Obituaries
Paul Edward Rice
Jan 1, 2019
Paul Edward Rice, 82, of Ashland, KY, passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Rice was born December 5, 1936, in Ashland, KY, to the late Edgar A. and Ruth Morris Rice. In addition to his parents, Mr. Rice was preceded in death by one daughter, Reva Rice. Mr. Rice was...
Roscoe James Jim Keeton
Jan 1, 2019
Roscoe James “Jim” Keeton, 78, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV. Mr. Keeton was born August 18, 1940, in Raceland, KY, to the late Roscoe “Rueben” and Kathleen Elizabeth Estep Keeton. In addition to his parents Mr. Keeton was preceded in death by two brothers, Billy Lee and Bobby John...
Heather Perez
Jan 1, 2019
Heather Perez, 37, of South Point, OH, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2019, at her residences. Mrs. Perez was born May 30, 1982, in Ashland, KY, to Dora (Roger) Tackett Barnett. Mrs. Perez was a 2002 graduate of Paul Blazer High School in Ashland, KY. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Perez is survived by her loving husband of...
Helen Louise Metz Brown
Jan 1, 2019
Helen Louise Metz Brown, 73, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Sunday, January 27, 2019, at her residence. Mrs. Brown was born June 12, 1945, in Ashland, KY, to the late Jack Deral and Mary Alice Stewart Metz. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Brown was preceded in death by one son, Roger Harry Brown II. Mrs. Brown was a...
Margaret Ethel Cochran
Jan 1, 2019
Margaret Cochran, 98, of Wurtland, died July 5, 2019, in Trinity Station Retirement Home following a short illness. She was born May 12, 1921, in Greenup County Ky., a daughter of the late Clifford and Nellie Stafford. She attended Ashland Junior college and worked in the County Clerks office before moving to Tacoma Washington where her husband was stationed during...
Dwayne Keith Damron
Jan 1, 2019
Dwayne Keith Damron, 48, of Russell, KY, passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, at Kings Daughters Medical Center and Ashland, KY. Mr. Damron was born December 5, 1970, in Ashland, KY, to David Damron and Velma Butterfield. Mr. Damron was preceded in death by one brother, Lee Damron. Mr. Damron was a steelworker for Whirlwind Steel Building INC. Mr....
Betty Jo Blankenship
Jan 1, 2019
Betty Jo Blankenship, 89, of Whites Creek, Catlettsburg, KY, passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2019 at Trinity Station Retirement Community in Flatwoods, KY. Mrs. Blankenship was born September 25, 1929, in Ashland, KY, to the late Harold T. and Brizia Frazier Barney. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Blankenship was preceded in death by her loving husband, Francis R....
Harold Woodrow Kirk
Jan 1, 2019
Harold Woodrow Kirk, 79, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2019, at Boyd County Nursing and Rehab in Ashland, KY. Mr. Kirk was born September 16, 1939, in Columbus, OH to the late Harold Houston and Virginia Lee Whitlock Kirk. In addition to his parents, Mr. Kirk was preceded in death by his loving wife of almost...
Ina Mae Tackett Franklin
Jan 1, 2019
Ina Mae Tackett Franklin, 81, of Greenup, KY, passed away on Monday, January 21, 2019, at University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, KY surrounded by her loved ones. Mrs. Franklin was born January 26, 1937, in Boyd County, KY to the late Earl Tackett and Katherine Lucille Hicks McGinnis. Mrs. Franklin was a 1955 Boyd County Graduate, an OTC...
Roberta Mae Bryan
Jan 1, 2019
Roberta Mae Bryan, 63, of Raceland, KY, passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV. Mrs. Bryan was born December 11, 1955, in Huntington, WV to the late Bobby Smith and Juanita Aileen Daniels. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bryan was proceeded in death by two brothers, Roy and Bobby Smith. Mrs. Bryan...
Robert Lee Bob Hicks
Jan 1, 2019
Robert Lee “Bob” Hicks, 70, of Ashland, KY, went to be with his Lord on Saturday, August 3, 2019, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Hicks was born March 3, 1949 in Ashland, KY to the late Robert L. and Lillian Smith Hicks. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hicks was preceded...
Winston Leo Short
Jan 1, 2019
Winston Leo Short, 81, of Willard, KY, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Short was born September 2, 1937, in Flatwoods, KY, to the late John Aaron and Minerva Kirk Short. In addition to his parents, Mr. Short was preceded in death by several siblings. Mr. Short was a Boilermaker,...
Robert Eugene Pete Coburn
Jan 1, 2019
Robert Eugene “Pete” Coburn, 54, of Wurtland, KY, passed away on Friday, May 10, 2019, in Portsmouth, OH. Mr. Coburn was born May 5, 1965, in Russell, KY, to Rosemary Allen Sergent of Wurtland, KY and the late Bobby Coburn. Mr. Coburn was a carpenter, mechanic, and most recently a parts runner for Starcon. Mr. Coburn loved fishing, hunting, and...
Michael Dwayne Koster
Jan 1, 2019
Michael Dwayne Koster, 34, of Ashland, KY, passed away on Monday, August 19, 2019, in Ironton, OH from an extended illness. Mr. Koster was born May 31, 1985, in Ashland, KY, to Raymond Koster Jr. of Wayne, WV and Jill Coleman Koster of Ironton, OH. Mr. Koster was a 2003 Graduate of Fairview High School and a former cashier in...
James Albert Ferguson
Jan 1, 2019
James Albert Ferguson, 70, of Raceland, KY, passed away on Saturday, January 19, 2019, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Ferguson was born June 6, 1948, in Ashland, KY to the late Ernest Lee and Virginia Melvin Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson was a Cosmetologist in Flatwoods, KY for over 50 years. He was also a member of Wildwood...
Allen Bailey
Jan 1, 2019
Mark Allen Bailey, 64, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2019, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Bailey was born June 6, 1955, in Portsmouth, OH to Stella “Ted” M. Branham Bailey of Flatwoods, KY and the late Homer Virgil “Doc” Bailey. Mr. Bailey was a 1974 graduate of Russell High School, went to...
Carla Faye Schwab Oney
Jan 1, 2019
Carla Faye Schwab Oney, 67, of Flatwoods, KY, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at her home surrounded by her loved ones.Mrs. Oney was born November 22, 1951, in Ironton, OH to the late Charles Schwab and Mary Bragg Schwab Whitt.In addition to her parents, Mrs. Oney was proceeded in death by two brothers, Roger...
Johnnie Lynn Aubill
Jan 1, 2018
Johnnie Lynn Aubill, 63, of Ashland, KY, formerly of Coloma, MI, passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Mr. Aubill was born May 6, 1954 in Benton Harbor, MI to Jack Aubill of Toledo, OH and the late Eloise June Rock. In addition to his mother, Mr. Aubill was preceded in death...
Frances Carolyn Riffe
Jan 1, 2018
Frances Carolyn Riffe, 74, of Ashland, KY went to be with Jesus on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland.Mrs. Riffe was born November 21, 1943 in Boyd County to the late Woodrow and Marie Stambaugh Hensley.In addition to her parents, Mrs. Riffe was preceded in death by her loving husband, James Riffe; three sons: Woody,...
Forest Glen Hardesty
Jan 1, 2018
Forest Glen Hardesty, 93, of Flatwoods, KY, passed away on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at Trinity Station Retirement Community in Flatwoods, KY.Mr. Hardesty was born in Crown City, OH to the late Jesse Benjamin “Ben” and Sara Elizabeth “Sadie” Nance Hardesty.Mr. Hardesty joined the U.S. Navy on August 28, 1943, during WWII. He was on the first ship that landed...
