Isaacs, Isaac Hugh
Booneville, KY – Isaac Hugh Isaacs, 75, , Owsley County Health Care Center died Tuesday, August 13, 1996 at the Kentucky River Medical Center in Jackson, following a long illness. He was a native Owsley Countian, the son of the late Lewis and Ida Neeley Isaacs and member of the Elk Lick Baptist Church. He is survived by four sisters, Nellie Harvey, Booneville; Sophia Brandenburg and Ethel Bailey, both of Beattyville; and Martha Ruth Haney, Dayton, Ohio; one brother, Robert Isaacs, Booneville; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held on Friday, August 17 at the Elk Lick Baptist Church with Rev. Charlie Wilson officiating. Burial in the Isaacs Family Cemetery with Searcy and Strong Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Booneville Sentinel August 1996
Isaacs, Lowell Earl
Booneville, KY – Lowell Earl Isaacs, 70, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2007, at St. Joseph East in Lexington, KY. Lowell was born July 14, 1936, in Jackson County, KY, to the late Barbie and Arlie (Reece) Isaacs. He was a former tool and dye foreman for Philco Ford Motor Company, enjoyed fishing and hunting, and attended the Baptist Church. Survivors include a son, Earl Wayne (& Sammie) Isaacs of McKee, KY; three stepsons, McArthur Scott of Berea, KY, Jesse Scott of Michigan and Wayne Scott of Richmond, KY; four stepdaughters, Lilly Scott Barrett of Booneville, KY, Linda Kay Scott Gross of FL, Lola Taylor of MI, and Janie Shackelford of Berea, KY; three grandchildren; and one great grandchild. Also surviving are three brothers, James and Roy Dale Isaacs of IN, Donald Gene Isaacs of VA; and a host of step-grandchildren, friends and relatives. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by his special companion, Fannie Scott; four brothers, Raymond, Kenneth, Virgil and Murrell Isaacs; and a sister, JoAnn Madden. Funeral services were Tuesday, May 15, 2007, at 4:00 p.m. at the Booneville Funeral Home with Brother Shawn Madden officiating. Visitation on Tuesday evening at the funeral home from 2:00 p.m. until time of service. Burial in the Clark/Scott Cemetery, Big Sturgeon Road, Owsley County, with the Booneville Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Booneville Sentinel May 17, 2007.
Ivey, Bertha Tirey
Bertha Ivey, age 74 of Hamilton passed away at her residence on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 6:05 AM. She was born in Owsley County, Kentucky on January 24, 1934 the daughter of Chester and Nancy (Moore) Tirey. Bertha was employed in the housekeeping department at Mercy Hospital of Hamilton for fifteen years, retiring in 1987. In 1955 in Hamilton she married Burt Ivey, who preceded her in death in 1989. She is survived by four daughters, Brenda (Chester) DeBorde, Joyce (Joey) Spoonamore, Debbie (Richard) Sandlin, and Donna Jean Ivey; three sons, Ronald Lee Ivey, Kenneth Ray (Diana) Ivey, and John Ray Ivey; two brothers, Conley Tirey and Chester Tirey Jr; two sisters, Lola Lamb and Hazel McCoy; eighteen grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; and numerous other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; seven brothers, Lloyd, Edward, Walter, Wilbur, Othar, Willie, and Leslie Tirey; one sister, Emma Brandenburg; and two grandsons, Matt Ivey and Joey Spoonamore Jr. Funeral service will be held at the Pater Avenue Pentecostal Church of God, 1321 Pater Avenue, on Friday, February 22, 2008 at 2:00 PM with Tina Phillips officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at the church. Brown-Dawson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. From Sarah Osborne.