Obituaries

Aug 15, 2019

Mr. Joe Pat Barnett, age 78, of Murray, Kentucky, died on Thursday, August 15, 2019 in Murray. Mr. Barnett was born in Murray, Kentucky, on July 1, 1941, to the late Rudy Barnett and Mary Nell (Keel) Barnett. Mr. Barnett was the co-owner of Barnett's Wheel Alignment and later retired as the owner and operator of Airwave's Communications. Mr....

Aug 3, 2019

Mr. James Clifton "Cliff" Mitchell, age 95, of Murray, Kentucky, died on Saturday, August 03, 2019 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah, Kentucky.

Mr. Mitchell was born in Calloway County, Kentucky on November 11, 1923 to the late Elmus W. Mitchell and Louisa (Weatherspoon) Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell retired from General Tire as...

Aug 1, 2019

Betty Smith Warren, our sweet mother, died of a heart attack August 1. The staff at Lourdes Hospital made every effort to save her, but it was her time. She was 88 years old as of April 4. Born in Hardin, KY in 1931, she grew up the daughter of Robert Kellow Black, owner of the local feed mill,...

Jul 24, 2019

Mrs. Mary Jean Turner, age 90, of Murray, Kentucky died at 7:56pm Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at the Anna Mae Owen Hospice House, Murray, Kentucky.

Mrs. Turner was born April 13, 1929 in Golden Pond, Kentucky to the late Arthur & Gertie Luton Wallace.  She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ramon "Doc" Turner; grandchild,...

Jul 8, 2019

Mrs. Willa Dean Colson, 88, of Murray, passed away on Monday, July 8, 2019 at Baptist Health in Paducah. Mrs. Colson was born on September 18, 1930 in Murray, KY to the late William and Pearl Stables Short. She was a faithful and loving nurse at Murray Calloway County Hospital for more than 30 years. Mrs. Willa Dean was...

Jun 20, 2019

Mr. Walter Clayton “Biscuit” Stalls, age 71, died on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at the Anna Mae Owen Residential Hospice House.Mr. Stalls was born in Calloway County Kentucky on June 6, 1948 to the late Walter Elmo Stalls and Lucy Jane Thorn Stalls. He was a self-employed auto detailer and a graduate of Calloway County High School.In addition to...

Jun 14, 2019

Mr. William Allan Vance, age 69, of Murray, Kentucky, died on Friday, June 14, 2019 at the Murray – Calloway County Hospital. Mr. Vance was born in Murray, Kentucky on January 16, 1950 to Frances (Taylor) Vance and the late Coffield Vance. Prior to retiring from Saputo, Mr. Vance was employed as the parts manager at Carroll Mazda –...

Jun 4, 2019

Mrs. Betty McPhail, age 84, of Murray, Kentucky died at 10:03am Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at her residence.

Mrs. McPhail was born May 24, 1935 in Calloway County, Kentucky to the late Jess Hale and Mary Andrus Hale.  She was a cook at the East Elementary School and attended North Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.  She was also...

May 13, 2019

Mrs. Betty Jane Barton, age 83, of Murray, Kentucky died Monday, May 13, 2019 at her home. Mrs. Barton was born on August 25, 1935 in Paragould, Arkansas to the late Henry Lentz and Vera Walden Lentz. She retired as a secretary for Murray State University. Mrs. Barton received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Murray State University...

May 11, 2019

Mrs. Dorothy Mae “Dot” Bailey, 90, of Murray, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2019, at Spring Creek Nursing Home in Murray. Mrs. Bailey was born on January 22, 1929 in Calloway County to the late Carlos and Lucille Hargrove Roberts. She grew up in the Almo community and was a lifetime member of Flint Baptist Church. She married Martin...

May 2, 2019

Rylee Nalaya Tyler, infant daughter of Dwayne Tyler and Taylor Fike passed away Friday, May 2, 2019 at the Murray Calloway County Hospital. She was born on Friday, May 2, 2019. Survivors include her parents, Dwayne Tyler and Taylor Fike; brother, Kanden Richardson of Murray, Kentucky; maternal grandparents, Mitchell Fike of Murray, Kentucky and Dawn Lamb of Murray, Kentucky;...

Apr 20, 2019

Mr. James Lawson "Jim" Baker, age 83, of Murray, Kentucky died Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Baptist Health in Paducah, Kentucky.

Mr. Baker was born in New, Kentucky on December 11, 1935 to the late Salin Henry Baker and Nellie (Ellis) Baker. Mr. Baker retired from General Tire after 30+ years. He was a member of the...

Apr 12, 2019

Mrs. Dorothy Jean Fike, age 79, of Murray, Kentucky, died on Friday, April 12, 2019 at St. Thomas -West Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Fike was born on September 29, 1939 in Murray, Kentucky to the late OB Eldridge, Sr. and Nancy (Holland) Eldridge. Mrs. Fike was a member of the Sugar Creek Baptist Church. She was a lifelong...

Apr 7, 2019

Mr. Glen Harold Colson, age 76, of Murray, Kentucky, died on Sunday, April 07, 2019, at his home. Mr. Colson was born on June 13, 1942, to the late Prentice and Luvine (Dunn) Colson. Mr. Colson was a retired farmer and carpenter and was the owner and operator of Colson Home Repair. He was of the Baptist faith. In...

Mar 29, 2019

Mr. Charles Delmar Brewer, 95, of Murray, died Friday March 29, 2019, at the Anna Mae Owen Hospice House. Born August 16, 1923 in Stewart County Tennessee, he was a member of the Oaks Country Club and the Glendale Road Church of Christ. In addition to his wife, Burlene Knight Brewer, he was preceded in death by his sisters...

Mar 28, 2019

Ms. Dora Dean Burkeen, age 86 of Dexter, Kentucky, died Thursday, March 28, 2019 at the Murray Calloway County Hospital. Ms. Burkeen was born on March 26, 1933 to the late Jacob Howard York and Nanie (Rose) York. Ms. Burkeen retired from Mattel and she was a member of the Palestine United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, and...

Mar 17, 2019

Ms. Sondra Kyle, age 80, of Melbourne, Florida, formerly of Murray, Kentucky died on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne.

Ms. Kyle was born on May 1, 1938 in Mansfield, Ohio to the late Vern D. Kyle and Kathryn Kittelberger Kyle. She retired as a Medical Transcriptionist for the Murray-Calloway County Hospital...

Mar 8, 2019

Mr. William Lee, 85, of Dexter, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2019 at Spring Creek Healthcare of Murray. Mr. Lee was born February 2, 1934 in Calloway County to the late William Elvin and Maydell Byers Lee. He proudly served his country in the United States Army. He retired from auto body repair. In addition to his parents...

Mar 8, 2019

Frances A. Flood, age 99, of Murray, KY, passed away Friday, March 8, 2019, at Spring Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Murray, KY.  Frances Allen Flood was born May 12, 1919 in the Goose Hollow area of Trigg County to the late Reba Earl and Lillie Cunningham Allen. At the age of 4 the family moved to Between...

Mar 7, 2019

Mr. Billy Burkeen, 76, of Murray, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at Murray Calloway County Hospital. Billy was born September 27, 1942 to the late James Hugh and Earis Weatherford Burkeen. He was employed by Tappan until 1977. He was then employed by Greenfiled Bros. Tire in Marshall County, KY until 1982. He enjoyed taking his grandchildren...