Carl Phillip “Uno” Brown, age 44 departed this life on Monday, May 6, 2024 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born on Thursday, December 20, 1979 in Manchester, Kentucky to Carl Brown and Melia Lou Byrd McClure. He was a member of the Burning Springs Fire Department and the Clay County Cruisers.
Carl Phillip “Uno” Brown
Melinda Nicole Mills (Britton Funeral Home)
Melinda Nicole Mills, 31, of Barbourville, KY, passed away Friday, May 3rd, at St. Joseph Hospital in London, KY. Melinda was born in Manchester, KY on July 5, 1992.
Senior Trooper Jonathan Christopher 'JJ' Johnson (Unit 925, KSP)
Senior Trooper Jonathan Christopher ‘JJ’ Johnson, Unit 925 (KSP), 48 of Bowling Green passed away on April 30, 2024, at 10:31 a.m. in a motor vehicle crash in Bowling Green, Kentucky
Jonathan “JJ” Johnson was a good guy, who was always willing to help others. He loved his wife and family dearly and would frequently express, “they are my whole life.” He loved his job and even from a young age wanted to be a State Trooper. He enjoyed playing pranks on his family and friends and making even tough situations humorous. JJ was a member and attended Fairview Memorial Missionary Baptist Church having joined on June 26, 2016 after being saved in 2011. He was born on January 29, 1976 in Bowling Green, Kentucky to the late Charles M. Johnson, III and Mary Louise Dickerson Miller, who survives.
Kathy Faye Spurlock (Rominger Funeral Home)
Kathy Faye Spurlock, age 67 passed away on Friday, May 3, 2024 at the AdventHealth of Manchester. She was born on Saturday, March 9, 1957 in Manchester to Jeff Spurlock and Barbara Griffin Spurlock Moore. She was a member of the Garrard Baptist Church and worked at Wal-Mart for some time.
Jimmy Burchell (Rominger Funeral Home)
Jimmy Burchell, age 92 went to his heavenly home on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at his home. He was born on Sunday, June 14, 1931 in Manchester, Kentucky to the union of Theophilus Toulmin and Edna (Ted) Howard Burchell.
Jimmy attended the Manchester Elementary School, Clay County High School, the Ben Lippen Boys School in Asheville, North Carolina, Pikeville College, Kings College of Delaware, The Philadelphia Bible Institute and the Asbury College. He spent his life as a dairy farmer, a Bible Teacher at the Christian Fellowship Tabernacle Church, he worked for the Department of Social Services, worked in Mining Detonation and was an award winning Taxidermist.
Jimmy was an avid hunter, fisherman, dog trainer, he raised Deer (Buck John and Jamie), loved taking his family to the community swimming pool every summer evening and loved watching his children play sports as well as an avid UK fan, a piano player, accordion player, song writer, amateur Archaeologist and Arrowhead Hunter. He and the County Judge were instrumental in preserving the Red Bird Petroglyphs that fell onto the road and is now displayed to the public at the Rawlings and Stinson Park.
He was a strength training Coach for the Clay County High School Lady Tigers and loved the Lady Tigers very much.
Jimmy was also an author, he wrote several books pertaining to ancient writings found in Clay County and surround counties and was featured in some nationally televised documentaries, he also studied locally grown herbs that could benefit certain illnesses but his greatest and true passion was reading and studying the Bible. He considered himself a Bible Teacher (not a preacher), a passion he performed for over 70 years. Ephesians 3:9 is written above the front door of his church “and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ”. Faith was the centerpiece of his many lessons… “without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6)
John D. "J.D." Bowling (Britton Funeral Home)
John D. Bowling, 88, of Manchester, KY, passed away Saturday, May 4th, at the AdventHealth Manchester Hospital. J.D. was born in Clay County, on August 19th, 1935, a son of the late Ernest and Sudie Sizemore Bowling.
Charles Anthony Thompson (Rominger Funeral Home)
Charles Anthony Thompson, age 36 passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in Danville, Kentucky. He was born on Saturday, May 16, 1987 in London, Kentucky to Clifford and Mossie (Bowling) Thompson.
