Michael Helton

Michael Shelly Helton, age 59, widower of Pamela Sue Helton of Stanton, Kentucky died October 9, 2021 from injuries received in an accident on Highway 82 in Estill County, Kentucky.  Born in Barbourville, Kentucky he was the son of the late Shelly Coy Helton and the late Alpha “Jean” Marshall Burgress and an Army Veteran.  Mike Helton was the operator of Bruen’s Restaurant in Stanton.  He was a member of Southern Brothers Motorcycle Club, Task Force Omega, Amvets Post 67 and Owingsville VFW.  Mike was preceded in death by his parents, wife, son, Austin Dean Helton and brother, Richard Eugene Helton.  He is survived by his sons, Michael Coy Helton of Bowen and Trinity Joseph Michael Crump of Owingsville; daughter, Kayla (Ryland) Ledford of Bowen; sisters, Matilda Purvis of Mt. Sterling, Katherine (Robert) Skaggs of Jeffersonville,   Janice Banks of Mt. Sterling and Melissa Helton of Mt. Sterling and four grandchildren, Noah Ledford, Corbin Crump, Harley Ledford and Daniel Willoughby.  Funeral services officiated by Danny Belcher and Rev. Lowell Rice will be held at 12:00 P. M., Thursday, October 14, 2021 at Southern Brothers Motorcycle Club, 560 Reffitt Road, Jeffersonville, KY.  Visitation is 6:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. Wednesday at Hearne Funeral Home, 125 West College Avenue, Stanton.  Burial will be in Stonegate Cemetery, 27 Stonegate Drive, Stanton, KY with Kyle Pence, Danny Belcher, Robert Skaggs, Robbie Skaggs, David Welch, Mark Shaffer, Bobby Edmondson and Jeremy Banks serving as active pallbearers.  Honorary pallbearers are Johnny Hall, Robert Bailey, Millard Boswell, C. B. Martin, Raymond Gilley, Larry Powell, Tony Napier, Adam King and Ryland Ledford.  Arrangements by Hearne Funeral Home, Inc.