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Sue Hill

Sue Hill

Mar 10, 2014

Sue Hill, age 69, passed away on Monday, March 10, 2014, at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Siler, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Buck Eggar Bray and Edna Anderson Alsip. Sue was a homemaker and Baptist by faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wona Lee Hill; son, Gary...

Kenneth Ray Smith

Kenneth Ray Smith

Mar 4, 2014

Kenneth Ray Smith, 73, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at Baptist Health Corbin. He was born in North Corbin on October 10, 1940. He worked for the city of Corbin for 27 years. Kenneth enjoyed his church life at Antioch Baptist Church; his grandkids; fishing; 4-wheeling; hunting; car shows; and drag racing. He was a member of...

Barbara Ann Lebanion

Barbara Ann Lebanion

Mar 3, 2014

Barbara Ann Lebanion was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Leslie Lloyd Ellison and Jean Martin Ellison, both who preceded her in death. She was also preceded by one brother, Charles Ellison. She attended Bacon Creek Baptist Church. She loved God first in life and all the things He made. Most of all she loved the frogs and the noise...

Edna Ethel Fox

Edna Ethel Fox

Feb 26, 2014

Edna Ethel Fox, age 92, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Knox County, she was the daughter of the late Isaac Thomas Lockard and Susan Elizabeth Gregory Lockard. She was a homemaker and a member of the Grace Baptist Church in Corbin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Charles K. Maxey

Charles K. Maxey

Feb 22, 2014

Charles K. Maxey, age 79, of Corbin, passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2014 at Corbin Health and Rehabilitation. He was a Minister, and was the owner and operator of C K Maxey Painting in Corbin. Charles was preceded in death by his Parents, Dan Maxey and Lily Hodge Maxey; Brothers, Raymond Maxey and Dan Maxey Jr., and by...

George William Young

George William Young

Feb 20, 2014

George William "Bill" Young, age 95, of Corbin, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, at the Kentucky Veteran's Center in Hazard, KY. He was born in Middleburg, KY to the late Frank Lucian Young and Betty King Young. The youngest of six children; Elanor McWhorter, Ray Young, Mary Douglas, Anna Tucker, and Virginia Wesley who all preceded him...

Irene M. Cox

Irene M. Cox

Feb 17, 2014

Irene M. (Craft) Cox, age 99, passed away Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert Cox; daughter, Peggy Joan Morelock; and son, Thomas Garlan. She is survived by her son, Bobby Ray Cox of West Chester, Ohio; and sister, Freddie Hauling of Inverness, Florida; 12 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren....

Edward Dale Robertson

Edward Dale Robertson

Feb 15, 2014

Edward Dale Robertson, 64, of Shelbyville passed away Saturday, February 15, 2014 at the Thomson-Hood Veterans Center at Wilmore. Born in Corbin, Dale was the son of Billie Earls Robertson and the late Edward M. Robertson. He was a 1967 graduate of Corbin High School and served in the U.S. Air Force 1968-1976, including a year in Vietnam. He...

Ray Junior Davis

Ray Junior Davis

Feb 15, 2014

Ray Junior Davis, 51, of Corbin, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at his residence. Born in Claiborne County, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Luther Jarvis and Arletta Davis Jarvis. He had worked at CTA in Corbin. He is survived by his daughters, Kayla Ray Davis and Kelsey Lynn Davis; fiancée, Sonya Ogg and her...

Edith Sullivan Sutton

Edith Sullivan Sutton

Feb 15, 2014

Edith Sullivan Sutton, 93, of Corbin passed away Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Baptist Health Corbin. She was a daughter of the late Charles and Anna Pearl Owens Saylor. Edith was also preceded in death by husbands Clifford Sullivan and Rev. Thurman Sutton, a son Jimmy Lane Sullivan, grandson Gary Sullivan, granddaughter Tracy Sullivan Sears, and several brothers and...

Teddy Trosper

Teddy Trosper

Feb 13, 2014

Teddy Trosper, 66, of Corbin passed away Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Baptist Health Corbin. A Corbin native, he was a son of the late James B. Trosper, Sr. and Helen Louise Yon Trosper, and grandson of the late Ted and Susie Trosper, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Yon. Teddy was a Corbin High School graduate. He was a...

Patricia Ann Dixon

Patricia Ann Dixon

Feb 12, 2014

Patricia Ann Dixon, 61, of Corbin, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 at Baptist Health. Born in Corbin, she was the daughter of the late Ray Proffitt and Nannie Mitchell Proffitt. She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church and had worked as a caregiver. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister,...

Sharon Elizabeth Rhodes

Sharon Elizabeth Rhodes

Feb 11, 2014

Sharon Elizabeth Wyatt Rhodes, 63, of Lily, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 at Baptist Health. Born in Corbin, she was a nurse at Laurel Heights Home for the Elderly, and was a member of Grace on the Hill United Methodist Church. Sharon was preceded in death by her father, Jewel "Joe" Wyatt. She is survived by her...

Betty June Abner

Betty June Abner

Feb 9, 2014

Betty June Abner, 66, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, at Barbourville Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Whitley County, she was the daughter of the late Roy Parks, Sr., and Ethel Pennington Parks. She was a homemaker and a member of the Greenland Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Flem D. Mcfarland

Flem D. Mcfarland

Feb 8, 2014

Flem D. McFarland, age 85, passed away on Saturda,y February 8, 2014 at the VA Medical Center in Lexington. He was born in Whitley County and honorably served in the Army Air-Corps and the US Army in both World War II and Korea. He was a Christian by Faith and a Kentucky Colonel. Mr. McFarland was preceded in death...

Joseph A. Nigro

Joseph A. Nigro

Feb 6, 2014

Joseph A. Nigro, age 71, of Corbin, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2014 at his home. He was a retired general maintenance foreman with Ford Motor Company in Batavia, OH; a Baptist by faith and was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Cincinnati, OH. Joseph was preceded in death by his Wife, Nancie Benjey Nigro; Parents, Alphonse...

Fred Hall

Fred Hall

Feb 6, 2014

Fred Hall, age 72, of Corbin, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, at the VA Medical Center in Lexington. He was born in Harlan County, and was a US Army Veteran. Fred retired from both Inland Steel and the US Postal Service. He was Baptist by faith and was a former member of the Gainesville, Florida Moose Club....

William H. Onkst

William H. Onkst

Feb 6, 2014

William H. Onkst, 92, of Corbin passed away Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Baptist Health in Corbin. A native of Sunshine in Harlan County, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II and later opened Mike's Drive-In. In 1957, he and his brother Harold moved their families to Corbin where they opened the Piggly-Wiggly Supermarket. They added...

Mildred Jean Root

Mildred Jean Root

Feb 4, 2014

Mildred Jean Sears Root, age 86, of Corbin, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Corbin, she was the daughter of the late W. Frank Sears and Amanda Stewart Sears. She had worked as a nurse at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati. She was a lifetime member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary and a member...

Charles Leonard Barton

Charles Leonard Barton

Feb 2, 2014

Charles L. Barton, age 34, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, at his residence in Corbin. Charles had worked at S.E.K.R.I. in Corbin. He enjoyed playing cards, fishing, racing his wheelchair, and listening to music. Charles was preceded in death by his grandparents: Bessie and Elmer Barton, and Virgil Sullivan; and sister, Emily Dean Carr. He is survived...

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