Obituaries

May 13, 2019

Mrs. Deborah “Debby" S. Cassetty, age 65 of Jamestown, KY formerly of Franklin, KY, passed away Monday, May 13, 2019 at 9:20 AM at the Jean Waddle Care Center in Somerset, KY.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home where services will be held at 1:00 PM Thursday, May 16, 2019 with burial to follow...

May 11, 2019

Mr. William “Bill” H. Durham, age 70 of Franklin, KY, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 2:00 PM at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN.

Bill was born August 18, 1948 to the late Fred H. Durham and the late Clemmie Olean Johns Durham.  His father-in-law Henry Rowe preceded him in death.

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May 5, 2019

Mr. Leslie Melton “Les” Baxter, age 79 of Franklin, KY, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2019 at the Kindred Hospital in Louisville, KY.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home where services will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday, May 9, 2019 with burial to follow in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin, KY....

Apr 29, 2019

Mrs. Lois Gregory, age 91 of Franklin, KY, passed away Monday, April 29, 2019 at 9:15 PM at the Medical Center in Franklin, KY.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home where services will be held at 1:00 PM Thursday, May 2, 2019 at the Roberts Tabernacle Church of God of Prophecy at 1801 Fairfield...

Apr 29, 2019

Mr. Roy Mellott Jr., age 66 of Franklin, KY, passed away Monday, April 29, 2019 at 12:26 PM at the Medical Center in Bowling Green, KY.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home where services will be held at 6:00 PM Friday, May 3, 2019. Cremation will follow services.

Roy was...

Apr 27, 2019

Mrs. Shirley Brown Fehrle, age 69 of Westmoreland, TN, died at April 27, 2019 at her residence.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home. All services are private.

Shirley was born December 22, 1949 in Gallatin, TN to the late A.V. Brown and the late Hattie L. Heath Brown.  She was the wife...

Apr 25, 2019

Mrs. Suzanne Towe, age 64 of Franklin, KY, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 07:12 AM at the Hospice House in Bowling Green, KY.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, April 28, 2019 at Calvary Baptist Church in Franklin, KY. Burial will follow in...

Apr 13, 2019

Mr. Phillip Hendley Goostree, age 76, of Cross Plains, TN, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019 at his residence.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home where services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, April 17, 2019 with burial in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Orlinda, TN.

Phillip was born...

Apr 13, 2019

Mrs. Ruth Van Gann Strain, age 87 of Franklin, KY, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 6:35 am at the Medical Center in Franklin, KY.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home where services will be held at 2:00 pm Tuesday, April 16, 2019 with burial to follow in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin,...

Apr 12, 2019

Mr. Charles Walker, age 78 of St. Paul, MN passed away Friday, April 12, 2019 at Diversicare Nursing Facility in Amory, MS.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM April 20, 2019 at the Franklin Community Church at 822 Blackjack Rd Franklin, KY with burial to follow...

Apr 12, 2019

Mrs. Kathryn Jane Tallent, age 74 of Franklin, KY, passed away Friday, April 12, 2019 at 10:10 AM at her residence.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home where services will be held at 1:00 PM Monday April 15, 2019 with burial to follow in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin, KY.

Kathryn was...

Apr 11, 2019

Retired Small Business Entrepreneur & Genealogist Ann Gorin Prothro dies at 12:10 PM, Thursday, April 11, 2019 at her residence in Bowling Green, KY.

Daughter of NCAA & NFL football coach, J. Thompson “Tommy” Prothro, Jr., of Memphis, TN, and Ann Murrell Gorin of Savannah, GA, ANN GORIN PROTHRO was born 27 Dec 1943 in Memphis, Shelby...

Apr 7, 2019

A former Simpson Co., KY native, Mr. Junior Hicks, age 82, of Louisville, KY, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2019 at Baptist Floyd Hospital in New Albany, IN.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home where services will be held at 1:00 PM Friday, April 12, 2019 with burial to follow in the Sulphur Spring...

Mar 31, 2019

Mr. Terry Roberts, age 75, of Franklin, KY, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019 at 1:09 PM at the Commonwealth Regional Specialty Hospital in Bowling Green, KY.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home where services will be held at 1:00 PM Thursday, April 4, 2019 with burial to follow in the Sulphur Spring Cemetery...

Mar 25, 2019

Mr. James “Jimmy” M. Graves, age 57 of Franklin, KY passed away Monday, March 25, 2019 at 6:28 AM at his residence in Franklin, KY.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home where services will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, March 27, 2019 with burial to follow at Buck Allen/Middlefork Cemetery in Allen Co.,...

Mar 21, 2019

Mr. Gerald Dale Carter, age 75 of Franklin, KY, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 9:32 PM at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home. Cremation was chosen and a memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, March 30, 2019 at the Calvary Baptist...

Mar 14, 2019

Mrs. Pauline Spellman, age 79 of Franklin, KY, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 8:25 AM at her residence.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home where services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, March 17, 2019 with burial to follow in the Restlawn Memory Gardens in Simpson Co., KY.

Mar 12, 2019

Mrs. Dorothea Alice Taylor, age 92 of Cape Coral Florida, formally Franklin, KY, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 12:23 PM at the Hope Hospice House in Fort Myers Florida.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home where services will be held at 10:30 AM Monday, March 18, 2019 with burial to follow in...

Mar 6, 2019

Mrs. Jeannie Bunch Madison, age 51 of Adolphus, KY, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 6:14 PM at her residence.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gilbert Funeral Home where services will be held at 2:30 PM Sunday, March 10, 2019 with burial to follow in the Sulphur Spring Cemetery in Simpson Co., KY.

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Mar 3, 2019

Sarah L. Jackson Smith, age 91, Louisville, KY, formerly of Franklin, KY passed away peacefully after a brief illness on March 3, 2019.

Born June 30, 1927, Sarah was the daughter of the late J. H. Jackson and Allie Reeder Jackson. She was raised in the Drake community of Warren Co.  After high school Sarah attended Western...