Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Shirley T. Gibson
Jan 30, 2025
Shirley T. Gibson, age 84, of Madisonville, KY, passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2025 at Madisonville Health and Rehab in Madisonville, KY. Ms. Gibson was born on October 16, 1940 in St. Charles, KY to the late Edward Johnson and Eddie Ford Johnson. Shirley retired after working many years at Outwood Hospital and was a member of Dawson Springs...
Johnny Ray Sizemore
Jan 23, 2025
Johnny Ray Sizemore, age 74, of Marion, KY, passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at his residence. Mr. Sizemore was born on August 24, 1950 in Madisonville, KY to the late Donald Bruce Sizemore and Doris Hunt Sizemore. He worked as an underground coal miner, was a member of UMWA, and loved playing chess. Mr. Sizemore was a graduate...
Rita Faye Stokes
Jan 21, 2025
Rita Faye Nash Stokes, age 81, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at Baptist Health Deaconess, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Stokes was born on April 17, 1943 to the Herbert Nash and Euvalene Baxter Nash. She was a 1961 graduate of Charleston High School and worked for 45 years as an administrative assistant at the Hopkins...
Dustin Anthony Caraway
Jan 19, 2025
Dustin Anthony Carawaay, age 25, of Dawson Springs passed away on Sunday, January 19, 2025 at his home. Mr. Caraway was born on August 30, 1999 in Marion, Ky to Shelbie Caraway Newberry and the late James Daniel Ryan. He was a graduate of Central High School in Hopkins County, KY.
Dustin is survived by his mother ~ Shelbie Caraway Newberry...
Lawrence Thomas "Tommy" Terry
Jan 18, 2025
Tommy Terry, age 79, of St. Charles, KY passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2025 at his residence. Mr. Terry was born on November 18, 1945 in Madisonville, KY to the late Lawrence Terry and Sarah Elizabeth Wilkerson Terry. He worked all of his life as a farmer and in the coal industry as an excellent dozer operator. He retired...
Sherri Renee Nash
Jan 16, 2025
Sherri Renee Nash, age 51, of Owensboro, KY passed away on Monday, January 13, 2025 at Owensboro Regional Health in Owensboro, KY. Ms. Nash was born on January 16, 1973 in Madisonville, KY. She was a mother and homemaker and was of the Christian faith.
Sherri is survived by her parents ~ June and Randy Donovan of Madisonville, KY; a daughter...
Bruce Lee Reynolds
Jan 11, 2025
Bruce Lee Reynolds, age 59, of Hopkinsville, KY and formerly of Crofton, KY passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at his residence. Mr. Reynolds was born on November 11, 1965 in Hopkinsville, KY to the late Norman Ray Reynolds and Margaret Nell Gothard Reynolds. He was a graduate of Christian County High School and worked as a property manager...
Sharon Paulette Hulsey
Jan 8, 2025
Sharon “Paulette” Hulsey, age 79, of Madisonville, KY and formerly of St. Charles, KY passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at Baptist Health Deaconess, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Hulsey was born on October 8, 1945 in St. Charles, KY to the late Mark Smith, Sr. and Pauline Cannon Smith. She was of strong Christian faith and sang gospel music for...
Jimmy Wayne Moore
Jan 1, 2025
Jimmy Wayne Moore, age 72, of Nortonville, KY, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Moore was born on October 1, 1952 in Madisonville, KY to the late Rev. Jimmie Lee Moore and Faye Merrill Moore. He worked as an underground coal miner and was of the Baptist faith.
Mr. Moore is survived...
William Dallas Thomas
Dec 25, 2024
William Dallas Thomas, age 76, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. Mr. Thomas was born on May 4, 1948 in Evansville, IN to the late Harley Evans Thomas and Ida Irene Fulton Thomas. He was a construction contractor and the owner of Dallas Thomas Construction. Mr. Thomas was a member of the...
Joseph Thomas Davis
Dec 24, 2024
Joseph Thomas Davis, age 31, of Princeton, KY, passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2024 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Mr. Davis was born on February 18, 1993 in Madisonville, KY to Thomas Davis and Tresea Vincent Adkins. He worked as a line operator at Treehouse Foods and attended White Plains Missionary Baptist Church.
Mr. Thomas is survived by...
James Alfred Bratcher
Dec 17, 2024
James Alfred Bratcher, age 78, of Providence, KY, passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Bratcher was born on April 11, 1946 in Charleston, KY to the late Beedie Ellis Bratcher and Mary Annis Burgess Bratcher. He worked at York manufacturing in Madisonville, KY for many years and was of the Christian...
Kenneth Ray Pendley
Dec 13, 2024
Kenneth Ray Pendley, age 83, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2024 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Pendley was born on October 21, 1941 in Nortonville, KY to the late Roy Pendley and Thelma Louise Ragger Pendley. Kenneth worked as a block and brick layer and was of the Christian faith.
Mr. Pendley is...
Clifton Allen Turley
Dec 7, 2024
Clifton Allen Turley, age 86, of Dawson Springs, KY, and formerly of Eddyville, KY, passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2024 at Dawson Spring Health and Rehab in Dawson Springs, KY. Mr. Turley was born on January 25, 1938 to the late Clifton E. Turley and Beatrice Davis Turley.
Mr. Turley was preceded in death by his parents and a sister...
Joyce Ray Martinez
Dec 6, 2024
Joyce Ray Martinez, age 86, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, December 6, 2024 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Martinez was born on February 21, 1938 to the late Willie Laffoon ad Effie Farar Laffoon. Joyce was a graduate of Charleston High School. She was a beloved mother and homemaker and was of the Christian...
Sammy Lee Webb, Jr.
Dec 2, 2024
Sammy Lee Webb, Jr, age 53, of Dawson Springs passed away on Monday, December 2, 2024 at his home. Mr. Webb was born on April 2, 1971 in Jamestown, TN to the late Sammy Lee Webb, Sr. and Dixie Britt. He worked as a manager for Frish’s Big Boy in Cincinnati, OH and was an ordained minister of the Pentecostal...
Harold Ray Townsend
Dec 2, 2024
Harold Ray Townsend, age 84, of Dawson Springs passed away on Monday, December 2, 2024 at Dawson Pointe Nursing and Rehab. Mr. Townsend was born on June 1, 1940 in Cape Girardeau, MO to the late Norman Ray Townsend and Rowena McNeeley Townsend. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Dawson Springs was a graduate of Dawson Springs...
Helen Doris Terry
Nov 26, 2024
Helen Doris Terry, age 88, of Nortonville, KY, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at her residence. Helen was born on July 11, 1936 in St. Charles, KY to the late Alec and Irene Reynolds Thomason. She was a graduate of Nortonville High School and retired after teaching 36 years in the Hopkins County School System.
Mrs. Terry is survived...
Dustin Blake Cunningham
Nov 24, 2024
Dustin Blake Cunningham, age 46, Portage, Michigan and formerly of Dawson Springs passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2024 at his home. Mr. Cunningham was born on January 12, 1978 in Madisonville, KY to Alan D. Cunningham and Dora Brown Skinner. He was a 1996 graduate of Dawson Springs High School and retired after working 20 years at Dotiki Coal...
Teresa Shan Hardwick
Nov 23, 2024
Teresa Shan Hardwick, age 68, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2024 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Teresa was born on August 7, 1956 in Princeton, KY to the late Rufus Baker, Sr. and Mary Nash McGregor. She received her Associate Degree in nursing from the University of Kentucky and was a pediatric nurse...
