Obituaries

Dec 2, 2010

Emma Lou Hill Sullenger, age 89, of Paducah passed away Thursday, December 2, 2010, at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside services for Emma will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, December 4, 2010, at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens with Rev. Ben Boone officiating. She was born on April 17, 1921, to Henry Boone and Louisa Lee Nichols Hill. Emma was...

Nov 29, 2010

MELBER - Funeral services for Eugene Halstead, 85, of Melber will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 2, 2010, at the Lone Oak Chapel of Milner & Orr Funeral Home with the Rev. Denver Hammonds officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Mr. Halstead died at 9:44 a.m. Monday at his home. Born in Carlisle County, he was a...

Nov 29, 2010

KEVIL - Martha C. Beck, 69, of Kevil, Ky., passed away Monday, November 29, 2010, at Medco Nursing Home in Paducah. Funeral services for Marty will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 2, 2010, at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah with Jerry McGill officiating. Entombment will immediately follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Marty was born October 15,...

Nov 27, 2010

HICKORY - Iva Ruth Ball, 68, of Hickory died at 6:35 a.m. Saturday at her home.

Nov 23, 2010

Robert Breslin Wheeler of Paducah died at 11:03 a.m. Tuesday, November 23, 2010, at his home. Son of Charles M. Wheeler and Margaret Breslin Wheeler, Robert was born in Louisville, Kentucky, February 9, 1942. He attended Holy Spirit and St. Xavier High School. He graduated from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, earning his degree in Economics and earning...

Nov 19, 2010

Sue Dodds Knight, 66, of Paducah died at 11 a.m. Friday at her home. Mrs. Knight was a member of Fathers House Church. She was a retired dental hygienist and a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Carl Knight; one son, Dr. Lewis Dodds II of Paducah; one stepson, Paul Knight of Portland, Ore.; two stepdaughters, Carla Vinson of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.,...

Nov 17, 2010

Graveside services for George R. Effinger, 94, of Paducah will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens with military honors. The Rev. Tommy Tucker will officiate. Mr. Effinger died at 8:37 p.m. Wednesday at Lourdes hospital. He served in the U.S. Army during World War ll. He earned his law degree from the University of Louisville. He later...

Nov 16, 2010

Funeral services for James Edwin Smith, 86, of Paducah will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, November 19, 2010, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Paducah with the Revs. James Calhoun, Gregory Waldrop and Joey Reed officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Mr. Smith passed away at 5:05 a.m. Tuesday, November 16, 2010, at Western Baptist Hospital in...

Nov 10, 2010

Thomas Raymond Hoover, 82, of Paducah died Wednesday at Lourdes hospital. Tom was born in Calvert City on January 3, 1928, to the late Floyd and Sadie Sparks Hoover. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1973 as a recruiter. He worked at Union Carbide as a painter, was the owner of Tom Hoover Real Estate, and served as the...

Nov 10, 2010

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Nov 9, 2010

Vernon A. "Jack" Chapman Jr., 86, of Paducah passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Chapman was a chemical engineer for 37 years with Martin Marietta and a retired U.S. Air Force Major with 20 years of service. He served as a bombardier and navigator during World War II. Mr. Chapman was an Elder...

Nov 7, 2010

Pauline Biggs, 87, of Paducah died at 9:45 a.m. Sunday at her home. Mrs. Biggs was of the Presbyterian faith. Surviving are two sisters, Maureen Swinford of Lone Oak and Linda Lee Clark of Gilbertsville and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Oliver Dean Biggs, and one brother. Her parents were Virgil and Gladys...

Oct 29, 2010

WEST VIOLA - Lucy Jane Cooper Adams, 73, of West Viola died at 7:10 p.m. Friday at Western Baptist Hospital. Lucy was a member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, a 1955 graduate of Lowes High School and a program assistant for Graves County ASCS office for 39 years. Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Bill Adams; a son...

Oct 28, 2010

Nancy P. Nichols, 77, of Paducah died at noon Thursday at Lourdes hospital. She worked as a bookkeeper for M. Livingston Company. She attended Lone Oak First Baptist Church and was a charter member of the American Quilter's Society. She is survived by two daughters, LeeAnne Smotherman and Kathy Hamilton; her mother, Arrie Pirtle of Paducah; two sisters, Vicki Knight...

Oct 27, 2010

Roy Hearell, age 84, passed away Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at Superior Care Home in Paducah, Ky. Funeral services for Roy will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, October 29, 2010, at Milner and Orr Funeral Home of Paducah with Pastor Cory Aker officiating. Burial will immediately follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Roy was born on March 1st, 1926, to...

Oct 27, 2010

Rubye M. Collins Jackson, 82, of Paducah died Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at 1:10 p.m. at Medco Nursing and Rehab Home. Rubye was a lifelong resident of Paducah, member of Bellview Baptist Church, retired from K-Mart Corp., where she served as checkout supervisor. Services will be held Saturday, October 30, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Milner & Orr Funeral Home...

Oct 27, 2010

Daegen Rhys Turner, infant son of Jason and Erin Lemmon Turner, died Wednesday at Western Baptist Hospital. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother, Jonathan David Turner; his grandparents, Larry Turner of West Paducah, Belvie Turner of Smyrna, Tenn., Kurt Lemmon of Wadsworth, Ohio, and Monica Zelei of Scottsdale, Ariz.; and his great-grandparents, David Shelton of...

Oct 24, 2010

James B. "JB" Thompson, 72, of Lone Oak, formerly of Livingston County, died Sunday, October 24, 2010, at 10:53 a.m. at Western Baptist Hospital. He was a member of Lone Oak First Baptist Church, a veteran of the U.S. Army and a 1957 graduate of Livingston County High School. JB loved camping at the lake, U.K. Basketball and especially spending...

Oct 22, 2010

Anna Laura Fosberg Riley, 85, of Louisville, Ky., passed away peacefully Friday, October 22, 2010. Anna was preceded in death by her husband, Sidney Riley; one sister, Geneva Houser; and her parents. She is survived by one son, Ron Riley and his wife, Marilyn; one daughter, Pat Riley; one brother, Charles Fosberg and his wife, Doris; two sisters, Mildred Garrett...

Oct 19, 2010

Fran Gillespie of Paducah, Ky., died Tuesday, October 19, at Western Baptist Hospital. She was 83. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, October 23, 2010, at the Lone Oak Chapel of Milner and Orr Funeral Home with Dr. Ben Boone officiating. Burial will immediately follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Born Miley Frances Carr in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to...