Alonzo “Buddy” Baber of Pensacola, died on Friday, June 22, 2018.  An Estill County native, Buddy was born in 1921, to the late William “Bill” F. Baber and Cora Wise Baber.  He was a man of honor serving our country in the U.S. Navy during WWII, aboard the USS North Carolina.  He relocated his family […]

Argene F. Benton, age 88, of Cherry Street in Irvine, died on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at the Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital following a short illness.  She was born August 1, 1929 in Estill County and was the daughter of the late Park Wade and Lura Winkle Fowler.  She was a retired employee of the […]

Whitney Elizabeth Berryman, age 29, of Lexington Road in Richmond, died  Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center following a long illness. She was born March 8, 1989 in Montgomery County and was the daughter of Jeff Berryman and the late Jamie Bowling Grubb.  She was a former employee of European […]

On 28 April 2018, Delores “Dee” June Huddleston Ashcraft died peacefully at home surrounded by beloved daughters, in St. Charles, Missouri.  Born 9 February 1932 in Irvine, she was the daughter of Leetha Tuttle Huddleston and Maynard Brance Huddleston. Dee now joins her husband of 66 years and the love of her life, Francis Marion […]

Juelma Jane Marlowe Blackwell, 87, loving wife of Emanuel Blackwell Jr, died Sunday, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. She was a native of Estill County, a daughter of the late Jasper N and Rose Anderson Marlowe. Juelma was a graduate of Saint Joseph School of Nursing and spent her career as an RN. […]

Frances Faye Fox Bingham Frances Faye Fox Bingham, formerly of Estill County died peacefully at home in Celina Texas on May 9, after a long illness.  She was preceded in death by her husband of 44 years, Travis Bingham. She is survived by one daughter, Sherri Burkhead and husband Rick of Celina, Texas; one Granddaughter, […]

Pamela Kay Brandenburg, 61 Pamela Kay Brandenburg, 61, of Worrells Road in Irvine, died Monday, May 7 in Richmond. She was born October 16, 1956, in Urbana, Ohio, a daughter of the late Almassa and Florence Gray Covey. She retired from the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government where she was an insurance coordinator. She had lived […]

Dorothy Lee Hall, 86 Dorothy Lee Hall, 86, of Winchester Road in Irvine Died Saturday, January 13, at the Compassionate Care Center following a long illness. She was born July 17, 1931, the daughter of the late Julia Gains Barber. She retired from the University of Kentucky. Her passions were reading biographies and ballroom dancing. […]

Sammie Lawson King, 74 Sammie Lawson King, 74, of Barnes Mountain Road, in Irvine, died Wednesday, April 25, at the St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, following a long illness. He was born October 13, 1943, in Estill County, a son of the late Willie and Emily Jane Reece King. He was the owner of Sammie’s […]

Christopher Stanley Estes, 41 Christopher Stanley Estes, 41, died February 6, at his home. He was born December 13, 1975, the son of the late John and Ida Estes. He was native of Winchester, Kentucky but lived the past 12 years in Irvine, Kentucky. He is survived by his wife, Flora Estes; a son, Christopher […]