Grace Kathryn Lamphere, infant daughter of Eric and Jennifer Hibbs Lamphere of Paducah, died Oct. 4 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Besides her parents, she is survived by her grandparents, Mike and Kathy Felts Hibbs and James Lamphere, all of Paducah; great-grandparents, Elizabeth Hibbs and Ray Hibbs of Paducah; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. Services...
Leonard "Buddy" Powers, 74, of Freemont died at 4:44 a.m. Sunday at Lourdes hospital. He was retired from SKW Alloys, where he worked in shipping, in Calvert City after 35 years. He was a member of Southland Baptist Temple and the United Auto Workers. Mr. Powers is survived by his wife of 56 years, Patricia Ann Moore Powers; four sons,...
Francine Stearns, 85, of Paducah died at 4:45 a.m. Saturday at Oakview Manor in Calvert City. Mrs. Stearns was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are one daughter, Shirley Sloan of Paducah; two sons, Dixie Stearns of Paducah and John W. Stearns Jr. of Austin, Texas; one sister, Lenna Judson Lloyd of Greenwood, Miss.; nine grandchildren; and six...
David Wayne Baker, 52, of Paducah, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2009, at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Zion, Ill. He was a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church, an entrepreneur and business owner. He also was an Alumni of the Kappa Alpha Order and a graduate of Transylvania University. He was a member of the Knights of...
Mary Ellen Vaughan Pfost, 85, of Hendron died at 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at Lourdes hospital. Mrs. Pfost was a member of Bellview Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School. She retired from Martin Marietta as an Executive Secretary. Mrs. Pfost was born July 28, 1924, in Centralia, Ill. She was a graduate of Paducah Community College and...
Pola E. Koster, 81, of Paducah died at 8:16 p.m. Thursday at Lourdes hospital. Mrs. Koster was a member of Lone Oak First Baptist Church. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Wayne Koster; three sons, Stephen Koster of Savannah, Tenn., Robert Koster of Austin, Texas, and Larry Koster of Quincy, Ill.; and eight...
Funeral services for Betty Fay Long, 72, of Paducah will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Milner and Orr Funeral Home of Paducah. Revs. Harold Council, Charles Sexton, Clark Sexton and Bernis Travis will officiate. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Betty passed away Wednesday at Western Baptist Hospital. She was born May 1, 1937, to the late...
Services for Johnny Edward Thomasson, 63, of Paducah will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Milner and Orr Funeral Home of Paducah with the Rev. Nathanael Cruse officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Mr. Thomasson died at 1:18 a.m. Tuesday at Norton's Hospital in Louisville. He had worked for Thomasson Shoe Repair as a repairman. He is survived...
Velda Fitch Mitchell, 92, of Paducah, passed away at 3:35 p.m. Saturday, July 25, 2009, at Parkview Nursing Home. She was a retired Secretary and member of East Baptist Church. Velda taught Sunday School Class and the Girl's Auxiliary at East Baptist Church. She was a member of the Women's missionary Union, sang in the church choir and other church...
KUTTAWA, Ky. - Violet Purcell, 84, of Kuttawa, formerly of Paducah, passed away at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday at Christian Care Center in Kuttawa. Mrs. Purcell was a native of Paducah. She was a member of the Eastside Holiness Church and was the owner and operator of Purcell's Boarding Kennel. She is survived by her daughter, Loma Jean McKinney of Freemont;...