Regina Rankin passed away Saturday, March 17, 2018 at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. She was born May 4, 1963 to Roy Rankin II and Helen Byrd. Regina graduated and played basketball for Reitz High School Class of 1981. Regina gave her life to Christ at an early age at Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Regina was a homemaker. She...
Corria Moore Mimms was born in 1914, forty-nine years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Her parents, Nick and Melrose Moore, were part of the first generation of African-Americans born free in this country. Her father moved his family from a farming area in Christian County to the more lucrative community of Earlington when Corria, her twin sister Clara,...
Arsa C. Hatchett Lee peacefully went to be with the Lord on March 3, 2018 surrounded by her family. Born to the late Rev. Chester Hatchett and Mrs. Charlesetta Hatchett on June 27, 1950, Arsa accepted Jesus Christ at an early age and was baptized. She served faithfully in the New Race Creek Baptist Church Choir, Ways and Means Group,...
Marion Matthews, 67, transitioned from earth to eternity on Thurs. Mar. 1, 2018 at University Nursing & Rehab Center. She was born to the union of Frank James and Alice Wilmer Posey Matthews in Newburgh, IN on June 23, 1950. Marion was baptized under the late Elder Frank Patton, Sr. at Watkins Temple COGIC. She loved the Lord. Always known...
William Andrew Slaton, Sr., 73 of Madisonville, KY exchanged time for eternity on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at Baptist Health Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father, Rufus Sherman Slaton; his mother, Mabel Louise Lester Slaton and brothers Samuel Eugene and Richard Lester Slaton. Andrew was a 1962 graduate of Rosenwald High School. He answered the call to...
Martha Diann Robinson entered eternal rest on Monday 26, 2018 at Baptist Health Hospital in Madisonville, KY. She was born on February 23, 1946 to the late Willa Jean Buckner & Charles Robinson. She attended Branch St. Elementary & Rosenwald High Schools in Madisonville, KY. Martha was of the Christian faith. She was preceded in death by her grand parents...
Angela Elesse Parker of Henderson, Kentucky passed away Monday, February 26, 2018. She was born in Madisonville, Kentucky to Greta Parker and William “Henny” Burris. She was raised by her mother, Greta, and father, James Jones. Angela Elesse graduated from Providence High School in 2006. She attended Murray State University and was a member of New Race Creek Missionary Baptist...
George Quincy Sherrill, age 59, of Mayfield, Kentucky passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018 at Jackson Purchase Medical Center. A native of Mayfield, he was born to Joesphine Sherrill and Quinton George Hayes. George was a member of Greater St. Paul Baptist Church. He loved riding his bike and helping everyone in the neighborhood in any way he could,...
Oscar Hubert Bennett, Sr., son of the late John T. Bennett and the late Dora Belle Mitchell Bennett, passed on February 24, 2018 at the age of 89. He was born on May 9, 1928 in Charleston, South Carolina. He attended Avery Normal Institute in Charleston and graduated from South Carolina State University in 1951 with a bachelor’s degree in...
Michael McShane Fairrow, Sr.,55, went home to be with the Lord on February 19, 2018 in Louisville, KY. He was born to the late James Elder Fairrow, Sr. and Ruby Louise Fairrow on Christmas Day 1962. He was educated in the Hopkins County school system and later obtained his GED. He worked various jobs including Ford Motor company in the...