Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Sandra Kay Hopper
Apr 1, 2020
Sandra Kay Milton Hopper, age 76, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Hopper was born in Caldwell County, KY on October 30, 1943 to the late James Edgar Milton, Sr., and Pansy Orange Milton. She was the longest attending founding member of the Life Apostolic Church in Madisonville, KY...
Ralph H. Kirkwood
Mar 30, 2020
Dr. Ralph H. Kirkwood, age 95, of Dawson Sprnigs, KY passed away on Monday, March 30, 2020 at the Tradewater Health and Rehabilitation Center, Dawson Springs, KY. Dr.. Kirkwood was born on July 24, 1924 in a log cabin on Mount Hebron Hill in Caldwell County, KY to the late E.B. and Nellie Ashby Kirkwood. He practiced optometry in Dawson...
Brandon Daniel Cook
Mar 29, 2020
Brandon Daniel Cook, age 39, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2020 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Cook was born in Munster, Indiana on February 10, 1981 to the late Michael Norman Cook and Beverly Latham Cook. He received an Associates Degree from IUPUI; he served his country with the US Air Force, and...
Perry Lee Johnson
Mar 27, 2020
Perry Lee Johnson, age 84, of Madisonville, KY and formerly of Beulah, KY, passed away on Friday, March 27, 2020 at Brighton Cornerstone Healthcare in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Johnson was born on April 12, 1935 in Beulah, KY to the late Hubert Matthew Johnson and Lois Brown Johnson Pleasant. He retired after working 38 years at L & N Railroad....
Jerry Wayne Howton
Mar 26, 2020
Jerry Wayne Howton, age 77, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Howton was born on February 17, 1943 to the late Elvie Huie Howton and Bernice Davis Howton. He retired after working for many years for Bellsouth and was a member of Dawson Springs Baptist Temple and Star...
Darlene Burnell
Mar 24, 2020
Darlene Burnell, age 63, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at her residence. Mrs. Burnell was born February 25, 1957 in Madisonville, KY to Leland “Curly” Fields and the late Lilly Fay Menser Fields Berry. She graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and was a member of Dawson Springs First Baptist...
James Dwight Bruce
Mar 24, 2020
James Dwight Bruce, age 65, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at his residence. He was born on August 16, 1954 in Caldwell County, KY to the James Bruce and Linda Orange Bruce Grisham. Mr. Bruce graduated from Dawson Springs High School in 1972. He worked for 31 years as a UMWA Coal Miner working...
Ione Hendrix
Mar 23, 2020
Ione Hendrix, age 75, of Charleston, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2020 at her residence. Mrs. Hendrix was born February 16, 1945 in Mannington, KY to the late Andrew Riley Winters and Mevline Elizabeth Powell. She noted that among her greatest accomplishments was raising four wonderful children, playing softball with her three girls for over 13 years, joining...
Pamela Faye Abbott
Mar 18, 2020
Pamela Faye Abbott, age 63, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2020 at her residence near Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Abbott was born on October 16, 1956 in Madisonville, KY to George Earl Ausenbaugh and Joyce Dean Dillingham Robinson. She worked for years as a secretary for Rice Supply in Madisonville, KY. Additionally, she was a...
Anna Lou Kirkwood
Mar 13, 2020
Anna Lou Kirkwood, age 86, of Dawson Sprnigs, KY passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020 at the Tradewater Health and Rehabilitation Center, Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Kirkwood was born on March 13, 1934 in Charleston, KY to the late William Jordan Lanham and Lena Johnnie Lanham. She assisted her husband, Dr. Ralph H. Kirkwood for many years in his...
Naomi Anita Mullins
Feb 23, 2020
A celebration of life service for Naomi Anita (Bucy) Mullins who graduated to her Heavenly home on February 23rd, 2020 will be held at the First Baptist Church in Dawson Springs, KY with Rev. Randall Rogers conducting the service. Anita was born September 10th 1923 to Nicuss Samuel Bucy and Bertha Stewart Bucy in the Dawson Springs area. Moving throughout...
Adrienne Nicole Craig
Feb 21, 2020
Adrienne Nicole Craig, age 34, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, February 21, 2020 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Ms. Craig was born on February 24, 1985 in Lexington, KY to Phillip Craig and Lisa Hunter O’Reilly. Adrienne is survived by her parents ~ Lisa Hunter and Kevin O’Reilly of Dawson Springs, KY and Phillip and Marlisa...
Thelma Traylor
Feb 20, 2020
Thelma Traylor, age 91, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at Tradewater Pointe Health & Rehab, Dawson Springs, KY. Ms. Traylor was born on October 12, 1928 in Hopkins County, KY to the late Lenard Traylor and Gertha McGregor Traylor. She was a seamstress and worked many years at Ottenheimer in Dawson Springs, Ky and...
Terry Wayne Ramsey
Feb 10, 2020
Terry Wayne Ramsey, age 60, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, February 10, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Ramsey was born on October 23, 1959 in Providence, KY to the late Gordon Ramsey and Goldie Lynn Ramsey. Mr. Ramsey worked as a coal miner for many years and was a member of Adriel Baptist Church. Mr. Ramsey is...
Harlan Gene Workman
Feb 9, 2020
Harlan Gene Workman, 78, of the Charleston community of Dawson Springs, passed into the heavenly realm on February 9, 2020, at Baptist Health Medical Center. He was born June 9, 1941, the son of the late Erbie Allen and Susie Henrietta (Furgerson) Workman. Mr. Workman was a graduate of Charleston High School in 1959 and Draughan’s Business College of Hopkinsville...
William Lee "Doc" Ladd
Jan 30, 2020
William Lee “Doc” Ladd, age 65, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at Deaconess Mid-Town, Evansville, IN. Mr. Ladd was born on June 24, 1954 in Cadiz, Kentucky to the late Clinton Hayden Ladd and Bobbie Jean Whitehair Ladd. He was an auto body repair specialist and retired with Jenkins & Wynne Ford Honda and...
Johnny William "Bill" Vickery
Jan 26, 2020
Johnny William “Bill” Vickery, age 77, of Henderson, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at Henderson Nursing & Rehab, Henderson, KY. He was born on July 7, 1942 in Nortonville, KY to William Gable Vickery and Agnes Helen Dickerson Vickery Williamson. He was a mechanic. Mr.Vickery is survived by his sister, Joyce...
Roberta Mcmillin Robards
Jan 22, 2020
Roberts M. Robards, 94, of Fredericksburg, TX and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY, and Americus, GA, died at 6:43 a.m. Wednesday, January 22, 2020, in Fredericksburg. Born June 23, 1925, in Russellville, Logan County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Fletcher McMillin and Dovie Westray McMillin. She was of the Baptist faith and worked as a hairdresser until...
L.D. Mathis
Jan 19, 2020
L.D. Mathis, age 91, of Princeton, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, January 19, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Mathis was born on April 5, 1928 in Howard County, Arkansas. He was the son of the late Robert Vernon Gatlin and Inez Lattie Gatlin. He owned and operated Mathis Milling and Sawmill & Mathis Tree...
Rachel Scott Abbott
Jan 16, 2020
Rachel Mae Scott Abbott, age 89, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at her daughter’s residence in Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Abbott was born August 28, 1930 in Owensboro, KY to the late Clarence A. Scott & Louise Scott. She was a loving mother and retired from Goodyear Tire in Madisonville, KY and was of...
