Obituaries

Anna Marie Gipson, age 80, of Webber Lane, Flatwoods, Kentucky passed away Thursday, January 8, 2026, at her home.
Born April 10, 1945, in Ironton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Elmer Burley Napier and Ava Louise Hatfield Napier. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving and...

Charles Allen Brown, 64, of Ashland, Kentucky passed away Thursday, January 8, 2026, at UK King's Daughters in Ashland comforted by his family.
Allen was born December 1, 1961, at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital to the late Charles Gary Brown and Judith Phyllis Thompson-Brown.
Allen continued in the foot steps of...

A Celebration of Life to honor Betty Sue "Betsy" Arnett will be held on Saturday, January 17, 2026, at 2:00pm at the Catlettsburg Youth Center. Betsy, 89, was born on July 25, 1936, and entered her Heavenly home on December 31, 2025. She was a lifelong resident of Catlettsburg.
She was a devoted Christian,...

Thomas "Tom" Ray Timberlake, 75, of Russell, Kentucky passed away Friday, January 2, 2025, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center Hospice Center in Portsmouth Ohio.
Tom was born July 19, 1950, in South Shore, Kentucky to the late Clarence & Ruby (Cremeans) Timberlake. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...

Deborah Ann Dickess, 71, of Ironton, Ohio passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family on Friday, January 2, 2026. She was born June 18, 1954 in Albany, GA to her late father; Donald Gene Kincaid and her mother; Joanne Cannon Kincaid of Ironton. In addition to her mother, she is survived by...

Kathryn "Kathy" McGuire Nunley 80, of Catlettsburg, Kentucky was "Promoted to Glory" while surrounded by her family on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, at King's Daughters Medical Center.
She was born on September 24, 1945, to the late Milton and Dixie Compton McGuire. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Carol L. Gool, 85 of Coal Grove, Ohio passed away Thursday January 1, 2026, at Kingsbrook Lifecare Center.
She was born on March 9, 1940, in Ashland, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Marvin and Faye Holbrook Ball.
Carol graduated from Coal Grove High School in 1958; she retired from Commonwealth Life Insurance...

Russell Norman Bryan
1941-2025
Russell Norman Bryan, aged 84, of Catlettsburg, KY, passed away on December 25, 2025.
Born on February 21, 1941, in Kenova, West Virginia, Russell was the son of the late Mary Alice Sperry Bryan and John Thomas Bryan. He graduated from Boyd County High School in 1958 and went on to...

Margaret Webb Tackett, 80, of Westwood, passed away peacefully Monday morning at Kingsbrook Lifecare Center following a brief illness.
Margaret was born February 24, 1945, in Boyd County, Kentucky, to the late George William "Bill" Tackett and Elizabeth Josephine "Betty Jo" Showalter Tackett.
She dedicated 27 years...

Patricia Jane Tolle Hacker left this world on Sunday, December 21, 2025. She was born on September 6, 1932, in Ashland, Kentucky, to the late John Lewis Tolle and Margaret Ellen Finnan Tolle.
She was a graduate of Holy Family High School, Ashland. In 1952, she married Edward Charles Hacker, and together they had...

Alice Gail Lewallen 1946-2025. "Those we love never truly leave us; they live on in the love they gave."
Alice Gail Lewallen, age 79 of Ashland,KY, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on December 18, 2025.
Alice was born in the fall of 1946, on October 15. She was the blessing of the late William B. and...

Mary Virginia Hunter Smith, 98, of Ashland, Kentucky passed away peacefully Monday, December 15, 2025, at Kingsbrook Lifecare Center. She was born Thursday, November 3, 1927 in Ashland, Kentucky to the late Dr. Charles Randolf Hunter and Eliza Gray Hunter.
Mary was a Kentucky Colonel, a member a D.A.R. and Kentucky...