Obituaries
Robert Dils
Jul 28, 2008
Robert James Dils - 1919-2008 Robert James Dils, 88, of Ashland, Ky., died Monday in King's Daughters Medical Center. Mr. Dils was born Oct. 2, 1919, in Montgomery County, Ohio, the son of the late Laurence and Maudie Koogler Dils. He was a devoted husband and shared 60 years of marriage with his wife, Juanita G. Dils. He was a...
Carrol Vanderpool
Jul 27, 2008
Carrol Dae Vanderpool - 1922-2008 Carrol Dae "Mammur" Keaton Vanderpool, 86, of Westwood, Ky., died Sunday morning in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, Ky. She was born Feb. 12, 1922, in Salyersville, Ky., the daughter of the late Henry and Myrtle Harper Keaton. She was also preceded in death by her loving husband of 41 years, E.T. "Pete" Vanderpool;...
Henry Blevins
Jul 27, 2008
Henry Blevins - 1936-2008 Henry E. "Ed" Blevins, 72, of Lloyd went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 27, 2008, at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell. He was born June 24, 1936, in Ashland, a son of the late Bert and Lucy Blevins. He retired in 1994 from GTE and was employed with the new AT&T,...
Mary Long
Jul 26, 2008
Mary Jean Long (1929-2008) Mary Jean Long, 78, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Saturday, July 26, 2008. Jean was born Oct. 21, 1929, in Ashland, Ky., and moved to Port Charlotte in 1988. Jean was a member of The Order of the Eastern Star, Westwood Chapter No. 569 and a member of the First Christian Church of Ashland. Her husband,...
John Helms
Jul 25, 2008
John Helms - 1940-2008 John Arlin Helms, 68, of Ashland, died Friday in King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. He was born July 2, 1940, in Carter County, the son of the late John Whitaker Helms and Alia Jane Seagraves Helms Hearn. He was the husband of 48 years to Christine Gehringer Helms, who survives. He served from 1957 to...
Flora Howard
Jul 25, 2008
Flora Wilson Day Howard - 1919-2008 Flora Wilson Day Howard, 88, of Ashland, died Friday, July 25, 2008, at her residence. She was born Oct. 28, 1919, in Carter County, Ky., the daughter of the late James Harvey and Mildred Skaggs Wilson. She was a former employee of the C.H. Parsons Co., a member of First United Methodist Church, a...
Jane Fraley
Jul 21, 2008
Jane Day Tyson Fraley (1944-2008) Jane Day Fraley, 64, of Summit, Ky., wife of James R. Fraley, died Monday morning at her home following a short illness. Jane was born June 8, 1944, in Anniston, Ala., a daughter of the late James and Josephine Harris Tyson. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, David Wayne Fraley of Milton,...
Charlene Steil
Jul 20, 2008
Charlene Marie Vaughn Steil (1919-2008) Charlene Marie Vaughn Steil, 88, of Ashland, Ky., died July 20, 2008, in South Haven Rehabilitation in Birmingham, Ala. Mrs. Steil was born Oct. 17, 1919, at Hardy, Ky., a daughter of the late Daniel Everett and Maude Eloise Childress Vaughn. She was also preceded in death by her husband, W. Edwin Steil, in 1993;...
Franklin Adams
Jul 20, 2008
Franklin Leroy Adams (1944-2008) Franklin Leroy Adams, age 63, of Ashland, Ky., died suddenly Sunday evening, July 20, 2008 in Virginia Beach Sentera General Hospital in Virginia Beach. He was born Nov. 30, 1944, in Ashland, a son of the late Charles Edward Adams and the late Zeolla Darby Adams Ward. He retired from AK Steel after 38 years of...
Glen Willis
Jul 18, 2008
Glen Willis (1933-2008) Glen Edward Willis, 75, of Ashland, died Friday in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland. He was born July 5, 1933, in Ironton, Ohio, the son of the late Garford and Leona Griffith Willis. He was a partner in Wil-Gra Builders for 30 years and worked in the marine industry the last 15 years. He was a...
Glen Willis
Jul 18, 2008
Glen Willis (1933-2008) Glen Edward Willis, 75, of Ashland, died Friday in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland. He was born July 5, 1933, in Ironton, Ohio, the son of the late Garford and Leona Griffith Willis. He was a partner in Wil-Gra Builders for 30 years and worked in the marine industry the last 15 years. He was a...
Elizabeth Smith
Jul 17, 2008
Elizabeth Smith - 1916-2008 Elizabeth Tackett Smith, 92, of Catlettsburg, died Thursday in Boyd Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 27, 1916, in Carter County. Her husband, Sgt. Earl Smith, preceded her in death. The funeral will be at noon Monday at Rose Hill Mausoleum. There will be no visitation. Kilgore & Collier Funeral Home in Catlettsburg is...
Elizabeth Smith
Jul 17, 2008
Elizabeth Smith - 1916-2008 Elizabeth Tackett Smith, 92, of Catlettsburg, died Thursday in Boyd Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 27, 1916, in Carter County. Her husband, Sgt. Earl Smith, preceded her in death. The funeral will be at noon Monday at Rose Hill Mausoleum. There will be no visitation. Kilgore & Collier Funeral Home in Catlettsburg is...
Ethel Thornberry
Jul 16, 2008
Ethel F. Thornbury - 1932-2008 Ethel F. Thornbury, 76, of Ashland, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 16, 2008. She was born Ethel Frances Huntington on April 15, 1932, in Warren County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Almond C. and Bessie Pearl Deatley Huntington. In addition, she was preceded in death by her husband, James C....
Burnice Gearheart
Jul 13, 2008
Burnice J. Gearheart - 1925-2008 Burnice J. Gearheart, age 83, of Ashland, Ky., died July 13, 2008 in King's Daughters Medical Center. He was born June 4, 1925, in Floyd County, Ky., a son of the late Benjamin and Frona Dyer Gearheart. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Gertrude Howard and Noma Irwin. He retired from the...
Doris Morrison
Jul 12, 2008
Doris Morrison - 1921-2008 Doris Stephens Morrison, 86, of Ashland, died Saturday in Boyd Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Oct. 23, 1921, in Carter County. A funeral Mass will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Family Church in Ashland. Burial will be in Rose Hill Burial Park in Ashland. Friends may call after 11 a.m. Wednesday at...
William Dillon
Jul 10, 2008
William Michael Dillon - 1966-2008 William Michael Dillon, 41, of Westwood, Ky., died Thursday, July 10, 2008, in King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. He was born Aug. 27, 1966, in Indianapolis, Ind., a son of William and Dolly Gilbert Dillon of Westwood. He was a self-employed steel erector and a member of Rose Hill Baptist Church. Additional survivors...
Wanda Mastin
Jul 9, 2008
Wanda May Mastin - 1929-2008 Wanda May Mastin, 79, of Ashland, Ky., died July 9, 2008, at her residence. Mrs. Mastin was born May 30, 1929, in Cincinnati, Ohio, a daughter of the late Raymond and Ruth Shofstall Flynn. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth E. Mastin, in 1999. She was a homemaker and a member...
Gregory Tackett
Jul 7, 2008
Gregory Tackett - 1955-2008 Gregory Tackett, 52, of Boyd County, died tragically, Monday afternoon, in a tractor accident in Lawrence County, Ky. Greg was born Nov. 23, 1955, in Pikeville, Ky., a son of Ola and Sarah Slone Tackett of Boyd County. He was a former maintenance and melt shop employee with 28 years service at Kentucky Electric Steel. He...
Farris Bradley
Jul 6, 2008
Farris Bradley - 1926-2008 Farris H. Bradley, 82, of Ashland died Sunday, July 6, 2008, at his home. He was born Feb. 11, 1926, in Yatesville, the son of the late Grover and Gypsy Compton Bradley. He was a former Kentucky state trooper and was a retired captain of Police for the Chessie System and was a member of the...
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