Obituaries
Recent obituaries in Madisonville, KY.
The obituaries in the Madisonville, KYarea reflect the region's diverse population, featuring individuals from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Some were pioneers in their fields, while others dedicated their lives to community service or philanthropy. Their stories serve as a reminder of the richness and complexity of Hopkins County, Kentucky'shistory and identity.
Alvin Earl Holmes
Jan 10, 2010
Alvin Earl Holmes, 82, of Dalton, Ky. passed away at 9:45 a.m. Sunday January 10, 2010, at Regional Medical Center in Madisonville. He was born March 13, 1927 in Hopkins County, Ky. to the late Benjamin Holmes and Rosa Della Evans Holmes. He was a U.S. Army Veteran serving in WWII, was a retired self employed carpenter and formerly worked...
Robert E. Beeny
Jan 8, 2010
Robert E. Beeny, 82, of Madisonville, Ky. passed away at 10:25 p.m., Friday January 8, 2010, at Western Kentucky Veterans Center in Hanson, Ky. He was born July 27, 1927 in Hopkins County, Ky. to the late Thelma Beeny and Virgil Beeny. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and was an accountant for Citizens Security Life Insurance Company. He was...
Pazzie Marie Rhew Wilson
Jan 5, 2010
Pazzie Marie Rhew Wilson, 91, of Manitou, Ky. passed away at 2:05 a.m. Tuesday January 5, 2010, at Regional Medical Center in Madisonville. She was born July 23, 1918, in Hopkins County, Ky. to the late Benjamin Rashley Rhew and Mamie Arnold Rhew. She was a member of Mt. Gilead General Baptist Church in Slaughters. She was married to Raymond...
Sarah Martha Dorris
Jan 5, 2010
Sarah Martha Dorris, 69, of Madisonville, Ky., passed away at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday January 5, 2010, at Regional Medical Center in Madisonville. She was born April 4, 1940 in Hopkins County, Ky. to the late Archie Burden and Willie Dell Stroud Burden Zobel. She was retired from General Electric as a machine operator. She was of the Baptist faith. In...
Elizabeth Cates
Jan 4, 2010
Elizabeth Cates, 83, of Madisonville, Ky. passed away at 11:13 p.m. Monday January 4, 2010 at Regional Medical Center in Madisonville. She was born March 9, 1926 in Hopkins County, Ky. to the late Myrtle Cates and Jasper Cates. She was self employed doing domestic work. She was a member of Oakley Home General Baptist Church in Manitou, Ky. In...
Ruby Gladys Martin Day
Dec 31, 2009
Ruby Gladys Martin Day, 87, of Nebo, Ky., passed away at 12:31 p.m. Thursday December 31, 2009 at St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville, IN. She was born March 15, 1922, in Dalton, Ky. to the late Charlie Arthur Martin and Vada Gladys Brown Martin. She was a 1938 graduate of Nebo High School and was the oldest member of Johnson...
William Whitmer
Dec 30, 2009
William Whitmer, 82, of Earlington, Ky. passed away at 6:17 a.m. Wednesday December 30, 2009, at Regional Medical Center in Madisonville. He was born May 3, 1927 in Hopkins County Ky. to the late Wesley Whitmer and Lacy Whitmer. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and member of U.M.W.A. He was employed as a coal miner with Fies Coal Company....
James G. Sugg
Dec 29, 2009
James G. Sugg, 69, of Nortonville, Ky. passed away Tuesday December 29, 2009 at 11 a.m. in Madisonville, Ky. He was born on October 18, 1940 in Christian County, Ky. to the late Johnny Sugg and Evelyn Bryant Sugg. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran, was a former teacher with the Hopkins County school system and was a self employed...
Nancy Aline Mitchell -Ballard
Dec 27, 2009
Nancy Aline Mitchell-Ballard, 75, of Dawson Springs, Ky. left this world to be with her Lord at 2:17 p.m. Sunday December 27, 2009 while residing at Brighton Cornerstone Health Care in Madisonville. She was born on September 18, 1934 in Beulah, Ky. to the late Thurman Dockery and Mary Dockery. She was a retired nurse and health care administrator. She...
William George Christian
Dec 19, 2009
William George Christian, 61, of Madisonville, Ky. passed away at 12:30 a.m. Saturday, December 19, 2009, at his home. He was born January 24, 1948, in Hopkins County, Ky. to the late William Fay Christian and Amanda Gipson Christian. He was a retired coal miner with Peabody-Austin Surface Mine and was a retired Boilermaker. He was a U.S. Army veteran...
Maybell Campbell Fain
Dec 18, 2009
Maybell Campbell Fain, 92, of Manitou, Ky. died at 7:33 a.m. Friday, December 18, 2009, at Regional Medical Center in Madisonville. She was born November 2, 1917, in Hopkins County, Ky. to the late Emmit Campbell and Ida Brown. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Rev. Henry Burnett Kelley
Dec 16, 2009
Rev. Henry B. Kelley, 91, of Madisonville, KY. died at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. He was born May 2, 1918, in Hopkins County, KY., to the late William A. Kelley and Mary Jane Day Kelley. He was a retired coal miner and was minister of Depoy Holiness Church. He had a radio...
C. Edwin "Ed" Baker
Dec 8, 2009
A Memorial Service honoring the life of C. Edwin (Ed) Baker will be held on Saturday, April 10, at 1:00 pm at Harris Funeral Home. A Madisonville resident throughout his childhood, Ed Baker attended Stanford University, Yale College of Law, and was a Fellow at Harvard on three different occasions. Ed Baker was a resident of New York City at...
William "Bill" Reese Scott
Dec 2, 2009
William Reese "Bill" Scott, 74, of Madisonville, Ky. passed away at 3:50 a.m. on Wednesday December 2, 2009 at Regional Medical Center in Madisonville. He was born on November 19, 1935 in Muhlenberg County, Ky. to the late Leslie M. Scott and Lois E. Scott. He was a delivery driver for Don Peeler Pharmacy he also worked as a mine...
Lloyd R. Long
Nov 29, 2009
Lloyd R. Long, 84, of Madisonville, Ky. passed away at 6:55 p.m. on Sunday, November 29, 2009, at Owensboro Medical Health Systems in Owensboro. He was born October 10, 1925, in Harlan County Ky. to the late Aaron Long and Dora Wilson Long. He was a retired coal miner with Island Creek Coal Co. He was a member of U.M.W.A....
Sarah Ann Sisk
Nov 26, 2009
Sarah Ann Sisk, 94, of Madisonville formerly of Dalton, Ky. passed away at 12:16 p.m. Thursday November 26, 2009, at Ridgewood Terrace Nursing Home in Madisonville. She was born January 22, 1915, in Hopkins County, Ky. to the late Thaddeus Frazer and Esther Daves Frazer. She was a member of Dalton Baptist Church. She was a member of the Nebo...
Cary Wayne Phillips
Nov 24, 2009
Cary Wayne Phillips, 61, of Crofton, Ky. passed away at 2:42 p.m. on Tuesday November 24, 2009 at Kindred Hospital in Nashville, TN. He was born on April 3, 1948 in Hopkins County, Ky. to the late Wayne M. Phillips and Edna Dawson Phillips. He served in the U.S. Army and was employed at Western State Hospital. He was of...
James "Jimmy" W. Walker
Nov 21, 2009
James "Jimmy" W. Walker, 70, of Madisonville, died at 11:05 a.m. Saturday, November 21, 2009 at his home. He was born February 6, 1939 in Hopkins County, Ky. to the late Aubrey Lee "Pete" Walker and Anna Laura Duncan Walker. He served in the National Guard for more than 8 years. He retired from ANR Pipeline after 31 years of...
Mabel Dame
Nov 16, 2009
Mabel Travis Dame, 90, of Manitou, Ky., died at 9 a.m., Monday, November 16, 2009, at Shemwell Nursing Home in Providence, Ky. She was born October 30, 1919 in Webster County, Ky., to the late Archie Travis and Susan Simpson Travis. She was a retired LPN with the Hopkins County Hospital and Clinic Convalescence Center. She was a member of...
Willie Mae Nance
Nov 11, 2009
Willie Mae Nance, 82, of Madisonville, Ky., died at 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at her home. She was born December 27, 1926, in Hopkins County, Ky., to the late William Thomas Phillips and Mamie Tyson Phillips. She was a homemaker and was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church in Madisonville. In addition to her parents she was...
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