Viper Native Richard Caudill, 87, Dies at Hazard ARH Medical Center
Viper native Richard Caudill, 87, died Feb. 20 at Hazard ARH Medical Center; Engle‑Bowling Funeral Home lists a Feb. 23 service and burial in the Caudill Family Cemetery.
Richard Caudill, 87, a native of Viper, died Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, at Hazard ARH Medical Center, the Engle‑Bowling Funeral Home obituary states. The listing gives his birth date as March 7, 1938, and identifies him as the son of the late Irvin Caudill and the late Mattie Caudill.
Engle‑Bowling’s obituary records that Caudill was preceded in death by brothers Ralph, Ray, and Raymond and sisters Inez Hopper, Gladys Caudill, and Lena Ison. The funeral‑home entry lists surviving family members in full: his wife of 58 years, Janice Caudill; sons Lloyd Caudill and Jimmy Caudill (Katie); daughter Jennifer Goode (Bill); and sisters Dorthy Brashear, Francis Ann Frazier (Marion), and Patsey Eversole (Lynn).
The obituary names grandchildren Brittney Cody, Matthew Caudill, Blake Dean, Autumn Hardwick, and Carson Caudill, and great‑grandchildren Chrisley Cody, Elijah Cody, Oakley Hardwick, and Pierce Combs; it adds that other relatives and friends survive. Engle‑Bowling’s page includes a guestbook and tribute candles for visitors to sign and a link to the funeral‑home sympathy store for floral arrangements.
Funeral arrangements are set for Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, with visitation at Engle‑Bowling Funeral Home from 12:00 to 1:00 P.M. and the funeral service at 1:00 P.M., with Bud Farler officiating, the obituary states. The interment will follow in the Caudill Family Cemetery at Viper, Kentucky, and Engle‑Bowling Funeral Home is listed as being in charge of arrangements.
Some public records and obituary aggregators also display an earlier notice for a different man named Richard Caudill. Legacy.com and the Journal Patriot carry obituaries for Richard Terry Caudill of Wilkesboro, North Carolina, born Feb. 20, 1944, who died Oct. 18, 2016; those listings describe funeral services Oct. 20, 2016 at Reins‑Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Mike Almond and note parents Roy Dowell and Stella Fay Wyatt Caudill. These details, different birth and death dates, separate family names, and North Carolina locations, make clear the Wilkesboro entries concern a separate individual, not the Viper native.
Engle‑Bowling Funeral Home’s obituary is the primary source for the Viper native’s death notice and logistics. Family members and community members planning to attend services in Viper can follow the visitation and 1:00 P.M. funeral timing on Monday, Feb. 23, with interment at the Caudill Family Cemetery to conclude the arrangements.
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