Katie Oneal Ethridge, 99, of Dalton, KY passed away on Monday, April 2, 2018 at Ridgewood Terrace Health and Rehabilitation Center in Madisonville, KY.

She was born on June 23, 1918 in Hopkins County, KY to the late, Lloyd and Lela Hicks Sisk. Katie attended Prospect Missionary Baptist Church in Dalton for over twenty-five years with her daughter, Charlotte until she was unable to attend. She retired from Dalton Middle School in 1987 as a cook in the lunchroom where she loved cooking for the students and teachers. Katie was a wonderful loving mother and Grannies and loved being with her family and visiting all the nieces and nephews. The family always got together on holidays and her birthdays. She enjoyed shopping trips with her daughters and always found something she needed. She also loved her cats and named them all and the ones that came in the house loved to sit on her lap because it was good and warm and they all received special attention. She will be missed dearly by family and friends but heaven is sweeter now with her and her beautiful smile.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert Ethridge on May 9, 1970; sisters, Ovel Hankins and Rosa Mae Britt; brothers, Owen (O.L.) Sisk, Henry Monroe Sisk, and Alsee Sisk.

Survivors include her daughters, Charlotte Y. Ethridge of Dalton, and Hilda (Wayne) Lamb of Madisonville; grandchildren, Michael (Kimberly) Lamb of Lexington, KY, Lisa (Michael) Ritter of Dawson Springs, KY; great-grandchildren, Abby Zachary, Kelsey Lamb, Tanner Lamb and April Lamb; brother, George (G.D.) Sisk of Terre Haute, IN; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on April 7, 2018 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with Rev. Tom McKim officiating. Burial to follow at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Dawson Springs, KY.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the funeral hour Saturday at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Michael Lamb, Rev. Wayne Lamb, Michael Ritter, Terry Sisk, Tony Ford and Donnie Britt.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in Katie's memory to the Walnut Grove Cemetery Fund c/o David Beshear 305 Oak Heights Dawson Springs, KY 42408 Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.

Condolences may be made to the family at www.harrisfuneralinc.com.