Obituaries
Margaret DePew
Feb 16, 2011
KEVIL - Margaret A. Wilson Grim DePew, age 59, of Kevil passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at 5:53 p.m. at Western Baptist Hospital. Mrs. DePew was a native of Paducah and worked as a private sitter, and also worked for the Paducah Sitter Services. She was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband, Paul...
Bryant Nugent Jr
Feb 12, 2011
Bryant Jesse Nugent Jr., 86, of Paducah died Saturday, February 12, 2011, at Lourdes hospital. He was born in Louisville on March 16, 1924 to the late Bryant Jesse Nugent Sr. and Ellen Davies Nugent. He started working at the Hawesville post office while he was still in high school. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and from 1942-45 served...
Cuma Wilson
Feb 12, 2011
Cuma Wilson, 90, of Lexington, formerly of Paducah, died Saturday at Cambridge Place in Lexington. Mrs. Wilson was a hairdresser and formerly owned Cuma's Beauty Shop. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church In Lexington and a past member of First Baptist Church of Paducah. Surviving are one daughter, Judy Jenkins Hooker of Lexington; one sister, Alberta Seaton of...
Frances Ray
Feb 11, 2011
Services for Frances Ray, 76, of Paducah will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Hughes Funeral Home of Paducah with the Rev. Homer Fletcher officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Ray died at 1:50 a.m. Friday at Western Baptist Hospital. She was a self-employed housekeeper and attended Victory Baptist Church of Paducah. Survivors include her husband of...
Margie Melcher
Feb 4, 2011
SYMSONIA - Margie E. Melcher, 78, of Symsonia passed away at 10:35 a.m. Friday, February 4, 2011, at Western Baptist Hospital. She was born in Metropolis, Illinois, on April 7, 1932, one of nine children of the late Hubert J. and Lillian Mae Croft Anderson. She married Edward Melcher on January 12, 1950, who preceded her in death. She was...
Mary Sovern
Feb 4, 2011
Mary Cinderella "Cindy" Sovern, 88, of Aledo, Ill., formerly of Paducah, went home to be with her Lord Friday, February 4, 2011. Born June 28, 1922, to Stephen Perriman and Effie Ann (Perkins) Wilkins, she was the last of her siblings. Mrs. Sovern was a member of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Paducah. She is survived by her son, Charles...
Evelyn Wilson
Feb 1, 2011
Evelyn Wilson, age 81, of Paducah passed away Monday, January 31, 2011, at 7:55 p.m. at the Southgate Health Care Center in Metropolis, Ill. Mrs. Wilson was a native of McCracken County, Ky. She attended Farley Elementary School and graduated from Reidland High School as an honor student. She also was a graduate of Draughon's Business College and worked as...
Leona Barnett
Jan 31, 2011
Mrs. Leona Estelle Barnett, 94, of Paducah passed away Monday, January 31, 2011, at 4:07 a.m. at Western Baptist Hospital. Leona was an active member of Broadway Church of Christ for over 70 years. She taught Sunday School for more than 35 years and was active in visitation and mission work. She was a member of McCracken County Homemakers Cardinal...
Betty Pierce
Jan 29, 2011
Betty Jean Pierce, 85, of Paducah passed away at 8:25 a.m. Saturday, January 29, 2011, at the home of her son. She was a member of Houser Grove Church of Christ, a homemaker and a 1942 graduate of Heath High School. Mrs. Pierce is survived by two sons, Mark D. Pierce and wife Tammie of Paducah and Timothy K. Pierce...
Lottie Gore
Jan 26, 2011
SPRING HILL, Tenn. - Lottie Frances Davison Gore, 92, of Spring Hill, formerly of Mayfield, Ky., died Wednesday at Grace Healthcare in Franklin. Mrs. Gore was a member of Christ United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School, sang in the choir, and was a member of the United Methodist Women. She was a self-employed seamstress and she designed a...
Frances Bondurant
Jan 24, 2011
Frances Olene Bondurant, 79, of Paducah passed away Monday at Western Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Bondurant was a loving mother, grandmother and devoted wife of 61 years. Surviving are her husband, Donald Jene Bondurant of Paducah; her son, Daniel (Marinena) Bondurant of Paducah; daughters, Janice (Ron) Morehead of Paducah and Shela (William) Koehler of Bloomington, Ill.; and one sister, Maxie Peal...
Milton Dunn
Jan 23, 2011
Milton "Pappy" Dunn, 91, of Paducah passed away Sunday at his home. Mr. Milton was a retired carpenter and a member of the Carpenters Union Local 357. Surviving are his son, Steven (Sherry) Dunn of Litchfield, Ill.; daughters, Sheila (Dave) Bates of Simpson, Ill., and Sherry Jackson of Hopkinsville; three sisters, Violet Morgan, Gladys Dodson and Mary Lillian Simmons, all...
Neilon Moore
Jan 19, 2011
BENTON - Neilon H. Moore, 86, of Benton, Ky., died Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at 10:55 p.m. at Lourdes hospital. He was born on March 10, 1924, in Arlington, Ky., to the late Lester F. and Bertha Brown Moore. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Neilon was the first contractor to be granted security clearance...
Chester Hooper
Jan 19, 2011
MURRAY - Chester G. Hooper, 95, of Murray died at 2:55 p.m. Wednesday at Mills Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center in Mayfield. Mr. Hooper retired from Four Lane Auto Parts. He was a member of Church of Christ and served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He is survived by one niece, Shelia Berden of Nashville, Tenn.;...
David Whitfield
Jan 17, 2011
LOUISVILLE - David T. Whitfield, age 85, of Louisville, Ky., formerly of Paducah, Ky., passed away Monday, January 17, 2011, in Louisville. Funeral services for David will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, January 22, 2011, at the Lone Oak Chapel of Milner and Orr Funeral Home with Rev. Greg Waldrop officiating. Burial will immediately follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens....
Goebell Vaughan
Jan 16, 2011
MAYFIELD - Goebell Leon Vaughan, 89, of Mayfield died at 4:40 p.m. Sunday at Mills Health & Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Vaughan was a retired police officer, a state park ranger and also worked for the Kentucky Highway Department. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church. Surviving are one...
Caleb Baker
Jan 15, 2011
Caleb Asher Baker, 9, of Paducah passed away at 4:20 a.m. Saturday at his home. Caleb was a member of Maple Hill Church of Christ and a student at Hendron Lone Oak Elementary. He is survived by his parents, Chad and Beth Carmichael Baker of Paducah; two sisters, Peyton and Camille Baker of Paducah; maternal grandparents, Allen and Marsha Carmichael;...
Lois Harrison
Jan 13, 2011
MAYFIELD - Lois Morine Harrison, 84, of Mayfield died Thursday at Jackson Purchase Medical Center. She was a retired employee of Merit Clothing Co. She was a member of First Assembly of God in Mayfield. She is survived by two daughters, Joyce Dowdy of Mayfield and Judy Rambo of Hickory; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded...
James Kellen
Jan 11, 2011
James Allen Kellen, 93, died Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at Belle Meade Nursing Home in Greenville. Mr. Kellen was born September 21, 1917, in Caseyville, Kentucky. He was a graduate of Morganfield, Kentucky, High School in 1935. He was employed with Strickland Distribution Company, Dealer Tire and Supply, M. Manas & Company, Michelson Jewelry, and Paducah-McCracken County Senior Citizens. He...
Chester Street
Jan 11, 2011
Chester Otto Street, 89, of Paducah died at 9:10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, at home, surrounded by his loving family. He retired in 1984 after 37 years as a union boilermaker with the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers' Local Lodge 40. Mr. Street was a faithful member of Milburn Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church for more than 50 years. Along with...
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