Obituaries

Feb 19, 2015

Letcher Slusher, 100 of Pineville, KY, passed away on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born October 8, 1914 in Beverly, KY a son of William J. and Susie Farmer Slusher. He believed in the Baptist Faith. Letcher was a World War II Veteran and served in France. He had worked in the coal...

Feb 16, 2015

PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE CHANGED THE DAY AND TIME OF THE FUNERAL SERVICE ALL SERVICES WILL NOW BE ON SUNDAY. John L. Young, 91 formerly of St. Creek, passed away Monday, February 16, 2015 at Laurel Heights Nursing Home in London. He was born at Balkan on October 25, 1923, a son of the late Johnnie and Jennie W....

Feb 14, 2015

William Oscar Wilder, 89 of Clear Creek, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at the Middlesboro ARH Hospital. He was born at Little Clear Creek on March 11, 1925, and was the son of the late Nathaniel and Elsie Webb Wilder. William was a United States Marine Corps veteran, having served during...

Feb 12, 2015

Willie M. Drake, age 85 of Speedwell passed away Feb 12, 2015. She was a member of The Church of God Middlesboro, KY. Preceded in death by parents: Barney & Tannie Witt Morgan, brothers- Coleman Lee & Cova Morgan.

Survivors include: Husband- Benny E Drake and Son Marcellous Asher both of Speedwell. Sisters- Goldie Ledford of Harrogate...

Feb 12, 2015

Willie M. Drake, age 85 of Speedwell passed away Feb 12, 2015. She was a member of The Church of God Middlesboro, KY. Preceded in death by parents: Barney & Tannie Witt Morgan, brothers- Coleman Lee & Cova Morgan.

Survivors include: Husband- Benny E Drake and Son Marcellous Asher both of Speedwell. Sisters- Goldie Ledford of Harrogate...

Feb 7, 2015

Cleston Miracle, 93, of Kettle Island, passed away on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at the Pineville Community Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility. He was born in Cubbage, KY on August 16, 1921, a son of the late Justice Otis and Almedia Cox Miracle. He had believed in the Baptist Faith and had been a coal miner. Cleston served as a...

Feb 4, 2015

Pauline Elaine Whitlow Hilton, 78, of Harrogate, TN, died Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at the Middlesboro ARH. She was born in Muscatine, Iowa a daughter of the late John D. and Marcena Opal Browning Whitlow. She had worked as a Machinist at Baxter Laboratories. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, David W....

Jan 30, 2015

Gene M. Bishop, 62, of Pineville, passed away on Friday, January 30, 3015 at the St. Joseph Hospital, London. He was born in Pineville on March 14, 1952 a son of Andrew Wainwright 'Wayne' Bishop and the late Carolyn Terry Bishop. He was a member of West Pineville Baptist Church and had worked for Kentucky Utilities as a Substation...

Jan 29, 2015

Phyllis Loraine Hoskins, 59, of Kettle Island, passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born in Little Clear Creek on February 10,1955 a daughter of the late Virble and Hazel Partin Webb. She was of the Pentecostal Faith and had been a Secretary and Finance Clerk at Right Fork School for almost...

Jan 23, 2015

Charlie Akers, 79, of Stoney Fork, died on Friday, January 23, 2015 at the Tri-State Nursing and Rehab Center, Harrogate. He was born in Stoney Fork on May 12, 1935, a son of the late Otis and Merlie Wilson Akers. He had been an over-the-road truck driver. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his...

Jan 21, 2015

Ronnie Elliott, 62, of Pineville, passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born in Kettle Island, KY on October 15, 1952, a son of the late Simon and Sarah Pearl Johnson Elliott. Ron had served in the US Army Reserve and had retired from Kentucky Utilities Company where he had been a...

Jan 20, 2015

J.C. Mason, 76, of Pineville went home to be the Lord on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at the Middlesboro ARH Hospital. He was born in Ferndale, Kentucky on July 22, 1938, a son of Harvey and Mary Cook Mason, he was raised by his grandparents, John and Ina Coots, of Dorton Branch. In 1956, J.C. joined the U.S. Navy...

Jan 19, 2015

Claudette Blair Jones, 81 of Kettle Island, formerly of Daytona Beach, Florida, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2015 at the St. Mary's Hospital in Knoxville. She was born in Whitesburg, KY on November 12, 1933 and was a daughter of the late Clifford Cecil and Gladys Amburgy Blair. Claudette was a believer in the Baptist faith and had...

Jan 18, 2015

Jimmy Todd, 69, of Bradfordtown, passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Pineville Community Hospital. He was born in Pineville on March 28, 1945 a son late Roy Todd and Rozella Johnson Asher. He had worked for Phillips Tree Service and was member of the Light House Mission Church. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Linda Sue...

Jan 13, 2015

Russell Nickels, 38, of Pineville, passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born in Pineville on May 10, 1976 a son of Floyd Nickels and the late Christine Partin Nickels. He had been a grave digger. In addition to his mother he was preceded in death by a son, Tyler and a...

Jan 10, 2015

Viola Calloway, 93, of Barbourville, passed away on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was a Christian, a member of the First Baptist Church, Pineville and had been a school teacher in Harlan and Bell County. She was preceded in death by her parents, E.M. and Nora Osborne Saylor husband, Edgar Calloway, sister, Ruby Randall;...

Jan 10, 2015

Gwendolyn Diann Partin Osborne, 70, of Pineville, passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015 at her home surrounded by family. She was born in Pineville on March 10, 1944 a daughter of the late George C. and Ada Pauline Miracle Partin. Diann was a member of the West Pineville Baptist Church and had retired as Office Manager for Dr. J....

Jan 8, 2015

Madelynn Gail Patterson, infant daughter of Shane and Kayla Walton Patterson, was carried away on January 8, 2015 at UT Medical Center, Knoxville. She was preceded in death by a grandmother, Lisa Gail Garland. Survivors include her parents, Shane and Kayla Patterson, great-grandparents, Kay Mink, Ida Barnett and Pauline Patterson; grandparents, Phillip and Shena Walton; Susie Barnett; Russell and...

Jan 4, 2015

James 'Ed' Ray, 92, of Pineville, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Tri-State Nursing and Rehab in Harrogate, TN. He was born in Williamsburg, KY on January 1, 1923 a son of the late William and Eliza Griffiths Ray. He had served in the U.S. Coast Guard and was a retired florist and Boat Dock owner. In...

Dec 22, 2014

Troy Wayne Baker, 38, of Michigan, passed away on Monday, December 22, 2014 at his home. He was born in Farmington, MI on February 3, 1976 a son of David Baker and the late Vickie Miracle Baker. Survivors include his father, David Baker, brothers. Davey Joe Baker, Freeman Baker and Brian Wray; nephews, Dalton Wray and Mason Baker and...