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In November of last year, Jasmine Whitaker (middle) was given the DAISY Award for going above and beyond, as she donated her plasma to one of her COVID patients. Pictured alongside Whitaker is Sherrie Mays, VP of Nursing at Baptist Health Corbin (left) and Eryn Harmon, Manager of PCU/CCU/Palliative Care at Baptist Health Corbin (right). | Photo Contributed
Jasmine Whitaker hadn t always dreamed of becoming a nurse but after seeing nurses care for her ill father, she was inspired to go to nursing school. Whitaker graduated from Lincoln Memorial University in 2019. | Photo Contributed
Jasmine Whitaker only had seven months of experience in nursing under her belt when she unexpectedly became a COVID nurse and was thrown to the forefront of the pandemic. Here, Whitaker is pictured in her COVID gear, what she had to wear day in and day out working with COVID-19 patients over the past year. | Photo Contributed
Arthur George Rose, age 86, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, passed away on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at home surrounded by his in South Weber, Utah after a short battle with brain cancer.
Arthur was born on August 16, 1934 in Molus, Kentucky to James McPherson Rose and Rose Burgan Rose. He was the second born of six children. The Rose family moved to Jellico, Tennessee where Arthur grew up. He joined the United State Air Force in 1951 and served honorably during the Korean and Vietnam wars.
It was during his training in the Air Force that he was sent to San Antonio to learn how to cook. Training took place at the Gunther Hotel where he met his wife to be, Esther Cantu. Before he could ask Esther out on a date, he had to first ask her older sister Eva, who also worked at the Gunther Hotel. Eva said no but Dad was not deterred. He continued to pursue Esther and eventually won her over. He proposed to her while the Hank Williams
Robert Leach passed away in This is the full obituary story where you can express condolences and share memories. Services by Whiddon Shiver Funeral Home.
Mrs. Cope was born Feb. 8, 1931 at Jellico, Tennessee.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Ruby Effie Baker Fuson; brother, Joe Fuson and sister; Laura Fuson Martin.
Mrs. Cope was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-eight years, Rev. Dr. William Wayne Cope. Mrs. Cope is survived by their daughter, Karen Cope Dawsey, Whiteville, North Carolina; their granddaughter, Allison Dawsey Yezek, Charlotte, North Carolina; and great-grandchildren, Ava Carolyn Yezek and Mason James Yezek, Charlotte, North Carolina. She is also survived by sisters, Novella Fuson Phillips, Knoxville, Tennessee and Flo Fuson Martin, Bristol, Virginia and the extended Fuson and Cope families.
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