Obituaries
Rebecca Elizabeth Short Niece
Jan 1, 2022
Wife, mom, grandmother, and great-grandmother made her final journey to meet her Savior and loving husband Bennett on April 27, 2022. Elizabeth was born November 21, 1935, to Henry and Maggie Short of Wise, Va. She was preceded in death by her parents, eight brothers, and one sister. Her cherished husband Bennett of 63 years has been waiting for her...
Sherry Jean Rowland Watkins
Jan 1, 2022
Sherry Jean Rowland Watkins, 57, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2022, at the University of Louisville Health – Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY. Sherry was born on December 26, 1965, in Indianapolis, IN, to the late Robert and Fannie Lyons Rowland. In addition to her parents, Sherry was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Rowland...
Mary Elizabeth Gibson Stevens Rister
Jan 1, 2022
Mary Elizabeth Gibson Stevens Rister, 95, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mrs. Rister was born on September 20, 1926, in Huntington, WV to the late Grover F. and Jessie May Straight Gibson. In addition to her parents, Mary was preceded in death by her first husband, George...
Albert L
Jan 1, 2022
Albert L. “Pete” Flocker 1938-2022 Albert L. “Pete” Flocker, 83, of Russell, KY, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at the Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY, surrounded by his loved ones. Mr. Flocker was born November 6, 1938, in Russell, KY, to the late Adrian and Vada Vinson Flocker. In addition to his parents, Mr. Flocker was...
Wanda Nell Gwinn
Jan 1, 2021
Wanda Nell Gwinn, 96, of Winchester, KY, formerly of Raceland, KY, passed away Friday, February 12, 2021, at Clark Regional Medical Center in Winchester. Mrs. Gwinn was born on August 11, 1924, in Flatwoods, KY, daughter of the late Oscar and Stella Anderson Sowards. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Wesley Gwinn, Sr.; a son, Michael...
Timothy Ray Thompson
Jan 1, 2021
Timothy Ray Thompson of Flatwoods, KY, went to be Heavenly Home on Friday, September 3, 2021, while at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Thompson was born June 23, 1956, in Ashland, KY, to the late John Thompson and Peggy Perkins. In addition to his parents, Timothy was preceded in death by a sister, Barbara Daniels and brother-in-law,...
Jane Ann Hale Smith
Jan 1, 2021
Jane Ann Hale Smith, 89, of Greenup, KY, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2021, at Wurtland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wurtland, KY, surrounded by her loved ones. Mrs. Smith was born on July 30, 1931, in Burlington, OH, to the late James A. and Ada Margaret Walker Hale. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Smith was preceded in...
Louise Short Salyers
Jan 1, 2021
Louise Short Salyers, 93, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Monday, March 15, 2021, at Oakmont Manor in Flatwoods, KY. Mrs. Salyers was born, March 31, 1927, in Ashland, KY, to the late John A. and Minervah Kirk Short. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Salyers was preceded in death by her loving husband, James Salyers and several brothers and...
Georgia Kaye Welch Gumbert Bruce
Jan 1, 2021
Georgia Kaye Welch Gumbert Bruce, 74, of Worthington, KY, always wanted to go home. She made her final journey to her Heavenly home on Friday, November 26, 2021, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Kaye was born on May 29, 1947, in Wurtland, KY, to the late Jimmy and Marie Holt Welch. She was the ninth of ten...
Dorothy Lewis Douglas
Jan 1, 2021
Dorothy Lewis Douglas, 90, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Sunday, August 22, 2021, at her residence surrounded by her loved ones. Mrs. Douglas was born May 30, 1931, in Elliott, KY, to the late Elisha and Gretta Cassell Lewis. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Douglas was preceded in death by two grandsons: David Antis and Elijah Kirk; two...
Katherine Faye Jordan Cordle
Jan 1, 2021
Katherine Faye Jordan Cordle, 74, of Waterloo, OH, passed away on Thursday, March 25, 2021, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY. Mrs. Cordle was born on January 26, 1947, in Jackson County, OH, to the late George Allen and Rena Rose Jordan. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Cordle was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Phillip...
Estle Bowen
Jan 1, 2021
Estle Bowen, Jr., 76, of Ashland, KY, passed away on Monday, September 13, 2021, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Bowen was born on March 7, 1945, in Logan, WV, to the late Estle Bowen, Sr. and Grettle Newsome Bowen. In addition to his parents, Mr. Bowen was preceded in death by three sons, Estle Wayne Bowen,...
Calvin Gene Eugene Jeffers
Jan 1, 2021
Calvin “Gene” Eugene Jeffers, 74, of Raceland, Ky, passed away on Sunday, October 31, 2021, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland Ky. Gene was born on July 22, 1947, in Glenwood, WV to the late Orville Calvin and Beulah Knapp Jeffers. In addition to his parent’s, Gene was preceded in death by a sister, Janice Jeffers. Gene was a...
Donald R
Jan 1, 2021
Donald R. Maynard, “Banjo Picker”, 86, of Charleston, WV, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2021, at Hubbard Hospice House East after a brief illness. Donald was born on March 24, 1934, in Pikeville, KY, to the late Clinton and Edith Thompson Maynard. Mr. Maynard served in the United States Army and a truck driver for Wilson Freight, Central Steel...
Mary Frances Haner Lewis
Jan 1, 2021
Mary Frances Haner Lewis, 89, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on June 3, 2021, at Kingsbrook Life Center in Ashland, KY. Mrs. Lewis was born November 4, 1931, in Gallipolis, OH to the late Russell Lee and Frances Neal Haner. In addition to her parents, Mary was preceded in death by four brothers: Junior, Jim, Wendell, and Jerry Haner; and...
Victor Scott Czeskleba
Jan 1, 2021
Victor Scott Czeskleba, 63, of Ashland, KY, passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021, at his residence. Mr. Czeskleba was born on February 9, 1958, in Catlettsburg, KY, to the late Herbert Charles and Mary Frances Berger Czeskleba. In addition to his parents, Mr. Czeskleba was preceded in death by a brother, Arthur Czeskleba. Scott was formally a supervisor at...
Robert E
Jan 1, 2021
Robert E. Bagby, 95, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021, at his residence. Mr. Bagby was born on June 1, 1926, in Portsmouth, OH, to the late Kenneth R. and Lucille Meade Bagby. In addition to his parents, Mr. Bagby was preceded in death by five brothers: Herb, Kenneth, Levi, Bill, and Jack Bagby and two...
Robert A
Jan 1, 2021
Robert A. Thacker, 52, of Olive Hill, KY, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021, at his home. Mr. Thacker was born on November 25, 1969, in Landstuhl, Germany to Harry Allen Thacker of Olive Hill, KY and the late Carol Faye Kozee Thacker. The family would like for everyone to know and remember what a good man Robert was....
Berna Dean Compston
Jan 1, 2021
Berna Dean Compston, 89, of Ashland, KY, passed away on Monday, January 25, 2021, at Kingsbrook Life Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mrs. Compston was born May 16, 1931, in Wurtland, KY, to the late Fred and Ada Marie Heaberlin Compston. In addition to her parents, Berna Dean was preceded in death by her daughter, Cynthia Dean Huffman; two brothers,...
Robert Ivan Bentle
Jan 1, 2021
Robert Ivan Bentle, 89, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Bentle was born April 5, 1932, in Bright, IN to the late Edwin and Louise Guard Bentle. In addition to his parents, Mr. Bentle was preceded in death by two brothers, Gerald Edwin Bentle and Clayton Bentle,...
