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Somerset Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Somerset, Kentucky area
Larry Joe Fletcher
Oct 12, 2010
Larry Joe Fletcher age 52 died Tuesday at Lake Cumberland Hospital from cancer. He was the son of Nettie and Mitchell Fletcher who preceded him in death. “Joe” was raised in Rockcastle County by his sister Lou. He grew up in the Sand Springs Community. A trucker driver by trade he went by the handle ‘Moonshiner’ and will be missed...
Mr. Gilbert Edwin "Gib" Girdler
Oct 10, 2010
Mr. Gilbert Edwin “Gib” Girdler, of Somerset, KY passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital having attained the age of 83 years. He was born at Eubank, KY on September 26, 1927, son of the late Belle McDonald Girdler and Clarence Girdler. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Somerset, KY,...
Mr. James Alpheus Ping
Oct 9, 2010
Mr. James Alpheus Ping, age 83 of Red Bluff died on October 9, 2010. James was retired from the City of Mountain View, California, and moved to Red Bluff, California in 1990. He was born on February 17, 1927 in the Colo Community of Pulaski County, Kentucky. He was the sole surviving son of the late Thomas and Eilizabeth Phelps...
Pauline Godby
Oct 1, 2010
Pauline Elizabeth Godby, daughter of the late Cleo and Lilly Harris Davis, was born at Burnside, KY on September 25, 1919 and she departed this life on Friday, October 1, 2010 having attained the age of 91 years. She was united in marriage to Mr. Billy Godby, he preceded her in death. Survivors include; three grandchildren, Sharon (and Grant) Turner...
Harold Tanner
Sep 29, 2010
Harold Eugene Tanner, age 87, went to be with our Father in Heaven on Wednesday, September 29, 2010. He was born on June 28, 1923 to the late Parker Reid Tanner and Mamie Childers of Somerset, KY. At the age of 19, Mr. Tanner joined the Army and served with Company D14th Tank and 634th TD Battalions during World War...
Retha Mounce
Sep 29, 2010
Retha Mounce the daughter of the late Della Judge was born at Mt. Victory, Kentucky on April 13, 1922 and departed this life at Sunrise Manor and Rehabilitation in Somerset, Kentucky on September 29,2010 having attained the age of 88 years. She was united in marriage to Mr. Kenneth Mounce who preceded her in death on October 11, 1976. Retha...
Jan Crase
Sep 28, 2010
Mrs. Jan Crase, 72, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2010 in Lexington, Kentucky. She was born in Summer Shade, Kentucky on July 11, 1938, daughter of the late Seymore and Ruby Smith Hunley. She was a member of Somerset First Presbyterian Church. She attended Berea College and graduated from University of Louisville with a degree in Home...
Jean Bell Huff
Sep 25, 2010
Mrs. Jean Bell Huff, of Burnside, Kentucky, daughter of the late Henry and Emma (Griffin) King, was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky on January 17, 1924 and departed this life on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at Ephraim McDowell Medical Center having attained the age of 86. Other than her parents Jean was preceded in death by her first husband; Mr....
Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Strand
Sep 24, 2010
Anne Elizabeth Strand, 76, resident of Vero Beach, Florida died peacefully in her sleep September 24, 2010, at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky after a brief illness. She was the cherished wife of the late Karl H. Strand, mother of Karen and Karl Strand (Ellen), and grandmother of Hailey Strand-Meeker, and Karl and Finn Strand. She was born in...
Pearl Elizabeth Yahnig
Sep 15, 2010
Pearl Elizabeth Jones Yahnig, age 82 of Somerset, Kentucky passed away, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. She was born in Somerset, Kentucky on November 1, 1927, the daughter of James Denton Jones and Effie Casada Jones Barnett. Pearl was a homemaker and a member of the Somerset First Church of God where she served as...
Omer Lee Todd
Sep 10, 2010
Omer Lee Todd Omer passed away Friday, September 10, 2010, at his residence. Omer Lee Todd, born on October 30 , 1917, to parents Thomas Woodrow and Grace B. Rogers Todd, of the Shepola Community. He was the oldest of 10 children. He served as a Medic in the U.S Army, from 1942 until 1946. He was a contractor, having...
Mr. L. Glen Neikirk
Aug 31, 2010
Mr. L. Glen Neikirk, 91, of Somerset, KY, passed away on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital following a short illness. Glen is survived by his 3 sons, Fred Neikirk of Somerset, Lloyd (Brenda) Neikirk of Nicholasville, KY., Bill (Linda) Neikirk of Somerset; 9 grandchildren, Carrie (Todd) Barshaw of Saginaw, MI, Lee Neikirk of Somerset, Rachel...
Ethel Reed
Aug 28, 2010
Mrs. Ethel Holland Reed, of Somerset, Kentucky, daughter of the late Estill and Lillie McIntosh Holland was born in Breathitt County, Kentucky on September 19, 1938 and departed this life on Saturday, August 28, 2010 at her residence in the presence of her family having attained the age of 71. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by one...
Mr. William E. Copenhaver
Aug 24, 2010
Mr. William Copenhaver, the son of Beulah Anderson Copenhaver Foster, and the late William E. Copenhaver, was born in Somerset, KY on October 15, 1964 and he departed this life on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 having attained the age of 45 years. He was united in marriage to Mrs. Melinda Muse Copenhaver, she survives. Other that his wife and mother,...
Alexine Muse Barrum
Aug 20, 2010
Alexine Muse Barrum, known affectionately by many as “Aunt Al” went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 20, 2010, having attained the age of 87 years. Alexine was the daughter of the late Luther and Mollie Floyd Muse. She was born in the Trimble community of Pulaski County, KY on June 4, 1923. Alexine was an educator, teaching...
Ruth Ping Tulley
Aug 20, 2010
Ms. Ruth E. Tully, 81, a resident of Highlands Heights, Kentucky passed away on Friday, August 20, 2010 at the Baptist Convelescent Center in Newport, KY following a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born in Mt. Victory, KY on March 08, 1929 the daughter of the late Alonzo Bessie Farmer Ping. Ruth loved spending tme with her family and...
Margaret Coffman-Beauchamp
Aug 19, 2010
Margaret Claunch Coffman-Beauchamp, 79, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, August 19, 2010 at her residence. She was born in the Waitsboro community on the Cumberland River of Pulaski County on March 15, 1931, daughter of the late John Harley and Ruth Rhoton Claunch. Margaret was a cheerleader at Somerset High School, graduating in 1948 and a member of the...
Mrs. Ella Marcum
Aug 19, 2010
Ella Marcum (nee Neal), 89 of Somerset, KY. passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, August 20, 2010 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. Mrs. Marcum was born September 6, 1920 at Cliff Springs, Putnam County, Tenn. Mrs. Marcum is survived by a son Alvin JoeBill (Shirley) Marcum of Somerset. Daughter-in-law Ann Marcum of Cincinnati, Oh. 5 grandchildren; Joe(Trish) Marcum....
Irene Whitaker
Aug 18, 2010
Mrs. Irene Whitaker, daughter of the late James Alton and Laura Ping Slavey, was born in the Ruth Community of Pulaski County, KY on November 30, 1933 and she departed this life on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 having attained the age of 76 years. She was united in marriage to Mr. Hershal Roscoe Whitaker on June 29, 1951 in Georgia,...
Edna Marie Bolton
Aug 14, 2010
Edna Marie Bolton, daughter of Levi Thomas and Rebecca Williamson Haynes was born on December 5, 1922 and she departed this life on Saturday, August 14, 2010 in Norwood, Ohio having attained the age of 87 years. She was united in marriage to Benjamin Bolton, he preceded her in death. Survivors include; her loving sisters, Evva Haynes, Anna Lee Wright,...
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