Joyce Marie Holland Barker
May 30, 2017
Joyce Marie Holland Barker, age 86, of Knapp Avenue, Morehead, passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at her home. Born October 3, 1930, at Water Valley in Graves County, she was a daughter of the late Collin and Myrtle Ruth Elliott Holland. Joyce is survived by her husband of nearly seventy years, John Paul Barker, whom she wed November...
Philip Morelan Fraley
May 26, 2017
Philip Morelan Fraley, age 43, of U.S. 60 East, Morehead, passed away Friday, May 26, 2017, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born January 8, 1974, in Morehead, he is the son of Lana Stevens Fraley of Morehead and Pastor Philip Wayne Fraley, who passed away December 15, 2013. In addition to his mother, he also leaves...
Lonnie Dean Hamlin
May 24, 2017
Lonnie Dean Hamlin, age 57, of Radcliff, formerly of Morehead, passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. Born June 14, 1959, in Pike County, he was the son of the late Ronald J. 'Bo' Hamlin and Joan Ann Hubbard Hamlin. He is survived by his wife, Kathy Bolin Hamlin; one son, James Hamlin and...
Raymond Anderson Thomas
May 24, 2017
Raymond Anderson Thomas, age 79, of Lower Licking Road, Morehead, passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at his residence. Born July 15, 1937, at Cogswell, Kentucky, in Rowan County, he was a son of the late David H. and Edith Roberts Thomas. He is survived by his wife, Judith Ann DeHart Thomas; two sons, Wes Thomas and wife Lois...
Lonnie Gregory
May 20, 2017
Lonnie Gregory, 80, of Morehead, KY, passed away peacefully at home while surrounded by his family on May 20, 2017. Lonnie was born April 12, 1937, to Matthew and Mary Tennie (Caudill) Gregory in Morehead. Lonnie served two years in the U.S. Army as military police and was awarded the Sharpshooter's Medal. When he returned home on leave, he...
Barbara Sue Eighmey Stephens
May 18, 2017
Barbara Sue Eighmey Stephens, age 73, of Farris Branch Road, Wallingford, passed away Thursday, May 18, 2017, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born March 5, 1944, in Otego, New York, she was a daughter of the late Kenneth Norman Eiehman, Sr., and Mary Charlotte Nichols Eighmey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Carl Dean Bumgardner Black
May 13, 2017
Carl 'Dean' (Bumgardner) Black, age 72, of Georgetown, KY, passed away to her heavenly home on May 13, 2017, at her residence at The Willows at Citation in Lexington, KY. Born October 2, 1944, in Fleming County, she was the daughter of the late Carl Bumgardner and Monnie (Lambert) Bumgardner. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Billy Joe Oney
May 11, 2017
Billy Joe Oney, age 78, of Morehead, formerly of Wheatfield, Indiana, passed away Thursday, May 11, 2017. Born July 11, 1938, in Rowan County, he was a son of the late Virgil and Bonnie Sparks Oney. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Judy Moore, and one brother, Jack Oney. Billy Joe is survived by...
Wanda June Cogswell Carpenter
May 10, 2017
Wanda June Cogswell Carpenter, age 80, a resident of Clearfield for more than 50 years, passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington. Born June 17, 1936, in Farmers, she was a daughter of the late William 'Bill' Phelps Cogswell and Blandenia Fern Craycraft Cogswell. Besides her parents, she was also preceded in death...
Judy Ann Smoot Eldridge
May 8, 2017
Judy Eldridge, age 72, of Ringos Mills Road, Hillsboro, passed away Monday, May 8, 2017, at her residence. Born July 1, 1944, in Hillsboro, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Laton Smoot and Flora Edith McLain Maxey Smoot. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Fred Hinton 'Hint' Maxey, Henry Laton...
James Dewon Wells
May 6, 2017
James 'Dewon' Wells, age 52, of Stone Creek Drive, Mt. Sterling, a longtime firefighter and paramedic, was born March 26, 1965, in Paintsville, and passed away Saturday, May 6, 2017, at St. Joseph Hospital in Mt. Sterling. Dewon is survived by his wife, Lori Ann Lawson Wells, whom he wed May 10, 2011; his mother, Sandra Osborne Helton of...
Michael Allen Eldridge
May 1, 2017
Michael Allen Eldridge, age 55, of Jones Ridge, Morehead, passed away Monday, May 1, 2017, at U. K. Medical Center in Lexington. Born July 12, 1961, in Springfield, Ohio, he was the son of the late J. C. and Ruby Butler Eldridge. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Jackie 'Spook' Butler, who...
Shirley Burke Johnson
Apr 28, 2017
Shirley Burke Johnson, age 76, of Lee Court, Mt. Sterling, where she resided for the past six years with her daughter, passed away Friday, April 28, 2017, at St. Joseph Hospital in Mt. Sterling. Born September 29, 1940, at Virgie in Pike County, was a daughter of the late Piercy Delmar and Edna Hudson Burke. Besides her parents, she...
Charles Edward Chuck Meade
Apr 26, 2017
Charles Edward 'Chuck' Meade, age 70, of Grassy Lick Road, Morehead, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at the V.A. Medical Center in Lexington. Born July 4, 1946, in Hazard, he was a son of the late Joseph C. and Rena Fay Day Meade. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant sister, Katherine Meade. Chuck...
John Newton Reitzel
Apr 25, 2017
TSgt John Newton Reitzel, USAF, Retired, age 90, of Hillsboro, formerly of Alamogordo, New Mexico, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at Thomson-Hood Veterans Center in Wilmore. Born November 24, 1926, in Stilesville, Indiana, he was the son of the late Thomas Albert and Clara Richardson Reitzel. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Jewell...
Janice Keeys Anderson
Apr 23, 2017
Janice Keeys Anderson, age 64, of Island Fork Road, Morehead, passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017, at her home. Born July 3, 1952, in Morehead, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Goldie Rebecca Kiser Keeys. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Mike Keeys. Janice is survived by her husband...
Grady Joe Back
Apr 22, 2017
Grady Joe Back, age 62, of Pine Grove Road, Olympia, passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Bourbon County from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident. Born August 14, 1954, in Middletown, Ohio, he was the son of the late J. K. Back and Rosie Alice Howard Back. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother,...
Mary Kaye Ashford Hargis
Apr 22, 2017
Mary Kaye Ashford Hargis, 70, of Pine Hills, Morehead, passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born September 7, 1946, in La Center at Sand Ridge, she was a daughter of the late Ursher Lee and Mary Katherine Dyer Ashford. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Leslie...
Michael Clark Hearn
Apr 21, 2017
Michael Clark Hearn, 71, of Morehead, passed away after a long battle with melanoma, Friday, April 21, 2017, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born December 12, 1945, in Frankfort, Mike was the oldest son of the late Bettye Jay Williams Hearn and the late James G. Hearn, Jr. Mike graduated from Frankfort High School in 1964...
Olen C. Nantz
Apr 20, 2017
Olen C. Nantz, age 86, of Whitaker Street, Morehead, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born April 10, 1931, in Harlan, he was a son of the late Hobert Nantz, Sr., and Mary Farley Osborne. He was also preceded in death by one brother, Tommy Osborne. Olen's wife of 41 years,...
