Ryan Edinger
May 12, 2004
Ryan Edinger, 15, Vinton died as a result of a drowning accident. He was born February 10, 1989 in Athens, the son of Wanda Trivette Sprouse, Vinton and Berry (step-mother Lisa) Edinger, Wellston. He was a student at Buckeye Hills Career Center and he attended the Harvest Time Worship Center in Vinton. In addition to his parents, he is...
John Kevin Hartsook
May 6, 2004
John Kevin Hartsook, 46, Vinton passed away at 5:20 AM Thursday, May 6, 2004 in Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, West Virginia after an extended illness. He had been the service advisor at Turnpike Ford, Gallipolis for the past twenty years. Kevin was born September 1, 1957 and is survived by his parents, John W. Hartsook and Thelma Williams...
Patsy Gwinn (Tench) Ingels
May 2, 2004
Patsy Gwinn Ingels, aka Hallie Leanna Tench Ingels, 91, Athens, Ohio (formerly Gallipolis) passed away Sunday, May 2, 2004 at Kimes Convalescent Center, Athens. She was born October 30, 1912 in Slab Fork, West Virginia, daughter of the late Walton G. and Laura B. Payne Tench. From the age of nine months, Patsy was reared in the home of...
Chester M. Young
Apr 29, 2004
Chester M. Young, 73, Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away Thursday, April 29, 2004 at his residence. He was born March 27, 1931 at Gallipolis, son of the late Talmadge Craddolph and Emma Young. He was a retired employee of the City of Gallipolis, and a U.S. Air Force veteran serving during the Korean Conflict. In addition to his parents, he...
Claude H. Mays
Apr 29, 2004
Claude H. Mays, 94, Wellston (formerly Vinton), passed away in the Jenkins Memorial Health Facility, Wellston, Thursday, April 29, 2004. He was a retired coal miner retiring from the Gene Engle Construction Company in 1970. He was also a World War II Army Veteran and an avid sportsman, hunter and reader. He was born August 9, 1909 in Elliott...
Vicki (Langford) White
Apr 27, 2004
Vicki Langford White, 42, Eastview, Kentucky, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on April 27, 2004 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. She was born August 9, 1961 in Omaha, Nebraska, daughter of Joan Kemper, Gallipolis and Carl (Carol) Langford, Gallipolis, Ohio. Vicki attended London High School, London, Ohio for her freshman and sophomore year. She graduated from North Gallia High School...
Glen H. "Squeak" Hapney
Apr 26, 2004
Glen H. "Squeak" Hapney, 73, Bidwell, Ohio died Saturday, April 24, 2004 at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. He was born April 7, 1931 in Bickmore, West Virginia, son of Lydia J. Nicholson Hapney, Cleveland, Ohio and the late Glen S. Hapney. He was preceded in death by his wife Hettie D. Hapney in 1996 and brother, Mike Hapney....
Laura Mae (Ashworth) Daniels
Apr 25, 2004
Laura Mae Daniels, 77, Cheshire, Ohio passed away in St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia Sunday April 25, 2004 following a brief illness. She was born May 22, 1926 in Russell, Kentucky. She was a member of the Riverview Baptist Church, Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia. She is survived by three sons and two daughters: Ronald (Wanda) Daniels, Bumpass, Virginia;...
Edith L. (Bickers) Boston
Apr 19, 2004
Edith L. Thompson Boston, 91, Bidwell passed away April 19, 2004 in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. She was born October 9, 1912 in Ronda, West Virginia, daughter of the late Clarence and Norma Wilson Bickers. She was a homemaker and attended Springfield Baptist Church, Bidwell, Ohio. She is survived by two sons: John W. (June) Thompson, Indianapolis, Indiana and...
Robert Darryl Laywell
Apr 14, 2004
Robert Darryl Laywell, 67, Bidwell, Ohio passed away March 14, 2004 as a result of a farm accident. He was born in Gallia County, Ohio on April 7, 1937, the son of the late David Edward Laywell Sr. and Dorothy Clagg Laywell. He was a member of Carpenter Union Local 200 and worked in the Columbus, Ohio area for...
Kenneth Blaine Ralph
Apr 13, 2004
Kenneth Blaine Ralph, 92, Vinton, Ohio, passed away Tuesday April 13, 2004 at Jenkins Memorial Health Facility, Wellston, Ohio. He was born March 27, 1912 at Cheshire, son of the late J. Blaine and Edith Hix Ralph. He retired from the Gallipolis Developmental Center and was a member of the Old Kyger Free Will Baptist Church, Cheshire. He is...
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...
