Dan Attwood Collins, 74, of Smoot Creek, died May 14 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. The son of the late Ronald and Madyline Williams Collins, he was a deacon at Little Colley Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Charlotte McKinney Collins; three sisters, Roseanne Sharp and husband Lowell of London, Ronita Thornsberry of Richmond and Lydia Katherine Collins […]
Obituaries
Services are held for Mazie B. Holbrook
Funeral services for Mazie B. Holbrook, 90, of Little Colley, were held May 19 at Letcher Funeral Home. Entombment was in the Green Acres Mausoleum at Ermine. A daughter of the late Farris and Lettie Johnson Bates and the widow of Vaughn Holbrook, she died May 17 at the Greg and Noreen Wells Hospice Center in Hazard. Surviving are a […]
Constance Kincer dies at 91
Constance Combs Kincer, 91, died May 5 at her home in Lexington. She was a daughter of the late Judge Stephen Combs and Virginia Harris Combs and the widow of her husband of 66 years, Ronald David Kincer. Preceding her in death were a sister Jan Combs Trosper; brothers-in-law, Ernie Trosper and Bud Daugherty; a nephew, Daniel Combs Daugherty; and […]
Rites held for Wilma Fay Arnold
Wilma Faye Arnold, 83, died May 14 at her home in Blackey. She was the daughter of the late Arch and Alice Caudill Dixon. Surviving are her husband, James Arnold; a son, Kevin Arnold; a daughter, Cindy Blair and husband Manis; two grandchildren, Devin Blair and wife Tiffany and Kristin Reed and husband Josh; and two great-grandchildren, Langston Brooks Blair […]
Services set for Virda Maujean
Virda Evelyn Holbrook Maujean, 73, died May 16 in Largo, Fla. Born in Queens, N.Y., she was a daughter of Helen Louise Gray Holbrook of Sergent and the late Enoch Oliver Holbrook, and the widow of Gary Paul Maujean Sr. Mrs. Maujean attended Lees Junior College in Jackson, where she met her husband of 55 years. She then worked as […]
Services held for Patsy D. Morrell
A Celebration of Life for Patsy D. Morrell, 73, was held May 18 at CANE Kitchen in Whitesburg. A daughter of the late Dewey Day and Juanita Sparks Day, she was born in Whitesburg. She died May 1 at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Morrell was a teacher for 16 years in Florida and then completed her career […]
Mrs. Combs worked at A&P Store, bank
Martha Jo Combs, 90, died Monday morning at her home at Smoot Creek near Whitesburg. The widow of Bur l Combs, who served as police chief in the City of Whitesburg during the 1960’s and early 1970’s, she was employed for many years at the old A&P Food Store in Whitesburg. After the A&P closed, she worked as a teller […]
Robert ‘Bob’ Amburgey dies at 71
Robert “Bob” Dean Amburgey, 71, of Colson, died May 7 at the Greg and Noreen Wells Hospice Center in Hazard. He was a son of the late Kelly and Flora Thomas Amburgey. Mr. Amburgey enjoyed fishing, hunting ginseng, going to bingo, casino and scratching lottery tickets. He never met an animal he didn’t like, but dogs were his favorite. He […]
Rites held for Otis ’12 Gauge’ Brown
Funeral services for Otis Donald “12 Gauge” Brown, 79, of Sandlick, were held May 11 at Letcher Funeral Home. Burial was in the Brown family cemetery at Sandlick Gap. Mr. Brown died May 9 at his residence. A son of the late Otis Dale and Aggie Mae Richardson Brown, he was the widower of Louise Hall Brown. Surviving are two […]
Curtis Kilgore dies at 91
Curtis Kilgore, 91, of Neon, died May 7 at the Greg and Noreen Wells Hospice Care Center in Hazard. He was a son of the late Melvin and Alvona Smith Kilgore. Surviving are his wife, Mary Holbrook Kilgore; three sons, Danny Kilgore of Ohio, Melvin Kilgore and wife Crystal of Neon and Curtis Kilgore and wife Sandra of Hazard; three […]
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