Obituaries

Feb 10, 2005

Naomi Jean Greene, 81, Gallipolis, passed away February 10, 2005 at Holzer Medical Center, Jackson, Ohio. She was a member of Gallipolis Christian Church. Born October 31, 1923 at Nelsonville, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late William Floyd and Ruby Nichols Hawkins. She is survived by daughter, Patricia Ellen (Ron) McGinnis, Dewey, Oklahoma and son, Thomas (Debra)...

Feb 9, 2005

Anthony Odel Kent Jr., infant son of Jaimi Clark and Anthony Kent passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2005 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his maternal grandmother, Sylvia Clark, Bidwell, Ohio; maternal great-grandmother, Marie Clark, Bidwell, Ohio; paternal grandparents, Frank Kent Jr. and Estella Walthour and an aunt, Cierra Clark, Columbus,...

Feb 8, 2005

Lawrence E. Kennedy, 77, South Point, Ohio passed away unexpectedly in South Point Tuesday, February 8, 2005. He was born August 18, 1927 at Vinton, Ohio, son of the late Mason and Ruth Dyke Kennedy. A graduate of Vinton High School and a WW II Navy Veteran, he retired from Pantasote Inc., Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia in 1992. He...

Jan 25, 2005

Ella Catherine Colwell, 75, Vinton passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2005 in the Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center, Pomeroy. She was a homemaker and a sales representative for Avon for many years. Her memberships included the Rutland United Methodist Church, Rutland; the Wilkesville Chapter OES 207 and Star Grange 778. She was born October 6, 1929 in Marion, Ohio, daughter of...

Jan 25, 2005

Sarah Holcomb, 77, Alice, passed away Monday January 24, 2005 at Holzer Medical Center. At home, she was noted for her homemade bread and known for her self-sacrifice and ability to provide for her family when the odds were against her. She enjoyed crocheting, quilting, embroidering, and playing the piano and guitar. For many years, Sarah took care of...

Jan 25, 2005

Vivian I. Richards, 90, Gallipolis, passed away Tuesday January 25, 2005, at Holzer Senior Care, Gallipolis. She was a very active member of First Baptist Church, Gallipolis. Born March 2, 1914 she was daughter of the late Floyd W. and Pearl North Irion. She is survived by a niece, Barbara (Kenneth) Morgan, Gallipolis; seven great-nieces and nephews: John (Connie)...

Jan 24, 2005

Walter Allen Jenkins, 94, Bidwell passed away Monday, January 24, 2005 in the Overbrook Center at Middleport. He was born March 21, 1910 in Cheshire Township, Gallia County, son of the late James A. Jenkins and Mintie Edith VanKirk Jenkins. He married Helen Irene Byas on August 24, 1932 at Addison, and she preceded him in death on February...

Jan 23, 2005

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Doris Jean Brewer, 60, Vinton, Ohio passed away at her residence Sunday, January 23, 2005. She was born January 23, 1945 at Bladen, Ohio, daughter of the later Lester Harland Rose and Maggie Mae Shamblin Rose. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Noah Brewer and a son, Noah Brewer Jr., two...

Jan 21, 2005

John Richard "Dick" Thomas, 83, Gallipolis, Ohio, died at home Friday, January 21, 2005 following an extended illness. He was born in Gallipolis on June 27, 1921 to the late Richard Soloman and Dora Maude Moore Thomas. He married Dorothea Miller June 16, 1946 and she survives. A 1940 graduate of Gallia Academy High School, Dick worked as a...

Jan 15, 2005

Marvin Hunt, 53, Vinton, Ohio passed away unexpectedly Saturday, January 15, 2005. He was born September 24, 1951 in Pikeville, Kentucky, son of the late Earnest Hunt and the late Bonnie Hunt Kiser. He is loved and will be missed by many. He is survived by his wife of thirty five years, Kathleen Sloan Hunt, whom he married on...

Jan 15, 2005

Gussie Marveline McGuire, 82, Columbus, Ohio, was born into Eternal Life, Saturday, January 15, 2005 in the Columbus Health Care Center. She was a retired employee of the Lazarus Company and the Catholic Social Services. Gussie was born September 8, 1922 in Vinton, Ohio, daughter of the late Jacob and Maude Russell Boggs. In addition to her parents, she...

Jan 13, 2005

Rebecca N. Moore, 72, Vinton, Ohio (Rio Grande Community) passed away Friday morning January 14, 2005 in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. She was born August 29, 1932 in Franklin County, Ohio, daughter of the late Edward Metz and Naomi Sutherland Metz. She married Ray O. Moore on November 9, 1947, in Gallipolis, and he survives with two sons, Ray...

Jan 12, 2005

Sara J. Warner, 67, Rutland, Ohio, passed away at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, on Tuesday, January 12, 2005. Born March 18, 1937, at Rio Grande, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late B. Lewis Jones and Agnes McBride. Throughout her life, Sara was employed as a registered nurse, working at several hospitals throughout Ohio. She married David J....

Jan 9, 2005

Beulah Dorcas White, 85, Vinton, Ohio (formerly Steubenville, Ohio), passed away in Holzer Medical Center, Jackson, Sunday, January 9, 2005. She was born September 1, 1919, at Alice, Ohio, daughter of the late Rev. Bert Snyder and Pearl Shively Snyder. She married Floyd White, June 22, 1938, in Greenup, Kentucky and he preceded her in death December 8, 1996....

Jan 3, 2005

Genevieve F. (Jarvis) Brown, 82, Gallipolis, Ohio passed away Monday, January 3, 2005 at Mount Carmel East, Columbus, Ohio. Born March 18, 1922 on the family farm in Rodney Community, she was the daughter of Calvin and Elberta Jane Spencer Jarvis. After graduation in 1940 from Rio Grande High School, she was employed at Morris Dime Store, later known...

Jan 1, 2005

Alvalee Cook, 100, Gallipolis, Ohio passed away in Arbors of Gallipolis Sunday January 1, 2005. She was a retired postal clerk retiring from the Amherstdale Post Office, Amherstdale, West Virginia; member of Grace United Methodist Church of Gallipolis and the St, Albans Order of the Eastern Star #79, St. Albans, West Virginia. Mrs. Cook was born April 19, 1904...

Dec 31, 2004

Bennie F. Cardwell, 73, Vinton passed away unexpectedly at his residence Friday, December 31, 2004. He was born April 11, 1931 in Vinton, son of the late Everett and Cynthia Perkins Cardwell. He was a retired excavator, dairy farmer and heavy equipment operator and also a retired school bus driver for the Gallia County Schools. Presently, he was a...

Dec 21, 2004

James E. Young, 83, Gallipolis, Ohio, (formerly of St. Albans, West Virginia), passed away Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at Holzer Medical Center. He was born August 22, 1921 at Campton, Kentucky, son of the late Hobart and Bessie Asbury Young. He retired from Union Carbide in 1981 with over 35 years of employment. Surviving are his wife, Faye (Woodie)...

Dec 13, 2004

Robert G. Mackenzie, 80, died Monday evening, December 13, 2004 at Holzer Wyngate of Gallipolis after an extended illness as a result of multiple sclerosis. He was born March 20, 1924 in Oil City, Pennsylvannia to the late Robert L. and Mary J. Poulson Mackenzie. He was a 1942 graduate of Gallia Academy High School and attended Ohio University....

Dec 6, 2004

Jerry Lynn Back Sr., 52, Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly December 6, 2004 at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. Born October 2, 1952 at Athens, Ohio, he was the son of Eva Rae Akers Back, Gallipolis and the late Verlon Back. Jerry was raised in Logan, West Virginia and was a 1971 graduate of Logan High School. After graduation, he...