Obituaries

Nov 12, 2017

Sarah Diana Brummett Borden, 52, of Flat Lick, passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at her home. She was born in Fort Wayne, IN on January 23, 1965 the daughter of Emma Saylor Brummett and the late George Brummett. Diana was a member of Crockett-Saylor Pentecostal Church and had worked as an Aide at Barbourville Nursing Home. Survivors...

Nov 12, 2017

Nancy L. Brummett, 63, of Kettle Island, passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2017, at St. Joseph London Hospital. She was born in Cambridge, MD on May 15, 1954 a daughter of Bessie Travers Cohee and the late Norman Cohee. She had been a Nurse's Aide at Britthaven for several years. In addition to her father, she was preceded...

Nov 9, 2017

Mary Lee Mills, 57, of Calvin, passed away on Thursday, November 9, 2017, at Mountain View Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born in Pineville, KY on November 30, 1959 a daughter of the late Fred and Kathy Ralston Mills. She operated Mary Lee's Restaurant for many years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Nov 5, 2017

Peggy Jo Carver Gibson Haynes, 59, of Flat Lick, passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at Barbourville ARH. She was born in Pineville on December 21, 1957 a daughter of the late Goldie Carver McNamara and Henry Ford McNamara. She had worked at the Pineville Community Hospital as a Licensed Practical Nurse. In addition to her parents, she...

Nov 5, 2017

Ronald "Frank" Ellison, 76, of Cumberland Gap, passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at his home surrounded by family.  He was born in Forge Ridge on January 15, 1941, a son of the late Bruce R. and Mossie Lee Hammonds Ellison.  He had served in the US Army and had been a coal miner.

In addition...

Nov 4, 2017

Paula Ruth Collett Greene, 49, of Morristown, passed away on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 8:18 PM at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. She was born October 2, 1968 a daughter of Luther and the late Sharon Gibson Collett. Paula worked as an accountant for Tennessee College of Applied Technology. She was a kindhearted person and friend...

Nov 4, 2017

Jeffrey Wayne Roy, 48, of Ewing, VA, passed away on Saturday, November 4, 2017at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport.   He was born in Pennington Gap, VA on February 23, 1969 a son of Georgia Burchett Roy and the late Don Roy.  He had attended Assembly of God Church and was saved on July 19, 2017.  Jeffrey had been...

Nov 1, 2017

Magdalene Rutherford Shepherd, 85, of Pineville, passed away on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. She was born on June 7, 1932 a daughter of the late Ulabay and Martha Ann Hensley Rutherford. She was a member of the Straight Creek Pentecost Holiness Church and had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents,...

Oct 29, 2017

Trooper Ernest L. Carroll, 87, of Pineville passed from this life on Sunday, October 29, 2017 at Saint Mary's Hospital in Knoxville. He was born in Harlan County on May 11, 1930, and was a son of the late Leslie L. and Jewell Reynolds Carroll. Ernest joined the United States Marine Corps when he was 19, and served his...

Oct 28, 2017

James Wesley 'Jimmy' Turner, 60, of Pineville, passed away on Saturday, October 28, 2017 at his home in Ferndale, after a short battle with lung cancer. He was born in Ferndale on May 12, 1957, and was a son of the late William Wesley and Clarsie Frances Hensley Turner. Jimmy was a veteran of the United States Air Force,...

Oct 27, 2017

Chester Stewart, 79, of Knoxville, TN passed away on Friday, October 27, 2017 at NHC Health and Rehabilitation-Fort Sanders in Knoxville. He was born on Brownies Creek in Bell County, and was a son of the late Phillip and Mary Pauley Stewart. Chester and his thirteen siblings were raised in the coal camps around Pathfork, Kentucky. He was a...

Oct 21, 2017

Doris Lee Howard, age 77, of Hulen, KY, passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital in London, KY on Saturday, October 21, 2017. She was born in Insul, KY on May 24, 1940 a daughter of the late French and Ruby Buttery Simpson. She had worked as a Nurse's Aid for many years at the Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital. In...

Oct 16, 2017

Wendy Shea Warf, age 44, of Cumberland Gap, TN, passed away Monday, October 16, 2017 at Select Specialty Hospital in Powell, TN. She was born January 29, 1973, to the late Austin Warf and Betty Tucker Warf, who survives.  Wendy had been a homemaker and constant companion to her mother.

In addition to her mother, she is...

Oct 13, 2017

Joe Stewart, 75, of Pathfork, passed away on Friday, October 13, 2017 at his home. He was born in Smith, KY on January 13, 1942 a son of the late William 'Bill and Birdie Roark Stewart. He was a member of Tugglesville Baptist Church and had been a coal miner for 31 years at for Energy Producers. He loved...

Oct 12, 2017

Bill Lee Fuson, 61, formerly of Ingram, passed away at his home on Thursday, October 12, 2017 in Pace, Florida. He was born at Green Briar in Bell County on January 6, 1956, and was a son of the late Ben and Janice North Fuson. Bill served his country in the United States Navy, from which he retired after...

Oct 11, 2017

Glenn Ray Wright, 81, of Stoney Fork, passed away in Hazard, Kentucky on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. He was born in Pax Branch, West Virginia on November 6, 1935 and was a son of the late Roy and Eula Cole Wright. Glenn had worked as a maintenance technician and was of the Pentecostal faith. In addition to his parents...

Oct 11, 2017

Jerry Edward Parker, (aka: Moe and Mountain Man #2), died peacefully on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee at the age of 59, after fighting a long battle with severe diabetes and cardiac failure. He was born on January 22, 1958 in Kenton, Kentucky and was a son of the late David Eugene and Guyla Lambert Parker.

Oct 9, 2017

Richard Lynn Peace, 69, of Pineville, passed away on Monday, October 9, 2017 at Baptist Health Lexington. He was born in Pineville on October 2, 1948 a son of the late Harry Richard and Ethel Potter Peace. He was a member of West Pineville Baptist Church and had retired as a Shift Engineer from Kentucky Utilities. Richard was an...

Oct 8, 2017

Johnny Carmen Patterson, 76, of Kettle Island, passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017 at his home. He was born in Flat Lick, KY on April 20, 1941, a son of the late Jimmy and Mary White Patterson. He worked as a lineman for Kentucky Utilities. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother,...

Oct 5, 2017

Jewel Foister OQuin, 71, of Jenson and Tazewell, passed away on Thursday, October 5, 2017, at home. She was born in Fourmile, KY on September 8, 1946,-+ a daughter of the late Millard and Sudie Smith Foister. She was of the Baptist Faith and had been a Factory Foreman for Hoover Universal. In addition to her parents, she was...