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Stella Mae Gray

Stella Mae Gray

Nov 8, 2011

Stella Mae Gray, age 68, of Corbin passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, at the UK Medical Center in Lexington. Born in Knox County, she was the daughter of the late Marcum and Edmonia Taylor Gray. Stella was a homemaker and was also preceded in death by her husband, Billy Gray. She is survived by her three children,...

Willard Gene Price

Willard Gene Price

Nov 8, 2011

Willard Gene Price, age 83, of Louisville, passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, in Louisville. He was born in Corbin, the son of the late Sam and Sarah Bailey Price.  In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his Daughter, Kirby Diane Price; Brothers, Vernon and Bobby Price; Sister, Verna Mae Taylor. He is survived...

Cleda Earlene Parks

Cleda Earlene Parks

Nov 7, 2011

Cleda Earlene Parks, age 47, of Corbin, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2011, at her residence. Born in Dayton, Ohio, she was a retired lab technician at Baptist Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Chapel Grove Baptist Church and also attended Rivers Edge Church. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Cleda and Daniel McVey;...

Ronald Dean Blakley

Ronald Dean Blakley

Nov 7, 2011

Ronald Dean Blakley, age 56, of Corbin, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2011, at his home. Born in Muscatine, Iowa, he was the son of the late Jack and Iola Bixby Blakley. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Wayne Blakley; sister, Diane; and grandson, Dallas Annen. He is survived by this wife, Judy Blakley; children,...

Janet Miller Belew

Janet Miller Belew

Nov 6, 2011

Janet Miller Belew, age 74, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, at her home in Gray, KY. Born in Alva, Kentucky in Harlan County, she was a retired nurse that devoted more than 30 years to the care of the elderly. She received her nurse's training in Whitesburg, Kentucky during the 1950's, and never stopped caring for...

Darrell R 'Blinkey' Jones

Darrell R 'Blinkey' Jones

Nov 5, 2011

Darrell R. "Blinkey" Jones, age 55, of Woodbine, passed away on Friday, November 4, 2011, at his home. He was preceded in death by his Father, Glennis Jones; Grandparents, Maude and Arthur Jones. He is survived by his Son, Chris Jones; step-Brother, Teddy Jones; step-Sister, Connie Jones; Several Aunts and Uncles; Several Cousins including Dave and Ronnie Longworth; and...

Edwin L. Smith

Edwin L. Smith

Oct 25, 2011

Edwin L. Smith, 89, of Eustis, Florida and Corbin, Kentucky, went to be with the Lord Tuesday morning, October 25, 2011, at his home. He was born in Tekoa, Washington, and grew up on a dairy farm. He was a graduate of Lynn Camp High School, and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a...

Rondal Lee Brewer

Rondal Lee Brewer

Oct 24, 2011

Rondal Lee Brewer, age 77, of Corbin, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2011, at the Oak Tree Hospital in Corbin. Born in Knox County, he was the son of the late Steve and Vina Engle Brewer. He had been a farmer, was a member of the West Corbin Baptist Church, and was a U.S. Army veteran. In addition...

Ruth Lockard

Ruth Lockard

Oct 23, 2011

Born in Corbin, Kentucky, Ruth Imogene Mitchell Lockard, 84, died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Sunday, October 23, 2011. Survivors include three daughters, Cindy and Gerald Meyer from Cincinnati, Ohio, Cherie and Dennis Willoughby from Burlington, Kentucky, and Sharon Jones from Greenville, Ohio. Grandchildren include Renee and Gary Martin from Watertown, New York, Tamara and Mark Loose from Cincinnati, Ohio,...

Constance Humphrey

Constance Humphrey

Oct 23, 2011

Constance (Connie) Louise Humphrey, age 72, of Corbin, passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2011, at Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin. Connie was born to Mary Winona Thompson Black and Raymond Wharton on January 6, 1939, in Ohio County, Wheeling, West Virginia. Methodist by faith, she was saved and baptized in the Methodist Church in Wheeling, West Virginia...

Helen Roark Mills

Helen Roark Mills

Oct 22, 2011

Helen Roark Mills, age 62, of Corbin, passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2011, at Oak Tree Hospital in Corbin. She was Church of Christ by faith, and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her Parents, William and Goldie Roark; and Brothers, John Henry and Levi Roark. She is survived by her two Sons, Bryan Mills and...

Ileigh Elizabeth Grace Henson

Ileigh Elizabeth Grace Henson

Oct 17, 2011

Ileigh Elizabeth Grace Henson, infant daughter of Hargis Henson and Kayla O'Neill, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2011, at UK Medical Center in Lexington. She was born Oct. 3, 2011 in Corbin. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Elizabeth Ann Simpson; uncle, Otis Denny Henson; and great-grandfather, Ohler Ray Gray. In addition to her parents, she...

Flonnie Nadine Earls

Flonnie Nadine Earls

Oct 12, 2011

Flonnie Nadine Earls, age 86, of Corbin, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at Baptist Regional Medical Center. Born in Whitley County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Ada Gray Young. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ottis Earls; six brothers, Henry, Everett, Herbert, Harrell, Eugene, and Robert...

Allen Ray Cox

Allen Ray Cox

Oct 11, 2011

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Visitation 6-8pm Friday, Oct. 14, at Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home Funeral Service 2 pm Saturday, Oct. 15, at Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home Interment Felts Chapel Cemetery

Vickie Lynn Paul Mason

Vickie Lynn Paul Mason

Oct 7, 2011

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Visitation There will be no public visitation Funeral Service Graveside service on Tuesday Oct. 11, 2011 at 3:30pm Interment E.L. Jones Family Cemetery in Rockholds

Betty J Rains

Betty J Rains

Sep 30, 2011

Betty J. Rains, age 79, of Corbin, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2011 in Lexington. She was an active life-long member of the South Park United Baptist Church where she was vice president of the Ladies Aid and helped with King's Kids. She was a graduate of Corbin High School and was a retired Deli Manager for the...

Timothy Jackson

Timothy Jackson

Sep 28, 2011

Timothy Jackson, age 35, of Corbin, passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2011. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he worked as a cook and was Baptist by faith. He was preceded in death by his brother, Jack Jackson; and grandparents, Jack Jackson, Mildred Ellen Jackson, and Martha Ellen Farris. He is survived by his parents, Ernest Jackson Sr. and Shirley...

Paul Edward Brimm

Paul Edward Brimm

Sep 25, 2011

Paul Edward Brimm, Jr., age 66, of London, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011 at the UK Chandler Medical Center in Lexington. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of the late Paul Edward Brimm and Helen Hafley Reeves. He was a member of Calvary Apostolic Church and a U.S. Navy veteran serving from 1963-1971 during the...

Patricia Karene Luginbill

Patricia Karene Luginbill

Sep 24, 2011

Patricia Karene White Luginbill, age 69, of Springdale, Ohio, and formerly of Corbin, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2011 in Cincinnati. Born in Corbin, she had been executive secretary for the former Continental Can Company in Cincinnati. She was a member of Springdale Church of the Nazarene. Preceding her in death were her father, David Silas White and...

Ruby Dugger Inbody

Ruby Dugger Inbody

Sep 24, 2011

Ruby Dugger Inbody, age 90, of Port Charlotte, FL, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2011. She was a retired Teacher and former Sunday school and vacation Bible school teacher. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Port Charlotte, and was a member of the women's league golfing where she made a hole in one at...

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