Wilma Jean McIntosh, age 75, of Fairground Ridge Road in Beattyville, passed away Friday, December 13, 2024, at the Lee County Care and Rehab Center following a short illness. She was born January 28, 1949, in Lee County and was the daughter of the late Dewey C. Samples and Kathleen Lemaster Samples. She was a Homemaker and attended the Hopewell First Church of God. She had lived in Lee County for all of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Darrell McIntosh, and she is survived by:
1 daughter: Lisa Pelfrey (Sam Hatton) - Beattyville
1 son: Gregory McIntosh (Debbie) - Beattyville
1 sister: Mary Stamper (Willard) - Ravenna
3 brothers: Paul Edwin Samples (Kathy) - Lee Co.
Bobby Lynn Samples (Mattie) - Richmond
Benny Samples (Ruth) - Irvine
5 grandchildren: Kelsey McIntosh, Kourtney McIntosh-Spencer (Ryan), Makisha Botner, Michaela Botner, and Marshall McIntosh
5 great grandchildren: Paisley Cockerham, Hayden Beer, Eli Beer, Carinah Spencer, and Damien Spencer
Sister-in-law: Kathy Samples
Special Niece: Michelle Turpin
Special friends: Brenda Evans
Wavelene and Charlie Brewer
In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by 1 sister, Geneieve Rison, 2 brothers, Dewey Samples Jr. and Charles Leon Samples, and 2 nephews, Shawn and Justin Samples.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday, December 16, 1 PM, at the Hopewell First Church of God in Beattyville with Bro. Vernon Raines and his wife Shannon Raines officiating. Burial will be at the Day Osborne-McIntosh Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday from 6 to 9 PM at the Warren F. Toler Funeral Home.
