Obituaries

Myrtle Jones Cox Whiteley

Myrtle Jones Cox Whiteley

Dec 9, 2005

Myrtle Jones Cox Whiteley, age 82, of Corbin passed away on Friday, December 9, 2005 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center. She was born on April 9, 1923 in North Corbin to the Late General Jones Sr. and Dora Miracle Jones. She was a retired employee from JCPenny, and a Member of Central Baptist Church in Corbin. Myrtle was...

Virgie Elizabeth Goodin

Virgie Elizabeth Goodin

Dec 4, 2005

Virgie Elizabeth Goodin, age 81, of Corbin and Keavy, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2005 at the Christian Care Communities in Corbin. She was born on June 13, 1924 in Laurel County to the late Elza Storms and Ona Prewitt Storms. She was a homemaker and a member of the Level Green Church of Christ in Keavy. In...

Irene Earls

Irene Earls

Nov 22, 2005

Irene Earls of Cumberland Falls Road in Corbin, passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 in the Winchester Health Care Center. She was a faithful member of the Bacon Creek Baptist Church in Corbin with a perfect church and Sunday school record for 52 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Matt and Nannie Earls; her Brother,...

Bobby Wayne Cox

Bobby Wayne Cox

Nov 18, 2005

Bobby Wayne Cox, 65, of Corbin, passed away Friday, Nov. 18, 2005 at Baptist Regional Medical Center. Born December 3, 1939 in Knox County, he was a retired truck driver and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Parker Cox and Evelyn Hicks Cox; and by his sister Ailene Lipps. He is...

Beverly Gaye Harrell

Beverly Gaye Harrell

Nov 7, 2005

Beverly Gaye Harrell, 63, of Corbin, passed away Monday, November 7, 2005 at the Oak Tree Hospital in Corbin. Born March 19, 1942 in Eagan, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Willard and Thelma Hudson Johnson. She was a retired nurse's assistant with Hillcrest Nursing Home. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Bertha Hensley Burke

Bertha Hensley Burke

Nov 6, 2005

Bertha Hensley Burke, 80, of Woodbine, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2005 at Baptist Regional Medical Center. Born March 21, 1925, she was a homemaker and a member of the Park Hill Pentecostal Church. She was preceded in death by her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Blanton Hensley and her father Andrew McVey, her husband Otis H. Burke, her son Hobert...

Pearlie Mae Niemann

Pearlie Mae Niemann

Nov 2, 2005

Pearlie Mae Brown Niemann, 89, of Macomb Township, Michigan and formerly of Corbin, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2005 in Clinton Township, Michigan. Pearlie was born on June 4, 1916 in Corbin to the late David Carl and Amanda Jones. On February 18, 1989 Pearlie married Norman Carl Niemann in St. Peter Lutheran Church, Macomb Township, where she was...

Hazel Ellison Hash

Hazel Ellison Hash

Nov 2, 2005

Hazel Ellison Hash, 79, of Corbin, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005 at Corbin Nursing Home. Born March 20, 1926 in Corbin, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Margaret White Ellison. She was a former nurse and homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Debbie Proessel and Ruth...

Baltie Howard Porterfield

Baltie Howard Porterfield

Oct 27, 2005

Baltie Howard Porterfield, 88, of Corbin, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2005 at Baptist Regional Medical Center. Born July 15, 1917 in Laurel County, she was the daughter of the late Ben and Ciller Lewis Howard. Mrs. Porterfield was a homemaker and a member of the Corinth Baptist Church in London. In addition to her parents, she was...

Raye Nolin

Raye Nolin

Oct 18, 2005

Raye Nolin, 56, of London, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005 at her residence. Born June 20, 1949 in Middleton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Edith Bowles Elkins. She was a homemaker and a member of the Sunshine Hill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Harold Clayton Ritchie

Harold Clayton Ritchie

Oct 17, 2005

Harold Clayton Ritchie, age 68 of Corbin, passed away on Monday October 17, 2005 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin He was born on November 23, 1936 in Hazard, KY to the late Levi Ritchie and Cordilla Johnson Ritchie. He was the retired Office Manager from the Boonsbora Quarry, an Air Force Veteran and a member of...

Maile Gabrielle Sanders

Maile Gabrielle Sanders

Oct 13, 2005

Maile Gabrielle Sanders, infant daughter of Shawn McKenneth Sanders and Samantha Denise Helton Sanders, was stillborn October 13, 2005 at Baptist Regional Medical Center. In addition to her parents, Maile is survived by her grandparents Curtis & Yvonne Sanders of Keavy, David & Lynn Helton of Corbin and Nanatte Kunewa of California, as well as host of other close...

Thomas Anderson Guinn

Thomas Anderson Guinn

Oct 12, 2005

Thomas Anderson Guinn, 83, of Gray, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center. Born March 1, 1922 in Knox County, he was the son of the late Anderson Barton Guinn and Mary Martha Blankenship Guinn. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister Emma Kelly, grandson Douglas Guinn, and...

Homer Ed Wood

Homer Ed Wood

Oct 12, 2005

Homer "Ed" Wood, 70, of Lily, passed away Wed., Oct. 12, 2005 at Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin. Born August 20, 1935 in Lansing, Michigan, he was the son of Herbert E. and Ruth Mary Smith Wood. He was retired from the U.S. Army. Among his survivors are his daughter Wendy Bolton of Lily. Funeral services will be...

Leo Hensley, Sr.

Leo Hensley, Sr.

Oct 8, 2005

Leo Hensley, Sr., of Corbin, husband of the late Sally Holmes Hensley, passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2005 at Baptist Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Hence Hensley and Nora Farley Hensley of Benham, Kentucky. Formerly of Benham, he was a 32nd Degree Mason, Lodge #880, a member for 57 years. He was a...

Chester B. Woolum, Jr.

Chester B. Woolum, Jr.

Oct 4, 2005

Chester B. Woolum, Jr., 73, of Corbin, passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center. Born October 11, 1931 in Knox County, he was the son of the late Chester B. Woolum, Sr. and the late Carrie Campbell Woolum. Chester was a former employee of Kroger and also retired bus supervisor for the Knox County...

Carl Lee Sturgill

Carl Lee Sturgill

Sep 28, 2005

Carl Lee Sturgill, 90, of Virginia Beach and formerly of Corbin, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005 at the Bayside Hospital in Virginia Beach. Born October 29, 1914 in Corbin, he was the son of the late Samuel and Susie Bolton Sturgill. He was a crane operator for General Electric and was a lifelong member of the Lynn Camp...

Edith Muncy Bozarth

Edith Muncy Bozarth

Sep 23, 2005

Edith Mildred Muncy Bozarth, age 94, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2005 at her home in Sarasota, Florida. She was born July 25, 1911 in Clay County, Kentucky to the late William Luther Muncy and Laura Belle Cox Muncy. She was a longtime bookkeeper with the former St. Joseph Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, and retired from Strattan-Terestege in...

Arletta Jarvis

Arletta Jarvis

Sep 21, 2005

Arletta Jarvis, 71, of Gray, passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at Marymount Medical Center in London. Born January 26, 1934 in Clearfield, Tennessee, she was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Jarve Davis and Wilma Belle Frazier Davis; and by seven children and one brother....

Michael Watkins

Michael Watkins

Sep 21, 2005

Michael Watkins, 47, of Gray, lost his battle with cancer and went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 21, 2005. He was of the Holiness faith. Michael was preceded in death by his father Alva Watkins, grandparents Bige and Lucy Watkins and Martin and Cora Johnson. He is survived by his wife of 24 years, Tina Mills...