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Dr. Donald Everett Blair

Dr. Donald Everett Blair

Dec 2, 2018

Dr. Donald Everett Blair, age 80, of Morehead, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018, at his home. Born January 26, 1938, in Lexington, he was the son of the late Dr. Everett D. Blair and Mary Jo Wilson Blair. Don is survived by his wife, Alta Stone Blair, whom he wed January 28, 1984; three children, Lisa Banks of...

Ernie  Emanuel Warman

Ernie Emanuel Warman

Dec 1, 2018

Ernie Emanuel Warman, age 92, of Hall Road, Flemingsburg, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2018, at the Fleming County Hospital in Flemingsburg. Born September 1, 1926, in Whitley County, he was the son of the late Noah and Amanda Thompson Warman. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Sandra Bridges. Ernie is survived by his...

Donnie  Ray Black

Donnie Ray Black

Nov 30, 2018

Donnie Ray Black, age 62, of Wolf Run Road, Flemingsburg, passed away Friday, November 30, 2018, at Hospice of Hope in Maysville. Born June 9, 1956, in Richmond, Indiana, he was the son of the late Donald Wayne Black and Helen Lucille Pugh Black. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Ricky Black...

Jerry Gibbs

Jerry Gibbs

Nov 30, 2018

Jerry Gibbs, age 80, a resident of Lexington, KY, for the last 50 years, passed away at his log cabin in Montgomery County on Friday, November 30, 2018, due to an extended illness. Jerry was born in Jeffersonville, KY, on October 7, 1938. He was the son of the late Russell Greene Gibbs and Margaret Ann King Gibbs. Jerry...

Elsie "Pat" Davis Lewis

Elsie "Pat" Davis Lewis

Nov 29, 2018

Elsie "Pat" Davis Lewis of Fredericksburg, Virginia, went to be with her Lord after 89 years of life on Thursday, November 29, 2018. Elsie's devotion to family was the inspiration for her surviving children: David Lewis (Janet) of Mineral, Virginia, Deborah Hirsch (Paul) of York, Pennsylvania, and Dawn Burgess (William) of Durham, North Carolina. Her memory will live on...

Bobby  Allen Stamper,  Jr.

Bobby Allen Stamper, Jr.

Nov 27, 2018

Bobby Allen Stamper, Jr., age 53, of Salt Lick, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2018, at the U. K. Medical Center in Lexington. He was born July 11, 1965, in Mansfield, Ohio, and is the son of Bobby Allen Stamper, Sr., and Ruth Ann Cline Stamper of Salt Lick. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two...

Toney  Nelson Phillips

Toney Nelson Phillips

Nov 26, 2018

Toney Nelson Phillips, 58, of Meadow Lane, Morehead, known to family and friends as Nelson, passed away Monday, November 26, 2018, at his residence. Born January 30, 1960, in Lexington, Nelson is the son of Mary Haggan Phillips of Morehead and Toney Cloy Phillips, who passed away October 22, 2007. In addition to his mother, Nelson is survived by...

Lucas  Scott Vanderpool

Lucas Scott Vanderpool

Nov 25, 2018

Lucas Scott Vanderpool, age 33, of Morehead, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2018, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born March 21, 1985, in Lexington, he is the son of Mabel Isaacs Tuggle (and stepfather Rex Tuggle) of Lexington and the late James Arkie Vanderpool. He is also survived by his wife, Latoria Burton Vanderpool; two sons, James...

Sharon Mildred Johnson Linn Earhart

Sharon Mildred Johnson Linn Earhart

Nov 23, 2018

Sharon Mildred Johnson Linn Earhart, age 78, of East Highway 60, Salt Lick, passed away Friday, November 23, 2018, at the Life Care Center in Morehead. Born September 6, 1940, in Mishawaka, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late David and Maris Fisher Johnson. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Lloyd M....

Pauline  Utterback Cole

Pauline Utterback Cole

Nov 21, 2018

Pauline Utterback Cole, 86, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at the Heart of Georgia Hospice Inpatient Unit in Perry, Georgia. She was born on August 31, 1932, in Morehead, to the late William Rufus "Bill Pug" Utterback and Maggie Marie Jenkins Utterback. In addition to her parents, Pauline was preceded in death by her beloved husband, James...

Elizabeth Anne "Beth" Crail Donovan Scott

Elizabeth Anne "Beth" Crail Donovan Scott

Nov 20, 2018

Elizabeth Anne "Beth" Crail Donovan Scott, age 67, passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at Northfork Senior Living in Morehead. Born July 28, 1951, in Cordova, Alaska, she was the daughter of the late Charles Joseph Crail and Elenor May Altman Crail. Beth was also preceded in death by her "second" mother, Elizabeth Marie "Betty" Cooper Crail; a...

Janie Howard Mcmillan Dockery

Janie Howard Mcmillan Dockery

Nov 17, 2018

Janie Howard McMillan Dockery, age 90, of Dry Creek Road, Clearfield, passed away Saturday, November 17, 2018, at her residence. Janie was born February 8, 1928, in Olive Hill, a daughter of the late Orville and Peachie Black Howard. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Scottie, Charles, and Robert Howard, Jr.; five sisters, Maudie...

Juanita  Griffith Hall

Juanita Griffith Hall

Nov 13, 2018

Juanita Griffith Hall, age 79, formerly of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, in Nashville, Tennessee. She was born March 17, 1939, at Biggs, Kentucky, in Pike County, a daughter of the late Arnold and Hazel Fife Griffith. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by siblings Genetta Ruth, twins Dexter and Alice, and Roger...

Glendening  George Cofer

Glendening George Cofer

Nov 12, 2018

George Cofer Glendening, age 69, of Seas Branch, Morehead, passed away November 12, 2018, at his residence. Born June 27, 1949, in Webster Springs, West Virginia, he was a son of the late George Wilburt Glendening and Laura Margarita Cogar Glendening. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Nicole Cannizzaro and one brother,...

Darlene  Read Perkins

Darlene Read Perkins

Nov 12, 2018

Darlene Read Perkins, 70, of Knapp Avenue, Morehead, passed away Monday, November 12, 2018, at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Darlene, the daughter of the late Jesse and Leona (Denton) Read, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, November 14, 1947, and graduated from high school in Campbellsville, Kentucky. Early in her life, she worked as a legal secretary...

Franklin  Carl Hunt

Franklin Carl Hunt

Nov 9, 2018

Franklin Carl Hunt, age 83, of Oregon Road, Rural Celina, Ohio, formerly of Fleming County, passed away Friday, November 9, 2018, at his residence. Born March 18, 1935, in Elizaville, Kentucky, he was a son of the late Ernest Hinton Hunt and Irene Myers Evans. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his son and daughter: David...

Robert  Edward Bennett

Robert Edward Bennett

Nov 4, 2018

Robert Edward Bennett, 82, of Wells Lane, Morehead, passed away Sunday, November 4, 2018, at St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead following an extended illness. He was born March 13, 1936, in Alliance, Ohio, a son of the late John and Dena Wise Bennett. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three siblings, Maxine Reynolds Whitaker,...

Eva "Frances" Luman Cox

Eva "Frances" Luman Cox

Nov 4, 2018

Eva Frances Luman Cox, age 87, of Maxey Flat Road, Hillsboro, passed away Sunday, November 4, 2018, at her residence. Born May 9, 1931, in Fleming County, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Hazel Roberts Luman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son and daughter-in-law, Randall Paul Cox and Joyce...

Arvel  "Junior" Caudill

Arvel "Junior" Caudill

Nov 3, 2018

Arvel "Junior" Caudill, age 86, of Country Lane, Morehead, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2018, at his home. Born January 23, 1932, in Morehead, he was the son of the late Arvel Caudill and Bessie Dyer Caudill. His wife of 64 years, Ivetta Plank Caudill, preceded him in death on September 11, 2017; one great granddaughter, Josey Starr Murphy,...

Mildred  G. Stanley

Mildred G. Stanley

Oct 31, 2018

Mildred G. Stanley, age 89, of Knapp Avenue, Morehead, passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2018, at the home of her granddaughter in Owingsville. Born December 21, 1928, in Itawamba County, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Delbert Gregory and Edna Buskirk Gregory. Mildred's husband of 59 years, John D. Stanley, preceded her in death on May 16,...

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