Area Obituaries

GLASGOW – Glenda Paulette Tooley, 65, passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NHC Healthcare Center. A native of Barren County, she was the daughter of the late James Monroe Webb and Blanche A. Sanders. Mrs. Tooley was of the Methodist Faith. She was a nursing assistant who had served in a number of…

GLASGOW – Myrtle Wilson Shirley, 79, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2025, at TJ Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow, Kentucky. She was born on March 2, 1946, in Glasgow, to the late Roger Wooten and the late Elizabeth Crumpton Wooten. She devoted her life to caring for others as a nursing assistant at NHC Healthcare.…

VERSAILLES – Lelia Rogers Ganter Handy, 84, passed away on Monday, June 2, 2025, at her residence. She was born in Glasgow, KY, to the late Dr. Frederick and Kate Dickinson Ganter. Lelia was a member at First Christian Church of Glasgow; she obtained a Bachelor’s Degree from Transylvania University in Biology and later obtained…

GLASGOW – William Earl Jackson, age 88, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family at TJ Samson Hospital on Sunday, January 12, 2025. Earl was born in Glasgow and was the son of the late JW and Lela Jackson. Prior to graduation from Glasgow High School in 1956, he completed two years in the local National…

GLASGOW – Carl Anthony “Tony” Oliver, 69, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2025, at his residence. A native of Barren County, he was the son of the late Carl Neeley Oliver and Gene Troxall Oliver. Tony was formerly employed at Glasgow Daily Times, after which he was employed as a truck driver for Houchens Industries,…

GLASGOW – Tracie Lynn Butler, 58, passed away Friday, June 20, 2025, at the T J Samson Community Hospital. A native of Kenton County, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Jani Coates. Tracie was a homemaker and the owner of TM Online Sales. She had formerly been a case worker with Community…

EDMONTON – William “Bill” Ralph Bartley, 71, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2025, at TJ Samson Hospital. He was born on October 24, 1953, to the late Ralph Bartley and Emogene Whitlow Bartley Johnston. Besides his parents, he was also preceded in death by his sister, Becky Nunnally, and nephew, Brent Nunnally. Bill enjoyed hunting,…

CAVE CITY – William Ernest Finn, age 74, passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2025, at the Medical Center of Bowling Green. He was a native of Barren County and loved being outdoors and working in a garden. William never met a stranger and enjoyed talking to anyone he crossed paths with. He proudly served…

EDMONTON – Margaret Thompson Cowan, 88, passed away Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at TJ Samson Hospital. Margaret was born August 30, 1936, to the late John and Nell Thompson. Besides her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, George Cowan, and grandson, Caleb Cowan. After graduating from Western Kentucky University in 1958,…

GLASGOW – Jimmie Corrine Houchens, 84, passed away Monday, June 16, 2025, after a lengthy illness. She was born in Slick Rock, Kentucky, on May 20, 1941, to the late James Hunley, Sr. and the late Thelma Bowles Hunley Shirley. She was a graduate of Hiseville High School and attended Lindsey Wilson College, where she…