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Cecil Janet Ramsey

Cecil Janet Ramsey, 85, of Corbin, passed away on Tuesday December 27, 2016 at Baptist Health in Corbin. She was born in Corbin and was a 1948 graduate of Corbin High School.  After high school she worked for Bell Telephone Co. in Corbin and for many years worked as a...

Jeannette Maria Plante Bingham

Jeannette Maria Plante Bingham, 74, of Corbin, wife of Gary G. Bingham of fifty five years, passed away peacefully at Rockcastle Pulmonary Care Center Tuesday, December 27, 2016. Born May 14, 1942, in Coventry, Rhode Island to the late William and Maria Peltier Plante. She was a...

Carolyn Sue Mays

Carolyn Sue Mays, 75, of Cliff End Road, Williamsburg, departed this life on Sunday, December 31, 2016 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. She was born on August 28, 1941 in Whitley County, to the late Cilis Russell Frazier and Verna Louise (Bray) Frazier....

Rosemary Smith

Rosemary Smith, 77, passed away December 7, 2016. Rosemary was born September 18, 1939, in Berea, and graduated from Berea High School in 1957. While attending Berea College, she met and later married Ernest Smith. They lived in Corbin,  Tallahassee, FL, Fort Monmouth, NJ,...

Dorothy “Dot” Sudie Brooks Faulkner

Dorothy “Dot” Sudie Brooks Faulkner, 89, of Williamsburg, passed away on Sunday, January 1. She was born on February 21, 1927 on Greasy Creek in Ingram, KY.  She graduated Valedictorian of her class from Bell County High School and graduated from both Eastern Kentucky University...

Vernon Lee Faulkner

Vernon Lee Faulkner, 91, of Williams-burg, departed this life on Wednesday, December 28. He was born on April 18, 1925, in Wofford,  and spent his youth working on his family farm. When he was 19, he proudly served in the United States Navy during World War II on amphibious...

Baptist Health Corbin welcomes New Year Baby

The first baby born at Baptist Health Corbin in 2017 was Grayson Henry Sumner. Grayson was born at 2:22 a.m. on January 1, 2017 to the proud parents of Stephanie and Joshua Sumner. He weighs 6 lbs. 15.5 oz. and was 20 inches long.

WARTA members partner with Whitley County Library to help fight hunger

Paying a fine is usually considered a bad thing, but the Whitley County Library staff found a way to turn it into a good thing by allowing customers with overdue books to pay their fines by donating food to the “Yes, We Can Feed Kentucky” food drive sponsored by the Whitley Area...

Eugene “Gene” Ellas Croley

Eugene “Gene” Ellas Croley, 88, of Scottsville, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at his residence in Scottsville, KY. He was born October 21, 1929 in Williamsburg, to the late Thomas G. Croley and the late Nannie Thelma Elswick Croley. He married Greta Dean Ball Croley in...

William Alfred Hatfield

William Alfred Hatfield, 72, of Duff, TN passed away Thursday, December 22, 2016 at Beech Tree Manor in Jellico. He was born February 24, 1944 in Valley Creek, TN to Tom and Iva Lee Painter Hatfield. He was preceded in death by his parents: Tom and Ivalee Painter Hatfield; six...