Obituaries
Anne Claire Williams Sparks
Jan 1, 2017
Anne Claire Williams Sparks, 48, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Wednesday January 11, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 16, 1968 in Greenville, KY; a daughter of the late Harrison and Nancy McGuire Williams. Mrs. Sparks was an attendance clerk for Russell High School in Russell, KY where she was dearly...
Arbutus Akers Kazee
Jan 1, 2017
Arbutus Akers Kazee, 84, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Ashland, KY. Mrs. Kazee was born September 19, 1933 in Decatur, OH to the late Andrew and Wyona Hopkins Akers. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Kazee was preceded in death by her loving husband Elmer Kazee Jr., two...
Barbara Ann Rambo Chappel
Jan 1, 2017
Barbara Ann Rambo Chappel, 81, of Worthington, KY passed away on Monday, November 20, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Chappel was born May 5, 1936 in Columbus, OH, the daughter of the late Donald C. and Lorena Crisp Rambo. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Chappel was preceded in death by her husband, Donald L. Chappel and one brother, Donald...
Barry Eugene Hager
Jan 1, 2017
Barry Eugene Hager, 65, of Kitts Hill, OH passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Hager was born October 29, 1952 in Ashland, KY, a son of Geraldine Frye Hager and the late Bill Eugene Hager. Mr. Hager was an Ironworker with Local 769 in Ashland, KY, a member and chaplain...
Bessie Marie Burchwell
Jan 1, 2017
Bessie Marie Burchwell Fields, 85, of Flatwoods, KY went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Kingsbrook Lifecare Center. Bessie was born May 16, 1931 in Greenup, KY to the late Albert and Dovie Rowe Burchwell. She was one of eleven siblings. She was a member of Pentecostal Holiness Tabernacle of Flatwoods. She was...
Candace Ann Zona
Jan 1, 2017
Candace Ann Zona, 53 of Lehigh Acres, FL passed away on Monday, November 13, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Zona was born April 5, 1964 in Ironton, OH, a daughter of Betty Jenkins Morgan of Ironton, OH and the late Donald Lee Toney. Mrs. Zona was also preceded in death by one brother, John Toney and two sister, Christina Toney...
Carol Faye Kozee Thacker
Jan 1, 2017
Carol Faye Kozee Thacker, 75, of Grayson, KY, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on September 4, 1941 in Ona, WV, a daughter of the late Earnest and Eva Elliot Kozee. Mrs. Thacker was a member and taught a childrens' Sunday school class at Crane Creek Baptist Church...
Charles H
Jan 1, 2017
Charles H. Brown 92, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Monday, March 13, 2017 at Wurtland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wurtland, KY. He was born on February 12, 1925 in Hunnewell, KY; a son of the late George and Elizabeth Wooten Brown. He was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years Frances Adkins Brown, and a son...
David Lynn Kilburn
Jan 1, 2017
David Lynn Kilburn, 62, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at his home. He was born on August 12, 1954 in Ashland, KY, a son of the late Jonnie and Lillie Jacobs Kilburn. He is also proceeded in death by his son, Johnnie Kilburn, three brothers, Gene, Ray and Joe Kilburn, and one sister, Judy Monnett....
Denver D
Jan 1, 2017
Denver Dee Yates, 70, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Friday, August 11, 2017 at Trinity Station Retirement Community in Flatwoods, KY. Mr. Yates was born December 6, 1946, a son to the late Dennis Raymond and Grace Mae Baker Yates. In addition to his parents, Mr. Yates was preceded in death by one brother, Preston Raymond “Pat” Yates and...
Donald Thomas Cotton Nelson
Jan 1, 2017
Donald Thomas "Cotton" Nelson 79, of Argillite, KY passed away on Monday, June 12, 2017 at Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY. He was born on April 28, 1938 in Greenup, KY; a son of the late George Washington Nelson and Bertha Mae Belt Nelson. He is preceded in death by three brothers: George, Bob, and Caleb Nelson; two...
Dordeana Fairchild Carraway
Jan 1, 2017
Dordeana Fairchild Carraway, 76, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at her home. Dordeana was born March, 1, 1941 in Cattletsburg, KY to the late Alfred Walthen and Alice Jewell Greene Fairchild. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her loving husband George A. Carraway. Ms. Carraway was a member of the...
Emma Mae Stanley
Jan 1, 2017
Emma Mae Stanley, 55, of Ashland, KY passed away on Friday, June 30, 2017 at her home. Ms. Stanley was born April 8, 1962 in Ashland, KY; the daughter of the late Annabelle Fannin Nolen. Ms. Stanley is survived by her two children: Justin (Melissa) Stanley of Morehead, KY and Angela (Kyle) Litteral of Greenup, KY; one brother, James Moore...
Garryson Marshall Keever
Jan 1, 2017
Garryson Marshall Keever, 32, of Ashland, KY, passed away on Monday, January 23, 2017 at his residence in San Mateo, California. Mr. Keever was born July 5, 1984 in Huntington, West Virginia; the son of Garry L. Keever of Flatwoods, KY and Roberta Starcher Keever of Ashland, KY. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers: Tony...
Gene Wells
Jan 1, 2017
Gene Wells, 79, of Russell, KY passed away on Monday, July 10, 2017 at Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Wells was born November 10, 1937 in Portsmouth, OH; a son of the late Charlie and Geneva Honaker Wells. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his brother, David D. Wells and one...
Henry Bennett Ray Niece
Jan 1, 2017
Henry "Bennett" Ray Niece, 80, of Raceland, husband, dad and pappaw, took his last earthly journey Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, surrounded by his loving wife of 63 years, Elizabeth and his family. Bennett was born April 23, 1936, in Letcher County, to Dicy Taylor Niece Richardson and Will Niece, who preceded him in death. He was a small-business owner in...
Iris Anne Bailey Cordle
Jan 1, 2017
Iris Anne Bailey Cordle, 86, of Waterloo, OH passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at Crystal Care in Coal Grove, OH. Mrs. Cordle was born May 3, 1931 in Ironton, OH, the daughter of the late Millard Curtis and Mary Caroline Gilley Bailey. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Cordle was preceded in death by her husband, Richard A....
Jeffrey Allen Queen
Jan 1, 2017
Jeffrey (Jeff) Allen Queen, 60, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at his home. He was born on November 11, 1956, in Ironton, OH; the son of Paul and Dolores Queen of Flatwoods, KY. Mr. Queen worked as a Field Engineer for West Virginia Public Broadcasting Systems. In addition to his parents, Mr. Queen is survived...
Joyce L
Jan 1, 2017
Joyce L. Lemley, 85 of Ashland, KY, passed away on Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Wurtland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wurtland, KY surrounded by her family. Mrs. Lemley was born July 14, 1932 in Huntington, WV, a daughter of the late William "Dock" and Laura Johnson Smith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...
Juanita Babaw Moore Gartin
Jan 1, 2017
Juanita "Babaw" Moore Gartin, 82, of Greenup KY, passed away on Sunday, May 7, 2017, at her home in Wurtland, KY, surrounded by her loved ones. Mrs. Gartin was born on April 2, 1935 in Greenup, KY, a daughter of the late Elder John W. and Lillian Bays Moore. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James "Peanut"...
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