Obituaries
James S. Drummonds
Sep 5, 2020
James S. Drummonds, 78, of Gray, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2020 at Baptist Health Corbin. He was the husband of the late Opal Faye Drummonds who passed away September 17, 2007. Also James was predeceased by a stepson Rick Wilburn, Sr., brothers Paris Jr., Ernie, and Raymond Drummonds, and sisters Stella Gray Howard and Marylee Keller. His survivors...
Robert Lee 'Bob' Carter
Sep 5, 2020
Robert "Bob" Lee Carter, 77, passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2020 at his home in Gray, Kentucky. Born in Gray, he was the son of the late Travis and Nan Sasser Carter. Bob embraced hard work, at an early age he began working as coal miner and carried that same work ethic into his long career at Forest...
George R. Smith Sr.
Sep 4, 2020
George R. Smith, Sr., 93, of Corbin, went to be with the Lord on Friday, September 4, 2020 at his home following a long illness. He was preceded in death by his parents Richard and Laura Smith; Seven brothers, Claude, Bill, Ola, Newt, Roy, and Walt; Four sisters, Ollie, Virginia, Ann, and Carrie. A long-time retiree from the City...
Gayle Breedlove Majors
Sep 1, 2020
Gayle Breedlove Majors passed away September 1, 2020, at the age of 71 years. She was pre-deceased by her parents, Elwin N. Breedlove and Ersel Breedlove and her brother, Gerald Nelson Breedlove. She is survived by her husband, Phil, of Corbin, KY; step-daughter Jamie Spencer and step-grandsons, Jaden Spencer and Myles Masten of Richmond, KY; step-daughter Megan Majors of...
Ronald D. Foley
Sep 1, 2020
Ronald D. Foley, 79, passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at Baptist Health in Corbin. Born in Knox County, he was the son of the late Ermol and Beatrice Hubbs Foley. Ronald was a veteran of the United States Army and attended Poplar Grove Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his...
Dora Scalf
Aug 30, 2020
Dora Alice Scalf, 85 of Liberty passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2020. She was born on March 7, 1935 in Corbin, Kentucky to the late Alex Morgan and Cora Alsip Morgan. Dora married Carl Scalf on September 17, 1954; they were able to spend 33 years together before he passed on November 27, 1987. Dora was a devoted...
Sandra Mcdaniel Ramey
Aug 29, 2020
Sandra McDaniel Ramey, 65, of Lily passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2020, at her home. Born in Barbourville, Sandra was the daughter of the late Lester and Mary Mabe McDaniel. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Gladdis McDaniel, Joyce Booth, and Janice Miller. She is remembered as a loving mother, grandmother,...
Pieter Hubertus Nies
Aug 28, 2020
Pieter Hubertus Nies, 90, of Corbin, KY passed away Friday, August 28, 2020 at his home. Born in The Hague in The Netherlands, he was the son of the late Pieter Jacobus and Margriet Vegter Nies. He served in the Dutch Navy and belonged to the Dutch Reform Church. Coming to the United States in 1957, he made his...
Eileen Rose Jones Surgener
Aug 27, 2020
Eileen Rose Jones Surgener, age 77, of Fort Wayne, IN passed away on Thursday August 27, 2020. She was born July 18, 1943 in Corbin, KY a daughter of the late J.B. and Mabel Jones. Eileen loved spending time with her many family members and gardening. She is survived by her siblings; William Jones and Mary Bailey, and by...
Suzanne Eva Corley
Aug 26, 2020
Suzanne Eva Corley, 85, of Corbin, passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Seat Pleasant, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late James Daniel Trent and Lanta Hastings Trent. She was also preceded in death by her husband Carl Corley, and by her siblings. She is survived by her three children, Leslie...
Charles Garland
Aug 25, 2020
Charles Dee Garland, age 30, of Gray, Kentucky, passed away on Tuesday August 25, 2020 in Gray. He was preceded in death by his Mother, Peggy Garland Smith; Uncle, Eugene Garland; Nephew, Troy Lamant McClendon Jr.; and by his Grandparents, Henry and Sue Vaughn, Carol and Bud Griffin, and R.C. Garland. Charles is survived by his Father, Charles W....
Clarence C. Lewallen
Aug 24, 2020
Clarence C. Lewallen, 87, of Corbin passed away Monday evening, August 24, 2020 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was a son of the late Homer and Maeday McKeehan Lewallen. He was preceded in death by his three children: Billy Ray Lewallen, Phyllis Ann Morton, and David Lewallen. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Betty Lewallen; grandson Jimmy Lewallen...
Donna Kaye Andrews
Aug 24, 2020
Donna Kaye Andrews, 74, of Corbin passed away on Monday, August 24, 2020, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. Born in Corbin, Donna was the daughter of the late Keith and Goldie Kathleen Johnson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister Gayle Cobb. She is survived by her, husband Bruce...
Luther L. Adkins
Aug 21, 2020
Luther L. Adkins, 87, of Corbin, passed away Friday evening, August 21, 2020 at Corbin Nursing Home. Born in Corbin, he was a son of the late Arthur and Edna Shafer Adkins. Luther was also preceded in death by an infant brother, a half brother George Adkins, a half sister Marjorie Richmond, and a son David Champlin. For about...
Gene Erving Parham
Aug 18, 2020
Gene Erving Parham, 85, of Corbin, passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at his home. Born in North Carolina, Gene was the son of the late Charles David Parham and Martha Ann Stout Coffey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his step-father Henry Oliver Coffey, brothers Charles David Parham and Henry Guy Coffey,...
Stella Delois Mccarty
Aug 17, 2020
Stella Delois McCarty, 91, formerly of Corbin, passed away Monday, August 17, 2020 at Elizabethtown, KY. Born at Blackey, KY, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Farmer. Her husband Loyd McCarty passed away in 1996. Survivors include a daughter, Sue Barnhill and husband Charles of Elizabethtown; grandson Todd Barnhill; great granddaughters Tesa Thomas and...
Zelma Decker
Aug 17, 2020
Zelma Decker, 84, of Corbin passed away on Monday, August 17, 2020 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. She was preceded in death by her husband Clinton E. Decker in 1983; her parents, Jeff and Rosa Belle Proffitt Helton; brothers Bill, Walter, Hubert and Jack Helton; sisters Magdalene and Mary Magdalene Helton and Geneva Carter; a...
Ronald Joe Hensley
Aug 16, 2020
Ronald Joe Hensley, 66, of Corbin, passed away on Sunday, August 16,2020 at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ronald had worked at Aisin Automotive. His child and grandchildren were the light of his life. He loved them dearly and looked forward to seeing them every day. He was preceded in death by his parents, Delbert and Myrtle...
Leslie Campbell, Jr.
Aug 11, 2020
Mr. Leslie Campbell, Jr., 70, of Barbourville, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, in Barbourville. Born in Woodbine, Kentucky, Leslie was the son of the late Lester Campbell and Opal Helton Campbell McCullah. He was also preceded in death by his daughter Tracy Henson and sister Brenda Campbell. He was retired and had been the groundskeeper at Tri-County...
Elsie Mae Eaton
Aug 11, 2020
Elsie Mae Eaton, age 98, of Corbin, passed away on Tuesday August 11, 2020. She was born in Corbin, a daughter of the late John Rogers and Delphia Mayne Rogers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her Husband Robert L. Eaton in 1997; Son, Dallas Eaton; Daughter, Cleda Faye Rogers, and Granddaughter, Jennifer Rogers....
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