Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Richard David Hickerson
Apr 20, 2019
Richard David Hickerson, age 71, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Tradewater Health and Rehab in Dawson Springs, KY. Mr. Hickerson was born on September 7, 1947 in Madisonville, KY to the late Harold David Hickerson, Jr. and Wanna Elaine Lisanby Thomas. He retired from Regional Medical Center where he worked as Registered Nurse...
Dr. James B. Kirkwood
Apr 15, 2019
Dr. James B. Kirkwood, Ph.D., 95, of Crystal River, FL passed away April 15, 2019 at home under the loving care of his wife, Shirley, and family. He was born on January 24, 1924 to Clarence Alvin Kirkwood and Ruth Ellen (Jones) Kirkwood in a log cabin on a farm in western Kentucky. Jim attended Fiddlebow Grade School and was...
Joseph Christopher Zybert
Apr 10, 2019
Joseph Christopher Zybert, age 78, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Zybert was born on December 25, 1940 in Buffalo, NY to the late Marion Zybert and Mary Cirinicone Zybert. He retired after working 34 years as a railroad computer analyst for Union Pacific Railroad and served his country in the...
Roger Lloyd Sizemore
Apr 7, 2019
Roger Lloyd Sizemore, age 61, of St. Charles, KY, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Sizemore was born on October 21, 1957 in Madisonville, KY to the late Amos Lawrence Sizemore, Jr. and Maybelle McKnight Sizemore. He worked as a General Laborer all of his life. Mr. Sizemore is survived by a son ~ Roger...
Garnett Noel Young
Apr 2, 2019
Garnett Noel Young, age 91, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at Christian Care Center, Kuttawa, KY. Mr. Young was born on February 29, 1928 in Caldwell County, KY to the late Lester Earl Young and Jewell French Young. He worked as a mechanic at BFGoodrich most of his working life in Calvert City, KY....
Carl Loman Orten
Mar 31, 2019
Carl Loman Orten, age 88, of Madisonville, KY, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Orten was born on August 1, 1930 in Northern Christian County, KY to the late James William Orten and Marjorie Victoria Trotter Orten. He operated heavy equipment for strip mining operations in the Western Kentucky region, and he was of the...
Wanda Mae Midkiff
Mar 27, 2019
Wanda Mae Midkiff, age 90, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away March 27, 2019. She was born January 20, 1929 in Ohio County, KY to the late James Everett Russell and Elva Mae (Westerfield) Russell of Hartford, KY. Wanda was a homemaker, business woman and former Hartford (KY) City Clerk. She loved being with her family and was an excellent...
Darlene Sue Hodge
Mar 26, 2019
Darlene Sue Hodge, age 68, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY surrounded by her family. Darlene worked as a bookkeeper for the Holiday Inn in Hopkinsville, KY. She enjoyed ceramics, collecting baskets, and riding with her husband on their Harley Davidson traveling around the country. She was preceded in death...
Carl Edward Coffey, Jr.
Mar 20, 2019
Carl Edward Coffey, Sr., age 80, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Coffey was born on June 10, 1938 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky to the late William Arch Coffey and Emma Cummings Coffey. He was retired from West Kentucky Plate Glass and was of the Baptist faith. He is...
Marion Philmon Riley
Mar 20, 2019
Marion Philmon Riley, age 84, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Riley was born on November 19, 1934 in Christian County, KY near Dawson Springs to the late Melvin Riley and Viola Menser Riley. He served his country in the United States Navy and worked in the tire and recapping industry...
Anne J. Cunningham
Mar 14, 2019
Anne J. Cunningham, age 85, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at Madisonville Health and Rehabilitation, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Cunningham was born on August 14, 1933 in Seattle, Washington to the late Francis Joseph Cunningham and Marjorie Powell Cunningham. Mrs. Cunningham obtained a Business Degree from the University of Washington. She retired as a Medical Records...
Gloria Jean Byford
Mar 14, 2019
Gloria Jean Byford, age 76, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital in Owensboro, KY. Ms. Byford was born on April 24, 1942 to the late Clarence Parvin Miller and Vernon Davenport Miller. She was the manager of E & L Pets in Madisonville, KY for 20 years and was of the...
Wilford Allen Knight
Mar 12, 2019
Wilford Allen Knight, age 59, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Knight was born on July 25, 1959 in Crofton, KY to the Bonnie White Knight and the late Sanford Knight. He was an outdoorsman and during his lifetime he worked almost every phase of the tree and lumber business. He...
Robert Creighton Purdy
Mar 10, 2019
Robert Creighton Purdy, age 88, of Madisonville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2019 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Purdy was born on October 23, 1930 in Hopkins County, KY near Dawson Springs to the late Carlie Purdy and Prycie Peyton Purdy. Mr. Purdy was a graduate of Charleston High School. He...
Bivian Jean Chambers
Mar 7, 2019
Bivian Jean Chambers, age 84, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Chambers was born on February 5, 1935 in Charleston, KY to the late Robert Lee Moore, Sr., and Nettie Riordan Moore. She was a member of the Dunn Missionary Baptist Church, and she worked for fifteen years with...
James Lee Camplin
Mar 4, 2019
James Lee Camplin, age 83, of St. Charles, KY, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2019 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY, freeing him from Alzheimer’s disease which he had battled for many years. Mr. Camplin was born on October 15, 1935 in St. Charles, KY to the late Nelson Camplin and Pauline Sneed Camplin. He retired after working at...
Jean Lynn Weaver
Feb 26, 2019
Jean Lynn Weaver, age 51, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, February 26, 2019 at her residence. Mrs Weaver was born on November 11, 1967 to Neil Wayne Lovelace and Barbara Coward Lovelace. She worked for many years as an LPN. Mrs. Weaver is survived by her husband of 18 years ~ Carl W. Weaver; two sons ~...
Elizabeth Royal
Feb 25, 2019
Elizabeth Royal, age 70, of Ilsley, KY passed away on Monday, February 25, 2019 at her residence. Mrs. Royal was born on July 5, 1948 in Ilsley, KY to the late William Floyd Jackson and Jennie Kathryn Messimore Jackson. She worked for twenty-six years with patient care at Outwood. She was of the Christian Faith. Mrs. Royal is survived by...
Adeline Williams Dunbar
Feb 15, 2019
Adeline Dunbar, age 75, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, February 15, 2019 at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Mrs. Dunbar was born March 10, 1943 in Caldwell County, KY to the late Myron and Ada White Williams. She retired after teaching for 27 years in the Dawson Springs Community School System and was a graduate of...
Sandra Kay Vannoy
Feb 13, 2019
Sandra Kay Howton Vannoy, age 71, of Earlington, KY, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital, Newburgh, IN. Mrs. Vannoy was born on February 24, 1947 in Charleston, KY to the late William Audrey Howton and Mary Olivine Gunther Howton. Mrs. Vannoy was a CNA and worked in several area nursing homes. Additionally, she worked for...
