Ethel Katherine Estes Stamper, widow of Aaron Stamper and the daughter the late Levi and Ada Griffin Estes was born in Lee County, Kentucky on April 30, 1925 and departed this life in Beattyville, Kentucky on Friday, October 28, 2016 at the age of 91 years, 5 months, and 28 days.
She is survived by eight children, Willard Stamper and wife Mary, Charles Thomas Stamper and wife Sherry all of Irvine, Kentucky, Curtis Stamper, Nannie Kate Caudill, Bertha Jeanette Ross and husband Carl, Connie Smallwood and husband Danny, Julia Tipton and husband Tracy, and Aaron Michael Stamper all of Beattyville; son-in-law, Andrew Miller of Hazard, Kentucky; two special grandchildren, Paula Bryant of Kettering, Ohio and Dickie Samples of Beattyville, Kentucky; many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.
In addition to her husband and parents, Ethel is preceded in death by three daughters, Janice Miller, Mary Tipton, and Jacklyn Stamper; and two sons, Travis and Willie Levi Stamper.