Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries

Jan 26, 2021

Larry Lee Chappell, age 74, of Island, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at his residence. Mr. Chappell was born on November 16, 1946 in Madisonville, KY to Virginia Lee Fox “Bugs” Chappell and the late Lawrence Chappell. He was a 1964 graduate of Mayfield High School in Mayfield, KY and he...

Jan 22, 2021

Wanda Christine Purdy Sisk, age 85, of Austin, TX, formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, January 22, 2021 Austin, TX. She was born on April 4, 1935 to the late William Purdy and Ethel Mae Brown Purdy. Mrs. Sisk worked as a factory worker for many years and was a member of Southside Baptist Church in Princeton,...

Jan 20, 2021

Gloria “Jody” Nash Nichols, age 85, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville, IN. Mrs. Nichols was born on February 10, 1935 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Herbert and Euvalene Baxter Nash. She was a 1952 graduate of Charleston High School and worked for many years at Ottenheimer...

Jan 18, 2021

Mary Jane Ray, age 70, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Monday, January 18, 2021 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Ms. Ray was born on March 10, 1950 in Marion, IL to the late Willie I. Kennedy and Anna Bell Miller Kennedy. She was a homemaker. She is survived by one daughter, Elizabeth Vannoy of Beulah, KY; one son,...

Jan 16, 2021

Robert L. Shelton, age 91, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at Baptist Health, in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Shelton was born on November 10, 1929 in Evansville, IN to the late Dillian and Elizabeth Byers Shelton. He was a 1947 graduate of Poole High School and was the owner of Shelton Construction Company for 65...

Jan 15, 2021

James A. “Tony” Smiley, age 64, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, January 15, 2021 at his residence. Mr. Smiley was born on December 19, 1956 in Princeton, KY to the late Olwyn Smiley and Vera Peek Smiley. He was a 1974 graduate of Caldwell County High School. After attending some college he served his country in the...

Jan 14, 2021

Raymond Allen Lynn, age 76, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, Kentucky. Mr. Lynn was born on October 18, 1944 in Providence, KY to the late Orville Lynn and Lillian Morse Lynn. He was a graduate of West Hopkins High School, a member of Dunn Baptist Church and worked for...

Jan 10, 2021

Charles Edward Legate, age 73, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, January 10, 2021 at his residence. Mr. Legate was born on September 25, 1947 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Goble Legate and Ruth Allsbrooks Legate. He was an underground coal miner all of his working life and a member of the UMWA. He was a...

Jan 4, 2021

Iva Lee Eison, age 81, of Pelham, NC and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, January 4, 2021 at her residence in Pelham, NC. Mrs. Eison was born on October 31, 1939 to James Luther Edwards and Elmer Neveline Russell Edwards in Dawson Springs, KY. She was a 1957 graduate of Dawson Springs High School and worked...

Jan 3, 2021

LTC (R) José Labrado, age 72, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at The Lucy Smith King Care Center, St. Anthony’s Hospice, Henderson, KY. José Labrado was born on September 13, 1948 in Juárez, Mexico, to the late José María Labrado and Consuelo Zambrano Labrado. He was of the Catholic faith. He was a graduate...

Dec 24, 2020

Edna Agnes Menser Sisk, age 105, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, December 24, 2020 at Tradewater Health and Rehab Center in Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Sisk was born on October 18, 1915 in Ilsley, KY to the late Johnny Lee Menser and Josephine Laffoon Menser. She was a beloved mother and grandmother and was a 1934 graduate...

Dec 20, 2020

Larry Thomas Gamble, age 79, of Madisonville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at Brighton Corner Stone, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Gamble was born on April 22, 1941 in Crofton, KY to George Lovell Gamble and Flora Peyton Gamble. He worked for 35 years as a polisher and buffer in Peyton Body Shop...

Dec 20, 2020

Dec 19, 2020

Nana Faye Grable, age 95, Dawson Springs, KY, passed away at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY on Saturday, December 19, 2020. She was born in St. Charles, KY on June 22, 1925. She worked in the Central Sterile Department at Regional Medical Center for many years. Mrs. Grable is survived by a daughter ~ Sonja Grable of Dawson Springs, KY;...

Dec 12, 2020

Elmer Charles Kruse, age 78, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at Golden Living Woodbridge, Evansville, IN. Mr. Kruse was born on August 6, 1942 to the late Elmer August Kruse and Beatrice Bernice Abbott Kruse Stege in Elgin, IL. He attended some college, served his country in the US Navy, and worked as a...

Dec 6, 2020

Delbert Wayne Robinson, age 73, of Paducah, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Ray-Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center, in Paducah, KY. Mr. Robinson was born on April 12, 1947 in Sturgis, KY to the late Delmar Robinson and Helen Juanita Caldwell Robinson. Mr. Robinson was handicapped. He is survived by his...

Dec 5, 2020

Betty Jo Laffoon, age 87, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Princeton Health & Rehab, Princeton, KY. Mrs. Laffoon was born on February 13, 1933 in Hopkins County, KY to the late Lawrence Wagner and Ruby Lena Brown Wagner. She was a 1950 graduate of Charleston High School and she was a member of...

Nov 25, 2020

Lena Anna Gayle Wright, age 69, Princeton, KY, passed away at her residence on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. She was born on March 12, 1951 to the late Thomas and Katherine Robinson. Ms. Wright is survived by two daughters ~ Roseanna Dunbar and Kimberly Dunbar both of Princeton, KY; a son ~ Cheyenne Wright of Mississippi; a sister ~ Barbara...

Nov 24, 2020

Lila June Coates, age 96, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at Baptist Health Medical Facility, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Coates was born on June 7, 1924 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Milem Jackson Edwards and Cora Mae Bowers Edwards. She worked for twenty two year at a local bank in Dawson Springs, and...

Nov 20, 2020

Zetta Mae Bouchicas, age 75, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, November 20, 2020 at her residence. Ms. Bouchicas was born on September 23, 1945 to the late Albert Chester Loukx and Annie Ruth Holden Loukx. She worked for many years as a manager of mini storage complexes in both the state of Oregon and Tennessee prior to...