Local obituaries for the Harlan, Kentucky area.
Earl Napier
March 19, 2014
Earl Napier, age 42, of Bledsoe, KY passed away March 18, 2014 at his home. He was born July 3, 1971 in Harlan, KY to J.R. Napier of Bledsoe, KY and the late Sandy Napier. He was a retired bus driver with the Harlan Co. Board of Education. He is preceded in death by his mother, Sandy Napier, and his...
McKinley Mitchell Jr.
March 17, 2014
McKinley Mitchell, Jr. (also known as JR) age 57 of Wallins, KY passed away March 17, 2014 at the Harlan ARH. He was born June 13, 1956 in Harlan Co., KY to Emma Osborne Mitchell of Cawood, KY and the late McKinley Mitchell. He was a steel worker in Chicago, IL and an auto-body shop worker at Harold’s Body Shop....
Buster Perkins
March 16, 2014
Buster Perkins, age 82, of Baxter, KY passed away Sunday, March 16, 2014 at his home. He was born December 8, 1931 in Yancey, KY to the late William Granville and Athena Baird Perkins. He was a coal truck driver and mechanic for Master Blend Coal Co. and loved restoring antiques cars and jeeps. He was a member of the...
Earl Dugger Sr.
March 11, 2014
Earl Dugger, Sr., age 90, of Harlan, KY passed away March 11, 2014 at his residence following a long illness. He was born April 23, 1923 in Harlan Co., KY to the late James Fred and Oma Hicks Dugger. He served his country in the United States Army during World War ll. He was a retired office manager, repairman and...
Earnest Broughton Jr.
March 10, 2014
Earnest Broughton, Jr., age 59, of Kingsport, TN formerly of Harlan, KY passed from this life March 10, 2014. He was born February 13, 1955 to Beulah Broughton of Tazewell, TN and the late Earnest Broughton, Sr. He was a retired logger with Broughton Logging. Besides his father he is preceded in death by his grandparents, Robert and Nellie Wilder...
Lloyd Gross
March 3, 2014
Lloyd Gross, age 64, of Wallins Creek, KY passed away March 3, 2014 at the Harlan ARH. He was born March 24, 1949 in Harlan, KY to the late Cecil Gross, Sr. and Charlene Foley Gross. He was a self-employed finish carpenter. He is survived by his children, Lloyd Gross, Jr. of Tremont, KY and Willie Nelson (Rachelle) Gross of...
Nannie Faye Collins
February 26, 2014
Nannie Faye Collins 97, of Cawood, KY passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at the Harlan Health & Rehabilitation Center in Harlan, KY. She was born July 20, 1916 in Harlan County, KY. She was a homemaker and believed in the Pentecostal Faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Marion and Mary Brewer Stewart, two sons Fred Johnson...
Hershel Bray
February 21, 2014
Hershel Bray, age 84, of Cawood, KY passed away Friday, February 21, 2014 with his family by his side. He was born July 27, 1929 in Pound, VA. He was the last living child of the late Hanford and Bertha Bray. He believed in the Pentecostal faith. He was a retired coal miner with the Bray Coal Company. He loved...
James Ralph Cornett
February 18, 2014
James Ralph Cornett, age73, of Bledsoe, KY passed away February 18, 2014 at the Middlesboro ARH. He was born March 6, 1940 at the Pine Mountain Hospital, Bledsoe, KY to the late Jess and Sally Wilder Cornett. He was employed in the coal industry as a drill operator. He believed in the Pentecostal faith. He is preceded in death by...
Ethel Nantz
February 18, 2014
Ethel Nantz, age 92, of Somerset, KY formerly of Greasy Creek, KY passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at the Hospice of Lake Cumberland, Somerset, KY following a long illness. She was born May 8, 1921 in Hyden, KY to the late Chris and Emily Witt. She was a retired mother and housewife. She was a postmaster and a cook...
Larry Duff
February 17, 2014
Larry Duff, age 63, of Johnson City, TN formerly of Harlan, KY, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014 at his home. He was born July 26, 1950 in Harlan, KY to the late Charles and Betty Sizemore Duff. He was a retired insurance agent with American General and believed in the Christian faith. Besides his parents, he is preceded in...
Rachel Elizabeth Hensley
February 15, 2014
Rachel Elizabeth Hensley, age 31, of Totz, KY passed away February 15, 2014 at the Harlan ARH. She was born in May 3, 1982 in Harlan, KY to Kimberly Day Sturgill of Totz, KY and Billy Wayne Hensley of Gulston, KY. She was a graduate of Cumberland High School and crowned the 1998 Homecoming Queen. She was a member of...
William "Bill" (Candy Man) Helton
February 15, 2014
William “Bill” (Candyman) Helton, age 68 of Elcomb, KY, born August 14, 1945 at Three Point, KY, passed away February 15, 2014 at the ARH Hospital. He was a truck driver for over 30 years and enjoyed the outdoors and camping with his grandsons and friends. He served in the U.S. Army and was a Kentucky Colonel. He attended the...
Jenny Lind Cawood
February 6, 2014
Jenny Lind Cawood, 73, of Kerrville, Texas, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2014. Jenny was born in 1940 in Harlan, Kentucky, the elder of two daughters of Lillian Greer Cawood and Dr. James A. Cawood, who for 38 years was Superintendent of Schools in Harlan County, Kentucky. In 1961 Jenny married Dr. James D. Skaggs, an instructor at Abilene...
Ralph Edward Turner
February 3, 2014
Ralph Edward Turner, age 80, of Big Laurel, went home to be with his Lord on Monday, February 3, 2014. He was born in Big Laurel on June 14, 1933 to the late Frank and Myrtle Sizemore Turner. Ralph worked as a logger, miner and for 50 years as a dozer operator, where he was known as “Grubby,” before retiring....
James William Gregory Jr.
January 24, 2014
James William Gregory, Jr., 55, of Lancaster, the husband of Tracy Asbury Gregory, passed away Friday, January 24, 2014 at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. He was born January 23, 1959, in Harlan County, to Retha Saylor Gregory Joseph and the late James William Gregory, Sr. He had served in the U. S. Navy and was of the...
Margaret Ann Smith
January 23, 2014
Margaret Ann Harris Smith Margaret Smith, age 66, of Wallins, KY went to be with the Lord with her family by her side January 23, 2014 in Johnson City, TN. She was born September 9, 1947 in Kingsport, TN to the late Acree Harris Sr. and Polly Turner Harris. She was a devoted Christian and a member of the Church...
Donald Ray Rowe
January 22, 2014
Donald Ray Rowe Donald Ray Rowe, age 63, of Baxter, KY passed away January 22, 2014 at his home following a long illness. He was born July 31, 1950 in Harlan, KY to the late Paul and Cordia Rowe. He was a retired welder from Pennington Steel Co. and believed in the Church of Christ faith. Besides his parents he...
Gerald Engle
January 18, 2014
Gerald Engle, age 76, of Rosspoint, KY passed away January 18, 2014 at his home following a long illness. He was born June 9, 1937 to the late Joseph and Millie Helton Engle in Knox Co., KY. He was a retired coal miner from Jerico Mining and believed in the Baptist faith. He was a veteran of the United States...
Shirley Bowman
January 16, 2014
Shirley Ann Bowman was born October 15, 1935 in Wallins Creek, Kentucky to the late Clayborn and Ava Blanton Bowling. Shirley met the Lord’s choice of partner and married the love of her life, the late Samuel J. Bowman on August 14, 1959. Their Christian missions were remarkable, constantly working and witnessing for Christ both here and abroad. A most...
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