Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
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...
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...
