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Roger  Dale Brown

Roger Dale Brown

Apr 25, 2010

Roger Dale Brown, age 41, of Fraley Road, Salt Lick, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, April 25, 2010, at his residence. He was born August 5, 1968, in Elliott County, Kentucky, son of Jasper Brown, Jr. of Morehead, Kentucky, and the late Hazel Marie Trent Brown, who passed away January 1, 2008. He was also preceded him in death by...

James E. Jimmy Smedley

James E. Jimmy Smedley

Apr 21, 2010

James E. -Jimmy- Smedley, age 54, of Lodge Hall Hill, Olive Hill, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, April 21, 2010, from injuries sustained in a tractor accident in Soldier, Kentucky. Born December 19, 1955, in Montgomery County, Kentucky, he is the son of Evalee Wilder Smedley of Soldier, Kentucky, and the late Murlin Smedley. Jimmy is survived by his wife...

Helen Ann Stafford Crum

Helen Ann Stafford Crum

Apr 21, 2010

Helen Ann Stafford Crum, age 57, of Laurel Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born December 30, 1952, in Elliott County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Myrl Holbrook Stafford. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Dixie Pennington, Della...

Eva Ann Ison Kissick Sparkman

Eva Ann Ison Kissick Sparkman

Apr 20, 2010

Eva Ann Ison Kissick Sparkman, age 68, of Lafayette Drive, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at her residence. She was born February 23, 1942, in Rowan County, Kentucky, daughter of the late George W. and Rissie Alice Adkins Ison. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Arnold Ison and Earl Ison, and...

James Dee D.) (J.)  Mabry

James Dee D.) (J.) Mabry

Apr 18, 2010

James Dee (J. D.) Mabry, age 48, of State Highway 955, Olive Hill, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2010. He was born November 2, 1961, in Boyd County, Kentucky, and is the son of Mary Adkins Mabry of Olive Hill, Kentucky, and Don Albert Mabry, who passed away January 17, 2010. Besides his mother, he is survived by...

Ruby Jean Graham Porter

Ruby Jean Graham Porter

Apr 17, 2010

Ruby Jean Graham Porter, age 85, of Bull Fork Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, April 17, 2010, at her residence. Born June 9, 1924, in Covington, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Roy S. and Mae Gasser Graham. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Beulah M. Haney, and one brother, Donald...

Michael  Joe Plank

Michael Joe Plank

Apr 17, 2010

Michael Joe Plank, age 49, of Cranston Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, April 17, 2010, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead.He was born August 6, 1960, in Portsmouth, Ohio, and is the son of Billy Joe and Berchie Stamm Plank of Morehead, Kentucky.In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Mona Lisa Burton...

Russell  Ernest Dodson,  Jr.

Russell Ernest Dodson, Jr.

Apr 14, 2010

Russell Ernest Dodson, Jr., age 75, of Flemingsburg Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at his residences after a long illness. Born April 7, 1935, in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, he was the son of the late Russell Ernest Dodson, Sr., and Esther Jane Margaret Gregory Dodson. Mr. Dodson is survived by his wife of 52 years,...

Terry Arlena Sparks Kovar

Terry Arlena Sparks Kovar

Apr 13, 2010

Terry Arlena Sparks Kovar, age 61, of Flemingsburg Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at her mother-s residence. She was born March 17, 1949, in Shelby, Ohio, daughter of RoseMary White Wright of Morehead, Kentucky, and Erna B. Sparks of Indiana. Her stepfather, Bob Wright, preceded her in death on December 25, 2004. In addition to...

Paston Bert William Mcbrayer

Paston Bert William Mcbrayer

Apr 12, 2010

Visitation: Thursday, April 15, 2010, after 5 p.m. Funeral: Friday, April 16, 2010, at 11 a.m. Interment: McBrayer Cemetery

Bert  William Mcbrayer

Bert William Mcbrayer

Apr 12, 2010

Pastor Bert William McBrayer, Sr., age 98, of Bozeman, Montana, formerly of Morehead, Kentucky, died on Monday, April 12, 2010. He was born October 12, 1911, in Rowan County, Kentucky, the son of the late Charles Henry and Mary Elizabeth Johnson McBrayer. He was educated in the Poplar Grove and Oak Grove one-room schools where his father was the...

Kendel  C. Pelfrey

Kendel C. Pelfrey

Apr 11, 2010

Kendel C. Pelfrey, age 78, of Camargo-Levee Road, Jeffersonville, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, April 11, 2010, at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born October 7, 1931, in Montgomery County, Kentucky, son of the late Irvine and Norma Wilson Pelfrey. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Wanda Riffe Pelfrey; one...

Bailee  Nicole Jones

Bailee Nicole Jones

Apr 10, 2010

Bailee Nicole Jones, 3-day-old daughter of Jonathan and Tonya Wilson Jones of Oldham Road, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, was born Wednesday, April 7, 2010, and passed away Saturday, April 10, 2010, at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Besides her parents, she is survived by two sisters, Shaye Victoria Jones and Kennedy Blake Jones, and one brother, Jonathan Seth...

Velma  Richmond Adams

Velma Richmond Adams

Apr 10, 2010

Velma Richmond Adams, age 73, of Riddle Fork Road, Clearfield, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, April 10, 2010, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. She was born December 20, 1936, at Fitch, Kentucky, in Lewis County, daughter of the late Lewis -Luke- Richmond and Opal Spence Richmond. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers and...

Oscar  B. Kegley

Oscar B. Kegley

Apr 7, 2010

Oscar B. Kegley, age 80, of Old Tennessee Gas Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at the Life Care Center in Morehead, Kentucky. Born April 14, 1929, in Rowan County, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Harve and Thursday Nickells Kegley. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by 11 brothers and sisters....

Roy Anderson

Roy Anderson

Apr 7, 2010

Roy Anderson, 77, of Sherwood Forest, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at the Markey Cancer Center in Lexington, Kentucky, after a brief illness. He was born July 9, 1932, in Rowan County, Kentucky, to Willie and Carrie Caudill Anderson. Roy is survived by his wife of 50 years, Margaret Sue Hall Anderson. He is also survived...

Josey  Starr Murphy

Josey Starr Murphy

Apr 6, 2010

Josey Starr Murphy, precious daughter of Shannon and Kerry Alderman Murphy of Morehead, Kentucky, joined the Heavenly Angels at birth April 6, 2010, at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, In addition to her parents, Josey is lovingly remembered by maternal grandparents, Buster and Janet Black Alderman and the late Bill and Tiny Black; paternal grandparents, David and Betty...

Vicki  Boone Hutchison

Vicki Boone Hutchison

Apr 5, 2010

Vicki Boone Hutchison, age 45, of Donaldson Road, Winchester, Kentucky, passed away Monday, April 5, 2010, in Lexington, Kentucky, after injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born September 25, 1964, in Menifee County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Bill and Janice Ballard Boone. Vicki is survived by her husband, Raymond C. Hutchison, one son, Joshua Allen...

Eula Katherine Bumgardner Johnson

Eula Katherine Bumgardner Johnson

Apr 1, 2010

Eula Katherine Bumgardner Johnson, age 83, of Divide Hill, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, April 1, 2010, at the St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead, Kentucky. She was born November 26, 1926, in Fleming County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of the late Bart Bumgardner and Grace Pelfrey Bumgardner Nealey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Gladys Fern Sloan Hensley

Gladys Fern Sloan Hensley

Mar 31, 2010

Gladys Fern Sloan Hensley, age 73, of Silver Spring, Maryland, passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. She was born January 25, 1937, at Laurel, Kentucky, in Rowan County, daughter of the late Carl Matthews and Ada Sloan Crisp. Her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hensley, preceded her in death on September 8, 1968....

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