Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Richard Jones "Dickie" Hardwick
Jun 28, 2022
Richard Jones “Dickie” Hardwick, age 67, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at his residence. Mr. Hardwick was born on February 10, 1955 to the late James Carter Hardwick and Ruthleen Jones Hardwick. He was a 1973 graduate of Dawson Springs High School. Mr. Hardwick worked for 25 years as an underground coal miner and...
Lorie Ann Dunning
Jun 27, 2022
Lorie Ann Dunning, age 57, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, June 27, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Dunning was born on April 30, 1965 in Madisonville, KY to Billy Rex Brewer and Dorothy Suttles Brewer. She was a 1982 graduate of South Hopkins High School. She worked for many years with the Hopkins County...
Darlene Cheryl Eleanor Cole
Jun 22, 2022
Darlene Cheryl Eleanor Cole, age 78, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Cole was born on September 18, 1943 in Vancouver, British Columbia to the late John Haig and Ethel Lodge Haig North. She drove a school bus for over 30 years for the Hopkins County Schools and...
Opal Marie Ryan Quintana
Jun 15, 2022
Opal Marie Ryan Quintana, age 81, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at her residence. Ms. Quintana was born on April 9, 1941 in Marion, KY to the late Lonnie McCoy Ryan and Bessie Lee Fritts Ryan. She was a hair dresser and owned her own beauty shop for many years. She was of the...
Betty Sue Berry
Jun 10, 2022
Betty Sue Berry, age 82, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, June 10, 2022 at Deaconess Gateway in Newburg, IN. Mrs. Berry was born on June 29, 1939 in Madisonville, KY to the late Nolan Settle and Evelyn Pearl Calvert Settle Renshaw. She received nursing training at Madisonville Community College and worked for 27 years as a LPN...
Wanda Fork
Jun 9, 2022
Wanda Fork, age 93, of St. Charles, KY passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at her daughter’s residence in Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Fork was born on March 3, 1929 to the late Ernest Carroll and Mona McGregor Carroll. She was a 1947 graduate of Nortonville High School. During her working life she became the office manager of WTTL...
Ted R. Armstrong
Jun 6, 2022
Ted Armstrong, age 89, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, June 6, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Armstrong was born on February 1, 1933 to the late Claude Armstrong and Maggie French Armstrong. He retired in 1983 after working for 28 years as a supervisor at South Central Bell. Mr. Armstrong served his country...
Dudley Riley
Jun 6, 2022
Dudley Riley, age 99, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, June 6, 2022 at the Western Kentucky Veterans Center, Hanson, KY. Mr. Riley was born on August 11, 1922 to the late Sam Riley and Minnie Menser Riley. He began working at the VA Hospital at Outwood near Dawson Springs, KY and expanded his career as an administrator...
Gary "Buddy" Farris
May 29, 2022
Gary “Buddy” Farris, age 73, of St. Charles, KY passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2022 at Mid-Town Deaconess in Evansville, IN. He was born September 15, 1948 to the late Nolie Farris and Flossie Camplin Farris. Mr. Farris worked for fifteen years as the superintendent of water for the the city of Earlington, KY. Mr. Farris is survived by...
Debra Lee Porter
May 25, 2022
Debra Lee Porter, age 63, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at Caldwell County Medical Center, Princeton, KY. Ms. Porter was born April 28, 1959 to the late Robert Norman Haile and Mary Louise Ladd Haile. She was a beloved mother, grandmother and housewife, and she was a member of the Landmark Apostolic Church. Ms....
David H. Cannon
May 23, 2022
David H. Cannon, age 82, of St. Charles, KY passed away on Monday, May 23, 2022 at his residence. Mr. Cannon was born September 6, 1939 to the late Ewell Cannon and Hazel “Irene” Fruit Addison. During his later working years, he was a tree trimmer. Previously, he had served as the Chief of Police of Dawson Springs in the...
Cherry Sue Jennings Oldham
May 21, 2022
Cherry Sue Jennings Oldham, age 90, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess Hospital in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Oldham was born July 20, 1931 to the late L.V. Wright and Myrtle Jane Dockery Wright. She worked for many years as the Activities Director at New Dawson Springs Nursing Facility and was a...
Tina Marie Hilt
May 12, 2022
Tina Marie Hilt, age 54, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Hilt was born on November 10, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Robert Loyd Hilt and Ruby Katherine Haskins. She was a beloved mother and homemaker. She was of the Christian Faith. She was preceded in...
William Lee Knight
May 6, 2022
William Lee Knight, age 53, of Crofton, KY passed away on Friday, May 6, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess Hospital in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Knight was born on January 4, 1969 in Princeton, KY to the late Thomas Earl Knight and Betty Gray Green. He was a welder at Martinrea in Hopkinsville, KY for 12 years and was previously employed...
Virginia Lee "Trinket" Mcgregor
May 1, 2022
Virginia Lee “Trinket” McGregor, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, May 1, 2022 at Tri-Star Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN. Mrs. McGregor was born October 3, 1951 to Claude Shiver and Marjorie Annette Hollingsworth Jacobs in Savannah, GA. She worked in the education field for 27 years with the Hopkins County Board of Education. Between 1996 and 2018...
Josephine Haile
Apr 24, 2022
On Sunday, April 24, 2022, mom, mamaw, and friend, Josephine Haile, whose life was her testimony, went to her heavenly home. She was born in Ilsley, KY to Leonard Jack and Claudia Mae (Adcock) Sisk on June 29, 1923. Living a long faithful life and member of Ilsley Christian Church, she taught Sunday School and looked forward to teaching Bible...
April Cullen
Apr 20, 2022
April Cullen, age 57, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at her residence, Dawson Springs, KY. Ms. Cullen was born April 12, 1965 to J. W. Hendrix and Ione Winters Hendrix. She worked and retired after 17 years as an accountant with the Hopkins County Health Department. Ms. Cullen was very fond of her Charleston...
Ruth Hoard
Apr 18, 2022
Ruth Hoard, age 97, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, April 18, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Hoard was born July 30, 1924 to William James Orten and Marjorie Victoria Trotter Orten. She worked for many years in housekeeping and retired after working 50 years with Harned Insurance. She loved to quilting and attending church....
Colleen Mae Nichols
Apr 17, 2022
Colleen Mae Nichols, age 87, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2022 at her residence. Ms. Nichols was born June 2, 1934 to Thomas Henry Davis and Delsie Ann Davis. She started working as a “car hop” and continued working at different restaurants in the area all of her working life. She was a member of...
Bonnie Lou Knight Brown
Apr 13, 2022
Bonnie Lou Knight Brown, age 93, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at Dawson Springs Health and Rehabilitation in Dawson Springs, KY. Ms. Brown was born May 30, 1928 to William White and Rossa May Alexander White near Crofton, KY. She worked for many years as a custodian at the Crofton School and most recently...
