Services held for Phyllis Ann Adams



Phyllis Ann Adams, 64, died April 14 at her home at Bulan. She was a daughter of the late Elijah and Opal Frazier Tolliver, and was the mother of the late Greg Adams. Funeral services were held April 17 at Letcher Funeral Home. Burial was in Green Acres Cemetery at Ermine. She is survived by her husband, Bill Adams; a […]

Fields rites held



Jimmy Fields, 65, of Whitesburg, died May 7 at Indian Path Hospital in Kingsport, Tenn. He was a son of the late James and Laura Evans Fields, and was preceded in death by two brothers, Jr. and Jerry, and two sisters, Annabelle and Reanee. Surviving are two brothers, George Fields, Whitesburg, and John Fields, Jenkins, and a number of nieces […]

Services are set for Lula Breeding



Funeral services for Lula Johnson Mullins Breeding, 80, of Whitesburg, will be held at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday) at the Seco Pentecostal Church. Burial will be in the Mullins Cemetery at Letcher. A daughter of the late Price and Ella Robinson Johnson, she was the widow of Roy Mullins and Dennis Breeding. She was the mother of the late Kash […]

Ada Pearl Caudill succumbs at 86



Ada Pearl Johnson Caudill, 86, of Franklin, died May 11. Born in Pike County, she was a daughter of the late Mander and Cordellia Johnson. She was the widow of Bryan Caudill, and the mother of the late Linda Jean Caudill. Surviving are five sons, Roger D. Caudill, Rockfield; Royce G. Caudill, Auburn; Jerry Caudill, Lebanon Junction; David L. Caudill, […]

Services are held for Otis Adams, 86



Funeral services for Otis Adams, 86, of Jeremiah, were held May 11 at Letcher Funeral Home. Burial was in the Adams Cemetery at Jeremiah. A son of the late Lenville and Mary Smith Adams, he died May 7 at Letcher Manor Nursing Home. He was the father of the late Robert Adams. He is survived by his wife, Iona Bailey […]

Minnie Collins dies in Indiana



Former Letcher County resident Minnie Collins, 95, of Greenfield, Ind., died April 15. Born in Whitesburg, she was a daughter of the late William H. and Hennie Back Adams. She was married to the late Curtis Collins and the late Hubert Collins. She was the mother of the late P.J. Hall and the grandmother of the late Bridget Collins-Mayberry. Mrs. […]

Services are held for Jeneva Ball



Funeral services for Jeneva Avenell Ball, 78, were held May 8 at the Millstone Missionary Baptist Church. Burial was in Green Acres Cemetery at Ermine. Born in Letcher County, she was a daughter of the late Sherman and Damie Cooper Wright. She died May 5 at Hazard Appalachian Regional Hospital. Mrs. Ball was the mother of the late Billy Wayne […]

John Charles Pugh succumbs at 61



John Charles Pugh, 61, died May 2 at his home in Indianapolis, Ind. Born at Blackey, he was a son of Irene Pugh Barnes and the late Clyde Pugh. He worked at Navastar in Indianapolis for 30 years before retiring. Surviving in addition to his mother are his wife, Wanda Hawks Pugh; a son, Eric Pugh; a daughter, Sasha Pugh; […]

Marjorie Jo Hodges is buried at Sandlick



Funeral services for Marjorie Jo Fields Hodges, 62, were held May 12 in Pound, Va. Burial was in the Sandlick Cemetery. A daughter of the late John Kelsey and Sophronia Inez Gray Fields, she was a sister of the late Loa Kay Fields, Raymond Francis Fields, and Kelsey Jack Fields and the grandmother of the late Kelsey Ray Haley. Mrs. […]

Trio now faces death penalty



A Letcher County grand jury has cleared the way for prosecutors to seek the death penalty against two men and one woman charged with beating an elderly man to death in Jenkins last month. In indictments handed up last week to Letcher Circuit Judge Sam Wright, the grand jury charged John William Pigg Jr., Lloyd Steven Pigg, and Christina Collins […]