Our staff's commitment to you
Our staff is committed to providing support, compassion, information, and direction as needed to all members of our community, their families, and friends who are dealing with loss and grief.
Billy Butcher has been a licensed funeral director and emablmer in Central Kentucky for over 25 years. He is a graduate of Lafayette High School and Mid-America College of Funeral Service.
Leigh Ann Butcher is a licensed funeral director and embalmer, she is a graduate of East Carter High School, Morehead State Univeristy and Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.
Prior to 2017 Billy was a longtime manager of a mortuary service and Leigh Ann was a managing funeral director. Since January 1, 2017 they have been the sole owners and operators of Blackburn & Ward Funeral Home in Versailles, Kentucky. In the Spring of 2021 they joined Harlan & Wanda Wilson to assist them with caring for families at Tucker, Yocum & Wilson Funeral Home also.
Billy and Leigh Ann are proud parents of their three young daughters, Caitlyn Butcher, Annabel Lewis and Ellie Lewis.
Harlan L. Wilson is a licensed funeral director and embalmer. He attended Lees Junior College, Eastern Kentucky University and Mid-America College of Funeral Service.
Wanda Johnson Wilson is a licensed funeral director and serves as one of the office managers. She attended Eastern Kentucky University and University of Texas Nursing School.
In October of 1985 Harlan & Wanda Wilson became the owners of Tucker, Yocum & Wilson Funeral Home. They continued the tradition of caring and made the addition of the first funeral chapel in Scott County. Today the chapel is dedicated in the memory of their beloved daughter and funeral director, Rachel Wilson Jewell.
Harlan and Wanda have three children, Rachel, Sarah, and Nathan and six granddaughters, Harper, Lexie, Claire, Elizabeth, Anna, and Meredith. Harlan and Wanda love spending time with their children and grandchildren, and traveling.
Schadle Bach, known as “Shay”, joined Tucker, Yocum & Wilson Funeral Home as the office manager in December 2022. She is most often the person on the other end of the phone, she is a valuable part of our staff that can help assist with many different aspects of our daily operations. Shay earned her business degree from Morehead University and had spent most of her working years in staffing and recruitment. She was born and raised in Kentucky, originally from Augusta, Kentucky, she now resides in Versailles. Shay is married with a son and three dogs.
James W. “Jimmy” Carr III, 89, widower of Helen L. Johnson Carr, passed away, on Friday, September 2, 2022, in Georgetown. He was born in Scott County Kentucky to the late James W. Carr Jr. & Anna Mae Harp Carr on June 10, 1933. Jimmy was a graduate of the original Great Crossing High School, where he played basketball and baseball with his cousin and brothers. He was a United States Army Veteran, serving his country in Germany during the Korean War. He was a Coach in Youth Baseball from 1963 until 1977 and had his private pilot licenses. Jimmy was a long-time member of Berea Christian Church, where he was active and held numerous positions, including Chairman of the Board, and attended Old Union Christian Church later in life. He retired after 38 1/2 years with Bellsouth, where he started as a line man then an Electronic Technician II. He loved Franks Donuts. Jimmy also worked for 20 years with Tucker, Yocum, & Wilson Funeral Home, he was more than staff, he was family. Jimmy Carr exemplified a servants heart. He greatly loved his family and his friends and will be greatly missed by all that knew him.He will be lovingly remembered by his son, Jeffery R. Carr; grandchildren, Brittany Rae Carr and Jeremy Roberts Carr, all of Georgetown. He is also survived by his brother, Logan G. Carr and sister, Bonnie J. Morgan, both of Georgetown, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and his special friend, Dorothy Moore. Jimmy is preceded in death by his son, James “Jamie” Carr IV; daughter-in-law, Karen D. Carr; and sisters and brother: Josephine Smith, Lorraine McMillen Fuller, Waunita Nass, and Douglas Carr. He will be buried in Georgetown Cemetery
Rachel Wilson-Jewell was a licensed funeral director and one of our office managers. She began her career at the family funeral home in 2007. She was a graduate of Scott County High School and Morehead State University. Rachel and her husband Brian have two daughters, Lexie and Anna. In her free time she enjoyed the outdoors with her family and loved crafting with her daughters.
Bobby Osborne was a member of Central Church of God, graduated from Stamping Ground High School, and served in the U.S. Army, with 82nd Airborne Division. Bobby retired from IBM after 33 years, farmed for several years, was a fine husband and Dad for over 60 years, worked at Central Kentucky Funeral Limousine Association for many years, and worked at Tucker, Yocum, & Wilson Funeral Home with Harlan Wilson for 10 years. He is survived by his wife Betty Covington Osborne, his son, Barry Thomas (Jenny) Osborne and daughter, Debbie Osborne (Gerald) Williams, 3 grandchildren, Jeremy (Jennifer) Williams, Jennifer Kay (Ryan) Wilson, and Heather (Derrek) King, 6 great grandchildren, Elijah Williams, Mackenzie Wilson, Carter Wilson, Tucker Garrison, Cadon King, and Kyla King, a twin brother, Billy (Roberta) Osborne of Georgetown, several nieces, nephews, and cousins. Burial was in Georgetown Cemetery.
Raymond Cox was a World War II Army Veteran; a member, deacon, and Sunday school secretary of Gano Baptist Church. In his working career he retired from Georgetown College, Longview Golf Course, U.S Public Service Hospital, Moss Sanitation, and Tucker, Yocum, & Wilson Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Barker Cox; his daughter: Diane Marshall, step- daughter, Lisa (Darrell) Williams and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, and sisters. Burial was in Georgetown Cemetery.
Bennie Sargent, Jr. was a graduate of Great Crossing High School, was a member of Great Crossing Baptist Church, and a former member of Committee 101. He retired from I.B.M, and worked at Tucker, Yocum, & Wilson Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Cora Mae Towles Sargent; daughters and sons-in-laws, Jackie Ann and Kenneth Grant Jr. and Robyn and Jerry Irvin. Son and daughter-in-law Ben Allen and Pamela Sargent; and a host of grandchildren and other family memembers. Burial was in Georgetown Cemetery.
George McKenney, Sr. was a Korean War Disabled Navy Veteran, retired Federal employee of Lexington Bluegrass Army Depot in Avon. He was an employee of Coast to Coast in Georgetown, and Tucker, Yocum, and Wilson Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Nancy Brashear McKenney(passed away in 2014); sons and daughters-in-law, George and Linda Brown McKenney Jr. and Ronald and Lisa Garrison McKenney and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, brothers, and sisters. Burial was in Georgetown Cemetery.
Earl L. Graves, was a funeral director and embalmer for Tucker, Yocum, & Wilson Funeral Home. He began his funeral service career, after World War II, with Jack Tucker. He left the funeral home in the 1960's, to operate an insurance business, but in the 1970's he returned to assist Mr. Yocum at the funeral home. When the Wilsons purchased the funeral home, Mr. Graves stayed on to help and guide them. He was a World War II Army Veteran serving in the Aleution Islands. He was a member of the American Legion Post #24, the V.F. W Post 7054, the John Scott Chapter of the American Revolution, and member of First Christian Church, and a former partner in the Jameson Agency. He was the widower of Louise Parker Graves and was survived by a host of brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, and cousins. Burial was in Georgetown Cemetery.