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Wallace  Doris Brown

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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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