Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Linda Anne Eades Egbert
May 11, 2017
Linda Anne Eades. Egbert, age 69, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Egbert was born on March 13, 1948 in Madisonville, KY to the late Joseph Monroe Eades and Geneva McDonald Eades. She retired after working 37 years as an insurance agent and office manager with Harned Insurance...
Marilyn Ruth Neisz Winn
May 9, 2017
Marilyn Ruth Neisz Winn, age 60, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, IN. Ms. Winn was born on September 10, 1956 in Princeton, KY to Hazel Franklin Neisz and the late Eugene E. Neisz. She was a member of the Lafayette Baptist Church and she was a homemaker. Ms. Winn is...
Jimmy Leon Abbott, Sr.
May 5, 2017
Jimmy Leon Abbott, Sr., age 65, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Friday, May 5, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Abbott was born on November 24, 1951 to Martha Jean Abbott and the late Isaac L. Abbott. He served his country in the United States Army and was a 1969 graduate of Christian County High School. Mr. Abbott worked...
Ethel Louise Gates
May 2, 2017
Ethel Louise Gates, age 71, of Ilsley, KY passed away on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Gates was born on April 8, 1946 in Ilsley, KY to the late William Floyd Jackson and Jennie Katherine Messimore Jackson. She was a member of the Gospel Light Holiness Church of Nortonville, KY and she had worked with the Western...
Cora Jean Musgrove
Apr 19, 2017
Cora “Jean” Musgrove, age 86, of Hopkinsville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Christian Health Center in Hopkinsville, KY. Mrs. Musgrove was born on August 8, 1930 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Willie Gladys Wilkey Townzen and Dewey Townzen. She was a 1948 graduate of Charleston High School....
Anna Jo Rambo
Apr 11, 2017
Anna Jo Lee Rambo, age 89, of Madisonville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Ridgewood Terrace Health and Rehabilitation Center. Ms. Rambo was born on December 4, 1927 in Muhlenberg County, KY to the late Archie Lee and Mary Pendley Lee. She was a beloved mother and homemaker and she was a...
Elmer Thurman Moore
Apr 8, 2017
Elmer Thurman Moore, age 77, of Madisonville, KY, passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Moore was born on May 31, 1939 in Dalton, KY to the late Ernest Thurman Moore and Grady Poe Moore. For 40 years he worked in the tree service business and was a member of Victory Temple Church in Rabbit Ridge,...
Richard Putman "Red" Johnson
Mar 27, 2017
Richard P. “Red” Johnson, age 80, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Johnson was born on November 4, 1936 in Dawson Springs to the late Hamby Johnson and Louise Ford Lovelace. He was a self employed plumber and of Christian Faith. Surviving family members include his daughter and son-in-law ~ Jackie...
Bernadine Lovan
Mar 20, 2017
Bernadine Lovan, age 85, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2017 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Lovan was born on August 20, 1931 in White Plains, KY to the late Willie R. Lovan and Minnie Fugate Lovan. She was a 1950 graduate of Earlington High School and worked in sales all of her lifetime. Ms....
Randall Dean Pace
Mar 11, 2017
Randall Dean Pace, age 63, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Pace was born on May 19, 1953 in Wood River, IL to the late Thurman J.D. Pace and Lillie Mae Stack Pace. He was a chef and was a member of First Baptist Church in Dawson Springs,...
Vernon Lee Almon
Mar 9, 2017
Vernon Lee Almon, age 75, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Almon was born on March 8, 1942 in Wheatcroft, KY to the late Ernest Almon and Rosalee Sharp Almon. He served his country for a short period of time in the U.S. Army. Mr. Almon retired after working for sixteen...
Ida Myrtle Johnston
Mar 8, 2017
Ida Myrtle Johnston, 91, 50 Martin Loop, Dawson Springs, made her transition from this life to her eternal one at 4:10 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, after a brief hospitalization at Baptist Health Madisonville. She was born on April 18, 1925, in Ilsley, KY, to Leonard Jackson Sisk and Claudia Mae Adcox, and lived most of her life in...
Laymon R. Crockett
Feb 17, 2017
Laymon R. Crockett, age 72, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Friday, February 17, 2017 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Crockett was born on November 4, 1944 in Hopkins County, KY to the late Lawrence Crockett and Gladys Ann Brown Crockett. He retired after working as a Pipe Fitter with Kerco for 23 years. He had also worked...
Jeannine Lamb Moore
Feb 12, 2017
Jeannine L. Moore, age 80, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at Tradewater Health and Rehab in Dawson Springs, Kentucky. Mrs. Moore was born on August 9, 1936 in Oakland City, IN to the late Burl Park Lamb and Irene Kinkade Lamb. She was a 1954 graduate of Oakland City High School, Oakland City, IN....
Kenneth Wayne Litchfield
Feb 11, 2017
Kenneth Wayne Litchfield, age 52, of St. Cloud, FL, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Litchfield was born on October 4, 1964 in Princeton, KY to David Litchfield and the late Rita Agent Holzhauser. Mr. Litchfield is survived by his his parents ~ David and Tami Litchfield of Madisonville, KY; his companion...
James R. Dunbar
Feb 5, 2017
James R. Dunbar, age 89, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Tradewater Health & Rehab in Dawson Springs, KY. Mr. Dunbar was born on July 14, 1927 in Ilsley, KY to the late Volney and Lelia Jones Dunbar. For 35 years he worked as a coal miner retiring from Island Creek Coal Company. Mr....
Willadean Ladd Townzen
Feb 5, 2017
Willadean Townzen, age 89, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Tradewater Health and Rehab in Dawson Springs, Kentucky. Mrs. Townzen was born on May 8, 1927 in Ilsley, KY to the late Dixon and Marie Sandefur Ladd. She was a 1946 graduate of the School of Cosmetology in Henderson, KY and worked as a...
George Arthur Higgins
Feb 1, 2017
George Arthur Higgins, age 60, of Madisonville, KY, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY. Mr. Higgins was born on August 4, 1956 in Frankfurt, Germany to Robert Frank Higgins, Jr. and Mildred Elizabeth Hammel Higgins. He worked as a Bio Med Tech for over 30 years and was a 1974 graduate of Christian...
Sharon Lee Messamore
Jan 20, 2017
Sharon Lee Messamore, age 54, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Messamore was born on October 13, 1962 in Dublin, Georgia to the late Walter Emmitt Murphy and Linda Ruth Boyd Murphy. Sharon worked for 31 years retired from Pennyrile State Park and she was a member of Silent Run Baptist...
Edna Earle Goodaker
Jan 18, 2017
Edna Earle Jones Goodaker, age 92, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at the Tradewater Health and Rehabitation, Dawson Springs. Ms. Goodaker was born November 4, 1924 in Clay, KY to the late Thurman Jones and Ruth Ellen Braden Jones. She drove a school bus for the Hopkins County School System for twenty five years....
