Rosemary Humkey

Rosemary Lear Humkey, 61, of Bardstown, passed away Thursday, May 20, 2021, after a long battle with cancer.
Born in Samuels, Rosemary was a 1978 graduate of Doss High School. After graduating from the Kentucky College of Barbering, she went to work at The Headquarters Barbershop in Bardstown, becoming the first female barber in Nelson County. She practiced here for 41 years, and considered all of her many customers as personal friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Roby Lear and Dorothy May Fields Lear of Samuels. ??
She is survived by her devoted husband of 33 years, Tommy Humkey, of Bardstown; her children, Kayce (Alexander) Humkey, and Kevin (Aubry) Humkey, both of Bardstown; her grandchildren, Waylon Thomas and Rosemary Mahaleigh; seven siblings, Betty Conliffe and Nancy Brummett, both of Louisville, Charles (Pauletta) Lear, of Vine Grove, Kenneth (Beverly) Lear, of Winchester, Richard (Diane) Lear, of Elizabethtown, Pamela (Leon) Bolin, of Leitchfield, and Michael Lear, of Covington, Ga.; and countless nieces, nephews, great and great-great nieces and nephews.
Her funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 25, at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church with burial in St. Gregory Catholic Cemetery. The Rev. Ken Nguyen will officiate.
Visitation will be 1-6 p.m. Sunday May 23, 2-8 p.m. Monday, May 24, and 8-9:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 25, at Barlow Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, the family welcomes donations to Norton's Cancer Institute and/or Hospice of Nelson County.
Barlow Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.