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Nell Gay (Bowles) Smoot

March 10, 1938 ~ January 18, 2018 (age 79) 79 Years Old

Nell Smoot Obituary

Nell Gay Bowles Smoot, 79, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Johnson-Mathers Nursing Home.

Born March 10, 1938 in Nicholas County to the late George & Pauline Jolly Bowles, she was a devoted mother, grandmother & homemaker and member of the Carlisle Christian Church.

Survivors include 3 sons: Kenneth Carl (Connie) Smoot, of Carlisle, Steve Wilson (Marsha) Smoot and Johnny Lee Smoot, both of Georgetown; 2 daughters: Diane Roser (Johnny Lane) and Betty Jo (Kevin) Booth, both of Carlisle; a sister, Ann Wigglesworth, of Carlisle; 7 grandchildren: Amy (Chris) Jones, Trevor Smoot, Tiffany (Nick) Phillips, Brian (Julie) Smoot, Jessica Marcum (Jarrod Vice), Jen (Casey) Emberton and Myla Wilson-Booth; 10 great-grandchildren: Carson & Trevor Jones, Gunner, Houston & Braxton Smoot, McKinley Phillips, Lindsee & Micha Rison, and Atticus & Myan Emberton.

Also preceding her in death were a daughter, Marsha Wayne Smoot, a brother, Fred Wayne Bowles, and a great-granddaughter, Kali Grace Phillips.

Services will be 1:00 P.M. Monday, January 22, 2018 at Mathers-Gaunce Funeral Home by Rev. Steve Smith with burial to follow in the Carlisle Cemetery.

Visitation will be after 5:00 P.M. Sunday.

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Services

Visitation
Sunday
January 21, 2018

5:00 PM
Mathers-Gaunce Funeral Home
105 S. Locust Street
Carlisle, Kentucky 40311


Mathers-Gaunce Funeral Home
105 S. Locust Street
Carlisle, Kentucky 40311

Donations

Johnson-Mathers Nursing Home Activities Fund
2323 Concrete Road, Carlisle, KY 40311,
Tel: 859-289-3492
Web: www.johnsonmathers.com

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