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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...
James H. Miller
Nov 5, 2008
James H. Miller, 74, of LaCenter, KY, died Wednesday, November 5, at Lourdes Hospital. He retired from the St. Louis, Missouri Employment Office as an Employment Consultant. He was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Miller is survived by two sisters, Dorothy Miller Mayes of Cleveland, Ohio, and Birdie Reeves Claybrook of Paducah, Kentucky; one brother, Richard Miller of Georgia. He...
Sarah L. Senter
Oct 30, 2008
Sarah L. Senter, 45, of West Paducah died at 5:06 p.m. Thursday at Lourdes Hospital. She was a former nurse aide and a member of Ninth Street Church of Christ where she sang with the Celestial Singers. Surviving are her husband of 17 years Willard M. Senter of West Paducah, her mother Mae Mungle Byerley of West Paducah; one son...
Donnie O'Neil Ingram
Oct 20, 2008
Donnie O'Neil Ingram, 57, of Paducah, Kentucky, died on Monday, October 20, 2008 at 8:43 PM at Western Baptist Hospital. He was a Construction Worker. Ingram was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by hi parents, the late Lula Laverne Ingram Dawson, A. J. Dawson and Jerry Rice. Ingram is survived by, two daughters Machelle Stanton of...
Charles Vincent Hicks, Jr.
Oct 20, 2008
Charles Vincent Hicks, Jr., 56, of Paducah, died Monday, October 20, 2008, at his residence. He was Functional Manager for Scheduling at United States Enrichment Corporation and a Veteran of the US Navy. He was a member of the Board of Directors at the Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club and a member of both the Elks Club and the...
Charles Junior Clark
Oct 17, 2008
Funeral Service for Charles Junior Clark, 72, of Paducah will be at 1p.m. Thursday at Ninth Street Church of Christ with Mark Rowe and William D. Hensley officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. Clark died at 11:45 a.m. Friday at Western Baptist Hospital. Mr. Clark, a self-employed electrician and owner/operator of Clark Electric Company, was formerly employed...
James L. Cunningham
Oct 9, 2008
James Lafon "Man" Cunningham, 56, of Paducah, died October 9, 2008, at Lourdes Hospital after a long illness. He was a cook at Western Baptist Hospital until his retirement. Cunningham was of the Baptist faith and a veteran of the US Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents, the late Vincent A. Cunningham and the late Leslie Mae...
Roosevelt Davis
Oct 9, 2008
Roosevelt Davis, age 84, of Paducah died Thursday, October 9, 2008 at his residence after a long illness. He was owner & operator retiree of Cricket Trucking Company. He was a U.S. Army veteran of which he received the European African Middle Eastern Service Medal and a member of Miracle Temple Christian Church. Davis is survived by a son, Gary...
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