Obituaries

Louise Shimer

Louise Shimer

Sep 16, 2008

Louise Robinette Shimer - 1921-2008 Louise Robinette Shimer, 86, of Ashland, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, at her residence following an extended illness. She was born Nov. 2, 1921, in Ashland, a daughter of the late Carl and Florence Robinette. She was a 1939 graduate of Ashland High School and was employed as a secretary for Ashland Oil, Jefferson Standard...

Sarah Spangler

Sarah Spangler

Sep 13, 2008

Sarah Burline Spangler - 1911-2008 Sarah Burline Spangler, 96, died surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, in the Community Hospice Care Center. Burline was born in Jane Lew, W.Va., on Nov. 29, 1911, to Veda Goodwin Waggoner and George Burl Waggoner. The family later moved to Morgantown, where she graduated from Morgantown High School and entered...

Phyllis Hutchinson

Phyllis Hutchinson

Sep 7, 2008

Phyllis Hutchinson - 1929-2008 Phyllis Opal Armstrong Hutchinson, 79, of Ashland, passed away Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, following an extended illness. Phyllis was born March 13, 1929, in Boyd County, to the late Orville and Bertha Hamm Armstrong. She worked as an insurance agent for the Putnam Insurance Agency and Midland Insurance until she retired. She was a member of...

Frank Lipker

Frank Lipker

Sep 7, 2008

Frank Perry Lipker - 1937-2008 Frank Perry Lipker, 71, of Ashland, Ky., died Sept. 7, 2008, in King's Daughters Medical Center following a brief illness. Mr. Lipker was born May 17, 1937, in Ironton, Ohio, a son of the late Leo and Lucy Carden Lipker. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Vivian Lipker. He retired from AK...

Frances Dixon

Frances Dixon

Sep 6, 2008

Frances Dixon - 1949-2008 Frances Faye Dixon, 59, of Ashland, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, in King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. Mrs. Dixon was born in Ironton, Ohio, on April 18, 1949, a daughter of Phyllis Naomi Holbrook Stephens of Flatwoods and the late Carl Eugene Stephens. She was also preceded...

Lucy Stratton

Lucy Stratton

Sep 2, 2008

Lucy Charles Stratton - 1914-2008 Lucy Stratton passed from this life on Sept. 2, 2008, at the age of 94. She was born in Pikeville, Ky., on March 15, 1914, the daughter of the late Lewis and Sarah Charles. Also preceding her in death were two sisters, Carrie Burnette and Kansada McGuire of Pikeville; and three brothers, Oscar, Ballard and...

Charles Leadingham

Charles Leadingham

Aug 30, 2008

Chuck Leadingham - 1963-2008 Charles "Chuck" Leadingham, 44, of Stewart Lane, Ashland, passed away Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, in Marietta Memorial Hospital in Marietta, Ohio, from injuries he received in a motorcycle accident. His wife, Denise Lyons Leadingham, was also fatally injured in the accident. Mr. Leadingham was born Dec. 17, 1963, in Portsmouth, Ohio, a son of Charles and...

Denise Leadingham

Denise Leadingham

Aug 30, 2008

Denise Leadingham - 1965-2008 Denise Lyons Leadingham, 42, of Stewart Lane, Ashland, passed away Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, in Marietta Memorial Hospital in Marietta, Ohio, from injuries she received in a motorcycle accident. Mrs. Leadingham was born Oct. 2, 1965, in Ashland, Ky., a daughter of Charlotte Hall Lyons of Flatwoods and the late Billy G. Lyons. Denise's husband, Chuck...

Kathryn Farley

Kathryn Farley

Aug 27, 2008

Kathryn Jean Wallace Farley (1934-2008) Kathryn Jean Wallace Farley, 73, of Ashland, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, in Community Hospice Care Center. She was born Nov. 22, 1934, in Ashland, Ky., the daughter of the late Cecil and Edith Clemons Wallace. She was a homemaker and attended Rose Hill Baptist Church. She was a member of Mother Smuckers, attended...

Rosa Adkins

Rosa Adkins

Aug 25, 2008

Rosa Belle Vanover Adkins (1921-2008) Rosa Belle Vanover Adkins, 87, of Ashland, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, in Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital. Mrs. Adkins was born Jan. 20, 1921, in Rush, Ky., a daughter of the late Andrew F. and Margaret Stewart Vanover. She married Roy Adkins Jr. on July 17, 1965....

Delores Baker

Delores Baker

Aug 22, 2008

Delores Marie "Tommie" Baker - 1928-2008 Delores Marie "Tommie" Baker, 80, went to be with the Lord on Aug. 22, 2008, in Woodland Oaks Health Care Facility. Born July 26, 1928, in Carter County, Ky., she was a daughter of the late Stella (Jackson) and William James Gamble. Married to William J. Baker for 61 years, she was employed at...

Inas Huff

Inas Huff

Aug 19, 2008

Inas Hart Huff - 1927-2008 Inas Hart Huff, 80, of Ashland, wife of 63 years of Emmett Huff Jr., died peacefully Tuesday morning at her home after a sudden illness. Inas was born Dec. 8, 1927, in Boyd County, Ky., a daughter of the late Henry and Blanche Hatfield Hart. She was a faithful member of Hoods Creek Enterprise United...

Mary Lanzo

Mary Lanzo

Aug 19, 2008

Mary Margaret Day Lanzo - 1924-2008 Mary Margaret Day Lanzo, 83, of Ashland, Ky., died Tuesday morning, Aug. 19, 2008, in Unity Health Care Center in Shawnee, Okla. Mrs. Lanzo was born Sept. 26, 1924, in Ashland, a daughter of the late John N. and Beulah Mae Lane Day. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Fannie Mays

Fannie Mays

Aug 10, 2008

Name: Fannie Ganette Mays Dates: Birth date: June 03, 1937 Death date: August 10, 2008 Obituary: Fannie Ganette Mays Fannie Ganette (Thompson) Mays, 71, of Piketon, Ohio went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, August 10, 2008 in Pike Community Hospital, Waverly, Ohio. Janet, as she was fondly called by all who knew her, was born June 3,...

Euel Ratliff

Euel Ratliff

Aug 8, 2008

Euel Ratliff (1931-2008) Euel Ratliff, age 77, of Ashland, Ky., died Aug. 8, 2008 in Community Hospice Care Center following an extended illness. He was born March 4, 1931, in Pikeville, Ky., a son of the late William D. and Causby Mullins Ratliff. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Samuel and Daniel Ratliff. He was co-owner of...

John Breeding

John Breeding

Aug 8, 2008

John M. Breeding - 1937-2008 John M. Breeding, 71, of Garrison, died Friday in Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth. Mr. Breeding was born March 26, 1937, and was the husband of Dora Montgomery Breeding. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Garrison First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Rose Hill Burial Park in Ashland. Friends may...

Wanda Meek

Wanda Meek

Aug 7, 2008

Wanda Meek - 1927-2008 Wanda Lee Bradley Meek, 81 of Westwood, passed away Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, following an extended illness. Wanda was born April 7, 1927, in Ashland, to the late Lonnie and Ethel Day Bradley. She was a member of Flatwoods Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, Joe...

Dorothy Mulvaney

Dorothy Mulvaney

Aug 5, 2008

Dorothy W. Mulvaney - 1928-2008 Dorothy W. Mulvaney, 80, of Ashland, Ky., died Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 5, 2008, at her residence. Mrs. Mulvaney was born May 16, 1928, in Catlettsburg, Ky., a daughter of the late Daniel Jasper and Elizabeth May Wheeler. She was also preceded in death by a son, Neil A. Mulvaney Jr., who died in 1987; two...

Debra Broughton

Debra Broughton

Jul 30, 2008

Debra Lynne Broughton - 1956-2008 Debra Lynne Broughton, 52, of Ashland, Ky., died July 30, 2008, in South Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in South Shore, Ky., following an extended illness. She was born July 27, 1956, in Kittery, Maine, a daughter of the late Ellis Broughton Jr. and Mary Deuel Broughton. Surviving are a daughter, Sabra Conley, and husband...

Martin Robinette, Jr

Martin Robinette, Jr

Jul 28, 2008

Martin L. Robinette Jr. - 1930-2008 Martin L. Robinette Jr., 77, of Cincinnati, Ohio, formerly of Ashland, died Monday, July 28, 2008, in the University of Cincinnati Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born Nov. 13, 1930, in Boyd County, Ky., the son of the late Martin Luther and Lizzie Stewart Robinette. He graduated from Boyd County High School in 1947....

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