Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Donna Jean Agent
Nov 8, 2020
Donna Jean Agent, age 70, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2020 at Lucy Smith King Care Center in Henderson, KY. Ms. Agent was born October 17, 1950 in Madisonville, KY to the late James Jackson Brown and Vada Irene Green Brown. She was a Registered Nurse and worked many years for Outwood Rescare until her retirement....
Raymond Wesley Ashby
Nov 7, 2020
Raymond Wesley Ashby, age 91, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2020 at Baptist Health, in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Ashby was born on April 30, 1929 in Bisbee, Arizonia to the late David and Audrey Qualls Ashby. He was a graduate of Hanson High School, attended Western Kentucky University and worked in the coal industry for...
Mcnary Ann Mcgrew
Nov 5, 2020
McNary Ann McGrew, age 85, of Charleston, KY passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at Dawson Springs Health and Rehabilitation, Dawson Springs, KY. Ms. McGrew was born April 11, 1935 in Charleston, KY to the late Ford Workman and Lucy Holt Workman. She worked for several years as a Teacher’s Aide at West Hopkins School and as a seamstress...
Wanda M. Mcdaniel
Nov 3, 2020
Wanda McDaniel, age 82, of Princeton, KY passed away on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at Princeton Health and Rehabilitation in Princeton, KY. Mrs. McDaniel was born on May 6, 1938 in Princeton, KY to the late James Guy and Dorothy Wade Skipworth. She retired after working many years as a loan officer in the banking and finance industry. Mrs. McDaniel...
Ruffus Adamson
Nov 3, 2020
Ruffus Adamson, age 79, of Charleston, KY passed away on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at Dawson Springs Health and Rehabilitation, Dawson Springs, KY. Mr. Adamson was born November 3, 1941 in Hopkins County, KY to the late George Adamson and Nellie Creekmur Adamson. He was a self employed logger all of his life and a member of the Beulah Bible...
Jeffery Arnold Poole
Oct 31, 2020
Jeffery Arnold Poole, age 64, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Poole was born on December 29, 1955 in Madisonville, KY to Henry Arnold Poole and Loretta Lyvonne Sayers Poole. He worked for thirty years with the Mobile Chemical Company in Illinois in their factory. His passion was riding motorcycles. He...
Darla Ann Robinson
Oct 29, 2020
Darla Ann Robinson, age 52, of Erin, TN and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on October 29, 2020 at her residence. Mrs. Robinson was born on October 24, 1968 in Hopkinsville, KY to David Wagoner and Anna Ruth Grant Hays. After high school she attended college and completed several professional certifications. She retired as a culinary kitchen supervisor....
Howard Ray Morris
Oct 26, 2020
Howard Ray Morris, age 67, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Monday, October 26, 2020 at Baptist Health Medical Facility, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Morris was born on June 18, 1953 in Madisonville, KY to the late James Howard Morris and Betty Louise Woodruff. He was a 1971 graduate of South Hopkins High School. He worked as a “Blaster” for Austin...
Terry Lee Messamore
Oct 25, 2020
Terry Lee Messamore, age 63, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Messamore was born in Madisonville, KY on April 7, 1957 to the late Carlos Messamore and Violet Louise Fergerson Messamore. He retired after working 33 years with Dawson Springs City Water and Sewer Department. Mr. Messamore was a member of...
Aretta Mae Boucher
Oct 24, 2020
Aretta Mae Boucher, age 91, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2020 at Baptist Health Medical Facility, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Boucher was born on May 1, 1929 in Charleston, KY to the late Charlie and Bessie Purdy Johnson. She was a 1948 graduate of Charleston High School and was co-owner and operator of the “Parkway Grill”...
John Thomas "J. T." Hamby
Oct 18, 2020
John Hamby, 97, of St. Charles, KY went to be with the Lord at Tradewater Health & Rahab in Dawson Springs, KY on October 18, 2020. He was born in Hopkins County on March 25, 1923, to the late Ura and Pearl (Johnson) Hamby. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Brunette (Bourland)...
Trumon Earl Hicks
Oct 8, 2020
Trumon Earl Hicks, age 85, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, October 8, 2020 at Tradewater Health & Rehabilitation, Dawson Springs, KY. Mr. Hicks was born on September 15, 1935 in Hopkins County, Kentucky to Theodore Arnold Hicks and Dollie Roberts Hicks. A graduate of Charleston High School, Mr. Hicks was an electrician in the Providence #1 Mines...
John Stephen Gray
Oct 5, 2020
John Stephen Gray, age 57, of Dawson Springs, KY near Lake Beshear passed away on Monday, October 5, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Gray was born on May 12, 1963 in Princeton, KY to Stephen Gray and Ruby Redden Caudill. He worked for many years as a heavy equipment operator in the region. His passion was racing cars. He was...
John E. Mcchesney
Sep 30, 2020
John Elbert McChesney, age 72, of Dawson Springs, KY near Lake Beshear passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at his residence. Mr. McChesney was born on February 7, 1948 in Princeton, KY to the late James Edward “Jim Ed” McChesney and Doris Jean Thomas McChesney. He was a 1967 graduate of Caldwell County High School and served his country...
Nancy Lois Ashby
Sep 29, 2020
Nancy Lois Ashby, age 87, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at Tradewater Health and Rehabilitation, Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Ashby was born on June 6, 1933 in Slaughters, KY to the late Delmar Qualls and Cassie Wilson Qualls. Mrs. Ashby was a 1950 graduate of Hanson High School and became a cosmologist and retired...
Melvin Dale Hale
Sep 27, 2020
Melvin D. Hale, age 74, of Madisonville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2020 at Hillside Center, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Hale was born on March 20, 1946 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late James Bernice Hale and Clara Helen McGregor Hale. Mr. Hale was a graduate of a technical school where he...
Richard Alan "Rick" Merrill
Sep 23, 2020
Richard “Rick” Alan Merrill, age57, of St. Charles, KY passed away on September 23, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Covina, California on November 12, 1962 to the Robert Leon Merrill and Cynthia Belson Gordon. Mr. Merrill was an installer of Fire Sprinkler Systems and a proud member of the Road Sprinkler Fitters Union Local #669. Richard “Rick”...
Michael "Mike" Keith Hopper
Sep 16, 2020
Michael “Mike” Keith Hopper, 48, of Portland, Tennessee, formerly of Madisonville, passed away Sept. 16, 2020. Mike was born Oct. 15, 1971 in Chicago. Mike worked with Emergency Medical Services for 20 years. He was an advanced EMT with Sumner EMS for the last 15 years. Mike was a volunteer with Highland and Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Departments in Sumner...
Sondra "Sandy" Adams Stokes
Sep 15, 2020
Sondra “Sandy” Adams Stokes age 66, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2020, at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis, Indiana. Sandy was born on January 28, 1954, in Madisonville, Kentucky, to Earl and Maxine Adams. She was married to Corde Trotter, who preceded her in death in 1987. Sandy married Johnny Stokes on May 3, 1998; he was the air...
Tommie Delane Dunning
Sep 15, 2020
Tommie Delane Dunning, age 79, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Dunning was born on February 2, 1941 to the late Noble Gordon Love and Ola Mae Messamore Love. She retired after serving 25 years with the Hopkins County School District where she worked in the lunchrooms of...
