Obituaries
Dorothy Johns
May 20, 2008
Dorothy Johns - 1933-2008 Dorothy Mildred "Dee Dee" Stewart Johns, 75, of Ashland, passed away Tuesday afternoon, May 20, 2008, in Community Hospice Care Center. Dorothy was born May 13, 1933, in Carter County, Ky., a daughter of the late Lowell Green and Nora McKinney Stewart. Dorothy formerly worked for Hewlett Packard in the electronics department. She was a member...
Ray Conley
May 19, 2008
Ray Gorden Conley - 1932-2008 Ray Gorden Conley died Monday, May 19, 2008, in King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky., following a brave battle with cancer. He was born in Boyd County, Ky., on Oct. 6, 1932, the second son of the late Golda Belle Hicks Conley and Gaylord Leo Conley. He was also preceded in death by his...
William Porter
May 18, 2008
William Anthony "Tony" Porter - 1960-2008 William Anthony "Tony" Porter, 48, of Ashland, Ky., died Sunday, May 18, 2008, at his residence. He was born Feb. 22, 1960, in Ashland, a son of Shirlene Kirk Porter Moore of Ashland and the late William Massie Porter. In addition, he was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ollie Dehart Kirk and Jesse...
Maxie Riley
May 17, 2008
Maxie Riley (1917-2008) Maxie Adams Riley, 91, of Oakmont Manor in Flatwoods, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, May 17, 2008. Maxie, the daughter of the late Harry Adams and Trinnie Hayes Adams, was born in Cordell on April 25, 1917. She was educated in the Ashland Public Schools, where she graduated from Ashland Senior High...
Jack Hanks
May 16, 2008
Jack B. Hanks (1930-2008) Jack B. Hanks, age 78, of Ashland passed away Friday, May 16, 2008, at Boyd Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, with his family by his side. He was born May 6, 1930, in Russell to the late John C. and Flores Fleming Hanks. He was raised in Willard and graduated from Hitchins High School. He proudly served...
Dormie Barker
May 16, 2008
Dormie Barker - 1917-2008 Dormie Barker, age 90, of Ashland, Ky., died May 16, 2008 in King's Daughters and Sons Home. He was born June 29, 1917, in Elliott County, Ky., a son of the late David Nelson and Mae Edwards Barker. In addition, he was preceded in death by his wife, Nan Hall Barker in 2002; a son, Jeff...
Randy Ratliff
May 12, 2008
Randy J. "Joe" Ratliff - 1965-2008 Randy J. "Joe" Ratliff, 42, of Ashland, Ky., died Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at his residence. He was born June 18, 1965, in Wyandotte, Mich., a son of Bobby Gene and Peggy Lou Kouns Ratliff of Ashland. Additional survivors include his wife, Tracy Sammons Ratliff of Ashland; two sons, James Ratliff and Rusty Ratliff,...
Timothy Buckley
May 12, 2008
Tim Buckley - 1948-2008 Timothy Ray Buckley, 59, of St. Louis, formerly of Ashland, passed away Monday, May 12, 2008, following a brief illness. Tim was born June 25, 1948, in Ashland, a son of Ruth Sparks Buckley Lawhorn of Flatwoods and the late Francis Marion Buckley. Tim was a 1966 graduate of Fairview High School. He then proudly served...
Ruth Huston
May 10, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008 Ruth Huston (1921-2008) Ruth Dean Huston, 87, of Ashland died Saturday, May 10, 2008, at King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. She was born May 10, 1921, in Olive Hill, the daughter of the late Clyde and Stella Webb Dean. She was a retired teacher from Wylie and Crabbe Elementary schools in the Ashland Public School...
Besie Robinson
May 7, 2008
Bessie Sparks Robinson (1916-2008) Bessie Sparks Robinson, 92, of Ashland, widow of George W. Robinson, passed away Wednesday morning following an extended illness. Bessie was born Feb. 29, 1916, in Elliott County, a daughter of the late Hugh and Alafair Fannin Sparks. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters. She...
Charles Thompson
May 2, 2008
- Charles Thompson - 1914-2008 Charles Thompson, 93, of Westwood, widower of Lillie Mae Preston Thompson, passed away Friday afternoon, May 2, 2008, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland. Charlie was born Nov. 14, 1914, in Louisa, a son of the late Winfield Scott and Lillie Travis Thompson. Charlie retired from the maintenance department at Allied Chemical. He had...
June Sargent
May 2, 2008
une Sargent - 1917-2008 June Marie Sargent, 90, passed away Friday evening, May 2, 2008, surrounded by her loving family in King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. She was born June 11, 1917, in Carter County, the daughter of the late William and Pheobe Ross Shaffer. She was the wife of the late Paul E. Sargent. She was a member...
Judy Anderson
May 1, 2008
Judy Carol Blackburn Anderson - 1953-2008 Judy Carol Blackburn Anderson, age 54, of Ashland, Ky., died May 1, 2008 in St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va. She was born Aug. 7, 1953, in Kenova, W.Va., a daughter of the late David L. and Kathleen Kelly Blackburn. She was an actress, singer, musician and teacher. She has traveled the United...
Ruth Denning
May 1, 2008
Ruth Denning - 1917-2008 Ruth Clifton Denning, 90, of Picayune, Miss., formerly of Flatwoods, died Friday, May 2, 2008, in Picayune. She was born Dec. 7, 1917, in Greenup County, the daughter of the late Charles B. and Hallie M. Moore Clifton. She was the wife of the late Russell Denning. She was a homemaker and a member of Advance...
Cyde Davis
May 1, 2008
Clyde Davis - 1919-2008 Clyde Lester Davis, 88, of Ashland, died Thursday in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland. Mr. Davis was born May 29, 1919, in Pikeville. His wife, Phyllis Ross Davis, died in 2005. A committal service will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Rose Hill Burial Park in Ashland, where he will be laid to rest. Friends...
Mimmel Travis
Apr 30, 2008
Mimmel Travis - 1923-2008 Mimmel Conley Travis, 85, of Ashland, passed away late Wednesday evening, April 30, 2008, at the King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. Mrs. Travis was born Jan. 16, 1923, in Morgan County, a daughter of the late Walter and Ella Wallin Conley. She was a homemaker, with family always first in her life. Mimmel leaves behind...
Erwin Davidson
Apr 28, 2008
Erwin "Stu" Davidson - 1926-2008 Erwin "Stu" Davidson, 81, of Salem, Va., formerly of Ashland, passed from this life on Monday, April 28, 2008, at his residence. He was born June 5, 1926, in Wise County Va., the son of the late Garrett and Pearl Baker Davidson. Preceding him in death were his wife, Helen McCoy Davidson; two brothers, Garrett...
Jeffrey Cooksey
Apr 21, 2008
Jeffrey Quinn Cooksey - 1952-2008 Jeffrey Quinn Cooksey, 55, of Ashland, Ky., died April 21, 2008, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland following an extended illness. He was born April 30, 1952, in Ashland, a son of the late Kermit Quentin and Mary Brown Cooksey. He was a self-employed photographer and a substitute teacher. He was a 1970 graduate...
Wayne Fannin
Apr 17, 2008
Wayne Vincent Fannin (1927-2008) Wayne Vincent Fannin, 80, passed from this life on Thursday, April 17, in Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital after a long battle with cancer. He was born Sept. 25, 1927, in Lawrence County, Ky., the son of the late Ike and Audrey Smith Fannin. He is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Nina Dorsey...
Richard Saunders
Apr 14, 2008
Russell Saunders (1909-2008) Russell Calvin Saunders, 98, of Garland, Texas, formerly of Ironton, died Sunday. He was born Dec. 21, 1909, in Gallia County, Ohio. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Sharon Baptist Church in Ironton. Memorials may be made to the Sharon Baptist Church Building Fund, 2010 S. Fifth St., Ironton, OH 45638. Phillips Funeral...
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