Obituaries
Gayle Anne Cobb
Jan 14, 2017
Gayle Anne Cobb, 64, formerly of Corbin, KY, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at St. Catherine Laboure Manor in Jacksonville, Florida. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Corbin. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she grew up in Corbin, graduated from Lynn Camp High and Eastern Kentucky University. She was known for smiling and always being...
Jamie Andrew Mccoy
Jan 12, 2017
Jamie Andrew McCoy, 39, of Winchester and formerly of Corbin, passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 in Lexington. He was a son of Glenda McCoy Newsome of Corbin and the late Sam McCoy. Jamie was the husband of Rebecca Leigh McCoy and father of Joshua Aaron McCoy, both of Winchester, and the brother of Samuel McCoy of Corbin. His...
Lula Cox
Jan 11, 2017
Lula Cox, age 100, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Williamsburg, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late John and Ellen Taylor. She was a homemaker and was Baptist by faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Dewey Cox; sisters Judy Colby, Imogene Hensley,...
Davy Smith
Jan 11, 2017
Davy Smith, 76, of Corbin passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017. Born in Leslie County, KY he was a son of the late Bill and Mattie Sizemore Smith. Davy was also predeceased by a sister, Chloe Howard, and six brothers: Clophas, Oscar, Raymond, Roy, Windfred, and Troy Smith. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Wanda J. Smith; four...
Brian '"Butch"' Engle
Jan 10, 2017
Brian "Butch" Engle, 26, of La Porte, Indiana, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at La Porte Hospital. He was born January 31, 1990,in Corbin to Brian and Vickie (Reeder) Engle. Butch worked in construction. He loved kids, being with his friends and spending time with his family, making people laugh, driving anything with wheels, and his...
Jewell Dean Gray Carter
Jan 8, 2017
Jewell Dean Gray Carter, 69, of Woodbine, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Knox County, she was the daughter of the late Whitney Gray and Ethel Lawson Gray. Jewell was a homemaker and a member of Sunrise Baptist Church in Gray. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Lola Evans
Jan 5, 2017
Lola Evans, 71, of Corbin, passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at UK Medical Center in Lexington, KY. Born in Claiborne County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late John Jarve Davis and Winnie Bell Frazier Davis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sister Arlette Jarvis and brothers Dank Evans and Richard...
Stella Williams 'Tootsie' Jefferis
Jan 2, 2017
Stella Bernetta ‶Tootsie″ Williams Jefferis, age 77, of Keavy, KY, passed away Monday, January 2, 2017 at her home. Stella was born in Corbin, Kentucky to the late Steely Williams and Thelma Brewer. In addition to her parents, Stella was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Thomas Jefferis in 2009 and her sister, Mabel Eileen Holderfield. She is...
Sherman Lawson
Jan 2, 2017
Sherman Lawson Jr., age 68, of Corbin, passed away on Monday January 2, 2017 at Baptist Health in Corbin. He was preceded in death by his Parents, Sherman Lawson and Ida Sizemore Mahan; and by his Brothers and Sisters. Sherman is survived by his Daughters, Dorothy Husky and Lisa Garland, and by many step children; He is also survived...
Thomas D. Smith
Jan 1, 2017
Thomas D. Smith; age 65, of Hamersville, OH, passed away on Sunday January 1, 2017 at Anderson Mercy Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. He was born in Whitley County, Kentucky to the late Wilbern Morris Smith and Eva Christine Rose Smith. Thomas was a US Army Veteran and a Machinist. He was Baptist by faith and enjoyed fishing, boating, camping,...
Ermol Lee Foley
Jan 1, 2017
Ermol Lee Foley, also known as "Poss" and "Goat", age 72, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at his home in Corbin. Born in Gray, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Ermol William Foley and Bea Hubbs Foley. He enjoyed outdoor activities such as fishing and boat racing, was a car enthusiast and fan of NASCAR....
Harold Wayne Sparkman
Dec 30, 2016
Harold Wayne Sparkman, 60, Corbin, passed away Friday, December 30, 2016 at Baptist Health Corbin. He was a son of the late Amos and Frankie Marie (Morton) Sparkman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Don Adkins. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Donna Adkins Sparkman; a son, Michael Wayne...
Betty I. Medlin
Dec 30, 2016
Betty I. Medlin, 82, of Gray passed away Friday, December 30, 2016 in the UK Hospital at Lexington. A native of Gray, she was a daughter of the late Willard and Dora Wright Helton. She was a retired cook from West Knox Elementary School and was the oldest member of Candle Ridge Baptist Church. She is survived by her...
Joyce J. West
Dec 30, 2016
Joyce J. West, 82, of Gray passed away Friday, December 30, 2016 at Hospice Care Center in Lexington. She was a daughter of the late Harold Ondis and Floy Hila (Reynolds) Steele. She had been an education director with Bell-Whitley Head Start and had attended Hopewell Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Steven Joe Lay
Dec 27, 2016
Steven Joe Lay, 55, of Corbin passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2016. He was the son of the late Layton and Brenda Oaks Lay of Corbin. He was a US Army veteran and had been a long-distance truck driver. Steve enjoyed playing billiards and working on cars. Survivors include two sons, Lance Lay (Tonya) and Chaise Lay, both of...
Cecil Janet Ramsey
Dec 27, 2016
Cecil Janet Ramsey; age 85 of Corbin, passed away on Tuesday December 27, 2016 at Baptist Health in Corbin. She was born in Corbin and was a 1948 graduate of Corbin High School. After high school she worked for Bell Telephone Co. in Corbin and for many years worked as a receptionist at Cumberland Comprehensive Care in Corbin. She...
Billy Greene
Dec 26, 2016
Billy Greene, 82, of Corbin, KY was called into the presence of the Lord December 26, 2016 at the Baptist Hospital in Corbin. He was born in Calvin, KY to the late Ewing "Doc" and Bessie Durham Greene. On December 21, 1958, he married the love of his life Mary Kathern Tye Greene and they shared 58 years together....
Larry Wayne Phelps
Dec 26, 2016
Larry Wayne Phelps, 76, of Corbin passed away Monday evening, December 26, 2016 in the UK Hospital at Lexington. He was the husband of Reba Frazier Phelps. Born in Corbin, Larry was a son of the late Edwin P. and Lula Jones Phelps. He was a U.S. Army veteran and had worked in building construction. He enjoyed building and...
Frances Anderson Hensley
Dec 25, 2016
Frances Anderson Hensley, age 82, of Gray, KY went to heaven on December 25, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Harlan, KY to the late Buck and Rosie Gray Anderson and on August 18, 1951 she was united in marriage in Pineville, KY to the love of her life Eulus Hensley. This...
Charlene Engle
Dec 25, 2016
Charlene Engle; age 89; of Corbin, passed away on Sunday December 25, 2016 at Baptist Health in Corbin. She was a caregiver and Baptist by Faith. Charlene was preceded in death by her Husband, Harvey "Pearl" Engle; an infant Daughter, Parents, Clark and Lizzie Doan Mills; Brothers, Willie, Denver, Frank Chester and Tom Mills; and by a Sister, Belle...
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