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Mary Glenova Durbin Lowe

Mary Glenova Durbin Lowe

Dec 10, 2012

Mary Glenova Durbin Lowe, 90, widow of Mark Henry Lowe, passed away Monday, at the Christian Care Center in Lancaster. Mrs. Lowe was a native of Estill Co., a daughter of the late Robert "Preacher Bob" and Mary Elizabeth Kelly Durbin. Mrs. Lowe was a retired employee of Carhart, and member of the Sandhill Christian Church. She was preceded in...

Raymond Harold Estes

Raymond Harold Estes

Nov 29, 2012

Raymond Harold Estes, 58, husband of Diane King Estes, passed away November 29th, 2012 at his home after a long illness. He was a native of Estill County, a son of the ate Turner and Emma Isaacs Estes. He was preceded in death by his siblings Lloyd Estes, Bertha Estes, and Beatrice Ashcraft. Survivors other than his wife Diane include...

Betty Claunch Crawford

Betty Claunch Crawford

Nov 24, 2012

Betty Claunch Crawford, 78, wife of Tandy Crawford passed away Saturday. She was a native of Dayton, OH, and a retired school bus driver. She was born March 19th, 1934 a daughter of the late Joseph and Pauline Thomas Claunch. She was preceded in death by her son Tandy Wayne Crawford; her sisters Bessie Bunn and Pauline Wilkins; and her...

Earl Douglas Dixon

Earl Douglas Dixon

Nov 23, 2012

Earl Douglas Dixon, 68, husband of Janet Tribble Dixon passed away Friday, at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond. Mr. Dixon was a mechanic, and a native of Estill County. He was born March 28th 1944, a son of the late Millard and Mattie Osborne Dixon. He was preceded in death by his brother Jimmy Dixon. Survivors other than his...

Roger Dale Long

Roger Dale Long

Nov 21, 2012

Roger Dale Long, 69, passed away Wednesday, November 21st 2012 at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond, after a long illness. Mr. Long was a native of Estill County, born August 13th, 1943, a son of the late Herman Long and Emma Francis Abney Long. He was a U.S.Army Veteran, a member of the American Legion, 40/8, and Veterans of...

Wilma Lee Logsdon Neal

Wilma Lee Logsdon Neal

Nov 20, 2012

Wilma Lee Logsdon Neal, 62, passed away Tuesday at the Irvine Health and Rehab center, after a short illness. She was a native of Madison County, a daughter of the late Ambrose Snowden and Lella Mae Willis Logsdon. Mrs. Neal was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her brother Hampton Logsdon. Survivors include her daughters Jennifer (Bradley) Hardy...

Edith H. Johnson

Edith H. Johnson

Oct 25, 2012

Edith Howard Johnson, 98, widow of Everett Johnson, passed away Thursday, October 25, in the presence of family after a long illness. Mrs. Johnson was a native of Estill County, a daughter of the late Uncas and Birdie Hawkins Howard. She was a retiree of the Estill County School System, and a lifelong member of the Bethel Christian Church. She...

Celia Zora Abney Dunaway

Celia Zora Abney Dunaway

Oct 24, 2012

Celia Zora Abney Dunaway, 75, wife of Glenn Dunaway, passed away Wednesday, October 24th. Mrs. Dunaway was a native of Estill County, a daughter of the late Riley and Rosie West Abney. She was a member of the White Oak First Church of God, and retiree of the Estill County School System. She was preceded in death by her brother...

Brayden Arvin Peyton

Brayden Arvin Peyton

Oct 7, 2012

Brayden Arvin Peyton, infant son of Stacy Young and Brandon Peyton passed away Sunday. Survivors other than his parents include his grandparents Donnie & Belinda Peyton, Charlote Miller & Mike Estes; his sister Brooklyn Wilson; his aunt Mandy Peyton; his uncles Adam (Selina) Warner, Just in (Amy Henry) Warner; several great aunts, great uncles, and cousins. He was preceded in...

Doug Hall

Doug Hall

Oct 3, 2012

Doug Hall, 89, widower of Mildred Adams Hall, of 5th St. Ravenna, passed away Wednesday, October 3rd at his home. He was the son of the late Beddie Grindstead Hall and the late Mary Noland Hall. Mr. Hall was a native of Estill County, a retired railroad employee, and a U.S. Army veteran. Mr. Hall was preceded in death by...

Nellie Tate

Nellie Tate

Sep 28, 2012

Nellie White Tate, 89, widow of William G. Tate, passed away Friday, at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond. Mrs. Tate was a native of Estill County, a daughter of the late Henry and Bessie Corner White. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Rice Station Christian Church. Mrs. Tate was preceded in death by her sons James...

Billy Joe Poston

Billy Joe Poston

Sep 28, 2012

Billy J. Poston, 54, of Winston Rd, husband of Malina Crump Poston, died Friday. Mr. Poston was a native of Madison County, a son of the Lola Fay Combs Chowning and the late Donald Chowning. He was a power lineman, a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local #238, a member of the Providence Baptist Church and a...

Lenual Smith

Lenual Smith

Sep 24, 2012

Lenual Smith, 77, husband of Betty Puckett Smith, passed away Monday at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond, after a long illness. He was a native of Estill County, a son of the late Orland and Bertie Lee Smith. Mr. Smith was a member of the Mt. Carmel Christian Church, and retired employee of Concrete Materials. He was preceded in...

Judy Edmonson

Judy Edmonson

Sep 19, 2012

Judy Faye Riddell Edmonson, 64, of Stacy Lane Road, passed way Wednesday, at the Central Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Edmonson was a daughter of the late Leonard and Verna Adams Riddell, a homemaker, and member of the Substation Holiness Church. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Tommy Riddell, Ernest Riddell, Paul Riddell and Bill Riddell; three sisters Wanda Riddell,...

Charles Babb

Charles Babb

Sep 4, 2012

Charles Babb, 82, husband of Viola Jenkins Babb, of Reges Road, Irvine, passed away September 4th at the Compassionate Care Center after a long illness. He was born November 22nd, 1929 in Hamilton Ohio, the son of the late Bennie and Bertha Lovin Babb. He was retired from Southeast Coal Company, a member of the Beech Grove Baptist Church and...

Otis M. Curtis

Otis M. Curtis

Aug 19, 2012

Otis M. Curtis died at St. Joseph Hospital, in Lexington, KY on August 19, 2012. He was born on October 15, 1921, in the Cressy community of Estill County, KY and was the son of the late Salem Wallace & Margaret Susan Cottman Curtis. He was a long time resident of Winchester, KY. Mr. Curtis was preceded in death by...

Bishop Edgar Rawlins Jr.

Bishop Edgar Rawlins Jr.

Jul 30, 2012

Bishop Edgar Rawlins Jr., 61, of Kokomo, passed away at 12:10 PM, Monday, July 30, 2012 at Saint Joseph Hospital. He was born March 21, 1951 in Irvine, Kentucky to Edgar Rawlins Sr. and Haley Ann (Dawes) Rawlins. On July 3, 1970 in Irvine, KY, he married Phyllis Ann (Arvin) Rawlins, and she survives. He was a Drill Sergeant in...

Wesley Jones

Wesley Jones

Jul 26, 2012

Service: 2:00 PM Tuesday July 31st Lewis Funeral Home Visitation: 10:00 AM until service time Tuesday July 31st Lewis Funeral Home

Mary Hope Adams Hardy

Mary Hope Adams Hardy

Jul 24, 2012

Mary Hope Adams Hardy, 94, widow of Ray Hardy Sr. passed away Tuesday, July 24th, at the UK Medical Center, after a short illness. Mrs. Hardy was a native of Estill County, born November 17th 1917,. She was a daughter of the late James H. and Nannie Kirby Adams. She was married to Ray, on October 29th, 1937. Ray would...

James Foster "Jim" King

James Foster "Jim" King

Jul 18, 2012

Irvine: James Foster "Jim" King, 75, of 356 Red Lick Rd, Irvine, husband of Letitia "Tish" King, passed away Wednesday July 18th, 2012 at the Hospice Plus Compassionate Care Center, Richmond after a long illness. Mr. King was born May 11, 1937, a son of the late William F. and Martha Riddell King. He was a native of Estill County,...

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