Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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...
Stormy Roberts
Jul 11, 2015
Stormy Quinn Roberts, 11 month old daughter of Elmo Roberts, Jr and Erika Alfrey of Flemingsburg, passed away on Saturday July 11, 2015 at UK Childrens Hospital in Lexington. Besides her parents, she is survived by her twin sister Polly Echo Roberts, grandparents, Elmo Roberts, Sr and Barbara Roberts of Goddard and Andrew and Paula Ishmael of...
Robert Harvey
Jul 10, 2015
Mr. Robert Lynn Harvey, 64 of Flemingsburg passed away at Kenton Pointe Care Facility in Maysville on Friday July 10, 2015. Born on September 1, 1950 in Sullivan, Tn. to the late Robert Jackson Harvey and Evelyn Ward Harvey. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Margo Harvey of Flemingsburg. Also surviving are two daughters;...
Kenneth Hester
Jul 6, 2015
Kenneth 'Kenny' E. Hester, 87,of Flemingsburg, died peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family on Monday, July 6, 2015. He was born on December 13, 1927 in Fleming County to the late Claude and Ethel Gulley Hester, and raised on the family farm on Hester Ridge. A U.S. Army veteran, Kenneth married Eloise 'Lois' Fearin Hester...
Wendell Doyle
Jun 21, 2015
Wendell E. Doyle, 67, of Mason County, formerly of Fleming County, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2015 at his residence with his family by his side. Born April 14, 1948 in Fleming County, Wendell was a son of the late Sanford and Blanche Hester Doyle. Wendell was a crop adjuster for many years, a farmer, and the...


