Vivian Virginia Blake
Jul 4, 2009
Vivian Virginia Blake, 83, of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2009 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born November 12, 1925 in Logan, West Virginia, daughter of the late Claude and Susie Dameron Mason. She was married to Lloyd O. Blake and he preceded her in death on April 10, 1992. She was a homemaker and attended...
Mark Anthony Woodall
Jun 30, 2009
Mark Anthony Woodall, 46, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. He was born on April 26, 1963 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, son of the late Frank E. and Evelyn Virginia Burnette Woodall. Mark attended Hannan Trace High School and was a backhoe operator for C.J. Hughes Construction of...
Marvin M. Church
Jun 28, 2009
Marvin M. Church, 76, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2009 at the Holzer Medical Center Emergency Room. He was born September 22, 1932 in Liberty Center, Ohio, son of the late Merl and Boneta Winover Church. He was married to Carolyn Nancy 'Nanny' Church and she preceded him in death on June 22, 2008. Marvin was a...
Reverend Arnold Skaggs
Jun 25, 2009
The Reverend Arnold Skaggs, 76, of Gallipolis, died Thursday, June 25, 2009 at Hospice House in Huntington, West Virginia. Born April 8, 1933, in Lowmansville, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Brack and Maggie Hatfield Skaggs of Gallipolis. Arnold was a retired carpenter. In addition, he served as a pastor for several area churches over the past 40...
Ima Jean Henry
Jun 23, 2009
Ima Jean Henry, 64, of Gallipolis, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at the Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. She was born on November 12, 1944 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Robert Moore and Rosa J. Saunders Coughenour. Ima Jean was employed at AVI Vending and was a member of Kings...
Garnet E. Bevan
Jun 23, 2009
Garnet E. Bevan, 85, of Crown City, passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at her daughter’s home in Crown City. She was born August 18, 1923 in Lawrence County, Ohio, daughter of the late Arnold and Goldie Shaw Sanders. Garnet was married to Dwight B. Bevan and he preceded her in death on August 27, 2003. She was a...
Elizabeth H. Lockitski
Jun 20, 2009
Elizabeth H. Lockitski, 92, of Thurman, passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born on March 16, 1917 in Hermina, Pennsylvania, daughter of John and Sophia Panceroff. Elizabeth was a member of the Russian Orthodox Old Believers Church. She was a loving wife and mother. Surviving is her husband of 70 years, Paul...
Freda Maxine Facemire
Jun 19, 2009
Freda Maxine Neal Facemire, 84, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, June 19, 2009 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born on October 16, 1924 in Gallia County, Ohio daughter of the late Samuel Floyd Neal and Laura Qualls Neal. Freda was a retired daycare administrator at Toddler Tech; owner with her husband of Facemire Cab;...
Maxie C. Smith
Jun 17, 2009
Maxie C. Smith, 75, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at the Hospice of Huntington, Huntington, West Virginia. He was born on March 20, 1934 in Gallia County, son of the late Ardell F. Smith and Lucille Brewer Smith, who survives him. He was a graduate of Gallia Academy High School and a U.S. Army Veteran. Maxie...
David L. Shaffer
Jun 14, 2009
David L. Shaffer, 50, of Gallipolis, went home to be with the Lord, on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at his residence. He was born July 4, 1958 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, son of the late Jerry L. Shaffer and Irene Greene Shaffer, who survives him. He was a 1976 graduate of Hannan Trace High School. David married Vicky Smith...
Walter L. Watson
Jun 12, 2009
Walter L. Watson, 76, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Friday, June 12, 2009 at his residence. He was born on February 24, 1933 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Ira E. and Nellie M. McGuire Watson. Walter was married to Florene S. Watson and she preceded him in death on October 20, 2008. He was also preceded...
Ella Mae Freeman Riggs
Jun 12, 2009
Ella Mae Freeman Riggs, 65, of Genoa, WV passed away on Friday, June 12, 2009 at the St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, WV. She was born on March 8, 1944 in Lawrence County, Ohio, daughter of the late Charles P. and Maggie Marie Jeffers Freeman. She was a CNA care giver. Ella enjoyed canning, cooking, quilting, fishing and jet...
Geneva Mcguire Cox
Jun 7, 2009
Geneva 'Jude' McGuire Cox, 85, passed away on Sunday evening, June 7, 2009 at the home of her daughter, Sharon in Jackson, after an extended illness. Geneva was formerly from the Little Bullskin/Mercerville area, where she made her home with her late husband, Willard T. Cox, after being married 59 years. He preceded her in death on February 15, 2001....
Jo Ann Thompson
Jun 4, 2009
Jo Ann Thompson, 82 of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, June 4, 2009 at the Ohio State University Medical Center. She was born June 16, 1926, in Jackson, Ohio daughter of the late Ceylon Landrum and Martha Elizabeth McKinniss Hiland. On July 25, 1947 she was married to Clarence E. Thompson who preceded her in death on April 14, 1986....
Tella Lemaster
Jun 1, 2009
Tella Lemaster, 85, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, June 1, 2009 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born April 29, 1924 in Belo, West Virginia, daughter of the late Sam and Elizabeth Marcum Hall. She was married to Arnold Ray Lemaster and he preceded her in death. Surviving her are her five daughters, Bonnie Charles Lykins of...
Virgil C. Roberts Jr.
Jun 1, 2009
Virgil C. Roberts Jr., 75, of Greenville, Ohio, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, June 1, 2009 at the Wayne Hospital, Greenville. He was born on February 25, 1934 in London, Ohio, son of the late Virgil C. Roberts Sr. and Goldie Wooten Roberts Haaz. He was raised in the home of his late grandparents Robert and Orpha Wooten...
Betty Ann Johnson
May 29, 2009
Betty Ann Johnson, 71, of Gallipolis, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2009 at the Holzer Medical Center Emergency Room. She was born April 8, 1938 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Weltha Louise Lewis Pennington and Carl S. Pennington, who survives her. She attended French City Baptist Church. Betty enjoyed camping, sitting on the porch, gardening and her...
Thomas Andrew Kiskis
May 24, 2009
Thomas Andrew Kiskis, 52, of Wilmington, Ohio, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2009. He was born on January 19, 1957, in Springfield, Ohio to Zoie Addis-Kiskis Taylor and the late James M. Kiskis. He was a 1975 graduate of Gallia Academy High School. He was a truck driver for Southwest Landmark. He is survived by his...
Betty J. Perry
May 18, 2009
Betty J. Perry, 76, of Vinton, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2009 at her residence. She was born October 19, 1932 in Cabell County, West Virginia, daughter of the late Harry 'Jake' and Edna Byrd Ray. Betty was married to Ray Perry and he preceded her in death on February 4, 2006. She retired as a riverboat cook. Surviving...
John E. Kemper
May 14, 2009
John E. Kemper, 89, of Columbus, passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2009 at Heartland of Marysville, Marysville, Ohio. He was born September 14, 1919 in Gallipolis, son of the late George Sr. and Ethel Josephine Haner Kemper. John was married to Betty Lou Smith Kemper and she preceded him in death on May 1, 1984. He was a GAHS...
