James Melvin "Monk" Ramey
Jun 4, 2011
James Melvin "Monk" Ramey, 65, Vinton, Ohio, passed away in Holzer Medical Center on Saturday morning, June 4, 2011 following a lengthy illness. He was a Vietnam Army Veteran and had retired from the Fournier Rubber and Supply Company, Columbus, prior to moving to Gallia County. "Monk", as he was called, was born on January 17, 1946 in Lincoln...
Dayton Leroy Briggs
May 21, 2011
Dayton Leroy Briggs, 83, Gallipolis, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011 in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. He was born July 12, 1927 in Jackson County, Ohio, son of the late Charles Briggs and Nellie Craddolph (Homer) Fultz. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, serving proudly in the World War II and the Korean War. He retired from the...
Margaret Bess (Thompson) Wilson
May 16, 2011
Margaret Bess Wilson, 90, passed away May 16, 2011 at Riverside Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. She was born July 11, 1920 in Vinton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Von and Cecile Wallace Thompson. She was a resident of Stuart, Florida and Hilliard, Ohio; a member of the Methodist Church in Stuart and a member of Ohio Eastern Star in...
Dwayne Thomas Lawson
May 11, 2011
Dwayne Thomas Lawson, 38, Gallipolis, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2011. He was born February 24, 1973 in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia, to Freda Winston Lawson, Gallipolis, and the late Hollis Thomas Lawson. He was a member of Bethel Missionary Church, Vinton and attended The Abiding Place, Jackson, Ohio. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his...
Tami Lynn (Spencer) Eblin
May 10, 2011
Tami Lynn Eblin, 47, Vinton, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2011, following a very short illness. She was born June 16, 1963, in Muncie, Indiana, daughter of the late Kelly Roger Spencer and Mary E. Spencer. She was an employee at Peoples Bank, Gallipolis, and served as Pianist and Song Leader at Debbie Drive Chapel, Gallipolis, where she...
Roberta (Adkins) Stover
May 4, 2011
Roberta Adkins Stover, 65, Bidwell, Ohio, went to be with Jesus Wednesday, May 4, 2011, in Abbyshire Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Bidwell. She was born May 8, 1945 at Big Creek, West Virginia to the late Levi Ezra and Dovie Sizemore Adkins. She married Harland J. Stover September 13, 1971, in Rutland, Ohio and he preceded her in...
Nelgene Jenet (Mckean) Pegg
May 3, 2011
Nelgene Pegg, 83, Gallipolis, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. She was born February 20, 1928 in Lizemores, West Virginia, to the late Porter and Gladys Morton McKean. She was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church of Gallipolis and also the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is survived by her husband, William...
Pauline Walters
May 1, 2011
Pauline Walters, 93, Rio Grande, Ohio, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2011 at her residence. She is the last of her immediate family and survived by several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held 12:00 Noon Thursday, May 5, 2011 at the Calvary Cemetery in Rio Grande. Friends and family may call at 11:00 AM, Thursday, at the...
Michelle Devon Eggers
Apr 28, 2011
Michelle DeVon Eggers, 21, Vinton, Ohio, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2011, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 25, 1989, in Columbus, Ohio, daughter of Buddy Eggers Jr. and Ruth Bowen of Vinton. Michelle loved scrapbooking, skating, riding four-wheelers and dirt bikes. In addition to her parents, she is survived by two brothers:...
Bennie E. Blackburn
Apr 26, 2011
Bennie E. Blackburn, 76, Vinton, Ohio passed away Tuesday April 26, 2011 at his residence. He was born June 19, 1934 in Pike County, Kentucky, son of the late Bob and Fannie Blackburn. Bennie married Millie Justice Blackburn August 22, 1953 in Mingo County, West Virginia and she preceded him in death January 17, 2003. He formerly attended Deer...
Paul W. Evans
Apr 18, 2011
Paul W. Evans, 69, Bidwell, passed away Monday, April 18, 2011, in the Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. He was born November 13, 1941 in Columbus, Ohio, the son of the late Wilber Gail and Elsie Bernice Black Evans. He was a Gallia Academy Class of 1961 graduate, and later inducted into the Gallia Academy Football Hall of Fame. He...
Ruby Ellen (Lee) Shockley
Apr 17, 2011
Ruby Ellen Lee Shockley, age 89, Gallipolis, passed away on April 17, 2011. She was born in Majestic, Alabama on February 12, 1922 to Samuel Sidney and Cora Ioma Self Lee. A graduate of Jefferson County (Alabama) High School, she attended God's Bible School and College in Cincinnati, Ohio and received a bachelor's degree. While in Cincinnati, she met...
Clare E. Gettles
Apr 14, 2011
Clare E. Gettles, 75, of Gallipolis, passed away at his residence April 14, 2011. He was the only child of Coleman Clare Gettles and Dr. Edna Arnold Gettles and was born in Gallipolis. He graduated from Greenbrier Military School in 1953, and attended Georgia Institute of Technology, where he studied civil engineering. He served four years in the United...
Kenneth W. Higley
Apr 13, 2011
Kenneth W. Higley, 71, Gallipolis, Ohio (formerly of the Bidwell Community) passed away in Holzer Medical Center Wednesday, April 13, 2011. He was born August 21, 1939 in Jackson County, West Virginia, son of Elsie Stalnaker Higley, Bidwell and the late Basil K. Higley. He was a 1957 Bidwell High School Graduate, which was the final class of the...
Troy A. Broyles
Apr 10, 2011
Troy A. Broyles, 44, Gallipolis passed away Sunday April 10, 2011 in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. He was born September 14, 1966 in Gallipolis to Larry Broyles, Gallipolis and Sharon Harrell Martin, Hampton, Virginia. He was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting and fishing. His memberships include Boilermaker Union #667, Morning Dawn F&AM Lodge #7, and Gallipolis Shrine Club, Hillbilly...
Darrin Ray Buck
Apr 6, 2011
Darrin Ray Buck, 42, Vinton, Ohio passed away following a lengthy illness Wednesday April 6, 2011 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born December 22, 1968 in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia to Donna Sue and Richard Neece who survive in Robertsburg, West Virginia. He was a devoted husband and father in addition to being an avid...
Harold E. Shortridge
Apr 4, 2011
Harold E. Shortridge, 73, Thurman, Ohio went to be with the Lord Monday, April 4, 2011 at his residence, surrounded by family. He was born May 31, 1937 in Vansant, Virginia, son of the late Adam and Jessie Shortridge. He was a U.S. Army Veteran; former employee of GSI, a retired coal miner, carpenter and avid fisherman and hunter....
Annabelle (Terry) Seagraves
Mar 22, 2011
Annabelle Seagraves, 75, Oak Hill, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011, in the Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehab Center, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. She was born January 10, 1936 in Applegrove, West Virginia, daughter of the late Cecil and Grace Spears Terry. She was a member of the French City Campers Club. Annabelle married Flemon Seagraves Jr. August...
Ada Mae (Thomas) Strausbaugh
Mar 19, 2011
Ada Mae Thomas Reed Strausbaugh, 85, Wilkesville, Ohio passed away Saturday March 19, 2011 in the Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. She was born August 14, 1925 in Cheshire, Ohio, daughter of the late Earl Eltro Thomas and Sarah Jane Ward Thomas Hartman. She was the widow of the late Clovis Lawrence Strausbaugh. Ada was a retired cook and homemaker,...
Iona Mae Sorrell
Mar 18, 2011
Iona Mae Sorrell, 88, Radcliff, Ohio, passed away Friday March 18, 2011 in the Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. She is survived by one sister, Ruby Sorrell of Radcliff. Funeral services will be conducted 12:00 PM Monday in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, with Rev. Heath Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow in the Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call at...
