Loretta June Hinchee

Loretta Hinchee, 86 of Marion, KY went to be with the Lord on January 7, 2025. She was born in Sturgis, KY and raised in the Bells Mines Community in Crittenden County. She attended Cave Springs General Baptist Church and New Hope Church. She loved cooking for her family, friends, and especially family holiday and church gatherings. Her children and grandchildren fondly remember her hot homemade brownies always available in the kitchen. She enjoyed sharing time with friends and family and was always there for a friend in need, but most of all she enjoyed time with her husband, children, and grandchildren. She took pride in her work as a cook at various restaurants in Marion, KY and the Crittenden County Health and Rehabilitation Center. Survivors include her children, Danny Hinchee, Howard Hinchee, Jeanne Hinchee and Michelle Speed; grandchildren Melissa Hinchee, Ashley Drane, Tehya Fulkerson, and Riley McConnell, as well as 10 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Billy Gene Hinchee; son, Jeffrey Lee Hinchee; brothers, Charles Alvin Mansfield (infant), Alvin Ray Mansfield, Gary Wayne Mansfield; sisters, Shirley Jean Collins and Elizabeth Ann French and parents, Addie Ray and Charles Alvin Mansfield.Services are scheduled for 1 PM Monday January 13, 2025 at Gilbert Funeral Home in Marion, KY with interment in Crowell Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 11 AM until service time at the funeral home.