Betty Watkins

was born July 1 1942 in Chanute Kansas to the parents of Tobe H. Murrell and Lorine Massey Ross. She was the youngest of five children born to this union. Dorles confessed Christ and was baptized at a young age. During the early 1990s she became a member of Palestine Missionary Baptist Church of Jes...

Owen Estel "Jay" Adams Jr. 86 St. Joseph MO. passed away surrounded by family on November 25 2025 in St. Joseph MO. Jay was born on May 10 1939 in Kansas City MO. to Owen and Ocie Dickinson Adams. He graduated from the Penney High School in Hamilton MO. in 1957. Jay worked as a printer for the Journ...

RACHEL MARIE BAKER daughter of Norman Ford and Mary L. Ford was born on January 25 1937 in Prospect Virginia. She was called home on November 22 2025. She completed her early education in the Prince Edward County School System where she developed a strong foundation rooted in discipline hard work an...

Joan Rebecca Evans McCray was born in Lancaster County South Carolina May 20 1936 to her loving parents James and Nannie Mae Horton Evans. She entered eternal rest on Monday December 26 2022 at MUSC Columbia. She attended Lancaster County Schools and graduated from Barr Street High School. She f...

Charita Manette Upkins passed away on Thursday December 11 2025. She was born on May 16 1966 the daughter of Betty Ann Carson. She is survived by her husband of nearly 30 years Louis Upkins and her two children Caleb Upkins and Zoe Upkins. Born and raised in Memphis Charita graduated from Central Hi...

On December 30 2025 our beloved wife mom motherinlaw and grandmother passed from this world to eternal life with her Heavenly Father. In 1936 Alice was the 11th and final child to be born to Ernest and Vida Watkins Whitaker. She was predeceased by her parents and 10 siblings brothers Wilbur Estel Ro...

James L. Ellis Sr. age 85 widow of Mary Frances Lyons Ellis of Lexington died Tuesday January 13 2026 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington KY. Born March 26 1940 in Casey County KY to the late Raymond Carlisle and Mary Luster Ellis. He was a member of Durbin Memorial Baptist Church and retired from P...

Clara Jo Pelfrey of Campton Kentucky departed this life Sunday December 28 2025 at the age of 79 years. She was a daughter of the late Oscar Jenkins and Goldie Watkins Jenkins born in Vicco Perry County Kentucky on February 11 1946. She was a homemaker and was also a loving mother grandmother and gr...