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Joseph M. Askew
Aug 7, 2018
Joseph M. Askew, age 68, of Paducah, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2018, 1:30 a.m.
He was a member of Burks Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church where he served in the Brotherhood and in the church maintenance department. He was a graduate of the former Lincoln High School and was owner & operator of JQ Construction Company....
Ethel Louise Mayes
Aug 6, 2018
Ethel Louise Mayes, age 59, passed away Monday, August 6, 2018, 7:04 a.m., at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Center of Paducah. She was a member of Greater Lincoln Heights Missionary Baptist Church where she served as an usher. She was also a homemaker and a family caregiver. She is survived by one daughter, Kimberly Michelle Mayes of Mississippi;...
Ronald Douglas Shelton
Aug 3, 2018
Ronald D. Shelton, age 45, of Calvert City, passed away Friday, August 3, 2018, 2:34 a.m., at Lourdes Hospital.
Ronald is survived by his life partner , Lori Hennigan; four children , Jamareo Thomas, Â Champagne, IL, Raven Freeman, Paducah, KY, Tanner Payne, Calvert City, KY and Rylan Shelton, Calvert City, KY; two...
Alanda L Cole
Aug 3, 2018
ALANDA LORICE COLE, 48, Paducah, transitioned from her earthly life in the arms of her Lord and Savior, at 10:33 a.m. on Friday, August 3, 2018 from the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center of Paducah. A private service was held on Saturday, August 4, 2018.
Ada Mae "Pie" Green
Jul 30, 2018
Ada Mae "Pie" Green, 70, of Paducah, passed away Monday, July 30, 2018, 5:04 p.m., at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center of Paducah.
Ada was a member of the former Mt. Olive Freewill Baptist Church, a homemaker, and a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School.
She is survived by two sons...
Rose Louise Tillson
Jul 25, 2018
Rose Louise Maxwell Tillson, 90, passed peacefully from this life on Wednesday, July 25th at her home in Gilbertsville, KY. She is survived by seven of her children: George "Rusty" (Carole) of Gainesville, FL, Paul of Raymond, ME, Patrick (Tracey) of Wilmore, KY, Terry of Gilbertsville, KY, John (Lou) of Benton, KY, Robert (Barbie) of Gilbertsville, KY, and Lawrence (Linda)...
Marcus Mays
Jul 17, 2018
Marcus Mays, age 41, of Paducah, passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2018, 3:41 p.m., at Baptist Health Paducah.
He was a security officer with the Holiday Inn of downtown Paducah.
He is survived by his parents , Freddy Speed and Minnie Mayes Speed of Mayfield; one son , Jordan Mays of...
Wilma V. Halliburton
Jul 11, 2018
Wilma Virginia Milligan Halliburton, age 89, of Paducah, passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2018, 3:33 p.m., at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Paducah. She was a member of Ninth Street Church of Christ and was a former dietician at the Union City Nursing Home in Union City, TN. She is survived by three sons, William T. Milligan of Morena...
Ruby Ray Arnold
Jul 11, 2018
Ruby Arnold, age 84, of Paducah, passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2018, 12:31 p.m. at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Arrangements are incomplete at Pettus-Rowland Funeral Home.
Marilyn J Orr
Jul 5, 2018
Marilynn J. Morris Orr, age 67, of Paducah, passed away Thursday, July 5, 2018, 8:38 a.m. at her residence. She was of the Baptist faith and a graduate of the former Lincoln High School. She was a homemaker and had been employed as a clerk at the former Sears and Roebuck. She is survived by two sons ,...
Michael Delano Owens
Jul 4, 2018
Michael Delano Owens, age 57, of Bangor, Maine, formerly of Metropolis, Illinois, passed away July 4, 2018, 9:30 p.m. at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a former member of First Missionary Baptist Church of Metropolis. He was a graduate of Massac Community High School, attended Union University of Jackson, TN and was employed with the...
Kenneth Eugene Bailey
Jul 4, 2018
Kenneth Eugene Bailey, age 74, of Paducah, passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 9:40 p.m., at Clinton Place in Clinton, KY. He was a member of the former Clay Street Christian Church and was a graduate of the former Lincoln High School. He is survived by two sons , Keith Smith of Covington, GA and Rufus Smith of...
Lav'Ette Dion Tomlinson
Jun 30, 2018
LaV'Ette Dion Stubblefield Tomlinson, age 51 of Balch Springs, TX formerly of Paducah passed away on Saturday June 30, 2018 at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas.
She was employed by News America Marketing in merchandising. She was a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School, ITT Technical Institute of Dallas and Devry University.
She is survived...
Alvin C. Jones Jr.
Jun 29, 2018
Alvin C., "BIG O", Jones, Jr., age 73, of Paducah passed away on Friday, June 29, 2018, 8:37 a.m. at Baptist Health-Paducah.
He attended Greater Lincoln Heights Missionary Baptist Church and was a retired truck driver for Central Paving Company.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Alvin C. Jones, Sr., Jones...
Laura Pullen Frazier
Jun 21, 2018
Laura Pullen Frazier, age 75 of Dallas, Texas formerly of Paducah passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 8:44 p.m. at Diversicare of Lake Highlands Dallas under VITAS Hospice.
She was a member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church of Paducah where she served as an usher.
She was a graduate of West Kentucky...
Dorothy Freeman Crim
Jun 19, 2018
Dorothy Mae Freeman Crim, age 77, of Paducah, passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 5:47 p.m., at her residence.
Dorothy was a member of Ninth Street Tabernacle Ministries. She was a graduate of the former Lincoln High School and had been employed with Spiegel's of Chicago, IL and with the Paducah Housing Authority.
She is...
Jerry Lee Southward
Jun 19, 2018
Jerry Lee Southward, age 63, of Paducah, passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 10:20 p.m., at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center of Paducah.
Jerry was a former member of Harrison Street Missionary Baptist Church. He was a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School and a certified auto mechanic through West Kentucky State Vocational School. ...
Norma Louise Long
Jun 18, 2018
Norma Louise Long, age 81, of Paducah, passed away Saturday, June 9, 2018, 3:50 a.m., at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Paducah.
She attended St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church. She was a graduate of the former Lincoln High School and was employed as a substitute teacher with the Youngstown Ohio Public School System.
...
Terry Lamont "Solo" Holland
Jun 13, 2018
Terry "Solo" Lamont Holland, age 51, of Clarksvlle, TN, formerly of Paducah, passed away, Wednesday, June 13, 2018, 7:40 a.m., at Tennova of Clarksville in Clarksville, TN.
He was of the Baptist faith and attended Paducah Tilghman High School.
Terry is survived by his wife , Patrinka McHaney Holland; one son ...
Janis Elaine Murphy
Jun 10, 2018
Janis Elaine Murphy, age 69, of Murray, passed away a her residence on Sunday, June 10, 2018, 1:10 p.m. Arrangements are incomplete at Pettus-Rowland Funeral Home.
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