Obituaries
Pikeville, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Pikeville and Pike County, KY
Billy Coleman
Dec 21, 2021
Billy Joe Coleman, age 86, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021 at the Greg and Noreen Wells Hospice Care Center in Hazard, Ky. Billy was born on October 8, 1935 to his parents the late Andy Coleman and Goldie Martin Coleman. He was a retired heavy equipment operator for TCH Coal Company. Along with his parents, Billy was preceded in...
Mary Helen Shelby
Dec 18, 2021
Mary Helen Shelby, age 92, passed away Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 at her home. Mary was born on January 15, 1929 to her parents the late Wise Dingus and Madel Perrigin Dingus. She was the wife of the late Richard L. Shelby Sr., a homemaker, and a member of Pine Chapel Freewill Baptist Church for 73 years. Along with her...
Debra Deneau
Dec 16, 2021
Debra Deneau, age 57, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021 at the Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Debra was born on August 30, 1964 to her parents the late Carl Mullins and Jenny Mullins. Debra is survived by a special aunt, Julie Hopson, and a host of loving cousins, family and friends who will miss her dearly. Visitation will...
Donna Lopez
Dec 16, 2021
Donna Lopez Goble, age 51, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2021 at her home. She was born on July 11, 1970 to her parents, Jimmy Goble and the late Janice Wallen Goble. She was working as a flagman for the state of Kentucky, Indiana, and sometimes Michigan. She formerly worked as an employee for Campbell's Soup in Michigan for many...
Homer D. Johnson
Dec 15, 2021
Homer D. Johnson, age 88, of Morehead, passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at Edgewater Nursing andRehabilitation Center in Frenchburg. He was born April 4, 1933, in Pike County, a son of the late William and Gladys Castle Johnson. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings Richard Johnson,Phariscine Collins, and Gloria Gaddy. His wife of 65...
Ben Arnold Cornett
Nov 29, 2021
Ben Arnold Cornett, age 81, passed away Monday, Nov. 29, 2021 at his home in Whitesburg, Ky. Ben was born on March 19, 1940 to his parents the late Monzell (Goins) and Dewey Cornett. He was married twice and had four children. First with Katherine Grigsby, one boy and two girls. Second to Rhonda Wolford, one girl. Preceded in death...
Madeline Tackett
Nov 27, 2021
Madline Hamilton Tackett, age 89, passed away Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021 at the Parkview Nursing and Rehab Center. Madeline was born on Nov. 6, 1932 toher parents the late Solomon Hamilton and Lovenia Newsome Hamilton. She was the wife of the late Edgel Tackett, a retired employee for Murphy's and Food City, a homemaker, and a believer of the Old...
Lonnie Jay Goad
Nov 25, 2021
Lonnie Jay Goad, age 69, of Robinson Creek, Ky., passed away on Thursday, November 25, 2021, at the UK Albert E. Chandler Hospital in Lexington, Ky. Jay was born in Patrick County, Claudville, Va. on September 29, 1952, to his parents AJ Goad and Jewell Alice Hill Goad. He enlisted in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and...
Angeline Lowe
Nov 21, 2021
Angeline Taylor Lowe, age 84, passed away Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 at her home. Angeline was born on May 16, 1937 to her parents the late Clint Taylor and Jettie Sesco Taylor. She was the wife of Gordy Lowe, a homemaker, and a member of Big Branch Old Regular Baptist Church. Along with her parents, Angeline was preceded in death...
Ronnie Eugene Thompson
Nov 18, 2021
Ronnie E. Thompson, age 79, of Brydstown, TN, (Formerly of Pikeville, KY), passed away on Thursday, November 18, 2021, at the Livingston Regional Medical Center. Ronnie was born in Pike County, Ky, on June 13, 1942, to his parents the late Dick Thompson and Tennie Hopson Thompson. Ronnie served his Country Honorably in the United State Air Force. He entered...
N.J. Cantrell
Nov 15, 2021
N.J. Cantrell, age 76, passed away Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 at his home. N.J. was born on August 6, 1945 to his parents the late Adam Cantrell and Martha Mullins Cantrell. He was the husband of Rosetta Morgan Cantrell, a retired coal miner, construction worker, and owner of Cantrell Glass Company. N.J. was a member of the Jenkins Masonic Lodge,...
Ronald Wayne Coleman
Nov 14, 2021
Ronald Wayne Coleman, age 74, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2021, at the Pikeville Medical Center. Ronald was born on April 17, 1947 to his parent the late Don H. Coleman and Rosetta Adkins Coleman. Ronald was class of 1965 at Elkhorn City, then he went on to attend Pikeville College. He was a retired employee for Wal-Mart, and a...
Lanny Ross Damron
Nov 13, 2021
Lanny Ross Damron, age 67, passed away on Saturday, November 13, 2021 at Hazard ARH. He was born on October 3, 1954, the son of the late Ross Terence and Dixie Lee Coleman Damron. Before his retirement, Lanny worked for the Kentucky Department of Transportation as a right of way agent. He proudly served his country with the United States...
Willie Burke
Nov 11, 2021
Willie Grant Bill (Double B) Burke, age 48, passed away Thursday, November 11, 2021 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Bill was born on August 31, 1973 to his father, Willie (Jane) Burke Jr. He was the husband of Amanda Ramsey Burke, a truck driver for K & H Trucking Company, and a believer of the Baptist Faith. Bill was preceded...
Debra Johnson
Nov 10, 2021
Debra "Hobbit" Johnson, age 66, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021 at the McDowell ARH Hospital. Debra was born on April 28, 1955 to her parents the late Jessie Gross and Mary Lewis Gross. She was a retired sales associate for Wal Mart. Along with her parents, Debra was preceded in death by one son, Carl Curtis Gross, and one...
Robert Savage
Nov 9, 2021
Robert Savage, age 67, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Robert was born on Dec. 28, 1953 to his parents the late Herbert Savage and Essie Runyon Savage. He was the husband of Peggy Sue Blevins Savage and a retired electrician in the coal mines. Along with his parents, Robert was preceded in death by...
Edna Bartley
Nov 8, 2021
Edna Mae Stewart Bartley, age 89, passed away Monday, November 8, 2021 at the Landmark of Elkhorn Nursing Home. Edna was born on May 14, 1932 to her parents the late Cleve Stewart and Della Fife Stewart. She was the wife of the late Dexter "Darrell" Bartley Jr., a retired county court clerk for 30 years and seven months, and...
John Hunt
Nov 8, 2021
John M. Hunt, age 74, passed away Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 at the Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana, Ky. John was born on August 5, 1947 to his parents the late Edwin "Paddle" Hunt and Betty Hunt. He was the husband of Eleanor Lowe Hunt. Along with his parents, John was preceded in death by two brothers, Kenneth Ray Hunt...
Ray Parsons
Nov 3, 2021
Ray Johnny Parsons, age 72, passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Ray was born on August 28, 1949 to his parents the late John Morton Parsons and Sylvia Fern Clevinger. He was retired from the City of Pikeville. Along with his parents, Ray was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters, one great grandchild,...
Janice Hayes
Nov 3, 2021
Janice Gay Hayes, age 75, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 at her home. Janice was born on Feb. 26, 1946 to her parents the late Walter Varney and Edith Anderson Varney. She was the wife of the late Harrison Hayes, a homemaker, and a member of Edo Freewill Baptist Church. Along with her husband and parents, Janice was preceded...
