Obituaries
Douglas Padgett
Oct 2, 2014
Douglas Padgett, 57, of Eubank, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, October 2, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 23, 1957, son of the late Mary Evelyn Coffey Padgett and Alva Padgett Jr. He worked in environmental services at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital and attended Cuba Community Church of God in Eubank, KY. He proudly served...
James Edward Nichols
Oct 1, 2014
James Edward Nichols, 39, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at University of Kentucky Medical Center. He was born in Somerset, Kentucky on December 21, 1974, son of Don Nichols and Kaye Wilson Emerson. He was an inspector for the Kentucky State Highway Department and a member of High Street Baptist Church. He was a member of...
Jackie W. King
Sep 26, 2014
Jackie W. King, 76, of Somerset, Kentucky passed away Friday, September 26, 2014 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. He was born in Somerset, Kentucky on August 10, 1938, son of the late John William and Savannah Florence Stone King. He was a plumber and electrician. He was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his wife, Sheila C. Goff...
Anthony Dwayne Caldwell
Sep 25, 2014
Anthony Dwayne Caldwell, 41, of Eubank, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 at his residence. He was born on October 15, 1972 in Somerset, KY, son of Harry Joseph "Joe" Caldwell and Helen (Jones) Martin. He was a foreman for the Herb Geddes Fencing Company. He was heroic in his battle with cancer. Anthony is survived by his wife,...
Shirley Etta Collins
Sep 21, 2014
Shirley E. Collins, age 78 of Dayton, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2014 at Heartland of Kettering. She was born May 24, 1936 in Somerset, KY to the late George Baker and Jeanetta (Poynter) Donlouie. Shirley was preceded in death by her parents and brother, George Winfred Baker. She is survived by her sister, Freida Rickey; brother, William Baker and...
Thomas J. Hargis
Sep 17, 2014
Thomas J. Hargis, 75, of Eubank, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Bobtown, KY on October 9, 1938, son of the late Moses and Florida (Whitis) Hargis. He was a farmer. He is survived by one son, Tommy & (Gertie) Hargis of Eubank, three daughters, Kathe & (Paul) Godby and Karen &...
Howard Vernon Burchfield
Sep 10, 2014
Howard Vernon Burchfield, 78, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at Somerset Nursing and Rehab. He was born in Poplarville, Kentucky on October 7, 1935, son of the late Henry Clay "Hank" and Mable Farmer Burchfield. He was an electrician for Somerset Community College and a member of Science Hill Christian Church. He was a U.S. Navy...
Ida J. Gadberry
Sep 3, 2014
Ida J. Wesley Gadberry, 84, of Stanford, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at Golden Living Center. She was born in Casey County, Kentucky on July 22, 1930, daughter of the late Tommie and Mary Roberts Wesley. She was a homemaker. She is survived by two sons, Jimmy & (Vicki) Gadberry and Douglas Gadberry, both of Stanford, KY, two...
Ron L. Harness
Aug 24, 2014
Ron L. Harness, 66, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on October 1, 1947, son of the late Elbert T. and Thelma Byrd Harness. He was a machinist for Dayton Envelope Company and a member of Calvary Pentecostal Church for four years. He is survived by his wife...
Chestine Roy Vaught
Aug 19, 2014
Chestine Roy Vaught, 91, of Science Hill, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at Somerset Nursing & Rehab. She was born in Science Hill, Kentucky on July 25, 1923, daughter of the late Chester and Delta Young Roy. She was a homemaker and a member of Northside Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Vernie Ray Vaught of...
Joel "Jay" Abbott
Aug 18, 2014
Joel "Jay" Abbott, 65, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed away Monday, August 18, 2014 at Hospice of Lake Cumberland, Jean Waddle Care Center. He was born in Science Hill, Kentucky on April 3, 1949, son of the late Janis and Ola Jean Whiles Abbott. He was a retired delivery sales rep for Dal-R's and attended Pitman Creek Baptist Church. He is...
Myrtle Wesley
Aug 17, 2014
Myrtle Wesley, 72, of Science Hill, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, August 17, 2014 at Hospice of Lake Cumberland, Jean Waddle Care Center. She was born in Piney Grove #1, Kentucky on June 11, 1942, daughter of the late Alonzo C. and Thelma Phelps Glover. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Roy H. "Duke" Wesley of Science...
Mary Osborne
Aug 10, 2014
Mary Osborne, 77, of Cincinnati, Ohio, formerly of Pulaski County, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, August 10, 2014 at Hospice of Cincinnati. She was born in Dayton, Ohio on November 8, 1936, daughter of the late Denver Marcus and Ada Susan Stevens Brown. She was a homemaker, a member of Northeast Church of Christ in Cincinnati, and a former member of...
Jacob "Jake" Claude Faw
Aug 9, 2014
Jacob "Jake" Claude Faw, 56, of Waynesburg, Kentucky, son of Wiley and Geneva Faw, passed away Saturday, August 9, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Hyden, Kentucky on June 28, 1958, son of Wiley B. Faw Sr. and Geneva Willis Faw. He was a former cashier for Wal-Mart of Stanford and a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church....
Mary Adele Jones
Aug 9, 2014
Mary Adele Jones, 73, of Science Hill, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, August 9, 2014. She was born in Somerset, Kentucky, on September 7, 1940, daughter of the late Vernon H. and Florita Council Bryant. She was a bookkeeper and of the Church of Christ faith. She is survived by one son, Eddie Jones of Somerset. She was preceded in death...
Jimmie Cauthen Brown
Aug 5, 2014
Jimmie Cauthen Brown, 87, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Mrs. Brown was born in Lancaster, South Carolina on June 14, 1927, daughter of the late Robert Leo and Lola Eubanks Cauthen. She was a graduate of Clear Creek Baptist College and a member of Beacon Hill Baptist Church. Jimmie enjoyed teaching Sunday school, cooking, gardening, genealogy...
Flossie Jean Smith
Aug 3, 2014
Flossie Jean Smith, 78, of Waynesburg, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, August 3, 2014. She was born in Waynesburg, Kentucky on January 25, 1936, daughter of the late Mitchell Franklin and Ethel Britton Godbey. She was a nurse for Beyer Hospital in Ypsilanti, Michigan for 25 years and a member of Liberty Baptist Church. She is survived by two sons, Mitchell...
Gorman Ray Shelley
Aug 3, 2014
Gorman Ray Shelley, 81, of Eubank, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, August 3, 2014 at Hospice of Lake Cumberland, Jean Waddle Care Center, following a long illness. He was born in Whitley County, Kentucky on January 5, 1933, son of the late Francis and Edith Lester Shelley. Gorman retired in 1995 as a heavy equipment operator and was a member of...
Laura Kate Whitis
Jul 31, 2014
Laura Kate French Whitis, 77, of Somerset, Kentucky, departed this life on Thursday, July 31, 2014 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky on December 11, 1936, daughter of the late William Joel "W.J." and Gertrude Gentry French. She retired from Southern Belle Dairy after more than 30 years of employment...
Rosa Mae Taylor
Jul 27, 2014
Rosa Mae Taylor, 82, of Science Hill, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2014 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. She was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky on January 23, 1932, daughter of the late Oliver and Emily Hall. She was a retired laborer. She is survived by two sons, Rocky & (Jan) Hendricks and Royce & (Kathern) Hendricks, both of...

