Obituaries

PAUL RIGG

Published on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 12:00am

Paul Louis Rigg, 44, was gathered into the arms of God on Sept. 30, 2020, after a brief but courageous fight with cancer.

TONY EMORE

Published on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 12:00am

Thomas Owen “Tony” Emore, 54, of Buena Vista passed away July 16, 2020. He was a resident of The Shenandoah House in Fishersville.

ERIC SMELTZER

Published on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 12:00am
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Eric Lowell Smeltzer, 65, of Rockbridge Baths, died peacefully on Oct. 6, 2020, at his home.

FLORENCE DEACON

Published on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 12:00am

Florence Deacon, 92, of Lexington, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at Kendal.

DEBRA HUMPHREY

Published on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 12:00am

Debra Leslie Humphrey passed away on Aug. 17, 2020, in her home in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

BOBBY HORNE

Published on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 12:00am
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Bobby Lee Horne, 70, husband of Mary F. Horne, of Laurel Hill Road, Verona, passed away Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the Shenandoah House in Fishersville.

ADAM NICELY

Published on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 12:00am

Adam Claybert Nicely, age 36, went to heaven on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020.

Col. George Piegari, 79, of Lexington died Oct 4 in Roanoke.

Published on Tue, 10/13/2020 - 3:40pm
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COL. GEORGE PIEGARI

Col. George Piegari, 79, of Lexington died Oct 4 in Roanoke.

Eric Smeltzer, 65, of Rockbridge Baths died Oct. 6

Published on Tue, 10/13/2020 - 9:00am
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Eric Lowell Smeltzer, 65, of Rockbridge Baths, died peacefully on Oct. 6, 2020, at his home.

Debra Leslie Humphrey died Aug. 17

Published on Fri, 10/09/2020 - 1:56pm

Debra Leslie Humphrey passed away on Aug. 17, 2020, in her home in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

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