Lonnie G. Brittain

Apr 23, 2016

Mr. Lonnie G. Brittain Sr., age 72, of Murray, Kentucky, died on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Day Star Nursing Home in Cairo, Illinois. Mr. Brittain was born February 7, 1944 in Calloway County, Kentucky. He was a former employee with the Murray Division of Tappan, and retired from Briggs and Stratton. He was also of the Baptist faith....

Hugh W. "Butch" Thompson

Apr 22, 2016

Mr. Hugh Wayne "Butch" Thompson age 67, of Dexter, Kentucky, died Friday, April 22, 2016 at the Murray Calloway County Hospital. Butch was born March 10, 1949 in Murray, Kentucky. He was a carpenter by trade and helped build a multitude of houses in the area. He loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He is survived...

George Robert Hesselrode

Apr 20, 2016

Mr. George Robert "Pops" / "Iceman" Hesselrode, age 99, of Murray, Kentucky, died Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at his home. Mr. Hesselrode was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on January 2, 1917 to the late Charles Edward Hesselrode and Armenta (Funderburke) Hesselrode. Mr. Hesselrode before retiring was the owner and operator of Public Ice Service in Murray, Kentucky. He was...

Merl Maxine Starks

Apr 20, 2016

Mrs. Merl Maxine Starks, age 86, of Hazel, Kentucky, died Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at Spring Creek Health Care in Murray. Mrs. Starks was born in Stewart County, Tennessee on September 25, 1929 to the late Mack Monroe Sykes and Maggie Cecil Marie (Quinn) Sykes. Mrs. Starks was a homemaker and a member of the Hazel Church of Christ. She...

Euva Myrtlene Towery

Apr 17, 2016

Mrs. Euva Myrtlene Towery, age 89, of Murray, Kentucky, died Sunday, April 17, 2016 at Spring Creek Health Care. She was a homemaker and a member of the Green Plain Church of Christ. Mrs. Towery was born June 16, 1926 in Calloway County, Kentucky to the late Herman and Goldie Carraway Holland. In addition to her parents she is also...

Henry Louis Geller

Apr 17, 2016

Mr. Harry L. Geller, age 85, of Benton, Kentucky, died at Lake Way Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Benton, Kentucky on Sunday, April 17, 2016. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. The J.H. Churchill Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Lorene Nanny Geurin

Apr 16, 2016

Mrs. Lorene (Nanny) Geurin, age 93, of Murray, Kentucky died on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Benchmark Healthcare of Puryear in Puryear, Tennessee. Mrs. Geurin was born in Calloway County Kentucky on November 16, 1922 to the late Samford and Lena (McCuiston) McClure. Mrs. Geurin was a homemaker and a cook for East Calloway County Elementary School for several years....

Homer Ray Elkins

Apr 15, 2016

Mr. Homer Ray Elkins, age 87, of Dexter, Kentucky died at his home on Friday, April 15, 2016. Mr. Elkins was born in Calloway County, Kentucky on March 11, 1929 to the late Dallas Ruby Elkins and Lois Pritchett Elkins. Mr. Elkins worked at Tappan Manufacturing and later retired from the Calloway County Road Department. He was a member of...

Albert Grisham

Apr 15, 2016

Mr. Albert "Mac" Grisham, age 91, of Murray, Kentucky died on Friday, April 15, 2016 at the Murray Calloway County Hospital. Mr. Grisham was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on February 4, 1925 to the late Alvon A. Grisham and Ada (Jellicorse) Grisham. Mr. Grisham was a United States Navy retiree, serving 23 ½ years and later retired from the Oxnard...

Doris Clista Scarbrough

Apr 9, 2016

Mrs. Doris Clista Scarbrough, age 85, of Murray, Kentucky, died Saturday, April 09, 2016 at the Murray Calloway County Hospital. Mrs. Scarbrough was born in Calloway County on September 10, 1930 to the late Gus Enoch and Ethel James Enoch. She was a retired employee of K-Mart and a member of the Memorial Baptist Church. In addition to her parents...