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Gladys Pauline Eblin
Jan 29, 2012
Gladys Pauline Eblin, 79, of Vinton, went to be with the Lord surrounded by her family on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at the Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Pauline was born May 7, 1932 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late Ralph E. and Mary E. Johnson Sands. She was married to Glen Eblin and he preceded her in...
Blake M. Northup
Jan 21, 2012
Blake M. Northup, 58, passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2012, peacefully at home, surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on February 20, 1953 in Gallipolis, Ohio to the late Charles Lowell and Ardilia (Cantrell) Northup, who survives him. He retired from the Gallipolis Developmental Center (GDC) in 2004 after 30 years of...
Alva 'Ed' Roush
Jan 18, 2012
Alva Ed Roush, 80, of Cheshire, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at the Hickory Creek Nursing Home in The Plains, Ohio. Ed was born on April 3, 1931 in Gallipolis, Ohio to the late Lloyd V. and Ruth Ward Roush, Sr. He was retired from A.E.P. Gavin Plant, a member of the Mt. Hermon United Brethren Church,...
Sarah L. Adams
Jan 17, 2012
Sarah I. Adams, 83, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born June 14, 1928 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late James and Bessie Denny Walters. She was married to Harold Claire Adams and he preceded her in death. She was a homemaker. Private graveside services will be...
Walter Ray Long
Jan 16, 2012
Walter Ray Long, 84, of Bidwell, passed away on Monday, January 16, 2012 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. He was born November 23, 1927 in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of the late Grant and Azile E. Cromley Long, who preceded him in death in 1977. He married Judy Marie Cox Long on September 7, 1988 and she survives him. Also...
Helen M. Neal
Jan 16, 2012
Helen M. Neal, 96, of Patriot, passed away on Monday, January 16, 2012 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born August 21, 1915 in Columbus, Ohio, daughter of the late William Clark and Lalla White Thornton. She was married to Alden H. Neal and he preceded her in death in 1980. Helen was a farmer and a homemaker and...
Gertrude J. Wickline
Jan 16, 2012
Gertrude J. Wickline, 76, passed away on Monday, January 16, 2012 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born June 28, 1935 in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia, daughter of the late Andrew Sr..and Okalla Rainey Berkley. Gertrude was a 1953 GAHS graduate. She retired from Milstead Bakery and was a member of American Legion Post 27 Ladies Auxiliary. Surviving are...
Jesse J. Duncan
Jan 13, 2012
Jesse J. Duncan, 77, of Bidwell, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2012 at his residence. He was born September 8, 1934 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Lave and Ruby Jewell Arthur Duncan. Jesse was a self-employed plumber. Surviving are his children, Pamela (Terry Wayne) Sexton of Eaton, Ohio, Jennifer (Eugene) Carnes and Terri Lynn Russell, both...
Graceline Virginia Cotton Ortiz
Jan 12, 2012
Graceline Virginia Cotton Ortiz, 75, of Henderson, West Virginia, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 12, 2012. She was born on February 5, 1936, daughter of the late Emory C. and Gladys Graceline Hart. She was a Mary Kay Consultant for many years and a member of the Grace Baptist Church in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Surviving...
Gary T. Price
Jan 12, 2012
Gary T. Price, 72, of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at his residence. He was born August 17, 1939 in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of the late Kermit and Audrey Straight Price. Gary was married to Shirley Wallace and she survives him. He was retired from Gallipolis Developmental Center. Surviving are his wife, Shirley Price of Gallipolis; three...
Wilhelmenia Simmons
Jan 11, 2012
Wilhelmenia Simmons, 90, of Gallipolis, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at Holzer Senior Care Center. Willie as she was called by her many friends was born on August 6, 1921 in Gallipolis, Ohio in an area off of Sycamore Street between Second and Third Avenue called The Flats. She was the...
Vickie A. Long
Jan 8, 2012
Vickie A. Long, 44, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Sunday, January 08, 2012. She was born on March 4, 1967 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Bill Siders and Ruth White Willitt. She had attended Bell Chapel Church. Vickie was married to Mike Long and he survives and from this union her children survive, sons, Michael (Marie) Long, Randy...
Billie C. Campbell
Jan 8, 2012
Billie C. Campbell passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2012, at Holzer Senior Care Center, following a lengthy illness. He was born on August 19, 1923, in Gallia County Ohio, the son of the late John C. Campbell and Belva Mae Waugh Campbell, who both preceded him in death in 1983. He was one of six children, four boys and...
Audrey Mae Angel Saunders
Jan 4, 2012
Audrey Mae Angel Saunders, 69, of Crown City, passed peacefully at home January 4, 2012. She was born September 23, 1942 to Brady and Belva Martin Angel. She is survived by the love of her life, Lowen Cline Saunders, with whom she was married to for nearly fifty years; four children, Angela (Brian) Wamsley of Westerville, Ohio, Renee (Keith) Bartimus...
Ivan Glen 'Monk' Mcguire
Jan 4, 2012
Glen Monk McGuire, 61, of Gallipolis, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at the Holzer Medical Center. Glen was born on September 25, 1950 in Gallipolis to the late Marvin and Edith Taylor McGuire. He had formerly worked at Scenic Hills Care Center and was currently an independent paper carrier for the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. Glen was married...
Willard Blankenship
Jan 1, 2012
Rev. Willard Blankenship, 83, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2012 at the Holzer Medical Center. He was born on September 7, 1928 in Vinton, Ohio, son of the late John H. Blankenship and Edith Gates Blankenship Yates. Willard retired from OVEC with 35 years of service and had been Pastor of the Apostolic Gospel Church for...
Jaycelyn Kamy Bickle
Dec 31, 2011
Jaycelyn Kamy Bickle, 6, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the Holzer Medical Center, Emergency Room. She was a kindergarten student at Guiding Hand School, which she enjoyed attending. She also attended the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses in Gallipolis. Kamy was born on November 1, 2005 in Columbus, Ohio daughter of Jason E. and...
Jack E. Hall
Dec 28, 2011
Jack E. Hall, 58, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at his residence. He was born on January 17, 1953 in Pomeroy, Ohio, son of the late Jay Hall, Jr. and Lillian Marlene Lathey Hall. He was preceded in death by his father, his maternal grandparents Lester and Mary Lathey, his paternal grandparents, Jay Hall, Sr....
Christopher D. Carman
Dec 27, 2011
Christopher D. Carman, 37, Dayton, Ohio formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at the VA Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia. Chris was born on January 14, 1974 in Gallipolis, Ohio son of David R. and Vita Draulis Carman who survive in Gallipolis, Ohio. Chris served in the U.S. Army and attended the First Presbyterian Church in...
Julia Lee Cremeans
Dec 24, 2011
Julia Lee Cremeans, 84, of Rutland, Ohio, formerly ofCheshire, Ohiopassed away on Saturday, December 24, 2011 in the Emergency Room at OBleness Memorial Hospital. She was born on November 3, 1927 in Lonaconing, Maryland to the late James and Marcelinia Sluss Merrbach. Lee had formerly worked for the F.B.I. in Washington, DC and retired from the Gallipolis Developmental Center. She...
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