Obituaries
Harold Thomas '"Cotton"' Jackson
Dec 6, 2016
Harold Thomas "Cotton" Jackson, age 91, passed away at home in Corbin on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Born in Corbin, he was the son of the late James L. Jackson and Rose Ann Carmine Jackson. He was a retired mechanic for the Lexington Army Blue Grass Depot and Owner/Operator of Tri-County Tire Shop. He was a U.S. Army veteran...
Naomi Felts
Dec 3, 2016
Naomi Felts, 93, passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2016, in Erlanger, Kentucky. Born in Laurel County, she was the daughter of the late Eylus Philpot and Delia Lanham Felts. She was also preceded in death by her husband Herman Felts; daughter Wanda Smith; grandson Billy Martin; brothers Vincent, Jack, Troy, Coy and Shirley Felts; and sisters Loretta and...
Doris Mae Allen
Dec 3, 2016
Doris Mae Allen, 73, of Corbin passed away Saturday evening, December 3, 2016 at her home. She was a daughter of the late Clarence and Fannie Sams Dixon of Gray. Her son Darrell Dewayne Jones, brothers Bill and Lonnie Dixon, and sister Barbara Rose also preceded her in death. Doris is survived by her husband of 46 years Vernus...
Georgia Lee Wyatt
Nov 29, 2016
Georgia Lee Wyatt, 71, of Corbin, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at her home. She was a member of Corinth Baptist Church. She leaves behind her husband of 53 years, Keith Wyatt; one sister Bonnie Scranton of Quincy, IL; one son Ralph Wyatt and wife Sarah of Corbin; two daughters Bonnie Kerr and...
Mary Turner
Nov 29, 2016
Mary Turner, 81, passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at her home in Corbin. Born in Harlan, KY, she was the daughter of the late Rubin and Rebecca Williams Maggard. She was also preceded in death by her husband Bethel Turner; daughter Norma Jean Turner; son Clyde Turner; brothers R.B. Maggard, Lee Maggard, Frank Maggard, and Bill Maggard;...
Willis Woods
Nov 29, 2016
Willis Woods, 73, of Gray, passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at UK Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington. Willis was self-employed as a brick mason and was Holiness by faith. He was preceded in death by his son Keith Wayne Woods; parents Walter and Mallie Steele Woods; brothers Boots, Herman and Arvil Woods; and sisters Edith Medlin and...
Opal Hughes Wagers
Nov 28, 2016
Opal Hughes Wagers, 95, of Corbin, passed away Monday, November 28, 2016. Opal was born Dec. 3, 1920 to the late Eugene and Maggie Hughes. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband John A. Wagers; five brothers Ben Hughes, Joseph Hughes, Thomas Hughes, Bill Hughes and Elmer Hughes; one grandson Christopher Hamilton; and a great-granddaughter...
Opal Wyatt
Nov 28, 2016
Opal Wyatt, age 87, of Gray, went to Heaven to join loved loves and friends on Monday, November 28, 2016. Born in Knox County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Pearl Deaton Williams. She had worked as a telephone operator and was a member of Rossland Holiness Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Karen Sasser Foreman
Nov 27, 2016
Karen Sasser Foreman, 51, of Gray, passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2016 at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Corbin, she was preceded in death by her grandparents Eva Sasser and Earnest Sasser, and John and Stella Brison; and aunts Alta Purdin and Dolly Sasser. Karen is survived by her husband James Foreman; father William "Bill" Earnest Sasser; mother...
Terry Lee Rowland
Nov 24, 2016
Terry Lee Rowland, 67, of Bismarck, ND and formerly of Corbin, KY and Xenia, OH, passed away November 24, 2016 in Bismarck. Born January 4, 1949 in Corbin, he was a son of the late Dewey A. and Dorothy E. Rowland. His brother David Kurt Rowland also preceded him in death. Terry graduated from the Xenia (OH) Senior High...
Edvard Grande
Nov 21, 2016
Edvard Grande, age 76, of Gray, passed away the morning of November 21, 2016 at his home following a brief illness. He leaves his wife of 32 years, Janie Grande; two sons and stepson, Neil Grande, Edward Grande and Mickey Bingham, of Corbin; two daughters, Jane Grande-Allen, of Houston, Texas and Alison Cheek, of Lexington, Kentucky; five grandchildren; and...
Gary Lay
Nov 20, 2016
Gary Lay, age 61, of Corbin, passed away on Sunday November 20, 2016 at his home. He was retired carpet mill worker and was preceded in death by his Parents, Anderson Lay and Letha Bryant Lay Cox; half sister, Wilma Blankenship and half brother, Jimmy Cox. Gary is survived by his Son, Junior Lay and wife Renne; Daughter, Melissa...
Michael Alan Fox
Nov 20, 2016
Michael Alan Fox, 54, passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2016 in Williamsburg. Born in Corbin, Michael was the son of the late Mary Taylor Fox and Garry Fox who survives. Michael was a former car salesman for Falls Ford and was Holiness by faith. He was a member of the Corbin High School 1980 State Championship Football Team...
Peggy Sue Lawson
Nov 18, 2016
Peggy Sue Lawson, 61, passed away on Friday, November 18, 2016 at her residence in Indianapolis, IN. Born in Manchester, KY, she was the daughter of the late Estill Lawson, Sr. and Lucy Marie Collins Lawson. A graduate of Arsenal Tech High School in Indianapolis, she had been employed as custodian at Community East Hospital in Indianapolis. In addition...
Phyllis Ann Morton
Nov 14, 2016
Phyllis Ann Lewallen Morton, 49, passed away on Monday, November 14,2016 at the LaFollette Medical Center in LaFollette, Tennessee. She was preceded in death by her brother Billy Ray Lewallen and her former husband Thomas Collette. Phyllis is survived by her husband Calvin Morton; father and mother Clarence and Betty Lewallen; daughter Brittany Collette; two brothers Jimmy Lewallen and...
Milford Herman Tate
Nov 13, 2016
Milford Herman Tate; age 93; of Corbin, passed away on Sunday November 13, 2016 at Baptist Health in Corbin. He was born in Sandy Huff, West Virginia to the late Denny B. Tate and Lena Williams Tate. He attended Virginia Tech and he was a self employed heating and air technician servicing Clay, Laurel, Whitley and Knox counties for...
James Messer Jr.
Nov 12, 2016
James Messer Jr. age 68, of Corbin, passed away on Saturday November 12, 2016 at his home. He was a retired Sergeant First Class from the US Army having served in Vietnam where he received a number of medals and citations. James was preceded in death by his Father, James Messer Sr. He is survived by his Wife, Eva...
Vernia Debrah Barton
Nov 11, 2016
Vernia Debrah Barton; age 54; of Corbin, passed away on Friday November 11, 2016 at her home. She was born in Corbin and was preceded in death by her Son, Charles Barton, and by her Father, Noah Crit Garrison. Vernia is survived by her Sons, Larkin Sullivan and Nathan Tanner; Mother, Mary Hollin Shorter; Brother, Tony Garrison; Sisters, Christy...
Nancy Ann Baker
Nov 10, 2016
Nancy Ann Baker, 61, passed away at her home in Corbin on Thursday, November 10, 2016. Born in Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Chester and Jeanette Shumate. She was a homemaker and member of the Parkway Baptist Church in Barbourville. She was a faithful giver to the American Veterans and loved reading her Bible. In addition...
Virginia Adams Carroll
Nov 9, 2016
Mrs. Virginia Adams Carroll, age 100, of Corbin, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at her home. She was born in Corbin on October 27, 1916 to the late Jim Adams and Amanda Jenkins Adams. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Carroll was preceded in death by her husband, Lester Carroll; four sons, Herschel, Shirley, Ronnie and James...
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