Taken from the Lexington Herald-Leader Newspaper, for Pike Co, KY ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Transcribed by: Gloria R. gloriag@iwaynet.net Date: Mar 1998 *********************************************************************** Published: March 22, 1998 PIKEVILLE -- Vernon Ray Bevins, 66, Bent Branch Road, retired heavy equipment operator, husband of Dianne Bevins, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. Monday, Bent Branch Old Regular Baptist Church. Visitation 9 a.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Terry Roger Owens, 44, Marrowbone, trucking company owner and operator, husband of Edith Owens, died Friday of an apparent heart attack. Services 1 p.m. Monday, Justice Funeral Services -- Morris Chapel, Justiceville. Visitation 7 p.m. today. March 21, 1998 PIKEVILLE -- Linda Carol Coleman, 49, Wal-Mart department manager, wife of Gene Coleman, died yesterday. Services 11 a.m. Monday, Lucas & Hall Funeral Home. Visitation 6 p.m. today. March 18, 1998 PIKEVILLE -- Minnie Thacker Adkins, 85, Shelbiana, former homemaker, widow of Ballard Adkins, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Thursday, Justice Funeral Services -- Justice Chapel. Visitation 9 a.m. today. March 16, 1998 PIKEVILLE -- Everett "Wimpy" Jones, 88, Rockhouse, retired mechanic, husband of Fayetta Jones, died Saturday. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday, Justice Funeral Services -- Justice Chapel. Visitation 8 a.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Jeff Robinson, 76, Carlisle, Ohio, formerly of Fords Branch, retired coal miner, widower of Edith Robin Robinson, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Fords Branch Church of Christ. Visitation 8 a.m. today, Justice Funeral Services -- Justice Chapel. March 14, 1998 Verna "Sweetie" Ramey, 81, formerly of Pikeville, homemaker, died Thursday. Services 1 p.m. today, Justice Funeral Services -- Justice Chapel, Pikeville. Visitation 8 a.m. today. March 13, 1998 JENKINS -- Henry M. Collier Jr., 73, Payne Gap, died Tuesday. Services noon Saturday, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. Visitation 6 p.m. today. JENKINS -- Charlie Wright, 69, Beefhide, retired coal miner, husband of Nellie Irick Wright, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Beefhide First Alliance Church. Visitation noon today, church. Arrangements, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. PIKEVILLE -- Cecil Tackett, 69, Knoxville, Tenn., formerly of Ferrells Creek, retired coal miner, husband of Wanda Tackett, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Justice Funeral Services -- Justice Chapel. Visitation 9 a.m. today. March 12, 1998 ELKHORN CITY -- Grayson Hadlet Cantrell, 80, retired coal miner, widower of Beatrice Cantrell, died yesterday. Services 1 p.m. Saturday, Bailey Funeral Home. Visitation 6 p.m. today. JENKINS -- Linsey Royce Baker, 62, Taylor, Mich., formerly of Jenkins, retired Ford Motor Co. employee, husband of Juanita Mullins Baker, died Sunday, apparently of a heart attack. Services 1 p.m. Friday, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. Visitation noon today. JENKINS -- Sylvia Beauparlant, 42, Whitesburg, homemaker, wife of Joseph Beauparlant, died Monday, apparently of a heart attack. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Cowan Chapel Church. Visitation any time,church. Arrangements, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. PIKEVILLE -- Wayne Damron, 75, Island Creek, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home. Visitation 8 a.m. today. VIRGIE -- Hi P. Adkins, 80, Beattyville, formerly of Hurricane Creek, retired coal miner, World War II veteran, husband of Maggie N. Adkins, died Monday. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, Owsley Freewill Baptist Church, Hurricane Creek. Visitation any time today, R.S. Jones & Son Funeral Home; 11 a.m. Thursday, church. March 10, 1998 PIKEVILLE -- Lonnie Bentley, 72, 909 Little Creek Road, retired coal miner, husband of Fannie Mae Bentley, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m. today, Lucas & Hall Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Janet Young Bly, 60, Battle Creek, Mich., formerly of Pike County, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday, Bent Ridge Cemetery, Meta. No local visitation. Arrangements, Lucas & Hall Funeral Home. PIKEVILLE -- Virginia Lee Herring, 67, Auxier Avenue, homemaker, wife of Ted Wesley Herring, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday, J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home. Visitation 8 a.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Eleanor Lee Johnson, 72, Shelbiana, homemaker, mother of Candy Johnson, Shelbiana, died Sunday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Lucas & Hall Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. March 8, 1998 ELKHORN CITY -- William "Pat" Lewis, 72, Jonancy, retired steel worker, husband of Bertha Lewis, died yesterday. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday, East Elkhorn Free Will Baptist Church. Visitation 6 p.m. Sunday and any time Monday, church. Arrangements, Dunn-Kelley/Prater & Dunn Funeral Home, Salyersville. PIKEVILLE -- Kiera Denay Coleman, seven months, daughter of Eddie Charles and Jennifer Lynn Coleman of Rockhouse, died Friday. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday, Morris Chapel, Justiceville. Visitation 6 p.m. today and Monday. March 7, 1998 ELKHORN CITY -- Beverly Hubert "Bill" Cavins, 74, Lick Creek, retired coal miner, husband of Aldie Mae Griffey Cavins, died yesterday. Services 1 p.m. Monday, Lick Creek Holiness Church. Visitation 6:30 p.m. today, Bailey Funeral Home. PIKEVILLE -- Mahala Elizabeth Cutright, 71, retired sales clerk, widow of Paul Cutright, died Thursday. Services 1 p.m. today, Justice Funeral Services -- Justice Chapel. Visitation 9 a.m. today. March 6, 1998 ELKHORN CITY -- Amanda Agnes Carter Short, 76, Lick Creek, homemaker, widow of Elmer Short, died yesterday. Services 1 p.m. Saturday, Lick Creek Holiness Church. Visitation 9 a.m. today, church. Arrangements, Bailey Funeral Home. PIKEVILLE -- Martha Hale, 91, Bent Branch Road, former homemaker, widow of Landon Hale, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. today, Justice Funeral Services -- Justice Chapel. Visitation 9 a.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Roger Hayes Williams Sr., 51, Williams Hollow, coal miner, Vietnam War veteran, husband of Emma Sue Coleman Williams, died Wednesday. Services noon Saturday, J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home. Visitation 8 a.m. today. March 5, 1998 JENKINS -- Lou Emma Potter Fleming, 95, Dayton, Ohio, formerly of Jenkins, who had been a homemaker, widow of T.N. Fleming, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Hylton Freewill Baptist Church, Ashcamp. Visitation 5 p.m. today, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. March 3, 1998 VIRGIE -- Hazel Mae Johnson, 75, Long Fork, homemaker, widow of Arsley Johnson, died Sunday. Services noon Wednesday, R.S. Jones & Son Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. March 1, 1998 ELKHORN CITY -- Emitt O'Quinn, 88, Ashcamp, retired coal miner, widower of Clara O'Quinn, died yesterday. Services 1 p.m. Monday, Bailey Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. JENKINS -- Harold William "Straight Hair" Davis, 76, Letcher County trial commissioner, husband of Geraldine Davis, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Church of God of Prophecy. Visitation noon today, church. Arrangements, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. PIKEVILLE -- Betty Branham, 82, homemaker, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. Monday, J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home. Visitation 8 a.m. today. VIRGIE -- Flora Tackett, 66, Dorton, wife of Norvel Tackett, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. Monday, Old Elkhorn Regular Baptist Church, Shelby Gap. Visitation 9 a.m. today, church. Arrangements, R.S. Jones & Son Funeral Home. February 28, 1998 PIKEVILLE -- Mirl Collins, 65, Harolds Branch Road, former Thrifty Shop manager, wife of Hatler Collins, died yesterday. Services 1 p.m. Monday, J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home. Visitation 6 p.m. today and 8 a.m. Sunday. PIKEVILLE -- Lonnie Denver Huffman, 62, Red Creek Road, died Thursday. Services 1 p.m. Sunday, J.W. Call Funeral Home. Visitation 8 a.m. today. February 27, 1998 JENKINS -- Lillie Mae Looney, 82, McRoberts, homemaker, widow of Elmer C. Looney Sr., died of congestive heart failure Wednesday. Services 1 p.m. Saturday, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. Visitation 6-10 p.m. today. JUSTICEVILLE -- Finis Hackney, 80, Mouthcard, retired coal miner, husband of Mertie Hackney, died yesterday. Services 1 p.m. Sunday, New Zion Freewill Baptist Church, Big Rock, Va. Visitation 5 p.m.today, church. Arrangements, Justice Funeral Services - Morris Chapel. February 25, 1998 ELKHORN CITY -- Kernie Dean Miller, 37, Mouthcard, security guard, died Saturday. Authorities were investigating. Services 2 p.m. today, Bailey Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. February 24, 1998 ELKHORN CITY -- Jennifer Belcher Adams, 45, Belcher, construction worker, daughter of Oma Belcher Belcher, Belcher, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday, Bailey Funeral Home. Visitation 6 p.m. today. February 23, 1998 BELFRY -- Mae Blevins, 91, Stone, widow of C.H. Blevins, died yesterday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday, R.E. Rogers Funeral Home. Visitation 6 p.m. today. ELKHORN CITY -- Jesse Teamus Bartley, 106, Ashcamp, retired coal miner, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Bailey Funeral Home. Visitation 6 p.m. today. ELKHORN CITY -- Roma Dixie Mullins, 92, Belcher, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Bailey Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Peggy Robinette, 67, Varney, former nurse's aide, widow of Vergil Robinette, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Pilgrim Home Old Regular Baptist Church in Varney. Visitation any time today, church. Lucas & Hall Funeral Home in charge. February 22, 1998 BELFRY -- Ethel Grace Jones, 100, Princeton, W.Va., formerly of Toler, former Piggly Wiggly employee, mother of Kathleen Carter of Columbia, S.C., died Friday. Services 1 p.m. Monday, R.E. Rogers Funeral Home. Visitation 6-8 p.m. today. February 21, 1998 JENKINS -- Tora Cantrell, 94, Clarksville, Tenn., formerly of Jenkins, former homemaker, widow of John Allen Cantrell, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. Sunday, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. Visitation 3-9 p.m. today. JENKINS -- Willie Luther Tackitt, 65, Dunham, former heavy equipment operator, Korean War veteran, husband of Barbara Webb Tackitt, died Thursday. Services 11 a.m. Sunday, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. Visitation 3-9 p.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Everett Justice, 80, Raccoon, retired coal miner, brother of Martha Coleman, Raccoon, died Thursday. Services 1 p.m. Sunday, Justice Funeral Services -- Justice Chapel. Visitation 11 a.m. today. February 20, 1998 PIKEVILLE -- Myra Runyon, 81, 902 South Hellier Street, homemaker, widow of James H. Runyon, died Wednesday. Services 1 p.m. Saturday, Justice Funeral Services -- Justice Chapel. Visitation 9 a.m. today. February 19, 1998 ELKHORN CITY -- Oma Looney, 85, Belcher, homemaker, widow of Olen Looney, died Tuesday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Bailey Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Dora Ford, 75, Myers Towers, homemaker, widow of Bill Ford, died Tuesday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home. Visitation 8 a.m. today. VIRGIE -- Carmel Little, 74, Long Fork, retired coal miner, died Tuesday. Services 1 p.m. Saturday, R.S. Jones & Son Funeral Home. Visitation 6 p.m. today. February 18, 1989 ELKHORN CITY -- Billy R. Skeens, 63, Road Creek Road, who had been a Social Security Administration claims administrator, Korean War veteran, husband of Betty Lester Skeens, died Monday. Services 1 p.m. today, Bailey Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. JENKINS -- The Rev. Jacob Chadwell King Sr., 95, Cromona, retired coal miner and Methodist minister, husband of Jewel King, died yesterday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. Visitation 6-9 p.m. today and Thursday. February 19, 1998 JENKINS -- Jimmie Mullins, 87, Joe's Branch, retired coal miner, widower of Maggie Mullins, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. Visitation 6-9 p.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Creetie M. Coleman, 85, Largo, Fla., Pike County native, who had been a homemaker, wife of Curtis Coleman, died Saturday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home. Visitation 7-9 p.m. today. VIRGIE -- Ruby Jean Tackett Meade, 48, daughter of Spicy McPeek, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday, R.S. Jones & Son Funeral Home. Visitation 8 a.m. today. February 16, 1998 JENKINS -- Hurley Mullins, 85, Lexington, formerly of Jenkins, retired coal miner, husband of Edna Craft Mullins, died Saturday. Services noon today, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. Visitation 10 a.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Johnie L. Nichols, 99, retired farmer and logger, widower of Trixie Nichols, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. today, Lucas & Hall Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. February 14, 1998 JENKINS -- Bessie Gilley, 61, Dayton, Ohio, formerly of Jenkins, widow of Lester Gilley, died Wednesday. Services 1 p.m. today, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. Visitation 10 a.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Howard Anderson Jr., 56, Kimper, retired coal miner, husband of Clarsie Mae Anderson, died Thursday. Services 1 p.m. Sunday, Grapevine Primitive Baptist Church. Visitation 9 a.m. today, church. Arrangements, Justice Funeral Services -- Pike County Chapel. PIKEVILLE -- Mamie Carroll, 40, Island Creek, homemaker, wife of Ronnie Carroll, died Thursday. Services 11 a.m. Sunday, Island Creek Old Regular Baptist Church. Visitation any time today, church. Arrangements, J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home. PIKEVILLE -- Calvin Ray, 73, Virgie, widower of Mary Edna Ray, died yesterday. Services 1 p.m. Monday, Calvary Free Will Baptist Church. Visitation 4:30 p.m. today, church. Arrangements, Lucas & Hall Funeral Home. PIKEVILLE -- Patty Sue Tackett, 56, apartment complex manager, daughter of Morgan and Otta Adkins, died Thursday. Services 1 p.m. Sunday, Lucas & Hall Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. February 13, 1998 BELFRY -- James "Rounder" Hager, 74, Ransom, retired coal miner, husband of Beatrice Hatfield Hager, died yesterday. Services 11 a.m. Sunday, Samaria Primitive Baptist Church, Ransom. Visitation 6 p.m. today, R.E. Rogers Funeral Home. PIKEVILLE -- Oma Leo McCown, 64, 276 Little Fork, homemaker, wife of Ernest McCown, died Wednesday. Services noon Saturday, Energyville Freewill Baptist Church. Visitation 9 a.m. today, Lucas & Hall Funeral Home. February 11, 1998 PHELPS -- Vicy Smith, 80, homemaker, widow of Luther Smith, died Sunday. Services 1 p.m. today, Phelps Funeral Services. PIKEVILLE -- Beulah B. Boyd, 82, Myers Towers, homemaker, widow of Orman T. Boyd, died yesterday. Services 11 a.m. Thursday, J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home. Visitation 5 p.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Cora Lynn Carroll, 86, 223 Bank Street, who had been a homemaker, wife of Frank Carroll, died Monday. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, Lucas & Hall Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Lucille Justice Pruitt, 72, homemaker, widow of Ervin S. Pruitt, died Monday. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home. Visitation 1 p.m. today. ZEBULON -- Whetsel Varney, 83, Pikeville, retired coal miner, husband of Bertha Varney, died Monday. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, Justice Funeral Services -- Pike County Chapel. Visitation 8 a.m. today. February 10, 1998 BELFRY -- Ollie Mae Scott, 82, Canada, Ky., former homemaker, widow of Cecil Scott, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday, R.E. Rogers Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. JENKINS -- Virgie Elizabeth "Vernie" Calhoun, 93, East Jenkins, former homemaker, mother of Ruby Johnson, East Jenkins, died yesterday. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, Burdine Freewill Baptist Church. Visitation noon today, her home. Arrangements, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. JENKINS -- Stephanie Gay Wyatt, 26, Cromona, counselor at Kentucky Youth Academy at Sycamore, daughter of Pete and Peggy Anderson Wyatt, Cromona, died Saturday of injuries received in a traffic accident. Services noon Wednesday, Emmanuel Baptist Church. Visitation noon-9 p.m. today, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. JUSTICEVILLE -- Johnny Reynolds, 85, Feds Creek, retired coal miner, widower of Hazel Phillips Reynolds, died Saturday. Services 1 p.m. today, Justice Funeral Services -- Morris Chapel. February 8, 1998 PIKEVILLE -- Mae H. Hinchman, 92, Huntington, W.Va., formerly of Pike County, died Thursday. Services 1 p.m. Monday, J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home. Visitation noon Monday. JUSTICEVILLE -- Connie Thacker Parsons Bush, 86, Pikeville, homemaker, mother of Woodrow Parsons, Pikeville, died yesterday. Services noon Sunday, Justice Funeral Services -- Morris Chapel. Visitation 6 p.m. today. February 6, 1998 BELFRY -- L.K. "Larkin" Ferrell, 65, Freeburn, retired coal miner, died Wednesday. Services 1 p.m. Sunday, Freeburn Pentecostal Church of God. Visitation 6 p.m. today, church. Arrangements, R.E. Rogers Funeral Home. ELKHORN CITY -- Tracy Scott, 51, Mouthcard, coal miner, died Wednesday. Services 1 p.m. Saturday, Bailey Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. JENKINS -- James Thomas Johnson, 92, Dunham, retired coal miner, widower of Edna Collier Johnson, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Polly & Craft Funeral Home. Visitation 1 p.m. Saturday. ZEBULON -- Gary Maxie, 41, Raccoon, assistant supervisor at Eastern Oil & Gas Co. in Pikeville, husband of Wilma Maxie, died of a heart attack yesterday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Big Blaine United Baptist Church, Martha. Visitation 6 p.m. today, Justice Funeral Services -- Pike County Chapel. February 5, 1998 ELKHORN CITY -- Judith Ann Bartley Slone, 49, 890 Jackson Branch Road, homemaker, wife of Leo Slone, died yesterday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Hylton Freewill Baptist Church. Visitation 6 p.m. today, church. Arrangements, Bailey Funeral Home. PIKEVILLE -- Carmen "Bunk" Mutter, 76, Keene Village, retired coal miner, widower of Opal Mutter, died Tuesday. Services noon Friday, J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home. Visitation 8 a.m. today. February 4, 1998 VIRGIE -- William Curtis Fouts, 77, Long Fork, retired coal miner, World War II veteran, husband of Elizabeth Fouts, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. today, Speight Church of Christ. Visitation 9 a.m. today, church. Arrangements, R.S. Jones & Son Funeral Home. BELFRY -- Birdie Smith, 78, Canada, Ky., homemaker, wife of Clive Smith, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday, R.E. Rogers Funeral Home. Visitation 6-10 p.m. today. PIKEVILLE -- Sammie Mullins, 86, Hurricane Road, homemaker, widow of Glen Mullins, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday, Owsley Freewill Baptist Church, Hurricane Creek. Visitation any time, church. Arrangements, J.W. Call & Son Funeral Home. ZEBULON -- Opal Adkins, 66, Raccoon, homemaker, wife of Ireland Adkins, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday, Raccoon Primitive Baptist Church. Visitation 8 a.m. today, church. Arrangements, Justice Funeral Services -- Pike County Chapel. February 2, 1998 ELKHORN CITY -- Palmer Stevie Norman, 36, Ashcamp, mechanic, died Saturday. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday, Bailey Funeral Home. Visitation 9 a.m. today. PHELPS -- Geraldine "Curley" Compton, 71, retired owner/operator of Curley's Flower Shop, widow of Thomas Compton, died Saturday. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Johnson Memorial Park in Pikeville. Visitation 8 a.m. today, Phelps Funeral Services. Contributions suggested to the Peter Creek Presbyterian Church Building Fund.