Obituaries

Fannie Smith Chatman

Fannie Smith Chatman

Nov 13, 2014

Fannie Chatman, 97, of Pineville, passed away on November 13, 2014 at Mountain View Nursing Home. She was born in 1917 in Camden, AL and moved to Pineville in 1943. She was a believer in the Baptist Faith and was a member of Bethel Baptist Church for many years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Rosa Mary Cloud

Rosa Mary Cloud

Nov 9, 2014

Rosa Mary Cloud, 77, of Pineville, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born on October 4, 1937 a daughter of the late Joseph and Florence Stewart Cloud. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. She had retired from Durham Funeral Home where she provided many...

Ethel Blanton Saylor

Ethel Blanton Saylor

Nov 8, 2014

Ethel Blanton Saylor, 73, of Pineville, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2014, at the Laurel Manor Nursing Home. She was born on March 21, 1941, in Harlan County a daughter of the late Gorman and Lettie Caldwell Blanton. Ethel believed in the Holiness faith and had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Barbara Anne Grace

Barbara Anne Grace

Nov 6, 2014

Barbara Anne Brooks Grace, 83 years, 11 months and 20 days, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born in Pineville on November 17, 1930 the daughter of the late Dr. James Milton, Sr. and Lula Eva Venable Brooks. She was a lifelong member of First Baptist...

William "Will" Henry Cheek

William "Will" Henry Cheek

Nov 4, 2014

William Henry Cheek, 75, of Hulen, passed away Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at the Utica Care Center , Utica, Ohio. He was born in Brownies Creek, KY on December 11, 1938 a son of the late Jim D. and Isabell Miracle Cheek. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Layton, Robert and McKinley...

Aubree Hope Hunter

Aubree Hope Hunter

Oct 22, 2014

Aubree Hope Hunter, age 8 months, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Aubree was born on February 6, 2014 in Corbin, KY a daughter of James Colten and Alexandria Cox Hunter. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandmother, Lori Edmondson Jones of Pineville; paternal great-grandparents, Hobert and Mildred Newsome of Continental,...

Ruby J. Ball

Ruby J. Ball

Oct 19, 2014

Rub y J Ball, 74 passed away Sunday (10-19-2014). She was a member of Walnut Hill Baptist Church and a Lifelong resident of Gibson Station, VA. She was a book keeper for Schneider Meats and affiliated companies in Middlesboro, KY for more than 50 years most recently being Arveybell Farm Co.

Ruby was preceded in death by...

Edith Lay Beason

Edith Lay Beason

Oct 18, 2014

Edith Lay Beason age 89 of New Tazewell. Born April 6, 1925 Passed away Oct. 18, 2014. She was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Preceded in death by husband Paris (Cotton) Beason. Children; Roy Gene and Geraldine Beason. Parents; Floyd and Sarah Lay. Brothers; Raymer Lay and Harold Lay. Sister-in-laws; Lena and Emma Lay.

Survivors: Sons...

Rebecca Lynn Muncy

Rebecca Lynn Muncy

Oct 18, 2014

Rebecca Lynn Simpson Muncy, 38, of Hulen, passed away on Saturday, October 18, 2014 in Hulen. She was born in Middlesboro on April 30, 1976, a daughter of Ronnie Simpson and the late Jeanette Creech Taylor. She had been a homemaker. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her husband, Justin Muncy, grandmother, Ruby Simpson,...

Flossie Sharp Slusher

Flossie Sharp Slusher

Oct 17, 2014

Mrs. Flossie Sharp Slusher, age 95, passed away October 17th. She was the oldest child of Mary Poynter and William Murphy Sharp and born in Duff, Tennessee. She had retired at age 72 from the Bell County, Kentucky school system in which she taught for more than 50 years. Although married to a prominent Southeastern Kentucky educator, 11 years...

Tamera Brown Bailey

Tamera Brown Bailey

Oct 7, 2014

Tamera Brown Bailey, 77, of Pineville, passed away on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at her home. She was born in Pineville on February 19, 1937 a daughter of the late James Mack 'Jim' and Ollie Green Brown. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church and had been a devoted wife and mother. In addition to her parents, she...

Anna Ruth Benton

Anna Ruth Benton

Oct 4, 2014

Anna Ruth Willis Benton, 88, passed away on Saturday, October 4, 2014 at the Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was born in Ewing, VA on March 16, 1926, a daughter of the late Walter and Sarah Lynn Grabell Willis. She had been a teacher in the public school system for many years. Everyone called Ruth by the name of...

Tonya Sue Sinkhorn

Tonya Sue Sinkhorn

Sep 27, 2014

Tonya Sue Cox Sinkhorn, 40, of Pineville, passed away Saturday, September 27th, 2014, at the Claiborne Medical Center in Tazewell, Tennessee. She was born in Pineville KY, on August 5th, 1974 a daughter of Belinda Darlene Gray Cox and the late Lenice Cox. Tonya had been a Homemaker. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by...

Debbie Irene Miller

Debbie Irene Miller

Sep 27, 2014

Debbie Irene Reynolds Miller, 57, of Four Mile, passed away on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at her home. she was born in Louisville, KY on March 25, 1957, a daughter of Lucille Carnes Maupin and the late Homer Newberry Reynolds. She was a member of the Trinity Pentecostal Church and had been a Registered Cardiac Nurse at Baptist Health...

Martha Massengill Soard

Martha Massengill Soard

Sep 26, 2014

Martha Massengill Soard age 83 of Harrogate went home to be with The Lord September 26, 2014. She was a long time member of Shawanee Baptist Church. Born June 15, 1931 to the late Calvin & Orlena Whitaker Massengill. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by husband William Soard Jr., all of her brothers &...

Mildred M. Cosby

Mildred M. Cosby

Sep 24, 2014

Mildred M Cosby age 74 of Harrogate passed away September 24, 2014. She was born January 19, 1940 to the late John Barton & Sara Katherine Lee Eastridge. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by husband- Hollis Cosby, daughter- Kathy Ann Lambert and sister- Eunice Massengill. She was a member of Little Creek Baptist Church....

Mary Helen Ramsey

Mary Helen Ramsey

Sep 24, 2014

Helen Black Ramsey, 96, of Ingram, passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at the Middlesboro Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility. She was born in Four Mile, KY on March 8, 1921, a daughter of the late George and Delora Brock Black. She belonged to the Greasy Creek Baptist Church and had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents,...

Nettie Sue Blevins Terrell

Nettie Sue Blevins Terrell

Sep 22, 2014

Nettie Sue Terrell, 56, of Kettle Island, passed away on Monday, September 22, 2014 at the Wells Hospice Care Center in Hazard. She was born in Kettle Island on March 21, 1958 a daughter of the late Ted, Sr. and Rena Saylor Blevins. She believed in the Pentecostal Faith and had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents,...

Phyllis Lynn Caldwell

Phyllis Lynn Caldwell

Sep 20, 2014

Phyllis Lynn Parker Caldwell, 70, of Pineville, passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2014 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born in Closplint, KY on February 24, 1944 a daughter of the late Sampson and Nora Kelly Parker. She attended the Newtown Baptist Church and had been a homemaker. She was called Granny with so much love by...

Helen Slone Brittian

Helen Slone Brittian

Sep 19, 2014

Helen Geneva Slone Brittian, 90, of Pineville, passed away on Friday, September 19, 2014 at the Middlesboro Health and Rehab Center. She was born in Arjay on July 7, 1924, a daughter of the late Bill and Captola Ward Slone. She was a member of First Christian Church and had worked as a teller at First State Bank. She...

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