Zelma Vivian Benson
Jan 14, 2008
Zelma Vivian Benson, 80, of Columbus, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, January 14, 2008 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. She was born on October 6, 1927 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late LeRoy and Ora Thomason Elliott. She was married to James F. Benson Sr. and he preceded her in death in 1994. Zelma was...
June E. Taylor
Jan 14, 2008
June E. Taylor, 75, of Bidwell, Ohio passed away on Monday, January 14, 2008 at her residence. She was born on March 4, 1932 in Nickelsville, Virginia to the late Alvis Vincent Burke and Nannie G. Kilgore Burke. She was a homemaker and attended the Apostolic Gospel Church in Gallipolis. June is survived by three daughters, Norma J. Jenkins of...
Sylvia M. Watts
Jan 13, 2008
Sylvia M. Watts, 75, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, January 13, 2008 at her daughters residence in Creola, Ohio. She was born on December 12, 1932 in Pikeville, Kentucky, daughter of the late Henry and Fannie Bevins Burchett. She was married to Kenneth Watts and he preceded her in death. Sylvia was a homemaker and member of the Regular...
Martha Anne Moore
Jan 12, 2008
Martha Anne Moore, 68, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2008 at the St. Marys Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. She was born on April 25, 1939 in Newport News, Virginia to the late Percy G. and Virgie M. Blythe Harrison. Martha Anne was a homemaker and a member of the Gallipolis Church of Christ 259...
Lavina Michelle Shaffer
Jan 10, 2008
Lavina Michelle Shaffer, two days old, passed away on Thursday, January 10, 2008 at the Cabell Huntington Hospital. She was born on January 8, 2008, the daughter of Seth and Erin Shaffer of Crown City. Also surviving are grandparents, Milinda and Rick Meaige of Gallipolis and Bev and Terry Shaffer of Crown City; an aunt, Bethani Shaffer of Crown City;...
James H. Holley
Jan 9, 2008
James H. Holley, 78, of the Evergreen Community, Bidwell, passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at the Holzer Medical Center. He was born on October 3, 1929 in Mason County, West Virginia to the late Charles W. and Verne Holley. James was married to Anita Hudkins Holley and she survives him. He was retired from Gallipolis Developmental Center and...
Jerome E. Hundley, Sr.
Jan 8, 2008
Jerome E. Hundley, Sr., 49, of Crown City, passed away on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. He was born on February 19, 1958 in Columbus, Ohio, son of the late Amos E. Hundley and Westine L. Grimmette Hundley. Jerome was a former truck driver. Surviving are his mom, Goldie Hundley, of Crown City; two sons,...
Alba M. Del Rosario
Dec 31, 2007
Alba M. Del Rosario, 82, of Bidwell, passed away on Monday, December 31, 2007 at her residence after an extended illness. She was born on April 16, 1925 in Buenaventura, Colombia, South America, daughter of the late Roberto Casierra and Rosa Pretelt Casierra. She married Francisco Del Rosario and he preceded her in death in August of 1977. Surviving are...
Raymond Paul Thompson
Dec 27, 2007
Raymond Paul Thompson Uncle Bob, 73, of Gallipolis, passed away on December 27, 2007 in his sleep at his home after a long illness. He was born on October 9, 1934 at Ona, West Virginia, son of the late Burley and Maudie Hughes Thompson. He retired from Kaiser Aluminum. He was a Navy Seal in the Korean War and was...
Shirley Sigman
Dec 24, 2007
Shirley Sigman Lorene P. Shirley Sigman, 58, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, December 24, 2007 at the Holzer Medical Center. Shirley was born on January 31, 1949 in Logan County, West Virginia the daughter of the Rev. Andrew and Lucille Belcher Parsons. She was a homemaker and a member of the Silver Memorial Freewill...
Gary Lee Dray, Sr.
Dec 15, 2007
Gary Lee Dray, Sr., 57, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2007 at the Holzer Medical Center. Gary was born on June 7, 1950 in Dayton, Ohio son of the late Vance A. Dray and Rosalee McGuire Dray. He was a US Army veteran serving in Vietnam and earned a Bronze Star, a former telephone lineman for...
Nathan Slayton, Jr.
Dec 8, 2007
Nathan Slayton, Jr., 77, of Northup, Ohio, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2007 at home with his loved ones surrounding him. He was born September 23, 1930 in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of the late Nathan E. Slayton, Sr. and Mary E. Casey-Slayton. Nathan married Alma L. Reynolds-Slayton in 1958 and she survives him. He was retired from Buckeye Rural Electric...
Texie Alice Sug Rainey
Dec 8, 2007
Alice “Sug” Rainey, 65, of Rio Grande, Ohio went to be with her Lord and Savior and her loving son Steven on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at the Heartland of Jackson Nursing Home in Jackson Ohio. She was born August 6, 1942 in Wayne County, West Virginia to the late Basel and Texie Davis Spurlock. Sug was retired from the...
Millard M. Foley
Dec 7, 2007
Millard M. Foley, 77, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Friday, December 7, 2007 at the Holzer Medical Center Emergency Room in Jackson, Ohio. Millard was born on March 9, 1930 in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky to the late Morgan and Jennie Hinson Foley. He was a retired Frito-Lay salesman having 19 years of service, and also retired from the Gallipolis...
Byrdell J. Forth, Sr.
Dec 5, 2007
Byrdell J. Forth, Sr., 87, of Crown City passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at the VA Medical Center in Huntington, WV. He was born on April 23, 1920 in Hogsett, West Virginia, son of the late James C. and Minnie Jackson Forth. Byrdell married Eloise E. Gooderham and she preceded him in death. He was retired from the...
Leona E. Drummond
Nov 27, 2007
Leona E. Drummond, 84, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born on September 21, 1923 in Cabell County, West Virginia, daughter of the late Ora and Ida May Porter Lucas. Leona retired from Gallipolis Developmental Center in 1977 as a nursing associate. She was a member of Good News Baptist...
Leslie Iris Stapleton
Nov 24, 2007
Leslie Iris Stapleton, 82, of Crown City, Ohio passed away on Saturday, November 24, 2007 at her residence. She was born on September 6, 1925 in Gallia County, Ohio to the late Peter Arnold Holley and Allie Beatrice Lane Holley. She was married to Carl Jackson Stapleton on March 3, 1943 and he survives. Leslie was a homemaker, a loving...
Marjorie Ellen French
Nov 23, 2007
Marjorie Ellen French, 85, a longtime resident of the Bulaville and Addison Communities, passed away on Friday, November 23, 2007 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born April 24, 1922 in Cheshire Township, to the late Deffie B. and Lenora James Swisher. She was retired from the Gallipolis State Institute G.S.I., a member of the Bulaville Christian Church, and...
Alan Keith Haley
Nov 18, 2007
Alan Keith Haley was released from the burdens of this life on November 18, 2007. He was born at 7:47 a.m. on November 9, 1980 to Lawrence Larry T. Haley and Rita F.Taylor Haley, who survive. Alan fought a courageous life long battle with a very serious congenital heart defect. He knew that his best hope for healing came from...
Carroll Cline Caldwell
Nov 12, 2007
Carroll Cline Caldwell, 76, of Bidwell, went to be with his Lord on Monday, November 12, 2007 at his residence. He was born March 14, 1931 in Gallia County to the late William W. and Fannie Bell Wolfe Caldwell. He married Adell Plymale on October 19, 1952 and she survives him. He was a farmer and owner of C C...
