April 7, 2016 Obituaries

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Samuel V. Trossky, age 90 of Paintsville, KY; passed away Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 at Community Hospice in Ashland, KY. He was born February 7th, 1926 in Harlan County, KY. Samuel was a WW II Veteran and a retired Federal Coal Mine Inspector. Funeral Mass will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 8th, in the Chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral, with Father Terence Hoppenjans officiating. Burial will follow in the Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, at Staffordsville, KY. Friends may call from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Thursday, April 7th, and after 9:00 a.m. Friday, April 8th, until time of service at 11:00 a.m. at Jones-Preston Funeral Home.

 

Morgan “Bloss” Hall Jr., age 82, of Wayland, KY., passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY. Funeral service will be conducted Friday, April 8, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Hall Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Davidson Memorial Gardens, Ivel, KY., visitation is after 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, under the kind and professional care of the Hall Funeral Home, Martin, KY.

Dale Bemis, age 77, passed away April 6, 2016, at the Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center in Hazard. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and a former engineer with General Motors. Arrangements are incomplete at this time

Gertrude Bentley Martin, age 81, of Florida, formerly of Floyd Co, KY, widow of Earl Martin, Jr., passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016 in the Highland Regional Medical Center, Prestonsburg, KY. Funeral service for Mrs. Gertrude Bentley Martin will be conducted Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Hall Funeral Home Chapel, Martin, KY with Mike Sanders and Jimmy Hall officiating. Burial will follow in the Davidson Memorial Gardens, Ivel, KY. Visitation is Thursday, April 7 from 6-10 p.m. and Friday 3-10 p.m. at Hall Funeral Home.

Gerlean Hopkins, age 81, passed away Monday, April 4, 2016 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Visitation will be Wednesday at 6p.m. at the Lucas & Son Funeral Home. Church services will be Wednesday and Thursday at 7p.m. The funeral will be Friday, April 8, 2016 at 12 noon at the Lucas & Son Funeral Home with Claymon Adkins and others officiating. Burial will follow in the Hopkins Cemetery at Greasy Creek.