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Food pantry Tuesday at Glensfork Nazarene

Rick Wilson shares that Glensfork Church of the Nazarene will have its food pantry Tuesday December 10, 2024.

It will be held from 4-5pmCT at 7811 Hwy 55 South Road, Columbia.


2024-12-08 20:45:23 | Comments | Printable version

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OCC 2024: Columbia Baptist Church volunteers in Atlanta



2024-12-08 - Atlanta, GA - Photo from Mark Fudge.
Columbia Baptist Church volunteers at the Operation Christmas Child processing center in Atlanta Georgia. The Atlanta center has already processed over one million shoebox gifts with two weeks remaining in the 2024 effort.

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Dianna Joyce Dicken, 62, Taylor County, KY

Dianna Joyce Dicken of Campbellsville passed from this life on Monday, December 2, 2024 in Louisville at the UofL Jewish Hospital after a lengthy illness.

Born in Taylor County on July 17, 1962 to the late John and Mayme (Sprowles) Underwood, she was 62 years of age. She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was of the Baptist faith.


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2024-12-08 20:35:19 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Elizabeth Irene Estes Boston, 80, Green County, KY

Elizabeth Irene Estes Boston, of Greensburg, Kentucky, daughter of the late John William Estes and Birdie Bagby Estes, was born on Saturday, January 15, 1944 in Mell Ridge, Green County, Kentucky and departed this life on Friday, December 6, 2024 at Jane Todd Crawford Hospital. She was 80 years, 10 months, 22 days of age.

She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a homemaker. She loved to be with her children and talking on the phone.


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2024-12-08 20:34:00 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

OCC 2024: Volunteers in Atlanta

From Mark Fudge

The Columbia Baptist Church made their annual trip to the Operation Christmas Child processing center in Atlanta, GA, last week. Atlanta is one of the eight processing centers across the United States that processes OCC shoebox gifts.

Volunteers from Columbia include Mark Fudge, Evan LaBarge, Gail Watkins, Chris Albreckson and Aaron Labarge, Justin Burris, Terri Radford, Kerry Radford, Mark Humphress, Tammy Humphress, Pam Burris, Jackie Phelps, Kathy Phelps, Ralph Jackson, Linda Jackson, Camille Warren, Dave Warren, and Linda Watkins.

Thousands of volunteers converge on these processing centers between Thanksgiving and Christmas to process the boxes that have been collected the week before Thanksgiving. The volunteers donate tens of thousands of hours to help process more than 11 million shoebox gifts before they are sent to children in need.

Click title to see photos of this year's volunteers at the Atlanta processing center.


2024-12-08 16:57:12 | Comments | Printable version

CPD: Columbia man charged with trafficking

By Officer Adam Cravens, PIO
Columbia Police Department

The Columbia Police Department initiated a traffic stop on Russell Road/HWY 80 on Saturday night, December 7, 2024.

After making contact with operator and running his information, the driver was found to have an active warrant out of Barren County, and was taken into custody. After receiving consent to search vehicle, Officers discovered narcotics within the vehicle.


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2024-12-08 16:52:15 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

Congratulations Jenna Snow Grant on upcoming film

From Mayor Pam Hoots

Jenna Snow Grant was in City Hall this week to discuss the upcoming filming in Columbia of her short film, "The Crow." It will be filmed in Columbia. Around 30 visitors with the film crew will be in our community. Please welcome them to Columbia.

Please be watching for more details on her future, and on special events that are being planned related to this.

Congratulations to Jenna!


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Geraldine Baker Whitlock, 95, Green County, KY

Geraldine Baker Whitlock of Greensburg, Kentucky, daughter of the late Demmon Reed Baker and Genevieve Pyle Baker, was born on Sunday, March 17, 1929 in Illinois and departed this life on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. She was 95 years, 8 months, and 17 days of age.

She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of Greasy Creek Baptist Church. She retired from Mallory's as a line worker after 27 years. She was united in marriage to Voris Whitlock on December 20, 1947, who preceded her in death on September 11, 2013.


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2024-12-08 10:38:38 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Be artsy - join creative friends at Arts meeting

By Joyce Coomer

The Adair County Arts Council, "Embracing the Arts In and Around Adair County," will be meeting at 5pmCT on Thursday, December 12, 2024. Everyone is welcome.

Park in back for the meeting in the lower level of the Adair Welcome and Development Center, 201 Burkesville Street, Columbia, Ky.


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Ronnie" Colman Brown, 79, Taylor County, KY

Ronald "Ronnie" Colman Brown of Campbellsville, KY, the son of the late Colman Brown and Helen Skaggs Brown was born on June 13, 1945, and departed this life on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, in Campbellsville. He was 79 years of age.

He was of the Baptist Faith and was a farmer. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, and he was a jokester, a storyteller, and a family man.


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Kenneth Robertson, 91, Russell County, KY

Kenneth Roe "Wolfman" Robertson, age 91, of Russell Springs, died on December 4, 2024. He was born on February 2, 1933 the son of the late Ollis and Ica Luttrell Robertson.

He was a Veteran of the United States Army serving from August 18, 1955 to August 18, 1957 at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri, Fort Riley Kansas and Fort Collins Colorado. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer and a member of New Friendship United Baptist Church.

In March of 1962, Robertson began his embalmer and funeral director apprenticeship at H. E. Pruitt Memory Chapels in Jamestown Kentucky and was a 1965 graduate of the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science in Louisville, Kentucky.


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Jennifer Ann Farlee, 55, Cumberland Coubnty, KY

Jennifer Ann (Bowles) Farlee of Marrowbone, Kentucky, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at the U.K. Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, having attained the age of 55 years, 7 months and 17 days. She was born on Wednesday, April 16, 1969 in Glasgow, Kentucky, the daughter of William Jr. Bowles & Terry (Slayton) Bowles-Scott. She was of the Christian faith and a loving homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Catherine & Bill Bowles, maternal grandparents, Sanford & Myrtle Slayton, father-in-law, Joseph Farlee, and several aunts & uncles.

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2024-12-08 10:22:05 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries


Birthdays and Anniversaries for December 8
Happy Anniversary, Loy and Rita Coomer | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Sharon and Steve Stotts | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Troy and Beth Kimbler (1995) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Christa Celeste Bardin (2001) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Grayson Lee (2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Hayley Elizabeth Coffey (2005) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jaclyn Smith | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jo Schorman (1958) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kelly Holland (1968) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lynda Wilkerson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Marcy McCanmmish | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Nona M. Hadley (1922) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Phillip Franklin (1972) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Red Burris | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Talyn Wheeler | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tamara Keen | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tevin Harvey (2004) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Orphra Hreha, 88, Casey County, KY (1928-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Eudean Workman, Greensburg, KY (1926-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ella J. Holmes, Campbellsville, KY (1931-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Leslie Brown (Red) Thrasher, Burkesville, KY (1939-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Thomas (Tom) Milby, Campbellsville, KY (1942-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Robert AtkinsonTaylor Co., KY (1966) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Susan Grant, Adair Co., KY (1964) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Delma Lee McQueary, Russell Co., KY (1921) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bonnie Sue Gaffron, Adair County, KY (1950) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vaughan Sharp, Taylor County, KY (1937-2012) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charlene Dowell Dunbar, Russell County, KY (1947) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Boyce W. Pickett, Green County, KY (1921-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bro. Sam Burris, Adair Co., KY (1950-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty D. Lewis, Summersville, KY (1935-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Eli Parrigin, Columbia, KY (1947-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Billy Tupman, 79, Russell County, KY (1934-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Willie (Billy) Brewington, Cumbeland Co., KY (1938-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David Alan (Jigger) Ray, Green Co., KY (1960-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alva Reeder Lofton, 82, Russell County, KY | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Fred (Freddie) Luttrell, Casey County, KY (1943-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Lisa G. Edwards, Taylor Co., KY (1963-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Jason Eli (Jay) Johnson, Campbellsville, KY (1974-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, George Wallace Shirley, Metcalfe Co., KY (1946-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Drama (LaVerne) McGinnis Davenport, Casey County, Kentucky (1932-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bro. Bobby Clark, Bethelridge, Casey County, KY (1943-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Johnnie Brenda Finley Harlan, 74, Burkesville, KY (1943-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Leon Johnson , 67, Taylor County, KY (1950-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cheryl Jones Powell, 53, Albany, KY (1967-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dr. William R. (Randy) Davenport, 95, Campbellsville, KY (1925-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dwayne T. Coomer, Russell Co., KY, Adair Co. KY native (1964-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Janet Wood, 65, Adair Co., KY native (1955-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Margie Breeding Coomer, 98, Columbia, KY (1924-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rhonda Lee Turner, 71, Cave City, KY (1949-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sherlene Rooks, 72, Columbia, KY (1949-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shirley Patterson Underwood, 73, Campbellsville, KY (1949-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shirley T. Burton, 81, Columbia, KY (1939-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Sunday, December 8, 2024
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
9:30amCT2024 Hanging of the Greens Service at Trinity Church | (ID:68108, Comment)
1:00pmCTHome Tour is today in Adair County - get tickets at the door of any home | (ID:68124, Comment)
2:00pmCTService for David Collins, 36, Adair County, KY (1988-2024) | (ID:68122, Comment)
2:30pmCTAdair Co. Community Choir Christmas Concert | (ID:68121, Comment)
4:00pmCTCanceled: Little League Basketball Tomahawk Division Game 2 | (ID:68080, Comment)
6:00pmCTAntioch Church Christmas play, "The Christmas Feud" | (ID:67958, Comment)
Christmas Play at Whites Chapel Separate Baptist Church | (ID:67973, Comment)
Cane Valley Baptist Church Christmas Program | (ID:68116, Comment)
7:00pmCTA Doublewide, Texas Christmas play in Edmonton | (ID:67970, Comment)

 


































 
 
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