Eastern High Kentucky Alumni Obituaries

Robert Scott Kirzinger 75 passed away at his home on December 10 2025. Bob was born and raised in Louisville attended Seneca High School and graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a degree in Horticulture. His love for the outdoors and nature created a lifelong career and ownership of a fam...

It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Verlon Wayne Prewitt of Irvine on December 25 2025 at the age of 90. He was born on October 17 1935 in Estill County. He will be lovingly remembered by his son Christopher Wayne Prewitt spouse Tammy Scrivner Prewitt brother Richard L...

Sherri Ellen Phillips Edelen age 57 of Louisville KY formerly of Springfield passed away at 700 p.m. Tuesday December 30 2025 at her home. She was born in Lebanon KY on September 18 1968 to the late Donald William and Florene Coulter Phillips. She was a member of the St. Bartholomew Catholic Church ...

Cathleen Cullinane Martin of Maineville Ohio passed away peacefully on the morning of January 11 2026 at the age of 69. She was born in St. Louis Missouri to her late parents John Rayburn and Mary Claire McKeon Cullinane. Devoted wife of 33 years to her husband Allen W. Martin loving mother to Chris...

Christopher Allen Barte age 36 of Plain City passed away in a tragic accident on February 1st 2026 leaving behind a life defined by energy laughter and deep love for his family. Born October 27 1989 Chris grew up in Grandview Heights and graduated from Grandview Heights High School where he was know...

Robert Bob L. Mulcahy 94 of Henderson Kentucky passed away on Thursday February 12 2026 at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville Indiana following a brief illness. Born in Lexington Kentucky on July 29 1931 he was the son of the late Virgil and Lula Mulcahy. Bob enjoyed a distinguished and widera...

Aaron David Crawford, Age 57, of Valrico, Florida (formerly of Vanceburg, KY) passed away on January 1, 2026 in Georgia, on the trip home from tamily vacation, after the most courageous and hard-fought nearly 3 year long battle with pancreatic cancer.Aaron David Crawford was born November 10, 1968 i...

58 of Buckhorn Kentucky passed away Wednesday February 11 2026 at his residence. Born on December 29 1967 in Campbell County Kentucky Johnny spent his life rooted in the hills of Eastern Kentucky where he built a legacy of hard work and deep devotion to family. A graduate of Breathitt High School wi...

Carol Allison Perry, age 90, entered her eternal rest on February 4, 2026, at the Telford Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation facility in the Saint Andrews Retirement Community in Richmond, Kentucky. She was predeceased by her husband E. N. Perry, Jr., her parents Robert Brown Jackson and Esther Hamm...

William Bill Clifford Jameson 79 of Turtlecreek Township passed away on January 27 2026 at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati Ohio. William was born September 7 1946 to Joseph Dwight and Frances Jane Jameson in Middletown Ohio. Bill was a lifelong resident of Turtlecreek Township living on the family far...

of Minford passed away Wednesday January 21 2026 at SOMC Hospice. Born February 4 1934 in Access Kentucky a son of the late William T. and Beadie Walker Sammons he was a 1952 graduate of Raceland High School in Raceland Kentucky. Claude was a lifetime member of Fairview Missionary Baptist Church whe...

Shirley Faye Adams Terry formerly of West Liberty Kentucky died February 5 2026 in Lexington at the UK Good Samaritan Hospice Care Unit after a very brief battle with leukemia. Born at Malone Kentucky on January 24 1942 she was the youngest of two daughters born to Hannah Ann Hamilton and Orville Bo...

Bobby Gene Willis age 81 a faithful servant has died after his hard fought battle with Alzheimers on February 2nd 2026. Bobby was born at home in the community of Pea Ridge to Joe Murrel and Virginia Hardy Willis on a cold and snowy December 27 1944. He grew up enjoying the simple country life surr...

Audra Nevelyn Thompson Young, 81, of Winchester, Kentucky.It is with deep sorrow that the family of Audra Young announces her passing on Sunday morning, February 1, 2026, at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington after a brief illness.Audra was born in Pike County, Kentucky, on January 28,...

Joyce June Singleton Wall of Waynesburg Ky. entered heavenly rest on January 28 2026 surrounded by family. Her 96 years of life are marked by her selfless service to others including living and working on farms teaching elementary school being part of a church community participating in the Eastern...

Kimberly Dawn Liggett age 62 passed away peacefully on December 11 2025 at home after a 13year battle with cancer leaving behind a legacy of love laughter and light. Kim graduated from Marion County High School and went on to receive her bachelors degree at Eastern Kentucky University. She chose to ...

Charles Edwin Coleman, 73, of Pikeville, Kentucky passed away on Monday, October 20, 2025. Born in Pikeville on July 11, 1952, he was the middle son of Ruth and David Coleman.Charles graduated from Pikeville High School, where he received awards for science, language and math. He received both a ...

Dolores Faye Morris was born October 3 1936 to the late Gilmer and Marie Young Morris at Cooper Kentucky. She departed this walk of life Wednesday January 28 2026 reaching the age of 89 years. Her grandparents were Floyd and Mae Edwards Young and Albert and Arrisa Dishman Morris. She had one sister ...

Colonel Ret. Donald Clay Hardy age 98 of Main Street in Irvine Kentucky passed away at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond Ky on Tuesday January 6th 2026 after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born in Estill County Kentucky on September 6 1927 and was the son of the late Elmer P...

Margaret was the youngest of twin daughters born on February 9 1936 in Wise County Virginia to the late Numa Edison Ridge and Amanda Myers Ridge. She was a graduate of Tennessee High School in Bristol and earned her bachelors degree from Vanderbilt University. She continued her education ultimately ...

Douglas Richard Wheeler, age 76, of Bedford, Kentucky, passed away on Monday, December 15, 2025 at his residence. Born June 19, 1949 in Lagrange, Kentucky, he was the son of Roy and Katherine (Moore) Wheeler.Mr. Wheeler was a 1967 graduate of Trimble County High School in Bedford and earned a bache...

81 passed away August 27 2025. John was the son of Alfred Crawford and Elsie Baker Crawford born to them on April 23 1944 in Jarvis Knox County Kentucky. John was a kind man dedicated to his family faith and country. John attended Knox Central High School before deciding to enlist in the United Stat...

Ruth Mazzoni age 94 of Des Plaines Illinois passed away December 7th 2025. Ruth Watson was born on May 27th 1931 at her family home in Caney Kentucky. She was the 8th of 9 children born to Mae Goodman and Joseph Minor Watson. The children in order are Mildred Burnel Cecil Richard Grover Mitchel Ever...

John Foster DeSpain“The trick to life is to make it look easy.” That was a favorite saying of John DeSpain. His quick wit and ready smile made him friends wherever life took him. Although life has its challenges for each of us, John lived his life making it look easy.John passed away December 6, 202...

11-22-25-correctedBarbara Ann Parsons Walters, 84, of Berea died Sunday, October 26, 2025, at Saint Joseph Hospital Main in Lexington. She was a Madison County native born December 8, 1940, daughter of the late Howard Parsons and Philadelphia Robinson Walters.She was a 1958 graduate of Madison Centr...

Donna Hope (Murley) Karr, lovingly known for her kindness, faith, and devotion to family, was born on March 8, 1952, in Cumberland County to Bill and Arilla Murley. She passed away surrounded by the love of a life well lived. Donna was the beloved wife of Jerry Karr, her husband of more than ...

June NordgulenRichmond, KentuckyJune Nordgulen, 89, passed away peacefully in the early hours of January 6. June was born in National, Washington on June 30, 1936, the daughter of Leon H. Boyce and Eva M. Stewart Boyce. She was preceded in death by sisters, Ann, Leone, and Edna; and she is survived ...

UPDATED SERVICE TIMESArchibald “Archie” Haley Hawkins III, 78, of Charlottesville, passed away on Friday, January 23, 2026. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ruby Garnett Bartlett Hawkins and Archibald Haley Hawkins, Jr., and by his son, Charles Christian “Chris” Hawkins.He is survived by his...

Robert Caywood Metcalf Robert Caywood Metcalf longtime Garrard County Attorney and private practitioner died at his home in Lancaster on Saturday evening January 10 2026. He was 92 years of age and had actively practiced law for 65 years. Caywood Metcalf was the last of a postWorld War II generation...