Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Josephine Haile
Apr 24, 2022
On Sunday, April 24, 2022, mom, mamaw, and friend, Josephine Haile, whose life was her testimony, went to her heavenly home. She was born in Ilsley, KY to Leonard Jack and Claudia Mae (Adcock) Sisk on June 29, 1923. Living a long faithful life and member of Ilsley Christian Church, she taught Sunday School and looked forward to teaching Bible...
April Cullen
Apr 20, 2022
April Cullen, age 57, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at her residence, Dawson Springs, KY. Ms. Cullen was born April 12, 1965 to J. W. Hendrix and Ione Winters Hendrix. She worked and retired after 17 years as an accountant with the Hopkins County Health Department. Ms. Cullen was very fond of her Charleston...
Ruth Hoard
Apr 18, 2022
Ruth Hoard, age 97, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, April 18, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Hoard was born July 30, 1924 to William James Orten and Marjorie Victoria Trotter Orten. She worked for many years in housekeeping and retired after working 50 years with Harned Insurance. She loved to quilting and attending church....
Colleen Mae Nichols
Apr 17, 2022
Colleen Mae Nichols, age 87, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2022 at her residence. Ms. Nichols was born June 2, 1934 to Thomas Henry Davis and Delsie Ann Davis. She started working as a “car hop” and continued working at different restaurants in the area all of her working life. She was a member of...
Bonnie Lou Knight Brown
Apr 13, 2022
Bonnie Lou Knight Brown, age 93, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at Dawson Springs Health and Rehabilitation in Dawson Springs, KY. Ms. Brown was born May 30, 1928 to William White and Rossa May Alexander White near Crofton, KY. She worked for many years as a custodian at the Crofton School and most recently...
Sharon Lee Budd
Apr 8, 2022
Sharon Lee Budd, age 80, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, April 8, 2022 at Hartford House in Owensboro, KY. Mrs. Budd was born March 16, 1942 in Terre Haute, IN to the late Lyle and Hattie Mae Katner Harris. Sharon was a 1960 graduate of Honey Creek High School in Terre Haute, IN and was a member...
Jennifer Lynn Mitchell
Mar 29, 2022
Jennifer Lynn Mitchell, age 60, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Mitchell was born November 23, 1961 to Jimmie and Sharon Harris Budd. Jennifer was a 1977 graduate of Madisonville North Hopkins High School and was a member of Baptist Temple in Madisonville, KY. She was a...
Eric Jason Lawley
Mar 25, 2022
Eric Jason Lawley, age 47, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on March 25, 2022 at his residence. Mr. Lawley was born in Scottsboro, AL on August 31, 1974 to Gregory Paul Lawley and Sharon Lee Fuqua. He was a 1993 graduate of Caldwell County High School. He served his country for six years in the United States Army and...
Roger Dale Hale
Mar 23, 2022
Roger Dale Hale, age 67, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at Pennyrile State Park Campground where he was temporarily residing after having been displaced by the December 10, 2021 tornado. Mr. Hale was born June 30, 1954 in Hopkinsville, KY to the late Alton Hale and Rose Irene Hale Davis. He worked in excess...
Jennifer Chappel
Mar 21, 2022
Jennifer Chappel, age 33, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, March 21, 2022 at her residence in Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Chappel was born April 1, 1988 to Marty Goodman and Carla L. Sutherland Goodman. Jennifer was a 2006 graduate of Madisonville North Hopkins High School. She was a beloved mother and most recently became very passionate about...
Virginia Lee "Buggs" Chappell
Mar 20, 2022
Virginia Lee “Buggs” Chappell, age 94, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2022 at Ridgewood Terrace in Madisonville, KY. Ms. Chappell was born November 5, 1927 in Herrin, IL to the late Charles Buel “Joe” Fox and Elsie Schuffellbarger Fox. She was a beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother and she was the Business Manager and...
Thelma Rhea Peroddy
Mar 15, 2022
Thelma Rhea Peroddy, age 92, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Peroddy was born August 26, 1929 in Caldwell County, KY to the late Shellie Jackson and Martha Lou Jackson Clark. During her retirement years she worked as a caregiver. Additionally, she worked at Ottenheimer Manufacturing and with...
Charlie Morris Jones
Mar 2, 2022
Charlie Morris Jones, age 88, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Jones was born June 10, 1933 in Hopkinsville, KY to the late James Thomas Jones and Bonnie Clark Jones. He retired from the Kentucky State Department of Highways at the age of 77 after 30 years...
Donald Ray Parrent
Mar 2, 2022
Donald Ray Parrent, age 77, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at his residence. Mr. Parrent was born April 13, 1944 in Cadiz, KY to the late Willie David Parrent and Dorothy Louise Banister Parrent. He worked as an underground coal miner for 29 years and retired from Pyro Mines and was a UMWA member....
Thomas Ray "Tommy" Adams
Feb 25, 2022
Thomas Ray Adams, age 68, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, February 25, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Adams was born October 16, 1953 in Hopkinsville, KY to the late Ray Adams and Margaret Poole Lamb. He was a 1971 graduate of Dawson Springs High School and he was of the Baptist faith. Tommy...
Faye Ellen Fox
Feb 25, 2022
Faye Ellen Fox, age 89, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, February 25, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Fox was born September 23, 1932 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Owen Young and Grace Ausenbaugh Young. She was a 1950 graduate of Dawson Springs High School and was a member of Charleston Baptist...
Patricia Franklin Schofield
Feb 23, 2022
Patricia Franklin Schofield, age 75, of Washington, DC passed away on February 23, 2022 at her home following a long illness. Mrs. Schofield was born on January 4, 1947 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Decola Franklin and Brunette Russell Franklin Cato. She was a 1965 graduate of Dawson Springs High School and a graduate of Western Kentucky University....
Alton Junior Dunning
Feb 19, 2022
Alton Junior Dunning, age 84, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2022 at his residence. Mr. Dunning was born on May 11, 1937 to the late William Alton Dunning and Flora Ann White Dunning. He retired after working as a butcher for Fox Meat Market for many years and he also worked with Holloway’s Highway Construction...
Barbara Ann Creekmur
Feb 18, 2022
Barbara Ann Creekmur, age 77, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, February 18, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Creekmur was born February 21, 1944 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late William Marion Brown and Lora Lee Calvert. She was a 1962 graduate of Charleston High School and was a member of Baptist Temple...
Patricia Faye Garrison
Feb 17, 2022
Patricia Faye Garrison, age 69, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Garrison was born December 13, 1952 to Jessie Duke and Bertha Hazel Cunningham Duke. For several years she was a restaurant worker. She was of Baptist faith. Ms. Garrison is survived by two daughters, April Schaefer (Ryan)...
