Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
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...
J.C. "Doc" James
May 8, 2019
J.C. “Doc” James, age 80, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital, Newburgh, IN. Mr. James was born on January 5, 1939 in Fredonia, KY to the late Hubert Kelly James and Maggie Marie Peak James. He was a coal miner for close to forty seven years having worked his last day at...
Harold Dene Menser
Apr 29, 2019
Harold D. Menser, age 85, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, April 29, 2019 at Tradewater Health & Rehabilitation, Dawson Springs, KY. Mr. Menser was born on May 5, 1933 in Dawson Springs, Kentucky to the late James Owen “Shane” Menser and Freida McIntosh Menser. He served his country for four years during the Korean War in the...
Bobbie Sue Crandlemire
Apr 27, 2019
Bobbie Sue Crandlemire, age 61, of Hopkinsville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at St. Thomas West, Nashville, TN. Mrs. Crandlemire was born on July 29, 1957 in Princeton, KY to the late Creighton and Martha Sue P’Pool Purdy. She was a 1975 graduate of Dawson Springs High School. She worked with...
William Lewis "Bill" Kittinger
Apr 25, 2019
William Lewis “Bill” Kittinger, age 88, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Continued Care at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Kittinger was born on February 8, 1931 in Dawson Springs, Kentucky to the late Herbert Leroy Kittinger and Erma Lorain Fox Kittinger. He was a member of the Al E Orton Masonic Lodge of...
Sandra "Freebird" Allen Patterson
Apr 23, 2019
Sandra Lane Allen Patterson, age 62, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at her residence. Ms. Patterson was born on August 14, 1956 in Madisonville, KY to the late Joe Allen and Katherine Hancock Allen of Princeton, KY. She was a homemaker and of the Christian Faith. Ms. Patterson is survived by two daughters ~...
Richard David Hickerson
Apr 20, 2019
Richard David Hickerson, age 71, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Tradewater Health and Rehab in Dawson Springs, KY. Mr. Hickerson was born on September 7, 1947 in Madisonville, KY to the late Harold David Hickerson, Jr. and Wanna Elaine Lisanby Thomas. He retired from Regional Medical Center where he worked as Registered Nurse...
Dr. James B. Kirkwood
Apr 15, 2019
Dr. James B. Kirkwood, Ph.D., 95, of Crystal River, FL passed away April 15, 2019 at home under the loving care of his wife, Shirley, and family. He was born on January 24, 1924 to Clarence Alvin Kirkwood and Ruth Ellen (Jones) Kirkwood in a log cabin on a farm in western Kentucky. Jim attended Fiddlebow Grade School and was...
Joseph Christopher Zybert
Apr 10, 2019
Joseph Christopher Zybert, age 78, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Zybert was born on December 25, 1940 in Buffalo, NY to the late Marion Zybert and Mary Cirinicone Zybert. He retired after working 34 years as a railroad computer analyst for Union Pacific Railroad and served his country in the...
Roger Lloyd Sizemore
Apr 7, 2019
Roger Lloyd Sizemore, age 61, of St. Charles, KY, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Sizemore was born on October 21, 1957 in Madisonville, KY to the late Amos Lawrence Sizemore, Jr. and Maybelle McKnight Sizemore. He worked as a General Laborer all of his life. Mr. Sizemore is survived by a son ~ Roger...
Garnett Noel Young
Apr 2, 2019
Garnett Noel Young, age 91, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at Christian Care Center, Kuttawa, KY. Mr. Young was born on February 29, 1928 in Caldwell County, KY to the late Lester Earl Young and Jewell French Young. He worked as a mechanic at BFGoodrich most of his working life in Calvert City, KY....
Carl Loman Orten
Mar 31, 2019
Carl Loman Orten, age 88, of Madisonville, KY, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Orten was born on August 1, 1930 in Northern Christian County, KY to the late James William Orten and Marjorie Victoria Trotter Orten. He operated heavy equipment for strip mining operations in the Western Kentucky region, and he was of the...
Wanda Mae Midkiff
Mar 27, 2019
Wanda Mae Midkiff, age 90, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away March 27, 2019. She was born January 20, 1929 in Ohio County, KY to the late James Everett Russell and Elva Mae (Westerfield) Russell of Hartford, KY. Wanda was a homemaker, business woman and former Hartford (KY) City Clerk. She loved being with her family and was an excellent...
Darlene Sue Hodge
Mar 26, 2019
Darlene Sue Hodge, age 68, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY surrounded by her family. Darlene worked as a bookkeeper for the Holiday Inn in Hopkinsville, KY. She enjoyed ceramics, collecting baskets, and riding with her husband on their Harley Davidson traveling around the country. She was preceded in death...
Marion Philmon Riley
Mar 20, 2019
Marion Philmon Riley, age 84, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Riley was born on November 19, 1934 in Christian County, KY near Dawson Springs to the late Melvin Riley and Viola Menser Riley. He served his country in the United States Navy and worked in the tire and recapping industry...
