Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Aretta Mae Boucher
Oct 24, 2020
Aretta Mae Boucher, age 91, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2020 at Baptist Health Medical Facility, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Boucher was born on May 1, 1929 in Charleston, KY to the late Charlie and Bessie Purdy Johnson. She was a 1948 graduate of Charleston High School and was co-owner and operator of the “Parkway Grill”...
John Thomas "J. T." Hamby
Oct 18, 2020
John Hamby, 97, of St. Charles, KY went to be with the Lord at Tradewater Health & Rahab in Dawson Springs, KY on October 18, 2020. He was born in Hopkins County on March 25, 1923, to the late Ura and Pearl (Johnson) Hamby. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Brunette (Bourland)...
Trumon Earl Hicks
Oct 8, 2020
Trumon Earl Hicks, age 85, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, October 8, 2020 at Tradewater Health & Rehabilitation, Dawson Springs, KY. Mr. Hicks was born on September 15, 1935 in Hopkins County, Kentucky to Theodore Arnold Hicks and Dollie Roberts Hicks. A graduate of Charleston High School, Mr. Hicks was an electrician in the Providence #1 Mines...
John Stephen Gray
Oct 5, 2020
John Stephen Gray, age 57, of Dawson Springs, KY near Lake Beshear passed away on Monday, October 5, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Gray was born on May 12, 1963 in Princeton, KY to Stephen Gray and Ruby Redden Caudill. He worked for many years as a heavy equipment operator in the region. His passion was racing cars. He was...
John E. Mcchesney
Sep 30, 2020
John Elbert McChesney, age 72, of Dawson Springs, KY near Lake Beshear passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at his residence. Mr. McChesney was born on February 7, 1948 in Princeton, KY to the late James Edward “Jim Ed” McChesney and Doris Jean Thomas McChesney. He was a 1967 graduate of Caldwell County High School and served his country...
Nancy Lois Ashby
Sep 29, 2020
Nancy Lois Ashby, age 87, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at Tradewater Health and Rehabilitation, Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Ashby was born on June 6, 1933 in Slaughters, KY to the late Delmar Qualls and Cassie Wilson Qualls. Mrs. Ashby was a 1950 graduate of Hanson High School and became a cosmologist and retired...
Melvin Dale Hale
Sep 27, 2020
Melvin D. Hale, age 74, of Madisonville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2020 at Hillside Center, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Hale was born on March 20, 1946 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late James Bernice Hale and Clara Helen McGregor Hale. Mr. Hale was a graduate of a technical school where he...
Richard Alan "Rick" Merrill
Sep 23, 2020
Richard “Rick” Alan Merrill, age57, of St. Charles, KY passed away on September 23, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Covina, California on November 12, 1962 to the Robert Leon Merrill and Cynthia Belson Gordon. Mr. Merrill was an installer of Fire Sprinkler Systems and a proud member of the Road Sprinkler Fitters Union Local #669. Richard “Rick”...
Michael "Mike" Keith Hopper
Sep 16, 2020
Michael “Mike” Keith Hopper, 48, of Portland, Tennessee, formerly of Madisonville, passed away Sept. 16, 2020. Mike was born Oct. 15, 1971 in Chicago. Mike worked with Emergency Medical Services for 20 years. He was an advanced EMT with Sumner EMS for the last 15 years. Mike was a volunteer with Highland and Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Departments in Sumner...
Sondra "Sandy" Adams Stokes
Sep 15, 2020
Sondra “Sandy” Adams Stokes age 66, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2020, at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis, Indiana. Sandy was born on January 28, 1954, in Madisonville, Kentucky, to Earl and Maxine Adams. She was married to Corde Trotter, who preceded her in death in 1987. Sandy married Johnny Stokes on May 3, 1998; he was the air...
Tommie Delane Dunning
Sep 15, 2020
Tommie Delane Dunning, age 79, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Dunning was born on February 2, 1941 to the late Noble Gordon Love and Ola Mae Messamore Love. She retired after serving 25 years with the Hopkins County School District where she worked in the lunchrooms of...
Corde Arnel Trotter
Sep 12, 2020
Corde Arnel Trotter, age 48, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Friday, September 12, 2020 at Baptist Health. Mr. Trotter was born on January 12, 1972 in Princeton, KY to Sondra Jane Adams Trotter Stokes and the late Corde Arnel Trotter, Sr. He worked for many years as a tree trimmer and was a member of Bethel Chapel General...
Paul Julian Buntin
Sep 7, 2020
Paul Julian Buntin, age 85, of Nebo, KY passed away Monday, September 7, 2020 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Buntin was born on November 13, 1934, in Hopkins County to the late Justin Buntin and Opal Board Buntin. He was a 1954 graduate of Charleston High School, member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Dawson Springs, KY, and...
Stephen Alec Strait
Sep 2, 2020
Stephen Alec Strait, age 69, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on September 2, 2020 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Strait was born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 8, 1951 to the late Lynn Francis Strait and Garnetta A. Stout Strait. As a youth Mr. Strait lived with his military father and family in Italy, Germany and all over...
Maybelle Sizemore
Aug 29, 2020
Maybelle Sizemore, age 86, of Madisonville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at the residence of her daughter. Ms. Sizemore was born on May 28, 1934 in Ilsley, KY to the late Claude McKnight and Carolyn Davis McKnight. She was a beloved mother and homemaker and a member of the Earlington General...
Marilyn Sue Horen
Aug 25, 2020
A Graveside Service for Mrs. Marilyn Sue Horen, 78, who entered peacefully into rest on August 25, 2020 will be conducted Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 12:00 Noon CST at Rosedale Cemetery, Dawson Springs, KY with a private family visitation beginning at 11:00 AM CST at Beshear Funeral Home, 201 N. Main St., Dawson Springs, KY 42408 prior to the...
Johnny Elvis Orten
Aug 16, 2020
Johnny Elvis Orten, age 82, of Northern Christian County near Dawson Springs, KY passed away on August 16, 2020 at the St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville, IN. Mr. Orten was born on August 11, 1938 in Crofton, KY to the late James William Orten and Margie Victoria Trotter Orten. He worked many years and retired with United Parcel Service as...
Barbara Faye Clifford
Aug 13, 2020
Barbara Faye Clifford, age 68, Dawson Springs, KY, passed away at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville, IN on Thursday, August 13, 2020. She was born in Hopkins County, KY on February 14, 1952. She worked for many years as a CNA at Tradewater Health & Rehab in Dawson Springs, KY and was of the Christian faith. Mrs. Clifford is survived...
Paula Jo Fuller
Aug 13, 2020
Paula Jo Fuller was born on September 1, 1958 to the Reverend Paul and Joanne Fuller. She was feisty and full of sass. She was as stubborn as they come; but, she loved like no other. Life was not easy for Paula; but, she ran her race and finished the course. She crossed the finish line on August 13, 2020....
Thelma J. Purdy
Aug 9, 2020
Thelma J. Morse Purdy, 82 of Dawson Springs, KY, went peacefully home to be with the Lord on August 9, 2020 at her residence. Thelma was born in Caldwell Co. on October 6, 1937, the daughter of the late Durward and Mary Lou Morse. She lived and grew up in the Dalton and Government Bend area until her marriage. She...
