Obituaries

Jul 3, 2018

Marie L. Griffith McDowell, 82, of Boyd County, went to be with her Lord and Savior Monday, July 2, 2018, in Community Hospice Care Center with her family by her side. Marie was born August 21, 1935, in Boyd County, a daughter of the late Walter Mason and Martha Kirk Griffith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Jul 1, 2018

Bobby E. Hall, 77, of Ashland, KY, died Sunday, July 1, 2018, in UK Hospital in Lexington. Bobby was born Feb. 4, 1941, in Boyd County, KY, a son of the late Fieldon and Doris Blair Hall. He was a retired laborer with West Virginia Laborer Union. Bobby is survived by his wife, Verna Crisp Hall; two sons, James Edward...

Jul 1, 2018

Carl Clifford Wylie, 91, of Ashland, KY, passed away July 1, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 27, 1927, to the late Carl L. and Mallie Davis Wylie. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving wife, Gladys Brumfield Wylie in 2015. He was also preceded in death by three brothers....

Jun 29, 2018

Paul J Profit I, 74 of Ashland, joined his sweetheart Freda Profit in heaven on June 29, 2018 at Community Hospice Center . A true love story these two shared until the end where they will spend eternity together to never be separated by illness again. He was born March 8, 1944 in Kingston, OH, the son of the late...

Jun 29, 2018

James G. "Bo" Smith, 67, of Russell, passed away Friday, June 29, 2018, at his home. Bo was born April 23, 1951, in Russell, the son of the late James A. and Maxine Franklin Smith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, William F. "Bill" Smith. He was a retired CSX Conductor and a...

Jun 28, 2018

Judy Faulkner, 78, of Ashland, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2018 at the Hospice Care Center. She was born October 23, 1939 in Logan, WV the daughter of the late Bruce and Mary Ellen Collins Leslie. She was the former Lunch Lady at Crabbe Elementary School, a member of Brush Creek Baptist Church and attended Wildwood Baptist Church. In addition...

Jun 28, 2018

Susan Jane Holbrook, 91, of Ashland, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2018 in Woodland Oaks Health Care Facility. She was born April 6, 1927, in Ashland, a daughter of the late Fred and Ethel Ball Faulkner. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Lindsay Holbrook in 1991; daughter, Tracie Holbrook in 2011; brothers,...

Jun 27, 2018

James R. Hamilton, 79, of Grove City, OH, formerly of Ashland, died Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at his residence. He was born May 22, 1939 in Pikeville, the son of the late Chalmer and Zenith Ratliff Hamilton. He was retired from Ashland Oil, Walmart Transportation and a U.S. Army veteran. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in...

Jun 17, 2018

Ruth C. Hall, 94, of Ashland, died Sunday June 17, 2018 at Kingsbrook Lifecare Center. She was born December 18, 1923 in Ashland the daughter of the late James A. and Jessie Preston Chaney. She was a former secretary to the director of nurses at King's Daughters' Medical Center, a member of the Democratic Women's Club and a member of...

Jun 15, 2018

Jean Elaine "Ganny" Stephenson Wheeler, 71, of Wurtland, Kentucky went to be with the Lord Friday, June 15, 2018 peacefully in her sleep at her home. Jean was born December 22, 1946 in Greenup, Kentucky a daughter of the late Charles and Pearl Arnett Stephenson. She was a retired book keeper and clerk from the former Canteen Corporation in Ashland,...

Jun 13, 2018

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Jun 10, 2018

Freda A. Profit, 71, of Ashland, died Sunday, June 10, 2018 at her residence. She was born June 16, 1946 in Chillicothe, OH the daughter of the late Cleo Claytor and Cleo Bochard Claytor. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by two brothers, Charles Claytor and Vernon Bochard. She was a former employee of White...

Jun 8, 2018

Steven Lowell Mason, 62, of Ashland, KY passed away Friday, June 08, 2018 at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio surrounded by his loving family. Steve was born February 10, 1956 in Ashland to W. Lowell Mason and the late Eva Lucille Ross Mason. In addition to his mother, Steve was preceded in death by a brother, Mark...

Jun 4, 2018

James E. Ward of Ashland, KY, passed away peacefully Monday, June 4, 2018, in Community Hospice Care Center surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Ashland, KY, September 28, 1922, to the late James Morton and Margaret Callahan Ward. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving wife of 67 years, Stella H....

May 28, 2018

Ova Lee Gussler Jr., 93, passed into Heaven Saturday, May 26, 2018 at the Hospice Care Center in Ashland. Lee was the son of the late Ova Lee Sr. and Bessie Lyon Gussler. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife Pearl Way Gussler, his son Ova Lee Gussler III, a sister Elwanda Franz...

May 28, 2018

Thomas A. Hale, 83, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Monday, May 28, 2018, at his home. Mr. Hale was born July 29, 1934, in Huntington, WV, to the late James Albert and Ada Margaret Walker Hale. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hale was preceded in death by his loving wife, Mary Jane Chapman Hale; one daughter, Diana Hale...

May 28, 2018

Geraldine Frye Hager, 89, of Russell, KY, died peacefully Monday morning, May 28, 2018, in Community Hospice Care Center. She was born September 12, 1928, in Logan, WV, a daughter of the late John and Grace Artist Frye. She was also preceded in death by a son, Barry Hager; two brothers and a sister. Geraldine was the manager of the...

May 26, 2018

Janice Frances Helton Blair Asbury, 73, of Catlettsburg, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018, in Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born September 30, 1944 in West Liberty, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Harlan Thurston and Arpie Ethel Helton. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her first husband, Elzie Franklin Blair in 1977;...

May 25, 2018

93, of St. Petersburg, Florida went home to be with the Lord May 25, 2018. She was the youngest child of James W. and Beulah Whitt, born August 16, 1924 in Pinsonfork, Kentucky. The family moved to St. Petersburg in 1960. She was employed at St. Petersburg College for twenty years before her retirement. Alice was the matriarch of...

May 23, 2018

Lloyd Edward Busch, 83, of Ashland, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2018, in Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital. He was born January 7, 1935, in Ashland, a son of the late Alva Edmond and Stella Dalton Bush. He was a founding church member and deacon at Thirteenth Street Baptist Church. He retired from the engineering department at Ashland Oil, Inc.,...