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Owen Cox
Aug 6, 2008
Owen Cox, age 76, of Lafayette Drive, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2008, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. He was born September 8, 1931, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and was the son of the late Richard Henry and Ava Baldridge Cox. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Elmer, Wesley,...
Donna Lynn Rogers Donahue
Aug 5, 2008
Donna Lynn Rogers Donahue, age 40, of Whispering Pines, Clearfield, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead, Kentucky. She was born October 7, 1967, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of the late Henry Dewey and Peachie Ellen Brown Rogers. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Brian Sonsoucie
Aug 4, 2008
Brian Sonsoucie, age 44, of Christy Creek, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Monday, August 4, 2008, at the St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Born February 19, 1964, in Belleville, Illinois, he is the son of Michael and Sharon Sonsoucie of Mascoutah, Illinois. In addition to his parents, Brian is survived by his wife, Vicki Sonsoucie; three daughters, Shaelynn...
Zane Ray Collins
Aug 4, 2008
Zane Ray Collins, age 46, of Tampa, Florida, formerly of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Monday, August 4, 2008, in Tampa. He was born January 24, 1962, in Kansas City, Missouri, and was the son of the late Gary and Marcella Collins and grandson of the late Fred and Clara B. Collins of Clearfield, Kentucky. Zane moved from Morehead to...
Shirley Crawford Brown Walton
Aug 4, 2008
Shirley June Crawford Brown Walton, age 66, of Jones Ridge, Clearfield, Kentucky, passed away Monday, August 4, 2008, at the St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead, Kentucky. She was born May 11, 1942, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of the late Clyde and Opal Crose Crawford. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Robert Allen Gardner
Aug 1, 2008
Robert Allen Gardner, age 71, of Grange City, Kentucky, passed away Friday, August 1, 2008. He was born January 27, 1937, in Hillsboro, Kentucky, and was the son of the late James Russell and Katherine Delle Ishmael Gardner. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, James Darrell Gardner and Kenneth Earl Gardner, and...
John David Scott
Jul 21, 2008
John David Scott, age 43, of Manchester, Tennessee, formerly of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Monday, July 21, 2008, at United Regional Medical Center in Manchester. He was born December 26, 1964, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and is the son of Lavena McClain Scott of Morehead, Kentucky, and James Leon and Marsha Furnish Scott of Morehead, Kentucky. In addition to...
Jewell D. Blankenbeckler Skaggs
Jul 19, 2008
Jewell Dean Blankenbeckler Skaggs, age 69, of Sandy Hook, KY, peacefully entered the loving arms of her Savior on July 19, 2008, at King-s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY, surrounded by her caring family and friends after a long illness. Born December 2, 1938, at Ault, KY, in Elliott County, she is the daughter of Lovell LeMaster Blankenbeckler...
Christine Pennington Kidd
Jul 17, 2008
Christine Pennington Kidd, age 62, of Harold, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2008, at her residence. She was born December 24, 1945, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and is the daughter of Eula Sloan Osborne Conley of Morehead, Kentucky, and the late John Campbell Osborne. In addition to her mother, Christine is survived by four daughters, Christa Robinson and...
James L. Jim Potter
Jul 14, 2008
James L. -Jim- Potter, age 84, of Dark Hollow Road, Clearfield, Kentucky, passed away early Monday morning, July 14, 2008, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead, Kentucky. He was born June 16, 1924, to James and Alta Jones Potter of Mitchell, South Dakota. After graduating from Mitchell High School in 1942, he moved to California, where he...
William C Bill Porter
Jul 12, 2008
William C -Bill- Porter, age 92, of Bull Fork Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2008, at his residence. Born September 6, 1915, in Rowan County, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Cecil and Lydia White Porter. Bill is survived by his beloved wife of nearly 68 years, Ruby Jean Graham Porter, whom he wed...
Hazel Donahue Melton
Jul 12, 2008
Hazel Faye Donahue Melton, 73, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, passed away at her home on Saturday, July 12, 2008. Mrs. Melton was born December 1, 1934, in Paragon, Kentucky, the daughter of Crystal and Lorean Staton Donahue. She married Lawrence B. Melton on January 10, 1972, in Clintwood, VA. Hazel leaves behind her beloved husband Larry (Bennie) Melton; a...
Betty J. Mauk
Jul 12, 2008
Betty June Hammond Oliver Mauk, age 81, of Forest Hills Drive, Morehead, KY, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2008, at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington, KY. She was born October 22, 1926, in Rockcastle County, KY, and was the daughter of the late Hobart Hammond and Evelyn Tankersly Blackburn. Her first husband, Walter L. Oliver, preceded her in...
Irma Jean Mccraw Jackson
Jul 11, 2008
Irma Jean McCraw Jackson, age 73, of Rodburn Hollow Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Friday, July 11, 2008, at Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Born December 17, 1934, in Meridian, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Malcolm and Grace Porthyress McCraw. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Malcolm, Bud, Carl, and Harold...
James Lowell Ellington
Jul 11, 2008
James Lowell Ellington, age 76, of Cranston Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Friday, July 11, 2008, at the U.K. Markey Cancer Center in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born November 30, 1931, at Zilpo, Kentucky, in Bath County, and was the son of the late William Taylor and Mildred Marie Williams Ellington. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death...
Xavier Wayne Lowe
Jul 11, 2008
Xavier Wayne Lowe, son of Samuel Wayne and Daphne June Justice Lowe, Big Elm Ridge, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away at birth on Friday, July 11, 2008, at St. Joseph East in Lexington, Kentucky. In addition to his parents, he is survived by one brother, Zachary Wayne Lowe, at home. Maternal grandparents are Sharon Crawford Justice of Morehead, Kentucky, and...
Cobie Allen Moore
Jul 10, 2008
Cobie Allen Moore, infant son of DeAnna Estep and Harris Moore of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away at birth on Thursday, July 10, 2008, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. Maternal grandparents are Allen Estep and the late Sharon Estep; maternal great grandparents, Vada Estep and the late Burnest Estep; paternal grandparents, Harold and Carol Moore; paternal great...
James Glenn Preston
Jul 9, 2008
James Glenn Preston, Jr., age 76, of Frontier Way, Winchester, KY, passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, KY. He was born June 27, 1932, in Louisa, Kentucky, to the late James Glenn Sr. and Imogene Graves Preston. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Rita Sparkman and Linda Fain....
Glennis Marvin Hitch
Jul 6, 2008
Glennis Marvin Hitch, age 48, of Conn Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2008, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead. He was born July 11, 1959, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and is the son of Rebecca Whitt Hitch Winkleman and the late Glennis -Bill- Hitch. Marvin is survived by his wife of 30 years, Patricia...
Ralph Parker Bell
Jul 2, 2008
Ralph Parker Bell, age 60, of Highway 706, West Liberty, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at his residence. He was born April 20, 1948, in Covington, Kentucky, and is the son of Julia Pearl Harrington Bell Brothers of Lexington, Kentucky, and the late Johnnie Parker Bell. His stepfather, Jimmy Brothers, also preceded him in death. In addition...
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