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_________________________________Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Stephanie VanWinkle, 46 StephanieGailHarrisonVanWinkle,age46,ofSmithLane in Berea, Kentucky,passed away Wednesday,May20,2020,at theMar-cum & Wallace MemorialHospitalinIrvine. ShewasbornAugust24,1973 in Estill County andwas thedaughterof JoannHarrisonandthelateWhiteyHarrison.Shehad lived inEstill County most of herlife. Survivors in addition tohermotherincludetwosons:TravisCooper, Irvine; andJustin VanWinkle, Berea;andonebrother,DougHar-rison,Irvine. Memorialserviceswillbe

heldatalaterdate. TheWarrenF.TolerFu-neralHomeisinchargeofarrangements.

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_________________________________Monday, May 18, 2020

Walter Morris Jr., 71 WalterReed“Walt”Mor-ris,Jr.,age71,ofWinchesterRoad in Irvine, Kentucky,passedawayMonday,May18,2020,at theUniversityof Kentucky Hospital inLexington,followingalongillness. HewasbornJuly22,1948inBourbonCountyandwasthe son of the late WalterReedandLottieBellGinterMorris.HewasretiredfromtheUnitedStatesArmyandwas also retired from theFed-XCorporation.HewasamemberofIvoryHillBap-tist Church, theAmericanLegionandwasaKentuckyColonel. Walt is survived by hiswife,BonevaBogieMorris;four daughters: Carla Ar-thur(Danny),ScottCounty;AngelaWilliams,Virginia;BeverlyKadle,EstillCoun-ty;andGlendaMack(Carl),Scott County; two sons:W.L. Morris, Ohio; andBrianAbney(Annie),Texas:twosisters:BarbaraKennon(Travis),ClarkCounty;andBrenda Brooks (Donald),EstillCounty;eightgrand-children:JohnathanArthur,JessicaKadle,PeytonMor-ris,PrestonMorris,JessicaWilliams, John Williams,Kelly Williams and Sarah

Williams;andseveralgreatgrandchildren. Private funeral serviceswereconductedFriday,May22, 2020 at the Warren F.TolerFuneralHomebyBro.Michael Justice and Bro.WarrenRogers.BurialwasattheWoodsCemetery. Pallbearers were DannyArthur, Johnathan Arthur,Glenn Bogie, Andy Way-man,TravisBrooks,BrianBrooksandGabrielBrooks. Honorary pallbearerswere Wesley Brooks, ToriBrooks, Donald Brooks,TravisKennonandGregoryPell. Inlieuofflowers,dona-tions are suggested to St.JudeChildren’sHospital.

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_________________________________Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Noomie Sue Harper, 72 NoomieSueHarper,age72, passed away Wednes-day,May13,2020. ShewasbornSeptember22, 1947 in Irvine, Ken-tucky, to Paul and MarieCenters. She was retiredfromA.O.Smith. Noomie is survived byher husband, Roy Harperof Clay City; a son,Aar-onHarperofClayCity;adaughter, Paula Harper ofClayCity;andthreegrand-children: Ashley Justice,Kasey Creech andAydenHarper. Funeral services wereheldMonday,May18,2020withBro.GeorgeSparksof-ficiating.Burialwasinthe

RestHavenCemetery.GraysonFuneralHomeofClayCitywasinchargeofarrangements.

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_________________________________Saturday, May 16, 2020

Rev. Roscoe Conley, 62 Rev.Roscoe(Ross)Con-ley, age 62, pastor of theNewLifeApostolicChurchinIrvine,Kentucky,passedaway Saturday afternoon,May16,2020. Rev.ConleywasborninFrankfurt,GermanyonApril12,1958,andwasprecededindeathbyhismotherandfather,ChesterandRoberta.He was a member of TheUnitedPentecostalChurchInternational. In addition,he retired from the TraneCompanyinLexington.Hedearlylovedhisfamily,hischurchfamilyandfriends. Heissurvivedbyhiswifeof38years,MelissaCum-minsConley;twobrothers:Chester Mullins (Debbie)andGaryMullins(Tammy);andhissister,ChastinaCau-sey;aswellasahostofotherrelativesanddearfriends. A private visitation andfuneralwasheldwithRev.BillMcGrawofficiating.A

publiclivestreamoftheser-vicecouldbeviewedontheCombs,Parsons&CollinsFuneralHome’swebsiteat11:00,Friday,May22,2020.Rev.ConleywiaslaidtorestintheRichmondCemetery. Memorial contributionscan be made to the NewLifeApostolicChurch,2502RichmondRoad,Irvine,KY40336.

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JasonVoydenFriend,age38, passed away Saturday,May9,2020.HewasbornFebruary24,1982 inFayetteCounty tothe lateWilliam E. FriendandShirleySusanBellamy

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_________________________________Sunday, May 9, 2020

Jason Voyden Friend, 38

Regina Gail FlinchumHughes, wife of MichaelDewayneHughesofBoone-ville,Kentucky,wasborninIrvine,KentuckyonOctober12,1971anddeparted thislifeatherhomeinBoone-villeonSaturday,May16,2020attheageof48years,7months,and4days. In addition to her hus-band, Regina is survivedbyhermother,KathyBry-ant Dunaway; her father,Virgil Dunaway; one son,JustinHughes(Celena);onedaughter, Kayla Hughes;threegrandchildren,CollinHughes,GavinUnderwood,andAllisonUnderwood,allof Beattyville; one sister,MichelleDunawayofWin-

chester;onebrother,DavidDunaway(Bertha)ofBeat-tyville;aspecialnephew,Da-vidLeeDunawayandwifeBrookeofIrvine;niecesandnephew,August andAsh-leyDunawayandCourtneyGriffin(Cody);andahostofotherrelativesandfriends. Reginawaspreceded indeath by her grandmother,IzezBrandenburgandaveryspecialnephew,KyleDun-away. PrivategravesideserviceswereheldattheInezCem-etery,DunawayRoad,inBe-attyville. NewnamFuneralHomeofBeattyvilleisinchargeofarrangements.

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_________________________________Saturday, May 16, 2020

Regina Gail Hughes, 48

JamesWilliamSons,age86,ofWallingRoad in Ir-vine,Kentucky,passedawaySunday,May24,2020athishome followinga long ill-ness. He was born December10, 1933 in Estill CountytothelateAlbertSonsandBettyAnnPowellSons.HewasaretiredtruckdriverandwasamemberoftheWhiteOakChurchofGod.HewasaUnitedStatesArmyvet-eranandservedduringtheKoreanConflict. Mr.Sons ispreceded indeath by his wife, JewelDeanColeSons. He is survived by onedaughter, Lisa Gail Sons(Cathy), Madison County;

threesons:LarryWilliamsSons (Donna), Barry Wil-liamsSons (Donalda), andSteve Sons (Jeannie), andEstillCounty;fivegrandchil-dren: Jennifer Richardson,BrittanyHunt,ChristopherSons,TylerSons, andMi-randaDowdy;andtengreatgrandchildren. Mr.Sons ispreceded indeathbythreesisters:Thel-maWalling, Zona PfeifferandVirginiaPowell. Friends called between6-9p.m.,Tuesday,May26,2020attheWarrenF.TolerFuneralHomeChapel.Pri-vate funeral services wereheldbyBro.GlendonWoo-sleyandBro.ScottRogers.

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_________________________________Sunday, May 24, 2020James William Sons, 86

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