Obituaries

Ruby Onalee Yoakum

Ruby Onalee Yoakum

Jun 4, 2020

Mrs. Ruby Onalee Parrott Yoakum, age 99, of Speedwell, TN was born December 26, 1920 in Manring, TN and went to be with her Lord June 4, 2020 after a long illness. She grew up in Claiborne County and graduated from Powell Valley High School in 1940. Ruby professed faith in Christ as a young teenager and joined Friendship...

Floyd Brown

Floyd Brown

Jun 2, 2020

Floyd Brown, 74, of Pineville, passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at the Pineville Community Health Center. He was born in Fourmile, KY on November 25, 1945 a son of the late George Walter and Sennie Jones Brown. Floyd had been an active member of Victory Missionary Baptist Church. He had been a mail carrier and played steel...

Kimberly Moore Roberts

Kimberly Moore Roberts

Jun 2, 2020

Kimberly Roberts, 58 of Middlesboro, formerly of Pineville, passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at Middlesboro ARH. She was born in Pineville on April 20, 1962 a daughter of the late Robert Curtis and Myrtle Sumpter Moore. She had worked as a jewelry clerk for many years. Survivors include her sisters, Debbie Moore and Jacqueline Rickett and a...

Jessie Dewayne Leach

Jessie Dewayne Leach

May 25, 2020

Jessie Dewayne Leach, age 32 of Speedwell, TN passed away Monday, May 25, 2020 at the Claiborne Medical Center. He was born in Middlesboro, KY on April 26, 1988.

He was preceded in death by his: grandparents; Warren Junior Leach and Mary Belle Williamson, Alberta Mae Ausmus, Willard Ausmus, uncles; Randy Honeycutt, great uncles; David Ausmus, Ralph...

Gary Kevin Partin

Gary Kevin Partin

May 23, 2020

Gary K. Partin, 57, of Chenoa, KY passed away on May 23, 2020. He was born in Pineville, KY on February 2, 1963 a son of Imogene Partin and the late Ralph (RJ) Partin. He had been a farmer. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandparents, Hubert and Edna Partin and Bud and...

Jessica Patricia Mills Venable

Jessica Patricia Mills Venable

May 23, 2020

Jessica Patricia Mills Venable, 29, of Calvin, passed away on Saturday in Flat Lick, KY. She was born in Pineville, KY on June 22, 1990 a daughter of Lola Simpson Bradley and the late, Brian Scott Mills. She had worked at CTA. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her grandfather, Junior Mills. Survivors include...

Jo Ann King

Jo Ann King

May 22, 2020

Jo Ann King, 69 of Pineville, Kentucky passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020 at the Middlesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center in Middlesboro. She was born in Pineville on December 28, 1950 and was the daughter of the late Willard and Dorothy Williams King. In addition to her parents, Jo Ann was preceded in death by her sister, Faye...

Angie Brock

Angie Brock

May 21, 2020

Angie Brock, 50 of Pineville, Kentucky passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at the Vitas/Drake Care Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, She was born in Columbia, South Carolina and was the daughter of Darrell and Patsy Hembree Brock, who both survive. Angie was a member of the Trinity Pentecostal Church and had been a substitute teacher. She was preceded...

Lois Mae Elliott Foister

Lois Mae Elliott Foister

May 19, 2020

Lois Mae Elliott Foister, 77, passed away on May 19, 2020 in Lebanon, Ohio, originally from Straight Creek, KY. She was born in Straight Creek, Ky on May 6, 1943 a daughter of the late Arthur and Gracie Gambrel Elliott. She had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Wilma...

Billy Arthur Miracle

Billy Arthur Miracle

May 17, 2020

Billy Arthur Miracle, age 64 of Speedwell, TN passed away Sunday, May 17, 2020 at his home.

He was born May 29, 1955 in Pineville, KY to Arthur and Dorothy (Rice) Miracle. Billy was saved at an early age and was a member of Underwood Grove Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his...

Lee Sam Perry

Lee Sam Perry

May 16, 2020

Lee Samuel Perry, 76, of Hulen, KY passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at St. Joseph Lexington. He was born in Insull on June 4, 1943 a son of the late William Taft and Sally Cox Perry. He believed in the Pentecostal Faith and had been a coal miner for most of his life. In addition to his...

Howard William Napier Jr

Howard William Napier Jr

May 16, 2020

Howard William Napier, Jr. 51, of Four Mile, KY passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at his home. He was born in Indianapolis, IN on November 4, 1968 a son of Howard William Napier, Sr. and the late Marie Hubbard Napier. He had worked in maintenance at the Judicial Center in Pineville and had been a coal miner....

Roy Terry

Roy Terry

May 16, 2020

Roy Terry, 73, of Barbourville, passed away on Saturday, May 16,2020 at Barbourville ARH. He was born in Vest, KY on March 3, 1947 a son of the late Shelby and Helen Sawyer Terry. He had worked in a Mobile Home Manufacturing facility. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Randall, Bufford and Edgell....

Reba Hensley Patterson

Reba Hensley Patterson

May 13, 2020

Reba Patterson, 77, 0f Pineville, passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at Pineville Community Health Center, Pineville. She was born in Arjay, KY on February 14, 1943 a daughter of the late Green and Elvie Deaton Hensley. She believed in the Baptist Church and had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Penny Lopez

Penny Lopez

May 9, 2020

Penny Elaine (Bailey) Lopez, age 58, of Pineville KY, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2020, at UT Medical Center, in Knoxville, TN. She lost her 3-year long battle with Ovarian cancer. Although she was diagnosed with cancer unexpectedly in May of 2017, she never let her cancer diagnosis define who she was or change her happy attitude about...

Mr. Willie Smith

Mr. Willie Smith

May 8, 2020

Willie H. 'Peewee' Smith, 73 of Middlesboro, Kentucky passed away on May 8th, 2020 at the Pikeville Medical Center in Pikeville, KY. He was born on January 3rd, 1947 to the late Jerry and Lottie Smith and spent much of his early life residing in Pineville, Kentucky. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his...

Ricky Lee "Wee Wee" Washington Jr.

Ricky Lee "Wee Wee" Washington Jr.

May 2, 2020

Ricky Lee "Wee Wee" Washington Jr., 52, of Pineville, KY passed away Saturday May 2, 2020 at his residence. He was born March 20, 1968, in Pineville, KY to Mary (Mays) Washington and Ricky Lee Washington Sr. Wee Wee, as he was affectionately known to family and friends, was a dedicated employee of McDonalds and his favorite pastime was...

Geraldine Storms Hensley

Geraldine Storms Hensley

Apr 29, 2020

Geraldine Storms Hensley, 91, of Corbin went to meet her Lord on April 29, 2020. She passed at home, surrounded by her loved ones. Born in Arjay to McKinley and Verna Storms, she was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, William (Bill) Storms and Margie Cox, as well as her husband of fifty-six years, Homer Hensley. She...

Charles "Robbie" Burton

Charles "Robbie" Burton

Apr 29, 2020

Charles Robert "Robbie" Burton, 33 of Straight Creek, passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at St. Joseph Hospital Lexington. He was born in Pineville, KY on July 16, 1986 a son of Reva Tigue Napier Fuston and the late Anthony Burton. He had worked in Landscaping. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by grandparents,...

Clayborne Cox

Clayborne Cox

Apr 26, 2020

Clayborne Cox, age 92, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2020 at his home on Laurel Hill following a brief illness. He was born February 28,1928 to the late Jimmy Cox and Mary Cox Blanton. Following a term in the army during the Korean War, Clayborne began a career as an electrical lineman and retired as a crew foreman for...

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