Shirley D. Stayton passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on September 29th, 2018.   She was born August 11th, 1948 and  was preceded in death by her mother, Della Sneed father Clarence Sneed, and sister Annie Beula Sneed.
The family was formerly from Adair County, KY.

Shirley was a retired cosmetologist, and a member of Windsor Forest Baptist Church where she volunteered and served on various committees for well over thirty years.  
She enjoyed painting and reading, but her greatest joy in life was her family. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, and grandmother.
Surviving are her husband, Welby L. Stayton; 
two sons, Michael and Bryan Stayton; one daughter Victoria Fields; 
one brother, Curtis Sneed; 
and five grandchildren, Taylor, Chase, Brandon Stayton and Anna Fields and Laura Stayton.

A visitation will be held from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., followed by a brief service, on Tuesday October 2nd, 2018 at Hubert C. Baker Chapel  located at 7415 Hodgson Memorial Drive with Dr. Jim Staubes officiating. 
A private burial will be held at the Antioch cemetery located in Columbia, Kentucky.

Flowers will be accepted, or memorials can be made in her honor to UT Medical Center Hospice Care located in Knoxville, Tennessee.  
Memorial gifts can be made online or mailed to The Development Office, University of Tennessee Medical Center, 2121 Medical Center Way, Suite 100, Knoxville, TN 37920.
Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home in charge of local funeral arrangements.

Linda C. Tiller age 61 years of the Vester community Columbia, KY passed away suddenly Saturday, September 29, 2018 at 8:51 PM at TJ Health Columbia Emergency Room
She was born on Jan. 23, 1957 in Campbellsville, KY.

She was the daughter of the late Edna Curry

She is survived by her husband:
Mike Tiller of Columbia, KY
One daughter:
Lydia Tiller of Stanford, KY
One “sister”:
Alma (Bryan) Rich of Columbia, KY
Adopted grandchildren & a great grandchild Will (Sam) Rich & Luke Rich &
Daxon Rich
several cousins, a host of other relatives & friends survive

Linda attended the Barnett’s United Methodist Church serving as Sunday School teacher, retired from USDA office in Columbia, where she had worked there for over 36 years service

Linda was a proud member of the Burton Ridge community. It was the only place that she ever called home. 

She was very fond of her farmers that she worked with, some for 3 generations, through the USDA.

She was one that showed her love by service to others, many times wishing to do so in the background or without recognition.

4-H and working with the youth of Adair County was a passion of hers, serving on the 4-H council for many years.    

Gift giving was her love language.  Linda was an avid reader and often gave books out to pass along the joy that reading  brought her.

Funeral service Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home
Clergy officiating Bro. Troy Long & Bro. Steve Janes
Interment in Bearwallow Cemetery
Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home in charge of funeral arrangements
Visitation after 4:00 PM Monday

Leonard Gregory Wilson, 2 day old son of Isaac Jordon and Taylor Nicole Partin Wilson passed away Saturday, September 29, 2018 at the Norton Children's Hospital in Louisville.

Survivors
Parents: Isaac & Taylor Wilson, Russell Springs
Sister: Alexis Wilson, Russell Springs
Paternal Grandparents: Joseph & Kimberly Wilson, Russell Springs
Maternal grandmother: Becky Partin, Russell Springs
Maternal grandfather: Gregory Platt, Milford, Ohio
1 Aunt: Lacey Day, Russell Springs
1 Uncle: Tyler Partin, Sharonville, Ohio

Funeral service for Leonard Gregory Wilson will be 10 AM. Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at the Bernard Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Delvin Wilson officiating.
Visitation 9 AM. Tuesday.
Interment in the Salem Cemetery.
Bernard Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Betty “Boots” Tucker age 80 years a resident of Fair Oaks Health Care in Jamestown, KY.
passed away Friday, September 28, 2018 at 11:35 AM at Fair Oaks Health Care.
She was born on September 2, 1938 in Union County, KY
She was the daughter of the late Fred Wilson & Anna Pearl Corbett Blackburn.

She was preceded in death by her last husband Walter Glen Tucker of Green County, KY.
Also preceded in death by one son Rupert Arundel Brown, Jr.

Survived by one sister:
Anna Lois Elmore of Jamestown, KY
Three Grandchildren Rupert Brown, III, Angela Milby & Rufus Brown
several other relatives & friends survives

She had worked at Oshkosh B’Gosh in Columbia

Funeral service Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home
Clergy officiating Rev. Darrell Pelston
Interment in Jones Chapel Cemetery in Casey County
Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home in charge of funeral arrangements
Visitation after 9:00 AM Monday

NANCY DICE, 86 years of Columbia, KY formerly of Detroit, Michigan passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at Summit Manor Nursing Home in Columbia, KY after several months illness.

She was born in Columbia, KY on October 14, 1931 the daughter of the late Herbert Wilkinson and Jessie Conover Wilkinson Riddle

She was preceded in death by her husband; Owen John Dice on October 28, 2001

Survived by her best pet friend Lady, a sister in law Marion of Detroit, Michigan caregiver Stacey Hatcher and by several friends

A graveside service will be held Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 2:00 PM at the Tabernacle Cemetery near Neatsville, KY.
Clergy officiating:  Rev. Steven Scott
Visitation will be from 12 noon Sunday until 1:15 PM  at
Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home in Columbia, KY
Interment in the Tabernacle Cemetery
Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Ed Waggener, 78, of Columbia, KY, passed away on the morning of Monday, September 24, 2018 at TJ Samson Hospital in Glasgow, KY due to complications from a heart attack.

He was born on Jamestown Street in Columbia, KY on March 6, 1940, one of six children of E.P. and Audrey Lee Chelf Waggener.  His father who said he’d tired of writing his own full name too many times in his life, insisted this child be given the single name of Ed with no middle name.  In his childhood he was known as Eddie Waggener, but age 26 when he became business owner of the The Edmonton Herald-News, he chose to use his given name.  He said the only time in his life this was a challenge was when he served in the National Guard.  The military did not accept a person with only one name with explanation.  In those documents he had to fill out forms as Ed NMN Waggener – the NMN designating ‘no middle name’.

His father urged him to become a doctor or a lawyer and he applied for and was accepted for both, however, he said he only interested in the possibility of those careers because they’d provide the income to buy the newspaper and allow him to follow his true calling.  He holds degrees from Lindsey Wilson College and Western Kentucky University but his education resulted from a lifetime of reading.
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He wore many professional hats during his career – editor, publisher, salesman, recruiter, purveyor of used books, author and photographer.  He was a leader, mentor, teacher and visionary who was always thinking outside the box and both sons share his entrepreneurial spirit. 

Columbia Magazine.com was Ed Waggener’s magnum opus. His driving force for the last decade of his life was keeping the town updated and amused with stories of its populace. He reported on everything, every day and night, to keep fellow citizens at home and abroad informed about what was happening.  From government meeting and politics to bear sightings to food ways, to obituaries and more, Ed chronicled them.  So long as it was about or related to Columbia and Adair County, KY, and the surrounding six counties, it was presented as news of the utmost importance.  Because to Ed, it all was.

It would be hard to find anyone who loved his town more than he did.  He loved the people of Columbia and Adair County and the region.  He knew family names and the communities the peopled.  He knew every road and path and every bridge and celebrated every accomplishment that made this a better place.
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He is survived by:
His wife of 48 years and partner in writing and photography – Linda Reid Marcum Waggener
His son – Edmund Pendleton “Pen” Waggener and his wife Amy and their children Jonathan Graham Waggener 17, Evan Smith Waggener 15 and Hailey Elizabeth Waggener 6, of Shelbyville, KY
His son – Thomas Marcum “Tom” Waggener and daughter Matilda “Tillie” Ann Waggener 7, of Shelbyville, KY
One brother – Ralph Roy (Glinda) Waggener of Columbia, KY
Three sisters – Wilma Jean (Paul) Cravens of Indianapolis, IN; Helen Fay (LG/Peanut) McKinley of Columbia, KY; Annette (Jim) Richards of Bowling Green, KY
 A host of niece and nephews and all the Columbia Magazine.com family of readers, writers and photographers.

He was preceded in death by his parents and by one brother, Arthur Lee Waggener

A celebration to honor his life will be held Friday, September 28, 2018 at 10:30 A.M. at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home with burial following in Columbia Cemetery
Visitation on Thursday from 4-7pm and after 7am Friday until service time at the funeral home
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Expressions of sympathy are requested to be made to the Ed and Linda Marcum Waggener Writers Scholarship fund at his first college alma mater, Lindsey Wilson College, and may be left at the funeral home or mailed to 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY  42728
Food gifts may be taken to Junior and Connie Stotts at Stotts Construction Company, 203 Burkesville Street.
Grissom-Martin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements

Ralph Cook, of Mount Orab, OH, formerly of Waynesville, OH. 

Beloved husband of Patty Cook for 25 years, loving father of Steve (Jela) Cook of Trenton, OH and Tanya (Brad) Long of Mt. Orab, OH, dear brother of Ronald (Betty) Cook of Waynesville, OH, Ada (Virgil) Fox of Waynesville, OH, caring grandfather of Dakota Long of Mt. Orab, OH and Jessica (Jim) Greene of Wilmington, OH, affectionate great grandfather of Susan, Norah and Claire.

Passed on Tuesday September 25, 2018 at the age of 81. 

He was preceded in death by his first wife Sarah Jenece Cook, a son Michael Cook, brother Carl Cook, sister Sharon Rose Cook and his parents Sherman and Alene Cook. 

He faithfully attended Bible Baptist Church for over 14 years. 

Funeral services will be held 11AM Friday September 28, 2018 at the Bible Baptist Church 990 W. Main Street, Mt. Orab, OH 45154 where friends will be received from 9am until time of service. On Saturday September 29, 2018, a visitation will be held in Liberty KY at Willow Springs United Methodist Church from 11AM til 12 noon and then a graveside service will follow at Willow Springs Cemetery.  Megie Funeral Home Caring for the family in OH and arrangements entrusted to McKinney-Brown Funeral Home in Liberty, KY. An online guestbook is available at www.mckinneybrown.com.

Heistand Parrish of Campbellsville, son of the late Hance Parrish and Maggie Pearl Aaron Parrish was born January 23, 1936 in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 6:00 A.M., Tuesday, September 25, 2018 in Campbellsville.          Age: 82

He was a construction worker and heavy equipment operator.

He united in marriage to Vernith Cox Parrish January 11, 1986. She preceded him in death July 22, 2016.

He is survived by two daughters: Tammy Porter and husband, Gary and Melissa Benfield and husband, Don of Hickory, North Carolina; three grandchildren: Candy Anglin and husband, Ashley of Aynor, South Carolina, Chase Porter and wife, Rachel of Louisville and Hannah Grimes of Hickory, North Carolina; two great-grandchildren, Porter Anglin and Aubree Anglin of Aynor, South Carolina; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by one great-grandson, Thomas Wayne Porter and three brothers and four sisters: Lewis “Sie” Parrish, Otis Parrish, James Parrish, Mary Parrish Keltner, Lou Anna Parrish Cox, Margie Parrish and Leva Parrish Pike.

At Heistand’s request, the body will be cremated.
The family will have a memorial service at a later date.

Expressions of sympathy requested to be donations to the Ronald McDonald House in memory of Thomas Wayne Porter and may be made at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home.