Frances Ray

Feb 11, 2011

Services for Frances Ray, 76, of Paducah will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Hughes Funeral Home of Paducah with the Rev. Homer Fletcher officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Ray died at 1:50 a.m. Friday at Western Baptist Hospital. She was a self-employed housekeeper and attended Victory Baptist Church of Paducah. Survivors include her husband of...

Mary Sovern

Feb 4, 2011

Mary Cinderella "Cindy" Sovern, 88, of Aledo, Ill., formerly of Paducah, went home to be with her Lord Friday, February 4, 2011. Born June 28, 1922, to Stephen Perriman and Effie Ann (Perkins) Wilkins, she was the last of her siblings. Mrs. Sovern was a member of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Paducah. She is survived by her son, Charles...

Margie Melcher

Feb 4, 2011

SYMSONIA - Margie E. Melcher, 78, of Symsonia passed away at 10:35 a.m. Friday, February 4, 2011, at Western Baptist Hospital. She was born in Metropolis, Illinois, on April 7, 1932, one of nine children of the late Hubert J. and Lillian Mae Croft Anderson. She married Edward Melcher on January 12, 1950, who preceded her in death. She was...

Evelyn Wilson

Feb 1, 2011

Evelyn Wilson, age 81, of Paducah passed away Monday, January 31, 2011, at 7:55 p.m. at the Southgate Health Care Center in Metropolis, Ill. Mrs. Wilson was a native of McCracken County, Ky. She attended Farley Elementary School and graduated from Reidland High School as an honor student. She also was a graduate of Draughon's Business College and worked as...

Leona Barnett

Jan 31, 2011

Mrs. Leona Estelle Barnett, 94, of Paducah passed away Monday, January 31, 2011, at 4:07 a.m. at Western Baptist Hospital. Leona was an active member of Broadway Church of Christ for over 70 years. She taught Sunday School for more than 35 years and was active in visitation and mission work. She was a member of McCracken County Homemakers Cardinal...

Betty Pierce

Jan 29, 2011

Betty Jean Pierce, 85, of Paducah passed away at 8:25 a.m. Saturday, January 29, 2011, at the home of her son. She was a member of Houser Grove Church of Christ, a homemaker and a 1942 graduate of Heath High School. Mrs. Pierce is survived by two sons, Mark D. Pierce and wife Tammie of Paducah and Timothy K. Pierce...

Frances Bondurant

Jan 24, 2011

Frances Olene Bondurant, 79, of Paducah passed away Monday at Western Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Bondurant was a loving mother, grandmother and devoted wife of 61 years. Surviving are her husband, Donald Jene Bondurant of Paducah; her son, Daniel (Marinena) Bondurant of Paducah; daughters, Janice (Ron) Morehead of Paducah and Shela (William) Koehler of Bloomington, Ill.; and one sister, Maxie Peal...

Milton Dunn

Jan 23, 2011

Milton "Pappy" Dunn, 91, of Paducah passed away Sunday at his home. Mr. Milton was a retired carpenter and a member of the Carpenters Union Local 357. Surviving are his son, Steven (Sherry) Dunn of Litchfield, Ill.; daughters, Sheila (Dave) Bates of Simpson, Ill., and Sherry Jackson of Hopkinsville; three sisters, Violet Morgan, Gladys Dodson and Mary Lillian Simmons, all...

Chester Hooper

Jan 19, 2011

MURRAY - Chester G. Hooper, 95, of Murray died at 2:55 p.m. Wednesday at Mills Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center in Mayfield. Mr. Hooper retired from Four Lane Auto Parts. He was a member of Church of Christ and served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He is survived by one niece, Shelia Berden of Nashville, Tenn.;...

Neilon Moore

Jan 19, 2011

BENTON - Neilon H. Moore, 86, of Benton, Ky., died Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at 10:55 p.m. at Lourdes hospital. He was born on March 10, 1924, in Arlington, Ky., to the late Lester F. and Bertha Brown Moore. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Neilon was the first contractor to be granted security clearance...