Obituaries

Mar 14, 2019

Bonnie Lou Perry, age 71 years, three months and 14 days, daughter of the late John Henry and Dealie May Taylor Perry, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Kentucky.

She was born November 28, 1947, in Creekmore, Kentucky.  Bonnie was a factory machine operator and a member of Roberts Chapel.  She loved...

Mar 13, 2019

Lee Ann (Phillips) Young, age 63 years, a retired Hotel Industry Accountant and later owner of Nail Fashions in Cocoa Beach, passed away on March 13, 2019 in Rockeldge, Florida.

Lee Ann was an avid reader and great lover of words. For 20 years she coordinated Confederate Memorial Day services. She was heavily involved in living history presentations in Brevard...

Mar 13, 2019

Charles Russell “Rusty” Jones, age 61 years, of Parkers Lake, Kentucky died March 13, 2019 at the Norton Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.

He was born in Hamilton County, Ohio on August 11, 1957 the son of Charles Ruthel and Earma (Patrick) Jones. He had worked in construction, and enjoyed coon hunting, fishing, and the outdoors. He had served his country in the...

Mar 8, 2019

Louie Howard “Junie” Tucker, age 66, passed away Friday, March 8, 2019, at the University of Louisville Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

He was born October 14, 1952, in the Barren Fork Community of McCreary County, Kentucky, to the late Louie and Virginia (Gibson) Tucker.  He was a truck driver and heavy equipment operator, a member of the Day Ridge...

Mar 2, 2019

Patricia Ann Stephens, age 71 years, of Albany, Kentucky died Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Medical Center at Albany, Kentucky.

She was born in McCreary County, Kentucky on October 6, 1947 the daughter of Joe and Mable (Dick) Thompson. Patricia was a member of the Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witness, she loved puzzle books and playing cards.

Her parents; husband,...

Feb 27, 2019

Anna Ruth Chesnut Bryant, age 73 years, eleven months and 5 days, wife of Gerald Bryant, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at Baptist Health Corbin.

She was born March 22, 1945, in Cincinnati, Ohio.  She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Ruth Boreing Chesnut.   Anna was a cook for the McCreary County School System and a...

Feb 26, 2019

Michael Burke, age 58 years, of Stearns, Kentucky died Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at the Baptist Health Lexington.

He was born in Marshes Siding, Kentucky on September 22, 1960 the son of Garland and Clara (Jones) Burke. Mike was a heavy equipment operator for the McCreary County Road Department, member of the Pleasant Rock United Baptist Church where he had...

Feb 22, 2019

Walter Avery Strange, age 78 years, of Strunk, Kentucky died Friday, February 22, 2019 in Oneida, Tennessee at the Big South Fork Medical Center.

He was born in Pittsburgh, Kentucky on January 28, 1941 the son of Rufus Allen and Pauline (Jeffery) Strange. Walter was a member of Christ the King Anglican Mission, formerly an Elk, had served his country in...

Feb 21, 2019

Calvin “Banty” Stanley Taylor, age 97 years, of Whitley City, Kentucky, died Thursday, February 21, 2019, at the Baptist Health of Corbin.

He was born in Sawyer, Kentucky, on December 1, 1921, the son of John Frank and Birley (Worley) Taylor. Banty was a retired heavy equipment operator, was of the Church of God faith, and as his way of...

Feb 17, 2019

Feb 14, 2019

Diana (Spradlin) Tucker, age 75 years, of Marshes Siding, Kentucky died Thursday, February 14, 2019 at the Jean Waddle Care Center in Somerset, Kentucky.

She was born in Pigeon, Kentucky on April 3, 1943 the daughter of Elmer and Clara (Garland) Spradlin. Diana was a homemaker and a member of the United Apostolic Church. She loved her family especially her...

Feb 12, 2019

Damon Dewayne and Raymond Kay Troxell, infant children of Jimmy and Ashley Crabtree Troxell passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset,  Kentucky.

In addition to their parents, Jimmy and Ashley Troxell, they are survived by their Grandparents, Fred & Carolina Crabtree of Stearns, KY., and Jimmy and Mazzie Troxell of Monticello, KY., along...

Feb 12, 2019

James Herbert Vanover, age 87 years, of Parkers Lake, Kentucky, died Tuesday, February 12, 2019 in Oneida, Tennessee.

James was born in Honey Bee, Kentucky on February 27, 1931, the son of the late Everett Vanover and Laura Bolton Vanover, widower of Virginia Swain Vanover.  James was a member of Beulah Heights  Church of God.

He is preceded in death...

Feb 10, 2019

William Thomas Jones, Jr., age 44 years, of Whitley City, Kentucky, died Sunday, February 10, 2019 at his home.

He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 26, 1974, the son of William Thomas and Shirley Ann (Canada) Jones. William had worked in construction and was a member of the Sandhill United Baptist Church. He loved listening to music, fishing,...

Feb 7, 2019

Wilma Jean (Jones) Dobbs, age 78 years, three months and 11 days, passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019, at her home in Stearns, Kentucky.

She was born October 27, 1940, in the Slaven community of Stearns.  She was the daughter of the late Richard Jones and Eliza Gregory Jones.   She was united in marriage to the late Dester Dobbs...