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Wallace Doris Brown
Nov 30, 2008
Wallace Doris Brown, age 85, of Brown Ridge, Morehead, Kentucky, died Sunday, November 30, 2008, at the Ridgeway Manor Nursing Home in Owingsville. He was born November 30, 1923, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and was the son of the late Thomas Presley Brown and Jessie Fraley Brown. Mr. Brown is survived by two sons, Gary Brown of Poplar Grove,...
Ada Sloan Caudill
Nov 27, 2008
Ada Sloan Caudill, age 95, of Morehead, Kentucky, departed this life to be with our Lord on November 27, 2008, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. She was born on August 7, 1913, at Fitch, Kentucky, in Rowan County to the late Isaac Alvin and Josephine Evans Sloan. She was the eleventh of thirteen children. She was...
Tina Jones Blankenship
Nov 25, 2008
Tina K. Jones Blankenship, age 46, of Airport Hill, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2008, at her residence. Born December 2, 1961, in Rowan County, Kentucky, she is the daughter of Wanda Donahue Gilley of Morehead, Kentucky, and the late Ruben Kimberly Jones. In addition to her mother, Tina is survived by Luther Blankenship of Morehead, Kentucky;...
Margie Stewart Roberts
Nov 24, 2008
Margie Lee Stewart Roberts, age 81, of KY Hwy. 801 North, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Monday, November 24, 2008, at her home. Born January 7, 1927, in Rowan County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late William Jason Cox Stewart and Beulah Mae Reeves Stewart. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, William E....
Don B. Young, Sr.
Nov 24, 2008
Don B. Young, Sr., age 74, of Lafayette Drive, Morehead, Kentucky, retired Morehead State University professor and community leader, passed away Monday, November 24, 2008, at his residence after a long illness. Born June 9, 1934, in Frankfort, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Thomas David (Tom) Young and Mary Rice Young. Survivors include his wife, Pauline...
Virgil Herman Stegall
Nov 17, 2008
Virgil Herman Stegall, age 84, of Williams Branch, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Monday, November 17, 2008, at his residence. Born March 4, 1924, at Big Stone, Kentucky, in Elliott County, he was the son of the late Oscar and Cora Wilson Stegall. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Daisy Sloan, Zona Sloan, and Elsa...
James Roger Jim Winkleman
Nov 16, 2008
James Roger Winkleman, age 51, of Flemingsburg Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, November 16, 2008, at the Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Born February 26, 1957, in Rowan County, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Roy J. and Nannie Faye Waddell Winkleman. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Glennis Ray Winkleman....
Sylvester Conley, Sr.
Nov 15, 2008
Sylvester Conley, Sr., age 86, passed away Saturday, November 15, 2008, at Cave Run Manor in Morehead. He was born March 5, 1922, at Eadston in Rowan County, Kentucky, and was the son of the late Wiley Jefferson Conley and Amanda Alice Williams Conley. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by seven siblings, William, Russell, Clyde, Mary,...
Opal Cooper Swim
Nov 13, 2008
Opal Nineva Cooper Swim, age 84, of Lower Licking Road, Morehead, Kentucky, oldest daughter of the late Roy Clifton and Lucy Ellen Holbrook Cooper, was born April 5, 1924, in Fleming County, Kentucky. She passed away Thursday, November 13, 2008, at the Ridgeway Nursing Home in Owingsville, Kentucky. Opal graduated from Flemingsburg High School in 1941. She then began...
Callis Hayes Coyle, Jr.
Nov 12, 2008
Callis Hayes Coyle, Jr., age 77, of Big Woods Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2008, at his residence. He was born October 26, 1931, in Bath County, Kentucky, and was the son of the late Callis Hamilton and Ester Rae Hayes Coyle. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Susan Coyle Sharp....
Ralph Planck
Nov 9, 2008
Ralph Planck, age 83, of Sayre Drive, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, November 9, 2008, at the U. K. Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born February 4, 1925, in Carter County, Kentucky, and was the son of the late Allie and Eliza Belle Lovelace Plank. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife,...
Barbara Collett Fossett
Nov 6, 2008
Barbara Collett Fossett, age 70, of Beechwood Lane, Morehead, Kentucky, a community volunteer and wife of Dr. Thomas Fossett, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2008, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center. Born October 5, 1938, in Bell County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Elisha and Lina Green Collett. In addition to her husband Tom, Barbara is...
Cheryl Hamm
Nov 5, 2008
Cheryl Hamm, age 58, of Buffalo, Indiana, wife of Woodrow (-Junior- -Woody-) Hamm, passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2008, at the Howard Regional Health Systems Hospital in Kokomo, Indiana. Born September 3, 1950, in Oberlin, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Phillip and Virginia Kneckt Rath. Survivors include her husband Woodrow Hamm, whom she married in 1969;...
Morten Dempsey Lawhorn
Nov 3, 2008
Morten Dempsey Lawhorn, age 77, of Smithville, Tennessee, formerly of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Monday, November 3, 2008, at his residence. He was born January 20, 1931, in Carter County, Kentucky, to the late Carlos Vinson and Virginia Bell Smith Lawhorn. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, William Lawhorn. Mr. Lawhorn is survived by...
Arnold I. Lewis
Nov 1, 2008
Arnold I. Lewis, age 60, of CCC Trail, Elliottville, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2008, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. He was born February 2, 1948, in Elliott County, Kentucky, son of the late Elmer and Lorene Howard Lewis. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Bill Lewis, and two sisters,...
Joyce A. Hudson
Oct 30, 2008
Joyce A. Hudson, age 89, of Roselawn Lane, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, October 30, 2008, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born September 7, 1919, in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Lloyd and Edith Mae Sellers Doner. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, William Doner, and...
Ernest Clyde Barnett, Jr.
Oct 27, 2008
Ernest Clyde Barnett, Jr., age 57, of Old House Creek Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Monday, October 27, 2008, at his residence. He was born June 23, 1951, in Morgan County, Kentucky, and was the son of the late Ernest Clyde and Eliza Blair Barnett. His wife, Gervel Parish Barnett, passed away on November 15, 1993. He is survived...
Teresa Kim Mcbrayer
Oct 26, 2008
Teresa Kim McBrayer, age 49, of South Willow Drive, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2008, at her residence. Born June 19, 1959, in Moses Lake, Washington, Teresa is the daughter of Tilmon -Tim- McBrayer of Enola, Pennsylvania, and Karon Bauer McBrayer of Vero Beach, Florida. In addition to her parents, she is survived by a son, Robert...
Michael Derek Whitehurst
Oct 23, 2008
Michael Derek Whitehurst, age 23, of Roxanne Street, Clearfield, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2008, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Clearfield. Born December 24, 1984, in Morehead, Kentucky, Derek is the son of Mike and Venita Ferguson Whitehurst of Morehead. In addition to his parents, he is survived by one brother, Michael G. Whitehurst of...
Gladys Pennington Moore
Oct 23, 2008
Gladys Horton Pennington Moore, age 88 years and 8 months, of Sandy Hook, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2008, at her residence. She was born February 23, 1920, in Elliott County, Kentucky, the oldest child of the late Roy and Beulah Mayse Horton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Frances Kay...
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