Obituaries
Troy 'Bear' Brafford
Jan 22, 2014
Troy "Bear" Brafford, age 78, of Gray, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Gray, he was the son of the late Jonah and Alice Frey Brafford. Troy was a self-employed painter and wallpaper hanger. He was a member of the Living Waters Pentecostal Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Claude Edward Chumley, Jr.
Jan 17, 2014
Claude E. Chumley, Jr., age 62, of Corbin, passed away on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Corbin, he was the son of the late Claude E. Chumley, Sr., and Nora Faulkner Chumley Fox. He was a tool and die worker for Jackson MSC. Claude was a drummer and enjoyed country music, basketball, wrestling, boxing...
Gloria Edna Coffey
Jan 15, 2014
Gloria Edna Rogers Coffey, age 83 of Corbin, passed away on Wednesday January 15, 2014 at Continue Care Hospital in Corbin. She was a homemaker and foster mother. Edna was preceded in death by her Husband Rev. William Kelcie Coffey; Sons, James Coffey, Ronnie Coffey, and Duane Sykes; Daughter, Barbara Barton; Grandson, Ethan Christopher Smith; Parents, George Rogers and...
William Walker Thacker
Jan 15, 2014
William Walker Thacker, age 88, of Corbin, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Scott County, Virginia, he was a WWII U.S. Navy veteran, and a member of First Baptist Church in Corbin. He was preceded in death by his wife, Retha Maxine Claxton Thacker; parents, Jay Thacker and Arlena Allen Fultz; and...
William Theodore 'Ted' Proffitt
Jan 13, 2014
Ted Proffitt, age 67, of Corbin, passed away on Monday, January 13, 2014, at Continue Care Hospital in Corbin. Born in Corbin, he was the son of the late Willie Proffitt and Opal Engle Proffitt. He was Baptist by faith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by six brothers: O.D., Claude, Harrison, Eddie, Lee and...
A. J. Heaberlin
Jan 11, 2014
A.J. Heaberlin, age 92, passed away on Saturday January 11, 2014 at Laurel Heights in London. He was born in Wise, Virginia and was a Veteran of the US Army-Air Corps. Serving during World War II in the CBI Theater, he was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Air Medal with...
Patricia Disney Tubbs
Jan 11, 2014
Patricia Gail Disney Tubbs, age 64, of Gray, passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at her home. She was a nurse and a hairdresser and member of Freedom Point Church of God in Corbin. Pat was preceded in death by her Husband, Harvey Tubbs in 2005; Parents, Walter Lee Disney and Effie Veona Fannon Disney; Brothers, Ray JR...
Dennis R. Pierce
Jan 8, 2014
Dennis Ray Pierce, age 46, of Gray, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Modesto, California, he was a veteran of the Army National Guard; a pressman at the Barbourville Advocate; and a member of the East Barbourville Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Lisa Cole Pierce; children: Brian Faber (Seherzada...
Dennis Ray Pierce
Jan 8, 2014
Dennis Ray Pierce, age 46, passed away on Wednesday January 8, 2014 at Baptist Health in Corbin. He was a veteran of the Army National Guard; a pressman at the Barbourville Advocate; and a member of East Barbourville Baptist He is survived by his: Wife, Lisa Cole Pierce; Children; Brian Faber and Seherzada "Bada" of Lexington, Lindsay Michelle Faber...
Peggy Cheryl Downey
Jan 7, 2014
Peggy Cheryl Downey, 68, of Corbin, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at her home. Born in Asheville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Stephen Duncan and Mildred Turner Duncan. Peggy worked as a nurse in private home care. She was of Native American descent and was a member of Corbin Presbyterian Church and Native American...
Cornelia A. Nies
Jan 5, 2014
Cornelia A. Nies, 80, of Corbin passed away Sunday, January 5, 2014 at Baptist Health Corbin. A native of Holland, she was a daughter of the late Dominicus and Jacoba Taal Keus. A grandson Joey Nies and sisters Martha and Ann also predeceased her. Cornelia belonged to the Dutch Reform Church. She enjoyed sewing and crocheting, and working outdoors...
Brenda Faye Greene
Jan 1, 2014
Brenda Faye Greene, 65, of Gray, passed away on January 1, 2014, at her home. Born in London, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late William Carl Hedrick and Anna Lucille Shepard Davis. Brenda was Baptist by faith and had worked as a cook at Baptist Regional Medical Center. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Edith M. Bourque
Dec 30, 2013
Edith M. White Bourque, 90, of Calhoun, Georgia, passed away on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 in Rome, Georgia. Born in Corbin, she was the daughter of the late Ed and Molly Pennington. She had been an office worker and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, David S....
Ruby Naomi Parlier
Dec 25, 2013
Ruby Naomi (Worley) Parlier departed this life on December 25, 2013 in Corbin, Kentucky Arrangements are being handled by the Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, 270 Armory Road, North Wilkesboro, NC. Friends and family will be received at the funeral home on Sunday, December 29, from 5:00-7:00 PM. The funeral service will be held 2:00 PM, Monday, December 30, at the...
Wayne Hall
Dec 25, 2013
Wayne Hall, 68, of Corbin passed away Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013 at The Heritage. He was a son of the late Bill Hall and Claretta Lanham Snyder. A brother Harold Hall and a sister Wanda Tucker also preceded him in death. Wayne was a U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam and had worked as a heavy equipment operator. He is...
Thelma Jean Durham
Dec 23, 2013
Thelma Jean Durham, age 66, of Corbin, passed away on Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, at her home. Born in Balkan, Kentucky, and of Native American descent, she was the daughter of the late Noah Barton and Gladys Wilder Barton. She was a homemaker; a member of the Dorthae Pentecostal Church; and was affiliated with the Kentucky Native American Indian...
William Teddy Mcdaniel
Dec 21, 2013
William Teddy McDaniel, age 53, of Acworth Georgia, formerly of Corbin, passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2013 at his home in Georgia. He was preceded in death by his Parents, Russell William McDaniel and Vivian Black McDaniel; Brother, Johnny Dan McDaniel; Grandparents, John Tom Black and Dora Black, and Daniel McDaniel and Ollie McDaniel. He is survived by...
Gracie Tucker Demoss
Dec 19, 2013
Our mother Gracie Tucker DeMoss went to heaven on December 19, 2013, at the age of 90 at her home in Chapel Hill, NC. She is survived by three sons: Larry (Audrey) Tucker of Visalia, CA; Jerry Tucker of Bremen, GA; and Darrell (Peggy) Tucker of Chapel Hill, NC; three daughters: Doris (Brian) Baker of Bakersfield, CA; Oneda (Larry)...
Dawn Naomi Mckellar
Dec 18, 2013
Dawn Naomi McKellar, 75, of Corbin, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013 at Hillcrest Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Sandusky, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Marcus Morley Bowerman and Helen McGregor Bowerman. She had been a private geriatric nurse, and was a member of the Gray Holiness Church. In addition to her parents, she was...
Darrell William Felts
Dec 17, 2013
Darrell William Felts, age 53, of Chesterfield, South Carolina, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 at Carolinas Medical Center in Monroe, North Carolina. Born in Florida, he was the son of the late Donald William Felts and Janice Turner Felts, who survives him. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by his mother, Janice Felts; son,...
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