Local obituaries for Manchester, KY and Clay County

Mrs. Nettie Bowling

Mar 3, 2010

Mrs. Nettie Bowling, age 87 of Big Creek, passed away Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at the Hyden Nursing Home in Hyden, Kentucky. She was born September 6th, 1922 in Leslie County, Kentucky to the union of Jim and Peggy Gay Woods. She was a retired cook and lunch room manager at the Big Creek Elementary School and...

Mr. Henry McQueen

Feb 24, 2010

Mr. Henry McQueen, age 88 of Burning Springs, passed away Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at the Manchester Memorial Hospital. He was born June 30th, 1921 in Clay County, Kentucky to the union of Levi and Sarah Hurd McQueen. He was a farmer, a member of the Freedom Missionary Baptist Church and he is a veteran of World...

Mr. James Craft

Feb 19, 2010

Mr. James Craft, age 69 of Manchester, passed away Saturday, February 20th, 2010 at his home. He was born May 2nd, 1940 in Clay County, Kentucky to the union of George and Susie Wood Craft. He was retired from the Clay County Board of Education where he worked at the Bus Garage and was a member of...

Bea Burchell

Feb 18, 2010

Bea Burchell, age 85 of Manchester, Kentucky passed away Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at the Manchester Memorial Hospital. She was born April 1st, 1924 in Clay County, Kentucky to Charlie Hammons and Lucy Miles. She was owner of the Manchester Lumber Company and a member of the Greenbriar Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her...

Mr. Orby Leneave

Feb 17, 2010

Mr. Orby LeNeave, age 90 of Greenbriar passed away Wednesday, February 17th, 2010. He was born January 31st, 1920 in Trigg County, Kentucky to the union of Arlon and Reba Wynn LeNeave. He was a retired bookkeeper and weighman for a coal company. He was a member of the Manchester Baptist Church and a veteran of the...

Mr. Oscar Wolfe

Feb 15, 2010

Mr. Oscar Wolfe, age 86 of Upper Rader Road in Manchester, Kentucky passed away Monday, February 15th, 2010 at the Manchester Memorial Hospital. He was born March 14th, 1923 in Clay County, Kentucky to the union of Robert and Sarah Robinson Wolfe. He was retired from the Kentucky Department of Highways, a Veteran of the U. S....

Mr. Clarence Keith

Feb 13, 2010

Mr. Clarence Keith, age 75 of Manchester, passed away Saturday, February 13th, 2010 at the Saint Joseph Hospital in London, Kentucky. He was born January 5th, 1935 in Clay County, Kentucky to the union of Garrard and Elva Foutch Keith. He was a farmer and was affiliated with the Macedonia Baptist Church.

He is survived...

Mr. Jimmy Rice

Feb 7, 2010

Mr. Jimmy Rice, age 67 of Bray Creek Road in Manchester, passed away Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at the Saint Joseph Hospital in London, Kentucky. He was born June 6th, 1942 in Clay County, Kentucky to the union of Roy David and Mary Rice. He was a heavy equipment operator for the Shamrock...

Mrs. Leslie Helen Jones

Feb 5, 2010

Mrs. Leslie Helen Jones, age 27 of Manchester, passed away Friday, February 5th, 2010 at the Manchester Memorial Hospital. She was born October 11th, 1982 in Clay County, Kentucky to the union of Jessie and Carlita Kemp. She was a homemaker and a member of the Potters House Holiness Church.

She is survived...

Mrs. Shawana Hoskins

Feb 5, 2010

Mrs. Shawana Hoskins, age 33 of East Bernstadt, Kentucky, passed away Friday, February 5th, 2010 at her home. She attended the White Hall Church.

She is survived by her husband: John Hoskins, her children: Carrie Swafford of Manchester, Kentucky, and Timothy Swafford of Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. Also surviving is her father: James Birch, her mother:...

Mr. Lee Sizemore

Jan 21, 2010

Lee Bowling Sizemore of Manchester departed this life on Thursday, January 21, 2010, at the age of seventy. Lee was born on February 14, 1939 to the late Steve and Mae Bowling Sizemore.

Lee wore many hats during his lifetime. He was a well-respected educator teaching at Crane, Buzzard, Beech Creek, Manchester B,...

Mr. Michael Dale Hendren

Jan 8, 2010

Mr. Michael Dale Hendren, age 62 of Mount Washington was born July 5th, 1947 to the late August and Eleanor Merriman Hendren and returned to his Heavenly Father on January 8th, 2010. Mr. Hendren was a retired US Army Veteran where he served in the Vietnam War, a member of the Baptist Church, a member of American...

Mr. Robert "Bob" Reid

Dec 31, 2009

Mr. Bob Reid, age 86 of Manchester, passed away Thursday, December 31st, 2009 at the Laurel Creek Health Care Center. He was born August 24th, 1923 in Clay County, Kentucky to the union of Willie and Stella Deaton Reid. He was a member of the Horse Creek Baptist Church; he worked for Manchester Wholesale, and was a...

Mr. James Russell Minton

Dec 26, 2009

Mr. James Russell Minton, age 62 of Manchester, passed away Saturday, December 26th, 2009 at the St. Joseph Hospital in London, Kentucky. He was born January 19th, 1947 in Clay County, Kentucky to the union of Marshall Minton, Jr. and Mattie Hampton Minton. He was a retired auto mechanic and a member of the Lebanon United Baptist...

Mr. Caleb France, Jr

Dec 23, 2009

Mr. Caleb France, Jr., age 60 of Sharonville, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 at the Mercy Hospital in Fairfield, Ohio. He was born October 25th, 1949 in Clay County, Kentucky to the union of Caleb and Anna Minton France. He was a manager for Hartwig Transit.

He is survived by his...

Mrs. Myrtle Gibbs

Dec 22, 2009

Mrs. Myrtle Gibbs, age 103 of Horse Creek, passed away Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 at her home. She was born September 7, 1906 in Clay County, Kentucky to the union of Harve & Susan Jones Brumley. She was a homemaker.

She is survived by her daughters: Brenda Roberts and Cassie White both of...

Ruth Ellen Elie

Dec 10, 2009

Mrs. Ruth Ellen Elie, age 84, of Berrien Springs, Michigan passed away Thursday, December 10, 2009 in the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Bonny and Fred Calkins, in Sextons Creek, KY where she has been residing. Ruth was born September 30, 1925 in Farrell, Pennsylvania the daughter of Hazel and John Low. She was a...

Mr. Ted "Bear" Woods, Sr

Dec 6, 2009

Mr. Ted "Bear" Woods, Sr., age 97 of Otter Creek in Manchester, Kentucky passed away Sunday, December 6th, 2009 at the Manchester Memorial Hospital. He was born August 30th, 1912 in Clay County, Kentucky to the union of James and Nannie Spurlock Woods. He was a retired night watchman, a farmer, a member...

Mr. John E. "Big John" Melton

Dec 6, 2009

Mr. John E. “Big John” Melton, the ninth child of John and Laura D. Gabbard Melton, passed away Sunday, December 6th, 2009 at the age of 73 at the Hazard ARH in Hazard, Kentucky. Born September 13th, 1936, he lived most of his life on Sexton Creek. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers...

Mr. Chester Arthur Hacker

Nov 30, 2009

Mr. Chester Arthur Hacker, age 97, passed away Monday, November 30th, 2009 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin, Kentucky. He was born January 10th, 1912 in Clay County, Kentucky to the union of Dan and Sarah Ellen Barrett Hacker. He was a foreman for the Kentucky Department of Highways and a member of the Church...