Obituaries
Dawson Springs, KY Obituaries
Local obituaries for Dawson Springs & Hopkins County
Joann Mcknight
Aug 3, 2022
JoAnn McKnight, age 83, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 in Madisonville, KY. Ms. McKnight was born in Princeton, KY on November 19, 1938 to the late Noel and Carmon Purdy Creekmur. She was the valedictorian of the Dawson Springs High School class of 1956 and was a member of First Baptist Church in Dawson...
Mary Olene Vandiver Betts
Jul 29, 2022
Mary Olene Vandiver Betts, age 71, passed into eternity on July 29, 2022. Born in Hopkins County, KY, on February 9, 1951, Olene was the first of four daughters born to Clifton and Mary Lou Vandiver. Olene was a bright, talented student and graduated as valedictorian of her class from Union County High School in 1969. In addition, she earned...
Wanda Faye Evitts
Jul 26, 2022
Wanda Faye Evitts, age 68, of Nebo, KY passed away on July 26, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville. She was born on March 31, 1954 in Nebo, KY to the late Millie Mae Woods Vincent and Carl Thomas Vincent. Wanda was a beloved mother and homemaker and was of the Christian faith. Survivors include her husband of 53 years...
Cameron Scott Solomon
Jul 17, 2022
Cameron Scott Solomon, age 22, of Madisonville, KY and formerly of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2022 at his residence. Mr. Solomon was born on August 17, 1999. He had been a student and factory worker and he was of the Christian Faith. Mr. Solomon is survived by his mother, Joy Pendley Fugate (Chad) of Madisonville,...
Brenda Joyce Rhye
Jul 16, 2022
Brenda Joyce Rhye, age 55, of Nortonville, KY passed away on July 16, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville. Born on April 12, 1967 to Dorothy Minton Rhye and James Franklin Rhye, She was a graduate of Madisonville North Hopkins High School and she obtained an Associate Degree from Madisonville Community College. Brenda had a unique variety of collections that...
Barry Edward Boucher
Jul 8, 2022
Barry Edward Boucher, age 69, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, July 8, 2022 at his residence. Mr. Boucher was born on March 29, 1953 in Madisonville, KY to the late Jerry and Joyce Haile Boucher. He was a 1971 graduate of Dawson Springs High School and a graduate of the Richmond Police Academy in Richmond, KY and...
Claude Marion Dutton
Jul 6, 2022
Claude Marion Dutton, Jr., age 54, of Dawson Springs, KY and previously of Earlington, KY passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess, Madisonville, KY. Mr. Dutton was born in Rochester, NY on February 1, 1968 to the late Claude Marion Dutton, Sr., and Margie Elizabeth Richardson Dutton. He worked in the sawmill industry for many years...
Mary Elizabeth Hooper
Jul 4, 2022
Mary Elizabeth Hooper, age 81, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, July 4, 2022 at her residence. Ms. Hooper was born on May 25, 1941 to the late Amplis Owen McGregor and Anna Louise Hopper McGregor. She had several vocations; however, toward her working career she was a restaurant cook who was best known for her chocolate and...
Lisa Kay Jones
Jun 28, 2022
Lisa Kay Jones, age 41, of Princeton, KY (displaced from Dawson Springs as a result of the tornado of 12/10/2021) passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at the Caldwell County Medical Center, Princeton, KY. Ms. Jones was born on September 13, 1980 in Bastrop, LA to Edward Rayford Jones and Rosie Mae Adamson Jones. She was of the Christian...
Richard Jones "Dickie" Hardwick
Jun 28, 2022
Richard Jones “Dickie” Hardwick, age 67, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at his residence. Mr. Hardwick was born on February 10, 1955 to the late James Carter Hardwick and Ruthleen Jones Hardwick. He was a 1973 graduate of Dawson Springs High School. Mr. Hardwick worked for 25 years as an underground coal miner and...
Lorie Ann Dunning
Jun 27, 2022
Lorie Ann Dunning, age 57, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, June 27, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess, Madisonville, KY. Mrs. Dunning was born on April 30, 1965 in Madisonville, KY to Billy Rex Brewer and Dorothy Suttles Brewer. She was a 1982 graduate of South Hopkins High School. She worked for many years with the Hopkins County...
Darlene Cheryl Eleanor Cole
Jun 22, 2022
Darlene Cheryl Eleanor Cole, age 78, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess, Madisonville, KY. Ms. Cole was born on September 18, 1943 in Vancouver, British Columbia to the late John Haig and Ethel Lodge Haig North. She drove a school bus for over 30 years for the Hopkins County Schools and...
Opal Marie Ryan Quintana
Jun 15, 2022
Opal Marie Ryan Quintana, age 81, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at her residence. Ms. Quintana was born on April 9, 1941 in Marion, KY to the late Lonnie McCoy Ryan and Bessie Lee Fritts Ryan. She was a hair dresser and owned her own beauty shop for many years. She was of the...
Betty Sue Berry
Jun 10, 2022
Betty Sue Berry, age 82, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Friday, June 10, 2022 at Deaconess Gateway in Newburg, IN. Mrs. Berry was born on June 29, 1939 in Madisonville, KY to the late Nolan Settle and Evelyn Pearl Calvert Settle Renshaw. She received nursing training at Madisonville Community College and worked for 27 years as a LPN...
Wanda Fork
Jun 9, 2022
Wanda Fork, age 93, of St. Charles, KY passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at her daughter’s residence in Dawson Springs, KY. Mrs. Fork was born on March 3, 1929 to the late Ernest Carroll and Mona McGregor Carroll. She was a 1947 graduate of Nortonville High School. During her working life she became the office manager of WTTL...
Dudley Riley
Jun 6, 2022
Dudley Riley, age 99, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, June 6, 2022 at the Western Kentucky Veterans Center, Hanson, KY. Mr. Riley was born on August 11, 1922 to the late Sam Riley and Minnie Menser Riley. He began working at the VA Hospital at Outwood near Dawson Springs, KY and expanded his career as an administrator...
Ted R. Armstrong
Jun 6, 2022
Ted Armstrong, age 89, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Monday, June 6, 2022 at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, KY. Mr. Armstrong was born on February 1, 1933 to the late Claude Armstrong and Maggie French Armstrong. He retired in 1983 after working for 28 years as a supervisor at South Central Bell. Mr. Armstrong served his country...
Gary "Buddy" Farris
May 29, 2022
Gary “Buddy” Farris, age 73, of St. Charles, KY passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2022 at Mid-Town Deaconess in Evansville, IN. He was born September 15, 1948 to the late Nolie Farris and Flossie Camplin Farris. Mr. Farris worked for fifteen years as the superintendent of water for the the city of Earlington, KY. Mr. Farris is survived by...
Debra Lee Porter
May 25, 2022
Debra Lee Porter, age 63, of Dawson Springs, KY passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at Caldwell County Medical Center, Princeton, KY. Ms. Porter was born April 28, 1959 to the late Robert Norman Haile and Mary Louise Ladd Haile. She was a beloved mother, grandmother and housewife, and she was a member of the Landmark Apostolic Church. Ms....
David H. Cannon
May 23, 2022
David H. Cannon, age 82, of St. Charles, KY passed away on Monday, May 23, 2022 at his residence. Mr. Cannon was born September 6, 1939 to the late Ewell Cannon and Hazel “Irene” Fruit Addison. During his later working years, he was a tree trimmer. Previously, he had served as the Chief of Police of Dawson Springs in the...
