April 11, 2012 RSS feed / Obituaries

Charles Pryor buried at Dema

Charles Roy ‘Slick’ Pryor Jr., 48, died April 5 at his home at Dema. Born in Chicago, Ill., he was a son of Rosa Pryor of Dema and the late Charles Roy Pryor. More...

Christina Rena Smith dies

Christina Rena Smith, 28, of Partridge, died March 17 at Cumberland. She was a daughter of the late Glenna Reyna Creech Sturgill, and a niece of the late Gloria Adams and Judy Rose. Funeral services were held March 21 at Letcher Funeral Home. More...

Rites are held for Irene Coots

Graveside services for Irene Coots, 69, of Cumberland, were held March 30 at Monte Vista Cemetery. A daughter of the late Maynard and Ella Causey, she died March 28 at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn. More...

Vickie Ann Chaffins succumbs at 58

Vickie Ann Corns Chaffi ns, 58, of Garrett, died April 6 at St. Joseph Martin in Martin. More...

Rites held for Aloma ‘Peco’ Kiser

Aloma ‘Peco’ Kiser, 45, died April 5 at her home at Cromona. Born in Whitesburg, she was a daughter of the late John Paul and Pearl Clifton Kiser, and a sister of the late Roberta Bentley. More...

June Varson dies in Virginia

June Pratt Varson, 86, died March 31 in Norton, Va. Born in Letcher County to the late Talmadge Franklin Pratt and Nora Jane Quillen Pratt Sharpe, she was the widow of Joseph Varson. More...

Rites held for Daryl Rickard

Col. Daryl B. ‘Rick’ Rickard, U.S. Air Force Ret., 67, of The Villages, Fla., died March 23. Born in Meadville, Penn., he was a career serviceman in the U.S. Air Force, where he served for more than 25 years. More...

Services held for Earl Terry

Funeral services for Earl Terry, 83, were held April 7 at Letcher Funeral Home. Burial was in the Collier Cemetery at Eolia. Born in Knott County, he was a son of the late John and Sally Hicks Terry. More...

Lanna Gayle Dixon, 70, dies

Lanna Gayle Dixon, 70, died April 10 at her home in Jenkins. Born in Jenkins, she was a daughter of the late Columbus Edgar and Maxie Mullins Wright. More...

Eddie Fugate, 53, succumbs

Funeral services for Eddie Wayne Fugate, 53, will be held at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday) at First Baptist Church in Whitesburg. Burial will be in Green Acres Cemetery at Ermine. A son of the late Lonnie Fugate, he was born in Ary. More...

Rites held for Martha Landrum

Funeral services for Martha Sandlin Landrum, 64, of Whitesburg, were held April 9 at King’s Chapel Church. Burial was in the West-Sandlin Cemetery in Whitesburg. More...

Services are held for Estille Risner

Funeral services for Estille Risner, 79, of Hindman, were held April 9 in Hindman. Burial was in Risner Cemetery in Ogden. He died April 7 at Greg & Noreen Wells Hospice Care Center in Hazard. More...