Obituaries

Mar 9, 2015

Gladys Geneva Girtman, 92, passed away Monday, March 9, 2015 at Pineville Community Hospital. She was born December 2, 1922, at Blanche, KY. The only child of Zimmon Girtman and Louise Simpson Girtman. Survived by several cousins and many close friends. Special friends Jeree Perry and Martha Combs Woolum. After her family moved to Pineville, she attended Pineville Schools...

Mar 8, 2015

Annabel Dean Ellis was born July 14, 1924 in Tinsley Kentucky and died at age 90 on March 8 , 2015 in Wilmington North Carolina after a long and full life. She was a generous, loving woman with a quick wit and straightforward style that will be remembered by all. Known as "Mom, Nana, Grandmother, Annabel and sometimes Nanabel,"...

Mar 7, 2015

Pauline Harbin, 83, of Varilla, passed away suddenly at her home on Saturday, March 7, 2015. She was born in Four Mile on March 18, 1931, a daughter of the late McClure and Debbie Marlow Hatfield. She was a believer in the Baptist Faith and had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Mar 3, 2015

Robert "Ed" Edward Neal, age 74, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at Pineville Community Hospital. Ed was born September 14, 1940 in Pineville, Kentucky to William and Susie Neal. Ed was preceded in death by his beloved wives Beulah Mae Neal and Lana Atkins; his grandson Jereme Lenn Neal; brothers Fred, Junior, and George Neal; his half-sister Florence...

Mar 1, 2015

Mrs. Hettie Alice Gibson Fuson went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at the Continued Care Hospital in Corbin. She was the daughter of the late Holifield and Mary Ann Mason Gibson. She had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandchild, Sheila Louise Horton Luckadoo, great-grandchild,...

Feb 28, 2015

Gertrude L Robertson Brantley passed away Feb 28, 2015. Born Oct 25, 1927 to the late Oscar Robertson and Ethel Hill. She is also preceded in death by husband Orville, Step-mother Sally Robertson, Brothers- Paul Ray, Jimmy Dale, John Williams, Jerry Lee (Chris) and Sisters- Mary Bell, Rosie Mae, & Eula Pearl. She was a member of Summey Bridge...

Feb 25, 2015

Nell Lee Quesenbery of Lone Mountain, Tenn., passed away on Feb. 25, 2015 at the age of 79 at the Claiborne County Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Dennis and Louise Yoakum Marchio, the wife of the late Jack Quesenbery and mother of the late Dennis Jackson Quesenbery. During the 1980s, Nell wrote a popular column for...

Feb 22, 2015

Joyce Fuson Templeton, 68, of Ingram, passed away on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born in Pineville on February 27, 1946 the daughter of the late, Robert 'Bob' Fuson and Florence Crawford Fuson. She had been a homemaker, mother, grandmother, and loving wife. She was a member of Centennial Baptist Church. In addition...

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...