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...
Catherine (Faulkner) Fish
Jan 19, 2004
Catherine Fish, 84, Gallipolis, Ohio passed away Monday, January 19, 2004 at Arbors of Gallipolis. She was born May 10, 1919 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late James Faulkner and Jane Richards Faulkner. Mrs. Fish was a graduate of Gallia Academy High School, Class of 1937. Soon after graduation, she was employed by Holzer Hospital where she served as...
Carl T. Mefford
Jan 19, 2004
Carl T. Mefford, 70, Ewington, Ohio passed away Monday, January 19, 2004 in the Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. He was born January 15, 1934 at Clark County, Ohio son of the late Elmer "Roy" and Muriel Wilcoxon Mefford. He was a retired employee of the Gallia County Local Schools. Carl was a U.S. Army Veteran and...
Otto Wise
Jan 16, 2004
Otto James Wise, 65, Bidwell, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly Friday, January 16, 2004. He was a Korean War Air Force Veteran, a member of the DAV and the Countryside Baptist Church, Evergreen, Ohio. He was born August 11, 1938, in Carrollton, Ohio, son of the late James and Minnie Wise. He married Nancy Myers November 24, 1956, at Akron,...
Paul David Buzzard
Jan 11, 2004
Paul David Buzzard, 58, Piketon, Ohio (formerly of Garrison, West Virginia) passed away Sunday January 11, 2004 at the Piketon Community Hospital. He was born July 8, 1945 in Boone County, West Virginia, son of the late Joe and Maggie Holstein Buzzard. He was a retired coal miner and is survived by his wife Hilda Zimmerman Buzzard, Piketon. Also...
Larry W. Phelps
Jan 7, 2004
Larry W. Phelps, 42, Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away January 7, 2004 at his residence. He was born November 30, 1961, son of the late William and Estie Adkins Phelps. He was a member of Sons of the American Legion and of the Moose Lodge, Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia. He is survived by his wife, Kim Robbins-Phelps, Gallipolis; two brothers,...
Lewis C. Evans
Jan 6, 2004
Lewis C. Evans, 72, Gallipolis, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at his residence. He was born February 5, 1931 at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, son of the late Ben and Ruth Miller Evans. He was the grandson of the late D.C. "Red" & Ona Walters Miller and Lewis E. & Bertha Keller Evans. He was a graduate of...
Margaret J. (Smith) Meeks
Jan 5, 2004
Margaret J. Meeks, 85, Gallipolis, Ohio (formerly of Lusby, Maryland) passed away January 5, 2004 at Wyngate of Gallipolis. She was born October 29, 1918 in Ripley, West Virginia daughter of the late Dr. Vaught and Oma Casto Smith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Emory J. Meeks. Mrs. Meeks is survived...
Dingus Martin
Jan 3, 2004
Dingus Martin, 63, Vinton, Ohio, passed away at his residence Saturday, January 3, 2004. He was a construction worker in Dayton, Ohio and had worked at the Steel Mills in Elyria, Ohio and the Wellington Foundry, Wellington, Ohio. He attended the Old Regular Baptist Church. He was born February 3, 1940 in Floyd County, Kentucky, son of the late...
Connie F. (North) Bradley
Jan 2, 2004
Connie F. Bradley, 59, Gallipolis, Ohio passed away Friday, January 2, 2004 at St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia. She was born January 15, 1944 at Gallipolis, daughter of Evelyn Sayre North of Gallipolis and the late Paul North. She was an employee of McClures Restaurant, Gallipolis, a member of the Goldwing Road Riders Association Chapter C-2, Gallipolis and...
James Austin Oiler
Dec 24, 2003
James Austin Oiler, son of Julie Marie Spradlin and James Randall Oiler, Vinton, Ohio, was stillborn at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, December 24, 2003. In addition to his parents he is survived by one brother and two sisters: Jeremy, Justina and Lisa Oiler, Vinton; his Maternal grandmother,Penny Spradlin and step-Grandfather, James Sheets, Middleport, Ohio; Maternal Grandfather, Roland Spradlin, Nelsonville,...
Betty I. (Denney) Davis
Dec 21, 2003
Betty I. (Green) Davis, 70, Bidwell, Ohio (Kerr Community) went to be with the Lord Sunday, December 21, 2003 in the St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia after a brief illness. She was born February 11, 1933 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Playford and Sylvia Mink Denney. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...
Damon Stapleton
Dec 17, 2003
Damon Stapleton, 72, Pomeroy, passed away in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Wednesday, December 17, 2003. He was born August 28, 1931, at Salt Rock, West Virginia, son of the late Luther and Mary Wheatley Stapleton. He was a retired construction worker and a member of the Waterloo F.&A.M. Lodge 532. Damon is survived by his wife, Maxine Lee Stapleton;...
William "Bill" F. Greenlee
Dec 10, 2003
William "Bill" F. Greenlee, 92, Vinton, Ohio passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia. He was born February 19, 1911 in Arabia, Ohio son of the late Fred and Ada Massie Greenlee. Bill was a retired farmer and former Morgan Township Trustee. He was preceded in death by his wife, Winifred Emma Ralson...
John V. Jenkins
Dec 7, 2003
John V. Jenkins, 87, Bidwell passed away Sunday morning, December 7, 2003 in VA Medical Center, Chillicothe. He was a retired heavy equipment operator and a WWII Army Veteran. He was also a member of the American Legion Post 27, Gallipolis; the D.A.V., Meigs Chapter 53, Cheshire; and he attended several churches in the Gallia County area. John was...
