Obituaries
Pikeville, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Pikeville and Pike County, KY
Tina Marie Coleman
May 12, 2018
Tina Marie Coleman, age 55, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2018 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Tina was born on March 25, 1963 to her parents Blanche Dale Polley and the late Rex Polley. Tina was a homemaker and a believer of the Christian Faith. Along with her father, Tina was preceded in death by her step father, Thinnis Sirginnis. ...
Carlos Damron
May 8, 2018
Carlos Damron, age 77, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at the Parkview Nursing Home. Carlos was born on June 14, 1940 to his parents the late Allen Damron and Mella Newsome Damron. Along with his parents, Carlos was preceded in death by four sisters, Tilda Bitha Newsome, Rachel Brown, Melster Stewart Cole, Mee Lee Belcher, and three brothers, Vernon...
Rosie Raines
May 5, 2018
Rosie Faye Raines, age 66, passed away Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Rosie was born on August 27, 1951 to her parents the late Joe Sammy Slone and Zettie Thacker Slone. She was the wife of the late Howard Raines, a homemaker, and she attended City Mission Church in Ironton, Ohio. Along with her husband and...
Charlie Akers
May 4, 2018
Charlie Akers, age 91, passed away Friday, May 4, 2018 at the Signature Health Care Center. Charlie was born on April 1, 1927 to his parents the late Bill Akers and Virgie Osborne Akers. He was the husband of the late Edna West Akers and a retired coal truck driver. He also served his country honorably in the United States...
Mable Benner
May 2, 2018
Mable Benner age 81 passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Mable was born on Sept. 12, 1936 to her parents the late Andrew Jackson Greathouse and Ossie Gibson Greathouse. She was the wife of the late Paul Benner. Mable was a retired LPN and Surgery technician from Pikeville Methodist Hospital for over forty years ,...
Arvid Tibbs
Apr 27, 2018
Arvid Tibbs age 92, of Pikeville, Ky passed away Friday, April 27, 2018 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Arvid was born in Pike County on February 14, 1926 to his parents the late Tom Tibbs and Alice Stevens Tibbs. Arvid was retired from the Pepsi Bottling Company with 40 years of service. He was a member of the United Steel...
Alma Mae (Matney) Sullivan
Apr 27, 2018
Alma Mae (Matney) Sullivan, age 86 of Feds Creek, Ky passed away Friday, April 27, 2018, at the Pikeville Medical Center. Alma was born in Pike County, Ky on February 27, 1932 to her mother Betty Mutter Stump. Alma was a retired Secretary from Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company and she was a member of the Mountain View Church of Christ...
Eugene Reaford King
Apr 27, 2018
Eugene Reaford King age 91 passed away Friday, April 27, 2018 at the Parkview Nursing and Rehab Center. Eugene was born in Pike County, on September 8, 1926 to his parents the late Andrew Jackson King and Fannie Scott King. Eugene graduated from the Nashville TN Diesel College. Euguene was a retired employee from Brandeis Machine Company, where he served...
Lonnie Thacker
Apr 23, 2018
Lonnie Jim Thacker, age 61, passed away Monday, April 23, 2018 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Lonnie was born on April 8, 1957 to his parents the late Ruey Thacker and Bertha Arminia Thacker. He was the husband of the late Debra Robinson Thacker, and a retired employee for Mountain Water. Along with his wife and parents, Lonnie was preceded...
Dakota Blake Compton
Apr 23, 2018
Dakota Blake Compton, age 17, passed away Monday, April 23, 2018. Dakota was a junior at East Ridge High School He was born on Nov. 22, 2000 to his parents, Tonya Kay Newcomb Compton and Timothy Blake Compton. Dakota was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Martha Newcomb, and aunt, Janie Newcomb Standifur. Along with his parents, Dakota is...
Drucie Hobson
Apr 22, 2018
Drucie Hobson, age 93, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018 at her home. Drucie was born on June 17, 1924 to her parents the late Tan Branham and Rachel Branham. She was the wife of the late James Hobson, a member of Calvary Freewill Baptist Church at Indian Creek, and owner/operator of Hobson's New/Used and Antique Furniture. Along with her...
Evelyn Coleman
Apr 22, 2018
Evelyn G. Hill Coleman, age 86, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018 at her home. Evelyn was born on August 5, 1931 to her parents the late Barney Hill and Dessie Hill. She was the wife of the late Kermit Coleman, a homemaker, and a member of the Rockhouse Old Regular Baptist Church. Along with her husband and parents, Evelyn...
Sue Smallwood Sowards
Apr 20, 2018
Sue Smallwood Sowards, age 77, of Dorton, KY, passed away Friday, April 20, 2018, at the Pikeville Medical Center. Sue was born in Pike County, on November 27, 1940, to her parents the late Sylvester Williams and Cynthia Williams. Sue was a retired Project Administrator for the City of Pikeville, a Member of the Board of Directors at Pikeville Medical...
Leonard Dwayne McCary
Apr 18, 2018
Leonard Dwayne McCary, age 50 of Elkhorn City, Ky, passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at the Greg and Noreen Wells Hospice Care Center, Hazard, Ky. Leonard was born in Pike County, on September 5, 1967 to his parents Ella McCary and the late Leonard B. McCary. Leonard was disabled and a member of the Poor Bottom Freewill Baptist Church....
Thomas Cantrell
Apr 16, 2018
Thomas V. Cantrell, age 56, passed away Monday, April 16, 2018 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Thomas was born on July 26, 1961 to his parents Barbara Collins Cantrell and the late James Cantrell. Thomas was a security guard, a Ky. Colonel, and a member of the Hylton Freewill Baptist Church. Along with his father, Thomas was preceded in death...
Lonnie Donald Akers
Apr 15, 2018
Lonnie Donald Akers, age 80, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2018 at his home. Lonnie was born on Dec. 19, 1937 to his parents the late Edgar Allen Akers and June Damron Akers. Lonnie was the husband of Glenda Newsome Akers, a retired employee for Chapparel Coal Company and Big Sandy Wholesale, and a believer of the Old Regular Baptist...
Shirley Miller
Apr 15, 2018
Shirley B. Miller age 74, Formerly of New Port Richey passed away Sunday, April 15, 2018. Shirley was born August 8, 1944 in Pikeville, Ky. to Burton and Thelma (LONG) Bentley. Shirley will be truly be missed but not forgotten. Shirley’s live free and let life roll with the follow outlook made her one of a kind. Big hearted and...
Geneva Hunt Hunter
Apr 12, 2018
Geneva Hunt Hunter, age 76, of Phyllis, Kentucky, passed away on Thursday, April 12, 2018, at Kimper, Kentucky. Geneva was born on December 26, 1941, to her parents the late Victor E. Hunt and Jettie Lee Griffith Hunt. Geneva's life was tragically ended in a motorcycle accident, along with her companion, James Shepherd. Geneva was a homemaker, former employee of...
Cecil Blake Ratliff
Apr 11, 2018
Cecil Blake Ratliff, age 65, of Chloe Creek, Pikeville, Ky, passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at the Pikeville Medical Center.Cecil was born in Pike County, Ky. on October 21, 1952, to his parents Hazel Ratliff and the late Cecil Blaine Ratliff. Cecil was a disabled coalminer and of the Pentecostal Faith. Cecil was preceded in death by his father...
Barbara Webb
Apr 9, 2018
“It broke our hearts to lose you, but you did not go alone. A part of us went with you the day God took you home.”Barbara J. (Phillips) Webb, 80, of Willoughby passed away April 9, 2018 at home.She was born Nov. 21, 1937 in Pike Co., KY. She had lived in Willoughby for the past 13 years.Barbara enjoyed entertaining...
