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Middlesboro, KY Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Middlesboro & Bell County, KY
Vicky Ramsey
Aug 10, 2020
Vicky Partin Ramsey, age 68, of Tazewell, Tennessee was born on March 14, 1952 and passed away August 10, 2020 at home surrounded by her loved ones.
Mrs. Ramsey was a longtime member of Straight Creek Baptist Church in New Tazewell, Tennessee.
Vicky is preceded in death by her loving husband of 38 years, Lon...
Irene Parker
Aug 10, 2020
Irene Jones Parker, age 73, of Speedwell, TN, passed away Monday, August 10, 2020 at the Lafollette Medical Center, Lafollette, TN.
She was born July 2, 1947 in Middlesboro, KY, the daughter of the late George B. Jones and Reba Noe Jones. She was a member of the Beans Fork Missionary Baptist Church.
In addition to...
William Crawford
Aug 6, 2020
William Luther Crawford, age 78, of Middlesboro, KY, passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at Turkey Creek Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. He was born on May 12, 1942, the son of the late Homer Reed Crawford and Elsie Lou Gray Crawford. He attended Monarch Church of God Mountain Assembly in Middlesboro, KY.
He is preceded...
Lorene Lawson
Aug 4, 2020
Lorene Lawson, age 88 of Middlesboro, KY went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at her home. She was born on September 9, 1931, the daughter of the late Zeb and Icia Rykard.
She was a devoted woman of God, wife, mother, great-grandmother and was a blessing to know. She was of...
Ellen Hooker
Aug 2, 2020
Ellen Hooker, 93, of Middlesboro, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2020 at her home. She was born September 19, 1926 in Flat Lick, KY, the daughter of the late Woodson and Viola Doan Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: Carson Hooker, whom she married on December 8, 1950, she was...
Genia Dunn
Aug 1, 2020
Genia Lee (Fuson) Dunn, Cumberland Gap, TN went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, August 1, 2020. She was born November 25, 1956 the daughter of the late Eugene Douglas Fuson and Ivalee Baker Fuson. She was preceded in death by a special uncle Dorvin Fuson.
Genia was a faithful member of Hensley Chapel...
Wallace "Bud" Elliott, Sr.
Jul 23, 2020
Wallace “Bud” Clinton Elliott, Sr., age 96, of Pineville, KY, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 23, 2020 at Mountain View Nursing & Rehab in Pineville, KY. He was born on September 15, 1923, the son of the late Murph Elliott and Myrtle Garrison Elliott. He was a member of the New Ferndale Pentecostal Church in Pineville, KY.
In...
Elsie Pierce
Jul 22, 2020
Elsie Pierce, age 84, of Speedwell, TN passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2020 peacefully at her home. She was born on May 30, 1936; the daughter of the late Robert Tolliver and Rennie North Tolliver.
She was of the holiness faith and loved singing and working for the Lord.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Deborah Arnett
Jul 20, 2020
Deborah Ann Arnett, age 64, a resident of Middlesboro, Kentucky was born on October 11, 1955 and went to be with the Lord on July 20, 2020.
She is preceded in death by her father, Elmer Arnett, Brother, Bruce Arnett, Grandparents, Ernest Hamilton (Red) Wilson, Mossie Pursiful Wilson, Nathaniel N.T. Arnett and Effie Campbell Arnett and a...
Estia Duncan
Jul 18, 2020
Estia Mae Duncan 75 of Middlesboro passed away July 18, 2020 peacefully at her home surrounded by her two loving daughters
She was born August 27, 1944 in Middlesboro, Ky, the daughter of the late Walter and Mary Sowders.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years...
David Smith
Jul 15, 2020
David Allen Smith "Dave from Bell Concrete", age 48, a resident of Middlesboro, Kentucky passed away on July 15, 2020.
He was born in Garden City, Michigan on April 6, 1972 to the late James Edward Smith and Ruth Kandra Ferrante who survives.
In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his granddaughter Delilah Bieski, uncles Bobby Gene and Cam Allen, aunts Loretta...

Maynard Marcum, Jr.
Jul 14, 2020
Maynard Lee (Manky) Marcum, Jr. age 38, Middlesboro, KY went home to be with his “Heavenly Father” on July 14, 2020. He was born June 2, 1982 in Middlesboro, KY. The son of Maynard L. Marcum, Sr. and Vivian Marcum.
He was proceeded in death by his maternal grandparents: Margaret Ann and Joe Brown, paternal grandparents; Dollie...
Allen Collins
Jul 12, 2020
Allen Collins, age 71, of Middlesboro, KY, passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2020 at his home. He was born on March 4, 1949, the son of the late Sherman and Naomi Cooper Collins.
Allen was a member of Abundant Life Fellowship for many years. He was an avid fisherman, golfer and he loved to travel. Allen...
Rev. Bill Parker
Jul 12, 2020
Rev. Bill Parker, age 70, of Harrogate, TN, passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
He was born on November 24, 1949 in Morristown, TN; the son of the late Joe Parker and Marie Walker Kennedy.
He was a Baptist Minister and had pastored several local churches. ...
Frederick Pettingill, Jr.
Jul 11, 2020
Frederick Childs Pettingill, Jr., age 74, of Miracle, KY, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 11, 2020, at the home he built in Miracle, KY.
He was born on January 15, 1946 in Lewiston, Maine, the son of the late Frederick and Virginia Pettingill. He worked as a Millright for General Motors until...
Rosemary Leach
Jul 10, 2020
Rosemary Leach, age 69 of Middlesboro, KY passed away on Friday, July 10,2020 at the Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital in Harlan, KY. She was born in Pineville, KY on April 15, 1951 to Garrett and Eva (Davis) Shackelford. In addition to her parents she was proceeded in death by her husband of 43 years James Edward Leach, sisters, Sarah...
Idella Williams
Jul 9, 2020
Idella Williams, age 91, of Middlesboro, KY, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at the Tri-State Nursing and Rehab Center in Harrogate, TN.
She was born February 23, 1929 in Kay Jay, KY; the daughter of the late William Lloyd “Bill” Miracle and Bessie Mae Vaughn Miracle.
In addition to her parents, she was...
Joyce Whitehead
Jul 6, 2020
Joyce Lee Whitehead, 69, of Middlesboro, passed away, Monday, July 6, 2020 at the Turkey Creek Medical Center in Knoxville, TN.
She was born March 7, 1951 in Garmeda, KY, the daughter of the late Leonard and Hazel Hill Warwick.
In addition to her parents, she...
Joan Price
Jun 21, 2020
Joan Chadwell Price, age 73, of Speedwell, TN, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2020 at Tennova Healthcare in LaFollette, TN.
She was born on June 1, 1947 in Middlesboro, KY, the daughter of the late Charles Nathan Chadwell and Lydia Cowan Chadwell. She believed in the Baptist faith.
In addition to her parents, she was...
William Lee
Jun 17, 2020
William “Bill” Lee, age 75 of Cumberland Gap, TN, passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at the Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville, TN.
He was born April 27, 1945 in Harlan, KY, the son of the late John and Sarah Ellis Lee. He was a veteran of the United States Army.
In addition to...
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