Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Izetta Jackson
Jul 3, 2019
Izetta Jackson, age 103, formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at Parkview Nursing and Rehab Center in Paducah, KY. Mrs. Jackson was born on June 18, 1916 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late William Logan Dockrey and Roma Tinsley Dockrey. She was the bookkeeper for Hicks Dollar Stores for more than twenty years...
Wanda Louise Calvert
Jun 29, 2019
Wanda Louise Calvert, age 78, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at her residence. Mrs. Calvert was born on February 17, 1941 in Madisonville, KY to the late William Roy Beshear and Margaret Louise Dockrey Beshear. She worked for more than thirty years at Ottenheimer Manufacturing and was a member of Baptist Temple Church in...
Martha Jean Abbott
Jun 23, 2019
Martha Jean Abbott, age 83, of Dawson Sprnigs, KY passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Ms. Abbott was born on June 28, 1935 in Christian County, KY to the late Roy Cansler and Ruth P’Poole Cansler. She was a homemaker and attended her neighborhood Holiness Church. Ms. Abbott is survived by two grandchildren...
Joseph Leamon Russell
Jun 20, 2019
Joseph Leamon Russell, age 86, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at his residence in Dawson Springs, KY. He was born on December 6, 1932 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Ollie James Russell and Myrtle Johnston Russell. Mr. Russell graduated from Dawson Springs High School and after high school he served his country...
Charles Eugene Grisham
Jun 17, 2019
Charles Eugene Grisham, age 86, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, June 17, 2019 at Western Kentucky Veterans Center, Hanson, KY. He was born on February 22, 1933 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late George Thomas Grisham and Bessie Lee Brown Grisham. Mr. Grisham graduated from Dawson Springs High School and after high school he served his...
Ellis Wayne Elkins
Jun 15, 2019
Ellis Wayne Elkins, age 70, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at Select Specialty Hospital in Evansville, IN. Mr. Elkins was born on March 22, 1949 in Hopkinsville, KY to the late Harrison “Harry” Elkins and Elizabeth “Virgie” Deason Elkins. He was the plant manager for Emar in Muncie, IN for many years and also...
Norman Lee Wyatt
Jun 9, 2019
Norman Lee Wyatt, age 79, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2019 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Wyatt was born on June 6, 1940 in Hopkins County to Hustler Wyatt and Mary Cleatus Kingery Wyatt. He retired as a UMWA Coal Miner and was a member of the Ilsley Community Church. Mr. Wyatt is survived...
Nita Rae Dunbar
Jun 8, 2019
Nita Rae Dunbar, age 84, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Baptist Health Medical Facility, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Dunbar was born on April 19, 1935 in Smith County, Mississippi to the late Grover Cleveland and Beulah Wilkins Lancaster. She was a mother and homemaker. She was a member of the Ilsley Community Church. Mrs....
Lena Mae Beshear
Jun 2, 2019
Lena Mae Beshear, age 86, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, June 2, 2019 at Baptist Health Medical Facility, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Beshear was born on February 26, 1933 in Caldwell County, KY to the late Alex Lamb and Gertrude Orange Lamb. She was a cook for Lynn’s Restaurant and The Place Restaurant, a beloved mother, grandmother and...
Hazel Ruth Neisz
May 17, 2019
Hazel Ruth Neisz, age 85, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, May 17, 2019 at Tradewater Health and Rehab in Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Neisz was born on January 23, 1934 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Kimmel and Margie Mitchell Franklin. She was a grocery store owner and was a member of Lafayette Baptist Church in...
Elpha Sue Hensley
May 13, 2019
Elpha Sue Hensley, age 80, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, May 13, 2019 at Caldwell Medical Center in Princeton, KY. Mrs. Hensley was born on April 18, 1939 in Springfield, IL to the late Jether Martin South and Effie Susie Cardwell. She was a beloved homemaker and mother and was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Hensley is...
Margaret Ann Dillingham Ausenbaugh
May 13, 2019
Margaret Ann Dillingham Ausenbaugh, age 72, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, May 13, 2019 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Evansville, IN. Mrs. Ausenbaugh was born September 20, 1946 in Dawson Springs, KY. She was the daughter of the late Norris and Ruth Roam Dillingham. From 1971 – 2008 she and her husband owned and operated Family Drugs...
Daisy Myrl Bratcher
May 9, 2019
Daisy Myrl Bratcher, age 89, of Metairie, LA, passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at St. Joseph Hospice in River Ridge, LA. Mrs. Bratcher was born on June 5, 1929 in Butler County, KY to the late Stewart Newton and Lydia McKinney Parks. She was a beloved mother and grandmother and was of the Apostolic Pentecostal faith. Mrs. Bratcher...
J.C. "Doc" James
May 8, 2019
J.C. “Doc” James, age 80, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital, Newburgh, IN. Mr. James was born on January 5, 1939 in Fredonia, KY to the late Hubert Kelly James and Maggie Marie Peak James. He was a coal miner for close to forty seven years having worked his last day at...
Harold Dene Menser
Apr 29, 2019
Harold D. Menser, age 85, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, April 29, 2019 at Tradewater Health & Rehabilitation, Dawson Springs, KY. Mr. Menser was born on May 5, 1933 in Dawson Springs, Kentucky to the late James Owen “Shane” Menser and Freida McIntosh Menser. He served his country for four years during the Korean War in the...
Bobbie Sue Crandlemire
Apr 27, 2019
Bobbie Sue Crandlemire, age 61, of Hopkinsville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at St. Thomas West, Nashville, TN. Mrs. Crandlemire was born on July 29, 1957 in Princeton, KY to the late Creighton and Martha Sue P’Pool Purdy. She was a 1975 graduate of Dawson Springs High School. She worked with...
William Lewis "Bill" Kittinger
Apr 25, 2019
William Lewis “Bill” Kittinger, age 88, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Continued Care at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Kittinger was born on February 8, 1931 in Dawson Springs, Kentucky to the late Herbert Leroy Kittinger and Erma Lorain Fox Kittinger. He was a member of the Al E Orton Masonic Lodge of...
Sandra "Freebird" Allen Patterson
Apr 23, 2019
Sandra Lane Allen Patterson, age 62, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at her residence. Ms. Patterson was born on August 14, 1956 in Madisonville, KY to the late Joe Allen and Katherine Hancock Allen of Princeton, KY. She was a homemaker and of the Christian Faith. Ms. Patterson is survived by two daughters ~...
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...
