April 1, 2025
Josephine Sizemore Shelton Owsley, 89, of Ashland, Ky died Sunday, March 30, 2025 at her home in Ashland. She was born July 5, 1935 in Floyd Co., Ky a daughter of the late Hurley and Manda Mosley Sizemore. She was a homemaker in her own home. She is preceded in death in addition to her parents by her husband Eugene Owsley, her companion Charles Penix, a daughter Patricia Lynn Shelton Couch, a brother Alger Sizemore, and two sisters Norma Jean Sizemore Blackburn and Fannie L. Sizemore Walters. She is survived by a daughter Wanda Lea Shelton Adkins of Ashland, Ky, a brother Jackie Sizemore of Lexington, Ky, a sister Joan Sizemore Short of Mt. Sterling, Ky, 9 grandchildren Bruce, Todd, Shae, Nikki, Timmy, Trina, Ken, Mike, and Scott, several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Josephine’s funeral service will be conducted Thursday, April 3, 2025 at the Lazear Funeral Home Chapel in Ashland at 1:00 P.M. by Bro. Hurley Short and Bro. James Sizemore with entombment to follow in Ashland Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from 6 to 9 P.M. Lazear Funeral Home is both honored and privileged to have been entrusted with the care of Mrs. Owsley.