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Mary Clay Alexander Abney
Apr 12, 2015
Mary Clay Alexander Abney,84, widow of Jessie F. Abney, passed away Sunday, April 12th, 20 15 at 5:18pm in her home after a short illness. She was born on June 20th, 1930 in Estill County to the late Tipton"Tip" and Eva Alexander. She was a homemaker, former sales clerk at Alexander's Store in Irvine, She was a member of the...
Mavis Marie Mays White
Apr 5, 2015
Mavis Marie Mays White, 54, wife of Ricky White, passed away Sunday, April 5th, at her home after a long illness. Mrs. White was a native of Lee County, a daughter of the Robert and Jeannette Combs Mays. She was a member of True Vine Ministries. Survivors other than her husband Ricky, and her parents Robert and Jeannette Mays, include...
Jean Farthing Young
Mar 23, 2015
Jean Farthing Young, 83, widow of Doyle Young, passed away Monday, March 23rd, 2015 at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond, after a long illness. Mrs. Young was a native of Estill County, a daughter of the late Charles and Della Walton Farthing. She was a member of the Madison Hills Christian Church, who enjoyed gardening, flowers, poetry, fishing, and...
Marie Hall
Mar 19, 2015
Marie Hall, 93, widow of Robert Hall, passed away Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond. Mrs. Hall was born in Lee County, on February 15th, 1922, a daughter of the late Ned and Rhonda Durbin Mays. She was preceded in death by her sons, Bobby and Billy Hall; her daughters Vivian Hall, Wandella Brown, and...
Brenda Tuttle Wolfinbarger
Mar 1, 2015
Brenda M. Tuttle Wolfinbarger, 60, passed away Sunday at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond, after a long illness. Mrs. Wolfinbarger was a native of Estill County, born January 11th, 1955, a daughter of the late Bergin Sr, and Dovie Wood Tuttle. Mrs. Wolfinbarger was a financial analyst for the Lockheed-Martin company. Mrs. Wolfinbarger was a member of the Cobb...
Phillip Michael Larrison
Feb 23, 2015
Phillip Michael Larrison, 22, of Kimball Rd. in Irvine, son of Willie and Jennifer Larrison, passed away Monday, February 23rd. Survivors other than his parents include his daughters Hailey and Hannah Larrison; his brother Thomas (and wife Brittany) Addison; sister Megan Addison and her fiance' Dwayne Tipton; his nephew Jared Addison; his grandparents Betty Larrison and Bertha Riddell; special friend...
Barbara Sue Hawkins
Feb 19, 2015
Irvine: Barbara Sue Hawkins, 66, wife of Steve Hawkins, passed away Thursday, February 19th, 2015 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center after a long illness. Mrs. Hawkins was a native of Estill County, a daughter of the late Taylor and Callie Baber Powell. She was a retired van driver for BMT, and Kentucky River Foothills. She was a member...
Rebecca Earnestine Tipton Chaney
Feb 18, 2015
Rebecca Earnestine Tipton Chaney, age 71, of Wallace Court in Irvine passed away February 18, 2015, at Central Baptist Hospital following a short illness. She was born February 24, 1943 in Estill County and was the daughter of the late Theodore R. Tipton and Helen Rogers Tipton. She was a retired seamstress with Carhartts and Powell Manufacturing. She was a...
Lorene Frazier
Feb 13, 2015
Lorene Frazier, 86, widow of Richard "Ed" Frazier, passed away Friday at her home after an illness. Mrs. Frazier was a native of Grayson County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Hobert and Dora Franks Embry. Mrs. Frazier was a retired employee of Carhartt, and a homemaker for seven children. She enjoyed quilting, and sewing. She was preceded in death...
Margaret Powell Wells
Jan 22, 2015
Margaret Powell Wells, 89, of Lexington, widow of Harold Wells, died Thurs. She was the daughter of the late Ancil and Pelina Barnes Powell. Survivors include her daughter Pam (Don) Hurt of Lexington; two nephews Michael and Robert Moreland; one sister Juanita (Harold) Moreland. Service: 2:30 pm Sunday, January 25th, 2015 Lewis Funeral Home Visitation: 12:00 pm Sunday, January 25th,...
Melinda Alice Arvin Lynch
Jan 21, 2015
Irvine: Melinda Alice Arvin Lynch,101, widow of Vernon Lynch, departed from this life on January 21st, 2015, at 3:00 pm in her home. She was born on April 3rd, 1913 in Estill County to the late Nathaniel Thornton and Mary Catherine Arvin, stepmother Bertha Richardson Arvin. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Ford Christian Church. Survivors include...
Ida Louise Arvin
Jan 14, 2015
Ida Louise Arvin, 60, wife of Roger, passed away Wednesday, January 14th, 2015. She was a native of Estill County, a daughter of the late Lonnie and Stella Powell Wiseman. Mrs. Arvin was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, and she loved antiquing. She was an employee of the Carhartt Company. Survivors other than Roger, her husband of 28 years,...
Wilma Jean Whitener
Jan 13, 2015
Wilma Jean Whitener, 82, died Tuesday. What a joyful day! Can you hear God's heavenly choir. Our Mother's voice premiered in heaven January 13, 2015. Fellow choir members include the voice of Logan Whitener, her husband of 62 years. Mom dons her choir robe with her parents, John and Pearl Cox, along with her brothers and sisters who preceded her....
Edna Dozier
Jan 11, 2015
Service: 1:00 pm Saturday, Jan. 17th, 2015 Visitation: 10:00 am Saturday, Jan. 17th, 2015 Service: 1:00 pm Saturday, Jan. 17th, 2015 Lewis Funeral Home Visitation: 10:00 am Saturday, Jan. 17th, 2015 Lewis Funeral Home
Charles E. Vanhuss
Jan 10, 2015
Charles Edward Vanhuss, 91 died Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Irvine Health and Rehabilitation Center in Irvine after a short illness. If a task needed to be done in the cities of Irvine and Ravenna, there was one man for the job--Charlie Vanhuss. He was born July 31, 1923 in Ravenna and was preceded in death by his parents, Elijah...
Agnes Dean Fielder Lewis
Dec 21, 2014
Agnes Dean Fielder Lewis, 76, wife of Norman Lewis, passed away Sunday at the St. Joseph Hospital East in Lexington. She was a native of Estill County, a daughter of the late Dudley and Ethel Barnes Fielder. Mrs. Lewis was a loving mother, wife and grandmother, who enjoyed puzzles, & animals. She attended church at Quest Community. She was an...
Clarence Noland
Dec 15, 2014
Clarence D(C.D.) Noland Jr, 77 of lrvine Kentucky passed away on Monday December 15, 201.4. He born in Lee county on June 11th. 1937, to the late Clarence. D. Noland Sr. and Amanda Fike Noland. Clarence retired from the CSX corporation with 35 years of service and also retired as a Master Sergeant from the Kentucky Army National Guard with...
Ollie Wiitt
Dec 1, 2014
Ollie Witt, 54, of Irvine, passed away December 1st, 2014 at St. Joseph Hospital in London, after a sudden illness. Mr. Witt was a native of Estill County, a son of the late Vernon and Clarice June Grassman Witt. He was preceded in death by his brother Curry "Bud" Witt. Survivors include his sons Brandon (and wife Brittany) Witt and...
Gary Dale Estes
Nov 24, 2014
Gary Dale Estes, 61, husband of Joretta Newton Estes, passed away Monday, at the U.K. Medical Center, after a short illness. Mr. Estes was a native of Estill County, a son of the late Ola and Mary Frances Donahue Estes. He was a retired employee of Irvine Municipal Utilities. Mr. Estes was a member of the Estill County Historical Society,...
James Clark Hardy, Jr
Nov 20, 2014
Irvine: James Clark Hardy, Jr., 92, of Shelbyville, formerly of Irvine, passed away Thursday, at the Crestview Nursing Home in Shelbyville after a long illness. Mr. Hardy was a native of Estill County, a son of the late James C. and Mary Williams Bush Hardy. He was U.S. Naval veteran during WWII, and an Army National Guard veteran. He was...
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