Obituaries

Feb 7, 2011

Christopher D. Cumpston, 30, of Catlettsburg, passed away Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 in Ashland. Mr. Cumpston was born June 8, 1980, in Ashland, a son of Charles Russell and Carrie McDowell Cumpston of Catlettsburg. Chris was a 1998 graduate of Boyd County High School and worked for Laborers Local 1445. He enjoyed writing music, playing the guitar, sports, traveling and...

Feb 1, 2011

Clyde Patrick Short, 47, of Catlettsburg, died Tuesday evening, Feb. 1, 2011, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland following an extended illness. Pat was born April 24, 1963, in Ashland, a son of Thurman Short of Catlettsburg and the late Joyce Barrett Short. He was retired from the maintenance department of the Boyd County School District. Surviving, in addition...

Jan 28, 2011

Daniel Michael Laney passed peacefully in his sleep on Friday morning, Jan. 28, 2011, of a sudden illness. Danny was born on Dec. 4, 1943, to the late Bill and Clora Davis Laney. He graduated in 1962 from Thomas R. Brown High School, then a year later he married his high school sweetheart, Phyllis Shivel. Together they were blessed with...

Jan 24, 2011

Heaven's gate has opened and Jesus welcomed his child Monday morning, Jan. 24, 2011, from the presence of a loving family to the glory of his Father's arms. Clyde E. "Pap" Spillman, 64, was born May 1, 1946, in Louisa, a son of the late James Riley and Laura Carter Spillman. Clyde graduated from Paul G. Blazer High School and...

Jan 24, 2011

Ida "Sissy" Stewart Patrick, 82, of Ashland, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, in Woodland Oaks Health Care Facility in Ashland. Sissy was born Feb. 11, 1928, to Fred Albert and Ona Francis Stewart. Sissy was employed by Selby's Shoes and Wilson Sporting Goods but spent most of her life as a self-employed seamstress and...

Jan 21, 2011

Clyde S. Bryan, 87, of Catlettsburg, passed away Friday morning, Jan. 21, 2011, in Community Hospice Care Center. Mr. Bryan was born Sept. 28, 1923, in Lawrence County, Ky., son of the late Crit and Alice Tomlin Bryan. Clyde was a proud U.S. Army veteran of World War II in the North African Campaign. Private Bryan, alongside his brother, Cline,...

Jan 14, 2011

Mary L. Hall, 75, of Greenup, Ky., entered eternal rest Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, in Oakmont Manor in Flatwoods, Ky. She was born Jan. 26, 1935, in Greenup, Ky., to the late Ernest Johnson and Anna Johnson Stephenson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Hall; stepfather, Luke Stephenson; sister, Freda McClanahan; stepsister, Louise Hall; and two...

Jan 13, 2011

Jacqueline Roberta Besser, age 62, of Sturgis, Mich., passed away early Thursday morning, Jan. 13, 2011 at her home. She was born Feb. 21, 1948, in Ashland, a daughter of the late Robert and Phyllis (Gates) Edmund. Jackie had resided in Sturgis for the past 44 years coming from Ashland, where she graduated from Boyd County High School with the...

Jan 8, 2011

Geneva Perkins, 83, of Ashland, died peacefully Saturday evening, Jan. 8, 2011, in King's Daughters Medical Center with her loving family by her side. She was born June 24, 1927, in Ashland, a daughter of the late William and Ada Whitt Little. She was also preceded in death by brothers Perry and Augustus Little and sisters Ella Board and Daisy...

Jan 7, 2011

Ned Edward Copley, 50, of Ashland, died Wednesday at his residence. He was born Sept. 13, 1960, in Ashland. There is no funeral scheduled at this time. Lazear Funeral Home in Ashland is in charge of arrangements.

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Jan 4, 2011

Rose Ann Giglia Byrd, 73, of Ashland, passed away peacefully on Jan. 4, 2011, with family by her side in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland following an extended illness. She was born May 1, 1937, in New York to the late Joseph and Josephine Giglia. Her husband, Ray Byrd of Ashland, survives. In addition to her parents, Rose was...

Jan 3, 2011

Deborah Kay "Debbie" Newsome, 48, of Catlettsburg, Ky., died Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, Ky. She was born April 18, 1962, in Ashland, Ky., to Mary Lou Blair Vance of Ashland, Ky. and the late Carl Raymond Vance. Her husband, Mike Newsome of Catlettsburg, Ky., survives. She was a nurse manager at King's Daughters...

Dec 27, 2010

Mary Jo Cook, 84, of Ashland, Ky., died Monday, Dec. 27, 2010, in Jo-Lin Health Care Center in Ironton, Ohio. She was born Feb. 14, 1926, in Ashland, Ky., the daughter of the late Emmitt and Pricie Ball Murad. She was a former nursing assistant at King's Daughters Medical Center and an employee of the Sylvania Plant in Huntington, W.Va....

Dec 24, 2010

NORFOLK, VA - Larry Joe Howell, 68, of Norfolk, Va., formerly of Catlettsburg, passed away Dec. 24, 2010, at his home. Mr. Howell was born June 23, 1942, in Kenova, W.Va., a son of the late Wilford Grant and Josephine Enyart Howell. Larry was a 1960 graduate of Thomas R. Brown High School and owner of Econo - Cleaners in...

Dec 20, 2010

Maxine V. Day Adkins, 82, of Catlettsburg, went to be with her Lord Monday morning, Dec. 20, 2010 in St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va. She was born July 19, 1928, in Grayson. She was the daughter of the late Clarence and Jenny (Kennedy) Day. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Murl Adkins in...

Dec 18, 2010

Annabelle Faulkner Neal, 92, of Ashland, passed away Saturday morning, Dec. 18, 2010 in Woodland Oaks Health Care Facility. Mrs. Neal was born Nov. 19, 1918, in rural Boyd County, daughter of the late William Ballard and Anna Kinner Faulkner. Annabelle served our great Nation honorably during WWII as a code breaker for the U.S. Army intelligence at the Pentagon,...

Dec 11, 2010

Mildred Beatrice "Bea" Bedell Sturdivant, 90, of Ashland, passed away Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, in King's Daughters Medical Center. She was born Aug.12, 1920, in Lawrence County, Ky., daughter of the late George Edward and Millie Mae Carter Wilson. Bea was a graduate of Thomas R. Brown High School, Ashland Business College and Southern School of Cosmotology. She was a...

Dec 10, 2010

Elizabeth Lucille Faulkner, 88, went home to be with her Lord Dec. 10, 2010. She passed peacefully in Trinity Nursing Home with family present, complications after 60 years with diabetes led to her death. She was born Aug. 11, 1922, in Catlettsburg, Ky. After graduating from Christ Hospital nursing program in Cincinnati, Ohio, she joined the Army's Nursing Corps. She...

Dec 10, 2010

Tonya Lynn Adams, 39, of Catlettsburg, went to be with the Lord Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, in Hospice Care Center. She was born Oct. 31, 1971, in Ashland, Ky., the daughter of Joe and Ruth Lyons Howe of Catlettsburg. She was a member of New Hope Church of God. She was preceded in death by grandparents, Beuford and Emma Jean...

Dec 3, 2010

December 4, 2010 Phyllis Ray Stewart 1948-2010 Steen Funeral Home - 13th Street Chapel The Independent The Daily Independent Sat Dec 04, 2010, 09:00 PM EST CATLETTSBURG - Phyllis Ray Stewart, 62, of Catlettsburg, Ky., died Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, at her residence. She was born Sept. 10, 1948, in Boyd County, Ky., to the late James Tesket and Sarah...