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Taylor, Cornett to be crowned at Corbin’s 76th May Day Festival

Katty Ann Taylor and Brynlee Alise Cornett will be crowned the 2019 May Queen and Tiny Queen during the May Day Festival at the Corbin Arena on Friday, May 3. During the performance, the 2018 May Queen, Abigail Renee Martin, will present the crown to Corbin Mayor Pro Tem Andrew...

Hamp Crit “HC” Higginbotham

Hamp Crit “HC” Higginbotham, 67, of Three C Loop, Williamsburg departed this life on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Baptist Health in Corbin. He was born on June 25, 1951 in Williamsburg, to the late Azrie and Verlie (Meadors) Higginbotham. He was also preceded in death by his wife...

Velma J. Tuttle

Velma Jean Tuttle, 74, of White House, TN departed this life on Monday, April 29, 2019 at the Alive Hospice Center in Murfreesboro. She was born on July 12, 1944 in Lynch, KY to the late Floyd and Ester (Ramey) Wilson. She was also preceded in death by her beloved husband of 53...

Douglas Harold White

Douglas Harold White, 63, of Corbin, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2019, at University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, surrounded by family and loved ones. Born November 9, 1955, in Mansfield, OH, he was the son of the late Harold and Eva Parker White. He was a member...

Lewis Eugene Westcott

Lewis Eugene Westcott, 74, of Corbin, passed away on Saturday evening at the Greg & Noreen Hospice Care Center in Hazard, KY. The family of Mr. Lewis Eugene Westcott has requested all services be PRIVATE. Burial will follow in the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery, Southeast in...

Lonnie Arthur Reynolds

Lonnie Arthur Reynolds, 72, of Fairborn, OH and formerly of Williamsburg, departed this life on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at Hospice of Dayton on Dayton, OH. He was born on November 26, 1946 in Woodbine, to the late Arnold and Estile Marie (Young) Reynolds. He was also preceded in...

Jewell Dean Grillon

Jewell Dean Grillon, 78, of Highway 904 East, Williamsburg departed this life on Friday, April 26, 2019 at her home. She was born on August 2, 1940 in Williamsburg, to the late Clinton and Hattie (Carroll) Broyles. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, Joe, Jack, Doyle...

William “Dub” Vanover

William “Dub” Vanover, 75, of Williamsburg, Ky., passed away Monday, April 22, 2019 at Beech Tree Manor Nursing Home. He was born in Harlan County, Ky. on December 22, 1943 to the late Starlin and Elsie Mae Taylor Vanover. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by his...

Albert Wilson Perkins

Albert Wilson Perkins, 90, of Woodbine, passed away Wednesday April 24, 2019 at Baptist Health Corbin in Corbin, KY. He was born April 20, 1929 in Wofford, Kentucky to the late Sherman Perkins and the late Mary Earls Perkins. Albert retired from Detroit Stoker Company in 1994; he...

Kenneth Robert “Spanky” Hart Jr.

Kenneth Robert “Spanky” Hart Jr., 71, of Corbin passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Lexington, KY. Born February 26, 1948, he was the son of the late Kenneth Robert Hart, Sr., and Marie Rains Hart. He was a U.S. Army veteran who served...