Deaths in Eastern Kentucky
as reported in the Floyd County Times Dated

Key to abbreviations
s/b = surveyed by ----- h/o = husband of-----w/o = wife of-----
p/d/h = preceded in death by husband-----p/d/w = preceded in death by wife

Knott County

June 27, 1997

Sarah Mullins...92...Amburgey...d. June 15...p/d/h Carl Mullins
Lenvel Dean Miller...24...Vest...d. June 15...Mother, Barbara Miller
Johnny Jacobs...50...Pippa Passes...d. June 22...p/d/w Claudia Jocobs

July 4, 1997

Burnett "Bud" Adams...76...Jeremiah...d. June 26...h/o Mildred Adams

July 18, 1997

Cora Watson...72...Pippa Passes...d. July 2...p/d/h Clabe Watson
Jimmy Darrell Taylor...41...Hindman...d. July2...h/o Cathy Blackburn Taylor
Chestery Stacy...79...Ary...d. July 10...p/d/w Janet Thacker Stacy
Wesley Francis...85...Dwarf...d. July 9...h/o Marie Combs Francis
Hillie B. Reedy...83...Amburgey...d. July 8...h/o Sylvania Ritchie Reedy
Glenn Smith...77...Litt Carr...d. July 10...h/o Irene Eddington Smith
Ellis M. Gregory...50...Sassafras...d. July 12...Mother: Ada Gregory
Betty Sue Watts...58...Leburn...d. July 13...w/o Ray Watts

July 25, 1997

Calvin Creech...66...Emmalena...d. July 15...h/o Lorian Napier Creech
Hattie Watts Hicks...84...Mousie...d. July 20...p/d/h Alka Hicks
Ralph "Big Foot" Stacy...43...Dwarf...d. July 20...h/o Phyllis Ritchie Stacy
Shelby Ray "Buck" Collins...62...Pinetop...d. July 21...h/o Eulanda Jones Collins

March 6, 1998

James Cortland Seals...24...Ary...d. Feb. 22, 1998...h/o Samantha Seals
Joe Oliver Dyer...52...Hindman...d. Feb. 22, 1998...h/o GaynellDyer, s/o Cora Collins Dyer

April 10, 1998

Garry Wayne Huff...45...formerly Knott Co....d. 4-4-1998s/o Martha Huff
Mattie Francis...96...Litt Car...d. 3-29-1998...p/d/h John S. Francis

April 24, 1998

William "Bill" Parks...88...d.4-17-1998...h/o Juliah Cornett Parks

May 15, 1998

Lum Hall...77...Topmost...d.5-9-1998...p/d/w Hettie
Wavy Haynes...85...Hindman...d.5-7-1998
William Taulby Mosley...66...Garner...d. 5-10-1998...h/o Louise Watson Mosley

June 5, 1998

Ray Bates...55...Brinkely...d. May 25...h/o Connie Perkins Bates
Aronld "Dco" Ritchie...69...Mallie...d. May 26...h/o Hazel Smith Ritchie

June 26, 1998

James Warren Williams...52...Redfox...6-18-1998...s/o Clarren Williams

October 30, 1998

Carl Hatnes...52...Hindman...d. Oct. 19
Bill Napier...53...Carrie...d. Oct. 22
Marcus Slone...64...Pippa Passes...d. Oct.21
Martha Williams...78...Ary...d. Oct. 21

November 6, 1998

Teddy Doyle Adams...40...Redfox...d. Oct. 27
Della Combs...102...Fisty...d. Oct 27
Anna B. Honeycutt...65...Mallie...d. Oct. 29

November 13, 1998

Horace Didxon...85...Redfox...d. Nov. 6
Brodie Risner...69...Hindman...d. Nov. 3...h/oMary Evelyn Risner

November 13, 1998

Chalmers Ray Hicks...55...Emmalena...d. 11-22-1998
William Estell Newhouse Jr.,...27...Topmost...d.11-23-1998...h/o Shelly Collins Newhouse

January 22, 1999

Mary Lavern Dunoy...88...Hindman...d. 1-13-1999
Estie Terry...80...Hazard...d. 1-11-1999

February 12, 1999

Gabriel Everett (Junebug) Richie...Infant son of Gave & Violet Irene Combs Richie...d. 1-28-1999
Marqzetta Adams Barefield...49...d. 1-31-1999...w/o John Jay Barefield III
Anna Lou Hall Watts...55...Mallie...d. 2-7-1999...w/o Johnny Watts

December 24, 1999


Kelly Combs, 92, of Leburn, died Friday. December 17 7. Funeral services were conducted Monday, December 20, under the direction of Hindman Funeral Services.

Gerald Engle, 66, of Vicco, died Saturday, December 18. He is survived by his wife, Erma Dean Davis Engle. Funeral services were conducted Monday. December 20; under the direction of Hindman Funeral Services.

Doris Ritchie Godsey, 53, of Fisty, died Saturday, December 19. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, December 22, under the direction of the Hindman Funeral Services.

John Morris Maddin Sr., 73, of Amburgey, died Thursday, December 16. Funeral services were conducted Saturday, December 18, under the direction of the Hindman Funeral Services.

Aster Patrick, 86, of Indianapolis, Ind., died Monday, November 8. He was employed for 20 years by Cornelius Printing as a plant superintendent. Funeral services were conducted Friday, November 12 at Singleton Community Mortuary and Memorial Center.

Alice Slone, 69, of Marion, Ohio, died Saturday, December 18. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, December 21, under the direction of Boyd Funeral Home.

Gracie Slone, 59, of Mallie, died Tuesday, December 14. Funeral services were conducted Friday, December 17, under the direction of Hindman Funeral Services.