OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for the Harlan, Kentucky area.

Cecil Leon Engle

Cecil Leon Engle

August 7, 2015

Cecil Leon Winfred Engle passed away August 7, 2015 at his residence. He was born October 14, 1943 to Joe and Minnie Engle. Cecil worked driving his own 18 wheeler tractor trailer 40 years out of Wilder, KY. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving in the Viet Nam War and Germany. He was a member of...

John Anthony Boggs

John Anthony Boggs

August 6, 2015

John Anthony Boggs, age 41, of Harlan, KY passed away August 6, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, KY. He was born November 24, 1973 in Harlan, KY to Marie Boggs and Michael Ray Boggs of Bledsoe, KY. He was a retired surface miner and believed in the Baptist faith. He was a veteran of the United States Army,...

Mary E. Schneiderwind

Mary E. Schneiderwind

August 6, 2015

Mary Schneiderwind, age 91, of Oak Ridge, TN, formerly of Harlan County, passed away Thursday, August 6, 2015. She was born February 14, 1924 in Harlan County to the late Ben L. and Nellie Neff Gilbert. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by husband, John Schneiderwind, son, Claude Schneiderwind, 5 brothers and 3 sisters. A brother, several nieces,...

Mary Louise Noe

Mary Louise Noe

July 31, 2015

Mary Louise Noe, age 76, of Cawood, passed away July 31, 2015 at the Harlan ARH following a long illness. She was born April 10, 1939 in Harrison, IN to the late Hampton Short and Martha Jane Pace Short. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by son, Phillip Noe and sister, Sylvia Short. Survivors include sons, Sherman North,...

Paula Gibson

Paula Gibson

July 30, 2015

Paula Gibson, age 47, of Stanfill, KY passed away July 30, 2015 at her home. She was born March 26, 1968 in Harlan, KY to Herman Smith and the late Helen Couch Smith. Survivors include father, Herman Smith, children Jonathan Gibson, Chris Gibson, and Bethany Aslinger, brothers, Jack Ison, Charles Michael Ison, Herman Anthony Smith, Matthew Scott Smith, and Marvin...

Wanda Sue Gross

Wanda Sue Gross

July 23, 2015

Wanda Sue Gross, age 60, of Baxter, KY passed away July 23, 2015 at her home after a courageous battle with cancer with family and friends by her side. She was born January 25, 1955 in Harlan County to Lydia Bailey Caldwell of Bledsoe, KY and the late James Rufus Caldwell. She had a strong belief in the Pentecostal faith...

Icie Calloway

Icie Calloway

July 15, 2015

Icie Calloway, age 100, of Wallins Creek, KY passed away July 15, 2015 at her home surrounded by family. She was born June 25, 1915 at Smith, KY. She was retired from the Daniel Boone Clinic. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Charlie Calloway, Sr., and her sweet children, Coleida Campbell, Icie Kirby, and Charlie Calloway, Jr....

Sam Hensley

Sam Hensley

July 14, 2015

Sam Hensley, age 87, of Baxter, KY passed away July 14, 2015 at UK Medical Center, Lexington, KY. He was born August 7, 1927 at Smith, KY to the late Burt and Betsey Ann Hamlin Hensley. He was retired from Ford Motor Co. and was a Veteran of the U.S. Army. Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by...

Edward Raymond Harmon

Edward Raymond Harmon

July 8, 2015

Edward Harmon, age 58, of Mary Alice, KY passed away July 8, 2015 following a long illness. He was born December 12, 1956 in Pennsylvania to the late Kenneth Edward, Sr. and Esther Mabel Harmon. He was retired from a marina, working on and detailing boats. Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by brothers, Kenneth Harmon, Jr. and...

Jerry Sizemore

Jerry Sizemore

July 6, 2015

Jerry Sizemore, age 56, of Calvin, KY passed away July 6, 2015 in Corbin, KY following a long illness. He was born October 15, 1958 at Beverly, KY to TJ Sizemore and the late Gladys North Sizemore. He was an AC motor repairman at Black Diamond. Survivors include wife, Nancy Sizemore of Calvin, KY, son, Jerry Dewayne Sizemore and wife,...

Mildred Jane Daniels

Mildred Jane Daniels

July 4, 2015

Mildred Jane Daniels, age 67, of Smith, KY passed away July 4, 2015 at the Harlan ARH. She was born May 2, 1948 in Harlan County to the late Fred and Martha Elizabeth Napier. She was a housewife and believed in the Pentecostal faith. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by three brothers and one sister. She is...

Gilbert Smith

Gilbert Smith

July 2, 2015

Gilbert “G.O.” Smith, age 50, of Wallins Creek, KY passed away July 2, 2015 following a long illness. He was born May 24, 1965 to James Crow Bailey Smith and Betty Bays Collett. Survivors include children, Amanda and A.J. Smith, several siblings, and a host of family, friends, and relatives. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Georgia Vickie Allen

Georgia Vickie Allen

July 1, 2015

Georgia Victoria “Vickie” Allen, age 72, of Harlan passed away July 1, 2015 at the Claiborne Co. Medical Center following a long illness. She was born Feb. 5, 1943 to the late Edward Houston and Sarah Helen Cameron Peace. She was retired from Mountain Comprehensive Care. She volunteered for 15 years with Christ’s Hands. Besides her parents, she is preceded...

Dorothy Evelyn Haywood

Dorothy Evelyn Haywood

June 26, 2015

Dorothy Evelyn Haywood, age 80, of Wallins Creek, KY passed away June 26, 2015 at the Harlan ARH. She was born November 29, 1934 to the late Isiah Honeycutt and Emma Honeycutt Doan. She was a housewife and was a very devoted lifelong member of the Wallins United Methodist Church. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by husband,...

Jessica Renae Napier

Jessica Renae Napier

June 26, 2015

Jessica Napier, age 32, of Lexington, formerly of Evarts passed away June 26, 2015 in Lexington, KY. She was born July 26, 1982 in Harlan, KY to Kimberly Kennedy of Evarts, KY and Chester Napier of Kingsport, TN. She was employed by Xerox of Lexington and had been employed by Cumberland River Comprehensive Care and the Hope Center Community. She...

Joyce Ann Posey

Joyce Ann Posey

June 26, 2015

Joyce Ann Posey, age 67, of Coalgood, KY passed away June 26, 2015 at the Harlan ARH. She was born July 29, 1947 in Hazard, KY to Edna Engle of Viper, KY and the late Joe Engle. She was a housewife and believed in the church of God faith. Besides her father, she is preceded in death by sister, Imogene...

Natasha Lynn Clem

Natasha Lynn Clem

June 23, 2015

Natasha Lynn Clem, age 36, of Coldiron, KY passed away June 23, 2015 at UT Medical Center, Knoxville, TN. She was born May 31, 1979 in Harlan, KY to Paul Douglas “Bogie” and Ginger Byrd Turner of Coldiron, KY. Natasha was an x-ray technician at the Harlan ARH and believed in the Pentecostal faith. She is preceded in death by...

Janet Galloway

Janet Galloway

June 21, 2015

Janet Galloway, 67, of Harlan went home to be with the Lord after a long illness. She was born Feb. 7, 1948 to the late Viola Alcorn of Ohio and Hargus Eve of Irvin. She believed in the Holiness faith. She was known to many as “Momma” or “Granny.” She was very loved. She is preceded in death by her...

Rose Howard Nelms

Rose Howard Nelms

June 20, 2015

Rose Nelms Howard, 95, of Harlan, Ky., was born on June 20, 1920, and died Saturday, June 20, 2015, at her home following a fearless battle with cancer. A woman of faith, she was a loyal member of Teetersville Baptist Church for more than 35 years. Having lost both of her parents by the age of eight, her growing family...

Irene Burkhart

Irene Burkhart

June 19, 2015

Irene Burkhart, age 71, of Coldiron, KY passed away June 19, 2015. She was born February 5, 1944 in Cincinnati, OH to the late Max and Eleanor Bruning. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by brothers Max and Bernard. Survivors include husband, Harmon Burkhart, of Coldiron, KY, Ronald Burkhart, Katrina Dobrovolny and Sandra Burkhart all of Chicago, IL,...

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