Vivian Lucille (Knox) Swetnam
Apr 13, 2004
Vivian Lucille Swetnam, 75, Indianapolis, Indiana, passed away Tuesday April 13, 2004 in the Lakeview Manor Nursing Home, Indianapolis. She was born September 22, 1928 in San Toy, Ohio, daughter of the late Benjamin Harrison Knox and Anna Margaret Sexton Knox. In addition to being a homemaker, she had served in the Women's Army Air Corp. She is survived...
Robert H. Eagle
Apr 12, 2004
Robert H. Eagle, 87, Bidwell, Ohio (formerly of the Vinton Community) passed away in Holzer Medical Center Monday, April 12, 2004. He was a bus driver for the Gallia County Schools who retired in 1981 following thirty years service and a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Porter. Bob enjoyed all sports including Coon Field Trials. He was...
Paul "Jack" Meadows
Apr 12, 2004
Paul "Jack" Meadows, 75, Gallipolis, passed away Monday April 12, 2004 at Holzer Medical Center. He was born November 17, 1928 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, son of the late Wert and Reba Stanley Meadows. He was a salesman for Evans Packing Company, where he retired after twenty five years of employment. He was a member of Morning Dawn...
Maurice "Scotty" Scott
Apr 8, 2004
Maurice "Scotty" Scott, 92, Gallipolis, passed away Thursday, April 8, 2004, at Gallipolis Developmental Center. He was born July 28, 1911, in Porter, Ohio, son of the late Eugene and Bessie Smith Scott and he attended the Bidwell-Porter School. Survivors include four nephews: Dr. James F. (Mamie) Scott. Athens, Ohio; Larry (Violet) Smith, Porter, Ohio; Harry (Clovadys) Scott Jr.,...
Ollie M. "Junior" Burchett
Mar 31, 2004
Ollie M. "Junior" Burchett, 79, Gallipolis, passed away Wednesday March 31, 2004 in the Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. He was born January 24, 1926 at Gulnor, Kentucky, son of the late Ollie M. Burchett Sr. and Kentucky Endicott Burchett. He was a WW II U.S. Army Veteran, a retired bus driver, retiring in 1989 from the Gallipolis City Schools...
Charles W. Conger
Mar 25, 2004
Charles W. Conger, 80, Vinton, Ohio (Wilkesville Community) passed away in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis Thursday, March 25, 2004. He was a retired truck driver and farmer. Charles was born May 30, 1923 in Vinton County, Ohio, son of the late Clinton Harry Conger and Etta Macomber Conger. Charles attended the #10 Baptist Church and the Mt. Olive Holiness...
Jettie (Slone) Ward
Mar 24, 2004
Jettie Slone Ward, 83, Vinton, Ohio, passed away in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Wednesday, March 24, 2004. She was born September 29, 1920, in Pike County, Kentucky, daughter of the late Bogar and Ollie Chapman Slone. She was a homemaker and a member of the Rio Grande Church of Christ. She married Drewie Ward June 4, 1938 in Pike...
Lucille (Roush) Brannon
Mar 16, 2004
Lucille Brannon, 92, Mason, West Virginia (formerly Gallipolis, Ohio) passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at Holzer Medical Center. She and her late husband, Howard Brannon, were founders and owners of The Brannon Real Estate Company, Gallipolis until their retirement in 1977. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Gallipolis and a fifty-six year member of the...
Cynthia "Cindy" Lynn (Butcher) Stout
Mar 15, 2004
Cynthia Lynn "Cindy" Butcher Stout, 45, Gallipolis, passed away Monday, March 15, 2004 at her residence surrounded with family and friends after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born August 12, 1958 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, daughter of Richard G. (Rose) Butcher Sr., Chillicothe, Ohio and the late Helen Marlene Lucas. In addition to her father she...
Ernestine (Borden) Mundell
Mar 1, 2004
Ernestine Borden Mundell, 63, Bidwell, Ohio departed this life March 1, 2004 at her residence following a short illness. She was born November 5, 1940 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Ernest and Gertrude Johnson Borden. She attended Bidwell-Porter Elementary School and North Gallia High School. She worked as a domestic for several years before going to work...
Debbera J. "Debbie" (Mays) Blackburn
Feb 22, 2004
Debbera J. "Debbie" Mays Blackburn, 40, Little Hocking, Ohio (formerly of Bidwell) passed away Sunday, February 22, 2004 in Marietta Memorial Hospital. She was born March 20, 1963 at Columbus, Ohio daughter of Opal Martin Mays of Bidwell and the late Denver Mays. Debbie was a 1981 graduate of North Gallia High School. She married Billy Ray Blackburn Jr....
Sherry (Harrison) Barker
Feb 19, 2004
Sherry Harrison Barker, 41, Fredericksburg, Virginia (formerly of Gallia County) died February 19, 2004 as the result of an auto accident on her way to her work. She was born May 9, 1962 in Gallipolis, Ohio, the daughter of Mary Lou Harrison, Gallipolis and the late Paul L. "Chub" Harrison. Sherry was a 1980 graduate of Kyger Creek High...
Rodney Glenn Gregory Ii
Feb 14, 2004
Rodney Glenn Gregory II, 51, Vinton, Ohio passed away Saturday, February 14, 2004 at his residence following an extended illness. He was born August 8, 1952 in Columbus, Ohio son of the late Rodney Gregory and Millie Staley. Rodney was employeed by the Gallia County Local Schools until his illness and had also been employed by Holzer Senior Care,...
Thomas A. "Tom" Chapman
Feb 13, 2004
Thomas A. "Tom" Chapman Evans, 73, Gallipolis died Friday, February 13, 2004 at his residence. He was born December 10, 1930 at Gallipolis, Ohio, son of the late Leslie M. and Jewell Justine Northup. He was a retired pharmacy technician from Holzer Hospital and an U. S. Air Force Veteran. He married Ida Lou Stewart January 14, 1956 in...
Cecil Clinton Morris
Feb 9, 2004
Cecil Clinton Morris, 90, Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away Monday, February 9, 2004 at Overbrook Center, Middleport, Ohio. He was born January 20, 1914 in Staats Mills, West Virginia, son of the late Harford Clyde and Alma Kate Hersman Morris. Cecil was a former bus driver for the Gallipolis City Schools and retired from Gallipolis State Institute following thirteen years...
Judy (Wetherholt) Smeltzer
Feb 3, 2004
Judy Wetherholt Smeltzer, 74, Worthington, died Tuesday, February 3, 2004, in Riverside Methodist Hospital at Columbus. She was born November 6, 1929, in Gallipolis, to the late Frank Elias Wetherholt and Frances Clark Wetherholt. A graduate of Gallia Academy High School, she earned a B.A. Degree in Library Science from Ohio Dominican College in Columbus, and a M.A. Degree...
Della (Schreck) Longenbaker
Jan 30, 2004
Della Schreck Queen Longenbaker, 92, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away Friday, January 30, 2004 in Middletown. For the past three-and-a-half years, she lived at the McKnight-Terrace Assisted Living Community in Middletown, the home of her great niece, Dee Dee Mosko. She was born May 12, 1911 in Gallipolis, a daughter of the late John George Schreck and Lettie Rife...
Delores Stern
Jan 28, 2004
Delores Stern, 73, Gallipolis, Ohio passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at the Gallipolis Developmental Center. She was born September 13, 1930 in Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of the late Louis Savin and Celia Stern. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her half brother, Gerald Stern. She is survived by her niece, Kim Stern, Largo,...
John Converse Keels
Jan 27, 2004
John Converse Keels, 92, Bidwell, Ohio (Harrisburg Community) passed away on Tuesday morning, January 27, 2004 in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. He was born November 2, 1911 in Gallia County, Ohio a son of the late John and Lenora Roberts Keels. Mr. Keels was a retired vocational instructor for the former G.S.I. now known as the Gallipolis Developmental Center....
Nora Lucille (Powell) Tawney
Jan 24, 2004
Nora Lucille Tawney, 98, Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away Saturday, January 24, 2004 in Holzer Senior Care, Bidwell. She was born March 25, 1905 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late George and Blanche Price Powell. She was a homemaker and an active member of the First Baptist Church, Gallipolis, where she had served as a member of the...
