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Mary Ellen Hagan
Jul 24, 1946 - Dec 16, 2025
Mary Ellen Hagan, 79, of Owensboro passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. The Daviess County native was born July 24, 1946, as one of six children to the late Leonard Durbin and Mary Head Durbin. She enrolled in Brescia College and earned two bachelor’s degrees in Basic Business/English and Religious…
Mary George Rumage Freels
- Dec 19, 2025
Mary George Rumage Freels, 103, of Owensboro passed away peacefully and surrounded by loved ones on December 19, 2025, under the care of Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Kentucky. She was born in Daviess County to the late Marion William and Alma Marie Murphy Rumage.Mary George retired from GE after decades of service. She…
Roy Lee Harper
Oct 21, 1942 - Dec 19, 2025
Roy Lee Harper, 83, of Owensboro, passed away December 19, 2025. He was born October 21, 1942 in Breckenridge County to the late Homer and Grace Smiley Harper. Roy was a member of Chestnut Grove Baptist Church and a United States Army Veteran. He retired from Commonwealth Aluminum and enjoyed fishing, U.K. basketball and NASCAR.…
Jack Benjamin Hatfield
Oct 16, 1945 - Dec 16, 2025
Jack Benjamin Hatfield, age 80, passed away on December 16, 2025, at the Heartford House. He most recently resided at the Carmel Home in Owensboro, Kentucky. Born on October 16, 1945, in Owensboro, Kentucky, Jack was the son of Flora Kathryn Jarnigan Hatfield and James Clifton “Jack” Hatfield. He was a graduate of Owensboro High School…
Amy Nicole Bowlds
Mar 27, 1981 - Dec 21, 2025
Amy Nicole Bowlds, 44, of Owensboro, KY, passed away on December 21, 2025, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born in Owensboro on March 27, 1981, and was a 2002 graduate of Apollo High School.She loved watching her soap operas, especially Young and the Restless and General Hospital, watching movies on TV and also…
Brenda Louise Sparks
Mar 8, 1957 - Dec 19, 2025
Brenda L. Sparks, 68, of Utica went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 19, 2025, under the care of Hospice and Palliative Care of W. Kentucky. The Daviess County native was born March 8, 1957, to the late Cecil and Louise Jackson. Brenda graduated from Daviess County High School with the class of…
Richard Darrell Brown, Sr.
Jan 12, 1950 - Dec 17, 2025
Richard D. “R.D.” Brown, Sr. 75, of Owensboro, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2025 under the care of Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Kentucky. He was born January 12, 1950, in Owensboro, to the late Milner S. and Dorothy Richards Brown. Richard was a master class union pipefitter for 50 years, and a member…
Joyce Boling
May 23, 1935 - Dec 17, 2025
Joyce Boling, 90, of Beaver Dam, formerly of Owensboro, passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at Beaver Dam Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born May 23, 1935 in Ohio County to the late Irving and Ethlyn Muffett. Joyce was a homemaker, was a member of the former Utica United Methodist Church, but had been…
Christopher Shawn Roberts
Jun 22, 1965 - Dec 16, 2025
Christopher Shawn Roberts, 60, of Owensboro passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at his residence. Chris was born on June 22, 1965, in Cullman, Alabama, to Sherman and Dolores Calhoun Roberts. He graduated from Daviess County High School with the class of 1983 where he played on the Panther golf team. He grew…
Callahan Beau Heep
Dec 13, 2025 - Dec 13, 2025
Callahan Beau Heep was born Saturday, December 13, 2025, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. He was lovingly cradled in the arms of his twin brother, Beckett, for 35 precious weeks before being welcomed into eternal peace with the Lord. His brief time on this Earth was marked by love and will be cherished deeply by…
