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R. Lawrence Larry Romanek

R. Lawrence Larry Romanek

Jul 26, 2011

Reginal Lawrence -Larry- Romanek, age 80, of Mocabee Creek Road, Olive Hill, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at Elliott Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sandy Hook, Kentucky. He was born April 18, 1931, in Los Angeles, California, and was the son of Steven J. and Irene Collard Romanek. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by...

William A. Jack Mckenzie

William A. Jack Mckenzie

Jul 25, 2011

William Andrew -Jack- McKenzie, age 90, of Kettering, Ohio, passed away at his home on Monday, July 25, 2011, with family by his side. Born December 26, 1920, at Cogswell, Kentucky, in Rowan County, he was one of eight children of William Baldwin McKenzie and Jessie Mae Alfrey McKenzie. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two...

Dona Pernell Moore Stone

Dona Pernell Moore Stone

Jul 24, 2011

Dona Pernell Moore Stone, age 87, of Christy Creek Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2011, at Hillsdale Community Health Center in Hillsdale, Michigan. She was born November 22, 1923, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of the late William and Virgie Mays Pernell. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters,...

Chieko  Sugawara Leon

Chieko Sugawara Leon

Jul 22, 2011

Chieko Sugawara Leon, age 77, of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Friday, July 22, 2011, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born July 17, 1934, in Iwate Ken, Japan, she was the daughter of the late Rikichi and Tuya Tateba Sugawara. Her husband of 37 years, Terry Gene Leon, preceded her in death on July 15, 2009. Mrs....

Fred  Warren Brown,  Jr.

Fred Warren Brown, Jr.

Jul 21, 2011

Fred Warren Brown, Jr., age 57, of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, formerly of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2011, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident while traveling in Powell County, Kentucky. He was born January 5, 1954, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and is the son of Fred Warren Brown, Sr., and Flossie Sparks Brown of Morehead, Kentucky....

Gary  Charles Cox

Gary Charles Cox

Jul 18, 2011

Dr. Gary Charles Cox, 79, of Rosenberg Drive, Morehead, Kentucky, Morehead State University Geography Professor Emeritus, passed away Monday, July 18, 2011, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Gary was born July 2, 1932, in Pound, Virginia, to James Wilburn and Edith Boggs Cox. The oldest of six children, he is survived by two brothers, Ronald Lee...

Chris Moore

Chris Moore

Jul 17, 2011

Chris Moore, age 47, of Thompson Springs, Utah, formerly of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, July 17, 2011, at his residence. Born January 16, 1964, in Maysville, Kentucky, he is the son of Carolyn Sue Whitt Moore of Thompson Springs, Utah, and Wayne Edward Moore, who passed away January 17, 1977. In addition to his mother, Chris is survived...

Glaspie F. Adkins Jennings

Glaspie F. Adkins Jennings

Jul 14, 2011

Glaspie F. Adkins Jennings, age 73, of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2011, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. She was born December 14, 1937, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and was the only daughter of the late Beecher and Opal Whitt Adkins. Her husband, Marvin Jennings, whom she married June 5, 1955, preceded her in death...

Hester  Kegley Hall

Hester Kegley Hall

Jul 11, 2011

Hester Kegley Hall, age 77, of Lois Lane, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Monday, July 11, 2011, at King-s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Kentucky. She was born September 26, 1933, in Carter County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of the late Noah and Della Crose Kegley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister,...

Cheryl  Lee Metcalf

Cheryl Lee Metcalf

Jul 10, 2011

Cheryl Lee Metcalf, 65, of North Wilson Avenue, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2011, at her residence. Born October 8, 1945, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, she is the daughter of B. Leah Mangulis of Morehead, Kentucky. She was preceded in death by her stepfather, Marlo Mangulis, and her husband, Capt. Dwight Metcalf. In addition to her mother, survivors...

James  Oliver Lambert

James Oliver Lambert

Jul 6, 2011

James Oliver Lambert, age 88, of Clearfield, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead, Kentucky. He was born November 16, 1922, at Clearfield, Kentucky, son of the late Eli Anderson (Andy) Lambert and Lula Ethel Baldridge Lambert. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by ten brothers; two sisters; two...

Ryder  Lee Garris

Ryder Lee Garris

Jul 5, 2011

Ryder Lee Garris, two-year-old son of Sophia Marie Isch of Morehead, Kentucky, and Tommy Lee Garris of Olive Hill, Kentucky, was born June 10, 2009, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead, Kentucky, and passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Besides his parents, Ryder is also survived by one sister, Savannah Cogar of Morehead, Kentucky, maternal grandparents, Anita...

Mary Marie Perkins Snipes

Mary Marie Perkins Snipes

Jul 5, 2011

Mary Marie Perkins Snipes, age 75, of Scott Court, Clearfield, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead, Kentucky. Born July 17, 1935, in Beallsville, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Howard L. and Rose Anna Phillips Perkins. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Norma...

Wanda  Cox King

Wanda Cox King

Jul 5, 2011

Wanda Cox King, age 71, of Charmark Court, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. She was born May 16, 1940, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of the late Everett and Monnie Reynolds Cox. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Talmadge Cox. Her...

Harold  Stanley Easterling

Harold Stanley Easterling

Jun 30, 2011

Harold Stanley Easterling, age 64, of Hwy. 711, Blairs Mill, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2011. Born April 4, 1947, in Morgan County, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Gerald Emerson and Mattie Jewell Elam Easterling. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Rodney Lynn Easterling; two sisters, Diana Jo Cook and...

Lucille  Litteral Elam

Lucille Litteral Elam

Jun 28, 2011

Lucille Litteral Elam, age 76, of Boone Place, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Born January 6, 1935, in Morgan County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Finley and Meadie Taulbee Litteral. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Marie Day and Wilma Clevenger....

Arella Conn

Arella Conn

Jun 28, 2011

Arella Conn, age 85, formerly of Heritage Place, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at the Homestead Nursing Center in Lexington, Kentucky. She was born March 19, 1926, in Carter County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson (Pod) Conn and Nora Fraley Burns Conn. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Frank  E. Christeson

Frank E. Christeson

Jun 28, 2011

Frank E. Christeson, age 49, of Cranston Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011, due to an automobile accident. Born November 29, 1961, in St. Louis, Missouri, he is the son of Kathy Dent Tullock and her husband Steve of Branson, Missouri, and Melvin Christeson. Frank was an employee at Huddle House Restaurant. There will be no...

William Thomas Bill Romans

William Thomas Bill Romans

Jun 27, 2011

William Thomas -Bill- Romans, age 92, of Shopes Creek Road, Catlettsburg, Kentucky, formerly of Hillsboro, Kentucky, passed away Monday, June 27, 2011, at the V. A. Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. Born May 5, 1919, at Stinson, Kentucky, in Carter County, he was the son of the late Jessie C. Carter Romans and Mazie Lee Wilson Romans. In...

Lucille  Little Kinder

Lucille Little Kinder

Jun 25, 2011

Lucille Little Kinder, age 64, of Cranston Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, June 25, 2011, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born December 3, 1946, in Rowan County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Sam and Essie Plank Little. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two infant siblings. Lucille is survived...

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