Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
James R. Dunbar
Feb 5, 2017
James R. Dunbar, age 89, of Dawson Springs, KY, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Tradewater Health & Rehab in Dawson Springs, KY. Mr. Dunbar was born on July 14, 1927 in Ilsley, KY to the late Volney and Lelia Jones Dunbar. For 35 years he worked as a coal miner retiring from Island Creek Coal Company. Mr....
Willadean Ladd Townzen
Feb 5, 2017
Willadean Townzen, age 89, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Tradewater Health and Rehab in Dawson Springs, Kentucky. Mrs. Townzen was born on May 8, 1927 in Ilsley, KY to the late Dixon and Marie Sandefur Ladd. She was a 1946 graduate of the School of Cosmetology in Henderson, KY and worked as a...
George Arthur Higgins
Feb 1, 2017
George Arthur Higgins, age 60, of Madisonville, KY, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY. Mr. Higgins was born on August 4, 1956 in Frankfurt, Germany to Robert Frank Higgins, Jr. and Mildred Elizabeth Hammel Higgins. He worked as a Bio Med Tech for over 30 years and was a 1974 graduate of Christian...
Sharon Lee Messamore
Jan 20, 2017
Sharon Lee Messamore, age 54, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Messamore was born on October 13, 1962 in Dublin, Georgia to the late Walter Emmitt Murphy and Linda Ruth Boyd Murphy. Sharon worked for 31 years retired from Pennyrile State Park and she was a member of Silent Run Baptist...
Edna Earle Goodaker
Jan 18, 2017
Edna Earle Jones Goodaker, age 92, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at the Tradewater Health and Rehabitation, Dawson Springs. Ms. Goodaker was born November 4, 1924 in Clay, KY to the late Thurman Jones and Ruth Ellen Braden Jones. She drove a school bus for the Hopkins County School System for twenty five years....
Linda Marie Loney
Jan 16, 2017
Linda M. Allsbrooks Loney, age 68, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, January 16, 2017at Tradewater Health and Rehabitation, Dawson Springs. Ms. Loney was born on June 16, 1948 in Caldwell County, KY to the late Orville Allsbrooks and Dorothy Morgan Brent. She was a beloved mother and homemaker. Ms. Loney was a member of the Landmark Apostolic...
Ruth "Jean" Lucas East
Jan 16, 2017
Ruth “Jean” Lucas East, age 89, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, January 16, 2017at Tradewater Health and Rehabitation, Dawson Springs. Mrs. East was born on February 7, 1927 in Hopkins County, KY to the late Robert and Wilma Houston Lucas. She was a factory worker and also she and her husband owned and operated the Y Grocery...
Georgia Geneva Eli
Jan 13, 2017
Georgia Geneva Eli, age 86, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, January 13, 2017at Tradewater Health and Rehabitation, Dawson Springs. Ms. Eli was born on August 3, 1930 in St. Charles, KY to the late George Glasgow and Monie Matheny Glasgow. She was a beloved mother and homemaker. Ms. Eli was a member of the Bainbridge Grove Missionary...
Lemiza "Frances" Cavanaugh Duncan
Jan 8, 2017
Lemiza Frances Cavanaugh Duncan, age 94, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Tradewater Pointe Nursing Home. Mrs. Duncan was born on February 3, 1922 in Nortonville, KY to the late Frank and Mabel Miller Cavanaugh. She worked for many years as the store clerk at the C-Star Market and at Arvin Industries. She was...
Rex Dale Perkins
Jan 6, 2017
Rex Dale Perkins, age 57, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, January 6, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Perkins was born on June 30, 1959 in Princeton, KY to the late Paul Robert Perkins and Betty Alice Swatzell Perkins. Mr. Perkins is survived by a daughter ~ Melissa Litchfield; a half-brother ~ Robert Charles Moorefield, Jr. and two...
Beulah Mae Todd
Jan 5, 2017
Beulah Mae Todd, age 90, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at the Tradewater Health and Rehabilitation Center, Dawson Springs, KY. Ms. Todd was born on January 9, 1926 in Christian County, KY to the late Jewett and Eva Adams. She was a beloved mother, homemaker and a member of the Gospel Assembly of Dawson...
Eldon Lee James
Jan 1, 2017
Eldon Lee James, age 68, of Dawson Springs passed away peacefully Sunday, January 1, 2016 surrounded by his family at home. From his birth in Marion, Kentucky, on July 14, 1948 to his death on Sunday, he led a life of love for his God, his family, horses, hunting, and his wagon. He was a 1966 graduate of West Hopkins...
Martha Jean Miller Brown
Dec 31, 2016
Martha Jean Cameron Miller Brown, 89, of Dawson Springs, KY died Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Tradewater Pointe Rehabilitation Center, Dawson Springs, KY. She was born April 8, 1927 in Trigg County, KY to the late John Gordon Cameron and Roby Litchfield Cameron. She graduated from Trigg County High School in May 1944. In August 1945 she was employed by...
Nancy Laverne Kingery
Dec 22, 2016
Nancy Laverne Baucum Kingery, age 72, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at her residence, Dawson Springs, KY. Ms. Kingery was born on October 15, 1944 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Blakely Taylor Baucum and Rachel Evelyn Bruce Baucum. She was a restaurant owner and worker for many years, and she was a...
Barbara Lou Shipp
Dec 22, 2016
Barbara Lou Shipp, age 55, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at her residence, Dawson Springs, KY. Ms. Shipp was born on February 24, 1961 in Madisonville, KY to the late Donald Martin and Betty Lou Adams Martin. She was a graduate of West Hopkins High School and she worked for many years in manufacturing...
Hugh William Moors, Sr.
Dec 18, 2016
Hugh William Moors, age 85, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at the Tradewater Health and Rehabilitation Center, Dawson Springs, KY. Mr. Moors was born on May 21, 1931 in Vincennes, IN to the late Hugh William Moors, and Margaret Huff Moors. He was the owner of Corr-Wood Manufacturing, Inc. in Evansville, IN since 1973....
Terry Richard Carner
Dec 18, 2016
Terry Richard Carner, age 65, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Suncay, December 18, 2016 at Baptist Health of Madisonville, KY. Mr. Carner was born on September 16, 1951 in Madisonville, KY to Richard Carner and Dorothy Neisz Carner. He was a logger for many years. He was of the Christian Faith. Mr. Carner is survived by a daughter...
Elizabeth "Liz" Blalock
Dec 16, 2016
Elizabeth Edwards Blalock, age 84, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, December 16, 2016 at the Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Blalock was born on December 8, 1932 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Joseph Chester Edwards and Agnes Hastings Edwards and she was a graduate of Charleston High School. She worked for twenty six years for...
James Vernon Earl
Dec 10, 2016
James Vernon Earl, age 56, of Nebo, KY, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at Baptist Hospital in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Earl was born on June 6, 1960 in Madisonville, KY to the late James “Jim” Jackson Earl and Barbara Ann Woodruff Earl. He worked in tree service most of his life. Surviving family members include three daughters ~...
Aminell Russell Witherspoon
Dec 7, 2016
Aminell Russell Witherspoon, age 87, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at the Tradewater Health and Rehabilitation Center, Dawson Springs, KY. Ms. Witherspoon was born on September 27, 1929 in Dawson Springs, KY to the late Ollie Russell and Myrtle Johnston Russell. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of...
