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Dorothy Harris
Jan 23, 2009
A memorial service for Dorothy B. Harris, 80, of Paducah, was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 21, 2009, at Pettus-Rowland Funeral Home. Rev. Anthony Walton officiated, and burial was at Oak Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Harris died at 10:33 p.m. Jan. 23 at Western Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Harris, a saleswoman, was a member of Christ Temple Apostolic Church, attended nursing...
Mildred Eva Hicks
Jan 18, 2009
Mildred Eva Hicks, 87, of Paducah, KY died Sunday, 6:10 a.m. January 18, 2009 at Lourdes Hospital. Ms. Hicks was a Homemaker. She was a member of St. John A. M. E. Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Giles LaVoid Hicks, her parents, Jake and Tennie Rodgers Moore, two sisters and three brothers. She is survived by...
Zillar Macon
Jan 17, 2009
Zillar Macon, 84 of Paducah, KY, formerly of Decatur, IL died Saturday, 1:10 a.m. January 17, 2009 at Medco Center of Paducah. Ms. Macon was a cook. She was a member of Mountain View Church of Christ in Dallas, TX, where she served as Sunday School Teacher and member of the Ladies Bible Group. She attended Jasper Street Church of...
Genola T. Nunn
Jan 13, 2009
Genola Ernestine Tate Nunn, 61 of Paducah, died Tuesday, January 13, 2008, 2:35 p.m. at her residence. Ms. Nunn was a graduate of Lincoln High School. She worked as a cook. She was a member of Obion Presbyterian Church in Pryorsburg, KY. She was preceded in death by her parents, the late Rev. James and Imogene Mason Tate; two brothers...
Frank Jones
Jan 13, 2009
Reverend Frank Jones, 70 years, 9 months, and 11 days old, of Paducah, KY left this earthly life for eternal rest, January 13, 2009, 3:20 a.m. at Oakview Nursing Center in Calvert City, KY. He was born to the late Reverend Henry C. Jones, Sr. and Rosemary McEwen Jones on April 2, 1938 in Paducah, Kentucky. Reverend Jones was an...
Rudolph Ragsdale
Jan 9, 2009
Rudolph Ragsdale, 99 of Paducah, KY, died Friday, 5:55a.m,January 9, 2009 at Western Baptist Hospital. Mr. Ragsdale was a Master Carpenter. He worked 15 years with the McCormack Place in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Ragsdale was a member of the Carpenter's Union for over 50 years. He also was a member of Stone Square Lodge #5, F. & A. M., PHA....
Betty L. Engram Cooper
Jan 8, 2009
Betty L. Engram Cooper, 74 of Paducah, died Thursday, January 8, 2009, 10:10 A.M at Lourdes Hospital. Ms. Cooper was a Homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her Father, Milton Engram a daughter, Patricia Senter, and two brothers. She is survived by, her mother, Catherine Faulkner Crumbaugh, of Paducah, KY; three sisters Marjorie...
Horace Rowlett, Jr.
Jan 6, 2009
Horace Rowlett, Jr., 82 of Paducah, died Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 5:00 pm at Lourdes Hospital. Mr. Rowlett was a graduate of Lincoln High School. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked for Ray Black & Son Construction Co. for 15 years. He enjoyed Hunting, Fishing, and Carpenter work. Mr. Rowlett was a member of Mt...
Peggy Joyce Coleman Parker
Jan 3, 2009
Peggy Joyce Coleman Parker, 74 of Paducah, died Saturday, January 3, 2009, 10:00 p.m. at her residence. Ms. Parker was a graduate of Lincoln High School. She was a Homemaker and a lifelong member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents Lewis and Ethel Franklin Coleman, her husband, Ocie D. Parker, 2 brothers...
Pastor Robert Earl Johnson
Dec 26, 2008
Pastor Robert Earl Johnson, 72, of Fulton, KY formerly of Paducah, died 3:40 a.m. Friday, December 26, 2008 at Lourdes Hospital. Pastor Johnson Graduated from South Fulton High School and was Valedictorian of his class, He graduated from Lane College in Jackson, TN with a BA in Sociology. He is veteran of the United States Army and a Member of...
Sammy L. "Sonny" Mason
Dec 25, 2008
Sammy L. Mason, 63, of Atlanta, formerly of Paducah, died Dec. 25 in Atlanta. Mr. Mason was a self-employed contractor. Surviving are one son, Alfred L. Mayes of Paducah; one stepson, Jemo Mayes of Paducah; three stepdaughters, Nekeshia Johnson and Jayné Johnson, both of Atlanta, and Stephanie Proctor of Nashville, Tenn.; two brothers, Leroy Elmore of Rantoul, Ill., and the...
Herman Majors, Jr.
Dec 23, 2008
Herman Majors Jr, 83, of West Paducah, died Tuesday, December 23, 2008, 5:29 p.m. at Lourdes Hospital. Mr. Majors was self-employed and was a member of the former Oakalone AME Church. Mr. Majors was preceded in death by his parents, Herman Majors and Joan Hughes Majors, six brothers and one sister Mr. Majors is survived by three sisters, Gladys George,...
Barbara Horne
Dec 21, 2008
Barbara Pearl Hodge Horne, 49, of Paducah, died Sunday, December 21, 2008, at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church where she had served on the usher board. Horne was a graduate of Cairo High School. She was preceded in death by her parents Howard Stewart and Sadie Howard Hodge Horne is...
Jon Anthony Hall
Dec 21, 2008
Jon Anthony Hall, 22, of Paducah, died December 21, 2008, 1:05 a.m. at Western Baptist Hospital. Mr. Hall Attended Paducah Tilghman High School and Lone Oak High School. He was a member of Rosary Chapel. Mr. Hall is survived by one daughter, Jaleal A. Hall, of Metropolis, IL; his father, Dwight Gilchrist, of California; his mother and step-father, Rachel Dvonne...
Wilson Lusk
Dec 20, 2008
On Saturday, December 20, 2008, 5:00 p.m., at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana, Wilson Herman Lusk left this earthly life for eternal rest. At the time of his demise, Wilson was 58 years, 8 months, and 21 days of age. He was preceded in death by his father Herman Wilson Lusk and a sister Joyce Ann Lusk. Wilson retired from...
Dorothy W. Shanklin Hudson
Dec 16, 2008
Lois Marie Broughton Artis, 50, of Paducah, formerly of Racine, Wis., died at 8 p.m. Dec. 11 at her home. She was of the Baptist faith and a homemaker. She is survived by one son, Larry Artis Jr. of Tampa Fla.; two daughters, LeiKeisha Broughton of Tampa and Miranda Artis of York, Ala.; three sisters, Patricia Broughton of Racine, Wis.,...
Dorothy Mae Smith Roberts
Dec 12, 2008
METROPOLIS, Ill. — Dorothy Mae Smith Roberts, 89, of Metropolis died at 10:35 a.m. Friday at Massac Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Roberts worked for Johnson & Johnson Attorney at Law as a secretary. She was a graduate of Karnak High School. She was a member of Women's Aglow-Women's Prayer Group. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willis Eudell Roberts;...
Lois Marie Broughton Artis
Dec 11, 2008
Lois Marie Broughton Artis, 50, of Paducah, formerly of Racine, Wis., died at 8 p.m. Dec. 11 at her home. She was of the Baptist faith and a homemaker. She is survived by one son, Larry Artis Jr. of Tampa Fla.; two daughters, LeiKeisha Broughton of Tampa and Miranda Artis of York, Ala.; three sisters, Patricia Broughton of Racine, Wis.,...
Joyce Ann Lusk
Dec 7, 2008
Joyce Ann Lusk, 54, of Paducah died at 4:47 p.m. Dec. 7 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. She was a hair stylist and a graduate of Rancoca Valley High School in Mount Hollie, N.J., and West Kentucky State Vocational School. She was a member of New Greater Love Missionary Baptist Church. She is survived by her mother, Kathleen...
Robert S. Staples
Dec 5, 2008
Bobby Stanley Staples, Sr., 70 years, 04 months, and 26 days of age, left this earthly life for eternal rest from Lourdes Hospital on Friday, December 5, 2008, at 5:10 a.m. He was born to the union of Frances E. Parker Staples and the late Willard Staples in Kuttawa, Kentucky, on July 9, 1938. Bobby was of the Baptist faith...
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