Obituaries

Sep 14, 2018

Ms. Wanda Sue Stamper, age 61, departed this life on Friday, September 14, 2018 at her home in Trosper, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Roscoe and Shirley (Carnes) Hammons, born to them on October 26, 1956 in Dewitt, Kentucky. Wanda believed in the Baptist faith and was a nurse. She loved reading and gardening.

She is...

Sep 9, 2018

Mrs. Dora Lee Lester age 75 of Fourmile, Kentucky departed this life on Sunday, September 9, 2018 in the Baptist Health Hospital in Corbin, Kentucky. She was the widow of William Pierce Lester and the daughter of Jim Smith and Bertha Wallace born to them on November 11, 1942 in Knox County. She was a member of...

Sep 9, 2018

Mrs. Viola Broughton Eaves age 64 of Barbourville departed this life on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at the Barbourville ARH. She was the wife of Kenneth Eaves and the daughter of the late William Finley Smith and Ruby Miller Smith. She was born on August 23, 1954 in Pineville, Kentucky. She was a member of the Brown’s...

Aug 26, 2018

Mr. Thomas George Gray, Jr., age 69, left this life on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at his home in Columbia, Tennessee after a hard-fought battle with Mesothelioma. He was the son of Thomas George Gray, Sr. and Carrie (Grubb) Gray, born to them on June 14, 1949 in Knox County, Kentucky. He was united in marriage to Phyllis (Bryant)...

Aug 24, 2018

Mr. Charles Jordan age 62 of Barbourville, Kentucky departed this life on Friday, August 24, 2018, at the Barbourville Appalachian Regional Hospital. He was the son of Golden and Edna Lee (Smith) Jordan, born to them on January 14, 1956 in Barbourville. He was a member of the Baptist faith and was a carpenter. Charles loved to fish and...

Aug 14, 2018

Mr. Leroy “Poppy” McWilliams age 80 of Barbourville, Kentucky departed this life on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 in the Barbourville ARH. He was the widow of Wilma Marie (Jackson) McWilliams and the son of Victor Rufus McWilliams and Gladys (Marion) McWilliams born to them on July 4, 1938 in Knox Co. He was a member of the...

Jul 31, 2018

Mr. Kinver “Dink” Miles age 88 of Swan Pond, Kentucky departed this life on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in the St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. He was the son of the late Andrew and Eva Cora (Sears) Miles born to them on June 10, 1930, in Knox County, Kentucky. He had been a coal miner and a night watchman...

Jul 29, 2018

Mr. Earl Allery Shupe, Jr. better known as Al, age 66 of Girdler, Kentucky, departed this life on Sunday, July 29, 2018 at his home. He was the husband of Linda (Smith) Shupe and the son of Earl Allery Shupe and Minnie (Swafford) Shupe born to them on January 23, 1952. He had been a truck driver during his...

Jul 26, 2018

Ms. Della Mae Brown, age 82 of the Bimble community in Barbourville, passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018, in the Barbourville Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was born on March 15, 1936, in Scalf, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Tilford and Thelma Hobbs Brown.

Along with her parents, Della was preceded in death by...

Jul 21, 2018

Mr. Luther Messer, Jr. age 70, of Earlville, Illinois passed away Saturday, July 21, 2018 at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois surrounded by his loving family. Luther was born August 9, 1947 in Greenroad, Kentucky, the son of Luther and Martha (Mills) Messer.  He married Dora Mills April 25, 1965 in Fount, Kentucky.   He attended the...

Jul 21, 2018

Mr. Ronald Glynn Perkins, age 79, departed this life on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at Baptist Health in Corbin, Kentucky. He was the son of Ralph Perkins and Pansy Mae (Crace) Perkins, born to them on July 29, 1938 in Jackson, Ohio. He united in marriage with Carama Redda (Penix) Perkins on July 19, 1959. Ronald was a member...

Jul 21, 2018

Mr. James Garfield Taylor age 84 of Elam Branch, Barbourville departed this life on Saturday, July 21, 2018 in the Hillcrest Health & Rehabilitation Center in Corbin. He was born on January 14, 1934 in Rose Hill, Virginia and was the son of George Washington Taylor and Gracie Rice Frederick. He was united in marriage with Mable Roark and...

Jul 18, 2018

Mr. Thomas Gray age 75 of Artemus, KY departed this life on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at his home. He was the son of Dewey Gray and Julie (Mills) Gray, born to them on August 18, 1942 in Knox County. In November of 1964, he united in marriage with Edith (Wombles) Gray.  He believed in the Holiness Faith and...

Jul 13, 2018

Mrs. Melissa “Lissie” (Maiden) Mayne, age 96 of Barbourville departed this life on Friday, July 13, 2018 in the Barbourville Health & Rehabilitation Center. She was born on December 20, 1921 in Knox Co. and was the wife of the late Willie B. “Bill” Mayne. She was the daughter of Wesley Maiden and Minerva Miracle Partin Maiden. Mrs. Mayne...

Jul 9, 2018

Mrs. Norma Shearer Smith age 90 of Barbourville, Kentucky departed this life on Monday, July 9, 2018, in the Diversicare of Claiborne in New Tazewell, Tenessee. She was born on October 29, 1927 in Gatliff, Kentucky the daughter of Millard and Myrtle (Lawson) Brown. On May 13, 1946, she united in marriage with Evan Coolidge Smith and to this...

Jun 29, 2018

Mr. Billy J. Shelton, born February 4, 1940 in Knox County, Kentucky passed away on June 29, 2018 in the VA Hospice Center in Lexington, Kentucky.  He was the son of Elmer Shelton and Sallie Cobb Shelton

He was preceded in death by his parents Elmer and Sallie Shelton, a infant brother Franklin D. Shelton, his maternal...

Jun 26, 2018

Mrs. Jacqueline Hampton age 63 of Barbourville, Kentucky departed this life on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in the Barbourville Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was born on June 29, 1954, in Knox County, Kentucky the daughter of Henry Carl Woolum and Mary Francis (Brown) Woolum. She united in marriage with Charles Edward Hampton, Sr. and to this union two children...

Jun 18, 2018

Mrs. Cassie Lee Smith age 72 of Barbourville departed this life on Monday, June 18, 2018 in the Barbourville Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was the daughter of Harvey Gilbert Robinson and Polly (Smallwood) Robinson born to them on October 26, 1945 in Laurel Co., KY. On February 10, 1961, she united in marriage with Jabe Smith and to this...

Jun 11, 2018

Mr. John J. McVey, age 85 of Woolum, KY departed this life on Monday morning, June 11, 2018 at the home of his son in Powell, TN. He was the son of John E. McVey and America Gambrel, born to them on January 29, 1933 in Spruce Pine, KY. He was a member of the Horn Branch Baptist Church....

Jun 10, 2018

COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT

Mary L. Asher age 83 of Nicholasville, departed this life on Sunday, June 10, 2018 at her home. She was the beloved wife of Eugene Asher and was married for sixty-eight years. She was the daughter of the late John L. and Maggie (Black) Corey of Barbourville.

She attended Union College...