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Maverick Blaze Jones Calhoun
Sep 20, 2015
Maverick Blaze Jones Calhoun, beloved son of Devin Calhoun and Malleri Jones of Wooley Road, Flemingsburg, joined the heavenly angels at birth on September 20, 2015, at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington. In addition to his parents, he will be lovingly remembered by his paternal grandparents, Jon and Shannon Calhoun of Ewing; maternal grandparents, Tony and Kim Brown...
Chester Ray Hamilton
Sep 19, 2015
Chester Ray Hamilton, age 73, of Hamilton Road, Morehead, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2015, at the Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia, from injuries sustained in a truck accident on September 15, 2015, in Louisa, Kentucky. He was born August 4, 1942, in Fleming County, a son of Arlie Lee Hamilton and Nina Dyer Hamilton. Chester was...
Robert Edgar Bob Spencer
Sep 15, 2015
Robert Edgar 'Bob' Spencer, age 75, of James Road, Wallingford, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015, at his residence. Born April 27, 1940, in Menifee County, he was a son of the late Boyd and Anne King Spencer. Bob is survived by his wife of 44 years, Nancy Vise Spencer, whom he married March 13, 1971; three sons, David...
Madgelene Madge Stevens Blevins
Sep 14, 2015
Madgelene 'Madge' Stevens Blevins, age 88, of U.S. 60 East, Morehead, passed away Monday, September 14, 2015, at her residence. Born April 6, 1927, at Hayes Crossing, she was the daughter of the late Haskell C. and Myrtle Johnson Stevens. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Norman, Ray, and Lee Stevens. She...
Violet Jean Purvis Byerly
Sep 14, 2015
Violet Jean Purvis Byerly, age 64, of Johnson School Road, Hillsboro, passed away Monday, September 14, 2015, at Kindred Hospital in Louisville. She was born September 30, 1950, in Fleming County, and was the daughter of the late Oscar and Pearl Link Purvis. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Claude Purvis. Violet was also...
Beverly Sue Susie Taylor
Sep 12, 2015
Beverly Sue 'Susie' Day Taylor, 61, of West Main Street, Morehead, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2015, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born August 6, 1954, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, she is the daughter of James 'Jim' Day and Madge A. Thomas Elliott, both of Morehead. In addition to her parents, Susie is survived by her husband...
Earnest Wilson
Sep 11, 2015
Earnest Wilson, age 81, of Springfield, Ohio, passed away on Friday, September 11, 2015, in his home. He was born January 25, 1934, in Morehead, the son of the late Alfred and Ethel Sloan Wilson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Genieve Stegall, and a brother, Herbert Wilson. Earnest is survived by...
Catherine Kissick Jackson
Sep 10, 2015
Catherine Kissick Jackson, age 87, of Morehead Road, Wallingford, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2015, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead surrounded by her family. Born February 12, 1928, in Rowan County, she was a daughter of the late Omar and Margaret Sorrell Kissick. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister,...
Angela Diane Burton Harris Lykins
Sep 8, 2015
Angela Diane Burton Harris Lykins, age 46, of Days Mill Road, Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington. Born December 21, 1968, in Morehead, she is the daughter of Marvin E. Burton of Hilltop and Pam Marshall Harris of Hillsboro. In addition to her mother and father, Angela is survived by her...
Sherrie Lynn Mctush Kickel
Sep 4, 2015
Sherrie Lynn McTush Kickel, 51, of Rose Road, Clearfield, passed away Friday, September 4, 2015, at U.K. Markey Cancer Center in Lexington from leukemia. Born September 18, 1963, in Iowa City, Iowa, she is the daughter of Donna Lee Pierce McTush of Clearfield and the late Grover Julius McTush. In addition to her mother, Sherrie is survived by two...
John Sidney Quesinberry
Sep 3, 2015
John Sidney Quesinberry, 77, of Quesinberry Road, Morehead, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015, at his residence. Born March 26, 1938, in Clearfield, he was a son of the late Elzie and Verna Mae Lambert Quesinberry. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, J. D. Quesinberry, and one son, Andrew Quesinberry. He is survived by...
Elbert Chester Mckinney
Sep 2, 2015
Elbert Chester McKinney, age 74, of KY Hwy 519, Morehead, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at his residence. Born March 23, 1941, in Morgan County, he was the son of the late William 'Harold' and Lorene Donahue McKinney. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Vivian Pettit, and one great grandson, Colby Moore. Elbert...
William Ray Bill Weaver, Sr.
Aug 31, 2015
William Ray 'Bill' Weaver, Sr., age 77, of Crain Creek, passed away Monday, August 31, 2015, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. He was born March 9, 1938, in Fleming County, a son of the late Earl Weaver and Rebecca Frances Skaggs Weaver. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers, Earl Jr., Noah...
Jerry Coleman Mcclurg
Aug 30, 2015
Jerry Coleman McClurg, age 67, of Jeffersonville, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015, at his residence. Born February 16, 1948, in Richmond, Indiana, he is the son of Alma Ruth Cox McClurg of Jeffersonville and the late Wilford A. McClurg. In addition to his mother, Jerry is survived by two brothers, Wilford McClurg of Blanchester, Ohio, and Timothy Mark...
Lela Mae Hardy Cooper
Aug 30, 2015
Lela Mae Hardy Cooper, age 93, of McMullin Avenue, Flemingsburg, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015, at the Fleming County Hospital in Flemingsburg. Born May 10, 1922, in Poplar Plains, Fleming County, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Nannie Craft Hardy. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Ethel Hardy Schwartz. Her...
Hope Rachelle Layne
Aug 30, 2015
Hope Rachelle Layne, age 23, of Clearfield, was born March 28,1992, in Warren, Ohio, and passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015, at her residence. She is survived by her loving father and stepmother, Kenneth and Betty Sue Carter Layne of Clearfield; three brothers and their wives, Kenneth Benjamin and Sarah Layne of Richmond, Daniel Allen and Kayla Layne of...
Dixie Cline Wilson
Aug 29, 2015
Dixie Cline Wilson, age 65, of Mushroom Road, Olive Hill, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born January 4, 1950, in Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Haskell Cline and Dorothy Johnson Cline Mauk. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Roger...
Jewell Day Call
Aug 27, 2015
Jewell Day Call, 87, of Sunset Road, Hillsboro, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2015, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. Born April 22, 1928, in Mt. Hope, he was the only child of the late Elbert Brooks Call and Maudie Cooper Saunders Call. He is survived by his wife, Lela Mae Flora Call; one son, Stevie and wife Donna...
Jean Katherine Aagaard Turner
Aug 24, 2015
Jean Katherine (Aagaard) Turner was born in San Francisco, California, on September 22, 1924, the daughter of Viktor Munk Jensen Aagaard, a Danish immigrant, and Fay (Shepherd) Aagaard, a transplant from upstate New York. Jean spent her youth in San Francisco, attending the public schools, before moving to the Napa Valley to take nursing at the St. Helena Sanitarium...
Betty Jo Lyons Fultz
Aug 24, 2015
Betty Jo Lyons Fultz, age 83, of U.S. 60 East, Morehead, passed away Monday, August 24, 2015, at her residence. She was born September 10, 1931, in Rowan County, a daughter of the late Charlie B. and Ollie B. Mabry Lyons. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Lowell Lyons, Carl Lyons, and Charles Rayburn...
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