Obituaries

Lerline McEwen

Lerline McEwen

May 27, 2009

Services for Lerline Weatherspoon McEwen, 72, of Paducah will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at New Greater Love Missionary Baptist Church in Paducah. The Revs. W.G. Harvey Sr. and Darvin Adams will officiate. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Mrs. McEwen died at 1:50 a.m. Wednesday at Western Baptist Hospital. She was a member of St. James Christian Methodist...

Emma Womble

Emma Womble

May 25, 2009

Emma Rose Chandler Womble, 84, of Paducah died at 5:12 p.m. Monday, May 25, 2009, at Lourdes hospital. A native of Cairo, IL, Mrs. Womble was a member of Melber Baptist Church, and was on the board of Jackson Purchase Area Health. She was named Woman of the Year in 1997 by the Paducah Business and Professional Womens Association. She...

Kathleen Clark

Kathleen Clark

May 23, 2009

Kathleen "Kay" Clark of Paducah, 93, died at 6:35 a.m. Saturday at Lourdes hospital. Mrs. Clark was a member of Lone Oak First Baptist Church. Surviving are one son, Phillip Clark of Paducah; five daughters, Phyllis Johnson and Joyce Kirk, both of Paducah, Sandra Renfroe of Burbank, Calif., Judy Jones of Decatur, Ill., and Kim Karnes of Atlanta; 23 grandchildren;...

Emma Carper

Emma Carper

May 22, 2009

Emma Jean Carper, 84, of Paducah died at 2:45 p.m. Friday at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Carper was a housewife, a member of Arcadia United Methodist Church, a member of Faithful Workers a Western Baptist Auxiliary volunteer and a member of Telephone Pioneers. Survivors include one son, Curtis Blaine Carper of Paducah; two grandchildren; and several nieces and...

Herbert Forbis

Herbert Forbis

May 14, 2009

Herbert Leo "Red" Forbis, 88, of Paducah passed away Thursday, May 14, 2009, at his home. He was born May 1, 1921, to Fred Monroe Forbis and Hester Windsor Forbis of Sikeston, Mo. Mr. Forbis was a long-standing member of United Central Presbyterian Church of Paducah and was self-employed for several years in service station maintenance and retired 23 years...

Charles Beasley Jr

Charles Beasley Jr

May 13, 2009

Graveside services for Charles Beasley Jr., 90, of Mayfield will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens with Gene Murphy officiating. Mr. Beasley died Wednesday at Jackson Purchase Medical Center. Surviving are his wife, Martha Beasley; one brother, Joe Parks Beasley of Meridian, Miss.; one niece; and two nephews. He was preceded in death by two sisters. His...

Blanche Miles

Blanche Miles

May 12, 2009

Blanche W. Miles, 84, of Paducah passed away at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at Lourdes hospital. She was a member of Lone Oak Church of Christ where she leaves behind some very close and dear friends. She was a retired Vocation Rehabilitation Counselor for the State of Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents, W.G. and...

Elbert Green

Elbert Green

May 9, 2009

LEDBETTER, Ky. - Moss Green, 75, of Ledbetter died at 5:19 a.m. Saturday at Western Baptist Hospital. A native of Clinton, Mr. Green was a member of Salt and Light Community Church and retired from the Coca-Cola Company. Surviving are his wife, Jo Ann Pruitt Green, and three grandsons, Beau Green, Ben Green and Brady Green, all of Paducah. He...

Anthony Markgraf

Anthony Markgraf

May 4, 2009

Funeral services for Anthony Markgraf, 63, of Paducah will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Reidland United Methodist Church. Rev. Sky McCracken will officiate. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. He died Monday, May 4, 2009, at Western Baptist Hospital. Anthony and his wife, Connie, own and operate Kingsway Skateland, which they built in 1973. He was the...

Bonnie Fralick

Bonnie Fralick

May 2, 2009

Bonnie Lou Fralick, 71, of Paducah, formerly of Sissonville, W.Va., died at 4:58 p.m. Saturday in Benton. Mrs. Fralick was retired from Parkview Nursing Home where she worked in dietary and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are one daughter, Jill McKendree of Benton; one son, Joey Fralick of Evansville, Ind.; three grandchildren; two sisters, Bessie Gandee and Beatrice "Sissy"...

Richard Fulkerson

Richard Fulkerson

May 2, 2009

Leslie "Scrooge" Fulkerson, 73, of Paducah, Ky., passed away at 10:15 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 2009, at Western Baptist Hospital. He was a retired Pipefitter from local # 184. Leslie served in the U.S. Navy Seabees during the Korean War. He is survived by his wife, Linda Jean Taylor Fulkerson of Paducah, Ky.; a daughter, Johnna Gay Gaines of Paducah,...

Shirley Waltmon

Shirley Waltmon

Apr 30, 2009

Shirley V. "Budge" Waltmon, 63, of West Paducah passed away at 4:50 p.m. Thursday, April 30, 2009, at Lourdes hospital. He was a member of Victory Assembly Worship Center, a Ballard County Deputy Jailer, a former supervisor at the McCracken County jail, a former employee of Air Products and General Tire, and an avid fisherman. Mr. Waltmon is survived by...

Robert Morris

Robert Morris

Apr 29, 2009

Dr. Robert E. Morris, 77, of Paducah died at 9:09 p.m. Wednesday at Lourdes hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Lone Oak Chapel of Milner & Orr Funeral Home. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Robert Fuller

Robert Fuller

Apr 25, 2009

Robert Rayburn Fuller, 85, passed away on April 25, 2009, at the home of his daughter in Farmington, Utah. He is survived by his eternal companion and wife, Jo Ann I. Fuller; three children, Bobbie Jacobson (Robert Jacobson), Teressa Fuller and Roger Fuller; six grandchildren, Carrie Jacobson, James Jacobson, Bryan Jacobson, Roger Fuller Jr., Amber Manning, and Ashley Priest; six...

Mary Cronk

Mary Cronk

Apr 25, 2009

MAYFIELD, Ky. - Mary Elizabeth Creason Cronk, 94, of Mayfield died at 6:15 p.m. Saturday at Jackson Purchase Medical Center. A native of Mayfield, she moved to Michigan in 1945. She was a waitress. During her retirement she worked at Wendy's in Mayfield. She was a member of High Point Baptist Church. Surviving are one daughter, Shirley Ann Diaz of...

Lovette Hawes

Lovette Hawes

Apr 20, 2009

Lovette Hawes Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Lovette Hawes, 83, of Paducah passed away Monday at 6:55 a.m. at Western Baptist Hospital. Lovette was a native of Melber, Ky., a member of Melber Baptist Church and retired from Florsheim Shoe Factory. Services will be held Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at 11 a.m. at the Lone Oak Chapel of Milner & Orr...

Mary Burns

Mary Burns

Apr 20, 2009

Mary Burns, 78, of Graves County died at 9:40 p.m. Monday at Lourdes hospital. Arrangements were incomplete at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah.

George Murphy

George Murphy

Apr 20, 2009

George Murphy, age 67, of Lone Oak passed away Monday at his residence. George was a member of Lone Oak First Baptist Church, graduate of Murray State University with a Bachelor of Science and Master Degree in music education; retired from Lone Oak High School as vocal music instructor; and served as interim music director at Mid-Continent College, Southeast Missouri...

Emma McVane

Emma McVane

Apr 17, 2009

Emma Jean McVane, 73, of Paducah died at 8:20 p.m. Friday at her home. Mrs. McVane was a native of Morenci, Mich. Survivors include her husband, Cleve McVane; three daughters, Vicki Jamison of Benton, Roxana Avagian of Wichita, Kan., and Marjorie Dewey of Statesville, N.C.; three sons, Kenneth Simon of Cheyenne, Wyo., and Ronald Simon and John Dewey, both of...

Martha Trevathan

Martha Trevathan

Apr 12, 2009

Martha Trevathan, 89, of McCracken County died at 4:01 p.m. Sunday at Western Baptist Hospital.

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