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Bessie Harp Steele Williams, 106, passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Christian Health Care in Corbin. Born in Whitley County, she was the daughter of the late Joshua Harp and Phoebe Bennett Harp, and was the youngest of 13 children. She was also preceded in death by her...

James D. Elliott Donald Harvey A Knox and Whitley County native, serving a long prison sentence in Ohio for a series of burglaries and assault, is claiming he is responsible for the beating death of infamous serial killer Donald Harvey — nicknamed the “Angel of Death” after he...

Jo Ann Rose, 86, of Williamsburg, passed away Saturday, June 16, 2018 at Williamsburg Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born November 9, 1931 in Whitley County, to the late Wolford and Dorcas Beams Carr. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers...

David Wells, Jr., 41, of Woodbine passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018. He was born May 11, 1977, in Frankfort. He was a graduate of Knox Central High School and a self-employed carpenter. He was preceded in death by his step-father, Ricky Brock and his uncle, David Scott Downey....

Stanley Layton Lunsford, 68, passed away on Thursday, June 14, 2018 in Tennessee. Funeral service was held Monday, June 18, at Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Brafford Cemetery.

Billy J. Jones, 79, of Corbin, passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Baptist Health Corbin. Born in Laurel County, he was the son of the late Perry Jones and Mattie Hill Jones. Billy was a member of Greenland Baptist Church and had been an engineer for CSX Railroad. In...

Betty Dizney Black, 97, the widow of John Bill Black and the daughter of Scott and Hazel Dizney, passed away June 11, 2018 in Federal Way, Washington. She was born in Corbin on November 2, 1920. She graduated from High School, married John Bill and with him raised Bill and...

Darrell Rose, 51, of Williamsburg, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Baptist Health Corbin. He would have been 52 on June 13th. He is survived by his children, Lindsey Rose, 26, Katelyn Rose, 22, and Carolyn Paige Rose, 19; and his wife/partner, Yvonne Hatfield;...

Dorothy Hopkins Cassidy, 94, passed away in Tullahoma, TN, on June 11, 2018. She was born February 1, 1924, to Jane and Manning Lovings in Laurel County. Dorothy went back to school in her forties. She earned multiple degrees and taught twenty some years in public schools at...

Teresa Ann Bunch, 51, of Hwy. 904 Williamsburg, passed away Thursday, June 14, 2018 at U.T. Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. She was born July 5, 1966 in Whitley County, to the late Junior Lloyd and Ollie Mae Griffith Bunch. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by a...