Melissa Haddix

Melissa Suzanne Haddix, age 18, died June 4, 2017 from injuries received in an automobile accident on the Mountain Parkway near Clay City, Kentucky. Melissa graduated with honors in 2016 from Powell County High School and attended Morehead State University. She had ambitions to be a nurse and had just completed her state board examination. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Shirley and Christine Haddix and her maternal grandfather, James Johnson. Melissa is survived by her fiance, Steven Ryan Fraley of Winchester; her father Tommy Wayne (Jennifer) Haddix of Stanton; her mother Thelisa Landrum Ripy of Winchester; her grandmother Thelma Johnson of Winchester; her grandparents Danny Elkins and Darlene Staton of Stanton; two brothers: Troy Ripy of Winchester and Brandon (Jerrica) Everman of Stanton; three sisters: Mary Lynn Ripy of Winchester, Chaela (Tyler) Everman of Jeffersonville and Dannah (Gary) Fraley of Winchester; aunts and uncles: Cleta Haddix and Glen Townsend of Clay City, Brian and Tina Haddix of Stanton, Lynn and Edward Hughes of Clay City and Danny Elkins Jr. of Stanton along with nieces and nephews: Skyler Dunn, Taylor Dunn, McKenna Everman, Kinley Henderson, Scarlet Sumner and Brentyn Fraley. Funeral services officiated by Bro. Randy Landrum, Bro. Johnny Hurt and Bro. Herbert Barnett will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday at Hearne Funeral Home Inc., 125 West College Avenue, Stanton, KY. Visitation begins at 5:00 P.M. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bia's Resthaven Cemetery with Brandon Everman, Jarett Martin, Gary Fraley, Tyler Henderson, Tom Risley and Glen Townsend serving as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Chaela Everman, Dannah Everman, Mary Lynn Ripy, Ashley Hughes, Brittany Hughes, Kristie Hughes, Shay Roseberry, B. J. Haddix, Brianna Haddix, Jake Hughes, Troy Ripy, Bridget Fontaine, Eric Fontaine, Kayla Moore, Chaela Fontaine and Dalton Fontaine. Arrangements by Hearne Funeral Home, Inc.