The Lebanon Enterprise

07/25/2024

Anna Bell Thomas, 92
Anna Bell Thomas, age 92 of Loretto, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at Springfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born May 16, 1932 in Saint Francis. She was a homemaker. She was a very religious person. She enjoyed working puzzles, going out to eat, and spending time with her family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Charles Thomas; her parents, Bernard Clarence and Mary Edna Nevitt Mattingly; two sisters, Mary Aline Wilson and Mary Dell Wilson, who was her twin; three brothers, Richard, Cleveland, and Gatton Mattingly. Survivors include three daughters, Mary Ann Grigsby of Springfield, Joyce Drury of Springfield and Diane Morgeson (Donnie) of Lebanon; one son, Charles Lawrence “Larry” Thomas (Charlotte) of Loretto; 11 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 6785 Highway 52, Loretto. Rev. Richard Goodin will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. by Rev. Deacon Joseph R. Dant.

07/24/2024

About 40 cyclists came to Lebanon on July 19 to honor a fallen officer at a plaque dedicated to him outside the Sheriff’s office.

07/24/2024

David Daugherty remembers a time not that long ago when Marion County used to have industrial basketball leagues and tournaments for adults.

07/24/2024

Last week, members of the greater Kentucky Holy Land community had a chance to walk through history.

07/24/2024

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07/22/2024

John Kolton Eugene Sallee, 10
John Kolton Eugene Sallee, age 10 of Gravel Switch, died Friday, July 19, 2024, due to an accident. He was born January 27, 2014. He was to enter fourth grade at Glasscock Elementary School. He loved riding dirt bikes, farming, going to the stock yards and all things outdoors. He was preceded in death by his aunt, Jenna Rose Bartley.

Survivors include his parents, Virginia Sparrow and John Sallee; three siblings, Dylan Loveland of Springfield, Wyatt McElroy, at home, and his twin Jaxson Sallee, at home; several grandparents including Larry and Janet Sparrow of Springfield, Frank and Becky Bartley of Bardstown, Ron and Susie Lampkin of Willisburg, Charles and Brenda McElroy of Finley and Eva Sallee of Liberty; several aunts and uncles including Paula Sparrow of Springfield, Teresa Jutz of Bloomfield, Steve Jutz (April) of Lexington, James Sparrow of Louisville, Jessie Sparrow of Willisburg, Jessica Bartley of Louisville, Jennifer Bartley of Raywick, Jackie Bartley of Nicholasville, Amanda McElroy aka Antz of Finley, Joshua Sallee of Campbellsville and Heavenly Sallee of Campbellsville.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto. Bro. Jacob Anders will officiate. Interment will follow in Mount Zion Cemetery.

The visitation will be 3-8 p.m. Tuesday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto.

Pallbearers are his brothers and Stacy Nally, Matthew Nally, Bella Sellers, Trey Dones & Becca Dones. Honorary Pallbearers are his entire 4th grade class.

07/18/2024

Theresa Elaine Wathen, age 60 of Loretto, passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at Flaget Memorial Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born June 10, 1964 in Nelson County. She worked at Curtis Maruyasu American in Lebanon with more than 20 years of employment. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John Michael Wathen who died 2-11-2020; her father, William T. “Frank” Clark; her sister, Marian E. Higdon.

Survivors include her daughter, Cassidy Nalley (Sam) of Loretto; two grandchildren, Oaklyn and Treasie; three stepchildren, Mary Lee White (Dean) of Loretto, John T. Wathen (Treca) of Bardstown and Craig Wathen (Amber) of Lebanon; 10 step grandchildren; her mother, Lorene Peake Clark of Holy Cross; five sisters, Darlene Wideman (David) of Radcliff, Jane Dragoo (Jimmy), Cathy Fenwick (Mike), and Lola Ballard (Ralph), all of Bardstown and Roxanne Norris (Glenn) of Holy Cross; seven brothers, Frankie Clark (Rhonda Krauss) of Bardstown, Eddie Clark (Nancy Leigh) of Holy Cross, Charles Clark (Elaine) of Loretto, Johnny, Mark (Cathy), and Phillip Clark, all of Holy Cross, and Steve Clark of Saint Francis; one brother-in-law, Bob Higdon of Bardstown; many nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 20, 2024 at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 59 New Haven Road, Loretto. Rev. Richard Goodin will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

The visitation will be 3-8 p.m. Friday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. by Rev. Deacon Joseph R. Dant.

07/17/2024

07/17/2024

Join us and Johnny Rocker, IV - Attorney at Law in downtown Lebanon for the Kentucky Sports Radio remote tomorrow July 18th in Court Square on Main Street. The KSR Pre-Show kicks things off at 9am, followed by Ryan, Drew and the rest of the gang getting started with the KSR show at 10am. We hope to see you there!!!

07/17/2024

William C. Stafford, 79
William C. Stafford, of Bradfordsville, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at Green Hill Rehab and Care. He was 79.
Born on February 17, 1945, in Boyle County, Kentucky, he was a son of the late Hiram Hunter and Mary Ruth Dean Stafford. William was a phone repairman for GTE Corporation. He was a member of South Fork Community Church where he also served as deacon and treasurer. William was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Bradfordsville.
William is survived by his wife, Sue Ann Lane Stafford, who he wed on February 23, 1964; a son, Steve (Melissa) Stafford of Junction City; and one granddaughter, Allison Stafford.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by five sisters, Betty, Rachel, Sylvia, Barbara, and Norma; and three brothers.
A memorial service will be held at South Fork Community Church in Bradfordsville at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, July 19, 2024, with Bro. Dwight Hatter officiating. Burial will be held at the Lebanon National Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may take the form of donations to Hosparus Health or South Fork Community Church.
Arrangements for Mr. William C. Stafford are entrusted to McKinney-Brown Funeral Home. An online guestbook is available at www.mckinneybrown.com.

07/17/2024

Cooler weather than usual and a sky full of clouds greeted a group of women ranging in age from college to retirement meeting at 9 in the morning.

07/17/2024

Returning to Graham Memorial Park after three state tournament wins earlier in the week, the Marion County 12U All-Stars battled their way to the state champion title on Saturday.

07/17/2024

At his pretrial conference on July 11, Dailin Marquez Brown-Graves found out that he will be facing the death penalty when his case goes to trial in November.

07/17/2024

With the inaugural Cornbread Heritage Festival a month away, organizers Desmond Spalding and Chris Smith appeared before the Lebanon City Council at their July 8 meeting to provide council members

07/12/2024

Rose Mary Donahue, 83
Rose Mary Donahue, loving wife and mother, passed away peacefully on Wednesday July 10, 2024 at her home in Bardstown. She was 83 years old. She was born July 8, 1941 in Marion County. She was a graduate of Saint Francis High School and former volunteer to the Saint Francis picnic and bereavement meals. She was a homemaker and a retired employee of the Loretto Motherhouse. She enjoyed crocheting, bunco, and spending time with family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Francis Kendrick “F.K.” Beaven, Jr. and Mary Rose “Rosie” Cissell Beaven; one sister, Jean Donahue.

Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Thomas J. “Tommy” Donahue; three children, Rosemarie Wise (Tim) of Charlestown, Indiana, Thomas Julian Donahue, Jr. (Lee) of Louisville and Todd Donahue (Rebecca) of Floyds K***s, Indiana; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren; three sisters, Joyce Leake of Lebanon, Ann Bunch of New Albany, Indiana, and Debbie Higgins (Earl) of Campbellsburg; four brothers, Ken (Lois), David (Eva), and Bobby Beaven, all of Louisville and Dick Beaven (Sheila) of Henderson.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 13, 2024 at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 6785 Highway 52, Loretto. Rev. Richard Goodin will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

The visitation is 4-8 p.m. Friday and 9–10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto. Prayer services will be held at 7 p.m. Friday by Rev. Deacon Joseph R. Dant.

Memorials may go to Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital or to Masses.

07/09/2024

The NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center has upgraded the risk level for Marion County to a Level 2 (Slight). The chance of isolated storms with strong winds and possible spin up tornadoes is increasing.

07/09/2024

07/08/2024

Waves of scattered showers and storms will move across the area Tuesday into Wednesday before clearing the area Wednesday evening as the impacts from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl moves through the area.
The heaviest rainfall is still expected to occur to the northwest of the area across southern Illinois and central Indiana, although localized flooding issues would be possible where heavy rainfall rates occur in thunderstorms.
There is also the potential for strong to severe storms Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday evening. At this time, the main time window for strong storms would be between 4 PM and 2 AM EDT Tuesday/Tue Night. The severe chances are still uncertain and may change depending on the amount of clearing and instability Tuesday afternoon. The Storm Prediction Center notes that severe risk levels may need to increase if confidence increases in more clearing tomorrow. Localized areas of damaging winds and brief spin-up tornadoes will be possible with severe storms.

07/08/2024

Randy Lanham, 69
Randy Lanham, age 69, of Gravel Switch, passed away on Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at Spring View Hospital with his loving wife by his side.
He was born on April 9, 1955 in Lebanon to the late Lucas Andrew Lanham and Vire Lee Lanham. Mr. Lanham was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He was a member of Arbuckle Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Otis Andrew Lanham.
Survivors include his loving wife, Frances Lanham; three children, Heather Nalley, Andrew Lanham, Franklin “Frank” Lanham; six grandchildren, Kaylee Nalley, Lucas Nalley, Joshua Lanham, Aliyah Mattingly, Grace Lanham, Cataleya Lanham; great-grandson, Elijah Wheeler.
Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service on Monday, July 8, 2024 at Bosley Funeral Home.
Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, July 8, 2024 at Bosley Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Bo Sherrill. Interment to follow in Haysville Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Lucas Nalley, Lee Nalley, Tommy Newton, Joshua Lanham, Jerry Orberson, Dallas Carlton, Earl Orberson, Chris Wheeler.

07/03/2024

A Heat Advisory is in effect this afternoon and evening. Heat Index values within the advisory area could be as high as 109 degrees. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop by mid to late afternoon and continue into tonight, with the greatest coverage over southern Indiana and central Kentucky. Some of the storms will be capable of strong gusty winds and torrential downpours.

07/03/2024

LORETTO — Celebrating its 200th year at the current Motherhouse location, last Thursday the Sisters of Loretto joined with over 100 members of the wider Kentucky community to walk more

07/03/2024

In another step to help ensure the safety of Marion County residents, the Marion County Emergency Management Agency is now a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador.

07/03/2024

It took a jury a little over a half hour to find Dale Dorsey not guilty on three of the 40 sexually related charges he was facing against two minor