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Delbert R. Williams

Delbert R. Williams

Aug 7, 2022

Delbert R. “Del” Williams, 70, of Patriot, Ohio passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2022 at Holzer Medical Center.

Born on May 2, 1952 in Huntington, West Virginia, Del was the son of the late Olof R. and Ruth Evelyn Burgess Williams.  Del married Sharon Birchfield Williams, who survives him in Patriot.  He retired from ODOT and...

Lindsay Renee Ball

Lindsay Renee Ball

Aug 6, 2022

Lindsay Renee Ball, 44, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. Born on July 17, 1978 in Gallipolis, Ohio, Lindsay was the daughter of the late James R. Ball and Connie Reed Fields, who survives her in Gallipolis. Lindsay was a graduate of Gallia Academy High School. Lindsay...

Nancy Kay Triplett

Nancy Kay Triplett

Aug 6, 2022

Nancy Kay Triplett, 78, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at her residence. Kay was born on September 23, 1943 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late Ralston Jack Johnson and Iva Swain Johnson. She was a retired school bus driver for Gallia County Local Schools and a graduate of Hannan Trace High School. Kay...

Shirley Ann Silvers

Shirley Ann Silvers

Aug 4, 2022

Shirley Ann Silvers, 79, of Patriot, Ohio passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at her residence. Shirley was born on March 18, 1943 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late Wendell and Lucille Drennen Rees. Shirley worked with her husband Len Silvers as the office manager for Wray Johnson Steel Erection Company in Dayton, Ohio. She was a...

Audrey M. Shafer Angel

Audrey M. Shafer Angel

Aug 2, 2022

On Tuesday morning August 2, 2022, Audrey M. Shafer Angel passed away at her home in Gallipolis, Ohio. She was surrounded by her loving family. Audrey lived to the age of 97 and stayed active until the last few months of her life. Audrey arrived into this world on Saturday, December 13, 1924 in Marion, Ohio to her parents,...

Mary Jo Ours

Mary Jo Ours

Jul 31, 2022

Mary Jo Ours, 90, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022 at Holzer Senior Care. Born on June 22, 1932 in Gallia County, Ohio, Mary Jo was the daughter of the late Dowie and Bonnie Glover Williams. Mary Jo married Marvin “Biggen” Ours, Sr., who preceded her in death on November 19, 1993. She retired as...

Nancy Ann Long Henry

Nancy Ann Long Henry

Jul 31, 2022

Nancy Ann Long Henry, 72, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022 at Ohio State University East. Born on August 22, 1949 in Gallipolis, Ohio, Nancy was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Ethel Louise Watts Long. Nancy married Norman Henry, who preceded her in death in 2017. She graduated from Gallia Academy High...

Roy J. Spurlin

Roy J. Spurlin

Jul 30, 2022

Roy J. Spurlin, 94, of Gallipolis, Ohio, formerly of Lampasas, Texas, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at Holzer Senior Care in Gallipolis, Ohio. He was born on May 29, 1928 in Post, Texas, son of the late Jerry and Susie Bingham Spurlin. Roy was a supply clerk in the Civil Service Division for the Army, stationed at...

Rosie Ward

Rosie Ward

Jul 30, 2022

Rosalee F. “Rosie” Ward, 81, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at Four Winds Community in Jackson, Ohio. Rosie was born on May 30, 1941 in Mason County, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Worthy and Pauline V. Lanier Fletcher. Rosie grew up in Apple Grove, West Virginia on a dairy farm; she was an...

David B. Chapman

David B. Chapman

Jul 15, 2022

David Brandt Chapman, 85, of Crown City, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord and his Savior on July 15, 2022 at his home surrounded by the love of his family. David Brandt (Duke) Chapman was born on February 16, 1937 in Monaville, (Logan County), WV, son of the late Zeph and Gypsie Mae (Bartram) Chapman. He was...

Alta Naoma Hill Riedel

Alta Naoma Hill Riedel

Jul 14, 2022

Alta Naoma Hill Riedel, 82, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2022 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. Alta was born on May 10, 1940 in Gallipolis, Ohio, daughter of the late William R. and Dorothy Younger Clonch. Alta retired from the Gallipolis Developmental Center in 2005. Alta was married to Harold F. Hill,...

Charles Howard Caldwell

Charles Howard Caldwell

Jul 14, 2022

Charles Howard Caldwell, 78, of Bidwell, Ohio passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2022 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia, surrounded by his loving family. Charles was born on June 17, 1944 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Calvin O. (Shorty) Caldwell and Gracie Florence Hayner Caldwell. Charles was a U.S. Army 101st Airborne Veteran...

Charles "Charlie" Biars

Charles "Charlie" Biars

Jul 8, 2022

Charles A. “Charlie” Biars, 57, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away at his residence. Charlie was born August 30, 1964 in Gallipolis, Ohio son of the late Christopher William Biars, Jr. and Beatrice G. Pullins Biars. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Bobby Joe Pullins and Bill Biars and one nephew, Charlie Addis. Charlie...

Ruby Marie Kinder

Ruby Marie Kinder

Jul 8, 2022

Ruby Marie Plymale Kinder, 87, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Friday, July 8, 2022 at the Darst Adult Group Home in Pomeroy, Ohio. Born on March 22, 1935 in Gallia County, Ohio, Ruby was the daughter of the late Estus and Elsie Brucker Plymale. Ruby married George W. Kinder, Jr., who preceded her in death on March 15, 2022....

Barbara A. Ferguson

Barbara A. Ferguson

Jul 7, 2022

Barbara A. Ferguson, 65, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2022 at her residence. Born on May 30, 1957 in Gallipolis, Ohio, Barb was the daughter of Lawrence Wilcoxon, who survives her in Gallipolis, and the late Reba M. Carroll Wilcoxon. Barb married Russell L. Ferguson, who preceded her in death on January 19, 2022. In 2007,...

Ronnie E. Hutchinson

Ronnie E. Hutchinson

Jul 5, 2022

Ronnie E. Hutchinson, 69, of Patriot, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at his residence. Ronnie was born on April 13, 1953 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Ora L. and Gladys M. Cordial Hutchinson Hill. He was a graduate of Southwestern High School and was retired as a set up and operator for GKN. Ronnie...

Johnathon Chase Layne Borton

Johnathon Chase Layne Borton

Jul 5, 2022

Johnathon Chase Layne Borton, 4 years old, of Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. He was born on September 24, 2017 in Gallipolis, Ohio, the son of Kathy Buttrick Fillinger and Richard Chase Borton both of Gallipolis. In addition to his parents, Johnathon is survived by his grandparents, Linda Borton Elliott and Larry Elliott, Kathy and Tim...

Mimi Sharyn Slone

Mimi Sharyn Slone

Jun 30, 2022

Mimi Sharyn Slone, age 76, passed away from Alzheimer’s at home with her family on June 30, 2022. She was born on March 20, 1946. She grew up in Henderson, WV. and resided in Mercerville, OH. Mimi retired from the Social Security Administration in 2010. At age 17 she met and eventually married the love of her life, Jack Wilson...

Lisa L. Rossiter

Lisa L. Rossiter

Jun 28, 2022

Lisa L. Rossiter, 56, of Crown City, Ohio, she was loved by God and He took her home on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at the Emogene Dolin Hospice House. She was born on September 3, 1965 in Gallipolis, Ohio, daughter of Berkley and Judy (Puckett) Saunders who survive her in Gallipolis. Lisa was attending Mercerville Baptist Church where she was...

Noel F. Massie

Noel F. Massie

Jun 28, 2022

Noel F. Massie, 91, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away at his residence on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Noel was born on January 21, 1931 in Lecta, Ohio, son of the late Linus Perry and Anna Marie Woolum Massie. Noel attended Wilson School, a one room school house for seven years, (1937-1944) and graduated from Waterloo High School in 1948 and...

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