Obituaries

Nov 19, 2019

Ms. Becca Orene Lawson Hall, 75, of Morehead, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at her home.

She was born on March 28, 1944 in Rowan County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Mitchell and Lela Hall Lawson.

Ms. Hall was a retired cook, having worked at several area restaurants.

She was a...

Nov 18, 2019

Allen Scott Black, 46, of Lower Licking Road, Morehead, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019 at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington.

He was born on February 2, 1973 in Morehead, Kentucky, a son of the late Roy Gene Black and Lovell Caldwell Black.

Allen had done farm worker, when he was...

Nov 16, 2019

Mr. Owen "Doc" Gray, 83 of Christy Creek Road, Morehead, passed away Saturday morning at St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead after an extended illness.

He was born in Elliott County, Kentucky on February 22, 1936 to the late Willie Gray and Kansas Hampton Stamper.

Doc was a well known mechanic in the area having worked...

Nov 4, 2019

Mrs. Mary Imogene Logan Warren, 80, of Morehead, passed away Monday, November 4, 2019 at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington.

She was born on November 7, 1938 in Rowan County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Daniel Boone Logan and Anna Belle Glover Logan.

Mrs. Warren was a retired Nurses Aid having...

Oct 21, 2019

Mrs. Georgia Conn Saunders, 90, of Morehead, passed away Monday, October 21, 2019 at Select Specialty Hospital in Lexington.

She was born on December 17, 1928 in Smile, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Rufus and Lavada Boyd Conn.

Mrs. Saunders was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith.  She enjoyed sewing, vegetable gardening and...

Oct 14, 2019

Mr. Bruce Lonas Mathews, 79, of Grayson, passed away Monday morning, October 14, 2019 at his home.

He was born on January 31, 1940 in Dayton, Ohio, a son of the late Orbra Grant Mathews and Lydia Hunley Mathews.

Mr. Mathews was a retired concrete mason and he enjoyed listening to music and watching sports....

Oct 11, 2019

Mr. Julius F. Charles, Sr. 82 of Olive Hill, Kentucky passed away Friday morning after  an illness of several weeks.

He was born in Menifee County, Kentucky on November 13, 1936 to the late Pink Charles and Tressie Alice Carpenter Charles. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Mildred Lois Charles.

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Sep 5, 2019

Mrs. Barbara Ellen Bridges Hampton, 75, of Rock Fork Road Morehead, passed away Thursday, September 5, 2019 at St. Claire HealthCare.

She was born on December 9, 1943 in Mansfield, Ohio, a daughter of the late Lester and Nora Wade Bridges.

Mrs. Hampton was a housewife and she enjoyed painting and caring for animals.

Aug 24, 2019

Mr. David Fraley, 91 of Poplar Hollow Road, Morehead, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2019 at St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead after an illness of several weeks.

He was born May 4, 1928 in Rowan County, Kentucky to the late Rev. Jake and Myrtle Plank Fraley.

Mr. Fraley was a retired farmer having tended the...

Aug 20, 2019

Bob E. Christian, 78, of Clearfield, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky.

He was born on June 12, 1941 in Morehead, Kentucky, a son of the late Addie and Dixie Butts Christian.

Bob was well known in the community as a sign painter for 50...

Aug 13, 2019

Ida Lee Mauk Johnson, 72, of Greenup, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday morning, August 13, 2019 at the Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland.

She was born on January 31, 1947 in Elliott County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Langley Roosevelt Mauk and Catherine Fyffe Mauk.

Ida was a homemaker and a member of the...

Aug 12, 2019

Mrs. Mary Lee Fisher Hamm, 76, of Olive Hill passed away Monday, August 12, 2019 at the South Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in South Shore, Kentucky.

She was born on February 9, 1943 in Morehead, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Earl and Hazel Fultz Fisher.

Mrs. Hamm was a homemaker.

She...

Aug 11, 2019

Mrs. Wilma Pelfrey Coldiron, 88, of Morehead, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2019 at her home.

She was born on March 9, 1931 in Rowan County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Ernest and Bertha Stidam Pelfrey.

Mrs. Coldiron was a homemaker, a member of the Church of God and a graduate of Morehead High...

Aug 4, 2019

Robert Lee (“Bob”) Barker, 79, of Morehead passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019 at the Carter Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Grayson.

He was born on May 30, 1940 in Haldeman, Kentucky, a son of the late Walter and Cosy Withrow Barker.

Mr. Barker was a retired bricklayer and a United States Army veteran.

Aug 2, 2019

After a well lived life, Claudia Maria Hicks, known as “Chick” to those who loved her, age 71, of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Friday morning, August 2, 2019 at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington after a brief illness.  Born February 23, 1948, in Norfork, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Calia Hale and...

Aug 1, 2019

Dr. Freda Lou Patterson Kilburn, 80, of Morehead, passed away Thursday morning, August 1, 2019 at Baptist Health – Lexington after a brief illness.

She was born on July 17, 1939 in Hazard, Kentucky, a daughter of the late John and Lottie White Patterson.

Dr. Kilburn was retired from Morehead State University, where she was...

Jul 20, 2019

Mrs. Virginia Louise Rhoden Christian, 89, of Jacksboro, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, July 20, 2019 at her home after battling a long illness.

Mrs. Christian was born on March 30, 1930 in Springfield, Ohio.

She married Ralph Wilburn Christian on July 24, 1953; together they raised four children.

She retired to LaFollette in the...

Jul 13, 2019

Mr. Jackie Lee Bartley, 64 of Muses Mill in Fleming County, passed away Saturday evening at his home surrounded by his family.

He was born in Pikeville, Kentucky on February 17, 1955 to the late Hoover and Dollie Bartley.

Jackie was a retired coal miner having worked for Inferno Coal Company and was the former...

Jul 6, 2019

Mrs. Vonda Blevins Steagall, 64, of Pikeville formerly of Morehead, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2019 at Pikeville Medical Center.

She was born on May 13, 1955 in Harlan, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Wiley and Geraldine Damron Blevins.

Vonda was a retired technician having worked at Quality Cabinets and Boneal.  She had also...

Jun 21, 2019

Raymond Daniel Moore, 44 of West Liberty, Kentucky passed away Friday evening at St. Claire Healthcare in Morehead after an extended illness.

He was born September 6, 1974 in West Liberty, Kentucky to Barbara Ann Murphy Moore and the late James Cecil "Jim" Moore.

Raymond was a well known gunsmith and machinist in the area...