Obituaries

James Crisp

James Crisp

May 21, 2009

James Arthur Crisp - 1909-2009 James Arthur Crisp, 99, of Ashland, died Thursday, May 21, 2009, at his residence. Mr. Crisp was born Oct. 14, 1909, in Greenup County, a son of the late Thomas and Cindy Moore Crisp. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Conley Crisp; three brothers, Orville, Alden and Bascom Crisp; and two...

Laura Fowler

Laura Fowler

May 20, 2009

Laura Mildred Horton Fowler - 1919-2009 Laura Mildred Horton Fowler, 89, of Newburgh, Ind., formerly of Ashland, Ky., died May 20, 2009, in Newburgh. She was born May 22, 1919, in Elliott County, Ky., a daughter of the late William C. and Beadie Susan Mobley Horton. She was also preceded in death by a brother, William T. Horton, and his...

Naomi Adkins

Naomi Adkins

May 16, 2009

Naomi May Adkins (1928-2009) Naomi May Adkins, 81, of Ashland, wife of Homer Adkins, died Saturday morning at Wurtland Health Care Center following an extended illness. She was born Feb. 28, 1928, in Boyd County, a daughter of the late Howard and Jesse Barker McKnight. Naomi was a retired service clerk from the Russell K-Mart Department Store. She also was...

Vonderine Evans

Vonderine Evans

May 12, 2009

Vonderine Evans (1932-2009) Vonderine C. Evans, 76, of Bellefonte, formerly of Westwood went to be with her eternal Savior on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, in King's Daughters Medical Center. Vonderine was born Nov. 24, 1932, in Westwood, Ky., to the late Ted and Edna Mae Moore Crance. She was a graduate of Ashland High School and a retired medical office...

Berry Smith jr

Berry Smith jr

May 12, 2009

Berry Smith Jr. (1932-2009) Berry Smith Jr., better known as Junior to family and close friends, 77, of Grayson, Ky., and 609 Highway 466, Lady Lake, Fla., and formerly of Westwood, Ky., died Tuesday evening, May 12, 2009, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland following a long illness. Mr. Smith as born March 21, 1932, in Ashland, Ky., and...

Alice Caproni

Alice Caproni

May 9, 2009

Alice Sutphin Caproni - 1927-2009 Alice Sutphin Caproni, 82, of Worthington died Saturday, May 9, 2009, at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell. She was born March 22, 1927, in Ashland, the daughter of the late Cecil and Althea White Sutphin. Her husband, Donald Caproni, survives. They were married Feb. 21, 1964. She was a homemaker and a member...

David Isaacs

David Isaacs

May 8, 2009

David Keith Isaacs - 1945-2009 David Keith Isaacs, 63, of Ashland died Friday morning, May 8, 2009, at his residence. He was born June 30, 1945, in Springfield, Ohio, the son of the late William H. "Bill" and Mary Mildred Seagraves Isaacs. He is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Brenda J. Gauze Isaacs. He was retired from...

Linda Meadows

Linda Meadows

May 3, 2009

Linda Kay Meadows (1940-2009) Linda Kay Meadows, 69, of Ashland, died Sunday, May 3, 2009, in Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell. She was born April 26, 1940, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Jesse Donald and Edna Squire Scott. She was the wife of the late William R. Meadows, who passed away in 1986. She was a...

Sue Kazee

Sue Kazee

May 1, 2009

Sue Blankenship McCloskey Kazee (1917-2009) Sue Blankenship McCloskey Kazee, 92, of Ashland, died Friday, May 1, 2009, at her residence. She was born March 16, 1917, in Ashland, the daughter of the late Wallace and Ottie Woods Blankenship. She was the wife of William E. "Windy" Kazee, who survives. She was of the Baptist faith and a member of the...

Evelyn Triplett

Evelyn Triplett

Apr 23, 2009

Evelyn Triplett - 1917-2009 Evelyn Triplett, 92, of Ashland, Ky., died April 23 in Titusville, Fla., after a prolonged illness. Mrs. Triplett was born March 26, 1917, in Grayson, Ky., a daughter of the late George and Lily Reeves. She was the oldest living member of Central Baptist Church and the Kentucky Retired Teachers Association. Mrs. Triplett was a graduate...

Frederick Rahlmann

Frederick Rahlmann

Apr 9, 2009

Frederick William Rahlmann (1912-2009) Frederick William Rahlmann (1912-2009) Frederick William Rahlmann, 96, of Ashland, died Thursday, April 9, 2009, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland. He was born Sept. 11, 1912, in Catlettsburg, the son of the late Casper Lee and Melissa Jane Caldwell Rahlmann. He was the husband of Doris Layne Rahlmann, who survives. He was a member...

Elizabeth Lawson

Elizabeth Lawson

Apr 8, 2009

Elizabeth Lorraine Webb Lawson (1935-2009) Elizabeth Lorraine Webb Lawson, 74, of Ashland, Ky., died Wednesday evening, April 8, 2009, in King's Daughters Medical Center. She was born Feb. 15, 1935, in Ashland, a daughter of the late John Wesley and Mattie Bessie Queen Webb. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers J.B. Webb and Chan...

Emma Reeves

Emma Reeves

Apr 8, 2009

Emma Jean Ruggles Reeves (1937-2009) Emma Jean Ruggles Reeves, 71, of Ashland, Ky., died April 8, 2009, in Ashland surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 25, 1937, in Lawrence County, Ky., a daughter of the late Clarence and Ida Fannin Ruggles. In addition, she was preceded in death by her spouse of 30 years, George L. Reeves,...

Harold Johnson

Harold Johnson

Apr 8, 2009

Harold E. "Buddy" Johnson (1928-2009) Harold E. "Buddy" Johnson, 80, of Westwood, husband of Nina Clevenger Johnson, died Wednesday evening in King's Daughters Medical Center. Buddy was born June 18, 1929, in Boyd County, Ky., a son of the late Robert E. Lee and Kate Eunice Ross Johnson. He was a member of Westwood Christian Church and was retired from...

Paul Sammons

Paul Sammons

Apr 4, 2009

Paul Myron Sammons - 1946-2009 Paul Myron Sammons, 62, of Russell died Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland. He was born Aug. 29, 1946, in Ashland, son of the late Bert H. and Lois V. Fraley Sammons. He was the husband of the late Charlotte Pierce Sammons. He was a member of First Church of...

Wilma Morman

Wilma Morman

Mar 31, 2009

Wilma Yvonne "Bonnie" Morman - 1925-2009 Wilma Yvonne "Bonnie" Morman, 83, of Catlettsburg, went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 31, 2009. Bonnie was born April 23, 1925, in Williamson, W.Va., to the late John H. and Mary Blaine Bishop Cornette. She was also preceded in death by her sister and brother-in-law, Jesse Mildred "Sissie" and Ivan...

James Thorpe

James Thorpe

Mar 30, 2009

James L. "Jim" Thorpe - 1942-2009 James L. "Jim" Thorpe, 66, of Louisa, Ky., passed away Monday, March 30 after a long battle with cancer. Jim was born June 1, 1942, at Biggs, Ky., the son of the late Zion and Nola Mae Whitt Thorpe. A brother, Roy Thorpe, also preceded him in death. Jim was a disabled welder and...

Philip Lyon

Philip Lyon

Mar 25, 2009

Philip H. Lyon - 1917-2009 Philip H. Lyon, 91, of Ashland, Ky., died March 25, 2009, in King's Daughters Medical Center. He was born May 13, 1917, at Barn Rock, Ky., a son of the late Forest L. and Bessie Fyffe Lyon. He was retired from the masonary department of Armco Steel Corp. where he worked for 39 years. He...

Inez Holbrook

Inez Holbrook

Mar 22, 2009

Inez Holbrook Inez Holbrook of Ashland died Sunday, March 22, 2009, at Boyd Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Lawrence County, Ky., the daughter of the late Jay and Cordilda Copley Chaffin. She was a member of Royersville Missionary Baptist Church in Pedro, Ohio. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Holbrook. Survivors include four...

Alberta Hickman

Alberta Hickman

Mar 22, 2009

Alberta Hickman - 1912-2009 Alberta Susan Sparks Stone Hickman, 96, of Westwood went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 22, 2009, in Community Hospice Care Center. Mrs. Hickman was born March 31, 1912, in Sciotoville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Carlos B. Sparks and Bertha Ann Barber Sparks Jackson Morris. She was the oldest member of...

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