Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Isiah Shaw
Jun 13, 2015
Isiah Shaw, age 84, of Paducah, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2015, 7:08 am, at Baptist Health of Paducah. He was of the Baptist faith. He retired as a commercial roofer and foreman with Hannnan Roofing and Sheet Metal Company. He was the oldest member of 61 years with the Roofers' Local #106 of Evansville, IN and a former member...
Mary Frances Thomas
May 26, 2015
Mary Frances Thomas, 87, Paducah, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 7:35 am at Superior Care Home in Paducah. Frances was a member of New Greater Love Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Culinary Arts Committee, and the Pastor's Aide Committee. She worked in retail sales at the Former Paducah Dry and at Snyder's. Frances was...
Wilma Jean Lowery Twig
May 26, 2015
Wilma Jean Twig, age 68, of Paducah, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 1:42 am at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. Wilma was a member of Burks Chapel A. M. E. Church, where she was a member of the Mother's Board, the Addie Lucas Missionary Society, the Usher Board, and was a former choir member. She was a graduate of...
Armentha Marie "Dolly" Knox
May 23, 2015
Marie "Dolly" Knox, age 80, of Clinton, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015, 8:45 pm., at the Ray & Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center of Paducah. Marie was a member of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church where she served as treasurer and on the Mother's Board. She was a homemaker. Marie was preceded in death by her parents, Lois...
Sun Ae Williams
May 14, 2015
Sun Ae Williams, 60, passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2015, in Seaside, CA. She was a member of Monterey Baptist Church of Seaside, CA where she served many departments of the church. She was employed by Robert Talbott, Inc. for 22 years in the shirts department. She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Franklin Jerry Williams of...
Anthony Lamar Gwynn
May 8, 2015
Anthony Lamar Gwynn, age 56, of Paducah passed away on Friday, May 8, 2015, 8:05 a.m. at his residence. Anthony was a member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church; a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School and formerly employed with Tele-Tech Windows as a window installer. He was preceded in death by his Mother, Willie Mae Gwyn. Surviving are several...
Phyllis Ann Strickland Weatherspoon
Apr 18, 2015
Phyllis Ann Strickland Weatherspoon, age 60, of Metropolis, Illinois passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015, 10:20 p.m. at Metropolis Rehabilitation & Health Care Center. She was a member of First Missionary Baptist Church where she served on the Culinary Committee. She was a graduate of Metropolis Community High School and attended Shawnee Community and Technical College. Phyllis was preceded...
Gregory Stephen Hawkins, Sr.
Mar 26, 2015
Gregory Stephen Hawkins, Sr., 65, of Paducah passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2015, 6:00 p.m. at his residence. He was a member of Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church where he sang in the Male Chorus. Gregory retired form West Kentucky Vocational Technical College as a maintenance engineer. He was preceded in death by his father, Henderson Hawkins, Sr., a...
Lettie Lee Cobb Mccorry
Mar 25, 2015
Lettie Lee Cobb McCorry, age 87, of Paducah passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 3:10 p.m. at her residence. She was a former member of Ninth Street Tabernacle Ministries and attended Oakalone Christian Church. Lettie was a 1947 graduate from West Kentucky Vocational School in Cosmetology . She returned to West Kentucky on several occasions and received certificates in...
Charlie Lee Wright, Sr.
Mar 17, 2015
Charlie "Chuckie" Lee Wright, Sr., 61, of Paducah, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 10:20 pm, at Baptist Health of Paducah. He is survived by three sons, Charlie Wright, Jr., Eric Wright, and Bill Smith all of Milwaukee, WS; Two daughters, LaTonya Wright of Columbus, OH and Shavonya Wright of Milwaukee, WS; 11 grandchildren; Six brothers, Lydia Wright, Jr. of...
Lula Mae Hamilton
Mar 13, 2015
Lula Mae Hamilton, 64, of Paducah, passed away Friday, March 13, 2015, 12:05 pm, at her residence. Lula Mae attended Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She is survived by four daughters, Sandra Greenway Alford, Patricia Carter, Willetta M. Hardin, and Martina Hamilton, all of Paducah; 16 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; one sister, Wanda Flournoy of Paducah; two...
Mary Magdelene Grooms Jackson
Mar 11, 2015
"For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." (Psalm 84:10) Mary Magdelene Grooms Jackson at the age of 93 years, 9 months and 13 days, took flight to her heavenly home on the wings of an angel...
Pearl M Green
Mar 9, 2015
Pearl M. Green 76, Paducah, KY died Monday, March 9, 2015, 6:55 pm at her residence in Paducah. Ms. Green was a member of the former Mt. Olive Freewill Baptist Church where she served on the Usher Board and sang in the choir. She attended Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. She worked several years as a childcare provider. She was...
Curley Alvin Simmons, Jr.
Mar 6, 2015
Curley Alvin Simmons, Jr., 61, of Paducah passed away on Friday, March 6, 2015, 10:11 a.m. at Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. He was a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School and Paducah Tilghman Trade School where he received his certification as a licensed electrician. He was of the Baptist faith. He was employed by Martin Marietta Energy Systems for...
Ethel Lee Derr
Mar 6, 2015
Ethel Lee Derr, 89, Paducah, KY died Friday, March 6, 2015 at 5:14 a.m. at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee. Mrs. Derr was a member of Burks Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church where she served in the Addie Lucas Missionary Society and was a Steward of the church. She graduated from the former Lincoln High School in Paducah...
Robert Hagler
Mar 1, 2015
Robert Hagler, 68, passed away, Sunday, March 1, 2015, 7:30 am, at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Paducah. Robert was a member and deacon in training at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church where he also sang in the Knights of Harmony male chorus. He was a truck driver for ACT Trucking and was the owner/operator of Blessings Custodial Care....
Edward "Lovett" Mccoy Knox
Feb 23, 2015
Edward "Lovett" McCoy Knox, 60, Clinton, passed away Monday, February 23, 2015, 8:15 pm, at his residence. He was a member of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Oakton where he sang in the church choir, a graduate of Hickman County High School and served in the US Army during the Vietnam era. Edward was formerly employed at Illinois Central...
Lorene Elizabeth Parker Atkins
Feb 20, 2015
Lorene Elizabeth Parker Atkins, went to live with her Lord and Savior on Friday, February 20, 2015, 8:42 a.m. from Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Kentucky. She was at the Blessed age of 98 years, 7 months, and 12 days at the time of her heavenly transition. Lorene was born in Paducah Kentucky on July 20, 1916, to the late...
Edward "Jackie" Jerome Fossie
Feb 13, 2015
Edward "Jackie" Jerome Fossie, age 68, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Friday, February 13, 2015, 10:45 a.m. at his residence. He was a member of Just By Faith in Metropolis and a Veteran of the US Army, serving during the Vietnam Era. He was a graduate of both Massac County High School and Shawnee Community College, and was a...
Kenneth M. Mcclinton
Feb 13, 2015
Kenneth M. "Boomer" McClinton, 50, of Paducah, passed away Friday, February 13, 2015, 8:30 pm, at Lourdes Hospital. Kenneth was a former member of Harrison Street Missionary Baptist Church and was employed at Amerisource Bergen. He was a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School. Kenneth is survived by his brother, Bishop Christopher E. Pipkin, Sr. of Milan, TN; one nephew;...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries

A Year of Grief Support
Sign up for one year of weekly grief messages designed to provide strength and comfort during this challenging time.

