Beulah K. Braden

Beulah K. Braden, age 88, of Strunk, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2016, at the Continue Care Hospital in Corbin, Kentucky.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, August 2, 2016, at 4:00 p.m. in the chapel of the Pine Knot Funeral Home with Bro. William Kilby officiating. She was laid to rest at the Pine Knot Cemetery.  Serving as pall bearers were Joey Braden, Barry Braden, Greg Chaney, Doug Chaney, Tristen Norfleet and Zack Chaney.

Born January 5, 1928, in Pine Knot, she was the daughter of the late Oda and Pearl (Stephens) Cooper. Also preceding her in death was her husband Earl Braden when he passed away on October 27, 2006; her son Gary Braden; four brothers Herman, James, Raymond, and Robert Cooper; three sisters Thelma Graham, Betty Baird, and infant sister Dicie Geneva Cooper; and her ex-daughter-in-law Donna Wilson.

Surviving family include her son Larry Braden and wife Sharon of Strunk; daughter June Chaney and husband Dean of Pine Knot; her daughter-in-law Judy Braden of Stearns; her grandchildren Stephanie Norfleet, Joey Braden, Jason Murphy, Eric Murphy, Barry Braden, Jennifer Bailey, Greg Chaney, and Doug Chaney. She has fifteen great-grandchildren, one great great-granddaughter Marley, two sisters, Evelyn Neal and husband L.J. of Strunk, and Lois Phelps and husband Bud of Moraine, Ohio, and a brother Clyde Cooper of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Beulah was a member at the Marsh Creek Baptist Church. She loved her flowers, enjoyed gardening, quilting, family time, talking to people, and her dogs.

Pine Knot Funeral Home assisted the family with funeral arrangements.