Obituaries

Brooklyn Kate Lankford

Brooklyn Kate Lankford

Dec 15, 2017

Brooklyn Kate Lankford, was born into the Gates of Heaven on Friday, December 15, 2017 at Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital. She is survived by her parents Tyler and Alyssa Lankford; grandparents, Steve Lankford and Misty Teague; great-grandparents, Shirley Lankford and Greg and Ruby Eldridge. Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 12:00 Noon at the...

Bonnie E. (Brooks)  Peck

Bonnie E. (Brooks) Peck

Dec 13, 2017

Bonnie Edia Brooks Peck, 87, of Tazewell, passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at the Tazewell Health and Rehab Center.  She was born in Claiborne County on April 30, 1930 a daughter of the late Esker and Patsy Whitaker Brooks.  She had been a homemaker.

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

Joseph Kluck

Joseph Kluck

Dec 12, 2017

Joseph Kluck, 68, of Ewing, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Morristown-Hamlin Hospital Tennessee. He was born in Maness, VA on December 16, 1948 a son of the late William and Ruby Wells Kluck. Joseph was member of the Morgan Memorial United Methodist Church and had worked as a Electrician. In addition to his parents he...

Mildred Pass

Mildred Pass

Dec 12, 2017

Mildred (Millie)Ann (Altmaier) Pass, 70, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2017 from medical complications at North Knoxville Medical Center in Middlesboro, Kentucky. She lived in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee with her partner Robert Cottrell. There will be a private service with immediate family. Memorials may be left to the Mildred Pass Memorial Fund.

Mildred was born on July...

Deloris "Lo" (Jones)  Graves

Deloris "Lo" (Jones) Graves

Dec 11, 2017

Deloris “Lo” Jones Graves, 92, of Speedwell, TN, passed peacefully into the arms of her Savior on Monday, December 11, 2017 at her home.  She was born on September 10, 1925 in Speedwell, to the late Matt and Eveloyne Bryant Jones.  Saved at an early age, she was a dedicated Christian all her life and a prayer warrior for...

Willie Mae Kelton

Willie Mae Kelton

Dec 8, 2017

Willie Mae Kelton, 93, of Pineville, passed away on Friday, December 8, 2017 at Claiborne Health and Rehab Center. She was born in Pineville on May 24, 1924 a daughter of the late Andrew and Delia Mae Fletcher Brock. She was of the Pentecostal Faith and had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Fred Ernest Lefevers

Fred Ernest Lefevers

Dec 6, 2017

Fred Ernest Lefevers, 90, of Pineville, passed away on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at his home. He was born in Kettle Island on March 11, 1927 a son of the late Charlie and Mattie Nunn Lefevers. He was of the Baptist Faith and he owned and operated Lefever's Trucking. He had served in the US Army in both World...

Beatrice Marie Simpson

Beatrice Marie Simpson

Dec 3, 2017

Beatrice Marie Mays Simpson, 77, of Pineville, Went to be with the lord on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born in Carpenter, KY on July 1, 1940 a daughter of the late Hustler D. and Prudence Tye Mays. She was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church and had worked and retired in...

Myrtle Letner Moore

Myrtle Letner Moore

Dec 2, 2017

Myrtle Eveline Letner Moore, 80, of Pineville, passed awy on Saturday, December 2, 2017. She was born in Fort Mountain, Tennessee on June 16, 1937, and was a daughter of the late Carrick and Truie Stephens Letner. Myrtle had been a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Dorton Branch and worked as a Nurse's Aide in Fort Wayne,...

Mary Osha Holt

Mary Osha Holt

Dec 2, 2017

Mary Osha Holt, 95, formerly of Sulphur Hollow, Hancock County, passed away on Saturday, December 2, 2017 in Indiana, where she had resided since 1953. She was born in Sedalia, Tennessee on December 17, 1921, the first-born of the seven children of Hugh and Amanda Cole Walker. She struck out into the wider world as an energetic young woman,...

Olan Whitehead

Olan Whitehead

Dec 1, 2017

Olan Whitehead, 74 of Stoney Fork, passed away on Friday, December 1, 2017 at Tennova in Knoxville. He was born in Stoney Fork on August 26, 1943, a son of the late James and Mattie Saylor Whitehead. He was of the Holiness Faith and had worked as a coal miner until he became disabled in a coal mining accident....

Joseph Taft Miracle

Joseph Taft Miracle

Dec 1, 2017

Joseph Taft Miracle, 29,of Brownies Creek , passed away on Friday, December 1, 2017. He was born in Fairfax, Virginia on December 4, 1987, the son of Roger William and Beulah Sue Perry Miracle. He was preceded in death by his brother, Jonathan Lee Miracle, and his paternal grandparents, Joseph MacKee 'Jo Boy' and Ninnie Ellen Wilder Miracle and...

James Walter Swanner

James Walter Swanner

Nov 29, 2017

James Walter Swanner, 81, of Greenville, South Carolina, passed away peacefully after a long illness on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 in his home with his family by his side. Throughout his illness, James was lovingly cared for by his wife of 61 years, Loetta, family members, friends and many special caretakers. Born October 18, 1936 in Cumberland, Kentucky, James...

Michael Wayne Gray

Michael Wayne Gray

Nov 23, 2017

Michael Wayne Gray,57, of Corbin passed away Thursday, November 23, 2017 at Corbin Baptist Hospital. He was born in Barbourville on March 27, 1960 a son of Lois Smith Lewis and the late Tom Gray and worked in construction as a heavy equipment operator. Survivors include his children, Brandon Gray, Matthew Gray, Haley Gray, Jacob Gray Travis Gray; seven...

Jeremiah Hunley

Jeremiah Hunley

Nov 20, 2017

Jeremiah Hunley, 33, of Speedwell, passed away on Monday, November 20, 2017 in Knoxville.  He was born in Pineville on November 20, 1984, a son of Brenda Taylor and Robert Grover Hunley.  He had worked in the coal mines for several years and loved working in the zinc mines.

He is survived by his mother, Brenda Taylor;...

Mary Ruth Kralec

Mary Ruth Kralec

Nov 15, 2017

Mary Ruth Kralec, 74 of Middlesboro, passed away on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at Hazard Hospice Care Center. She was born in Middlesboro, KY on April 2, 1943 the daughter of the late Charles Jackson Wilcox and Lela Etta Lamb Clay. She had worked in Sales for a Business Machine Company. Survivors include her aunts, Helen Bare, Irene Fling...

Dianne Belcher

Dianne Belcher

Nov 14, 2017

Dianne Krzeminska Belcher, RN, BSN, MSN, 70, of Pineville, passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at her home on Straight Creek. She was born in Dachau, Germany on December 9, 1946, and was a daughter of the late Jozef and Helena Krzeminski, whom were both survivors of Dachau's Concentration Camp. Dianne received her Master's in nursing from Bellarmine...

Mary Irene Jackson Messer

Mary Irene Jackson Messer

Nov 13, 2017

Mary Irene Jackson Messer, 80, of Barbourville, passed away on Monday, November 13, 2017 at the Barbourville ARH Hospital. She was born on December 14, 1936 in Pineville and was a daughter of the late Hillary and Dona Slusher Jackson. Irene was a believer of the Missionary Baptist faith and had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents,...

Lillie Brock

Lillie Brock

Nov 13, 2017

Lillie Brock, 84, of Stoney Fork, passed away on Monday, November 13, 2017 at Middlesboro ARH Hospital. She was born in Stoney Fork, KY on January 12, 1933 a daughter of the late John and Virgie Helton Brock. She had been a homemaker and was a member of the Judy Brock Holiness Church. In addition to her parents, she...

Geraldine (Lowe)  Neal

Geraldine (Lowe) Neal

Nov 13, 2017

Geraldine Lowe Neal, age 89, of Pineville, died Monday, November 13, 2017 at Middlesboro Hospital after a long battle with Alzheimers.

Geraldine was born January 21, 1928 in Pineville, Kentucky to Alonzo Lowe and Belle Vaughn Lowe. She dedicated her life to her children and grandchildren, loving them all deeply.

Geraldine’s family was her whole...

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