Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Ella Jane Garrett
Mar 24, 2024
Ella Jane Garrett, age 94, of Dawson Springs passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Garrett was born on September 18, 1929 in Confluence, KY to the late Jake Howard and Viola Baker Howard.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Charlie Edward Garrett. He loved her very much...
Mary Sue Franklin
Mar 12, 2024
Mary Sue Crafton Franklin, age 86, of Traverse City, MI and formerly of Dawson Springs passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at Manson Hospice House in Traverse City, MI. Mrs. Franklin was born on July 10, 1937 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Clarence Crafton and Louise Claxton Crafton. She was an elementary school teacher in Dawson Springs...
Kathy Joe Hickerson
Mar 12, 2024
Kathy Joe Hickerson, age 72, of Dawson Springs passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at her home. Mrs. Hickerson was born on November 24, 1951 in Madisonville, KY to the late William Bivins and Nevelyn Blanchard Bivins. She was a member of Day Spring Assembly of God. Mrs. Hickerson worked for many years Dawson Springs School lunch room where...
Eddy Wayne Dunbar
Mar 7, 2024
Eddy Wayne Dunbar, age 82, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at his home. Mr. Dunbar was born on August 30, 1941 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Jewel Dunbar and Nell Brown Dunbar. He retired from Tyson Foods and was of the Christian faith.
Survivors include three sons ~ Ernest (Sonya) Dunbar of...
Martha Lou Eaves
Mar 7, 2024
Martha Lou Eaves, age 73, of Madisonville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at Madisonville Health & Rehab in Madisonville, KY. Ms. Eaves was born on July 17, 1950 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Joel Morgan Eaves and Ollie Brown Eaves. She was a member of Charleston Baptist Church and...
Wilma Juanita Cranor
Mar 1, 2024
Wilma Juanita Cranor, age 97, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, March 1, 2024 at Tradewater Health and Rehab in Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Cranor was born on March 25, 1926 in Caldwell County, KY to the late Hardin Cummings and Bessie L. Milton Cummings. She was the eldest member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Caldwell County...
Kathy Sue Parsons
Feb 28, 2024
Kathy Sue Parsons, age 57, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2024 at her residence. Mrs. Parsons was born on February 24, 1967 in Philadelphia, PA.. She was a 1984 graduate of Dawson Springs High School and was an elementary and middle school teacher. Mrs. Parsons had a Masters degree in education and was a reading...
Owen Darrell Goodaker
Feb 27, 2024
Owen Darrell Goodaker, age 65, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at Heartford House Hospice, Owensboro, KY. He was born October 22, 1958 to Ray Webster Goodaker and Shirley Landers Williams. Mr. Goodaker was a heavy equipment operator and long-haul truck driver. He was of the Christian Faith.
Mr. Goodaker was survived by two...
Ruby Woodburn Poe
Feb 24, 2024
Ruby W. Poe, age 93, passed peacefully at his home, on Saturday, February 24, 2024. He was born October 30, 1930, in Olney, Ky, to the late David Moody and Ollie Calvert Poe.
Ruby was a 1948 graduate of Charleston High School and attended Western KY Teachers’ College, where he met the love of his life, Elaine Davis. He...
Luther Russell Edwards
Feb 20, 2024
Luther Russell Edwards, age 74, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Edwards was born on June 19, 1949 in Madisonville, KY to the late James Luther Edwards and Elmer Neveline Russell Edwards. Russell worked for eighteen years as an underground coal miner and was a member of...
Sandra Dawn Brown
Feb 18, 2024
Sandra Dawn Brown, age 62, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Sunday, February 18, 2024 at her residence. Ms. Brown was born on May 2, 1961 in Madisonville, KY to the late Amos Lawrence Sizemore, Jr. and Maybelle McKnight Sizemore. She was a mother and homemaker and was a member of Ilsley Christian Church. She is survived by...
Darla Suzette Holt
Feb 15, 2024
Darla Suzette Holt, age 55, of Dawson Springs passed away on Thursday, February 15, 2024 at her residence. Mrs. Holt was born on February 20, 1968 in Madisonville, KY to the late Herman Ferguson and Ruth Edna Marks. She was a member of Dawson Springs Baptist Temple in Dawson Springs and was a beloved wife and foster mother.
She is survived...
Clifton Robert Vandiver
Feb 8, 2024
Clifton (Tip) Robert Vandiver, age 90, of Sturgis, KY and formerly of Saint Charles, KY passed away on Thursday, February 8, 2024 at his residence. Bro. Clifton was born on June 2, 1933 to the late Jesse Robert Vandiver and Artie Justine Smith Vandiver. On August 10, 1949, he married the love of his life, Mary Lou Jackson, when she...
James Glen Lewis
Jan 31, 2024
James Glen Lewis, age 85, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at his residence. Mr. Lewis was born on October 6, 1938 in Harlan County, KY to the late Homer Lewis and Eva Morgan Lewis. He served his country in the United States Army as a 101st Airborne Air Trooper. Mr. Lewis was a heavy...
John Orr Salter
Jan 28, 2024
John Orr Salter, age 73, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2024 Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Salter was born on February 24, 1950 in Detroit, MI to the late Herbert Edward Salter and Barbara Dunbar Orr Salter. He received a Bachelor degree from the University of New Hampshire and worked sales and was...
Garnett Arnold Buntin
Jan 22, 2024
Garnett Arnold Buntin, age 90, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, January 22, 2024 Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Buntin was born on August 23, 1933 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Henry Ligon Buntin and Verdie Leona Utley Buntin. He served his country in the United States Army from 1954 – 1956 and worked...
John "Dale" McCuiston
Jan 22, 2024
John “Dale” McCuiston, age 72, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, January 22, 2024 at the Linda White Hospice House in Evansville, IN. Mr. McCuiston was born on June 21, 1951 in Pembroke, KY to the late Senator Pat McCuiston and Clara Johnson McCuiston. Dale worked as a deputy sheriff in Christian County many years ago and served...
Phillip Wayne Dillingham
Jan 16, 2024
Phillip Wayne Dillingham, age 72, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at the Ray & Kay Eckstein Hospice Center in Paducah, KY. Mr. Dillingham was born on May 22, 1951 to the late Maurice and Alma Parker Dillingham. He worked for more than 40 years as a coal miner and an electrician and was...
Barbara Anne Morgan
Jan 10, 2024
Barbara Anne Morgan, age 85, of Bowling Green, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at Greenwood Nursing and Rehab in Bowling Green, KY. Mrs. Morgan was born on September 27, 1938 in Caldwell County, KY to the late Esther Clark King. She was a member of Dunn Missionary Baptist Church in...
Dola Rose Monroe
Jan 10, 2024
Dola Rose Poe Monroe, age 91, of Dawson Springs passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Monroe was born on September 29, 1932 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late David Moody Poe and Ollie Ellen Calvert Poe. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Dawson Springs and a graduate...
