle Peach on September...

Coty Dwayne Franklin, age 30, of Willisburg, KY passed away Sunday, May 7, 2023 in Willisburg. He was born in Roseburg, Oregon on April 15, 1993. He was a graduate of Washington County High School. Survivors include three sons, Kayden Franklin, Bentley Franklin and Jace Medley all of Willisburg; his father, Ronald J. Retallack of Willisburg; his mother, Cheyene Franklin of Salem, Oregon; four sisters, Rhiannon Lompe of Lewiston, Idaho, Coral Scott (Takoda) of Salem, Oregon, Shoshana...