Obituaries

Mary "Did" Griffin

Mary "Did" Griffin

Dec 23, 2017

Mary 'Did' Griffin , 78, Pineville, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Pineville Community Hospital. She was born in Pineville on May 14, 1938 a daughter of the late Ben and Rosa Manis Mason. Mary was the oldest member of the Dorton Branch Church of God and had retired from the Housekeeping...

Jewell Brock Grubbs

Jewell Brock Grubbs

Dec 19, 2017

Jewell Brock (formerly Grubbs) of Kettle Island, KY , age 61, passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 . She is preceded in death by her first born son, Wendell Grubbs, Jr. along with her parents, Hobert and Matilda Brock. She is survived by her son, Anthony Grubbs of Kettle Island, K and her former husband, Wendell Grubbs, Sr.,...

Bobby Jason Fuston

Bobby Jason Fuston

Dec 19, 2017

Bobby Jason Fuston, 35, of Clear Creek, passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Diversicare of Claiborne County. He was born in Pineville on July 25, 1982 a son of Bobby and Edith Mason Fuston. He was saved at Charity Baptist Church and had been a coal miner. Survivors include his parents, son, Jason Shawn Fuston; brothers, Danny...

Henrietta Lawson Phillips

Henrietta Lawson Phillips

Dec 18, 2017

Henrietta Phillips, 71 of Flat Lick, KY, passed away on December 18, 2017 at the University of KY Medical Center. She was born on May 16, 1946 a daughter of the late George Lawson and Delila Mae Starrett. She had been a Registered Nurse. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, James 'Snook' Miller...

Richard D. Saylor

Richard D. Saylor

Dec 18, 2017

Richard D. Saylor, 85, of Siler, Kentucky, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017 at Baptist Health in Corbin. He was born in Beverly, Kentucky on June 23, 1932 and was the son of the late Matthew and Sally Jackson Saylor. Richard was a loving father, believed and the Pentecostal and Holiness Faiths. Richard was a United States Veteran...

Gwendolyn (Wilson)  Warren

Gwendolyn (Wilson) Warren

Dec 18, 2017

Gwendolyn Wilson Warren, age 83, of Jourdanton, TX, passed away at the Methodist Hospital-South in Jourdanton, TX on Monday, December 18, 2017. She was born in Hutch, KY to the late Gaston and Edna Hurst Wilson on May 2, 1934. She had been a homemaker and was “Granny."

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

Bobby Ray Ayers

Bobby Ray Ayers

Dec 17, 2017

Bobby Ray Ayers, 65 of Cumberland Gap, passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2017 at Tri-State Manor Healthcare in Harrogate, TN. He was born in Middlesboro on February 29, 1952 and was a son of the late Shelby and Nellie Jones Ayers. He professed faith in Christ and was baptized at Calvary Baptist Church at an early age. Bobby...

Jerry Gray

Jerry Gray

Dec 17, 2017

Jerry K. Gray, 72, of Pineville, passed away on December 17, 2017 at his home. He was born in Pineville on September 5, 1945 a son of the late Carl and Rosie Miracle Gray. He was of the Baptist faith and was a construction worker. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his sister, Billie...

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...

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