Obituaries
William Keith Burkhardt
Jan 1, 2016
William Keith Burkhardt, 62, of Wurtland, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at UK Medical Center in Lexington, KY. Mr. Burkhardt was born July 15, 1953 in Wurtland, KY; a son of Roscoe Vernon Burkhardt and the late Phyllis Joyce Fannin Burkhardt. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Gary Burkhardt, and a sister, Kathy Reed....
Dr Homer Bailey
Jan 1, 2016
Dr. Homer Virgil “Doc” Bailey, 95, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Monday, June 06, 2016 at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, KY. Dr. Bailey was born on February 4, 1921 in York, KY; a son of the late John W. and Sarah Moore Bailey. He was also preceded in death by nine brothers and one sister. Dr....
David Clayton McGranahan
Jan 1, 2016
David Clayton McGranahan, 30, passed away on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, KY. Mr. McGranahan was born on April 10, 1986, a son of Rhonda Salyers Bailey of Flatwoods, KY, and the late Joe McGranahan. He was also preceded in death by an uncle, Steve Salyers. Mr. McGranahan was a mechanic for Fannin...
Richard Allen Wheeler
Jan 1, 2016
Richard Allen Wheeler, 59, of Ashland, KY passed away at Community Hospice Thursday, April 28, 2016. He was born November 27, 1956 in Boyd County to the late Allen Henderson Wheeler and the late Marlene Hignite Ettinger. Richard graduated from the Marine Corps and built Power Plants for AT&T. He belonged to the Ashland Moose Lodge 892. Richard leaves behind...
Christie Roxanne Risner
Jan 1, 2016
Christie Roxanne Risner, 43, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2016, in Huntington, WV. Ms. Risner was born on February 1, 1973, in Ashland, KY; a daughter of Charlotte Ann Bayless Risner and Rocky Ogden Risner. In addtion to her parents, she is survived by a son, Daryl Scott Abrams, a daughter, Amber Nicole Abrams,...
Frances Gaye White Blanton
Jan 1, 2016
Frances Gaye White Blanton, 67, of Greenup, KY went on to Heaven, on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at SOMC Hospice Care Center in Portsmouth, OH. Mrs. Blanton was born July 28, 1948 in Clay City, KY, a daughter of Edith W. White of Fall Branch, TN and the late Robert Irvin White. In addition to her father, she was preceded...
Benjamin Scott Scotty Sansom
Jan 1, 2016
Benjamin Scott “Scotty” Sansom, 41, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Sansom was born April 18, 1974 in Ashland, KY, a son of the late Ralph Eugene Sansom and the late Carol Joyce Brown. He was a stockman at Dollar Tree in Russell, KY. Scotty enjoyed baseball, hunting, fishing and loved the...
Chester Ray Barker
Jan 1, 2016
Chester Ray Barker, 52, of Flatwoods, KY went to his heavenly home on Saturday, September 3, 2016 at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, KY. Mr. Barker was born on August 19, 1964 in Russell, KY; a son of the late Douglas and Josephine Horn Barker. He was also preceded in death by a step-son, Curtis Douglas and a...
Willie David Tackett
Jan 1, 2016
Willie David Tackett, 60, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Friday, November 18, 2016, at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, KY. Mr. Tackett was born on November 9, 1956 in Russell, KY; a son of the late Virgil Ray and Barbara Ann Hensley Tackett. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Edsel Ray Tackett, and...
Joe G
Jan 1, 2016
Reverend Joe G. Stanley, 79, of Ashland left to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 18, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. Joe was born on November 17, 1936, in Huntington, WV to the late Phil Roscoe and Eunice Marie Holbrook-Stanley. Joe is survived by his wife of 60 years, Margie S. Saylor-Stanley; 5 children, Joseph (Mildred)...
Kenneth Allen Hicks
Jan 1, 2016
Kenneth Allen Hicks, 32, of Ashland, KY passed away January 6, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Hicks was born August 22, 1983 in Ashland, KY to Robin Justice Hicks and the late Jerry Hicks. In addition to his mother, Mr. Hicks is survived by his daughter Haley Hicks of Ashland, KY, his brother Jerry Hicks, Jr., and his sister Beth...
Robert Allen Gross
Jan 1, 2016
Robert Allen Gross, 55, of Ashland, KY, passed away on Monday, December 12, 2016 at the VA Medical Center in Huntington, WV. Mr. Gross was born on May 21, 1961 in Albany, Oregon; a son of the late Joseph Samuel Gross and Riva Ruby Slabot Warren. Mr. Gross was a veteran of the United States Navy, and attended Worthington Church...
Danny Earl Brown
Jan 1, 2016
Danny Earl Brown, 53, of Ashland, KY, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Brown was born on December 22, 1962 in East Chicago, IN; a son of the late Alvin Earl and Sylvia Newbolds Brown. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by two brothers: David...
Rocky Ogden Risner
Jan 1, 2016
Rocky Ogden Risner, 69, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, WV. Mr. Risner was born on April 4, 1947 in Lexington, KY; a son of the late James and Hazel Clevenger Crum. He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Christie Roxanne Risner, and his sister, Pam Sipps....
Louise Kilgore
Jan 1, 2016
Louise Kilgore, 79, of Flatwoods passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at her home with her family by her side. Ms. Kilgore was born August 21, 1936 in Ashland to the late Proctor and Ethel Hayes Lyon. Her greatest joy in life was her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchild, whom affectionately called her Ninny. Left to cherish her memory is...
Steven Keith Hall
Jan 1, 2016
Steven Keith Hall, 57, of Greenup, KY, passed away on Monday June 27, 2016, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Hall was born on July 25, 1958 at Ashland, KY, son of Emma Jean Daniels Hall and the late Ernest Beecher Hall. Mr. Hall was a self employed carpenter. He was also of the Christian faith, and...
Estelle Jane Ward
Jan 1, 2016
Estelle Jane Gambill Ward, 83, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mrs. Ward was born on June 8, 1933 in Ashland, KY; a daughter of the late John Gambill and the late Bernice Fraley Gambill Brown. Jane was also preceded in death by her husband, Orville "Lefty" Ward,...
April Wagner Smith
Jan 1, 2016
April Elizabeth Wagner Smith, 37, of Paris, KY, formerly of Russell, KY, passed away on November 13, 2016 in Ashland, KY. Mrs. Smith was born on October 5, 1979, Lima, OH; a daughter of Dr. Robert Linton and Peggy Lynn Ader Wagner of Russell, KY. April was a homemaker, for her spouse and children, and a member of...
Loren Jason Jay Graham
Jan 1, 2016
Loren Jason "Jay" Graham, 67, of Raceland passed away at his residence. Mr. Graham was born on November 6, 1948 in Portsmouth, OH; a son of the late Loren Clarence and Betty Jo Birchfield Graham. Mr. Graham was, most recently, in security with Allied Barton at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital. He had also worked in security for Sunoco Chemicals,...
Gregory Allen Montgomery
Jan 1, 2016
Gregory Allen Montgomery, 49, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, KY. Mr. Montgomery was born October 26, 1967 in Ashland, KY; a son of the late Van Donald Montgomery and the late Rosalee Sheffield Martin. He was a carpenter with Stephens Development in Flatwoods, KY. He...
