Obituaries

Joyce Ann Brock

Joyce Ann Brock

Jun 19, 2023

Joyce Ann Brock, 77 of Corbin, passed away on Monday, June 19, 2023, at her home. She was born in Pineville on July 10, 1945, a daughter of the late Lester and Ethel Warren Hall. Joyce spent her life caring for her home and raising and loving her family.

In addition to her parents, she...

Elsie Mae Miracle

Elsie Mae Miracle

Jun 17, 2023

Elsie Mae Green Miracle of Pineville age 95, died at the Pineville Community Health Center on Saturday, June 17, 2023. Elsie was born in Insull, Kentucky on November 3, 1927, to the late Clarence and Mary (Wilder) Green. She had retired from the Middlesboro Kmart.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Rickey Ray Nelson

Rickey Ray Nelson

Jun 16, 2023

Rickey Ray Nelson, 69 of Middlesboro, passed away on Friday, June 16, 2023, at the Tri State Manor in Harrogate. He was born in Middlesboro on July 7, 1953, a son of the late Henry and Lillian Thacker Nelson. Rickey was a member of the Abundant Life Church and had been a contract laborer in construction. He was an...

Opal Asher

Opal Asher

Jun 16, 2023

Opal Jackson Asher, 78 of Arjay, passed away on Friday, June 16, 2023, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. She was born in Harlan on August 25, 1944, a daughter of the late Collum and Isabella Kelley Jackson. Opal was a believer in the Pentecostal Faith, a member of the Green Camp Pentecostal Church, and had...

Barbara Elliott

Barbara Elliott

Jun 5, 2023

Barbara Elliott, 65, of Middlesboro passed away on Monday, June 5, 2023, at her home. She was born in

Pine Knott, KY on September 21, 1957 a daughter of the late Robert Delbert and Myrtle Napier Elliott. She had been a homemaker. She was a loving mother and grandmother.

In addition to her...

Boyd Lee Smith, Jr.

Boyd Lee Smith, Jr.

Jun 5, 2023

Boyd Lee Smith, Jr., 67 of Pineville, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2023, at the Barbourville ARH. He was born on February 15, 1956, a son of Boyd Lee Sr. and Betty Jean Haley Smith. Jr had been a coal miner. He proclaimed his faith and salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ on Thursday morning, June 1, to...

Irene Johnson

Irene Johnson

Jun 4, 2023

Irene Johnson, 72 of Stoney Fork, passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2023, at the Middlesboro ARH. She was born in Red Bird on January 20, 1951, a daughter of Andrew and Janie Mills Saylor. Irene was a believer in the Pentecostal Faith and had been a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her...

Shirley Glenn Goodin

Shirley Glenn Goodin

Jun 3, 2023

Shirley Glenn Goodin, 88 of Bean Station, Tennessee, formerly of Fourmile, passed away on Saturday, June 3, 2023. He was born in Fourmile on March 11, 1935, a son of the late John and Alma Goodin. Shirley graduated from Union College in 1957 with a Bachelor of Education Degree and began his teaching career at Lone Jack High School....

Ruth Patterson

Ruth Patterson

May 30, 2023

Ruth Smallwood Smith Patterson, 76 of Middlesboro, passed away on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville. She was born in Middlesboro on September 2, 1946, a daughter of the late Ance and Mary Cadle Smallwood. Ruth had been a housekeeper.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Frances Pace Ayers

Frances Pace Ayers

May 30, 2023

Frances Pace Ayers, age 76, of Tazewell, TN was born February 15, 1947 and passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at home with her family by her side. She was a member of Riverview Baptist Church since the age of seven.

She was preceded in death by her husband; Chester Wayne Ayers, parents; Millie Pace Carmony and...

Anthony Shane Collins

Anthony Shane Collins

May 26, 2023

“When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished.   What he does after that is all in the line of work.” -Edward F. Croker

Anthony Shane Collins, age 23, of Harrogate, TN, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 26, 2023.  He was born on April 5, 2000.  He...

Rickie Joe Owens, Jr.

Rickie Joe Owens, Jr.

May 22, 2023

Rickie Joe Owens, Jr. age 46, of Cincinnati, OH was born May 2, 1977 and passed away suddenly on May 22, 2023. Rickie was a very loving, caring, and selfless person would always try to help others and put everyone before himself. His wife and his grandchildren were the light of his eye. Rickie loved to work on anything...

Johnny Duane Hobbs, Jr.

Johnny Duane Hobbs, Jr.

May 18, 2023

Johnny Duane Hobbs, Jr., 26 of Pineville, passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2023, in Tazewell, Tennessee. He was born in Pineville on November 3, 1996, a son of Johnnie Duane Hobbs, Sr. and Roxie Mason Johnson. Johnny had been a loader for England Furniture.

He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Nannie Miracle;...

Modeen Burke

Modeen Burke

May 17, 2023

Modeen Burke, 79 of Pineville, passed away on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at her home. She was born in Little Clear Creek on April 30, 1944, a daughter of the late Wesley and Shirley Fuson Hunter. Modeen was a member of the Fuson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church and had been a housekeeper for the Pineville Community Hospital.

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Earl Dean Brock

Earl Dean Brock

May 14, 2023

Earl Dean Brock, 88 of Bimble, passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2023, at the Barbourville Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Barbourville. He was born in Big Jim on August 25, 1934, a son of the late William Isaac and Florence Gambrel Brock. Earl had worked as a carpenter in the sawmills.

In addition to...

Rebecca Lynn Saylor

Rebecca Lynn Saylor

May 14, 2023

Rebecca Lynn Saylor, 61, of Franklin, Indiana passed away Sunday, May 14, 2023.

She was born on Saturday, March 3, 1962, in Beverly, Kentucky to the late Otis and Della (Smith) Saylor.

Rebecca is survived by her siblings, Anna Lou Jett, Charles and Marsetta Saylor, Ovie and Elaine Saylor, Barbara and...

Donald Sullivan

Donald Sullivan

May 13, 2023

Donald Sullivan, 61 of Hulen, passed away on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at his home. He was born in Pineville on January 9, 1962, a son of the late Cellas and Lucy Mae Brock Sullivan.

Donald is survived by his significant other, Darlene Middleton; stepson, Devan D. Gibson; siblings, Cellas Sullivan, Tommy Sullivan, and Lillie...

Tommy Napier, Jr.

Tommy Napier, Jr.

May 10, 2023

Tommy Napier, Jr., 39 of Middlesboro, passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at the Saint Joseph’s Hospital in London. He was born in Middlesboro on February 20, 1984, the son of Teresa Ann Boatright Napier and Tommy Napier, Sr. Tommy had been a cook.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

Roberta Miniard

Roberta Miniard

May 10, 2023

Roberta Ella Fern Miniard, 76, was born on August 31, 1946, to the late Carson and Edith Waller of Washburn, Tennessee. She passed away peacefully in her home Wednesday, May 10, 2023, with family at her bedside.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her brother, Bill Waller of Bean Station,...

Julie Ann  Fouts

Julie Ann Fouts

May 7, 2023

Julie Ann Fouts, 82, of Cumberland, KY, passed away on May 7, 2023, at her home. She was born in Battle Creek, Michigan on August 5, 1941, a daughter of the late Ralph Brunt and Barbara Stewart Shaeffer. She had been a homemaker.

Private services were held.

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