KEVIL - Hazel T. Holland, 98, of Kevil passed away peacefully at 7:40 a.m. Sunday, February 19, 2012, at Western Baptist Hospital. She was a retired teacher at Heath Middle School and was active in the Kentucky Retired Teachers Association for many years. At the time of her death, Mrs. Holland was the oldest living graduate of Heath High School....
Carnetta Lindsey May, 77, of McCracken County passed away peacefully at 11:35 p.m. Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. May was a member of McKendree United Methodist Church and a graduate of the Augusta Tilghman High School Class of 1952. She was member of the Paducah Woman's Club and a former member of the Paducah Business and Professional...
BENTON - Graveside services for Kenneth Johnson, 81, of Benton will be at 1 p.m. today at Maplelawn Park Cemetery with the Rev. Ben Northcutt officiating. Mr. Johnson died at 4 a.m. Monday at his home. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from the Illinois Central Railroad, where he worked as a blacksmith and welder. He...
Corbett Edwin Tucker, 87, of Paducah passed away at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Western Baptist Hospital. Mr. Tucker was a retired plumber and steamfitter and a member of Plumbers and Steamfitters Union, Local 184. He was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are one brother, Owen "Blue" Tucker of Paducah; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by...
Freddy J. Mills, 79, of Paducah passed away Sunday, February, 5, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Mills was of the Baptist faith and attended Broadway Baptist Church. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War and he was a Kentucky Colonel. He was a volunteer coach with the Khoury League of Paducah and coached little league football. He...
Betty Cope, 62, of Paducah died Wednesday at Lourdes hospital. Mrs. Cope was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her husband, N.K. Cope; one brother, Larry Thomas Coleman; four sisters, Mary-Ann Rives, Joyce Kay Tucker, Helen Sue King, and Pamela Lee Lucas; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Johnnie...
Patricia Rae Copeland Vinson, 66, of Paducah died Monday at her residence. Mrs. Vinson was a retired presser with B&B Cleaners. Surviving are one daughter, Mary Ann Jamison of Texas; four brothers, Jimmy, Jesse, Joe and Larry Copeland; two sisters; eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Vinson. Her parents were Melvin and...
Rev. Bert L. Owen Jr., 77, of Louisville and formerly of Paducah died January 30, 2012, in Louisville, Ky. Rev. Owen served fifty-six years as a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, serving churches in Louisville, Ky., Nashville, Tenn., and Paducah, Ky. He was elected to the church's highest elected position as Moderator of the General Assembly in 2002, served as the Executive...
Dorothy N. Ginn, 91, of Lone Oak died at 1:45 p.m. Monday at her residence. Mrs. Ginn was a homemaker and a member of East Baptist Church of Paducah. She is survived by two brothers, Bill Shekell of Ledbetter and Jerry Shekell of Paducah; one sister, Sherry Kay Sweaney of Paducah; one niece, Carol Holmes of Paducah; several other nieces...