Obituaries

Jan 2, 2012

Curtis Ezra Humphrey - 1939-2012 Steen Funeral Home-Central Avenue Chapel The Independent The Daily Independent Mon Jan 02, 2012, 08:50 PM EST CATLETTSBURG - Curtis Ezra Humphrey, age 72, of Catlettsburg, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. He was born June 3, 1939, in Buchanan, a son of the late Allen and Bessie Brown Humphrey. He was...

May 23, 2011

Barbara Jones 1937-2011 Miller Funeral Home ASHLAND - Barbara Jean Bradford Jones, 74, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., formerly of Ashland and Frankfort, wife of David M. Jones, died Monday in Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C. She was born Feb. 15, 1937, in Ashland. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Miller Funeral Home in Ashland....

May 23, 2011

Juanita May Wheeler 1920-2011 Kilgore & Collier Funeral Home CATLETTSBURG - Juanita May Wheeler, of Lexington, formerly of Catlettsburg, passed away early Monday, May 23, 2011, in Lexington. Miss Wheeler was 91 years of age, born Jan. 11, 1920, in Catlettsburg, a daughter of the late Daniel J. and Elizabeth May Wheeler. She was a legal secretary with the firm...

May 21, 2011

Robert "Bob" Queen 1938-2011 Caniff Funeral Home The Independent WESTWOOD - Robert "Bob" Queen, 72, of Westwood, husband of Kathi Moore Queen, passed away Friday afteroon, May 20, 2011, at Kingsbrook Lifecare Center. Bob was born Dec. 19, 1938, in Pittsburgh, Pa., to the late Clyde and Grace Preston Queen. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy as...

May 17, 2011

ASHLAND - Opal South Mayo, 90, of Ashland, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. She was born Jan. 9, 1921, in Bulan, Perry County, a daughter of the late Polk and Elvira South, a coal miner and housewife. She was a graduate of Morehead State and taught school for more than 40 years, with the...

May 17, 2011

Opal South Mayo - 1921-2011 Miller Funeral Home The Independent ASHLAND - Opal South Mayo, 90, of Ashland, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. She was born Jan. 9, 1921, in Bulan, Perry County, a daughter of the late Polk and Elvira South, a coal miner and housewife. She was a graduate of Morehead State...

May 16, 2011

ASHLAND - Paul D. Haggard, 85, of Ashland, died Monday, May 16, 2011, in Boyd Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born Aug. 2, 1925, in Ashland, the son of the late Herman and Lena Berry Haggard. He was retired from the U.S. Postal Service and was a World War II Army veteran who served in Company F, 5th Ranger...

May 16, 2011

Paul D. Haggard - 1925-2011 ASHLAND - Paul D. Haggard, 85, of Ashland, died Monday, May 16, 2011, in Boyd Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born Aug. 2, 1925, in Ashland, the son of the late Herman and Lena Berry Haggard. He was retired from the U.S. Postal Service and was a World War II Army veteran who served...

May 15, 2011

Robert Aaron Murray, Ph.D. - 1954-2011 The Independent ALEXANDRIA, VA - Dr. Robert Aaron Murray, 56, of Alexandria, Va., formerly of Ashland, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, May 15, 2011, following an extended illness. He was born Nov. 29, 1954, in Ashland, the son of the late Robert and Jewell Francis Murray. Aaron was a graduate of...

May 15, 2011

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May 11, 2011

Walker Keathley 1929-2011 Steen Funeral Home - Central Avenue Chapel ASHLAND - Walker Keathley, 81, of Ashland, passed away Saturday evening, May 21, 2011, in King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. He was born Nov. 9, 1929, in Harold, son of the late Bert and Lizzie White Keathley. He was an active servant at Christ United Methodist Church in Ashland....

May 10, 2011

ASHLAND - Charlotte Douglas Ison, 75, of Ashland, went to be with the Lord and join her loving husband of 57 years, Delmar Ison, on May 10, 2011, in King's Daughters Medical Center. She was born July 31, 1935, the daughter of the late James and Gertrude Keeton Douglas. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in...

May 9, 2011

ASHLAND - Carol Ann Rucker Ballard, 70, of Ashland, died May 9, 2011, in King's Daughters Medical Center. She was born Nov. 4, 1940, in Boyd County, a daughter of the late Paul and Faye Easterling Rucker. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ed Ballard, in 2005 and a stepson, Byron Ballard. She was an administrative assistant...

May 6, 2011

ASHLAND - Fred Wallen "Scotty" Adkins, 74, of Ashland, died May 6, 2011, at his residence. He was born Aug. 30, 1936, in Ashland, a son of the late Ambress Adkins and Ruth Coburn Adkins. He was retired from Armco Steel, served in the Army National Guard and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are the mother of his children,...

Apr 30, 2011

ASHLAND - Phyllis Alley Blevins of Pleasant Avenue, Ashland, died Saturday, April 30 in King's Daughters Medical Center. Mrs. Blevins was born Feb. 28, 1933, a daughter of the late Taylor and Rebecca Brown Alley. She attended Blackburn Avenue Baptist Church. Mrs. Blevins is survived by her husband, Douglas Blevins; two daughters and their husbands, Amy and Tim Culver of...

Apr 22, 2011

ASHLAND - Cora Bentley Ashley, of Ashland, died Friday, April 22, 2011, ina��Hospice Care Center. She was born July 7, 1922, in Virgie, Ky., the daughter of the late Simon and Sarah Roberts Bentley. She was an owner of the Ashley Furniture Store in South Point, Ohio, and a member of the South Point Order of the Eastern Star. In...

Apr 22, 2011

CATLETTSBURG - Harry Curtis "Curt" McKnight, 82, of Short St., Catlettsburg, went to be with his Lord on Friday morning, April 22, 2011 in Community Hospice Care Center. Mr. McKnight was born June 13, 1928, in Catlettsburg, a son of the late John Oliver and Julia Robinette McKnight. Curt served his country honorably during the Korean War in the United...

Apr 21, 2011

ASHLAND - Paris Smith Justice, 82, of Ashland, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 21, 2011 in Mount Carmel West Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Justice was born June 16, 1928 in Mingo County, W.Va., a son of the late William Smith Justice and his mother, Millie Burchett Justice Sherman. He was also preceded in death...

Apr 18, 2011

ASHLAND - Kenneth R. Wheeler, 79, of Ashland, passed away on April 18, 2011 surrounded by his wife and children in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland. He was born May 8, 1931, in Sitka, a son of Ellis and Leliah Sublett Wheeler. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Blanche Barker Wheeler; and brothers, Dallas Edgar Wheeler...

Apr 18, 2011

FLATWOODS - Mary M. Bush, 88, of Flatwoods, died April 18, 2011, in Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital. She was born April 14, 1923, in Samaria, a daughter of the late Homer Colley and Lydia Ramey Colley. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Bush; a brother, Bill Colley; and a grandson, Kyle Bush. She was a...