Obituaries

Lillian Kay Fryer, 68, of Catlettsburg, Ky passed away Saturday, March 7, 2026 at UK King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. She was born January 3, 1958 in Kenova, WV a daughter of the late Robert and Violet Brock. She is the wife of George Edward Fryer, Sr.
Services for Kay will be conducted Thursday, March...

Barbara Rae Jackson, 78, of Ironton, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.VA. The Ironton native was born on August 9, 1947, to her late parents, Floyd Amos and Elizabeth "Peg" (Wolfe) Lewis.
Barbara was a 1965 graduate of Ironton High School. After school, she...

Phyllis Boggs, of Ashland, Kentucky passed away peacefully Monday morning, March 2, 2026 in Boyd Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Phyllis was born in Ashland to the late Howard and Ruth Thomas Reliford.
Phyllis was a member of the Holy Family Catholic Church and retired from 1st Huntington National Bank. She was...

CHARLES LEE SPEARS, 69, of Huntington, W.Va., went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 26, 2026, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House. He was born February 9, 1957, in Columbus, Ohio, a son of the late Clarence and Martha Spears.
Also preceding him in death were nephew, John Vanhorn Jr.; niece Christina...

John David Meyers, age 89, passed away peacefully on February 21, 2026, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky.

Born December 17, 1936, in Ashland, Kentucky, John was the son of the late John Henry Meyers and Altha Clinton Meyers. In addition to his parents, John was preceded in death...

John Paul Stephens Sr. 84, passed away peacefully on Friday February 20, 2026 surrounded by his loving family at his residence. Born on February 10, 1942, in Lucasville, Ohio, John was the cherished son of the late Clyde and Clara Stephens. His life was a testament to the values of education, community service, and...

Mary Ann Wells, 65, of Ashland, Kentucky passed away Friday, February 13, 2026, at UK King's Daughters in Ashland.
She was born on August 21, 1960, in Ashland to the late Eugene Cornett and Doris Pruit Cornett. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, John Cornett, two sisters, Doris...

Marianna was born on the second day of the year 1939 in Ashland, KY to Leo and Opal Fox. When she was still young the family moved to Norfolk, VA for work in the wartime shipyards
A blind date in the late fifties with a young NASA scientist led to a sixty-one year marriage to Howard Price. They raised four sons:...

Sheila Karen Rowe, known affectionately as Karen, passed away on February 9, 2026, at the Peabody Healthcare Center in North Manchester, Indiana. Born on March 16, 1948, in Ashland, Kentucky, to Russell E. "Red" and Maxine (Kelley) Estep, she was the daughter of loving parents and grew up in a community that...

Garnet Brown Plummer, 93, of Grayson, KY, went to be with her Lord on Friday, February 6, 2026, at her daughter's residence. She was born October 19, 1932, in Grayson, a daughter of the late Lewis and Etta Smith Brown.
Garnet retired from the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service after 39 years of...

Troy Connett, 50, of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina passed away unexpectedly on February 4, 2026 at his residence. Troy was born in Columbus, Ohio and a true Buckeye!
Troy graduated from Gahanna Lincoln High School in Gahanna, Ohio then completed his Political Science degree from The Ohio State University. He began...