All Obituaries

Cecil Purdom Smalley age 75 of Ahlena Way, Springfield, died at 10:53 am Thursday, April 29, 2021 at Spring View Hospital in Lebanon. Born October 11, 1945 in Washington County, he was preceded in death by his parents, John and Mattie Josie Spalding Smalley, a brother, William Louis Smalley and a sister, Virginia Ann Smalley. He was a press operator at General Electric Appliance Park Building 4 for 30 years, was a 3rd degree member of Council 4270 Knights of Columbus in Springfield and a...

Robert Lee Parrott of Jimtown Rd., Springfield, died Friday, April 23, 2021. Born November 22, 1928 to John F. and Bernice Abell Parrott in Washington County he was preceded in death by his siblings, Mary Lelia Nally, Mary Sara Young, John E. Parrott, Abell Parrott and Nancy O'Bryan. Lee was a loving and devoted husband to his wife Patty, who preceded him in death on December 6, 2017.  He was a farmer all his life and took such pride in his tobacco crop.  He worked at Big...

Mary Martha Barber age 103 of N. Doctor St., Springfield, died at 2:54 am Friday, April 23, 2021 at her residence. Born September 19, 1917 in Louisville, she was preceded in death by her parents, Halstead William and Rua Ilma Gosnell Cross, her husband, Benjamin Felton Barber, December 7, 1997, a grandson, James Barber O'Daniel, a great grandson Phoenix Gray Bell-Yates and a brother, Hal Cross. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Dominic Catholic Church and a faithful choir...

Thomas Raymond "Tom" Cambron age 97 of Lincoln Park Rd., Springfield, died at 7:55 am Sunday, April 18, 2021 at his residence. Born May 30, 1923 in Washington County, he was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Robert and Alma Vize Cambron, his wife, Nancy Margaret Bishop Cambron, January 12, 2018, a son-in-law, Robert L. Galphin III, September 28, 2013, four brothers, Bill, Frank, Harold (Jake) and Joseph (Doc) Cambron, six sisters, Marguerite Cambron, Ann (Pinky) Osbourn,...

Lisa Geralyn Kelty Hamilton age 54 of Lebanon Hill, Springfield, died at 1:16 am Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. Born February 14, 1967 in Lebanon, she was preceded in death by her parents, James Wilburn Kelty, Oct. 30, 2019 and Mary Omia Nalley Kelty, Sept. 22, 2013 and a brother, Gregory Allen Kelty, 1964. She was a 1985 graduate of Washington High School, a former employee of Springfield Redrying Co., Simms & Montgomery, Danny Hardin, CPA and The...

Dominican Sister of Peace Mary Elizabeth Thompson, OP (77), a native of Medford, Massachusetts, died on March 18, 2021, at Sansbury Care Center, St. Catharine, Kentucky.  Sr. Mary Elizabeth is survived by three brothers Dennis (Ivette) of Bradenton, Florida, Mark (Jean) of Arlington, Massachusetts and Paul Thompson (Patty) of Nashua, New Hampshire as well as several nieces and nephews. A Dominican for 56 years, Sr. Mary Elizabeth earned a Bachelor of Arts in English/Education from...

Vincent Alexander Evans age 30 of Elizabethtown, died at 3:00 am Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at his residence. Born April 12, 1990 in Sharon, Pennsylvania, he was a construction worker and of the Methodist faith. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Lea Kay Evans, Oct. 20, 2013 and his father, David Edward Evans in 2020. He is survived by his two daughters, Isabelle McKnight of Alliance, Ohio and Ali Evans of Springfield, his mother, Lori (John) Cook of Elizabethtown, a brother, Christian...

Dominican Sister of Peace Paschala Noonan, OP (102), a native of Quincy, Massachusetts, died on January 30, 2021, at Sansbury Care Center, St. Catharine, Kentucky.  Sr. Paschala is survived by several nieces and nephews. A Dominican for 83 years, Sr. Paschala earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy/English/History from DePaul University (Chicago, IL); a Registered Nursing degree from St. Rose School of Nursing (Great Bend, KS); a Certificate in Gerontology from University of...

Cynthia Marie Gartin age 69 of Lexington, formerly of Springfield, died at 12:34 pm Wednesday at UK Bluegrass Hospice Care Center in Lexington. Born September 13, 1951 in Lebanon, she was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur Gartin, Oct. 14, 1996 and Ella Marie Hagan, Dec. 25, 2014 and a brother, Arthur Leon Gartin, Dec. 2, 1968. She was a 1970 graduate of St. Catharine Academy, a 1974 graduate of Morehead State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree, had worked as a buyer for...

Elizabeth Althaire Smith Lucas age 83, a resident of Sansbury Care Center at St. Catharine for the last year, died at 6:20 pm Sunday, January 10, 2021 at Sansbury Care Center. Born July 18, 1937 in Marion County, she was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Edward and Elizabeth Emily Carrico Smith, her husband, James Roy Lucas, October 29, 2013, four brothers, Johnny Louis, Howard, Charles Owen and Edward "Tinker" Smith and a sister, Shirley Mattingly. She worked as a sewing...