Golden Gross

Golden Gross, age 85, passed away Friday, June 3, 2022 at Stanton Nursing Center, Stanton, Kentucky.  Born in Lee County, Kentucky she was the daughter of the late Alfred Smyth and the late Lora Wimsatt Smyth. She was a Kentucky Colonel, a member of the Powells Valley Baptist Church and a homemaker. She loved to camp with her brothers and sisters and she loved to fish. Golden is survived by her children, Steve (Joanie) Hale of Clay City and Bonnie (Jerry) Ledford of Stanton; sister in law, Wilma Smyth; four grandchildren: Nicholas (Rebekah) Hale, Sally Hale, Elliott (Madalyn) Hale and Montana Hale and three great grandchildren: Madilee Risner, Kelsie Risner and Oliver Hale. Along with her mother and father she is preceded in death by her son, Eddie Hale; grandson, Dustin Hale; four brothers: Dwight Smyth, Edmond Ray Smyth, J. T. Smyth and Alfred Smyth and seven sisters: Virginia Alene Waszciel, Helen O’Neill Rupert, Lois Jones, Ada Marie Burkhart, Eva Pelfrey, Verda Short and Lora Ruth Smyth. Funeral services will be held at Hearne Funeral Home, 125 West College Avenue, Stanton, Kentucky on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 1:00 P.M. with Rev. Gary Willoughby and Rev. Ted Linkous officiating and Steve Hale delivering her eulogy. Visitation will be held on Monday at 6:00 P.M. until at 9:00 P.M. at the funeral home as well. Burial will be in the Winchester Cemetery with Jeff Pelfrey, Dwight Rupert, Junior Burkhart, Phillip Stone, Butch Smyth, Elliott Hale and Tommy Smith serving as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Dorothy Knox, Sissy Phillippe, Debbie Pelfrey and the staff of the Stanton Nursing Center. Arrangements have been entrusted to Hearne Funeral Home, Inc.