All Obituaries

Mrs. Barbara Ellen Bridges Hampton, 75, of Rock Fork Road Morehead, passed away Thursday, September 5, 2019 at St. Claire HealthCare.                                        She was born on December 9, 1943 in Mansfield, Ohio, a daughter of the late Lester and Nora Wade Bridges. Mrs. Hampton was a...

Mr. David Fraley, 91 of Poplar Hollow Road, Morehead, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2019 at St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead after an illness of several weeks. He was born May 4, 1928 in Rowan County, Kentucky to the late Rev. Jake and Myrtle Plank Fraley. Mr. Fraley was a retired farmer having tended the O. W. McIntire farm in Fleming County. He enjoyed caring for his yard, raising a garden, traveling, eating out and visiting with family and friends. Mr. Fraley was a United States...

Bob E. Christian, 78, of Clearfield, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky.                                                    He was born on June 12, 1941 in Morehead,...

Ida Lee Mauk Johnson, 72, of Greenup, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday morning, August 13, 2019 at the Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland.                         She was born on January 31, 1947 in Elliott County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Langley Roosevelt Mauk and Catherine Fyffe...

Mrs. Mary Lee Fisher Hamm, 76, of Olive Hill passed away Monday, August 12, 2019 at the South Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in South Shore, Kentucky. She was born on February 9, 1943 in Morehead, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Earl and Hazel Fultz Fisher. Mrs. Hamm was a homemaker. She enjoyed flowers, gardening, sewing, fishing and camping. Survivors include her husband, Ora Lee Hamm, one son, Earl Lee Hamm of Olive Hill, one brother, William Earl Fisher of Morehead...

Mrs. Wilma Pelfrey Coldiron, 88, of Morehead, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2019 at her home.                                                    She was born on March 9, 1931 in Rowan County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Ernest and...

Robert Lee (“Bob”) Barker, 79, of Morehead passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019 at the Carter Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Grayson. He was born on May 30, 1940 in Haldeman, Kentucky, a son of the late Walter and Cosy Withrow Barker. Mr. Barker was a retired bricklayer and a United States Army veteran. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and going to UK ballgames, when he was younger. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Troy Earl Barker and two...

After a well lived life, Claudia Maria Hicks, known as “Chick” to those who loved her, age 71, of Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Friday morning, August 2, 2019 at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington after a brief illness.  Born February 23, 1948, in Norfork, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Calia Hale and Ben Hicks.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother Ben Hicks, Jr., and sister-in-law Virginia Estep...

Dr. Freda Lou Patterson Kilburn, 80, of Morehead, passed away Thursday morning, August 1, 2019 at Baptist Health – Lexington after a brief illness. She was born on July 17, 1939 in Hazard, Kentucky, a daughter of the late John and Lottie White Patterson. Dr. Kilburn was retired from Morehead State University, where she was a professor of nursing.  She was a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Nursing and received her PHD in nursing from the University of Alabama at...

Mrs. Virginia Louise Rhoden Christian, 89, of Jacksboro, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, July 20, 2019 at her home after battling a long illness. Mrs. Christian was born on March 30, 1930 in Springfield, Ohio.  She married Ralph Wilburn Christian on July 24, 1953; together they raised four children. She retired to LaFollette in the 70’s, where she enjoyed many years of Faithful service to Jehovah, in her field Ministry and attendance at her local Kingdom Hall of Jehovah...