Essie Olive Markwell Risner

July 4, 1927 - June 29, 2018

Essie Olive Markwell Risner age 90 of Sandy Hook, Kentucky passed away Friday, June 29, 2018 at the Life Care Center in Morehead, Kentucky. Mrs. Risner was born July 4, 1927 in Carter County, Kentucky a daughter of the late Cecil Carl and Maudie Bell Knipp Markwell. Essie was a Christian and homemaker. She attended the First Baptist Church in Sandy Hook. She loved spending time with her son Dennis who was her pride and joy, her talent of quilting was among one of her favorite hobbies. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband of twenty four years; Columbus Eugene Risner. Two sisters; Beadia Jewell Markwell, and Nola Thornsberry. Five brothers; Willis Markwell, Hazel Markwell, Willard Markwell, Robbey Markwell and Ray Markwell. She is survived by her son; Dennis Eugene Risner of Sandy Hook, Kentucky. Three Brothers and sisters in-law ; Tracey Markwell of Crisline, Ohio, Louie Kenneth Markwell of Morehead, Kentucky, Haskell Ardith and Violet Markwell and Glenna Markwell all of Olive Hill, Kentucky along with a host of nieces, nephews, extended family and friends who will sadly mourn her passing. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 03, 2018 at Waddell & Whitt Funeral Home in Sandy Hook, Kentucky. Burial will follow in the Elliott County Memory Gardens in Sandy Hook, Kentucky. Friends may visit from 10:00 a.m. until the service hour at the funeral home on Tuesday. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.