Obituaries

Melvie 'Peg' Begley

Melvie 'Peg' Begley

Dec 23, 2005

Melvie "Peg" Begley, age 91 of Corbin, passed away on Friday, December 23, 2005 at her residence. She was born on April 21, 1914 in Hyden, Kentucky to the late Haywood and Virgie Morgan. She was a homemaker and a Protestant by faith. She is survived by her husband Eugene Begley; her Daughter Saundra Nickels, and a Grandson Terry...

Kenneth Michael Wilson

Kenneth Michael Wilson

Dec 23, 2005

Kenneth Michael Wilson, age 56, passed away on December 23, 2005 at his residence. He was born on November 25, 1949 in New Tazwell, TN, the son of Joseph Kenneth Wilson and Mary Rachel Lundy McKnight. Kenneth was a Vietnam Veteran and Pentecostal by Faith. He always had a smile for everyone. He was preceded in death by his...

Richard Austin Lawson

Richard Austin Lawson

Dec 19, 2005

Richard Austin Lawson, 62, of Keavy, passed away Monday, December 19, 2005 at his residence. Born July 20, 1943, he was the son of the late George Thomas Lawson and the late Emily Jane Storms Lawson. He was Baptist by faith and was a self-employed construction worker. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three...

Luther H. 'Junior' Gaddis, Jr.

Luther H. 'Junior' Gaddis, Jr.

Dec 14, 2005

Luther H. "Junior" Gaddis, Jr., 66, of Gray, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at the Oak Tree Hospital in Corbin. Born November 16, 1939 in Knox County, he was the son of the late Luther H. Gaddis, Sr. and Ottie Hughes Gaddis. Mr. Gaddis was a retired Principal and Educator for 36 years with the  Knox County Schools....

Jesse J. Kidd

Jesse J. Kidd

Dec 14, 2005

Jesse J. Kidd, 78, of Corbin, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center. Born October 3, 1927 in Whitley County, he was the son of the late Clarence Kidd and Flora Deaton Kidd. He was a press operator for Fisher Body Stamping and a member of the Harvest Community Assembly of God Church. He...

Joanna Arlene Southerland

Joanna Arlene Southerland

Dec 12, 2005

Joanna Arlene Southerland, 64, of Keavy, passed away on Monday, December 12, 2005 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin. Born March 24, 1941 in Laurel County, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Eula Newman Floyd. She was a homemaker and a member of the Locust Grove Christian Church. In addition to her parents, she...

Peggy June Alsip

Peggy June Alsip

Dec 9, 2005

Peggy Alsip age 30 went to be with our Lord on Friday, December 9, 2005 as the result of an automobile accident. She was employed by the Cumberland Regional Childhood Developement Center for seven years where she worked as the Nursery attendant. Peggy attended the Rossland Holiness Church in Gray. She is survived by her parents, Hershel Alsip and...

Myrtle Jones Cox Whiteley

Myrtle Jones Cox Whiteley

Dec 9, 2005

Myrtle Jones Cox Whiteley, age 82, of Corbin passed away on Friday, December 9, 2005 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center. She was born on April 9, 1923 in North Corbin to the Late General Jones Sr. and Dora Miracle Jones. She was a retired employee from JCPenny, and a Member of Central Baptist Church in Corbin. Myrtle was...

Virgie Elizabeth Goodin

Virgie Elizabeth Goodin

Dec 4, 2005

Virgie Elizabeth Goodin, age 81, of Corbin and Keavy, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2005 at the Christian Care Communities in Corbin. She was born on June 13, 1924 in Laurel County to the late Elza Storms and Ona Prewitt Storms. She was a homemaker and a member of the Level Green Church of Christ in Keavy. In...

Irene Earls

Irene Earls

Nov 22, 2005

Irene Earls of Cumberland Falls Road in Corbin, passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 in the Winchester Health Care Center. She was a faithful member of the Bacon Creek Baptist Church in Corbin with a perfect church and Sunday school record for 52 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Matt and Nannie Earls; her Brother,...

Bobby Wayne Cox

Bobby Wayne Cox

Nov 18, 2005

Bobby Wayne Cox, 65, of Corbin, passed away Friday, Nov. 18, 2005 at Baptist Regional Medical Center. Born December 3, 1939 in Knox County, he was a retired truck driver and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Parker Cox and Evelyn Hicks Cox; and by his sister Ailene Lipps. He is...

Beverly Gaye Harrell

Beverly Gaye Harrell

Nov 7, 2005

Beverly Gaye Harrell, 63, of Corbin, passed away Monday, November 7, 2005 at the Oak Tree Hospital in Corbin. Born March 19, 1942 in Eagan, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Willard and Thelma Hudson Johnson. She was a retired nurse's assistant with Hillcrest Nursing Home. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Bertha Hensley Burke

Bertha Hensley Burke

Nov 6, 2005

Bertha Hensley Burke, 80, of Woodbine, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2005 at Baptist Regional Medical Center. Born March 21, 1925, she was a homemaker and a member of the Park Hill Pentecostal Church. She was preceded in death by her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Blanton Hensley and her father Andrew McVey, her husband Otis H. Burke, her son Hobert...

Pearlie Mae Niemann

Pearlie Mae Niemann

Nov 2, 2005

Pearlie Mae Brown Niemann, 89, of Macomb Township, Michigan and formerly of Corbin, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2005 in Clinton Township, Michigan. Pearlie was born on June 4, 1916 in Corbin to the late David Carl and Amanda Jones. On February 18, 1989 Pearlie married Norman Carl Niemann in St. Peter Lutheran Church, Macomb Township, where she was...

Hazel Ellison Hash

Hazel Ellison Hash

Nov 2, 2005

Hazel Ellison Hash, 79, of Corbin, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005 at Corbin Nursing Home. Born March 20, 1926 in Corbin, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Margaret White Ellison. She was a former nurse and homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Debbie Proessel and Ruth...

Baltie Howard Porterfield

Baltie Howard Porterfield

Oct 27, 2005

Baltie Howard Porterfield, 88, of Corbin, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2005 at Baptist Regional Medical Center. Born July 15, 1917 in Laurel County, she was the daughter of the late Ben and Ciller Lewis Howard. Mrs. Porterfield was a homemaker and a member of the Corinth Baptist Church in London. In addition to her parents, she was...

Raye Nolin

Raye Nolin

Oct 18, 2005

Raye Nolin, 56, of London, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005 at her residence. Born June 20, 1949 in Middleton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Edith Bowles Elkins. She was a homemaker and a member of the Sunshine Hill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Harold Clayton Ritchie

Harold Clayton Ritchie

Oct 17, 2005

Harold Clayton Ritchie, age 68 of Corbin, passed away on Monday October 17, 2005 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin He was born on November 23, 1936 in Hazard, KY to the late Levi Ritchie and Cordilla Johnson Ritchie. He was the retired Office Manager from the Boonsbora Quarry, an Air Force Veteran and a member of...

Maile Gabrielle Sanders

Maile Gabrielle Sanders

Oct 13, 2005

Maile Gabrielle Sanders, infant daughter of Shawn McKenneth Sanders and Samantha Denise Helton Sanders, was stillborn October 13, 2005 at Baptist Regional Medical Center. In addition to her parents, Maile is survived by her grandparents Curtis & Yvonne Sanders of Keavy, David & Lynn Helton of Corbin and Nanatte Kunewa of California, as well as host of other close...

Thomas Anderson Guinn

Thomas Anderson Guinn

Oct 12, 2005

Thomas Anderson Guinn, 83, of Gray, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center. Born March 1, 1922 in Knox County, he was the son of the late Anderson Barton Guinn and Mary Martha Blankenship Guinn. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister Emma Kelly, grandson Douglas Guinn, and...