Obituaries

Margaret Taylor

Margaret Taylor

Oct 1, 2009

Margaret Taylor (1916-2009) Margaret Ellen "Margo" Taylor, 92, of Radford, Va., formerly of Huntington, W.Va., died Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, in the Radford Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Nov. 30, 1916, in Matewan, W.Va., the daughter of the late Grant and Rachel Ratcliffe Pigg. She was a member of the Westmoreland United Methodist Church in Huntington, W.Va. for...

Ethel Brown

Ethel Brown

Sep 23, 2009

Ethel Porter Brown - 1918-2009 Ethel Porter Brown was received by her Heavenly Father on Sept. 23, 2009. She was born March 12, 1918, at Wells Branch, Willard, Carter County, Ky., a daughter of the late Francis Marion and Ida Johnson Porter. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. She was a Kentucky colonel and a member of...

Charles Hood

Charles Hood

Sep 20, 2009

Chuck Hood (1918 - 2009) Charles Raymond "Chuck" Hood, of Ashland, passed away Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, Ky. Mr. Hood was 91 years of age, born Aug. 12, 1918, in Pulaskie, Ky., a son of the late Willis Edward and Helen Mae Turpen Hood. Chuck's family moved to Ashland in 1922. He graduated...

Deryle Martin

Deryle Martin

Sep 20, 2009

Deryle Faye Martin (1923-2009) Deryle Faye Martin, 86, of Ashland, Ky., went to be with her Lord Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. She died in her home surrounded by her loving family following a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Arthur and Gladys Preston and was born May 16, 1923, in Ulysses, Ky. She was preceded in death...

Orville Henderson

Orville Henderson

Sep 19, 2009

Orville Henderson (1917-2009) Orville O. Henderson, 92, of Ashland Ky., died Sept. 19, 2009, in Woodland Oaks Health Care Facility. He was born March 26, 1917, in Somerset, Pa. to the late George and Claire Peterson Henderson. He retired after 42 years of service as an electrical engineer and district supervisor for Kentucky Power Co. He was a member of...

Mary Willingham

Mary Willingham

Sep 18, 2009

Mary Willingham (1933-2009) Mary Willingham, age 76, of Ashland, Ky., died Sept. 18, 2009, at her residence. She was born June 22, 1933, in Ashland, a daughter of the late William Albert and Ruth Reoma Worley. She worked for Owens-Illinois. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Alfred L. Willingham; a daughter, Mary Louise Willingham; two brothers, Melvin...

Laura Haupt

Laura Haupt

Sep 14, 2009

Laura B. Harper (Maddix) Haupt (1914-2009) Laura B. Harper (Maddix) Haupt, a Hampton, Va., resident since 1995, formerly of Ashland, Ky., died Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. Mrs. Haupt was born April 19, 1914, in Grahn, Ky., the daughter of the late William Harper and Amanda Edna Binion Harper Maddix. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Harry H....

Emmor Evans jr

Emmor Evans jr

Sep 9, 2009

Emmor Evans Jr. (1948-2009) Emmor Evans Jr., 61, of Ashland, Ky., went home to be with his savior, Jesus Christ on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, in King's Daughters Medical Center from complications of Alzheimer's disease. He was born Feb. 12, 1948, in Ashland, a son of Emmor Evans Sr. and his wife, Janet, of Ashland. He was preceded in death...

Benjamin Young

Benjamin Young

Sep 7, 2009

Benjamin Harrison Young (1941-2009) Benjamin Harrison Young, 68, of Ashland, Ky., died Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, at his residence. He was born Feb. 19, 1941, in Ashland, the son of the late Hurley A. and Lesta Sloas Young. He was retired from Columbia Gas Co. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by three brothers, Curtis...

Gordon Osborne

Gordon Osborne

Sep 7, 2009

Gordon Franklin Osborne (1947-2009) Gordon Franklin Osborne, 62, of Lloyd, Ky., formerly of Bakersfield, Calif., died Monday morning, Sept. 7, 2009, in Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Fla. Gordon was born July 13, 1947, in Ashland, Ky., a son of the late Roy Beekham and Dora Marie Cox Osborne. He moved to California as a young man in 1959, retired...

Michael Stephens

Michael Stephens

Sep 7, 2009

Michael C. "Mickey" Stephens (1941-2009) Mick Stephens, 68, of Ashland, Ky., passed away Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. Mr. Stephens was born June 27, 1941, in Ashland. He was the son of Doris Stephens Morrison, who preceded him in death. In addition to his mother, he was also preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Ike and Myrtle Stephens. He is...

Chester Sparks

Chester Sparks

Aug 29, 2009

Chester Sparks - 1961-2009 Chester Sparks, 48, of Rush, Ky., died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009, at his residence. He was born March 16, 1961, in Ashland, Ky., a son of Pearl Scoffield Sparks of Chester, S.C., and the late David Sparks. He was a truck driver and formerly employed with GC Express in Wheelersburg, Ohio. He attended Skyline Baptist Church...

Grover Williamson

Grover Williamson

Aug 25, 2009

Grover V. Williamson March 7, 1915 August 25, 2009 Mr. Grover V. Williamson was born in Pikeville, Kentucky in 1915. Mr. Williamson died, Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at The King Home in Evanston, IL. He was educated at Morehead State and the University of Kentucky. He taught school and coached basketball while attending college. Grover later became an executive with...

Hager Dickens

Hager Dickens

Aug 22, 2009

Hager Michael "Mike" Dickens (1957-2009) Hager Michael "Mike" Dickens, 51, of Ashland, Ky., died Aug. 22, 2009, at his residence. He was born Dec. 13, 1957, in Ashland, a son of Bonnie L. Bullion Donta and stepfather Ray A. Donta of Ashland and the late Hager Dickens. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Judy Dickens Powell. He...

Fernetta Felty

Fernetta Felty

Aug 21, 2009

Fernetta L. 'Funny' Felty 1917-2009 Funny Felty, 92, of Ashland, died Friday morning at Community Hospice Care Center, following an extended illness. She was born March 19, 1917, in New Raimer, Colo., a daughter of the late Conrad and Bertha Fike Walker. She was the wife of the late Warner Hager Felty in 1968. She was a member of the...

Cynthia Meeks

Cynthia Meeks

Aug 10, 2009

Cynthia Gay Meeks (1957-2009) Cynthia Gay Meeks, 51, of Ashland, Ky., went with the Lord and her beloved son, Robby, on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, in St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va., following an extended illness. Mrs. Meeks was born Dec. 7, 1957, in Mansfield, Ohio, a daughter of Darrel and Ruby Whited Morgan of Mansfield. Her son, Robby...

Bobby Faulkner sr

Bobby Faulkner sr

Aug 5, 2009

Bobby Jack Faulkner Sr. (1935-2009) Bobby Jack Faulkner Sr., 74, of Ashland, died Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, surrounded by family and friends in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland after an extended illness. He was born Feb. 13, 1935, in Ashland, a son of the late Fred and Ethel Ball Faulkner. He is survived by his loving wife of 54...

Opal Moles

Opal Moles

Aug 2, 2009

Opal Moles (1916-2009) Opal Bentley Moles, 93, of Ashland passed away Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland. She was born Jan. 13, 1916, in Virgie, the daughter of the late Simon and Sarah Roberts Bentley. She was a member of the Ashland First Church of the Nazarene; a homemaker and a school teacher in the...

Carolyn Evans

Carolyn Evans

Jul 31, 2009

Carolyn J. Evans 1942-2009 CAROLYN EVANS, 67, of Ashland, Ky., passed away Friday, July 31, 2009, at home. The memorial service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, at Lazear Funeral Home, Ashland, by the Rev. Bert Valdes. Carolyn was born July 23, 1942, in Huntington, W.Va., a daughter of the late Joseph and Geraldine Wilkes Valdes....

Mary Dougherty

Mary Dougherty

Jul 27, 2009

Mary Louise Muncy Dougherty - 1922-2009 Mary Louise Muncy Dougherty, 86, died July 27, 2009, at Trinity Station in Flatwoods, Ky. Mrs. Dougherty was born Oct. 11, 1922, in Ashland, Ky., a daughter of the late Elmer W. and Maude Kibbe Muncy. In addition, she was preceded in death by her husband, John J. Dougherty, in 1999; and four brothers,...

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