Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Stephen Ernest Jones
May 4, 2021
Stephen Ernest Jones, age 71, of Princeton, KY and formerly of Caldwell County near Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at Princeton Health & Rehab Center. Mr. Jones was born on January 16, 1950 in Madisonville, KY to the late Clifton Ernest Jones and Mary Kathryn Orange Jones. He worked for over 40 years with Pennyroyal...
Waldron E. Grimes
Apr 29, 2021
Waldron E. Grimes, age 83, of Madisonville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at his residence. Mr. Grimes was born on April 29, 1938 in Providence, KY to the late Burris Harold Grimes and Ruby Mae Purritt Grimes. He worked as a saw mill operator for 45 years and he was very...
Kenneth Ray Adams, Jr.
Apr 27, 2021
Kenneth Ray Adams, Jr., age 44, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Adams was born on January 17, 1977 in Madisonville, KY to Wilma June Maddox Dono van and the late Kenneth Ray Adams, Sr. He was a night supervisor at Food Giant in Dawson Springs, KY and...
Lester Thomas
Apr 22, 2021
Lester Thomas of Versailles, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on April 22, 2021 at Taylor Manor nursing home in Versailles, Kentucky at the age of 94. Lester was born November 13, 1926 in Caldwell County Kentucky to Ruby and Mary Alice Thomas. He grew up as one of 10 siblings on a farm in western Kentucky...
Shonda L White
Apr 16, 2021
Shonda Reneea Lilly White., age 54, of Hopkinsville, KY passed away on Friday, April 16, 2021 at her residence. Mrs. White was born on November 21, 1966 in Madison, Indiana to Janie Jump Lilly and the late Rev. Eddie Jarvis Lilly. She was a pharmacy technician and a member of the Pentecostals of Hopkinsville. She is survived by her mother...
Ronald Lee "Ronnie" White
Apr 4, 2021
Ronald Lee “Ronnie” White, Sr., age 57, of Hopkinsville, KY passed away on Sunday, April 4, 2021 at his residence. Mr. White was born on October 16, 1963 in Hopkinsville, KY to the late Bob White and Lydia Pauline Simpson White. He was the owner of RW Appliances in Hopkinsville, KY and was of the Pentecostal faith. He is survived...
Willie Burniece Workman
Mar 25, 2021
Willie Burniece Workman, 78, of the Charleston community of Dawson Springs, passed into the heavenly realm on March 25, 2021, at Creekwood Nursing Facility, Russellville, KY. She was born May 11, 1942 to Joseph Pollard and Mary Knight Pollard. Mrs. Workman was a graduate of Charleston High School in 1960. She was a member of the Charleston Missionary Baptist Church,...
Earl "Doc" Adams
Mar 21, 2021
Earl “Doc” Adams, age 63, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at Jennie Stuart Medical Center, Hopkinsville, KY. Mr. Adams was born on April 22, 1957 to Coy James Adams and Myrtle Jewell Hutton Adams. He was disabled. He is survived by many extended family members. Mr. Adams is preceded in death by his parents...
Stacy Louise Wyatt
Mar 18, 2021
Stacy Louise Wyatt, age 79, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at Madisonville Health and Rehabilitation Center. Ms. Wyatt was born October 19, 1941 in Ilsley, KY to Claud McKnight and Carolyn Davis McKnight. She graduated from South Hopkins High School and was a member of the Park Avenue Baptist Church of Madisonville. She retired from...
Betty Fern Cunningham Rambo
Mar 18, 2021
Betty Fern Cunningham Rambo, age 81, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at Madisonville Health and Rehab Center in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Rambo was born on October 4, 1939 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Henry Franklin Cunningham and Juanita Fern Higbee Cunningham. She worked many years with the Head Start program serving as...
Tyrone French
Mar 16, 2021
Tyrone French, age 79, of Princeton, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Princeton Health & Rehabilitation Center, Princeton, KY. Mr. French was born on November 24, 1941in Wayne County, Michigan to the late R.C. French and Katherine Tabor French Webb. He worked for over 30 years as a coal miner and retired with Peabody Coal Company. He...
Stillborn, Payton Brown
Mar 14, 2021
Stillborn, Payton Brown passed away Sunday, March 14, 2021 at Deaconess Henderson Hospital, Henderson, KY. The precious baby girl was the daughter of Bradley Brown and Lauren “Lori” Martin Brown of St. Charles, KY. She was survived by her parents; her maternal grandparents, Tim & Melissa Martin of Dawson Springs, KY; and her paternal grandmother, Kim Brown of Manitou, KY....
Evelyn Lucille Blackburn Sandefur
Mar 12, 2021
Evelyn Lucille Blackburn Sandefur, age 72, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021 at her residence. Mrs. Sandefur was born on August 27, 1948 in Madisonville, KY to the late Samuel Holzhauser and Rose McGregor Holzhauser. She was a graduate of Earlington High School, and she was a beloved mother and grandmother. Additionally, she worked in...
Quentin E. Demoss
Mar 10, 2021
Quentin E. DeMoss, age 88, of St. Charles, KY passed away peacefully on March 10, 2021at Brighton Cornerstone Healthcare in Madisonville, KY. Quentin Elye DeMoss was born January 28, 1933 to the late Samuel Thompson DeMoss and Virginia Nuckolls DeMoss in St. Charles, KY. He was preceded in death by brother, Theodore DeMoss; sister, Clara Ann McCaslin; and son-in-law, Doyal...
Wilma Jane Brittain
Feb 14, 2021
Wilma Jane Brittain, age 72, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, February14, 2021 at her residence. Mrs. Brittain was born on January 12, 1949 in Providence, KY to the late Ralph Waide and Edith Virginia Hanor Waide. She worked as a CNA for many years and was a member of Dayspring Assembly of God church. Mrs. Brittain is...
Michael Andrew Dowd
Feb 7, 2021
Michael Andrew Dowd, age 29, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on, February 7, 2021 at Nortonville, KY. Mr. Dowd was born on April 10, 1991 in Madisonville, KY to Grant “Michael” Dowd and Crystal “Dawn” Cardin Dowd. He was a 2010 graduate of Dawson Springs High School and was self-employed. He is survived by his mother ~ Dawn Dowd...
Jimmy Hunt
Feb 5, 2021
Jimmy Hunt, 83, of Ilsley, KY, passed away due to cardiac arrest at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY, on Friday, February 5, 2021. Jim made it very clear to his children that he wanted his obituary to be short. However, we could fill a book with what we want to say about our Dad, so this will be as brief...
Bobbie Sue Stallings Oglesby
Feb 3, 2021
Bobbie Sue Oglesby, 81, passed away peacefully surrounded by her children on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 in Huntsville, AL. A graveside service will be held at a later date at Lance Nichols Cemetery, Caldwell County, KY. Berryhill Funeral Home of Huntsville, AL and Beshear Funeral Home of Dawson Springs, KY are assisting the family with arrangements. Sue was born to...
Bettye Rose Alexander
Feb 2, 2021
Bettye Rose Carroll Alexander, age 92, of Gallatin, TN, formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at The Waters in Gallatin. TN. She was born on February 17, 1928 to the late Felix Olie Carroll and Georgia Mae Keizer Carroll. Mrs. Alexander was a beloved mother and homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. She...
Mary Elizabeth Jones
Jan 31, 2021
Mary Elizabeth Jones, age 91, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at her residence. She was born on November 24, 1929 to the late Benny Morgan and Georgia Dunbar Morgan Hibbs. Mrs. Jones was a beloved mother and homemaker and was a member of Dayspring Assembly of God Church in Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Jones...
