Obituaries
Pikeville, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Pikeville and Pike County, KY
Carolyn Cantrell
Dec 19, 2014
Carolyn Caldwell Cantrell, age 68, passed away Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. Carolyn was born on Aug. 15, 1946 to her parents the late Clyde Leon Caldwell and Delores Stout Caldwell. Carolyn was the wife of the late Roy Cantrell Jr., a homemaker, and a member of the Burdine Church of God of Prophecy. Along with her husband and parents, Carolyn...
Baszella Childers
Dec 17, 2014
Baszella Childers, age 78, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 at the Mt. View Health Care Center. Baszella was born on June 19, 1936 to her parents the late Monroe Holbrook and Ellen Haynes Holbrook. She was the wife of the late Vernon Prater Childers, a homemaker, and a member of the Hylton Freewill Baptist Church. Along with her husband...
Sam Lucas
Dec 15, 2014
Sam "Peanut" Lucas, age 84, passed away Monday, Dec. 15, 2015 at the Mt. View Health Care Center. Sam was born on May 4, 1930 to his parents the late Sam Lucas Sr. and Minerva Mullins Lucas. He was a retired coal miner and C & O Railroad, and a member of Old Elkhorn Regular Baptist Church. Along with his...
Belle Damron
Dec 14, 2014
Belle Damron, age 87, passed away Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014 at the Signature Health Care Center. Belle was born on May 28, 1927 to her parents the late Morgan Chaney and Didema Harris Chaney. She was the wife of the late Fred Damron, a homemaker, and a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. Along with her husband and parents, Belle...
Joyce Hopson
Dec 13, 2014
Joyce Thompson Hopson, age 78, passed away Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014 at her home. Joyce was bornon Sept. 9, 1936 to her parents the late Amos Thompson and Martha Parsons Thompson. She was the wife of James E. Hopson, a homemaker, and a member of the Maranatha Bible Church. Along with her husband, Joyce is survived by one son, Mike...
Thomas Leon Bentley
Dec 12, 2014
Thomas Leon Bentley, age 82, passed away Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 at his home. Leon was born on March 31, 1932 to his parents the late Jimmie Bentley and Stella Damron Bentley. Leon was the husband of Jeanette Damron Bentley, a coal miner, and a member of the Little Creek Old Regular Baptist Church. He also served his country honorably...
Alfred Belcher
Dec 12, 2014
Alfred Belcher, age 81, passed away Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Alfred was born on Jan. 11, 1933 to his parents the late Printus Belcher and Victoria Potter Belcher. He was the husband of Margaret Mullins Belcher, self employed Belcher Car Sales & Farm, a believer of the Old Regular Baptist Faith, and he also served...
Fred Gray
Dec 11, 2014
Fred Estil Gray, age 89, passed away Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014 at his home. Fred was born on April 29, 1925 to his parents the late John Gray and Hattie Thacker Gray. He was the husband of the late Jetta Pearl Thacker Gray, a coal miner for Republic Steel Coal Co., and a member of Sutton Baptist Church. Fred also...
Arthur Hall
Dec 9, 2014
Arthur E. Hall Jr., age 59, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 in Denver, Colorado. Arthur was born on Sept. 3, 1955 to his parents Arthur Hall Sr. and Sally Hall. Arthur was a believer of the christian faith and a financial advisor. Along with his parents, Arthur is survived by two sons, Nicholas Hall, Alexander Hall, one daughter, Meredith...
Jim Damron
Dec 6, 2014
Jim Damron, age 51, passed away Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Jim was born on Dec. 7, 1962 to his parents the late Oscar Damron Jr. and Nellie Joyce Johnson Damron. He was the husband of Diana Smith Damron, self employed for Damron Services, and a member of the Ford's Branch Church of Christ. Along with...
McCoy Tackett
Dec 4, 2014
McCoy Tackett, age 73, passed away Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 at his home. McCoy was born on June 6, 1941 to his parents the late Fred Tackett and Icy Mullins Tackett. He was the husband of Emma R. Tackett, a coal miner, and a member of Dorton Freewill Baptist Church. Along with his parents, McCoy was preceded in death by...
Billy Spencer
Dec 2, 2014
Billy Spencer Jr., age 57, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Billy was born on May 10, 1957 to his parents the late Billy Spencer and Peggy Hall Spencer. Billy was the husband of Kathy Moore Spencer, a retired truck driver and coal miner, and a believer of the Old Regular Baptist Faith. Along with...
Reba Joyce Newsome
Nov 30, 2014
Reba Joyce Newsome, age 59, passed away Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014 at her home. Reba was born on June 10, 1955 to her parents the late Elbert Eugene Hamilton and Betty Jo Osborne Hamilton. She was the wife of Jerry Newsome, a homemaker, and a believer of the baptist faith. Along with her husband, Reba is survived by two sons,...
Johnny Chaney
Nov 25, 2014
Johnny Lee Chaney, age 54, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 at the Wells Hospice Care Center in Hazard, Ky. Johnny was born on March 23, 1960 to his parents the late Gaylord Chaney and Mary Kendrick Chaney. He was a coal miner and a believer of the Christian faith. Along with his parents, Johnny was preceded in death by...
Patricia Ann Wright
Nov 24, 2014
Patricia Ann Wright, age 64, passed away Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Patricia was born on Sept. 25, 1950 to her parents the late Bill Kelly and Bertha Baker Kelly. She was the wife of the late Danny Wright, a retired hair dresser and teacher's aide, and a member of the Dorton Methodist Church. Along with...
Gary Reed Osborne
Nov 22, 2014
Gary Reed Osborne, age 76, of Pikeville, Ky, passed away on Saturday, November, 23, 2014, at the Pikeville Medical Center. He was born on September 13, 1938, the son of the late Joe and Florence Justice Osborne. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by a sister, Beatrice Osborne McNeil, and by two brothers, Burl Stevenson...
Jimmy Dye
Nov 20, 2014
Jimmy Dye, age 90, passed away Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 at the V.A. Medical Center in Johnson City, Tn. Jimmy was born on June 1, 1924 to his parents the late Earl Dye and Mary Pinson Dye. He was the husband of the late Frankie McCown Dye, a car salesman, and a believer of the Baptist Faith. Along with his...
Viola Gillespie
Nov 12, 2014
Viola Ellen Ratliff Gillespie, age 87, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Viola was born on May 21, 1927 to her parents the late Kelly Ratliff and Amie Damron Ratliff. She was the wife of the late Sammie Gillespie, a machine operator for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., and a believer of the Christian Faith....
Zan Shannon Trivette
Nov 10, 2014
Zan Shannon Trivette age 50 passed away Monday, Nov. 10, 2014 at his home. Zan was born on Oct. 18, 1964 to his parents the late Richard Frank Trivette and Venina May Trivette. He was the husband of the late Sherri Helen Roberts Trivette, a carpenter, and a believer of the Church of Christ Faith. Zan also served his country...
Pauline Ratliff
Nov 9, 2014
Pauline Gibson Ratliff, age 84, passed away Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014 at her home. Pauline was born on Nov. 18, 1929 to her parents the late Sid Gibson and Mary Hobson Gibson. She was the wife of the late Arnold E. Ratliff, retired lunchroom manager for Pike County Board of Education, and a member of the Caney Creek Freewill Baptist...
