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Daphne Rutledge, age 86, of Woodbine, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2022 at Baptist Health Corbin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Lee Rutledge. Visitation will be held from 12 pm until the funeral hour at 2 pm on Tuesday, February 1, at Vankirk-Grisell...

Britt Brown, age 53, of Corbin, Kentucky and formerly of Manchester, Kentucky passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022 at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer and of the Baptist faith. Following his wishes, the family has...

I almost never became a journalist.  The first time I attended a Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association (KIPA) Conference was the summer before my second year at Eastern Kentucky University in 2017.  I had just been hired on as the opinion’s editor at The Eastern Progress,...

Genevieve Neavada Witt, age 76, of Williamsburg, Kentucky departed this life Thursday, January 27, 2022 at the Baptist Health in Corbin, Kentucky. She was born on March 24, 1945 in Pine Knot, Kentucky to the late Harlan Egnor and Maude Marie (Lay) Egnor. In addition to her...

Catfish Christopher Glen Jones, age 39, of Muskogee, Oklahoma and formerly of Rockholds, Kentucky departed this life on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at the St. Francis Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Christopher was born on January 12, 1982 in Corbin, Kentucky to the late Darrell Ray...

Norma Jean Powers Crawford, age 94, of Nevisdale, Kentucky passed away on January 25, 2022 at Homestead Post-Acute in Lexington, Kentucky, following a long battle with Alzheimer. Jean was born April 19, 1927, in Whitley County, Kentucky, to the late Lida Powers and Pearl Duff...

Wesley Emerly Lay, age 98, of Goshen, Ohio, formerly of Jellico, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022 at The Glen at Eastgate, OH. He was born on May 6, 1923 to the late Silas L. Lay and Meldia (Davis) Lay in the Wooldridge Community of Jellico. His paternal...

Frances Sue (Sowders) Proffitt, age 82, of Corbin, Kentucky, formerly of Long Island City, New York, and Jellico, Tennessee, passed away Monday morning, January 17, 2022, at Baptist Health Corbin. Frances was born on December 28, 1939, in Bonnie Blue, Virginia, to the late Cal...

Daniel Wayne Lindsay, Sr., age 83, of Emlyn, Kentucky departed this life on Sunday, January 23, 2022 at the Baptist Health in Corbin, Kentucky. He was born on November 29, 1938 in Jacksboro, Tennessee to the late Cleo Lindsay and Naomi (Spicer) Lindsay. In addition to his...

Frances Proffitt, age 82, of Corbin, Kentucky, formerly of Long Island City, New York and Jellico, Tennessee, passed away Monday morning, January 17, 2022, at Baptist Health Corbin. She was the wife of Willie O. Proffitt who survives. Arrangements are incomplete but will be...