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Feby Delphia Mays Riddle Law
Jan 4, 2016
Feby Delphia Mays Riddle Law, age 83, of Big Woods Road, Morehead, passed away Monday January 4, 2016, at her residence. Born May 1, 1932, in Rowan County, she was a daughter of the late Jefferson D. and Susan Fultz Mays. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, George and Hollie Mays; four sisters, Shirley...
Vonda Kay Griffith North
Jan 2, 2016
Vonda Kay Griffith North, age 66, of Sugarloaf Mountain Road, Morehead, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2016, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born January 6, 1949, in Greenup, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Ruben Griffith and Virgie Rose Griffith. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, David and Phillip...
Ula Beatrice Littleton Markwell
Dec 31, 2015
Ula Beatrice Littleton Markwell, age 86, of Maysville, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 31, 2015, at the Maysville Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility. Born July 6, 1929, in Morgan County, she was a daughter of the late James Perry and Clora Frances Peyton. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters,...
Lois Johnson Black
Dec 30, 2015
Lois Johnson Black, age 66, of Clearfield, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. She was born April 26, 1949, in Morehead, a daughter of the late Arthur and Maude Oney Johnson. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, LaTonia Renee Black; two brothers, Arthur Johnson, Jr. and...
Jo Anne Keeton Mcbrayer
Dec 29, 2015
Jo Anne Keeton McBrayer, age 74, of Highway 174, Olive Hill, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at the Carter Nursing and Rehab Center in Grayson. Born November 30, 1941, in Clearfield, she was the daughter of the late Chester A. Keeton and Cleo Olina Hall Keeton. Beside her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, J....
Alta Maude Sis Kribs Grimshaw
Dec 29, 2015
Alta Maude 'Sis' Kribs Grimshaw, age 84, of Caudill Cemetery Road, Morehead, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at her residence. Born April 30, 1931, in Mayville, Michigan, she was a daughter of the late LaRue and Waneta Smith Kribs. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Bob Kribs and Donnie Kribs, and...
James Anthony Mathis
Dec 26, 2015
James Anthony Mathis, age 51, of Old Hwy 172, West Liberty, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015, at Morgan County ARH in West Liberty. He was born April 22, 1964, in Sacramento, California, a son of the late J. Clement Mathis and Barbara Ann Howard Mathis Stevens. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant brother...
Roscoe Eldridge
Dec 26, 2015
Elder Roscoe Eldridge, of Oney Hollow, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away December 26, 2015, at the VA Hospital in Lexington at the age of 90. Roscoe was born on January 4, 1925, the eldest of ten children born to the late Preston and Lillie Pence Eldridge. Preceding him in death were his parents; six sisters: Anna Fraley, Frieda Crumb, Verna...
Grace Glenn Russ
Dec 24, 2015
Grace Glenn Russ, age 103, of Bridge Street, Cynthiana, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2015, at the Cedar Ridge Health Campus in Cynthiana, her home for almost 11 years. She was born March 13, 1912, in Glenntown, a daughter of Will and Annie Derrickson Glenn. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Minnie Louise Black and...
Sylvia Jean Oliver Stigall
Dec 24, 2015
Sylvia Jean Oliver Stigall, age 58, of CCC Trail, Morehead, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2015, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. She was born May 1, 1957, in Dayton, Ohio, a daughter of the late Vernal Van Oliver and Vena Mae Thornsberry Oliver Trent. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Betty...
Cledith Mays Barnett Hanshaw
Dec 24, 2015
Cledith Mays Barnett Hanshaw, age 95, of Brown Ridge Road, Morehead, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2015, at the Life Care Center of Morehead. Born June 4, 1919, in Elliott County, she was a daughter of Henry and Martha Ann Fraley Mays. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Emil Barnett and her second...
Ralph Arthur France
Dec 22, 2015
Ralph Arthur France, age 60, of CCC Trail, Morehead, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at the Life Care Center of Morehead. He was born April 10, 1955, in Gary, Indiana, a son of the late William Vernon France and Nina Faye Dillon France Templeman. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Ray Fultz, and...
Samuel Karras Williams
Dec 21, 2015
Samuel Karras Williams, 41, a native of Morehead, Kentucky, was born November 27, 1974, and passed away Monday, December 21, 2015, at his home in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Sam is survived by his beloved daughters, Brooklynn Grace Williams and Clara Elizabeth Williams, both of Morehead; his parents, Dion C. Williams and Dr. Kimberly Williams of Morehead and Deborah Yoder...
Patricia Faulkner Hamm
Dec 19, 2015
Patricia Faulkner Hamm, age 71, of Clearfork North, Morehead, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. She was born April 1, 1944, in Rowan County, a daughter of the late Elwood (Bill) Faulkner and Bernice Crager Faulkner. Patty is survived by her husband, Roy Eugene Hamm, whom she married November 17, 1984;...
James Edward Chapman
Dec 18, 2015
James Edward Chapman, age 79, of Mountain View Apartments, Morehead, passed away Friday, December 18, 2015. He was born October 22, 1936, in Miamisburg, Ohio, a son of the late James Clyde and Lottie Stamper Chapman. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Harold Chapman. James is survived by one son, Van Edward 'Eddie' Chapman...
Joyce Ann Hopkins Cox
Dec 18, 2015
Joyce Ann Hopkins Cox, age 60, of Maxey Flat Road, Hillsboro, passed away Friday, December 18, 2015, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. She was born December 4, 1955, in Mason County, a daughter of the late Robert Truman and Goldie Florence Hopkins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Randall Paul Cox, who passed away...
Ivan Eugene Branham
Dec 17, 2015
Ivan Eugene Branham, age 84, of Hillsboro Road, Hillsboro, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2015, at his residence. Born December 20, 1930, in Rowan County, he was a son of the late Belva Green and Nellie Mae Egan Branham. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Hiram, Walter, Joe, and Roy Branham, and three sisters,...
John F. Hook
Dec 16, 2015
John F. Hook, age 91, of Highway 801 South, Morehead, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at his residence. Born December 25, 1923, in Rowan County, he was a son of the late Charles Walter Hook and Nancy Susan Boggs Hook. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Bert, Glenn, Clarence, and Hayward Hook; and...
He Jing Zheng
Dec 14, 2015
Visitation: Private Funeral: Private Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
Ronald J. Bo Hamlin
Dec 13, 2015
Ronald J. 'Bo' Hamlin, age 78, of C Workman Road, Clearfield, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2015, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. He was born May 2, 1937, in Pike County, a son of the late Curtis and Hattie Mullins Hamlin. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Rose Marie Arthur and...
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