Obituaries

May 22, 2018

Mr. Jerry Wayne Thorn, age 74 of Benton, KY died on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at Lake Way Nursing & Rehabilitation in Benton, KY. Born Tuesday, March 21, 1944 in Marshall County, KY, he was the son of the late Carlie Thorn and the late Grace Mildred (Lee) Thorn. Surviving are sons, Michael Wayne Thorn of Calvert City, KY and...

May 21, 2018

Mrs. Pat (Patricia) Swift, age 74, of Murray, Kentucky died Monday, May 21, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Swift was born in Calloway County, Kentucky on September 2, 1943 to the late Hubert Louis Hooper and Rhupayne Key Hooper Adams. Mrs. Swift retired after 33 years from the Murray Calloway County Hospital as a charge clerk. She was a member...

May 7, 2018

Mrs. Margaret Jane (Kendall) Sills, age 89, of Murray, Kentucky died on Monday, May 07, 2018 at the Murray-Calloway County Hospital. Mrs. Sills was born in Graves County, Kentucky on November 9, 1928 to the late Hester Thomas Kendall and Ola (Miller) Kendall. Mrs. Sills retired from the housekeeping department at the Murray-Calloway County Hospital. She was of the Baptist...

May 6, 2018

Mr. Jose Deleon Dy, Jr., 76, of Murray, passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at Murray Calloway County Hospital with his children by his side. Mr. Dy was born on August 20, 1941 in the Phillipines. He moved to the US in 1965, proudly served in the United States Navy and retired in 1985 after 20 years of service....

Apr 26, 2018

Mr. Kennie Ray Colson, age 66, of Murray, Kentucky, died Thursday, April 26, 2018 at Spring Creek Health Care in Murray. Mr. Colson was born on February 3, 1952, in Murray, Kentucky to the late Starkie Clyde Colson and Margaret Elaine (Carter) Bailey. Mr. Colson was a retired chemical operator for Vanderbilt Chemical, and was a member of the University...

Apr 21, 2018

Mrs. Alpha Marie Helson, 81, of Murray, passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Murray Calloway County Hospital. Mrs. Helson was born on June 29, 1936 in Edmonson County, KY to the late Luther Edward and Gertie May Blanton. She was married for 61 years to James Arlen Helson, the love of her life. He went home to be...

Apr 21, 2018

Mrs. Mavis Duncan, 92, of Murray, passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Spring Creek Health Care. Mavis was born June 24, 1925 in Aurora, KY to the late Lowell and Ora Ross Travis. She was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Almo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Huey Edward Duncan on February 2, 2008;...

Apr 18, 2018

Mrs. Marilyn C. Hornback, age 70, of Murray, Kentucky, died Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at Spring Creek Healthcare in Murray, Kentucky. Mrs. Hornback was born May 26, 1947 in Fulton, Kentucky to the late Leon Charlton and Lucille Owen Charlton. Marilyn attended Murray State University and was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority. She received her bachelor's Degree in...

Apr 11, 2018

Mrs. Annis Arant, age 89, of Benton, Kentucky (Hardin Community) died at 6:15am Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at her residence. Mrs. Arant was born July 2, 1929 to the late Latus and Jewell Lamb York. She was a member of the Hardin Baptist Church for 60 years and Woodmen of the World (Benton). She was also preceded in death by...

Apr 5, 2018

James Ezra Riggs, 82, of Jackson passed away Thursday, April 5, 2018 at the Monticello House in Jackson. He was born December 3, 1935, in Ridgely, Tennessee, son of Barney and Pauline (James) Riggs. He and Betty Sue Long were married August 17, 1957 in Braggadocio, Missouri. He graduated from Arkansas State University in 1953 with a Bachelor's degree and...

Mar 31, 2018

Service Details

Saturday, August 4th, 2018 3:00pm, Murray Memorial Gardens

Interment Details

Murray Memorial Gardens

Mar 22, 2018

Ms. Rosemary Theresa (Diebol) Hutchens, age 73, of Murray, Kentucky died on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at Baptist Health in Paducah, Kentucky. Ms. Hutchens was born in Warren, Michigan on February 22, 1945 to the late Fredrick Diebol and Rose (Zydura) Diebol. Ms. Hutchens retired from Mattel after 20 plus years. Ms. Hutchens is survived by one daughter, Kimberly Carroll...

Mar 15, 2018

Service Details

Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 3:00pm, Bell Memorial Chapel

Interment Details

Murray Memorial Gardens

Mar 12, 2018

Dean Sweatman, 4 months old, of Hardin, Kentucky died on Monday, March 12, 2018, at his home in Hardin, Kentucky. He was born Friday, October 27, 2017 in Murray, Kentucky to Kathryn Ellsworth and Andrew Ruby. He is survived by his parents, brothers, Seth Ellsworth of Hardin, KY, Kenneth Ellsworth of Hardin, KY, Jacob Peebles of Hardin, KY, Jessie Ruby...

Mar 12, 2018

Mrs. Dinah Westerman, age 77, of Murray, Kentucky, died Monday, March 12, 2018 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice House in Paducah, Kentucky. Mrs. Westerman was born February 14, 1941 in Murray, Kentucky to the late Robert Noble Hughes and Margaret Atkins Hughes. She was a homemaker, and of the Church of Christ faith. In addition to her parents,...

Mar 11, 2018

Mr. Bobby Satterwhite, age 70, of Murray, Kentucky, died Sunday, March 11, 2018 at his home. Mr. Satterwhite was born January 21, 1948 in Graves County, Kentucky to the late William Gaines "Top" Satterwhite and Ruby lois Lee Satterwhite. Bobby was a retired farmer and granary operator for Satterwhite Farms. He was also of the Church of Christ faith. In...

Mar 1, 2018

Mr. Marvin Cook Harris, age 93, of Murray, Kentucky, died Thursday, March 01, 2018 at the Murray Calloway County Hospital. Mr. Harris was born in Murray, Kentucky on April 15, 1924 to the late Alfred and Altie Cook Harris. Mr. Harris retired as the Calloway County Clerk after serving sixteen years. Before being elected as the Calloway County Clerk Mr....

Feb 23, 2018

Mrs. Justine Cleaver, age 91, of Murray, Kentucky died at 8:37am Friday, February 23, 2018 at the Murray-Calloway County Hospital. Mrs. Cleaver was born June 11, 1926 in Trigg County, Kentucky to the late J. E. Futrell and Donie Underhill Futrell. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Marshall C. Cleaver; sisters, Ludie Ward and Charlene Dick; brother,...

Feb 13, 2018

Mrs. Janine C. Ochoa, 84, of Murray, passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at Anna Mae Owen Residential Hospice House in Murray. Mrs. Ochoa was born on November 28, 1933 in Houston, Texas to the late Art and Jane Snow Pease. Mrs. Ochoa relocated from California to Murray, KY in 1990. She was a member of Oaks Country Club,...

Jan 28, 2018

Mrs. Beverly West McClain, age 83, of Sedalia, KY passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2018 at Heritage Manor Healthcare in Mayfield, KY. She was a member of Bell City Church of Christ and a retired employee of the Graves County School System. Mrs. McClain is survived by her husband, Glynn McClain; one son, Gary McClain of Mayfield, KY; two...