OBITUARIES
Marion, KY and Rosiclare, IL. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Marion and Crittenden, KY along with Rosiclare and Hardin County, IL
Opal Naomi "Honey" Jamison
Jun 4, 2025
Opal Naomi "Honey" Jamison, 101, of Marion, KY passed away June 4, 2025 at Livingston County Hospital. She was a member of Marion First Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Eastern Star.
Survivors include her husband of 54 years, James "Pat" Jamison of Marion, KY; children, Betty Browning Cruce of Marion, KY, Danny (Barbara) Browning of Marion, KY, Linda Browning Edwards of Owensboro,...
Wendell Morton Nickell
Jun 3, 2025
Wendell Morton Nickell, age 74, passed away Monday, June 3, 2025, at his home. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a retired saddle builder.
Survivors include his wife, Marguerite Nickell, Marion, KY; two stepsons, Jeff (Holly) Bowers, AZ and Joe (Erin) Bowers, Louisville, KY; five grandchildren, Chloe, Riley, Kieran, Emma, Alex; one brother, Odell Nickell, TX; one sister, Ann Thomas,...
Frank Pierce
Jun 2, 2025
Frank Pierce, 64, of Marion, KY passed away June 2, 2025 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah, KY. He attended Marion Methodist Church.
Survivors include his children, Alec Pierce and Francesca Pierce both of Marion, Ky; grandchild, Haven Brown of Marion, KY; Janet Pierce of Marion, KY; mother, Patricia Ann Pierce; brothers, Brian (Jennifer) and Gary...
Dwight Brasher
May 20, 2025
Dwight Edward Brasher, age 76, of Marion, KY passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He loved basketball, especially UK basketball.Survivors include one sister, Janet Sergent, Westport, KY.Dwight was preceded in death by his parents, John Austin Brasher and Verna Mae Simpkins Brasher.Graveside services will be Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at 1:00 pm...
Laura Elizabeth "Cissy" Reed
May 18, 2025
Laura Elizabeth "Cissy" Reed, 90, of Rosiclare, IL passed away May 18, 2025 at Hardin County General Hospital. She was a member of Peters Creek Baptist Church. Cissy worked in the restaurant business, serving Hardin County for numerous years. Everyone knew Cissy's pizza. She also loved her cat Grey Boy as well as gardening and taking care of her roses.
In...
Justin Lee Vailes Darnell
May 17, 2025
Justin Lee Vailes Darnell, 30, of Shawneetown, IL passed away May 17, 2025 at Carbondale Memorial Hospital.
Survivors include his parents, Michael and Jessica Darnell of Cave-In-Rock, IL; brothers, Michael (Whitley) Darnell, Jr., Caleb (Dezy) Darnell and Jaxen White Darnell; grandparents, Steve and Georgianna Hayden, Buddy and Patti Darnell and James Vailes and nephews, Waylon, Rhett and Cooper.
He was preceded in...
Sandra Lucille Martin
May 15, 2025
Sandra Lucille Martin, age 76, of Marion, KY passed away at her home on Thursday, May 15, 2025. She was a life-long caregiver having worked at Crittenden Health and Rehab. Sandra was a member of Seven Springs Baptist Church and the Order of Eastern Star.
Survivors include four children, Marketta Adams, Janette (Joe) Winters, Harlan (Wanda) Martin and Ernest Martin, all...
Ruth McGhee
May 7, 2025
Ruth McGhee was born on July 29, 1929.She went home to be with Jesus on May 7, 2025 at the Hardin County General Hospital.
She married Thomas H. Griffith on June 10, 1946. To this union six children were born; Michael Griffith, Patty Frakes, Pixie Simmons, Robin Griffith, Cathy Blazosky and Connie Crider.
On April 12, 1968 she married Paul McGhee and...
Joseph Earl Estes
Apr 30, 2025
Joseph Earl "Joe" Estes, 49, of Wingo, KY, formerly of Marion, KY, passed away April 30, 2025 at Jackson Purchase Medical Center.
Survivors include his wife, Shelly Estes of Wingo, KY; children, Joseph Allen Estes, Amanda (Jonathan) Lovell, Jase Estes, Morgan Norsworthy and Chloe Tibbs; grandchildren, Genesis Lovell and Vivienne Lovell; parents, Jim and Patty Estes and several aunts and cousins.
Services...
Regina Austin
Apr 27, 2025
Regina Dewey Austin was born in Livingston County, Kentucky on June 23, 1927 to Emmett Russell Dewey and Nellie Mae Threlkeld Dewey. Regina passed away on April 27, 2025 at the age of 97.
She married Glen Harold Austin on June 4, 1949 in Hardin County, IL. Regina and Glen were married for 59 years when he passed away in 2008....
James Price
Apr 24, 2025
James Harold Price, 79, of Elizabethtown, IL passed away April 24, 2025 in Paducah, KY.
Survivors include his wife, Carol Price, children; Penny Price, Edith (Doug) Turner, and Ruby Winters, step children, Julie Davis, and Nicky Campos, two grandchildren, nine step grandchildren, 21 step great grandchildren , and one step great great grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his first wife,...
Shallyn Nicole Martin
Apr 23, 2025
Shallyn Nicole Martin, 44, of Marion, KY passed away April 23, 2025 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah, KY.
Survivors include her children, Emma (Joseph) Peek and Laken Hunt both of Marion, KY; mother, Pamela (Patrick) Reeder; father, Kent (Phyllis) Martin; grandmother, Helen Travis; stepbrothers, Chad and Heath Faughn and Bryan Reeder; stepsister, Courtney Thomas; half...
Rhonda Loy
Apr 16, 2025
Rhonda Loy, 74, of Cave In Rock, Illinois passed away on April 16, 2025 at her home with her family by her side.
Rhonda is survived by her children: Steve (Angela) Hollar, Eric (Jessi) Hollar, and Paula (Dennis) Ramsey, Brothers: Dennis Loy and Rick Loy, Sister: Pat Loy, and several grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
She is preceded in death by her...
William E. Martin, Jr
Apr 16, 2025
William Edward "Junior" Martin, Jr., 77, of Marion, KY passed away April 16, 2025 at Baptist Health Paducah. He was a member of Piney Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church and retired from the Kentucky National Guard.Junior never met a stranger. Whether in the grocery store, at the gas station or in a restaurant, he had a gift for turning a simple...
Zane Cody Walker
Apr 12, 2025
Zane Cody Walker, 74, of Cave-In-Rock, IL passed away April 12, 2025 in Maryland. He was retired from the United States Air Force,.
Survivors include his brothers, Michael and Billy Walker and sister, Brenda Couture.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Services are scheduled for 1 PM Thursday April 24, 2025 at Cave-In-Rock Methodist Church in Cave-In-Rock, IL with interment in...
Robert Bruce Belt
Apr 9, 2025
Robert Bruce Belt, 88, of Marion, KY passed away April 9, 2025 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. He was a member of the National Guard, Marion Masonic Lodge Number 256, a 1955 graduate of Crittenden County High School and member of the Crittenden County Basketball Hall of Fame.
Survivors include his wife, Norma Sue Belt; son, Mike Belt of Owensboro, KY...
Velma Rose Oxford
Mar 31, 2025
Velma Rose Oxford, 92, of Cave-In-Rock, IL passed away March 31, 2025 at Hardin County General Hospital.
Survivors include her children, Jerry (Winnie) Oxford and Kathy (John) Sheridan; grandchildren - Stephanie (Aaron) Meuser, Kim (Peter) Barna, Kari Oxford, Brad (Amanda) Sheridan and Jason (Dana) Oxford; great grandchildren - Gabrielle, Aiden and Lia Meuser; Ella Barna; Thaniel and Ruthie Sheridan; brother, Galen...
William Roberts Frazer
Mar 31, 2025
William Roberts “Ole Bill” Frazer, 79, of Marion, Kentucky, passed away peacefully on March 31, 2025 in Paducah after a prolonged battle with Lewy Body Dementia.
Born on December 31, 1945 to Robert and Dorothy Tucker Frazer in Marion, Bill was a graduate of the Kentucky Military Institute in Louisville, Kentucky. A lifelong resident of Crittenden County, Bill was a member...
Dottie Cook
Mar 29, 2025
Dottie Mae Cook was born March 28th 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, to Walter August Eggert and Dorothy Odell Vack. Dottie was the 2nd out of 7 children born to that union. The family migrated to Rosiclare, Illinois, where on a bright sunny day while Dottie was sunbathing in the yard at the tender age of 15, a 17 year old...
Jerry Lee Fuller
Mar 28, 2025
Jerry Lee Fuller, 75, of Marion, KY passed away March 28, 2025 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Evansville, IN. He was a member and Elder at Piney Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Veteran of the United States Air Force and member of Marion Masonic Lodge Number 256.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia Fuller of Marion, KY; daughters, Holly (David) Hardin of Joy,...
