Icie Stapleton Browning Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Icie Stapleton Browning (Ashland, Kentucky), who passed away on October 29, 2025 at the age of 89. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Icie Stapleton Browning to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Walker Reece and Alice Cox Reece; her former husband Floyd Stapleton; her husband Elmer E. "Buddy" Browning; her son Charles Ray Stapleton; and her siblings, Lonzel Reece, Della Mays, Isabell Gross, Christine Isaacs, Jurldean Carroll, Eudell Lickliter and Edessa Marie Isaacs.
She is survived by: her sons, Randy Stapleton of Ashland and Anthony Stapleton (Tammy) of Flatwoods, Kentucky; her grandchildren, Tiffany Hickman (Isaac) of Lexington, Samuel Stapleton (Yin Yin) of Seattle, Kayla Stapleton of Flatwoods and Zachary Stapleton of Flatwoods, Kentucky; and her great grandchildren, Ellie Hickman and Trace Stapleton. She is also survived by many friends, coworkers and neighbors.
In lieu of flowers, which Midge always referred to as a "waste of money," please donate to the Alzheimer's Association or to Ashland Community Hospice in remembrance of her.
