Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
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...
Cecil H. Bowen, Jr.
Dec 14, 2019
Cecil H. Bowen, Jr., age 64, went home to be with the Lord on December 14, 2019 at his home, surrounded by loved ones. His journey in life began in California in 1955 and at age 17 years he joined the United State Marine Corp. During his four years of active duty and two years of reserves, he was awarded...
Yvonne Smith Fuller
Dec 13, 2019
Yvonne Smith Fuller, age 80, of St. Charles, KY passed away on Friday, December 13, 2019 at Muhlenberg County Hospital in Greenville, KY. Mrs. Fuller was born on October 8, 1939 in St. Charles, KY to the late Vernon and Retta Mae Alexander Smith. She was a mother and homemaker and attended The Sanctuary Church in Nortonville, KY. Mrs. Fuller...
Kathleen Wiggins Bernhardt
Dec 8, 2019
Kathleen Wiggins Bernhardt, age 95, of Rochester, NY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on December 8, 2019 at the Rochester Presbyterian Home in Rochester, NY. Mrs. Bernhardt was born on August 27, 1924 in Missouri to the late Loyd and Hattie Wiggins. She was a nurse and a member of the Beulah Hill Missionary Baptist Church in...
Billy G. Lee
Nov 26, 2019
Billy G. Lee, age 86, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on November 26, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Lee was born December 14, 1932 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Bruce Monroe Lee and Myrtle Dillingham Lee. He was a 1950 graduate of Charleston High School and a member of the Dawson Springs Baptist Temple. Mr. Lee retired...
Jo Thomason Goodwin
Nov 22, 2019
Jo Thomason Goodwin, age 77, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on November 22, 2019 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Goodwin was born in Madisonville, KY to the late Raymond Thomason and Louise Davis Cansler. She was a 1959 graduate of Dawson Springs High School and a member of the First Baptist Church of Dawson Springs. Mrs. Goodwin...
Billy Wayne Akin
Nov 16, 2019
Billy Wayne Akin, age 78, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Akin was born on July 22, 1941 to the late Edwin Akin and Ernestine Faye Akin Wynn. He served his country in the U.S. Army and he formerly owned and operated B.W. Akin & Company for 38 years in Dawson...
