Obituaries

Marvin McDonald, Jr.

Marvin McDonald, Jr.

Jan 27, 2016

Marvin 'Junior' McDonald, Jr., 77, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at Fleming County Hospital. Junior was born October 19, 1938 to the late Marvin and Eileen Hutton McDonald. He was a lifelong farmer and a member of the Tilton Christian Church. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Linda K. Story McDonald; two...

Marcus Florence, Sr.

Marcus Florence, Sr.

Jan 24, 2016

Marcus Edward Florence, Sr., 96, of Nepton, husband of 75 years to Beulah Arrasmith Florence, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at his residence with his family by his side. He was born on July 22, 1919 in Wallingford, the son of the late Charles Edward and Grace Ritchie Florence. A U.S. Army WWII veteran,...

Wanda Cooper

Wanda Cooper

Jan 23, 2016

Wanda June Cooper, 89, of Muses Mill, widow of Buford Cooper, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Hospice of Hope at Kenton Pointe in Maysville. She was born on July 24, 1926 in Lewis County, the daughter of the late Mell and Sadie Dixon Polley. Sister June was a retired head teller for the...

Charles Brown

Charles Brown

Jan 21, 2016

Charles A 'Charlie' Brown, 80, passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2016, at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Ky. He was born on February 15, 1935, in Hilltop, Fleming Co., Ky., to the late Geneva Faris and Albert Ray Brown. Charlie was retired as superintendent of Fleming Co. Schools, a position he held for 25 years. He...

James Boyd

James Boyd

Jan 16, 2016

James Walter 'Hoss' Boyd, 71, of Flemingsburg, passed away suddenly on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Fleming County Hospital. Born on March 22, 1944 in Flemingsburg, he was the son of the late James Jackson and Margaret Monroe Boyd. A retired sanitation worker for the city of Flemingsburg, he was a U.S. Army veteran, a volunteer fireman...

Ray Spurlock

Ray Spurlock

Dec 6, 2015

Mr. Ray Spurlock, 75, of Flemingsburg, beloved husband of Sandra Spurlock, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015 at the V.A. Hospital -' Cooper Drive in Lexington. Ray was born on April 14, 1940 in Colfax, a son of the late Emmitt and Madeline King Spurlock. A U.S. Army veteran and a retired machinist with Emerson Power Transmission,...

Samuel Higgins

Samuel Higgins

Dec 1, 2015

Samuel Thomas Higgins, retired Chief Boatswain Mate of the U.S. Navy, born August 29, 1936 in Mayslick, KY, beloved husband of Jennie Holts Higgins, passed from this life on Tuesday, December 1, 2015. Samuel was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Tatum and Mary Frances Higgins; daughter, Vicki; and brothers, Obie and Wilburn Kelly. Survivors other...

Melvin Carpenter

Melvin Carpenter

Nov 19, 2015

Melvin D. Carpenter, 72, of Orangeburg, husband of Brenda Meadows Carpenter, passed away Thursday, November 19, 2015 at Hospice of Hope in Maysville. He was born on July 17, 1943 in Fleming County, a son of Naomi Frances Wagner Carpenter of Foxport and the late Melvin Edgar Carpenter. Melvin was a lifelong farmer and landowner. Besides his...

Amanda Yazell

Amanda Yazell

Nov 17, 2015

Amanda Rigdon Yazell, 88, of Flemingsburg, widow of Thomas Estill Rigdon and William 'Bud' V. Yazell, passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at the Providence Pavilion Nursing Home in Covington, KY. She was born on June 16, 1927 in Fleming County, a daughter of the late John R. and Ada Lee Emmons Perkins. Retired from Fleming County...

Melissa Hardin

Melissa Hardin

Nov 1, 2015

Melissa Jean Hardin, 46, beloved wife of John Wesley Hardin, passed away peacefully, with her family by her side on Sunday, November 1, 2015. Born November 24, 1968 in Maysville, she was the daughter of Melvin and Janet Shoemaker Planck of Fleming County. A 1986 graduate of Fleming County High School, Melissa was a homemaker, a loving...

Joseph Graves

Joseph Graves

Oct 30, 2015

Joseph G. Graves, 74, of Maysville and formerly of Flemingsburg, passed away Friday, October 30, 2015 at Meadowview Regional Medical Center. He was born October 18, 1941 in Bracken County, a son of the late George and Oney Mae Cooper Graves. Joseph was a retired steel worker with the Bucyrus Erie Crane Company and he was also...

John Jones

John Jones

Oct 15, 2015

John Robert 'Bobby' Jones, 63,of Flemingsburg, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2015 at his residence. He was born on November 4, 1951 in Fleming County, a son of the late William Clyde and Ada Mae Blanton Jones. He was a retired meat cutter. Bobby is survived by: a son, William Allen Jones of Flemingsburg; a daughter, Megan...

Betty Stephens

Betty Stephens

Oct 6, 2015

Betty Jane Stephens, 86, of Ewing, passed away from this life on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at her home with her family by her side. Betty was born on January 10, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Glenn and Sally Leet. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by; her husband, Irue D. Stephens...

Emory Fields, Jr.

Emory Fields, Jr.

Sep 25, 2015

Emory G. Fields, Jr., age 70, of Ewing, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015 at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. He was born on May 14, 1945 in Maysville to the late Lyda Gladys McCord Fields and the late Emory G. Fields, Sr. Emory was a retired minister and a Methodist Conference Member, as well...

Barbara Hinton

Barbara Hinton

Sep 19, 2015

Barbara Faye Hinton, age 68, of Mayslick and formerly of Fleming County, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2015 at Pioneer Trace Nursing Home. She was born March 21, 1947 in Mayslick to the late Fay K. and Frieda Mae McGregor Hinton. A loving mom and grandmother, Barbara was also a former self-employed florist. She is survived by:...

Dennis Snapp

Dennis Snapp

Sep 17, 2015

Dennis Snapp, age 62, of Flemingsburg, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015 at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. He was born on October 19, 1952 in Nicholas County, a son of the late Kenneth and Betty Feeback Snapp. Dennis was a retired drill maker for the Cleveland Twist Drill Company in Cynthiana, and afterward, was...

Donald Jones

Donald Jones

Sep 7, 2015

Mr. Donald Clayton Jones, age 68, of Flemingsburg, KY, passed away Monday, September 7, 2015, at the VA Medical Center in Lexington, KY. He was born May 11, 1947 in Phoenix, AZ, a son of Dorothy Marie Sexton Jones Lawson and the late Wilburn F. Jones. Donald was retired from Cheap's Chevrolet in Flemingsburg as a salesman...

Oda Wells

Oda Wells

Aug 30, 2015

Oda Jean Wells, 86, of Mt. Carmel, passed away at Hospice of Hope in Maysville surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, August 30, 2015. Jean was born November 26, 1928 in Whitley County to the late M.T. and Mae Alsip Worley of Corbin, KY. Jean was preceded in death by her loving husband of 40 years,...

Delbert Hyer, Sr.

Delbert Hyer, Sr.

Aug 27, 2015

Delbert H. Hyer, Sr., 90, of Battle Run in Fleming County, widower of Betty Hart Hyer, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2015 at his residence. Born in Washington Courthouse, OH on February 18, 1925, he was a son of the late Robert and Jessie Hyer. Delbert was a retired plant manager for U.S. Shoe and he loved...

Donald Branam

Donald Branam

Jul 31, 2015

Donald 'Donnie' Ray Branam, 77 of Cincinnati, OH, husband of 58 years to Emma Ruth Crump Branam, who is formerly of Fleming County, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Friday morning, July 31, 2015. He was born on December 30, 1937 in Orangeburg in Mason County, KY, a son of the late John...

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