Obituaries
Jean Elkins
Feb 5, 2010
Jean Godman Elkins, 76, of Paducah died at 4:58 a.m. Friday, February 5, 2010, at Western Baptist Hospital. She was a member of Lone Oak First Baptist Church and a Registered Pharmacist. She began her Pharmacy career at Western Baptist Hospital and later became first Director of Pharmacy at Lourdes Hospital. She graduated from Augusta Tilghman High School in 1952...
Mary Hopkins
Jan 28, 2010
Saturday, January 30 2010 SYMSONIA, Ky. - Mary Myrtle Hopkins, 92, of Symsonia died at 4:56 p.m. Thursday at Western Baptist Hospital. She was a member of Gospel Mission Worship Center. Surviving are three daughters, Nancy Deweese and Sue Babb, both of Paducah, and Charolette Barrett of Symsonia; one sister, Louise Keeling of Paducah; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren;...
Edwin Myre
Jan 25, 2010
Edwin Myre, 90, of Paducah died Sunday at Western Baptist Hospital. Mr. Myre was a member of Internation Union of Operating Engineers local 181 for more than 50 years and was a member of Southside Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Marie Friant Myre; one son, Eddie P. Myre of Edgewater, Fla.; one daughter, Gloria Howie of...
John Day jr
Jan 12, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Funeral services for John Day Jr., 75, of Paducah will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Milner and Orr Funeral Home of Paducah. Dr. E. Lee James will officiate. Burial will follow in Maplelawn Park Cemetery. He died January 12, 2010, at Lourdes hospital. John was born in Carlisle County on October 14, 1934, to...
Betty Sheets
Jan 8, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010 Betty Curtis Sheets, 87, passed away at 7:59 a.m. Friday, January 8, 2009, at her home. She was a member of Broadway United Methodist Church, Co-Founder of Curtis & Mays Studio and retired from Curtis Color Lab. She loved her animals, playing bridge and golf. Mrs. Sheets is survived by a daughter, Vicki Sheets Nation and...
Elliott Cockrell
Jan 4, 2010
Elliott Winning Cockrell Jr. Thursday, January 07, 2010 Elliott Winning Cockrell Jr., age 84, of West Paducah died peacefully at home on January 4, 2010, of complications from a disease that left him severely handicapped toward the end of his life. Mr. Cockrell was born in Hinds County, Miss., and settled in Paducah in 1939. He joined the U.S. Navy...
James Miller
Jan 4, 2010
Jim Miller Tuesday, January 05, 2010 James Kenneth Miller, 59, of Paducah passed away at 4:17 a.m. Monday, January 4, 2010, at Western Baptist Hospital. Jim was a 1968 graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School and went on to attend Paducah Community College. In the early 1980s he was the owner and operator of Miller-Mayflower Moving and Storage Company. He...
Betty Hill
Dec 26, 2009
Betty Ann Hill, 65, of Paducah passed away Saturday, December 26, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. at the home of her son. Mrs. Hill was a native of Paducah. She was a member of the A New Beginning Church and was retired from the Paducah Transit Service. She leaves behind her son, the Rev. Rocky Hill and wife Diane of Paducah;...
Charles Elrod
Dec 24, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009 Charles Earl Elrod, 79, of Paducah died at 8 p.m. Thursday at his home. Mr. Elrod was a member of Reidland Baptist Church, where he was a former deacon. He was a retired route salesman with Colonial Bakers with 35 years of service and a U.S. Army Korean War veteran. Surviving are four daughters, Lisa G....
Peggy Adams
Dec 11, 2009
Peggy Adams Sunday, December 13, 2009 Peggy Adams, 75, of Paducah passed away at 10:56 p.m. Friday, December 11, 2009, at Western Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Adams was a member of Bellview Baptist Church, retired from Amerisource, a member of Eastern Star Esther Chapter No. 5, an avid supporter of The Dream Factory and a volunteer for Western Baptist Hospital Auxiliary....
Ann House
Dec 9, 2009
Ann House Sunday, December 13, 2009 Ann M. House, 79, of Tarzana, Calif., formerly of Paducah, died Tuesday at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, Calif. Mrs. House was a retired bank teller. Surviving are one son, Robert "Bob" House of Tarzana two grandchildren, Jason House and Mary Jennifer House; two brothers; and three sisters. She was preceded...
Larry Schumann
Dec 5, 2009
Larry Schumann Monday, December 07, 2009 Larry Schumann, 62, of Paducah, Ky., formerly of Marshall County, Ky., passed away at 1:00 a.m. Saturday, December 5, 2009, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 10, 2009, at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah. Entombment will follow at Maplelawn Cemetery. Larry was a fun-loving, free...
Anna Byassee
Nov 23, 2009
Anna Byassee Tuesday, November 24, 2009 LOVELACEVILLE, Ky. - Anna Byassee died at 10:55 a.m. Monday at Life Care Center in La Center. She was a member of Lovelaceville Baptist Church. She is survived by one son, Jack E. Byassee of Melber; two brothers, G.C. Jett of Kevil and Bobby Jett of West Paducah; two sisters, Dorothy Utley of La...
Kristopher Browning
Nov 16, 2009
Kristopher Browning Thursday, November 19, 2009 Funeral services for Kristopher D. "Green" Browning, 25, of Paducah will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Hughes Funeral Home of Paducah with the Rev. Jim Glover and the Rev. Jeff Russell officiating. Burial will follow at Maplelawn Park Cemetery. Mr. Browning died at 8:51 a.m. Monday, November 16, 2009, at Western Baptist Hospital....
Robert Cox
Nov 16, 2009
Robert 'Leon' Cox Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Robert "Leon" Cox, 68, of Paducah died Monday afternoon, November 16, 2009, at Western Baptist Hospital. Mr. Cox was a riverboat engineer with Ingram, and was recently saved into the Baptist faith. He is survived by his mother, Ella Mae Cox of Paducah; two daughters and son-in-laws, Bobbie and Noel McElya of West...
Martha Jones
Nov 14, 2009
Martha Jones Monday, November 16, 2009 Services for Martha Marie Dunn Jones, 90, of Paducah will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hughes Funeral Home of Paducah with the Rev. James Downey officiating. Burial will be at Maplelawn Park Cemetery in Paducah. Mrs. Jones died at 1:50 p.m. Saturday at Lourdes hospital. She was a member of Pentecostal Tabernacle of...
Nina Baird
Nov 5, 2009
Nina Baird Monday, November 09, 2009 Nina Christine Baird, 86, of Paducah died at 8:15 p.m. Thursday at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind. Ms. Baird was retired from K-Mart and was a former beautician. She was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are two sons, James E. Myers of Tallahassee, Fla., and Randy Baird of Grand Rivers; one daughter, Rebecca Boggs...
Johnnie Lauderdale
Nov 3, 2009
Johnnie G. Lauderdale Thursday, December 03, 2009 On May 18, 1907, in Paducah, Ky., Johnnie G. Lauderdale was born to parents Maude McClure and Howard L. Ross Sr. Johnnie departed this earthly life for eternal rest Friday, November 3, 2009, at 8:35 p.m., at Oakview Nursing Home in Calvert City, Ky. Johnnie was educated in the public schools of Paducah....
Kenneth Dick
Oct 31, 2009
Kenneth Dick Monday, November 02, 2009 Kenneth W. Dick, 77, of Paducah died at 8:55 p.m. Saturday at his home. Mr. Dick was a retired tech sergeant in the U.S. Air Force serving during the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was a Kentucky Colonel and a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Paducah and American Legion Post 31 of Paducah....
Larry Coley
Oct 25, 2009
Larry Gene Coley Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Larry Gene Coley, 66, of Paducah died October 25, 2009, at Western Baptist Hospital. Coley was a proud student of Franklin Junior High School, and in later years served as a union laborer during the construction of Smithland Dam. Coley and his wife are both of the Catholic faith, and both recently became...
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