Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Darlene Burnell
Mar 24, 2020
Darlene Burnell, age 63, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at her residence. Mrs. Burnell was born February 25, 1957 in Madisonville, KY to Leland “Curly” Fields and the late Lilly Fay Menser Fields Berry. She graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and was a member of Dawson Springs First Baptist...
James Dwight Bruce
Mar 24, 2020
James Dwight Bruce, age 65, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at his residence. He was born on August 16, 1954 in Caldwell County, KY to the James Bruce and Linda Orange Bruce Grisham. Mr. Bruce graduated from Dawson Springs High School in 1972. He worked for 31 years as a UMWA Coal Miner working...
Ione Hendrix
Mar 23, 2020
Ione Hendrix, age 75, of Charleston, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2020 at her residence. Mrs. Hendrix was born February 16, 1945 in Mannington, KY to the late Andrew Riley Winters and Mevline Elizabeth Powell. She noted that among her greatest accomplishments was raising four wonderful children, playing softball with her three girls for over 13 years, joining...
Pamela Faye Abbott
Mar 18, 2020
Pamela Faye Abbott, age 63, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2020 at her residence near Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Abbott was born on October 16, 1956 in Madisonville, KY to George Earl Ausenbaugh and Joyce Dean Dillingham Robinson. She worked for years as a secretary for Rice Supply in Madisonville, KY. Additionally, she was a...
Anna Lou Kirkwood
Mar 13, 2020
Anna Lou Kirkwood, age 86, of Dawson Sprnigs, KY passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020 at the Tradewater Health and Rehabilitation Center, Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Kirkwood was born on March 13, 1934 in Charleston, KY to the late William Jordan Lanham and Lena Johnnie Lanham. She assisted her husband, Dr. Ralph H. Kirkwood for many years in his...
Naomi Anita Mullins
Feb 23, 2020
A celebration of life service for Naomi Anita (Bucy) Mullins who graduated to her Heavenly home on February 23rd, 2020 will be held at the First Baptist Church in Dawson Springs, KY with Rev. Randall Rogers conducting the service. Anita was born September 10th 1923 to Nicuss Samuel Bucy and Bertha Stewart Bucy in the Dawson Springs area. Moving throughout...
Adrienne Nicole Craig
Feb 21, 2020
Adrienne Nicole Craig, age 34, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, February 21, 2020 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Ms. Craig was born on February 24, 1985 in Lexington, KY to Phillip Craig and Lisa Hunter O’Reilly. Adrienne is survived by her parents ~ Lisa Hunter and Kevin O’Reilly of Dawson Springs, KY and Phillip and Marlisa...
Thelma Traylor
Feb 20, 2020
Thelma Traylor, age 91, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at Tradewater Pointe Health & Rehab, Dawson Springs, KY. Ms. Traylor was born on October 12, 1928 in Hopkins County, KY to the late Lenard Traylor and Gertha McGregor Traylor. She was a seamstress and worked many years at Ottenheimer in Dawson Springs, Ky and...
Terry Wayne Ramsey
Feb 10, 2020
Terry Wayne Ramsey, age 60, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, February 10, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Ramsey was born on October 23, 1959 in Providence, KY to the late Gordon Ramsey and Goldie Lynn Ramsey. Mr. Ramsey worked as a coal miner for many years and was a member of Adriel Baptist Church. Mr. Ramsey is...
Harlan Gene Workman
Feb 9, 2020
Harlan Gene Workman, 78, of the Charleston community of Dawson Springs, passed into the heavenly realm on February 9, 2020, at Baptist Health Medical Center. He was born June 9, 1941, the son of the late Erbie Allen and Susie Henrietta (Furgerson) Workman. Mr. Workman was a graduate of Charleston High School in 1959 and Draughan’s Business College of Hopkinsville...
William Lee "Doc" Ladd
Jan 30, 2020
William Lee “Doc” Ladd, age 65, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at Deaconess Mid-Town, Evansville, IN. Mr. Ladd was born on June 24, 1954 in Cadiz, Kentucky to the late Clinton Hayden Ladd and Bobbie Jean Whitehair Ladd. He was an auto body repair specialist and retired with Jenkins & Wynne Ford Honda and...
Johnny William "Bill" Vickery
Jan 26, 2020
Johnny William “Bill” Vickery, age 77, of Henderson, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at Henderson Nursing & Rehab, Henderson, KY. He was born on July 7, 1942 in Nortonville, KY to William Gable Vickery and Agnes Helen Dickerson Vickery Williamson. He was a mechanic. Mr.Vickery is survived by his sister, Joyce...
Roberta Mcmillin Robards
Jan 22, 2020
Roberts M. Robards, 94, of Fredericksburg, TX and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY, and Americus, GA, died at 6:43 a.m. Wednesday, January 22, 2020, in Fredericksburg. Born June 23, 1925, in Russellville, Logan County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Fletcher McMillin and Dovie Westray McMillin. She was of the Baptist faith and worked as a hairdresser until...
L.D. Mathis
Jan 19, 2020
L.D. Mathis, age 91, of Princeton, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, January 19, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Mathis was born on April 5, 1928 in Howard County, Arkansas. He was the son of the late Robert Vernon Gatlin and Inez Lattie Gatlin. He owned and operated Mathis Milling and Sawmill & Mathis Tree...
Rachel Scott Abbott
Jan 16, 2020
Rachel Mae Scott Abbott, age 89, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at her daughter’s residence in Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Abbott was born August 28, 1930 in Owensboro, KY to the late Clarence A. Scott & Louise Scott. She was a loving mother and retired from Goodyear Tire in Madisonville, KY and was of...
Martha Lou Childress
Jan 15, 2020
Martha Lou Childress, age 78, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on January 15, 2020 at Tradewater Pointe, Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Childress was born on February 14, 1941 in Providence, KY to the late James Thomas “Pappy” Frazer and Blondy Marie Dockery Frazer. She was a graduate of North High School in Evansville, IN. Mrs. Childress was a housewife...
Rita Grace Ridley
Jan 2, 2020
Rita Grace Ridley was born September 24, 1920 in Dawson Springs, Kentucky and died January 2, 2020. She was the daughter of Alberta Creekmur Chester and Alton Chester and wife of Raymond Travis Ridley She is survived by her four children, Michael Travis Ridley (Jean Carol) of Murray, Virginia Ridley Stallins (Bob, deceased) of Shelbyville, John Ridley of Bowling Green...
Samuel "Sam" Ray Hatfield
Dec 31, 2019
Samuel Ray Hatfield, age 74, of Rabbit Ridge, KY passed away on December 31, 2019 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital, Newburgh, IN. Mr. Hatfield was born September 19, 1945 in Muhlenberg County, KY to the late Owen Hatfield and Nancy Eaves Hatfield. He served his country in the U.S. Army from 1965 through 1967 and he was a surface coal miner...
Mary Delaine Ramsey
Dec 26, 2019
Mary DeLaine Ramsey, age 68, of Charleston, KY passed away at home surrounded by her family. Miss Ramsey was born in Madisonville, KY to the late Samuel and Agnes Shelton Ramsey. She was a 1969 graduate of West Hopkins High School and a member of Charleston Baptist Church. Miss Ramsey was a school teacher for 29 years in the Hopkins...
Dara Marie Frost
Dec 21, 2019
Dara Marie Frost, age 82, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on December 21, 2019 at Colonial Terrace, Sebree, KY. Mrs. Frost was born on January 25, 1937 in Macon, Georgia to the late William “Bill” Goforth and Vida King Goforth. She received a BA from University of Evansville, IN and a Masters Degree from Murray State University. Mrs. Frost...
