Obituaries
Larry P
Jan 1, 2016
Larry P. Williams, 80, of Ashland, KY passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at his residence. He was born August 24, 1935, a son of the late Virgil Williams and Goldie Riggs Williams. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Shawn L. Williams; two brothers: Harold Williams and Billie Williams; and a sister, Pauline Williams Bradshaw. Survivors...
Melissa Jane Scott
Jan 1, 2016
Melissa Jane Scott, 47, of Raceland went to be with her Heavenly Family on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at the Community Hospice Care Center of Ashland. Our Beloved Angel Melissa was the heart and soul of her family and our anchor in every storm. With her heart filled by the love and promise of her Savior Jesus Christ, she never...
Larry Dale Smith
Jan 1, 2016
Larry Dale Smith, 56, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Sunday, October 9, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Smith was born on May 10, 1960 in Ironton, OH; a son of the late Winfred Smith and Joyce Moore Craft. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Sam Smith; and a sister, LaNetta Jean Porter. He was a crane...
Ray Sheffield
Jan 1, 2016
Ray Sheffield, 96, of Flatwoods, KY passed away at his residence on Saturday, July 23, 2016. Mr. Sheffield was born on April 15, 1920 in Cedar Creek, KY; a son of the late Clay and Daisy Mary Davidson Sheffield. He was also preceded in death by three brothers: Clayton Claude Sheffield, Robert Boyd Sheffield, and Clarence Sheffield; two sisters: Eunice...
Kimberly Dawn Amos McCoy
Jan 1, 2016
Kimberly Dawn Amos McCoy, 46, of Flatwoods, KY passed away Monday, August 8, 2016 at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, KY. Ms. McCoy was born October 18, 1969 in Vincennes, Indiana. She is the daughter of Shirley Browning Cordial and Thomas Amos, Sr. Ms. McCoy had worked as a receptionist and a clerk with Griffith, Delaney, Hillman and...
Elvin Estep
Jan 1, 2016
Elvin Estep, 86, of Ashland, KY passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Estep was born on October 28, 1929 in Salyersville, KY; a son of the late Omer and Emma Lykins Estep. He was also preceded in death by his loving wife of sixty two years, Virginia Ann Arnett Estep. He was also preceded in...
Leona Riffe Wlliams
Jan 1, 2015
Leona Riffe Williams, 81, of Flatwoods, KY, nourished people around her with love, faith, and music from the time of her birth until Monday, August 17, 2015. She passed at Trinity Station Retirement Community in Flatwoods, Ky. Mrs. Williams was born on October 9, 1933 in Ashland, KY; a daughter of the late Willard and Lena White Riffe. She was...
Betty Granny Evans Waddell
Jan 1, 2015
Betty “Granny” Evans Waddell, 84, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Monday, October 26, 2015, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mrs. Waddell was born on April 28, 1931; a daughter of the late Fred Douglas and Eva Jane Stephenson Evans. She was also preceded in death by: her husband, Carl R. Waddell, Sr., a son, Carl R....
Beulah Leatrice Clark Lyon
Jan 1, 2015
Beulah Leatrice Clark Lyon, 84, of Ashland, KY passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, KY. Mrs. Lyon was born on May 20, 1930 in Flatwoods, KY; a daughter of the late Morton Everette and Julia Groves Clark. She was also preceded in death by a son, William Morton Lyon. Mrs. Lyon...
Josephine Gear Clark
Jan 1, 2015
Josephine Gear Clark, 88, of Ashland, KY, passed away on Thursday, December 24, 2015 at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mrs. Clark was born on November 5, 1927 in London, England; a daughter of the late William and Margaret Medrick Gear. She was also preceded in death by her husband, George Douglas Clark; two brothers: Jimmy Gear...
James Salyers
Jan 1, 2015
James Salyers, 91, of Flatwoods, KY went home to be with the Lord December 18, 2015. James was born April 11, 1924 in Cheap, KY to the late Eldid (Doc) and Lueranie Reffett Salyers. Mr. Salyers was a proud Veteran of the US Army. He retired from C&O Railroad after many years of service. He loved attending Community Tabernacle, and...
Mary Lee Waugh Grizzle
Jan 1, 2015
Mary Lee Waugh Grizzle, 79, of Raceland, KY went home to meet her Saviour on Saturday, June 27, 2015 at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mrs. Grizzle was born on June 9, 1936 in Westwood, KY. She was the daughter of the late Daunt and Roxie Hutchinson Waugh. She was also preceded in death by three brothers: Clifford...
John David Gartin
Jan 1, 2015
John David Gartin, Sr., 60, of Wurtland, KY passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, KY. Mr. Gartin was born on December 26, 1954 at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, KY, a son of Juanita Moore Gartin and the late James “Peanut” Nolan Gartin. Mr. Gartin was a Sergeant in...
Amy Evelyn Wells
Jan 1, 2015
Amy Evelyn Wells, 63, of Ashland, left this life and entered into Heaven on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at her residence, while surrounded by family and friends. Mrs. Wells was born in Huntington, WV, of the late Williams Thomas Fields and the late Betty Withrow Thompson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Richard Alan Wells. Evelyn was...
Betty June Renfroe
Jan 1, 2015
Betty June Renfroe, 83, of Flatwoods, KY passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2015, at Woodland Oaks in Ashland, KY. Mrs. Renfroe was born on June 1, 1932 in Jeffery, WV, a daughter of the late Emmitte and Florence Elkins Adkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Renfroe. Mrs. Renfroe was of the Baptist faith. She...
Reable J
Jan 1, 2015
Reable J. Keeton Copley, 71, of Flatwoods, KY went to meet her precious Lord and Saviour on Sunday, August 2, 2015, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mrs. Copley was born on October 23, 1943 in Boone County, WV; a daughter of the late Ira and Maude Hatfield Jacobs. She was also preceded in death by her spouse,...
Goldie Keeton Payne Triplett
Jan 1, 2015
Goldie Keeton Payne Triplett, 76, of Catlettsburg, KY passed from this life to her eternal life on Friday, August 07, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Triplett was born on August 23, 1938 in Greenup County, KY; a daughter of the late Roscoe and Kathleen Estep Keeton. She was also preceded in death by three sons: Jeffrey L. Payne, Larry D....
John Sunday Tatsch
Jan 1, 2015
John Sunday Tatsch, 78, of Flatwoods, KY passed away Saturday, August 22, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Tatsch was born April 29, 1937 in Rochester, PA to the late Lovevern and Adeline Grant Tatsch. He was of the Lutheran faith. He moved to Flatwoods to work as an Operator for Ashland Oil, but never lost his love of Pittsburg sports....
Leva Thacker Bloomfield
Jan 1, 2015
Leva Thacker Bloomfield, 85, of Flatwoods, KY passed from this life, and entered her heavenly home on Friday, July 17, 2015 at Boyd County Nursing and Rehab in Ashland, KY. Mrs. Bloomfield entered this life on April 6, 1930 in Lyra, OH. She was a daughter of the late Ervin and Grace Allen Thacker. She was also preceded in death...
Leonard Franklin Rice
Jan 1, 2015
Leonard Franklin Rice, Sr., 89, of Ashland, KY, passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Rice was born on August 27, 1926 in Ashland, KY; a son of the late William Rice, Jr. and Flora Marie Edwards Rice. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Jackie Deloris Justice Rice;...
