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Christopher David Lipscomb

Christopher David Lipscomb

Dec 19, 2016

Christopher David Lipscomb, 33, of Evansville, IN, formerly of Paducah, passed away, Monday, December 19, 2016, 1:00 p.m., at his residence in Evansville, IN. Christopher was a member of Ninth Street Church of Christ and a graduate of Heath High School where he was a member of the Pirates Football team. He received his associate's degree from West Kentucky Vocational...

Ethel Roberta Martin Coffie

Ethel Roberta Martin Coffie

Dec 13, 2016

Ethel Roberta Martin Coffie, 100, Paducah passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, 7:48 p.m. at Baptist Health Paducah. She was a member of Brookport Unity Missionary Baptist Church where she had served as president of the Missions, a Sunday School teacher and member of the church choir. She formerly worked at the old Riverside Hospital in custodial services and...

Elvie Jean Hughes

Elvie Jean Hughes

Dec 12, 2016

Elvie Jean Hughes, 61, of Paducah, passed away Monday, December 12, 2016, 7:55 p.m., at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center of Paducah. Jean was a former member of Johnson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church of Hickman, KY. She was a graduate of both Fulton County High School and West Kentucky Vocational School where she received certification in tailoring....

Jack Thomas Scott

Jack Thomas Scott

Dec 7, 2016

Jack Thomas Scott, age 76, of Paducah passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 1:25 p.m., at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Jack was formerly employed as Retail Manager at Wal-Mart and Big Lot's stores in Paducah. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harry Clarence Scott and Myrtle Harper...

Patricia Nadine Rouse

Patricia Nadine Rouse

Dec 6, 2016

Patricia Nadine Rouse, age 60, of Paducah passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, 7:46 p.m. at Baptist Health of Paducah. She was a member of Ninth Street Tabernacle Ministries and a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School. Patricia was preceded in death by her parents, J. T. Rouse and Gladys Ferguson Rouse and a brother, Marshall Rouse. Survivor's include...

Reverend Donald L. Topp, Sr.

Reverend Donald L. Topp, Sr.

Nov 29, 2016

Reverend Donald L. Topp, Sr., age 67, of Paducah passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2016, 2:24 a.m.at his residence. He was the pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church in Cairo, Illinois and a member of the Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Paducah. He owned and operated Topp Handyman Services and was also previously employed by Paducah Tire Service and...

Nettie L. Green

Nettie L. Green

Nov 29, 2016

Nettie L. Green, age 72, of Paducah, passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2016, 9:45 p.m., at Baptist Health of Paducah. Nettie was a member of the former Mt. Olive Freewill Baptist Church. She worked in domestics. She is survived by three sons, Charles Davis, William Davis and Richie Davis and one daughter, Angela Davis-Watson, all of Paducah; one stepson, Eddie...

William J. Payne, Jr.

William J. Payne, Jr.

Nov 11, 2016

William J. Payne, Jr., 70, of Murray, died Friday, November 11, 2016, 12:30 a.m., at Murray Calloway County Hospital in Murray, KY. He was a lifetime member of Rosary Chapel Catholic Church where he had served as Lector, was on the Finance Committee, in the Men's Ministry, and on the Parish Council. He was a retired transportation logistics manager, a...

Edna Marie Allen

Edna Marie Allen

Nov 10, 2016

Edna Marie Allen, 70, Paducah, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2016, 11:05 am, at Baptist Health Paducah. She was a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church. Edna graduated from Lincoln High School and was formerly employed in the bakery at Walmart. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Tyler, Sr. and Katie Tyler Ragsdale, five brothers, and two...

Valerie E. Newsome

Valerie E. Newsome

Nov 2, 2016

Valerie Elizabeth Newsome, 90, of Paducah, made her Heavenly Transition from her residence on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, at 7:11 p.m. She was born April 5, 1926, to the late Robert William and Ella M. Long Morris. She married her late husband, Ira L. Newsome in 1946 in Paducah; they were married for 42 years and have two daughters, Corine...

James Michael Arnold

James Michael Arnold

Oct 29, 2016

James Michael Arnold age 63, of Paducah formerly of Kansas City, KS passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2016 4:02 p.m., at Lourdes Hospital of Paducah. He was of the Baptist faith, and was formerly employed by Dave's Clothing Store in Kansas City, KS as a salesman. James was preceded in death by his parents Eugene Arnold and Maxine Foreman...

Julia E. Hayes

Julia E. Hayes

Oct 28, 2016

Julia E. Hayes, age 100, of Chicago, Illinois, formerly of Paducah, passed away on Friday, October 28, 2016, 4:08 a.m. at Windsor Estate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Country Club Hills, Illinois. Julia E. Hayes stepped out of time to eternity after 100 blessed years on this earth. She resided in Paducah on the street she was born for 99...

Dequan L. Shoales

Dequan L. Shoales

Oct 26, 2016

DeQuan Jacquez Shoales, 21, of Paducah, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 11:54 p.m., at Lourdes Hospital. He attended Paducah Tilghman High School and was employed with Local Union 207 of Paducah as an abatement worker. He is survived by his parents, David Cosby of Chicago, IL: and Tiffany Brooks of Paducah; two daughters, Aaliyah Shoales, Jaz'Alynn Shoales, two brothers,...

Terry Lee Dunbar

Terry Lee Dunbar

Oct 24, 2016

Terry Lee Dunbar, Paducah, age 61, passed away Monday, October 24, 2016, 11:20 pm at Baptist Health Paducah. Terry was a member of Ninth Street Church of Christ. He was a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School and received a certificate for Culinary Arts and Diesel Mechanic from West Kentucky Community and Technical College. He was preceded in death by...

Sandra Curcell Travis Bowen

Sandra Curcell Travis Bowen

Oct 20, 2016

Sandra Curcell Bowen, 64, of Paducah, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2016, 3:18 p.m., at Lourdes Hospital of Paducah. She was a member of White Oak Missionary Baptist Church where she had served as church treasurer and was past president and member of the church choir. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in social work from Murray State University...

Ralph Eugene Mitchell

Ralph Eugene Mitchell

Oct 17, 2016

Services for Ralph E. Mitchell have been postponed to a later date. There will be no services on Friday, October 28, 2016. Ralph Eugene Mitchell, 70, of Paducah, passed away Monday, October 17, 2016, 1:15 p.m., at Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland, OH. Ralph was a member of Rosary Chapel Catholic Church and was a graduate of the former...

Josephine Hagan

Josephine Hagan

Oct 16, 2016

Josephine Hagan, age 80, formerly of Paducah passed away Sunday, October 16, 2016, 3:17 PM at Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville, KY She was a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church where she sang in the church choir. Graveside Services will be held on Thursday, October 20, 2016, 10 AM at Oak Grove Cemetery, with Reverend Donna G. Hawkins...

Martha E. Milliken

Martha E. Milliken

Oct 12, 2016

Martha E. Milliken, 82, of Paducah, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 4:40 a.m., at Baptist Health of Paducah. She was a member of Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church where she served with the Nurse Aide Committee and sang in the church choir. She retired from Western Baptist Hospital as a Nurse's Aide and was employed as a seamstress at...

Ralph V. Cole

Ralph V. Cole

Oct 10, 2016

Ralph Vincent Cole, age 88, of Paducah passed away on Monday, October 10, 2016, 2:35 a.m., at New Haven Assisted Living of Paducah. He was a member of Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church where he sang in the church choir and male chorus. He retired from the State of Illinois as a supervisor in dry cleaning for the Illinois School...

Jeanette Johnson

Jeanette Johnson

Oct 9, 2016

Jeanette M. Johnson, 68, of South Fulton, Tennessee, passed away Sunday, October 9, 2016, 5:00 a.m., at Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield. She was a member of Christ Church Holiness where she served as a Mother of the Church. She attended Rend Lake College and was also formerly employed as a nurse's aide in several nursing facilities. She is...

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