Douglas Markin

Jan 14, 2013

Douglas Ray Markin, 65, of Raceland, died Monday in King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. He was born May 30, 1947, in Raceland. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Alice Cordle Markin. A memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Rose Hill Burial Park Mausoleum in Ashland with military honors. There will be no visitation....

Douglas Markin

Jan 14, 2013

Douglas Ray Markin, 65, of Raceland, died Monday in King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. He was born May 30, 1947, in Raceland. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Alice Cordle Markin. A memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Rose Hill Burial Park Mausoleum in Ashland with military honors. There will be no visitation....

Janice Shanks

Jan 12, 2013

Janice Lee Patrick Shanks, 76, of Ashland, passed away Saturday Jan. 12, 2013, at her residence. She was born Oct. 28, 1936, in Ashland, the daughter of the late Claud and Lora Sparks Patrick. She was also preceded in death by her only sister, Betty Jo Patrick. She was a 1954 graduate of Ashland Senior High School and loved her...

Carolyn Edwards

Jan 12, 2013

Carolyn Sue Edwards, 63, of Russell, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in the Care Center at Kentonpoint in Maysville. She was born Dec. 24, 1949, in Hilliard, Ohio, a daughter of the late Charlie E. and Alma Lee Ison Edwards. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Jane Rankin, and a brother-in-law,...

Warren Rayburn

Jan 12, 2013

Warren Bryson "Pete" Rayburn, 77, of Ashland, died Saturday at his residence. He was born June 21, 1935, in Ashland. Private services will be at a later date. Steen Funeral Home-Central Avenue in Ashland is in charge of arrangements.

Charles Dickerson

Jan 12, 2013

Charles Luther Dickerson, 87, of Ashland, died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in the VA Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Helen Juanita Franz Dickerson of Ashland. They had two sons, Charles Marvin Dickerson, who preceded him in death in 1988, and Paul Allen Dickerson of Summit. They had two grandchildren, Jessica Nicole...

Helen Rys

Jan 10, 2013

Helen Loriene Deskins Rys, 78, of Morehead, formerly of Catlettsburg, passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at her home with her loving family at her side. Mrs. Rys was born April 19, 1934, in Catlettsburg, a daughter of the late Henry E. and Willa Mae Blackburn Deskins. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Chet Rys, and a...

Robert Shearer

Jan 9, 2013

Robert Bruce Shearer, 84, of San Rafael, Calif., formerly of Ashland, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif. He was born March 31, 1928, in Lexington, the son of the late Jesse and Rebecca Wills Shearer. He was a retired attorney and a U.S. Army World War II veteran. He was also preceded in death...

Helen Cooksey

Jan 6, 2013

Helen Jean Cooksey of Ashland passed away Sunday evening, Jan. 6, 2013, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland. She was 60. She was born March 22, 1952, in Louisa, a daughter of the late Malcolm Burgess and Frances Curtis Arrington. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jeffrey Cooksey, in 2008. Helen was a graduate of the...