Helen Killin

May 8, 2012

Helen Irene Killin, 75, of Ashland, passed away Tuesday evening, May 8, 2012, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland. She was born Jan. 27, 1937, in Willard, the daughter of the late Clifford and Dollie Blevins Reeves. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Maxine Bayer, and a brother, Robert G. Reeves. She was a former employee...

Samuel Hicks

May 8, 2012

Samuel P. Hicks, 74, of Washington Court House, Ohio, formerly of Ashland, died Tuesday in Fayette Memorial Hospital. He was born July 2, 1937, in Ashland. His wife, Dorra Hicks, preceded him in death. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at Steen Funeral Home-Central Avenue Chapel in Ashland. Entombment will be in Rose Hill Burial Park Mausoleum in...

Elmer McGuire

May 6, 2012

Elmer F. McGuire, 79, of Fairfield, Ohio, formerly of Boyd County, died Sunday in Hospice Care Center in Franklin, Ohio. He was born March 6, 1933, in Ashland. His wife, Mary J. Rayburn McGuire, survives. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lazear Funeral Home in Ashland. Burial will be in Rose Hill Burial Park in Ashland. Friends...

Alfred Bradley Jr

May 5, 2012

Alfred Eugene Bradley Jr., 80, of Westwood, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland. He was born Feb. 15, 1932, in Boyd County, the son of the late Alfred and Edna Mae Stone Bradley. He was a member of Summit Church of the Nazarene, where he was very active...

Marvin Kirk Jr

May 4, 2012

Marvin Kirk Jr., 72, of Ironville died suddenly Thursday afternoon, May 4, 2012. Marvin was born on Aug. 27, 1939, in Boyd County. He was the son of the late Marvin and Minnie Potter Kirk. He was a retired carpenter and a member of the Skyline Christian Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Marvin was preceded in death by...

Janice Cornette

May 3, 2012

Janice Cornette, 82, of Ashland, passed away Thursday, May 3, 2012, in Boyd Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Nov. 25, 1929, in Pike County, a daughter of the late Willie M. Scalf Sr. and Ethel Bevins Scalf. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Fathies "Jar Fly" Cornette in 1997; a...

Donald Vanderpool

May 2, 2012

Donald Vanderpool, 81, of Ironton, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012, in Oakmont Manor in Flatwoods. The Cincinnati native was born on Sept. 3, 1930, the son of the late Bert and Mildred Step Vanderpool. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Sally Jo Hoertel Vanderpool, who passed away on May 31, 2003;...

Marguerite Vecchio

May 1, 2012

Marguerite Ellen Del Vecchio, 96, of Arcadian Cove, Richmond, formerly of Ashland, passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012. She was born Nov. 18, 1915, in Russell, a daughter of the late Charles Burdette and Lake Rowe Henzman. She was the widow of Andrew Del Vecchio. She received her B.S. degree from Northwestern University, with additional courses from Virginia Intermont College,...

Mary Scott

May 1, 2012

Mary Ellen Pennington Scott, 84, of Flatwoods, widow of Harry A. Scott, died peacefully Tuesday evening in Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital following a short illness. Mary was born Dec. 25, 1927, in Boyd County, a daughter of the late Roscoe and Ethel Walker Pennington. Mary was a member of Brush Creek Freewill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death,...

Margaret Turck

Apr 30, 2012

Margaret DeTurck, 103, formerly of Ashland, died April 30, 2012, in Shannondale Retirement Center in Knoxville, Tenn. She was born Feb. 14, 1909, in Summersville, W.Va., to Richard Daniel and Effie Leah Bayes Hall, both deceased. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Carl S. DeTurck (1993) and Ward C. Knotts (1938); brothers Henry...