Obituaries

Jan 26, 2008

Earl Adkins Jr. - 1930-2008 Earl Adkins Jr., 77, of Westwood, husband of Evelyn Trustee Adkins, died Saturday morning at his home following a short illness. He was born Aug. 10, 1930, in Pike County, a son of the late Earl Adkins Sr. and America Runyon Adkins. He was a member of Mavity Freewill Baptist Church and was retired from...

Jan 20, 2008

Glen Pinkerton - 1923-2008 Glen Pinkerton was born in Argillite, Ky., Aug. 26, 1923, a son of the late William B. Pinkerton and Bertha Young Pinkerton. He was a member of Cannonsburg Church of the Nazarene and Disabled American Veterans and formerly served on the Board of Directors for Southern States Cooperative. He served in the U.S. Army during World...

Jan 20, 2008

Jean "Lady Bird" Wright - 1924-2008 Jean "Lady Bird" Wright, 83, of Cannonsburg, Ky., died Tuesday evening, Jan. 22, 2008, in Oakmont Manor Nursing Facility. Mrs. Wright was born Feb. 14, 1924, in Louisa, Ky., a daughter of the late Andrew and Racheal Marcum Adkins. Her husband, Lewis Wright, also preceded her in death. She was the last surviving child...

Jan 19, 2008

Charles Holbrook (1934-2008) Charles Cecil Holbrook, 73, of Washington Court House, Ohio, died Saturday in Court House Manor Nursing Home. He was born Sept. 20, 1934, in Elliott County. His wife, Roxy Rost Holbrook, survives. The funeral will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Heritage Memorial Church. Burial will be Wednesday in Rose Hill Burial Park. Friends may call after...

Jan 12, 2008

Margaret Roberts - 1924-2008 Margaret Nolene Roberts, 83, of Ashland, died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, in Woodland Oaks Health Care Facility. The Catlettsburg native was born Jan. 21, 1924, the daughter of the late Hobert Robinette and Bertha Cumbo Robinette. She was the wife of 55 years to the late William Jack Roberts. She was a homemaker and a member...

Jan 2, 2008

Kermit Deal - 1910-2008 Kermit Lee Deal, born Nov. 9, 1910, in Olive Hill, to Tracy and Erie Gertrude Deal, went to be with the Lord at 10:30 p.m. at Atrium Hospital in Middletown, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, in 1986, his parents and his sisters, Maxine Bibion, Georgie Click, Louise Gillispie. Survivors include...

Jan 2, 2008

Lorena Bradshaw (1936-2008) Lorena Bradshaw, 71, of Flatwoods, Ky., died Monday morning, Jan. 14, 2008, in Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital. Mrs. Bradshaw was born May 17, 1936, in Ashland, Ky., a daughter of the late James A. Runyon and the late Mary Edna Cressel Runyon Sanderson. She was also preceded in death by her stepfather, Otto D. Sanderson; two...

Jan 2, 2008

Donna J. Gillum - 1945-2008 Donna J. Gillum, 62, of Ashland, Ky., died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, in King's Daughters Medical Center. Mrs. Gillum was born March 8, 1945, in Ashland, a daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson and Gladys Mae Hudson Haney. In addition, she was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Joe Gillum, who died in 2001....

Dec 31, 2007

Edward Conley - 1930-2007 Edward E. Conley, 77, of Catlettsburg, died Monday in Greenbriar Nursing Care Facility in Wheelersburg, Ohio. He was born Dec. 25, 1930, in Ashland. He is survived by his common-law wife, Peggy J. Sweetser. Funeral services were at Rose Hill Burial Park. Lazear Funeral Home in Ashland is in charge of arrangements.

May 23, 2007

Walter Richard Starks - 1923-2007 Walter Richard Starks, 83, of Ashland, Ky., died Wednesday evening, May 23, 2007, in New Boston, Ohio, after a short, courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Starks was born Sept. 6, 1923, in Ashland, a son of the late Everett Richard and Sallie Hurt Starks. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...

May 22, 2007

Missy Jordan - 1967-2007 Melissa "Missy" Dawn Jordan, 39, of Catlettsburg, Ky., departed this life Tuesday morning, May 22, 2007, with her friends and family at her side. Missy was born Oct. 13, 1967, in Ashland, Ky., a daughter of Jarrell Jordan and Regena Beach. Missy was a paramedic for Cabell County EMS and was a member of Cabell County...

Dec 31, 1969

Frederick Dale Leibee, 68, of Ashland, KY passed away on February 24, 2020 at Kings Daughters’ Medical Center. He was born on September 2, 1951 in Ashland, KY to the late William Calvin Leibee and Mona Joy Huff Leibee of Ashland, KY. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by a brother Phillip Leibee. Fred was...

Jun 10, 1943

William Vernon “Bill” Waggoner, 75, of Ashland, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019 at the Advent Health Center in Orlando FL. He was born June 10, 1943 in Ashland, the son of the late Estill and Doris Anders Waggoner. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Thomas P. Waggoner. He was retired from AK Steel Co. and...

Nov 18, 1926

Jewell Murray (1926-2009) Jewell Murray, 82, of Ashland, Ky., died Monday, March 2, 2009, at her residence. She was born Nov. 18, 1926, in Ashland, a daughter of the late Thomas Francis and Mollie Helton Francis. In addition, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Murray, in 1975; two brothers, Tom Francis and Jerry Francis; and two sisters,...

Elizabeth "Libby" Houck Selby, 95, of Ashland, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at her residence. She was born May 26, 1921, in Athens, Ohio, to the late John and Goldie Darnell Houck. She was also preceded in death by her loving husband, Curtis Selby; son, Charles Allen Mayhew; daughters, Karen Ann Kemper and Sandra Sue Grunow; brother, Henry C....