Obituaries
Pikeville, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Pikeville and Pike County, KY
Okey Lee May
Aug 18, 2021
Okey Lee May, age 83, passed away August 18, 2021 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Okey was born on Dec. 8, 1937 to his parents the late Tilden May and Maggie Stiltner May. He was the husband of Lassie Coleman May, retired from the U.S. Navy, coal mining and he belonged to the Freewill Baptist Church. Along with his parents,...
Carolean Newsome
Aug 15, 2021
Carolean "Carol" Harless Newsome, age 71, passed away Sunday, August 15, 2021, at her home in Winchester, Ky. Carol was born on March 18, 1950 to her parents Maggie Compton Harless and the late James Harless. She was the wife of Brennan Newsome, a speech language pathologist for the Pike County Board of Education and nursing homes. Along with her...
Patricia Slone Finkbone
Aug 14, 2021
Patricia Jean Slone Finkbone, age 71, of Pikeville, Ky., was called Home to be with her Lord on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at the Pikeville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after battling a long illness. She was born on January 8, 1950 to Hatler and Gail Deane Ratliff Slone of Pikeville. Her grandparents were Ira and Delphia Ratliff of Pikeville and...
Chad Eric Casey
Aug 12, 2021
Chad Eric Casey, 46, of Hartsville, South Carolina, formerly of Pikeville, KY., passed away on August 12, 2021, at the Hartsville Regional Medical Center. Chad was born in Pike County, Ky on April 8, 1975, to his parents Eula Kellione Casey and the late Glen Casey. Chad was a member of the House of Prayer and Worship. He was employed...
Eloise Coleman
Aug 12, 2021
Eloise Coleman, age 95, of Wolfpit, Elkhorn City, Ky. passed away on Thursday, August 12, 2021, at the Pikeville Medical Center. Eloise was born in Pike County, Ky, on March 31, 1926, to her parents the late Lon Anderson and Caroline Epling Anderson. Eloise was a retired employee from the Pike County Board of Education, as a cook at Millard...
Ron Newsome
Aug 10, 2021
Ron Newsome, age 65, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, formerly of Pikeville, Ky. passed away at his home on August 10, 2021. Ron was born in Pike County, Ky., on January 17, 1956, to his parents the late Corbet Newsome and Willys Ray "Bowling" Newsome. Ron was a believer of the Baptist Faith, he was a retired employee of Lowes....
Jack Compton
Aug 10, 2021
Jack D. Compton, 86 of Little Creek passed away on August 10, 2021, in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born on August 7, 1935, in Yeager, Kentucky to the late Wilburn and Cordelia (Hopkins) Compton. The third of six siblings, he was a 1953 graduate of Virgie High School. He served in the U.S. Army and, for a time, was stationed...
Mary Ann Chaney
Aug 5, 2021
Mary Ann Chaney, age 41, passed away August 5, 2021, at the Pikeville Medical Center. Mary was born on July 2, 1980 to her parents the late Champion Chaney and Earmelene Layne Chaney. Along with her parents, Mary was preceded in death by three brothers, David Lee, Richard, and James Chaney, and one niece, Cynthia Chaney. Mary is survived by...
Madonna Anderson
Aug 2, 2021
Madonna Anderson, age 47, passed away Monday, August 2, 2021 at the U.K. Medical Center. Madonna was the wife of Bobby Anderson, a homemaker, and a believer of the Christian faith. She was the daughter of Denton Houston and Linda Johnson Houston. Along with her husband and parents, Madonna is survived by one daughter, Linda Nicole Anderson, one brother, Jonathan...
Burder Melton
Aug 1, 2021
Burder Melton, ae 88, passed away Sunday, August 1, 2021 at his home. He was the husband of the late Loraine Justice Melton, a retired self employed master plumber, and a member of the Church of Christ. Burder was born on August 27, 1932 to his parents the late Claude Melton and Beulah Hoxit Melton. Along with his wife and...
Dorothy Mae Smith
Jul 31, 2021
Dorothy Mae Smith, age 92, of Chloe Creek, Pikeville, Ky., passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2021, at her home. Dorothy was born on August 31, 1928, in Sioux City, "Woodbury" County, Iowa, to her parents the late Calvin Stickler and Marcedes Higbee Stickler. Dorothy was the wife of the late Roy F. Smith and a homemaker. She was a...
Harold Dean Rowe
Jul 20, 2021
Harold Dean Rowe, age 70, of Phyllis, Ky., passed away on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Harold was born in Pike County, Ky. on April 29, 1951, to his parents the late John Harold Rowe and Stella J. Hampton Rowe. Harold was a retired Forest Ranger, member of the Disabled American Veterans, one of the Co-Founders and President of the Fishtrap...
Ermel Charles Ratliff
Jul 20, 2021
Ermel Charles Ratliff, age 91, of Poor Bottom Road, Elkhorn City, Ky, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Ermel Charles was born in Pike County, Kentucky, on July 14, 1930, to his parents the late Sterling Ratliff and Virgie Little Ratliff. Ermel Charles was a coalminer, a retiree from Austin Powder Company. He was the husband...
Charles Tommy Meade
Jul 19, 2021
Charles Tommy Meade, age 82, of Pikeville, Ky., passed away on July 19, 2021, at his residence. Tommy was born in Pike County, Ky., on January 14, 1939, to his parents the late Cleo Meade and Nina Justice Meade. Tommy was a carpenter and a member of the Grace Baptist Church. Tommy served his Country Honorably in the United States...
Roberta Gibson
Jul 17, 2021
Roberta Gibson, age 90, of Bowling Green, Ky. formerly of Pike County, Ky., passed away on Saturday, July 17, 2021, at the Bowling Green Medical Center. Roberta was born in Letcher County, Ky., on February 22, 1931, to her parents the late Henry Trusty and Mary Brown Trusty. Roberta was member of the Marrowbone Missionary Baptist Church and was the...
Ulan Anderson
Jul 16, 2021
Ulan Anderson, age 88, of Dorton/Jenkins Highway, Jenkins, Ky, passed away on July 16, 2021, at his residence. Ulan was born in Pike County, Ky. on March 18, 1933, to his parents the late Tom Anderson and Myrtle McPeek Anderson. Ulan was a retired Coalminer and the husband of Martha Anderson. Ulan was preceded in death by his parents, a...
Marcella Adkins Bentley
Jul 15, 2021
Marcella "Adkins" Bentley, age 87, passed away on July 15, 2021, at the Greg and Noreen Wells Hospice Care Center, Hazard, Ky. Marcella was born in Pike County, Ky. on October 8, 1933, to her parents the late Isaac Adkins and Grace Vanover Adkins. Marcella was the wife of the late Paris L. Bentley. She was a homemaker and a...
Sandra Burnette
Jul 14, 2021
Sandra Burnette age 64, of Stone Coal Road, Pikeville, Kentucky passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at the Bluegrass Hospice Care Center in Lexington, Ky. Sandra was born on November 4, 1956 to her parents the late Clinton Adams and Georgia Charles Adams. She was the wife of Gary Burnette, the office manager for Food City, and a believer of...
Gary Salisbury
Jul 12, 2021
Gary Lee Salisbury, age 68, of Harold Kentucky passed Monday July 12, 2021. Gary was born on June 22, 1953 a son of the late Elvey and Laura Adkins Salisbury. He worked as a Lead Linesman for Asplundh Tree Expert Company until his retirement. Gary was saved and baptised at Owsley Freewill Baptist Church. Along with his parents, Gary was...
Sasha Nicole Scott
Jul 11, 2021
Sasha Nicole Scott, age 32, passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021 at Clinch Valley River, Virginia. She was born on January 16, 1989 to her parents Rebecca Griffith Scott and the late Robert Alfred Scott. She was a homemaker and a believer of the Christian Faith. Along with her father, Sasha was preceded in death by one son, Ayden Tucker....
