Obituaries

Jacqueline West

Jacqueline West

Nov 27, 2008

Jacqueline West - 1930-2008 Jacqueline West, 78, of Ashland, died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008, at the residence of her daughter, who cared for her. She was born May 10, 1930, in Pike County, the daughter of the late Otis and Emma Smith Ball. She was a member of Central Baptist Church and former member of the Eastern Star and TOPS...

Margaret Eskew

Margaret Eskew

Nov 27, 2008

Margaret Catherine Eskew - 1923 - 2008 Margaret C. Eskew, 84, of Westwood, went home to be with the Lord with her family by her side, Thursday morning, Nov. 27, 2008, at Kings Daughters Medical Center following an extended illness. Margaret was born Dec. 11, 1923 at Boyd County, a daughter of the late Alonzo and Sarah Caudill Blair. She...

Richard Robinson, jr

Richard Robinson, jr

Nov 26, 2008

Richard S. "Dick" Robinson Jr. - 1960-2008 Richard S. "Dick" Robinson Jr., 48, of Ashland, died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. He was born April 21, 1960, in Ashland, Ky., the son of Patricia "Pat" Howard Robinson of Ashland and the late Richard Sands "Pete" Robinson. He was a former employee of the Ashland School System and a member of Pollard...

Gregory Brummitt

Gregory Brummitt

Nov 25, 2008

Gregory G. Brummitt - 1943-2008 Gregory G. Brummitt, 65, of Ashland, departed this life on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Gregory was born to earthly parents, the late William Paul and Maude Hillman Brummitt on Oct. 12, 1943, in Herald, Va., and born again in Christ on Oct. 12, 1966. Mr. Brummitt...

Mary Jones

Mary Jones

Nov 25, 2008

Mary Louise Jones - 1984-2008 Mary Louise Jones, 24, of Rush, Ky., went to be with her heavenly Father Tuesday morning, Nov. 25, 2008. She was born May 29, 1984, in Huntington, W.Va., the daughter of Tom Jones of Rush and Candace Dragg Jones of Greenup, Ky. She was a student at Morehead State University and was a member of...

Dorothy Griffith

Dorothy Griffith

Nov 25, 2008

Dorothy S. Griffith - 1918-2008 Dorothy S. Griffith left this life of sorrow and entered into eternal bliss on Nov. 25, 2008. Dorothy was born Nov. 10, 1918, in Greenup County, Ky. She was 90 years old. She was the daughter of C.M. and Pearl Sparks. She is preceded in death by her husband, Vernon A. Griffith; four brothers, Kenneth...

Edith Howell

Edith Howell

Nov 25, 2008

Edith E. Ward Howell - 1912-2008 Edith E. Ward Howell, age 96, of Chillicothe, Ohio, formerly of Ashland, Ky., died Nov. 25, 2008, at 3132 Cattail Road, Chillicothe. She was born March 3, 1912, in Ashland, a daughter of the late John Waller and Leora Kazee Waller. She was also preceded in death by two husbands, Ed Ward on Dec....

Mildred Adams

Mildred Adams

Nov 24, 2008

Mildred Adams - 1922-2008 Mildred Lorene Franklin Adams, 86, of Paris, Ky., passed away on Monday, Nov. 24, 2008 following an extended illness. Mildred was born Feb. 18, 1922, in Catlettsburg, a daughter of the late James Marion and Willa Belle Fugitt Franklin. She was a member of Russell Cave Road Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. and a former member...

Michael Conley

Michael Conley

Nov 21, 2008

Michael Conley (1946-2008) Michael "Mickey" Conley, 61, of Ashland died Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at his home, following a short illness. He was born Dec. 27, 1946, in Boyd County, a son of the late Daniel B. and Ivory Coffey Conley. He was the husband of Carol West Conley, who survives. He was a member of Meade Station Church of...

Ray Perry

Ray Perry

Nov 21, 2008

Ray Perry - 1930-2008 Ray Walden Perry, 78, formerly of Russell, and more recently of Jacksonville, Fla., passed away Friday, Nov. 21, 2008 in St. Luke Hospital in Jacksonville. Mr. Perry was the son of Ethel Thompson Perry of Ashland and the late Lewis Jack Perry, born Feb. 16, 1930, in Webbville, Ky. He was a veteran of the U.S....

Anna Kazee

Anna Kazee

Nov 20, 2008

Anna Lee (Lyle) Kazee Born on Sept. 11, 1925, in Big Sandy, W.Va., to parents Anna and Joseph Lyle, Anna went to be with God on Nov. 20, 2008, at the age of 83, in Roseville, Calif. She was surrounded by her loving family and passed following a short illness. A native of Ashland, Ky., until 2006, Anna lived with...

Ruby Freeman

Ruby Freeman

Nov 19, 2008

Ruby Freeman - 1924-2008 Ruby Nelson Freeman, 84, of Westwood, Ky., died Wednesday evening at her home of an extended illness. Ruby was born March 12, 1924, in Greenup County, Ky., a daughter of the late Samuel W. and Dolly E. Jackson Nelson. She was a loving mother, homemaker, and wonderful caregiver to everyone. She was loved by all who...

William Sexton

William Sexton

Nov 14, 2008

William Jackie Sexton William Jackie Sexton, 72, of Greenup, died Friday at his residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Rose Hill Burial Park Mausoleum chapel. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Lazear Funeral Home in Ashland. Military rites will be provided by Ceredo-Kenova American Legion Post 93.

J.r. Dixon

J.r. Dixon

Nov 14, 2008

J.R. "Ron" Dixon - 1938-2008 J.R. "Ron" Dixon, 70, of Ashland, died Friday at his residence. He was born June 6, 1938, in Boyd County, son of the late William T. "Tommy" and Thelma Brown Dixon. He was the husband of Josephine "Jo" Lowe Dixon, who survives. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and Navy, where he served...

Ella Skaggs

Ella Skaggs

Nov 12, 2008

Ella Mae Skaggs - 1922-2008 Ella Mae Skaggs, 86, of Ashland, died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, in Murray Calloway County Hospital. Mrs. Skaggs was born Feb. 27, 1922, in Ashland, a daughter of the late Santford and Edna Stewart Kazee. She was the widow of Dennie A. Skaggs, who died in 2006. She was also preceded in death by three...

Joe Coburn

Joe Coburn

Nov 6, 2008

Joe Cecil Coburn "The Sign Master" (1943-2008) Joe Cecil Coburn "The Sign Master", 65, of Ironton, passed away Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008 in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, Ky. The Ashland native was born July 3, 1943, the son of the late Charles E. and Shirley M. Wright Coburn. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Kay Fleming Coburn,...

Mary Berry

Mary Berry

Nov 4, 2008

Mary Frances Caldwell Berry (1919-2008) Mary Frances Caldwell Berry, 89, of Ashland, Ky., died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in Community Hospice Care Center. Mrs. Berry was born Jan. 11, 1919, in Charleston, W.Va., a daughter of the late George Washington and Antonia Bennett Caldwell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years,...

Earcel Dickinson

Earcel Dickinson

Nov 2, 2008

Earcel Dickinson (1917-2008) Earcel Dickinson, 91, of Ashland, Ky., formerly of Grayson, Ky., died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland. She was born March 7, 1917, in Hitchins, Ky., a daughter of the late Willie Buck and Lizze Meadows Hall. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Harlem Bishop;...

Nancy Fraley

Nancy Fraley

Nov 1, 2008

Nancy Layne Fraley (1925-2008) Nancy Layne Fraley, 83, of Ashland, passed away Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, in King's Daughters Medical Center following a brief illness. Mrs. Fraley was born June 19, 1925, in Ashland. She was the youngest child of the late Charles Richard and Alma Jackson Layne. Mrs. Fraley was a retired clerk at Revco Drugs in Ashland and...

Gary Wilhelm sr

Gary Wilhelm sr

Oct 31, 2008

Gary L. Wilhelm Sr. - 1951-2008 Gary L. Wilhelm Sr., 57, of Raceland, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008, at his residence. Mr. Wilhelm was born Aug. 29, 1951, in Clifton Forge, Va., a son of the late Dana Wilhelm and the late Annabelle Knuckles Wilhelm McCulley. He was a retired carman for the C&O...

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