Robyn Lynn Bryant Hayes
Feb 2, 2019
Robyn Lynn Bryant Hayes, age 61, of Elm Tree Lane, Lexington, formerly of Morehead, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2019, at her residence. Born December 12, 1957, in Rowan County, she was a daughter of the late Wayne Bryant and Helen Fern Plank Bryant Kiser. Robyn is survived by one son, Jamie Cooper (Angela) of Olive Hill; two daughters,...
Carlos "Jay" Markwell
Feb 2, 2019
Carlos "Jay" Markwell, age 82, of Bullfork Road, Morehead, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2019, at his residence. Born October 12, 1936, in Rowan County, he was a son of the late Emmit Denver Markwell and Francis Curtis Markwell. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Lillian Markwell, and a brother, Earnest Markwell. Jay is...
Sandra Kay Spencer Utterback
Feb 1, 2019
Sandra Kay Spencer Utterback, age 59, of N. Queen Street, Mt. Sterling, passed away Friday, February 1, 2019, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. She was born September 23, 1958, in Mt. Sterling, a daughter of Hazel Marie Eldridge of Mt. Sterling and the late Edward Clay Spencer. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by...
Betty Carolyn Sloan Eldridge
Jan 31, 2019
Betty Carolyn Sloan Eldridge, age 74, of Lower Licking Road, Morehead, passed peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, January 31, 2019, after a valiant battle with cancer. Born December 21, 1944, at home on Holly Fork Road in Rowan County, she was the daughter of the late James Everett Sloan and Iva Ethel Masters Sloan....
Mary Jane Blair
Jan 31, 2019
Mary Jane Blair, 77, of Mt. Washington, formerly of Morehead, loving mother of three, grandmother of six and great-grandmother of four, passed away from a long illness on January 31, 2019, in Kindred Hospital in Louisville. Mary Jane was born on February 11, 1941, in Morehead to Ernest Blair and Vada Wallace Blair. In 1959, she married Ralph Greenhill...
Christopher Dean Terry
Jan 30, 2019
Christopher Dean Terry, age 51, of Meadowlands Drive, Morehead, passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2019, at St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead. Born September 3, 1967, in Pensacola, Florida, he is the son of Elizabeth Terry Lewis of Crawfordsville, Indiana. In addition to his mother, Chris is survived by his wife, Sherry Boyd Terry, whom he married October 31, 2003;...
Nancy Rose Jackson Nickell
Jan 29, 2019
Nancy Rose (Jackson) Nickell, formerly a long-time resident of Frenchburg, passed away peacefully at St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead on January 29, 2019. Nancy was born in Menifee County on September 3, 1947 and grew up playing on the farms of Igo Ridge. Nancy married the love of her life, Carl Nickell in 1964. They settled in Menifee County...
Berlin Franklin Elliott
Jan 28, 2019
Berlin Franklin Elliott, age 73, of Morehead, passed away Monday, January 28, 2019, at St. Claire HealthCare. Born January 11, 1946, in Sandy Hook, he was a son of the late James Albert Elliott and Dorothy Jerrals Elliott. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Teretha Mae Rabb and Mary Lou Wagoner. Berlin's wife, whom...
Clifford Carl Richardson
Jan 26, 2019
Clifford Carl Richardson, age 87, of East Clack Mountain Road, Clearfield, passed away Saturday, January 26, 2019, at St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead. Born November 9, 1931, in Clearfield, he was the son of the late Burrel and Bertha Dillon Richardson. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings, Allie Ray Richardson, Lorene Lewis, Venard "Bob"...
Barbara Anne Reed Ramey
Jan 26, 2019
Barbara Anne Reed Ramey, age 78, of Independence, formerly of Morehead, passed away Saturday, January 26, 2019, at Bluegrass Care Navigators in Independence. She was born September 29, 1940, in North Matewan, West Virginia, and was a daughter of the late John B. and Dorothy Mounts Reed. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Johnie Milford Gillum
Jan 24, 2019
Johnie Milford Gillum, born November 15, 1942, in Elliott County, passed peacefully at his home in Hillsboro, KY on January 24, 2019, after an extended illness. He was the son of the late Albert and May Lewis Gillum. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters and brothers-in-law, Wilma Jean Ison (Phillip) and Elma Fay...
Danny D. Fannin
Jan 24, 2019
Danny D. Fannin, age 69, of Horseman Lane, Morehead, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2019, at his residence. He was born October 7, 1949, in Rowan County, and was a son of the late Edward W. Fannin and Lucille Stevens Fannin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Tracy Edward Fannin on November...
C. Nelson Grote
Jan 19, 2019
Dr. C. Nelson Grote, 91, the 11th president of Morehead State University and husband of the late Wilma Grote, died early Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at his home in Morehead. He retired from MSU in 1992 after serving five years as president. A former college dean at MSU, the Illinois native held two other presidencies before returning to Morehead...
Teddy Joe Jones
Jan 19, 2019
Teddy Joe Jones, age 64, of Welch Road, Jeffersonville, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019, at his residence. Born June 9, 1954, in Montgomery County, he was a son of the late John Jones and Ida Mae Parker Jones. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Nikki Jo Jones; a sister, Lillian Clem; and two...
Dewayne Garfield Barnett
Jan 19, 2019
DeWayne Garfield Barnett was born December 1, 1948, at home to the late Wilda Jean Hudson Barnett Burchett and Sydney Lowell Barnett. He passed away early Saturday, January 19, 2019, at his residence in Clearfield. DeWayne Barnett was a veteran of the US Army, where he taught Army Air & Missile Defense Command at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas....
Nona Maxine Bartley
Jan 17, 2019
Nona Maxine Bartley, 94, formerly of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, passed away January 17, 2019, at Lady Lake the Villages, Florida. Born February 23, 1924 in Pike County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Silas and Alma (Adkins) Bartley. Also preceding her in death was her husband, McKinley Bartley; two sons, Larry Ratliff and Jackie Bartley; and one grandson, Chad...
Bonnie Jean Wolfenbarger Rigdon
Jan 14, 2019
Bonnie Jean Wolfenbarger Rigdon, age 72, of Rawlings Road, Hillsboro, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019, at Fleming County Hospital in Flemingsburg. Born November 18, 1946, in Urbana, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Estill and Lilly Hollins Wolfenbarger. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Estill Lee Wolfenbarger, Jr. and...
Billie Jo Lambert
Jan 14, 2019
Billie Josephine Ellis Lambert, 80, of Kentre Lane, Morehead, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born January 21, 1938, at Cogswell in Rowan County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie T. Ellis and Faye Reed Ellis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Howard L. Setser
Jan 13, 2019
Dr. Howard L. Setser, age 84, of Green Valley Acres, Morehead, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019, at Robertson County Health Care in Mt. Olivet. Born November 19, 1934, in Van Lear, he was a son of the late Frank and Wanetta Ward Setser. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, JoAnne Dillon Setser, whom he married...
Frances Kiser Smith
Jan 12, 2019
Frances Kiser Smith, 65, of Roxanne Street, Clearfield, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2019, at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington. Born September 19, 1953, in Grayson, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Smith and Minnie Clay Smith. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Kiser on November 22, 2004; son-in-law, Derrick...
