Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Sherry Jean Jennings
Aug 8, 2019
Sherry Jean Jennings, age 72, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2019 at Baptist Health of Madisonville, KY. She was born in Webster County, KY on September 22, 1946 to the late Charles and Pauline Hawkins. She was a 1964 graduate of Dawson Springs High School and she retired after working for nineteen years with Goodyear...
Chrystal Deanna Price
Aug 4, 2019
Chrystal Deanna Price, age 37, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away August 4, 2019 at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, KY. She was born in Georgia on May 27, 1982 to Don Price and Patricia Foster. She worked at Casey’s General Store in Dawson Springs as a store clerk. She is survived by two daughters, Leila Price and Selena Cobb...
Taylor Glenn Darnell
Aug 4, 2019
Taylor Glenn Darnell, age 24, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Sunday, August 4, 2019 in Evansville, IN. Mr. Darnell was born on November 25, 1994 in Madisonville, Kentucky to Jason Darnell and Julie Cates. He worked as a production laborer and a forklift operator and was of the Apostolic Holiness faith. Taylor is survived by his mother ~ Julie...
James Martin Allsbrooks
Jul 31, 2019
James Martin Allsbrooks, age 73, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at Continue Care Hospital in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Allsbrooks was born November 17, 1945 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Everett Allsbrooks and Vernie Alexander Allsbrooks. He retired with the Kentucky Department of Parks after working with Maintenance at Pennyrile Park for twenty...
Terry Arthur Morris
Jul 30, 2019
Terry Arthur Morris, age 71, of Hopkinsville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Morris was born on June 19, 1948 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late William Ray Morris and Virginia Reynolds Langston. He worked as a factory worker for many years. He was of...
Shirley Elaine Cummings Haile
Jul 25, 2019
Shirley Elaine Cummings Haile, age 83, widow of Lonnie Thurman Haile, and a former resident of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at Saint Joseph East Hospital in Lexington, KY. She was born in Dawson Springs, KY on May 1, 1936 to the late Hardin Kirkley and Bessie Lee Milton Cummings. She was a retired middle...
Ronnie Cecil Hensley
Jul 11, 2019
Ronnie Cecil Hensley, age 77, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Hensley was born on January 8, 1942 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Bill Hensley and Wanda Fox Hensley Hardwick. He was a 1960 graduate of South Hopkins High School. After high school graduation he served his...
Izetta Jackson
Jul 3, 2019
Izetta Jackson, age 103, formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at Parkview Nursing and Rehab Center in Paducah, KY. Mrs. Jackson was born on June 18, 1916 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late William Logan Dockrey and Roma Tinsley Dockrey. She was the bookkeeper for Hicks Dollar Stores for more than twenty years...
Wanda Louise Calvert
Jun 29, 2019
Wanda Louise Calvert, age 78, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at her residence. Mrs. Calvert was born on February 17, 1941 in Madisonville, KY to the late William Roy Beshear and Margaret Louise Dockrey Beshear. She worked for more than thirty years at Ottenheimer Manufacturing and was a member of Baptist Temple Church in...
Martha Jean Abbott
Jun 23, 2019
Martha Jean Abbott, age 83, of Dawson Sprnigs, KY passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Ms. Abbott was born on June 28, 1935 in Christian County, KY to the late Roy Cansler and Ruth P’Poole Cansler. She was a homemaker and attended her neighborhood Holiness Church. Ms. Abbott is survived by two grandchildren...
Joseph Leamon Russell
Jun 20, 2019
Joseph Leamon Russell, age 86, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at his residence in Dawson Springs, KY. He was born on December 6, 1932 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Ollie James Russell and Myrtle Johnston Russell. Mr. Russell graduated from Dawson Springs High School and after high school he served his country...
Charles Eugene Grisham
Jun 17, 2019
Charles Eugene Grisham, age 86, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, June 17, 2019 at Western Kentucky Veterans Center, Hanson, KY. He was born on February 22, 1933 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late George Thomas Grisham and Bessie Lee Brown Grisham. Mr. Grisham graduated from Dawson Springs High School and after high school he served his...
Ellis Wayne Elkins
Jun 15, 2019
Ellis Wayne Elkins, age 70, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at Select Specialty Hospital in Evansville, IN. Mr. Elkins was born on March 22, 1949 in Hopkinsville, KY to the late Harrison “Harry” Elkins and Elizabeth “Virgie” Deason Elkins. He was the plant manager for Emar in Muncie, IN for many years and also...
Norman Lee Wyatt
Jun 9, 2019
Norman Lee Wyatt, age 79, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2019 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Wyatt was born on June 6, 1940 in Hopkins County to Hustler Wyatt and Mary Cleatus Kingery Wyatt. He retired as a UMWA Coal Miner and was a member of the Ilsley Community Church. Mr. Wyatt is survived...
Nita Rae Dunbar
Jun 8, 2019
Nita Rae Dunbar, age 84, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Baptist Health Medical Facility, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Dunbar was born on April 19, 1935 in Smith County, Mississippi to the late Grover Cleveland and Beulah Wilkins Lancaster. She was a mother and homemaker. She was a member of the Ilsley Community Church. Mrs....
Lena Mae Beshear
Jun 2, 2019
Lena Mae Beshear, age 86, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, June 2, 2019 at Baptist Health Medical Facility, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Beshear was born on February 26, 1933 in Caldwell County, KY to the late Alex Lamb and Gertrude Orange Lamb. She was a cook for Lynn’s Restaurant and The Place Restaurant, a beloved mother, grandmother and...
Hazel Ruth Neisz
May 17, 2019
Hazel Ruth Neisz, age 85, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, May 17, 2019 at Tradewater Health and Rehab in Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Neisz was born on January 23, 1934 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Kimmel and Margie Mitchell Franklin. She was a grocery store owner and was a member of Lafayette Baptist Church in...
Elpha Sue Hensley
May 13, 2019
Elpha Sue Hensley, age 80, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, May 13, 2019 at Caldwell Medical Center in Princeton, KY. Mrs. Hensley was born on April 18, 1939 in Springfield, IL to the late Jether Martin South and Effie Susie Cardwell. She was a beloved homemaker and mother and was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Hensley is...
Margaret Ann Dillingham Ausenbaugh
May 13, 2019
Margaret Ann Dillingham Ausenbaugh, age 72, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, May 13, 2019 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Evansville, IN. Mrs. Ausenbaugh was born September 20, 1946 in Dawson Springs, KY. She was the daughter of the late Norris and Ruth Roam Dillingham. From 1971 – 2008 she and her husband owned and operated Family Drugs...
Daisy Myrl Bratcher
May 9, 2019
Daisy Myrl Bratcher, age 89, of Metairie, LA, passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at St. Joseph Hospice in River Ridge, LA. Mrs. Bratcher was born on June 5, 1929 in Butler County, KY to the late Stewart Newton and Lydia McKinney Parks. She was a beloved mother and grandmother and was of the Apostolic Pentecostal faith. Mrs. Bratcher...
