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Gerald Ray Pelfrey
Nov 9, 2017
Gerald Ray Pelfrey, age 79, of Camargo Road, Mt. Sterling, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017, at his residence. Born November 1, 1938, in Stanton, he was the son of the late Irvin and Norma Mae Wilson Pelfrey. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Carolyn Skidmore Pelfrey, and three brothers, Glenwood, Dale, and...
Wayne Perry Pettit
Nov 9, 2017
Wayne Perry Pettit, age 82, of Oakwood Drive, Morehead, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017, at his residence. Born February 1, 1935, in Fairborn, Ohio, he was a son of the late David and Bearl Haney Pettit. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Marie Gregory Pettit, on May 29, 1990; one brother, Junior...
James Russell Burrows
Nov 8, 2017
James Russell Burrows, age 76, of Banta Road, Olive Hill, formerly of Springfield, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at the St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born August 10, 1941, in Farmers, Kentucky, he was a son of the late Gerald James Burrows and Mary Alice Cassity Burrows. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Thomas William Brown
Nov 8, 2017
Thomas William Brown, 61, of Huntington, W.Va. passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at St. Mary's Medical Center. He was born May 6, 1956, in Portsmouth, Ohio, a son of the late William Willie and Edith Robinson Brown. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters. He was a retired nurse...
Timothy Lee Agee
Nov 7, 2017
Timothy Lee Agee, age 56, Calk Lake Road, Jeffersonville, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at his residence. He was born April 7, 1961, in Dayton, Ohio, a son of the late Charles Agee and Dixie Smallwood Agee. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Wayne Agee. Tim is survived by his...
Gilbert Neal Ramey
Nov 3, 2017
Gilbert Neal Ramey, age 70, formerly of Buffalo Branch, Morehead, passed away Friday, November 3, 2017, at the Eastern KY Veterans Center in Hazard. Born May 8, 1947, in Morehead, he was the son of the late Hobert Lee and Leah Armitage Ramey. He is survived by two sons, Michael Ramey of West Liberty and Paul Ramey and wife...
Carl Nick Dann
Oct 31, 2017
Carl Nick Dann, 76, formerly of Morehead, passed away October 31, 2017, in Ocala, Florida, his home for many years. He was born November 11, 1940, to Carl Dann and Geneva Snowden Dann. Raised in Eastern Kentucky, Nick graduated from Jenkins High School and was awarded a full scholarship to the University of Kentucky. He was an outstanding athlete...
Mary Lou Cook Beasley
Oct 29, 2017
Mary Lou Cook Beasley, age 77, of Morehead, formerly of Birmingham, Alabama, passed away Sunday, October 29, 2017, at the home of her sister and caretaker, Shirley Johnson, on U.S. 60 East, Morehead. She was born December 22, 1939, in Murphy, North Carolina, a daughter of the late Oliver and Nola Dockery Cook. In addition to her parents, she...
Joanne Lewis Howell
Oct 26, 2017
JoAnne Lewis Howell, age 84, of Cimarron Road, Morehead, formerly of Garrison, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2017, at her home. Born July 15, 1933, in Vanceburg, she was the only child of the late John Dee Lewis and Dorothy Plummer Lewis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Charles Howell, and one...
Jonathan David Smith
Oct 26, 2017
Jonathan David Smith, age 31, of McBrayer Road, Clearfield, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2017, from injuries sustained in a house fire. Born October 25, 1986, in Morehead, Jonathan is the son of Linda Hall Smith of Morehead and the late Bill David Smith. Besides his father, he was preceded in death by a half-brother, James Talmadge Smith. In...
Zachary Taylor Plank
Oct 24, 2017
Zachary Taylor Plank, age 28, of Buckner Branch, Morehead, passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2017, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born June 28, 1989, in Morehead, he is the son of David Plank and wife Kim and Clarissa Crumley and fiancé Leroy Barrs, all of Morehead. In addition to his parents, Zachary is survived by his wife,...
Earnesteen Conley Brewster
Oct 23, 2017
Earnesteen Conley Brewster, age 78, of State Hwy. 174, Olive Hill, passed away Monday, October 23, 2017, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. She was born November 30, 1938, in Carter County, a daughter of the late Ernest Paul and Bertha Alice Conn Conley. Her husband, James Morton Brewster, whom she married July 10, 1953, passed away...
Anna Mae Banks Kiser
Oct 23, 2017
Anna Mae Banks Kiser, age 68, of Ventor Avenue, Morehead, passed away Monday, October 23, 2017, at her residence. Born April 15, 1949, in Olentangy, Ohio, Anna was the daughter of the late Ivan and Willa Marie Evans Banks. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Wallen Kiser on October 1, 2003;...
Johnny Eugene "John" Jett
Oct 22, 2017
Johnny Eugene "John" Jett, age 44, of Jett Lane, Wallingford, passed away Sunday October 22, 2017. Born January 23, 1973, in Flemingsburg, he is the only child of Johnny and Donna Marshall Jett of Wallingford. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two sons, Jonathan Jett and Nicholas Jett; paternal grandfather, Eugene Jett; the mother of his...
Opal Mae Vice Lee
Oct 21, 2017
Opal Mae Vice Lee, age 81, of Pisgah Road, Carlisle, passed away Saturday, October 21, 2017, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. She was born October 29, 1935, at Bethel in Bath County, a daughter of the late Elmer James and Lucy Frances Hawkins Vice. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Thelma...
Richard P, Barnes
Oct 21, 2017
Richard P. Barnes, age 90, of Cranston Road, Morehead, for the past 17 years, passed away Saturday, October 21, 2017. He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. Born July 12, 1927, in Lakeland, Florida, he was the son of the late Zerney and Eunice Pipkin Barnes. He was also preceded in death by his wife of fifty years,...
Deborah "Debbie" Preston Sparks
Oct 20, 2017
Deborah "Debbie" Preston Sparks, 62, of Jackson Drive, Morehead, passed away Friday, October 20, 2017, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. Born July 26, 1955, in Louisa, KY, she is the daughter of the late Eugene Preston of Ashland and the stepdaughter of Sandy Click Preston. Also, daughter-in-law of the late Paul and Wilma Sparks of Ashland, KY. Debbie...
Kirby Dale Keeton
Oct 19, 2017
Kirby Dale Keeton, 67, of Heritage Place, Morehead, passed away Thursday, October 19, at St. Claire Medical Center. Born May 12, 1950, in Pikeville, he was a son of the late Buford Keeton and Marlene Bartley Keeton Sanders. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Keith Sanders and Wayne Sanders. He is survived by his daughter, Shaunna...
John Joseph Hawkins
Oct 19, 2017
John Joseph Hawkins, age 29, of Dawson Way, Clearfield, passed away Thursday, October 19, 2017, at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington. He was born June 16, 1988, in Watkins Glen, New York, a son of Patricia Clugstone Hunt of New Port Richey, Florida, and the late Jay Bishop Hawkins. In addition to his mother, John is also survived...
Dr. George Curtis Barber
Oct 17, 2017
George Curtis Barber, beloved husband, father, and Family Physician, died October 17, 2017, at UK Medical Center in Lexington after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 82. He was born February 1, 1935, in Mt. Sterling, KY, to the late Woodrow and Mabel Williams Barber. He grew up and attended school in West Liberty, KY, and graduated as...
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