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Mr. Troy L. Clere, 51, of Murray, passed away on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville. Troy was born in Marion, OH to Rev. E.F. and Nancy White Clere on May 8, 1967. He was an avid sports fan and softball player. Troy proudly served his country in the United States Air Force and was a veteran of Operation Desert Storm. He worked for AECOM as an Aviation Air Frame Engineer. His mother, Nancy Louise Clere, precedes him in death. Those left to cherish his memory...

Zee Enix, 95, died November 10, 2018, at the Calloway-County Hospital. Zee was born in Harlan county and raised in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. After serving the Army during WWII, Zee attended Aviation School in Texas. He married Martha Stidham in 1946 and they moved to Murray in 1950. Zee and Martha opened Enix Interiors, a quality furniture and interior design store on Chestnut Street. Upon their retirement after 35 years in business they sold the building to Chuck Wynn who still...

Mr. Preston Alexander Jewell, 84, of Murray passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at the Anna Mae Owen Hospice House. Mr. Jewell was born on August 7, 1934 in Calloway County to the late Arthur and Ruby Knight Jewell. He proudly served his country for 20 years in the United States Navy where he retired as an Aviation Electrician 1st Class. He served in Korea and China. Later, Preston retired from General Tire and was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Those preceding him death include his...

Virginia Lorene Scott 90 of DeMotte passed away on November 1, 2018 with her loving family by her side. Born on August 21, 1928 to the late Robert(Lucy Downs) Luttrell. She was married to Vernon Scott who preceded her. Virginia was a member of the First Baptist Church of Roselawn, she enjoyed spending time at the Fase Senior Center, as well as cooking and crocheting. She was devoted to her children and grandchildren, and always had a smile to share with everyone. She was preceded in death by...

Mrs. Mary Lee Ramsey, age 76, of Murray, Kentucky, died, Thursday, November 01, 2018, at the Murray Calloway County Hospital. She was born in Murray, Kentucky on November 4, 1941 to the late Charles Thomas and Faye Adams Miller. She was retired from Woodcrafters Furniture Gallery in Murray she had also previously owned Ramsey's Discount Shoes and had been a teller for the Bank of Murray. She was graduate of the Almo High School and had attended Murray State University. Mrs. Ramsey was a...

Mr. Joey Carnell Lawson, age 82 of Dexter, KY died on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at his home. He was retired from the Peoria Sanitary District and was a member of Hardin Church of Christ. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, and member of the CB Club. Born Monday, May 18, 1936 in Benton, KY, he was the son of the late Emmett Lawson and the late Mayme (Smith) Lawson. Surviving are son, Christopher Springhill, TN, daughter, Veronica Lawson of Dexter, KY, brother, Merle Lawson of Congerville,...

Mr. Larry Geib, age 60, of Murray, Kentucky, died on Friday, October 19, 2018, at the Murray-Calloway County Hospital. Mr. Geib was born December 20, 1957 in Akron, Ohio to the late Garnett Clay Geib and Lorraine Smith Geib. He was an employee of the Kentucky Department of Revenue as a state property assessor. He was a 1980 graduate of Murray State University with a B.S. and was member of the First Baptist Church of Murray. Mr. Geib also enjoyed many years with the Youth Baseball...

Mr. Terry E. Smith, age 78, of Murray, Kentucky, died on Friday, September 28, 2018 at the St. Thomas - Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mr. Smith was born in Evansville, Indiana on August 23, 1940 to the late Russell and LaRue Smith. Mr. Smith was a retired chemist with ISP in Calvert City, Kentucky and was a member of the University Church of Christ. In addition to his parents, Mr. Smith was preceded in death by his wife, Linda Smith. Mr. Smith is survived by two...

Mrs. Rebecca Jo Clark, age 90, of Murray, Kentucky died Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Clark was born in Giles County, Tennessee on August 11, 1928 to the late Robert Lee Clark and Mary Elise (Clark) Clark. She was a homemaker and a member of the Glendale Road Church of Christ. Survivors include her husband Howell, to whom she was married on June 1, 1958 in Pulaski, Tennessee; one daughter, Susan Elise Mayfield and husband Keenan of Murray ,Kentucky; one son, Robert Van...

Mrs. Martha L. Lovett, 90, of Murray, passed away on Monday, September 10, 2018 at Spring Creek Healthcare with her family by her side. Mrs. Lovett was born in Trigg County, KY on December 11, 1927 to the late James "Dee" Oakley and Lula Smith Oakley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas E. Lovett; a sister, Dorothy Morris; two brothers, Clovis Oakley and Eura Oakley. Those that are left to cherish her memory include two daughters, Carolyn...