Enyjah Wells
May 9, 2009
Enyjah Wells, infant daughter of Tiffany O. Ellison and Emerson Wells, died on May 9, 2009, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her paternal great-grandparents Dorothy Wells and Charlie Childress and Johnnie and Mose Hockett and her maternal great-grandparents Shirley Pittman and W.C. Young. Enyjah is also survived by her parents...
Gus Thomas Williams
May 4, 2009
Gus Thomas Williams, 69, of Paducah, died May 4, 2009, 11:00 P.M., at Western Baptist Hospital. Gus was a retired US Army Veteran who served during the Vietnam Era as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division in Fort Campbell and a retired bricklayer who was owner and operator of Williams Bricklaying in Fayetteville, NC. He was a member of...
John Henry Coardes, Sr.
Apr 27, 2009
John Henry Coardes, Sr., 64, of Paducah, KY, died at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, April 27, 2009, at his residence. Mr. Coardes retired as Senior Operator after 28 years of employment with the United States Enrichment Corporation. He also worked part time as a driver for the Paducah Area Transit System until his death. He graduated from Hempstead High School...
Keith "Byron" Driver Ii
Apr 17, 2009
Services for Keith Byron Driver II, 18, of Paducah will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church. The Revs. Calvin Cole Sr. and Anthony Walton will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. Driver died at 7:40 p.m. Friday at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. He had attended Christ Temple Apostolic Church and Mount...
Nicole Yvette Thomas
Apr 17, 2009
Nicole Yvette Thomas, 24, of Paducah died at 5:13 p.m. Friday in Paducah. Ms. Thomas graduated from Paducah Tilghman High School and was a member of Christ Temple Apostolic Church. Surviving are four sons, Raymond Tucker Jr., RaShawn Tucker, Darionte' Ragsdale and Shemari Ragsdale, all of Paducah; her parents, Rev. Donovan and Tammy Woods of Paducah; her father, Troy Jones...
Marilyn L. Wilson
Apr 14, 2009
Marilyn L. Wilson, 74 years, 9 months, and 24days old, of Paducah, Kentucky, left this earthy life for eternal rest 5:47 a.m. Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at Western Baptist Hospital. She was born to the late Otis McKinney, Sr. and Luevada Bowden McKinney in Fulton, Kentucky, on June 20, 1934. Ms. Wilson was a member of Miles Chapel Christian Methodist...
Kenneth Thomas
Apr 6, 2009
Kenneth Thomas, 84, of Metropolis, IL, died Monday April 6, 2009 at 4:00 a.m. at Metropolis Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Thomas was a member of Mt. Horeb Free Will Baptist Church, where he served as a Trustee. He is a WWII Veteran of the United States Army, and a former member of Silver Crown Masonic Lodge #26. He was...
Torrita Tashea Jackson
Apr 3, 2009
Torrita Tashea Jackson, 23 of Antioch, TN, formerly of Paducah, KY died Friday, April 3, 2009 at her residence. Ms. Jackson was a graduate of McGavock High School in Nashville, TN. She attended Remington College in Nashville, TN studying Cosmetology and Medical Coding& Billing. She was a member of First Liberty Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...
Artavius Rashaud Chunn
Apr 1, 2009
Artavius Rashaud Chunn, 18, of Paducah, died Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 6:00 a.m. at Western Baptist Hospital. Chunn attended Western High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where he played football. He attended New Greater Love Missionary Baptist Church and Ware Memorial Church of God In Christ. He was preceded in death by his Grandfather, James Chunn and a brother James Chunn....
Richard Lee "Ricky" Baskin
Mar 29, 2009
Richard Lee "Ricky" Baskin, 48, of St. Louis, MO, formerly of Paducah, KY, died March 29, 2009, at 10:23 a.m. in St. Louis, MO. Mr. Baskin was a construction worker. He graduated from Paducah Tilghman High School and was a member of the wrestling team. He was also a member of The Lord's Sanctuary of the Apostolic Faith of Paducah....
Crystal Michele Shackelford
Mar 23, 2009
Crystal Michele Shackelford, 31, of Paducah, formerly of Milwaukee, WI, died Mon- day, March 23, 2009, at Western Baptist Hospital. She was an internet manager at the Paducah Sun Newspaper and was a member of Rocky Ford Church where Jesus is Lord, where she was an ordained minister, a praise leader and a youth leader for the Women of Destiny,...
Ruby Louise Harris Neal
Mar 20, 2009
Ruby Louise Harris Neal of Paducah, 85 died Friday, 11:00 p.m. at Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Paducah, KY. Mrs. Neal was a member of Mt Sinai Baptist Church, where she served on the mother's board. She was employed by Paducah Beauty School, the former Hueblin Industry and did Private Home Care. She was preceded in death by her...
Marion Jean Muse
Mar 8, 2009
Marion Jean Muse, 71, of Paducah, died Sunday, 6:00 a.m. on March 8, 2009, at Western Baptist Hospital. Ms. Muse was a homemaker. She was a member of Christ Temple Apostolic Church and had served on the usher board and the nurses' aide ministries. She attended Lincoln High School. She was preceded in death by her husband of ten years,...
Connie Neal, Jr.
Mar 5, 2009
Connie Neal Jr. of Paducah, 83, died at 7:08 a.m. Sunday at his home. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in World War II. He graduated from Montgomery High School in Lexington, Tenn. Mr. Neal was employed with Tennessee Valley Authority and retired as a foreman after 35 years of service. He was a member of Mount...
Mattie Lee Harris
Feb 23, 2009
Mattie Lee Harris, 91, of Paducah, formerly of New Castle, died at 1 a.m. Monday at her home. Mrs. Harris was a homemaker and a member of New Castle Main Street Baptist Church, where she was past president of the Missionary Society. Survivors include two sons, Jesse Harris of Louisville and Rodney Harris of Paducah; six daughters, Mary V. Beasley...
Laura Kirtie Sains Petty
Feb 12, 2009
Laura Kirtie Sains Petty, 63, of Paducah, died Thursday at her residence. She was a lifelong member of St. James Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and a for- mer housekeeper at the Irvin Cobb Hotel. She is survived by a daughter Tammy Marie Sains and a son Carl Thomas Sains Sr., both of Paducah; a brother Pete Sains of Cleveland, OH;...
Rosa Marie Nunn
Feb 8, 2009
Rosa Marie Nunn, 60, Paducah, died on Sunday, February 8, 2009, at Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Rosa attended Lincoln High School where she was a member of the girl's drill corps and was a 1966 graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School. She was a graduate of West Kentucky Vocational School, receiving her certificate in business. Rosa was...
Gayle Elizabeth Waldon
Feb 6, 2009
Gayle E. Waldon, 59, of West Paducah, died Friday at Lourdes Hospital. Mrs. Waldon, a homemaker, was a member of Oakalone Christian Church where she served as Sunday School Treasurer, Youth Director and President of the Sunshine Club and was a member of the Missionary Society and the Culinary Arts Committee. She was a graduate of Heath High School. She...
Myrttle Lavelia Blaine Brandon
Jan 30, 2009
Myrttle Lavelia Blaine Brandon was the second of seven children born to the late Harvard and Lucy Blaine in Bumpus Mills, Tennessee, on October 11, 1914. She confessed a belief in Jesus Christ at an early age and lived a life consistent with that belief. She graduated from Pearl High School in Nashville, TN, and attended West Kentucky Vocational School...
Brunetta Curtis
Jan 25, 2009
Brunetta Curtis was born May 6, 1947, in Clinton, Kentucky to Eugene and Theoria Ellerson Curtis. She was the fifth child born into this family. Brunetta joined the Green Valley Missionary Baptist Church at an early age. Brunetta graduated from Kane Elementary School in 1961 and Hickman County High School in 1965. She furthered her education at Kentucky State University...
