Deaths in Eastern Kentucky
as reported in the Floyd County Times

Johnson County

10-22-2006

Gail Blair, 86, of Hager Hill, died Sunday, October 15, at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, in Paintsville. He is survived by his wife, Janice Arms Blair. Funeral services were held Wednesday, October 18, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home.

Ruby McCarty Conley, 80, of Oil Springs, died Tuesday, October 10, at Salyersville Health Care Center, in Salyersville. Funeral services were held Friday, October 13, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Dorothy S. Lemaster Garrett, 67, a native of Whitehouse, died Wednesday, October 18, at Mt. Carmel East in Columbus, Ohio. Funeral services were held Saturday, October 21, under the direction of Oliver-Cheek Funeral Home.

Glen Armstrong Rowland, 36, of Hager Hill, died Thursday, October 12, at his residence. Funeral services were held Sunday, October 15, under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home.

Daisy Wilkins, 93, of Paintsville, died Monday, October 16, at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, in Paintsville. Funeral services were held Thursday, October 19, under the direction of Preston Funeral Home.

Watham Merle Williams, 75, of Paintsville, died Sunday, October 15, at his residence. Funeral services were held Wednesday, October 18, under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home.
 

10-15-2006

Thomas Jackson Jack Barger, infant son of John and Leanne Barger, of Lawrenceburg, died Thursday, at Frankfort Regional Medical Center in Frankfort. Private graveside services were held Monday, October 9, at the Frankfort Cemetery, under the direction of the LeCompte-Johnson-Taylor Funeral Home of Frankfort.

Maxine Blair, 76, of Hager Hill, died Friday, October 6, at Highlands Regional Medical Center, in Prestonsburg. Funeral services were held Sunday, October 8, under the direction of Phelps and Son Funeral Home.

Clotene Selvage Cantrell, 71, of Paintsville, died Saturday, October 7, at the Hospice Care Center, in Ashland. Funeral services were held Wednesday, October 11, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Thelma Lemaster Picklesimer Crislip, 90, of Portsmouth, Ohio, formerly of Johnson County, died Sunday, September 24, at Southern Ohio Medical Center, in Portsmouth. Funeral services were held Thursday, September 28, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Charles Edward Dollarhide, 52, of Lady Lake, Florida, died Sunday, October 1, at his residence. Funeral services were held Friday, October 6, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Raymond Charles Getman, 68, of Slidell, died Saturday, September 30, at Biloxi V.A. Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Janice S. Getman. Memorial services were held Thursday, October 5, under the direction of Honaker Funeral Home.

Donna Earlene Goble, 52, of East Point, died Wednesday, October 4, at King's Daughters Medical Center, in Ashland. Funeral services were held Saturday, October 7, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Stella Howard, 61, of Paintsville, died Sunday, October 8, at Highlands Regional Medical Center, in Prestonsburg. She is survived by her husband, Wendell Howard. Funeral services were held Wednesday, October 11, under the direction of the Phelps Funeral Home.

Helen Irene McKenzie, 85, of Auxier, died Thursday, October 5, at her residence. Funeral services were held Sunday, October 8, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Loran Grant Stapleton, 84, of Lodi Township Michigan, a native of Johnson County, died October 2, at the Residence of Arbor Hospice, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In keeping with Loran's wishes, cremation took place.

09-24-2006

McKinley ‘Mac' Borders, 84, formerly of Johnson County, died at his residence. He is survived by his wife, Ester McCloud Borders. Funeral services were held Tuesday, September 19, under the direction of the Foth-Dorfmeyer Mortuary.

Larry Brown, 63, of Sitka, died Friday, September 15, at his residence. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou Long Brown. Funeral services were held Monday, September 18, under the direction of Preston Funeral Home.

Anna Jewell Cole Cobern, 61, of Staffordsville, died Sunday, September 17, at Highlands Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held Tuesday, September 19, under the direction of Magoffin County Funeral Home.

Opal V. Helton, 85, of Thompson Station, Tennessee, a Johnson County native, died Monday, September 11, at her residence. Funeral services were held Saturday, September 16, under the direction of Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Sonny Gullett, 67, of Volga, died Sunday, September 17, at Cornerstone Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia. Funeral services were held Wednesday, September 20, under the direction of Paintsville Funeral Home.

Janice Jackson, 67, of Staffordsville, died Wednesday, September 13, at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Ashland. She is survived by her husband, Walter Ray Jackson. Funeral services were held Sunday, September 17, under the direction of Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Mary O. McDaniel, 88, of Paintsville, died Monday, September 18, at her residence. Funeral services were held Wednesday, September 20, under the direction of Preston Funeral Home.

Jerry Micheal Pelfrey, 47, of Staffordsville, died Sunday, September 17, at St. Joseph East Hospital, in Lexington. He is survived by his wife, Connie Baker Pelfrey. Funeral services were held Thursday, September 21, under the direction of Paintsville Funeral Home.

William R. Picklesimer, 68, of Sitka, died Wednesday, September 13, at King's Daughters Medical Center, in Ashland. He is survived by his wife, Pat Crislip Picklesimer. Funeral services were held Sunday, September 17, under the direction of Preston Funeral Home.

James ‘Red' Alonzo Salyers, 72, of Hager Hill, died Monday, September 4, at Three Rivers Medical Center, in Louisa. Funeral services were held Thursday, September 7, under the direction of Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Maxine Stepp, 65, of Paintsville, died Sunday, September 3, at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, in Paintsville. Funeral services were held Wednesday, September 6, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home.

Aug. 2006

Zora Mae Conley, 90, of Paintsville, died Monday, August 21, at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, in Paintsville. Funeral services were held Wednesday, August 23, under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home.

Eldia E. Grim Daniel, 72, of Nippa, died Monday, August 14, at Highland Support Care Unit in Prestonsburg. Funeral services were held Thursday, August 17, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Helen Joyce “Granny” Gullett, 73, of Clarksville, Tennessee, a Johnson County native, died Saturday, August 19, at Gateway Medical Center. She is survived by her husband, Don Gullett. Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 22, under the direction of the McReynolds-Nave & Larson Funeral Home.

Beulah VanHoose Ison, 78, died Saturday, August 19, at her residence. Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 22, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Harry Ferguson Jr., 83, of Meally, died Friday, June 30, 2006, at Muhlenberg Community Hospital, in Greenville. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, July 5, under the direction of Freeman Funeral Home.

Thomas N. Cox, 73, of Paintsville, died Wednesday, June 14, 2006 , at Highlands Regional Medical Center. He is survived by his wife, Martha Joe Chandler Cox. Funeral services were held Saturday, June 17, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Jacqueline ‘Jackie' Hackworth Merrell, 46, of Fairview, North Carolina, formerly of Van Lear, died Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at Memorial Mission Hospital in Ashville, North Carolina. She is survived by her husband, Samuel Merrell. Funeral services were held Monday, June 12, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Robert Lee Rowland, 65, of Paintsville, died Saturday, June 10, 2006 at Salyersville Health Care in Salyersville. Arrangements, under the direction of Preston Funeral Home.

Louise Davis Spears, 67, of Paintsville, died Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, in Paintsville. Funeral services were held Saturday, June 10, under the direction of the Childers Funeral Home.

07-16-2006

Daniel Dexter Boggs, 59, of East Point, died Friday, July 7, at the Pikeville Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted Monday, July 10, under the direction of Hall Funeral Home.

Charlotte Ann Fulton, 46, of West Van Lear, died Saturday, July 8, at King's Daughters Medical Center, in Ashland. She is survived by her husband, Danny Fulton. Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 11, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

David Alan Lemaster Jr., 26, of Thelma, died Saturday, July 8, at his residence. Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 12, under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

07-23-2006

William Sherman Bayes, 78, of Paintsville, died Friday, July 14, at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington. He is survived by his wife, Wilma June Conley Bayes. Funeral services were conducted Monday, July 17, under the direction of Paintsville Funeral Home.

Harold F. Blanton, 59, of Richwood, Ohio, a native of Volga, died Tuesday, July 18. Funeral services were held Saturday, July 22, under the direction of Stofcheck Funeral Home.

Marilyn Conville, 64, of Quitman, Louisiana, a native of Paintsville, died Wednesday, July 12, in Ruston, Louisiana. She is survived by her husband, Oscar Conville. Funeral services were held Monday, July 17, under the direction of Preston Funeral Home.

Paul Cecil Grim, 92, of Flat Gap, died Monday, July 17, at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held Saturday, July 22, under the direction of Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

Christine Meade, 88, of Wabash, Indiana, a Johnson County native, died Tuesday, July 18, at Miller's Merry Manor East in Wabash. Funeral services were held Friday, July 21, under the direction of the Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service.

James Michael O'Bryan, 56, of Nicholasville, formerly of Johnson County, died Sunday, July 16. He is survived by his wife, Glenda Staniford O'Bryan. Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 19, under the direction of Phelps & Son Funeral Home.

Herman Pack, 90, of North Manchester, Indiana, a Van Lear native, died Sunday, July 16, at Americare Living Center in Wabash, Indiana. Private funeral services were held Sunday, July 16, under the direction of the Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Services.

Sebert Wells, 81, of Mount Gilead, Ohio, a native of Weeksbury, died Sunday, July 16, at the Morrow County Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Polly M. Patrick Wells. Funeral services were held Thursday, July 20, under the direction of Gompf Funeral Services.