Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Carl Edward Coffey, Jr.
Mar 20, 2019
Carl Edward Coffey, Sr., age 80, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Coffey was born on June 10, 1938 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky to the late William Arch Coffey and Emma Cummings Coffey. He was retired from West Kentucky Plate Glass and was of the Baptist faith. He is...
Gloria Jean Byford
Mar 14, 2019
Gloria Jean Byford, age 76, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital in Owensboro, KY. Ms. Byford was born on April 24, 1942 to the late Clarence Parvin Miller and Vernon Davenport Miller. She was the manager of E & L Pets in Madisonville, KY for 20 years and was of the...
Anne J. Cunningham
Mar 14, 2019
Anne J. Cunningham, age 85, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at Madisonville Health and Rehabilitation, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Cunningham was born on August 14, 1933 in Seattle, Washington to the late Francis Joseph Cunningham and Marjorie Powell Cunningham. Mrs. Cunningham obtained a Business Degree from the University of Washington. She retired as a Medical Records...
Wilford Allen Knight
Mar 12, 2019
Wilford Allen Knight, age 59, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at his residence. Mr. Knight was born on July 25, 1959 in Crofton, KY to the Bonnie White Knight and the late Sanford Knight. He was an outdoorsman and during his lifetime he worked almost every phase of the tree and lumber business. He...
Robert Creighton Purdy
Mar 10, 2019
Robert Creighton Purdy, age 88, of Madisonville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2019 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Purdy was born on October 23, 1930 in Hopkins County, KY near Dawson Springs to the late Carlie Purdy and Prycie Peyton Purdy. Mr. Purdy was a graduate of Charleston High School. He...
Bivian Jean Chambers
Mar 7, 2019
Bivian Jean Chambers, age 84, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Chambers was born on February 5, 1935 in Charleston, KY to the late Robert Lee Moore, Sr., and Nettie Riordan Moore. She was a member of the Dunn Missionary Baptist Church, and she worked for fifteen years with...
James Lee Camplin
Mar 4, 2019
James Lee Camplin, age 83, of St. Charles, KY, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2019 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY, freeing him from Alzheimer’s disease which he had battled for many years. Mr. Camplin was born on October 15, 1935 in St. Charles, KY to the late Nelson Camplin and Pauline Sneed Camplin. He retired after working at...
Jean Lynn Weaver
Feb 26, 2019
Jean Lynn Weaver, age 51, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, February 26, 2019 at her residence. Mrs Weaver was born on November 11, 1967 to Neil Wayne Lovelace and Barbara Coward Lovelace. She worked for many years as an LPN. Mrs. Weaver is survived by her husband of 18 years ~ Carl W. Weaver; two sons ~...
Elizabeth Royal
Feb 25, 2019
Elizabeth Royal, age 70, of Ilsley, KY passed away on Monday, February 25, 2019 at her residence. Mrs. Royal was born on July 5, 1948 in Ilsley, KY to the late William Floyd Jackson and Jennie Kathryn Messimore Jackson. She worked for twenty-six years with patient care at Outwood. She was of the Christian Faith. Mrs. Royal is survived by...
Adeline Williams Dunbar
Feb 15, 2019
Adeline Dunbar, age 75, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, February 15, 2019 at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Mrs. Dunbar was born March 10, 1943 in Caldwell County, KY to the late Myron and Ada White Williams. She retired after teaching for 27 years in the Dawson Springs Community School System and was a graduate of...
Sandra Kay Vannoy
Feb 13, 2019
Sandra Kay Howton Vannoy, age 71, of Earlington, KY, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital, Newburgh, IN. Mrs. Vannoy was born on February 24, 1947 in Charleston, KY to the late William Audrey Howton and Mary Olivine Gunther Howton. Mrs. Vannoy was a CNA and worked in several area nursing homes. Additionally, she worked for...
Ruby Rhae Rogers
Feb 12, 2019
Ruby Rhae Rogers, age 85, of Princeton, KY, passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at her residence. Ms. Rogers was born on July 12, 1933 in Christian County, KY near Pennyrile Park to the late Clarence Farris and Lorene Hensley Farris. Mrs. Rogers was a sales clerk for many years at Goldnamers and Dollar Brothers’ Shoes. Additionally, she owned...
William Leon Collins
Feb 6, 2019
William Leon Collins, age 75, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at Alive Hospice, Nashville, TN. Mr. Collins was born on September 17, 1943 in Christian County, KY to the late John W. Collins and Dorothy Darnell Collins. He was a mechanic and retired with the Hopkins County Board of Education Bus Garage. Formerly Mr....
Eugene Allen Bayer
Feb 4, 2019
Eugene Allen Bayer, age 72, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2019 at Kindred Hospital, Louisville, KY. Mr. Bayer was born on December 11, 1946 in Birdseye, IN to the late Rev. Edwin Joseph Bayer and Shirley Genevieve Buford Bayer. Mr. Bayer was a 1964 graduate of Dawson Springs High School. He served his country in...
Violet Christine Miller
Jan 28, 2019
Violet Christine Miller, age 95, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, January 28, 2019 at the Dawson Springs Health and Rehabitation Center. Ms. Miller was born on December 27, 1923 in Christian County, KY to the William Thomas Fields and Minnie Greer Fields. She worked at General Electric as a machine operator for 27 years. She was of...
Joyce Ann Holland
Jan 25, 2019
Joyce Ann Holland, age 75, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Friday, January 25, 2019 at her residence. Mrs. Holland was born on December 18, 1942 in Caldwell County, KY to the Casey Jones and Minnie Stallins Jones. She worked at Ottenheimer Manufacturing for many years and also as a nurse’s aide. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Holland...
Sandra Lee Evans
Jan 18, 2019
Sandra Lee Evans, age 69, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, January 18, 2019 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Evans was born in Yreka, CA on July 12, 1949 to the late John Case and Clara Rose Showalter. She attended college for two years and was a homemaker and beloved mother. She was of the Baptist...
Roy Thomas Dunbar
Jan 10, 2019
Roy Thomas Dunbar, age 65, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at Dawson Springs, KY. Mr. Dunbar was born on October 7, 1953 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Mack Ray Dunbar and Betty Lucille Evans Dunbar. He worked for 12 years with Brown’s Poultry Farm, and he was of Christian Faith. He is...
Smithen Wigley, Jr.
Jan 5, 2019
Smithen Wigley, Jr., age 88, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Evansville, IN. He was born on September 9, 1930 in West, Mississippi to the late Joseph Smithson Wigley, Sr. and Piccola Siddon. Mr. Wigley served his country in the US Army during the Korean War having served a year...
Ruby Davis Carner
Jan 3, 2019
Ruby Davis Carner, age 94, of Walton, KY and formerly from Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2019 at St. Elizabeth Hospice, Edgewood, KY. Ms. Carner was born on October 26, 1924 in Caldwell County, KY to the late William Edward Davis and Alma Pearl Howton Davis. She and her husband owned and operated the “C Star...
