OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for the Harlan, Kentucky area.

Joyce Ann Plummer

Joyce Ann Plummer

April 12, 2015

Joyce Ann Plummer of Flower Mound, TX passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. Joyce was born in Harlan, KY on June 8, 1937 to Dover William and Hazel Perkey Pursiful. While working in the payroll department at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH, she met and began dating Raymond Plummer. They...

Iva Ruth Gilbert

Iva Ruth Gilbert

April 5, 2015

Iva Ruth Gilbert, age 72, of Evarts, KY passed away April 5, 2015 at the Harlan ARH. She was born January 11, 1943 in Harlan, KY to the late George and Edith Cowans. She was a housewife and believed in the Baptist faith. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, James B. Gilbert, son James Pascal...

Ronnie Lee Vandagriff

Ronnie Lee Vandagriff

April 4, 2015

Ronnie Lee Vandagriff, age 65, of Lafollette, TN formerly of Cranks, KY passed away April 4, 2015 in Lafollette, TN following a long illness. He was born Feb. 11, 1950 to the late Glen and Juanita Vandagriff. He was a retired coal miner and believed in the Church of God faith. Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by...

Rodney Darrell Helton

Rodney Darrell Helton

April 4, 2015

Rodney Darrell Helton, age 49, of Bledsoe, KY passed away April 4, 2015 at the Mary Breckinridge ARH, Hyden, KY. He was born Aug. 23, 1965 in Red Bird, KY to the late Ernest and Seretta Helton. He was a strip miner and re-claimer in the Harlan/Leslie Co. area. He was a member of the Bledsoe Volunteer Fire Dept. Besides...

Truman Jones

Truman Jones

March 25, 2015

Truman Jones, age 64, of Cawood, KY passed away March 25, 2015 at Continue Care Hospital at Baptist Health, Corbin, KY. He was born May 12, 1950 in Harlan, KY to the late Gervis and Eliza Mills Jones. He was a bookkeeper and accountant with Harlan Cumberland Coal. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church, Cawood, KY. He was...

Irene Helton Oaks

Irene Helton Oaks

March 8, 2015

Irene Oaks, age 55, of Somerset, KY passed away March 8, 2015 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, Somerset, KY. She was born November 25, 1959 to the late Grant and Martha Saylor Helton. She was a retired school bus driver with the Harlan County Board of Education. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by brothers, France and...

Joyce Ann Bradford

Joyce Ann Bradford

March 6, 2015

Joyce Ann Bradford, age 73, of Smith, KY passed away March 6, 2015 at her home. She was born April 7, 1941 at Smith, KY to the late Earl and Mary Sue Smith Poindexter. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, David Bradford. She is survived by her children, Lesa (Bobby) Hethcoat of Blue Springs, MO,...

Mary Farmer

Mary Farmer

March 4, 2015

Mary Farmer, age 92, of Cawood, KY passed away March 4, 2015 at the Harlan Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 3, 1923 in Harlan County to the late Lloyd and Charity Hensley Fowler. She was a retired cook from the Harlan ARH and believed in the Church of God faith. Besides her parents, she is preceded in...

Beverly Lynn Watkins

Beverly Lynn Watkins

March 3, 2015

Beverly Lynn Watkins, age 52, of Sharps Chapel, TN passed away March 3, 2015 at the Claiborne Medical Center, Tazewell, TN. She was born May 9, 1962 in Harlan, KY to the late Charles and Lora Kelly Gilbert. She was a loving homemaker, wife, and mother. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her sister, Teresa Chadwell. Left...

Charles "Charlie" Wattenberger

Charles "Charlie" Wattenberger

March 3, 2015

Charles W. “Charlie” Wattenberger, age 82, passed away March 3, 2015 at the Harlan ARH. He was born December 8, 1932 at Crummies, KY to the late Carson and Ollie Irvin Wattenberger. Charlie was the former mayor of Loyall, KY as well as a City Council Member and was a 1952 graduate of Hall High School. He was a finance...

Carla Denise Ward

Carla Denise Ward

February 23, 2015

Carla Denise Ward, age 54, of Middlesboro, KY passed away February 23, 2015 at the Middlesboro ARH following a long illness. She was born July 20, 1960 in Gary, IN to the late Thomas Howard and Arnette Howard Crider. She was Registered Nurse at the Middesboro ARH for 15 years. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her...

Walter Lee Hensley

Walter Lee Hensley

February 21, 2015

Walter Lee Hensley, age 66, of Jonesville, VA passed away February 21, 2015 at his home. He was born August 8, 1948 in Rose Hill, VA to the late Elmer and Edna Dean Hensley. He was a truck driver for American Concrete. Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by brother Armour Hensley. He is survived by his wife,...

Wilma Colene Craig

Wilma Colene Craig

February 20, 2015

Wilma Colene Craig, age 73, of Pathfork, KY passed away Friday, February 20, 2015 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born April 18, 1941 to the late Dan and Mary Jane Miracle. Wilma was known as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and mentor to many. She loved life, and her family to the fullest. She loved God and was...

Manford Roark

Manford Roark

February 14, 2015

Manford Roark, age 74, of Pathfork, KY passed away February 14, 2015 at the Greg and Noreen Wells Hospice Care Center, Hazard, KY. He was born January 22, 1941 to the late Hiskel and Florence Roark. He was a retired coal miner and was a member of the Blackstar Pentecostal Church. Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by...

Kathy Adkins Davis

Kathy Adkins Davis

February 9, 2015

Kathy Adkins Davis, age 60, of Harlan passed away February 9, 2015 at the Rockcastle Regional Hospital, Mt. Vernon, KY following a long illness. She was born January 9, 1955 to the late Manus and Dora Burton Adkins. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Grays Knob Church of God. Left to mourn her passing are her...

Henry Wayne Greene

Henry Wayne Greene

February 9, 2015

Henry Wayne Greene, age 61, of Cawood, KY passed away February 9, 2015 at Holston Wellmont Medical Center, Kingsport, TN following a long illness. He was born May 31, 1953 in Harlan, KY to the late Tilman and Mary June King Greene. He worked at Harlan Country Club and was a welder at Jeff Boat. He believed in the Holiness...

Sandra Kay Gross

Sandra Kay Gross

February 6, 2015

Sandra Kay Gross, age 62, of Harlan, KY passed away February 6, 2015 at the Harlan ARH. She was born January 28, 1953 in Harlan, KY to the late Ernest and Myrtle Vanover. She was a secretary and believed in the Baptist faith. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her sisters, Ann Duff and Donna Vanover. Left...

William Clay "Junebug" Williams Jr.

William Clay "Junebug" Williams Jr.

February 5, 2015

William Clay “Junebug” Williams, age 56, of Dayhoit, KY passed away February 5, 2015 at his home following a long illness. He was born February 13, 1958 in Harlan, KY to the late William Clay Williams, Sr. and Margaret Ann Williams of Dayhoit, KY. He was a member of the Poorfork Church of Christ. Besides his mother, he is survived...

Teresa Wattenberger Stewart

Teresa Wattenberger Stewart

January 31, 2015

Teresa Wattenberger Stewart, age 58, of Loyall, KY passed away January 31, 2015 at her home following a long illness. She was born October 5, 1956 in Harlan, KY to Charles W., Sr. and Teddie Wattenberger of Loyall, KY. She was a retired server at Western Sizzlin’ Steakhouse and was a member of the First Pentecostal Church of Loyall, KY....

Phyllis A. Farmer

Phyllis A. Farmer

January 30, 2015

Phyllis A. Farmer, age 64 of Dayton, reunited with her husband Franklin Farmer on January 30, 2015. She was born July 11, 1950 in Harlan, KY to the late George and Lela (Longworth) Golden. In addition to her parents and husband, Phyllis was preceded in death by her infant son, George Glenn Farmer and aunt, Muriel Longworth-Chadwick. She was a...

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