Obituaries
Grant County and Northern Kentucky Obituaries
James Ray Pennington
May 20, 2017
James Ray Pennington May 12, 1922 - May 20, 2017
James Ray Pennington of Dry Ridge, KY was born May 12, 1922 in Moultrie, GA and died Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Edgewood, KY at the age of 95.
He was the son of the late John L. and Mattie Barbara Browning Pennington. He was a farmer,...
Marshall Edward Kinsey
May 19, 2017
Marshall Edward Kinsey July 2, 1934 - May 19, 2017
Marshall Edward Kinsey, a Dry Ridge resident, passed away at the Drake Center in Cincinnati, OH on Friday, May 19, 2017 at the age of 82. He was the husband of Norma Sargent Kinsey. Marshall was a lifelong cattle and tobacco farmer as well as the owner and operator...
Elery William Robinson
May 18, 2017
Elery William Robinson December 14, 1940 - May 18, 2017
Elery William Robinson was born Dec. 14, 1940 in Covington, Kentucky and passed away May 18, 2017 in Verona, Kentucky at the age of 76. He was the son of the late Elery Daniel and Edna Mildred Callery Robinson. Elery was a retired lineman for C.G. & E. and...
Josie Kay Kendall
May 14, 2017
Josie Kay Kendall April 17, 2017 - May 14, 2017
Josie Kay Kendall, 27 days old, passed away Sunday, May 14 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. Josie was born April 17 in Cincinnati to Jeff and Jessica Kendall. Josie was preceded in death by her twin sister, Jacey Ann Kendall on April 25. Josie is survived...
Dale Porter Conrad
May 14, 2017
Dale Porter Conrad April 14, 1952 - May 14, 2017
Dale Porter Conrad, 65, passed away Sunday May 14, 2017, at his home in Williamstown. Born in Covington, KY, on April 14, 1952, he was the son of the late Floyd and Kathryn Fornash Conrad. Dale was a farmer and retired from Clark Equipment in Georgetown (later in Lexington)....
Georgia B. Adams
May 13, 2017
Georgia B. Adams August 13, 1940 - May 13, 2017
Georgia B. Adams of Sadieville, KY. passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017 at her home at the age of 76. Ms. Adams was born August 13, 1940 at Elk Lick in Scott County, KY. to the late Fred Thomas Adams and Julia Young Adams. Ms. Adams was a homemaker. ...
James Rhodes
May 13, 2017
James Rhodes January 17, 1929 - May 13, 2017
James Arthur Rhodes of Cynthiana and formerly of Florence and Dry Ridge, was born in Boone County, Kentucky, near Florence on January 17, 1929 and passed away at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky on May 13, 2017 at the age of 88. He was the son...
Wanda J. Turner
May 10, 2017
Wanda J. Turner March 23, 1933 - May 10, 2017
Mrs. Wanda J. Turner, 84 of Nitro, formerly of Covington, KY, went home to be with the Lord on May 10, 2017 in the Hubbard Hospice House West.
She resided in Covington, KY for most of her life and was a member of Eastside Church of the...
Berry Newton Wilson
May 9, 2017
Berry Newton Wilson January 4, 1936 - May 9, 2017
Berry Newton "Sonny" Wilson, Jr., a Dry Ridge resident, passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 in Williamstown at the age of 81. He was the husband of Shirley Cook Wilson. Mr. Wilson was the owner of Sonny Wilson Realty and Auction Co. A member of the Lawrenceville Baptist...
Opal Lea Courtney
May 9, 2017
Opal Lea Courtney August 2, 1930 - May 9, 2017
Opal Lea Craft Paul Courtney was born Aug. 2, 1930 in Harlan, Kentucky and passed away May 9, 2017 in Williamstown, Kentucky at the age of 86. She was the daughter of the late Willie and Martha Walker Craft. Opal was a retired LPN with VA Medical Center in...
James R. Lawrence
May 8, 2017
James R. Lawrence September 1, 1961 - May 8, 2017
James R. Lawrence of Williamstown, KY. passed away Monday, May 8 at the St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Williamstown at the age of 55. James was born September 1, 1961 in Owen County, KY. to Janice Mullins Dills and the late James A. Lawrence. James was an HVAC technician....
Jeffrey Ritchie
May 6, 2017
Jeffrey Ritchie October 17, 1958 - May 6, 2017
Jeffrey Ritchie of Crittenden, KY. passed away Saturday, May 6 at home at the age of 58. Jeffrey was born October 17, 1958 in Cincinnati, OH. to the late Woodrow and Gracie Hicks Ritchie. Jeffrey was a carpenter by trade and formerly worked for Aristech in Florence, KY. for 20...
Walter Joseph Sears, Jr.
May 6, 2017
Walter Joseph Sears, Jr. August 20, 1950 - May 6, 2017
Walter J. Sears, Jr., 66, passed away Saturday May 6, 2017 at his home. He was born August 20, 1950 to Mildred Baker Sears and the late Walter Joseph Sears, Sr. in Springdale, OH. He retired from Duro Bag in Richwood, served our country in the Army Reserves,...
Howard Epperson
May 4, 2017
Howard Epperson January 3, 1940 - May 4, 2017
Howard Allen Epperson was born Jan. 3, 1940 in Willilamstown, Kentucky and passed away May 4, 2017 in Dry Ridge, Kentucky at the age of 77. He was the son of the late Walter Adrian and Frances Corrine Spicer Epperson. Howard was a retired outside plant technician for Cincinnati Bell...
Billy Ray Sexton
May 3, 2017
Billy Ray Sexton May 3, 2017
Billy Ray Sexton of Florence, KY was born July 24, 1964 in Covington, KY and died Wednesday, May 3, 2017 in Edgewood, KY at the age of 52.
He was the son of the late Rodney Delano Sexton and Vella Donna Wilson Sexton. He was a machinist for Mazak Corporation in...
Elizabeth Ann Webb
May 3, 2017
Elizabeth Ann Webb August 8, 1955 - May 3, 2017
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Ball Webb passed away on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington, KY at the age of 61. She was the wife of Anthony Dean Webb. Mrs. Webb was a member of the Dry Ridge Christian Church. She was a retired school...
Louise Vannarsdall
May 3, 2017
Louise Vannarsdall February 10, 1924 - May 3, 2017
Louise Caldwell Vannarsdall was born Feb. 10, 1924 in Golds Valley, Kentucky and passed away May 3, 2017 in Dry Ridge, Kentucky at the age of 93. She was the daughter of the late Kirtley and Eliza Jane "Crickett" Scroggins Caldwell. On Feb. 26, 1951, Louise was united in marriage...
William Joaquin Stanchina, Jr.
May 2, 2017
William Joaquin Stanchina, Jr. May 2, 2017
William Joaquin Stanchina, Jr. of Williamstown was born May 19, 1938 in Bellaire, OH and died Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at his residence at the age of 78.
He was the son of the late William Joaquin Stanchina, Sr, and Rilla White Stanchina Imhoff. He was a U.S. Army Veteran,...
Sue Taylor
May 1, 2017
Sue Taylor December 22, 1942 - May 1, 2017
Maggie Sue Steele Carrasco Taylor, of Williamstown, KY, departed this life to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at 5:55PM, Monday, May 1, 2017, while being cared for in the South Amherst, Ohio, home of her granddaughter, Amanda Pifer. She was 74 years young....
Glenna O'Neill
Apr 30, 2017
Glenna O'Neill March 3, 1928 - April 30, 2017
Glenna McComas O'Neill was born in Williamstown, Kentucky on March 3, 1928 and passed away at Villa Springs in Erlanger, Kentucky on April 30, 2017 at the age of 89. She was the daughter of the late William and Nancy Ellen Scroggin McComas. Mrs. O'Neill is survived by her sons:...
