Obituaries
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,...
Mark Aaron Fluty
Jan 1, 2021
Mark Aaron Fluty, 41, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at his residence in Greenup, KY. Mr. Fluty was born on May 30, 1980, in Naples, FL, to Sandra Jane Dillow Fluty McIntyre of Flatwoods, KY and the late Millard D. Fluty Jr. In addition to his father, Mark was preceded in death by a brother,...
Pamela Jean Vinson
Jan 1, 2021
Pamela Jean Vinson, 64, of Greenup, KY, passed away on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Ms. Vinson born October 13, 1956, in Portsmouth, VA, to her parents, Mr. Donald Lloyd Vinson and Mable Louise Parsons Vinson of Greenup, KY. In addition to her parents, Pamela is survived by her two loving children, a son,...
William Proctor Short
Jan 1, 2021
William Proctor Short, 89, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2021, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Short was born on June 27, 1931, in Boyd County, KY to the late William Albert and Ruth Maxine Salyers Short. In addition to his parents, William was preceded in death by his son, William Perry Short;...
Elizabeth Toogie Perkins Conley
Jan 1, 2021
Elizabeth “Toogie” Perkins Conley, 44, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2021, in King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY surrounded by her loved ones. Elizabeth was born July 28, 1976, in Ironton, OH to Clifford Lee (Teresa) Perkins of Raceland, KY and Patricia Ann Sergent (Rick) Spears of Flatwoods, KY. Elizabeth was preceded in death by...
Samantha Louise Burke Porter
Jan 1, 2021
Samantha Louise Burke Porter, 83, of Wurtland, KY, passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at Best Care Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wheelersburg, OH. Mrs. Porter was born September 15, 1937, in Ashland, KY to the late Hillman and Nolda Mae Jordan Burke. In addition to her parents, Samantha was preceded in death by two sons, Mark and Stephen...
Phillip Lee Wiley
Jan 1, 2021
Phillip Lee Wiley, 47, of Midkiff, WV, passed away on Friday, January 29, 2021, in Huntington, WV. Phillip was born July 16, 1973, in Huntington, WV to his biological mother who his loved deeply, the late Janet Lou Bellomy. In addition to his biological mother, Phillip was preceded in death by his biological father, Bruce Paro Sr.; his wife, Kimberly...
