Obituaries
Pikeville, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Pikeville and Pike County, KY
Troy Bruce Thacker
May 26, 2014
Troy Bruce Thacker, age 54, passed away Monday, May 26, 2014 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Troy was born on April 15, 1960 to his parents Autom Prater Thacker Mayo and the late Curtis E. Thacker. Troy was a coal miner. Along with his father, Troy was preceded in death by one brother Tracy Neil Thacker. Along with his mother,...
Gary Goff
May 24, 2014
Gary Goff, age 65, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2014 at his home. Gary was born on Nov. 9, 1948 to his parents the late Lundy Goff and Lizzie Mae Goff. Gary was self employed owner of Wells Motor. He was also a member of the Church of Christ. Along with his parents, Gary was preceded in death by one...
Roger Dale Branham
May 23, 2014
Roger Dale Branham age 68, passed away Friday May 23,2014 at his residents. Roger was born May 1,1946 to his parents, the late Turner and Margaret Branham Williams. Roger was a foreman for a coal tipple and was of the Baptist Faith. Roger is survived by his wife, Joyce Hopkins Branham, three daughters, Lisa (Ronald) Jones, Teresa (Jimmy) Adkins, Tina...
Betty Lou Damron
May 22, 2014
Betty Lou Damron age 70, passed away Thursday, May 22,2014 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Betty was born September 30,1943 to her parents, the late Green and Dora Thacker. Betty was a homemaker and was of the Freewill Baptist Faith. Along with her parents Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Ray Damron, one daughter, Jennifer Damron, two...
Nando Mullins
May 21, 2014
Nando Mullins Jr. age 84, passed away, Wednesday May 21,2014 at Pikeville Medical Center. Nando was born October 15,2014 to his parents, the late Nando Mullins Sr. and Sarah Mutter Mullins. Nando was retired coal miner and a pastor for 35 years of the First Church of God of Fed's Creek. Nando is survived by his wife Josephine Slone Mullins,...
Johnny Shumate
May 21, 2014
Johnny Shumate, age 67, passed away Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at his home. Johnny was born on Feb. 18, 1947 to his parents the late Herman Ford Shumate and Hazel Louise Rowe Shumate. Johnny was the husband of Fonda Lyn Johnson Shumate, an electrician and an entrpenuer and a believer of the Baptist Faith. Along with his wife, Johnny is...
Lawrence Hill
May 20, 2014
Lawrence Hill, age 75, passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at his home. Lawrence was born on March 16, 1939 to his parents th elate Belmer Hill and Mary Adkins Hill. Lawrence was the husband of Rosemary Adkins Hill, a retired coal miner for Island Creek Coal Company, and a member of the Greasy Creek Old Regular Baptist Church. Along...
Howard D. Wilburn
May 19, 2014
Howard D. Wilburn age 77, passed away Monday, May 19, 2014 at the Highlands Regional Medical Center. Howard was born on Feb. 3, 1937 to his parents the late Clifford Wilburn and Maggie May Smallwood Wilburn. Howard was the husband of Martha Justice Wilburn, a coal miner and carpenter, and a believer of the freewill baptist faith. Along with his...
Fred Damron
May 18, 2014
Fred Damron, age 72, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Fred was born on July 2, 1941 to his parents the late Rob Damron and Hattie Kiser Damron Bowling. He was the husband of Helen "Cookie" Damron, a retired coal miner for Bethlehem Coal Company, and a believer of the Old Regular Baptist Faith. Along...
Bonnie Tackitt
May 14, 2014
Bonnie Tackitt age 63, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at her home. Bonnie was born on July 21, 1950 to her parents the late Elzie Tackitt and Elsie Ray Tackitt. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pilgrim Rest Old Regular Baptist Church. Bonnie is survived by two brothers, Lonnie Tackitt, Lonzie Tackitt, four sisters, Wanda Fields,...
Geneieve Prater
May 14, 2014
Geneieve DeRossett Prater, age 78, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Geneieve was born on July 4, 1935 to her parents the late Elige DeRossett and Francis Layne DeRossett. She was the wife of the late Oliver Prater, a homemaker, and a member of the Greasy Creek Freewill Baptist Church. Along with her husband and...
Forest Rose Milam
May 9, 2014
Forest Rose Milam, age 79, passed away Friday, May 9, 2014 at her residence. Forest was born on Oct. 6, 1934 to her parents the late Guy Johnson and Thersia Lusk Johnson. She was the wife of Raymond Milam Jr., an assistant Manager at Pikeville National Bank for 24 years, co founder of Sandy Valley Habitat for Humanity, and a...
Joan Stamper
May 8, 2014
Joan Stamper, age 56, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Ky. Joan was born on Oct. 15, 1957 to her parents the late Granville Caudill and Nannie Bowling Caudill. She was the wife of Clifford Stamper, a homemaker, and a member of the Colson Pentecostal Church. Along with her parents, Joan was preceded...
Chad Worrix
May 7, 2014
Chad Worrix, age 35, passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at his home following a childhood illness. Chad was born on April 4, 1979 to his parents Linda Varney Casey and Daris Pops Casey. He was a member of the Upper Grapevine Church of Christ. Chad was preceded in death by his father, Everett Robert Worrix, and one sister, Roberta...
Gary W. Williams
May 5, 2014
Gary W. Williams, age 66, passed away Monday, May 5, 2014 at Pikeville, Ky. Gary was born on Feb. 17, 1948 to his parents the late Ben Williams and Virgie Newsome Williams. Gary was the husband of Pauline Thacker Williams, retired from the Department of Highways, and pastor of Island Creek Holiness Church. Along with his parents, Gary was preceded...
Elmer Blackburn
May 4, 2014
Elmer Blackburn, age 74 passed away Sunday, May 4, 2014 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Elmer was born on Aug. 16, 1939 to his parents the late James A. "Lonnie" Blackburn and Martha Coleman Blackburn. He was the husband of Berna Thacker Blackburn, a coal miner and a believer of the Old Regular Baptist Faith. Along with his parents, Elmer...
Velma Loraine Kinney
May 3, 2014
Velma Loraine Kinney, age 71, of Shelbiana, Ky, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2014, at her residence. She was born on February 8, 1943, the daughter of the late Ruey and Bertha Thacker. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by two brothers, Billy and Eugene Thacker.Velma is survived by her husband, Arkie Kinney, by...
Edith "Tead" Allean (Coleman) Easterling
May 3, 2014
EDITH ALLEAN (COLEMAN) EASTERLING died on May 3, 2014 in Xenia, Ohio. She was born on Poor Bottom Hollow, Pike County Kentucky, on September 13, 1925 to Ellie Sanders Coleman and Bev Coleman. She lived her whole active life on Poor Bottom and only moved to Xenia, Ohio when she became a stroke victim and unable to live independently. She...
Ira Stanley
Apr 20, 2014
Ira Stanley, age 86, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2014 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Ira was born on April 20, 1928 to his parents the late Floyd Stanley and Minnie Stanley. Ira was the husband of the late Josephine Stanley, retired from Walter Slone's Mining, and a believer of the baptist faith. Along with his wife and parents, Ira...
Ella Smallwood
Apr 18, 2014
Ella Price Smallwood, age 90, passed away Friday, April 18, 2014 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Ella was born on Dec. 25, 1923 to her parents the late John Bentley and Eliza Helton Bentley. She was the wife of the late Estil Price, a homemaker, and a member of the Pine Grove Old Regular Baptist Church. Along with her husband...
