All Obituaries

Doris Jean Mastin Franklin, 81, formerly of Lexington, wife of the late Charles Neal Franklin, passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at her home in Harrison County. Born November 6, 1940 in Harrison County to the late Tilford Earl & Lucy Jane Spegal Mastin, she was a 1958 graduate of Harrison County High School and worked for many years as a legal secretary with the Kincaid, Wilson, Schaeffer & Hembree Law Firm and later with Charles R. Hembree, Attorney at Law. Doris lived for...

Melanie Carroll Jenkins, 53, passed away Saturday, January 15, 2022  at Harrison Memorial Hospital. A native of Harrison County, she was born May 2, 1968, had been a cashier at several area convenience stores and was of the Seventh-day Adventist Faith. Survivors include her parents, Stanley & Maxie Sims Jenkins; 4 brothers: Christopher (Penny) James, Anthony (Cherie) Jenkins, Troy (Hillary) Jenkins & Brandon Jenkins; and 3 special aunts: Ruth Wright–who was like a second...

Ruth Geraldine “Gerri” Poynter, 97, wife of the late Lloyd V. Poynter, passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at Baptist Health-Lexington. Born October 28, 1924 in Harrison County to the late Milton & Delilah Criswell Carr, she was a longtime member of Benson United Methodist Church and a retired employee of Standard Products in Lexington. Survivors include her daughter, Donna (Harold) Harpe, of Lexington; and 2 grandsons: Danny Harpe and Brian Poynter, along with a...

Opal Frances Noel Griffin, 77, wife of the late Paul Griffin, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2022 at Grand Haven Nursing Home. Born August 10, 1944 in Scott County to the late Clarence & Gracie B. White Noel, she was a devoted homemaker who enjoyed needle-crafting and was of the Christian faith. Surviving are 4 children: Connie (Ronald T., Jr.) Kiskaden, of Cynthiana, Elizabeth Mathison, of Hudson, Wisconsin, Wade (Wanda) Field, of Jordan, Minnesota, and William Clyde Field, of St....

Elizabeth Nichole Stanfield, 28, passed away Monday, January 3, 2022. Born November 16, 1993 in Harrison County, she was a licensed CNA, a talented pianist and member of Wagoner’s Chapel United Methodist Church. Surviving are her mother, Lori Watkins (Jeffrey Alan) Seivers; her father, Robert (Antonia) Stanfield; 2 sons, Elliot Wayne & Cooper Alan Burkhart; her grandmothers, Bettye Watkins and Nina Stanfield; and 7 siblings. She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Jerry...

Clinton Clark Buckner, 85, husband of Ida Baldwin Buckner, passed away Friday, December 24, 2021 at his home.  Born November 7, 1936 in Robertson County to the late William Thomas, Sr. & Hazel Godby Buckner, he was a U.S. Army veteran and retired heavy equipment operator.  Additional survivors include a brother, Robert Buckner, of Warren, Ohio, along with several nieces & nephews.  Also preceding him in death were a brother, William Thomas Buckner, Jr., and a...

Jane Elizabeth Berry Martin, 99, wife of the late Calvin Joseph Martin, passed away Monday, December 20, 2021 at Cedar Ridge Health Campus. Born June 2, 1922 in Harrison County to the late Clarence F. & Carrie Batte Berry, she was a University of Kentucky graduate with a degree in elementary education and member of the Cynthiana Christian Church.  A longtime teacher in the Harrison County School System, Jane taught at Renaker, Buena Vista, Connersville, Marshall and Westside...

Larry Wayne Wagoner, 81, of Maineville, Ohio, was the epitome of the life fully lived. Born in a fire house in rural Bourbon County, Ky, he would learn the value of guns for food and God as his guide. He was well known as Executive Chef and father of many, but lesser known to have ridden bulls in rodeo, parachuted out of planes in the army, self-taught artist and musician, traveled extensively worldwide, founding member of the Chefs de Cuisine Cincinnati chapter, and winner of Escoffier...

Larry Farley Curry, 77, husband of Ruth Gale Webb Curry, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2021 at his home. Born November 6, 1944 in Matewan, West Virginia to the late Willis Bennie & Laura Belle Toler Curry, he was of the Baptist Faith. Larry lived and raised his family in the small community of Rawl, West Virginia just outside Williamson. He began his working life as an electrician in the coal mines, but moved on from there to pursue his passion of gunsmithing and engraving firearms....

Jeanne Fightmaster Osborne, 96, wife of 61 years to the late Adrian M. Osborne, passed away Friday, November 19, 2021 at her home.  Born September 1, 1925 in Harrison County to the late Wilbert & Louise Kauffman Fightmaster, she was a graduate of Cynthiana High School and Georgetown College, and received her Master’s Degree from the University of Kentucky. She taught French and Latin for 32 years in the public schools of Somerset and Louisville, Kentucky, her last position...