Obituaries - The Mountain Eagle (2024)

Betty Lou Newman, 81, of Jenkins, died June 3 at the Wells Hospice Center in Hazard. A daughter of the late Leslie and Euna Fields Caudill, she was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Steve Adams; her second husband, Jack Newman; a son, Steve Adams Jr.; two infant siblings; and a grandchild, Tabitha […]

Funeral services for Shirley Ann Day, 84, were held June 8 at Everidge Funeral Home in Whitesburg. Interment was in the Elbert Day Cemetery at Cowan. A daughter of the late Theodore E. Standifer and Melda Gilley Standifer, she died June 6 at her home in Whitco. She was the widow of Charles Joseph Day, and a sister of the […]

Irene Addington, 100, of Ermine, died May 17 at her residence. A daughter of the late Jim and Mary Hart Haynes, she was the widow of Leonard E. Addington. Surviving are two sons, Kenneth Gail Addington and wife Betty of Prestonsburg and Gregory K. Addington and wife Stephanie of Cowan; a daughter, Phyllis Jenell Adams and husband Curtis of Morristown, […]

Funeral services were held in Hemphill Saturday for Elmer Lewis Hall, 93, who died May 27 at the Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Louisville. An Army veteran living in Louisville at the time of his death, Mr. Hall was a son of the late Luther and Edith Ashe Hall. Surviving are his wife, Alice Richardson Hall; a son, Delmer […]

Steven F. Reynolds, 72, died May 24 at the Pikeville Medical Center after a brief illness. Surviving are his wife, Bonnie L. Reynolds; a son, Jason Reynolds and wife Laura of Grasslake, Mich.; a daughter, Stacy Dollarhide and husband Steve of Cowan; stepchildren, Troy Adams and wife Regina, Marie Maggard and husband Kevin, Timothy Adams and wife Regina of Ermine, […]

Timothy Canaday, 66, died June 1 at his home in Jenkins. A son of Esther Gay Fehrman Canaday of Byesville, Ohio and the late Henry Lee Thomas Canaday, he was a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and was retired from the Roof Center Company in Manassas, Va. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a brother, […]

Betty Newman, 81, died June 3 at the Wells Hospice Center in Hazard. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by Hall & Jones Funeral Home of Jenkins.

Funeral services for Oma Jo Branson, 85, were held May 24 at the Mt. Olivet Old Regular Baptist Church in Blackey. Burial was in the Branson Cemetery at Letcher. A daughter of the late Boyd and Polly Caudill Eldridge, she died May 22 at her residence in Blackey. She enjoyed farming and was a loving aunt. Surviving are a nephew, […]

Sharon Kay Mullins, 64, daughter of the late Roy and Goldie Tackett Johnson, was born in Whitesburg. She died May 31 at Pikeville Medical Center. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brothers, Larry Meade, Franklin Johnson, Freddie Johnson and James Johnson. Surviving are three children, Brian Johnson of Whitesburg, Blake Johnson of Whitesburg, and […]

Roy Lee Mullins, 71, of Blackey, died June 1 at his residence. He was a son of the late Roy Mullins and Lula Johnson Mullins Breeding. Surviving are five brothers, Price Kenneth Mullins of Dry Fork; Charlie Mullins and wife Debbie of Louisville; Rayen Joe Mullins of Winchester; Woodford Mullins of Manchester; and William Ray Mullins of Dry Fork; four […]