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Bruce Michael Bearden, 65, of Corbin, passed away Friday, December 7, 2018, at Baptist Health Lexington. He is survived by his wife Teresa Bearden. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday with Bishop Eldon Ash, Rev. Terry Perkins, Rev.  Ronnie Smith, and Rev. Forrest Ash...

Gene Herbert Gaddis, 39, passed away on Wednesday December 5, 2018 at Baptist Health in Corbin. He is survived by his parents, David and Dorothy Sports Gaddis. The funeral service was held Friday December 7, at the Vankirk-Grisell Funeral with Rev. Jim Cook officiating.

Ernest Edward Proffitt, 69, husband of Trish Proffitt of Corbin, passed away on Saturday morning at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington. Funeral services were held Tuesday evening at the Hopewell Baptist Church in Corbin, with Pastor Dennis McCoy and Pastor Shane Martin...

Maven Sawyers, 70, of Corbin, passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2018 at his home. Visitation will be from 12-2:00 p.m. and the funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 14, at the Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby Joe Eaton officiating. Burial will be...

Deborah Cain Hill, 67, of Lafollette, TN passed away Thursday, December 6, 2018 at the U.T. Medical Center in Knoxville. She was born March 20, 1951 Covington. Deborah is preceded in death by a son, James “Jimmy” Hill, daughter, Helen Faye Ward. She is survived by sons, Jason...

Claude Anderson, 80, of the Pleasant View Community of Whitley County, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018 at his home. He was born on October 15, 1938 to the late John W. Anderson and Bertha (Cooper) Anderson. His paternal grandparents were the late Simpson Anderson and Nannie...

Tina Gusta Perkins, 44, of Lafollette, TN passed away Thursday, December 6, 2018 at the family residence. She was born November 19, 1974 in Marietta, MI. Tina is preceded in death by her mother, Betty Reynolds Price; brother, Clarence Edward Lay, “Junior”. She is survived by...

David Daniel “Monk” Davis, 84, of Jellico, TN passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at his home. He was born November 30, 1934 in Jellico, TN. Monk was preceded in death by his parents, Bert and Daisy Lawson Davis; brother, Robert Phillip “Bob” Davis. He is survived by wife,...

John Baker White Spangler, Jr., 83, of London, passed away Friday, December 7, 2018, at his home. Born November 4, 1935, in Louisville, he was the son of the late John Baker White Spangler and Ruth Gorbandt Spangler. In addition to his father and mother, he was preceded in death...

I think the Whitley County Health Department is doing the citizens of our county a disservice by not being more forthcoming regarding food service workers diagnosed with Hepatitis A. Kentucky has the nation’s worst outbreak of the disease. Among Kentucky counties, Whitley ranks...