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Danny Joel Ingram

Danny Joel Ingram

Sep 24, 2010

Danny Joel Ingram, 60, Paducah, died Friday, September 24, 2010, 7:50 p.m. at Paducah Care and Rehabilitation Center in Paducah, KY. Mr. Ingram was a member of Lincoln Heights Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Ingram worked in food services at several hospitals. Mr. Ingram was preceded in death by his parents, Fred Matchen and Lula Laverne Ingram Dawson; his step-father, A....

Herman Elseslie Reese

Herman Elseslie Reese

Sep 18, 2010

Funeral Service for Herman Eleslie Reese, 60, of Paducah, will be Friday, 1:00 p.m., at Pettus Rowland Funeral Home. Reverend Raynarldo Henderson will officiate, and burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. He died on Saturday at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington at 10:53 a.m. He was a member of the First Church of Deliverance and...

Sie Lee Edwards

Sie Lee Edwards

Sep 5, 2010

Sie Lee Edwards, 65, Paducah, died Sunday, 9:24 a.m., at Western Baptist Hospital. He was employed in the steel industry and was a musician. He is survived by two sons, Steven Henderson of Indianapolis, IN and Torrino Edwards of Atlanta, GA; five grandsons and one granddaughter; a sister Hettie Bardford of Paducah, and one aunt. He was preceded in death...

Freda Mae Shannon Baker

Freda Mae Shannon Baker

Aug 29, 2010

Freda Mae Shannon Baker, 80 years, 7 months and 28 days old, Brookport, IL was called from her earthly home to her everlasting home at 3:02 P. M. on Sunday, August 29, 2010 at Medco Center of Paducah. Ms. Baker was born January 1, 1930 in Brookport, IL to the late Revie Shannon and Susie Hamilton Shannon. Ms. Baker was...

Addie Lee Wilson

Addie Lee Wilson

Aug 28, 2010

Addie Lee Wilson, 56, Mayfield, KY died Saturday, August 28, 2010 6:16 P.M. at Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield. Ms. Wilson was of the Baptist Faith. She worked as an Interior Decorator at Martin Studios in Pontiac, MI. Ms. Wilson was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Jones and one nephew. Ms. Wilson is survived by, one sister,...

Wilma Boyd King

Wilma Boyd King

Aug 22, 2010

Wilma Boyd-King, 80, Paducah, died Sunday, August 22, 2010, 10:56 AM at her residence. Wilma was a member of Rosary Chapel. She graduated from Lincoln High School. Wilma received her Barbering Certification from West Kentucky State Vocational Technical School and was employed by the Amvets, K-Mart, Chicago Motor Club, and Speigel's in Chicago, Illinois. Wilma serv ed on the W....

James H. Greer

James H. Greer

Aug 22, 2010

James Henry Greer, 86, of Lanham, MD, formerly of Paducah, died Sunday, August 22, 2010, 7:18 PM at Prince George's Hospital in Cheverley, MD. Mr. Greer was a lifelong member of Harrison Street Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as an usher, a church van driver, and on culinary arts committee. Mr. Greer was a Veteran of the United States...

Mary Alice Johnson

Mary Alice Johnson

Aug 18, 2010

Mary Alice Johnson, age 62 of Paducah, died Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 12:17 pm at Western Baptist Hospital. Ms. Johnson was a member of Harrison Street Missionary Baptist Church where she sang in the church choir. She worked at Medco Nursing Center of Paducah as a Nurse's Aide for 13 years. Ms. Johnson was preceded in death by her parents,...

Anthony "Tony" Farmer

Anthony "Tony" Farmer

Aug 6, 2010

Anthony L. "Tony" Farmer, 59, of Paducah died Friday, 7:45 p.m., at the University of Louisville Hospital. He was a former member of Harrison Street Baptist Church, a graduate of West Kentucky State Vocational School with certification in the Culinary Arts as a master chef and a veteran of the United States Army. He was preceded in death by his...

Glenda "Ann" Thomas Ware

Glenda "Ann" Thomas Ware

Jul 28, 2010

Glenda Ann Thomas Ware, age 71 of Paducah, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 1:32 pm at Western Baptist Hospital. Ms. Ware was a member of the Church of the Living God CWFF where she had served on the Church Anniversary, Pastor's Aide and Benevolent committees, Missionary Board, and was member of the choir and past First Lady. She was a...

Anna B. Powell

Anna B. Powell

Jul 28, 2010

Anna B. Powell, 80 years, 3 months and 17 days of age left this earthly life for eternal rest at 3:30 PM on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at her residence in Paducah. Ms. Powell was born to the late Augustus Glenn and Fannie McNeil Glenn in Paducah, KY on April 11, 1930. She was preceded in death by her husband...

Dessie L. Jones Askew

Dessie L. Jones Askew

Jul 17, 2010

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) God in his infinite and divine wisdom saw fit to call his loving child, Dessie L. Jones Askew, from her earthly sojourn to eternal rest on Saturday, July 17, 2010, 1:45 p.m., at...

Edgar L. Waller

Edgar L. Waller

Jul 14, 2010

Edgar L. "Big Ed" Waller, 61, Paducah, formerly of Clarksville, TN, died Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 P. M., today at Foston Memorial Chapel, 816 Franklin Street, in Clarksville. Rev. Emmanuel Collier, Jr. will officiate, and burial will follow at Foston Memorial Garden. Friends may call at the funeral home...

Catherine B. Anderson

Catherine B. Anderson

Jul 4, 2010

Catherine B. Anderson, 76, of Paducah, passed away Sunday, July 4, 2010, 11:20 p.m. at Lourdes Hospital. Mrs. Anderson was a member of New Greater Love Missionary Baptist Church where she served on the Mothers Board. She was formerly employed by Lourdes Hospital in the Dietary Department. She is survived by a son, Mark T. Coleman of Paducah, Ky., four...

Tiny Denise Woods Wilmoth

Tiny Denise Woods Wilmoth

Jun 26, 2010

Tiny D. Woods Wilmoth, 53, of Paducah, died Saturday, June 26, 2010, 9:20 a.m., at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. Tiny was a member of Victory Assembly and was a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School. Tiny was preceded in death by her parents, Ollie Woods and Datha Ford Woods; two sisters, Patrella White and Willie B. Askew, and one brother,...

James Johnson

James Johnson

Jun 24, 2010

James Johnson, 88, of Paducah, passed away Thursday, June 24, 2010, 4:15 p.m., at his residence. Mr. Johnson was a faithful and dedicated 50 year member of St. John A.M.E. Church where he served as usher and steward. He was a US Army Veteran, serving during World War II and was a 32 year retiree of Union Carbide. He is...

Kenneth Edward Daugherty

Kenneth Edward Daugherty

May 29, 2010

Kenneth Edward Daugherty, 59, of Brookport, Illinois, died, Saturday, 8:52 a.m., at the Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Metropolis, IL. He was a member of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Brookport and was a 1968 graduate of Brookport High School. He was a retired UAW at Caterpillar of Peoria, with over 30 years of service. He is survived...

Julia M. Jackson

Julia M. Jackson

May 28, 2010

Julia M. Jackson, 83, Paducah, died Friday, May 28, 2010, 12:25 p.m., at Western Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Jackson was a member of the former Clay Street Christian Church and a graduate of the former Lincoln High School. She was employed by the Department for Social Insurance and retired as a secretary in 1991. She is survived by a son, Alan...

Harry Eugene "Chipper" Sloan, Jr.

Harry Eugene "Chipper" Sloan, Jr.

May 24, 2010

Harry "Chipper" Sloan, 57 years, 7 months, and 7 days old left his earthly home for eternal rest on May 24, 2010, 1:20 P.M. at Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Calvert City, Kentucky. Chipper, as he was affectionately known, was born October 17, 1952 in Paducah, Kentucky to the late Harry Eugene Sloan, Sr. and Rosella Wilson. He was...

Bertha Martin Dickerson

Bertha Martin Dickerson

May 20, 2010

Bertha Martin Dickerson, 67, of Paducah died at 12:02 P.M. Thursday at Western Baptist Hospital. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse at Western Baptist Hospital in the Labor and Delivery Department over 43 years. She was a member of Harrison Street Missionary Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband John Samuel Dickerson of Paducah; one daughter Evelyn Faye Morris of Paducah;...

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