Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Veneda Madison Corum
Apr 19, 2018
Veneda Madison Corum, age 95, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Corum was born on May 22, 1922 in Hopkins County, KY to the late William Love “LW” Madison and Etta Belle Oakley Madison. She was a retired teacher having taught in the Jefferson County School District from 1950-1980 and...
James E. Baker
Apr 17, 2018
James E. Baker, age 76, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at his residence. Mr. Baker was born on July 3, 1941 in Madisonville, KY to the late John W. Baker and Flora Minnie Bell Turner Baker. He was a retired Construction Contractor and he was of the Christian Faith. Additionally, he served in the...
Sarah Lou Hammons
Apr 16, 2018
Sarah Lou Hammons, age 48, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, April 16, 2018 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Ms. Hammons was born on March 2, 1970 in Madisonville, KY to Gladys Asllsbrooks Blanton and to the late Calvin Cansler, Jr.. She was a beloved mother and grandmother and was of the Baptist faith. Ms. Hammons is...
Betty Lucille Dunbar
Apr 14, 2018
Betty Lucille Dunbar, age 85, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Dunbar was born on May 12, 1932 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late William Lewis Evans and Willie Mae Jennings Evans. She was a beloved homemaker and mother. Ms. Dunbar is survived by six daughters ~ Shirley...
Charles Randall "Touchie" Menser
Apr 6, 2018
Charles Randall “Touchie” Menser, age 71, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, April 6, 2018 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Menser was born on January 12, 1947 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Rex Menser and Georgia Huddleston Alexander. He was a retired state mine inspector with 28 years of service and also served his...
Nell Kathryn Allsbrooks
Mar 14, 2018
Nell Kathryn Allsbrooks, age 70, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Allsbrooks was born February 19, 1948 in Dawson Springs, KY to Charles Maurice Cansler and Milidean Mitchenson Cansler. She worked as a CNA at the former Fox Nursing Home for 25 years, and she was a Baptist...
Jarrett Anthony Sherrill
Mar 14, 2018
Jarrett Anthony Sherrill, age 32, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, KY. Mr. Sherrill was born on November 7, 1985 in Bradenton, FL to Randy Sherrill and Teresa Freed Sherrill. He was of the Christian faith. Mr. Sherrill is survived by his wife ~ Erica Sherrill of...
Leslie Diane Copple
Mar 8, 2018
Leslie Diane Copple, age 37, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Baptist Health in Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Copple was born January 31, 1981 in Madisonville, KY to J.R. Sherrill and Betty Katherine Hallum. She was a factory worker and was of the Christian faith. She is survived by her husband ~ Beau Copple of...
Faye R. Winfrey
Mar 3, 2018
Faye Winfrey, age 84, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at the Tradewater Health and Rehabitation in Dawson Springs. Mrs. Winfrey was born January 10, 1934 in Columbia KY to the late Clifford and Louetta Rayburn Jones. She was the director of the Dawson Springs Child Development Center, was a mail carrier and substitute teacher,...
Millie Neisz Begrin
Feb 26, 2018
Millie “Tunie” Neisz Begrin, age 76, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018 at her residence. Mrs. Begrin was born on August 11, 1941 in Madisonville, KY to the late W.C. Neisz and Mamie Wilson Neisz. She worked as a Hair Stylist and she was of the Baptist Faith. Mrs. Begrin is survived by her husband...
Virginia Hamby Adams
Feb 21, 2018
Virginia Eudenah Hamby Adams, age 87, of Dawson Springs, KY formerly of Christian County, KY, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at her residence. Mrs. Adams was born on September 16, 1930 in Christian County, KY to the late Thomas Ulis “Tude” Hamby and Ruth Lee Bennett Henley. She worked in the grandparent program at Outwood Hospital and was...
Loretta Lavonne Poole
Feb 6, 2018
Loretta Lavonne Poole, age 80, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at Baptist Health Medical Center, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Poole was born on March 3, 1937 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Hugh Sayers and Evelyn Purdy Sayers. She worked for 30 years as a pizza maker in Mokena, IL. She was a beloved...
Barbara Sue Dunbar
Jan 29, 2018
Barbara Sue Dunbar, age 77, of Beulah, KY passed away on Monday, January 29, 2018 at the Baptist Health Medical Center, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Dunbar was born January 3, 1941 in Hopkins County, KY to the late Ernest Marks and Effie Mae Castile Marks. She was a housewife and beloved mother, and she was of the Christian faith. She is...
Wilmadean Lamb Morris
Jan 28, 2018
Wilmadean (nee Lamb) Morris, age 88, of Lake Station, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018 at Saint Mary Medical Center. She was born in Dawson Springs, Kentucky on June 13, 1929, to the late Herschel Thomas and Ruby Elsie (nee Dearing) Lamb. She enjoyed gardening and knitting. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and...
Enda Mullins Purdy
Jan 17, 2018
Enda Paris Mullins Purdy, age 90, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at the Tradewater Health and Rehabitation, Dawson Springs. Ms. Purdy was born September 26, 1927 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Cargle Mullins and Gerthie McGregor Mullins. She worked and retired as a hairdresser with the State of Kentucky after working at...
Richard Allen Terry
Jan 16, 2018
Richard Allen Terry, age 62, of Madisonville, KY, passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at his residence. Mr. Terry was born on May 24, 1955 in Detroit, Michigan to the late James Terry and Flossie Gipson Terry. He was a disabled worker, and he was a member of the Church of Christ in Madisonville, KY. Surviving family members include...
Earl Ray Hopper
Jan 15, 2018
Earl Ray Hopper, age 72, of Henderson, KY, passed away on Monday, January 15, 2018 at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, KY. Mr. Hopper was born on May 3, 1945 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Raymond Coy Hopper and Elsie Mae Thomason Hopper. He was a transmission technician all his working life and owned and operated Town & Country...
Thomas Edward Spurlin
Jan 6, 2018
Thomas Edward Spurlin, age 65, passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Spurlin was born on October 1, 1952, in Madisonville, KY to the late Thomas LaPradd and Dorothy Estelle Coombs Cook. He retired after years of working as a dozer operator for surface coal mines. Mr. Spurlin is survived by his wife ~...
John Desmond Stoops
Jan 6, 2018
John Desmond Stoops, age 57, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2018 at his residence. Mr. Stoops was born on January 26, 1960, in Mobile, Alabama to the late David Stoops and Wanda Rollins Stoops. He was disabled. Mr. Stoops is survived by his wife ~ Kay Ellen Jones Stoops of Dawson Springs, KY, and he...
James David "J.D." Gray
Jan 4, 2018
James David “J.D.” Gray, age 87, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at his residence. Mr. Gray was born on May 7, 1930 in Christian County, KY to the late George William Gray and Minnie Inez Adams Gray. He worked as a mechanic all his life and for many years he owned and operated Gray’s...
