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Nathan H. Clay

Nathan H. Clay

Dec 8, 2013

Nathan H. Clay, 87, of Gallipolis, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 8, 2013 at his residence. He was born October 18, 1926 in Branchland, West Virginia, son of the late Walter Scott and Mary A. Lucas Clay. Nathan was married to Florence M. Elliott on August 29, 1953 and she preceded him in death on...

Clifford O. Willett

Clifford O. Willett

Dec 8, 2013

Clifford O. Willett, 80, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2013 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. He was born October 5, 1933 in Mason County, West Virginia, son of the late Charles and Oakley Hooten Willett. He was a dairy farmer. Surviving are his wife, Ruth White Willet, of Gallipolis; five stepchildren, Diana Swisher of Chillicothe, Judy...

Helen Steger

Helen Steger

Dec 3, 2013

Helen Steger, 96, of Groveport, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Winchester Place Nursing Home. She was born December 10, 1916 in Northup, daughter of the late Charles R. and Faye B. Smeltzer Rose. Helen was married to Merrill Steger and he preceded her in death November 30, 1997. She worked at Evans Grocery and GC Murphy...

Kenneth "Duck" Herbert Swain

Kenneth "Duck" Herbert Swain

Dec 2, 2013

Kenneth “Duck” Herbert Swain went home to The Lord Monday, December 2, 2013. Born October 30,1930, he was the son of the late Herbert and Oma (Cremeens) Swain. He was a retired special deputy for the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office, operated an auction service for several years, as well as a furniture and boot store in Gallipolis. He was a...

Norma Jean Haskins Martin

Norma Jean Haskins Martin

Nov 29, 2013

Norma (Jean) Haskins Martin, 84, of Gallipolis passed away on Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born on August 25, 1929 in Gallipolis, Ohio, daughter of the late Harold “Doc” and Beulah Cherrington Haskins. Jean was a bookkeeper in several local businesses, most notably, The Evans/Pennyfare Supermarkets Warehouse and Scotten-Dillon Tobacco Co. She was a...

Jessie Irene Lemon Angell

Jessie Irene Lemon Angell

Nov 29, 2013

Jessie Irene Lemon Angell, of Wheelersburg, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away at Concord Nursing Home in Wheelersburg, Ohio on Friday, November 29, 2013 at the age of 94. She was born on January 14, 1919 to Orpha and John Lemon. She married Elmer Lewis Angell on July 3, 1937. She was a homemaker for most of her life, and a...

David Clayton Dovenbarger

David Clayton Dovenbarger

Nov 28, 2013

In the celebration of the life of David Clayton Dovenbarger, of Gallipolis, Ohio. After a hard eleven month battle with Burkitt’s lymphoma, David began his journey with the Lord in Heaven. On November 28, 2013, David passed away in the arms of the love of his life, Sandy. David began his life journey on January 18, 1974 to James and...

Richard D. Halley

Richard D. Halley

Nov 27, 2013

Richard D. Halley, 78, of Patriot, Ohio, peacefully went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, November 27 at the Emogene Dolens Hospice House, Huntington, West Virginia. He was born February 5, 1935, in Kanauga, Ohio, son of the late John and Florence Henry Halley. Richard worked as a guard, taxi driver and truck driver in New York City until...

Charlene Marie Ward Darst

Charlene Marie Ward Darst

Nov 26, 2013

Charlene Marie Ward Darst, 80, of Cheshire, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia. She was born on October 5, 1933 in Pomeroy, Ohio, daughter of the late Wesley F. and Huldah Ruth Brechtel Ward. Charlene was married to Dale “Bill” W. Darst on July 30, 1950....

Mary Virginia Harris Burner

Mary Virginia Harris Burner

Nov 21, 2013

Mary Virginia Harris Burner, 90, died on November 21, 2013 surrounded by her family in Lansing, KS. She was born to the late Grover C. and Bertha Ridenour Harris on January 23, 1923 at home in the White Oak community near Philippi, WV. Despite the Great Depression, she enjoyed her farm childhood where she was surrounded by loving extended family...

Nancy K. Feustel

Nancy K. Feustel

Nov 21, 2013

Nancy Kay Feustel, 63, Johnstown, Ohio formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2013 in Johnstown, Ohio. She was born on January 13, 1950 in Portsmouth Ohio to the late Russell Frazier and Emma Elizabeth Caroline Hayman Edmunds who survives in Gallipolis. Nancy was a medical assistant. Nancy is survived by her husband Kenneth M. Feustel of Gallipolis,...

Lou Cindy Thompson

Lou Cindy Thompson

Nov 17, 2013

Lou Cindy Thompson, 55, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at her residence. She was born October 11, 1958 in Gallipolis, daughter of Sherman W. Thompson and Phyllis R. Wiseman, who survive her. Cindy was a 1976 graduate of Southwestern High School. She enjoyed shopping. Surviving are her parents, Sherman W. Thompson and Phyllis R. Wiseman, both...

Shari Jean Shaver Tipton

Shari Jean Shaver Tipton

Nov 13, 2013

Shari Jean Shaver Tipton, 59, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at her residence in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Gallia County on August 24, 1954 to the late Ray Shaver and Alberta Price Ely. Also preceding her in death was her Dad and Mom, Earl and Jean Noble. Shari enjoyed feeding the birds, and flower gardening....

Madge E. Boggs

Madge E. Boggs

Nov 11, 2013

Madge E. Boggs, 79, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013 at Holzer Assisted Living. She was born July 22, 1934 in Powhatan, West Virginia, daughter of the late Freeman C. Sr. and Janet E. Kegan Pettus. She was a 1952 graduate of Gallia Academy High School. Madge began her career at the Ohio Valley Bank in 1961...

Lucille "Lou" Fitch Ford

Lucille "Lou" Fitch Ford

Nov 11, 2013

Lucille “Lou” Fitch Ford, 86, of Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013 at the Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Pt. Pleasant, WV. She was born April 27, 1927 in Gallia County, Ohio, the oldest daughter of the late Cline and Blanche Myers Fitch. She graduated from Vinton High School in 1944 and received a...

Travis L Martin

Travis L Martin

Nov 7, 2013

Travis L. Martin, 38, of Gallipolis, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, November 7, 2013. He was born August 15, 1975 in Gallipolis, son of David L. and JoLynn O’Dell Martin, who survive him. He was a dispatcher for Smith DOT LLC. Travis enjoyed spending time with his girls, his trucks, dispatching, hunting, fishing, weight-lifting, motorcycles and playing billiards. Surviving are...

Ivan E. Roush

Ivan E. Roush

Nov 6, 2013

Ivan E. Roush, 96, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at his residence. He was born September 7, 1917 in Meigs County, Ohio, son of the late Byron H. and Esta Johnson Roush. Ivan was married to Lillie Frances Autherson Roush and she preceded him in death on February 14, 2005. He was retired from American Commercial...

Helen Zella "Betty" Gray

Helen Zella "Betty" Gray

Nov 4, 2013

Helen Zella “Betty” Gray, 85, of Chapin, South Carolina, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2013 at her residence. She was born February 20, 1928 in Nellis, West Virginia, daughter of the late Kenneth Carlton and Zella Grace Pauley Rust. Betty married Sam C. Gray on March 29, 1947 and he survives her. She was a graduate of Sherman High...

Attie Foley

Attie Foley

Nov 2, 2013

Attie Foley, 91, of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at Abbyshire Place. She was born November 18, 1921 in Mallie, Kentucky, daughter of the late Benjamin F. and Dina Martin Bentley. Attie married Millard M. Foley and he preceded her in death on December 7, 2007. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

Mary Katherine Long

Mary Katherine Long

Oct 27, 2013

Mary Katherine (Waugh) Long, 88, of Gallipolis, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 27, 2013 while at the home of her daughter and surrounded by her family. Mary was born April 16, 1925 in Gallipolis, Ohio to Poe and Edith Chandler Waugh. She was married to Grover Long on June 19, 1944 and he preceded her in...

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