Mary Pfost

Aug 4, 2009

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 Koster

Jul 30, 2009

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...

Betty Long

Jul 29, 2009

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...

Johnny Thomasson

Jul 28, 2009

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 Mitchell

Jul 25, 2009

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...

William Hampton

Jul 22, 2009

William "Billy" Hampton, 65, of Paducah died at 6:35 a.m. Wednesday at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Paducah. Mr. Hampton was a native of Paducah, a member of Waldo Baptist Church and a railroad retiree. Surviving are two daughters, Marsha Morehead of Brookport, Ill., and Kathy Wetherington of Paris, Tenn.; four sisters, Deloris Sevenski, Loretta Slankard and Lorain Justice,...

Violet Purcell

Jul 22, 2009

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;...

Deborah Anderson

Jul 20, 2009

Debby J. Anderson, 51, of Paducah died at 12:27 p.m. Monday, July, 20, 2009, at Lourdes hospital. She was a recent graduate of Daymar College, where she was Valedictorian and graduated with a 4.0 grade point average. She had been employed by Domino's Pizza as a driver. Debby was a devoted caregiver to her ailing brother Robert Whitlow. She is...

Lenora Cooke

Jul 19, 2009

Lenora S. Cooke, 85, of Paducah passed away Sunday, July 19, 2009, at 3:25 a.m. at Lourdes hospital in Paducah. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Curtis Harrell officiating. Lenora was a homemaker and a member of East Baptist Church for over 20 years. She is survived...

David Fuller

Jul 19, 2009

David R. Fuller, age 62, of Paducah passed away at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Lourdes hospital. Mr. Fuller was the Labor Relations Manager at UDS. He was retired from USEC after 33 years, where he served as Union President for 10 years. He had been a member of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union - Local 5-550 and a...