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Conne L. Watts

Conne L. Watts

Dec 13, 2014

Conne L. Watts, 78, Paducah, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2014, 10:35 am, at Baptist Health Paducah. He attended St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church and was a Veteran of the United States Army. He was a graduate of the former Lincoln High School and retired from the City of Paducah in the Sanitation Department. He is survived by his...

Harold V. Smith

Harold V. Smith

Dec 8, 2014

Harold Vincent Smith was born to Harold D. Smith and Velma G. Smith Wade both who preceded him in death. He departed this life on Monday, December 8, 2014 at 12:50 AM in his second hometown, Chicago, Illinois. Harold grew up determined to be a big fish in a big pond. He left Brookport, IL at an early age in...

Viola Arnold Hunt

Viola Arnold Hunt

Dec 3, 2014

Viola Arnold Hunt, 85, of Paducah, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 3:30 p.m., at Lourdes Hospital. She was a very devoted Mother and Grandmother. She showed the love of Christ to everyone she met. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Hunt, Sr.; four daughters, an infant daughter Mary...

Evelyn Winston Simpson

Evelyn Winston Simpson

Dec 3, 2014

Evelyn Simpson, 82, Paducah, passed away, Wednesday, December 3. 2014, 8:59 pm, at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Paducah. Evelyn was of the Baptist faith and was formerly employed in housekeeping at Jacob Paving Company in Detroit, MI. She is survived by five brothers, William Jones of Racine, WI, Gene Jones and Willie Jones, both of Columbia, MO, Lannie...

Gary Jerome Caison

Gary Jerome Caison

Nov 26, 2014

Gary Jerome Caison, 53, Paducah, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2014, 7:33 pm, at Baptist Health Paducah. Gary was of the Baptist faith. He was a graduate of Meridian High School in Mounds, IL, and attended Shawnee Community College where he received certification in welding and West Kentucky Vocational School where he was certified in auto mechanics. Gary is survived...

Early C. Rouse Stone

Early C. Rouse Stone

Nov 19, 2014

Early C. Rouse Stone, 75, Paducah, passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 1:30 am, at McCracken Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Paducah. Early was a member of New Greater Love Missionary Baptist Church where she sang in the church choir, served on the Mother's Board and Culinary Committee. She was formerly employed with the United States Enrichment Corporation as an...

Franklin Sanders Bradford

Franklin Sanders Bradford

Nov 17, 2014

Franklin Sanders Bradford, 62, Metropolis, IL, passed away Monday, November 17, 2014, 8:46 am, at Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis, IL. Franklin was a member of North Crockett Street Church of Christ in Brookport, Illinois. He was a 35 year employee of Honeywell International Incorporation and a member of the United Steel Workers Union Local #7669. He was also a...

Birdie "Mama Birdie" Miller Reeves Claybrooks

Birdie "Mama Birdie" Miller Reeves Claybrooks

Nov 16, 2014

Birdie Miller Reeves Claybrooks, 102, Paducah, made her celestial transition on Sunday, November 16, 2014, 2:00 am, from Superior Care Home-Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Paducah. "Mama Birdie" as she was affectionately known by her grandchildren, great grandchildren and friends, was a member of Ninth Street Church of Christ where she was a former Sunday School Teacher. She was a...

Victor Lee Snardon

Victor Lee Snardon

Nov 10, 2014

Victor Lee Snardon, 64, Bowling Green, KY, passed away Monday, November 10, 2014. 9:51 am at the Medical Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Victor was a member of Greater Taylor Chapel in Franklin, KY, where he served as Pastor Steward and Sunday School Teacher. He was employed as a custodian for Ken-Way Services. Victor was preceded in death by her...

Fred Bradley Gray

Fred Bradley Gray

Nov 7, 2014

Fred Bradley Gray, age 59, of Paducah passed away on Friday, November 7, 2014, 12:31 pm at his residence. He was a member of Shepherd Street Baptist Church in Princeton, KY. He had been employed with The Paducah Housing Authority in maintenance. He was a graduate of Caldwell County High School and a Veteran of the United States Navy. He...

Levonyette M. "Leelee" Mckenzie

Levonyette M. "Leelee" Mckenzie

Nov 6, 2014

Levonyette "LeeLee" M. McKenzie, age 52 of Paducah passed away Thursday, November 6, 2014, 12:11 am at Baptist Health of Paducah. She was a member of Harrison Street Missionary Baptist Church where she formerly sang in the church choir and was a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arnold Senter and Beatrice...

Courtney Re'Shawn Harding

Courtney Re'Shawn Harding

Nov 4, 2014

Courtney Re'Shawn Harding, 32, of Joliet, IL, formerly of Paducah, passed away Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 10:46 am in Vicksburg, MS. Courtney was a member of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Joliet and a graduate of Western Gilford High School in Greensboro, NC and attended Central University in Durham, NC. She was employed by Ameristar Casino as a waitress....

Christine M. Sutton

Christine M. Sutton

Nov 4, 2014

Christine M. Sutton, age 83, of Metropolis, Illinois, passed away on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 3:00 p.m., at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. She was a member of Broadway Church of Christ in Metropolis, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her parents Herman Sutton and Ocie Smith Sutton; her husband, Mack A. Goodman, Sr.; a daughter, Delsie Irene Turner; four...

Willie Mae Gwyn

Willie Mae Gwyn

Oct 28, 2014

Willie Mae Gwyn, 83, Paducah, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 11:08 am, at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Paducah. She was a member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church and a former member of the Interdenominational Union Choir. Willie Mae is survived by a son, Anthony Gwyn of Paducah; four step-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, great nieces and...

Karen Lynnelle Moore

Karen Lynnelle Moore

Oct 6, 2014

Karen L. Moore, 50, Paducah, passed away Monday, October 6, 2014, 1:51 pm at Baptist Health Paducah. She was a member of Miles Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church where she taught children's Sunday School Class, served on the culinary committee and sang in the church choir. She was a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School and both Franklin College and...

Ja'Nas Kyree Prather

Ja'Nas Kyree Prather

Oct 6, 2014

Ja'Nas Kyree Prather, 5 months, passed away Monday, October 6, 2014, 11:29 am at Baptist Health, Paducah, KY. He was preceded in death by his great grandparents, Frederick and Elizabeth Thompson. Ja'Nas is survived by his parents, Jeremy Jones of Atlanta, GA and Car'Shara Prather of Paducah, KY; two brothers, Je'Brien Jones, Paducah, KY, and Ji'Quez Jones, Atlanta, GA; Maternal...

Judy Gayle Viera

Judy Gayle Viera

Oct 2, 2014

Judy Gayle Viera, age 67, of Paducah, KY passed away Thursday October 2, 2014, 6:11 pm at Baptist Health of Paducah. She was a 25-year employee of Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center as a Certified Nurse Assistant. She was of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter Howard Taylor, Sr. and Mary Lou Taylor; a...

Ronald Keith Jones

Ronald Keith Jones

Sep 28, 2014

Ronald Keith Jones, 65, LaVergne, Tennessee, formerly of Paducah, passed away Sunday, September 28, 2014, at his residence. Ronald was a retiree of the Barkley Regional Airport of Paducah and a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School and a former member of Burks Chapel A.M.E. Church. Ronald is survived by his wife, Ruth Ann Jones of LaVergne, TN; two sons,...

Marquetta Dion Aydelott

Marquetta Dion Aydelott

Sep 27, 2014

Marquetta Dion Aydelott, 52 Paducah, KY passed away Saturday, September 27, 2014, 10:30 pm at Baptist Health in Paducah, Kentucky. Marquetta was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Faith. She received her Associates Degree in Business from Massau Community College in New York, NY. She was preceded in death by, her parents, Charles Aydelott, and Raymell Story Aydelott; one...

Janet Sue Tuhy

Janet Sue Tuhy

Sep 27, 2014

Janet Sue Tuhy, 59, Paducah, passed away Saturday, September 27, 2014, 4:15 pm, at her residence. Janet was a graduate of Elk Grove High School of Elk Grove, IL, and was both a certified nurse assistant and a cosmetologist. She was formerly employed in medical billing at Med Lab of Illinois. She is survived by her husband of 40 years,...

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