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Dr. George S. Tapp
Apr 15, 2008
Dr. George S. Tapp of Morehead passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 15, 2008, following a long illness. He was 72. Soft spoken, polite, and exhibiting a keen dry wit, George was a gentleman in every respect. George was born on July 18, 1935, in Winchester and worked the family farm while growing up. While still very...
May Puckett Hall
Apr 15, 2008
May Puckett Hall, age 88, of Rawcel Heights, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at the Life Care Center. She was born March 12, 1920, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of the late Martin and Lula Bell Dehart Puckett. She was also preceded in death by two daughters, Nora Thurman in 2001 and Wanda...
George Wilson, Jr.
Apr 11, 2008
George Wilson, Jr., age 65, of Gary, Indiana, passed away Friday, April 11, 2008, in Gary. He was born October 12, 1942, in Hammond, Indiana, and is the son of Leora Thomas Wilson of Gary, Indiana, and the late George Wilson. Besides his mother, George is survived by one brother, Judson W. Wilson, and one sister, Eula Jean Wilson,...
Lucille Smedley Carroll
Apr 8, 2008
Lucille Smedley Carroll, age 59, of Blue Hall Road, Soldier, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at her residence. She was born April 12, 1948, in Morgan County, Kentucky, and is the daughter of Evalee Wilder Smedley of Soldier, Kentucky, and Murlin Smedley, who preceded her in death in 1993. One daughter, Christi Ann Carroll , and one...
Arley (Junior) Williams
Apr 8, 2008
Arley (Junior) Williams, age 81, of Norton, Ohio, a Rowan County native, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at the Magnolia Care Center in Wadsworth, Ohio. He was born August 3, 1926, at Cranston, Kentucky, and was the son of the late Henry and Ethel Stone Williams. He is survived by his wife, Emma Johnson Williams; one son, Jack...
Robert H. Easterling
Apr 8, 2008
Robert H. Easterling, age 67, of Blairs Mill, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at the Morgan County Appalachian Regional Hospital in West Liberty, Kentucky. He was born March 10, 1941, in Morgan County, and was the son of the late Boyd Newton and Anna V. Gross Easterling. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two...
Anna Lorene Thornsburg Dehart
Apr 6, 2008
Anna Lorene Thornsburg Dehart, age 82, of Sharkey Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2008, at her residence. Born April 22, 1925, in Rowan County, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Julia Hyatt Thornsburg. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Lee Dehart, on July 27, 1998....
Mary Emily Carter Greene
Apr 5, 2008
Mary Emily Carter Greene, widow of Reverend Ted Greene, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2008, at the age of 88, in her daughter-s home in McDonough, Georgia. She battled cancer and won! Mrs. Greene was born in Louisa, Kentucky, on November 17, 1919, to the late Walter Ira Carter and the late Esta Fain Young Carter. Mary married her...
Brent Douglas Adams
Apr 2, 2008
Brent Douglas Adams, age 37, of U.S. 60 East, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at his residence after an apparent heart attack. Born January 13, 1971, in Clark County, Kentucky, he is the son of Douglas Adams of Clay City, Kentucky, and Connie Wagers of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. He is also survived by his wife, Tammy...
Lettie Mays Loveless
Apr 2, 2008
Lettie Virginia Mays Loveless, age 100, of Circle Drive, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at her residence after a short illness. Born July 20, 1907, in Elliott County, Kentucky, and raised in Rowan County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late John and Fannie Pennington Mays. She was also preceded in death by her husband,...
Jane Litton Allen
Apr 1, 2008
Jane Litton Allen, age 58, of Cranston Road, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at her residence. She was born April 8, 1949, in Lexington, Kentucky, and is the daughter of Bill Litton of Morehead, Kentucky, and the late Janet Patrick Litton. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by a brother, Danny Litton...
Robert Beckelhymer
Mar 29, 2008
Robert Beckelhymer, age 93, of Wayland, New York, formerly of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2008, at the VA Medical Center in Bath, New York. He was born December 23, 1914, in Hamilton, Ohio, and was the son of the late Ansel and Parriot Logston Beckelhymer. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
George Frank Montgomery
Mar 24, 2008
George Montgomery, 86, passed away Monday morning, March 24, 2008, at his home on Wilson Avenue in Morehead. George was born Christmas Day 1921 to Emma Kroetsch Montgomery and George Ernest Montgomery in Saskatchewan where they were homesteading. George was their youngest, having three older sisters: Nancy, Eleanor, and Leona. When George was five, the family returned to northeastern...
Elizabeth Liz Pennington Buttry
Mar 20, 2008
Elizabeth -Liz- Pennington Buttry, 65, of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2008, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead after an extended illness. She was born June 4, 1942, in Elliott County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of the late Charlie and Alta Fraley Pennington. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Randolph Pennington...
Lettie Ingle Williams
Mar 19, 2008
Lettie Ellen Ingle Williams, age 92, of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at the Life Care Center in Morehead. She was born April 21, 1915, in Rowan County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of the late John and Annie DeWitt Ingle. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Williams...
Daniel Reece Hampton
Mar 19, 2008
Daniel Reece Hampton, age 42, of Partin Street, Clearfield, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead, Kentucky. He was born February 18, 1966, in Pike County, Kentucky, and is the son of Emogene Tucker Hampton of Pikeville, Kentucky, and the late Caleb Hampton. Besides his mother, Reece is survived by his...
Joseph Verl Archer
Mar 18, 2008
Joseph Verl Archer, 59, of the Life Care Center, Morehead, Kentucky, formerly of Trenton, Texas, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2008. He was born October 20, 1948, in Olive Hill, Kentucky, and was the son of the late Frank and Ethel Ward Archer. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Harlan Barker, Willard Swanigan, and...
Rachael Overstreet Picazo
Mar 18, 2008
Mrs. Rachael Overstreet Picazo passed away at her home near Morehead, Kentucky, on March 18, 2008. She is survived by her husband, Mardy E. Picazo, a brother, five children, twelve grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. Born May 10, 1925, to Paul and Louise Overstreet, Rachael Picazo was a well-known missionary radio personality who, with her husband, served with Kentucky Mountain...
Arianna Gabrielle White
Mar 18, 2008
Arianna Gabrielle White, 7 days old, beloved daughter of Cathy Lynn Misra and Emmanuel Christopher Nathan White of KY 801 North, Morehead, Kentucky, was born March 11, 2008, at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky, and passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at the Cincinnati Children-s Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Graveside services will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday,...
Larry Earl Mcroberts
Mar 18, 2008
Larry Earl McRoberts, 55, of State Highway 174, Olive Hill, Kentucky, nicknamed by his friends, -Lawnmower Larry, Lawnmower Head,- passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at his residence. Born September 2, 1952, in Hamilton, Ohio, he is the son of Everett and Madeline Viars McRoberts, of Olive Hill, Kentucky. He is also survived by his wife, Teresa Griffey McRoberts;...
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