Doyle Buford Minnis
May 8, 2008
Doyle Buford Minnis, 68, Bidwell, passed away Thursday May 8, 2008 in Holzer Medical Center at Gallipolis. He was born June 17, 1939, son of the late William Minnis Sr. and Mable Miller Minnis. He was a U.S. Army veteran, a retired employee of the Gallia County Senior Citizens Center, and had served on the Gallia County Senior Citizens...
Bernard "Bernie" Melvin Kennedy
May 3, 2008
Bernard Melvin "Bernie" Kennedy, 59, Vinton, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2008 at his residence. He is survived by wife, Connie, and two children. Services will be 12:00 Noon Tuesday in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton. Burial will be in Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5:00-8:00 PM Monday.
Cathy Diane (Spaulding) Smith
Apr 18, 2008
Cathy Diane Smith, 51, Vinton, passed away unexpectedly Friday, April 18, 2008, at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. She was born July 19, 1956 in Point Pleasant, daughter of Elmer Sr. and Charlene Donnett Spaulding of Bidwell. She was a homemaker and a 1974 graduate of Kyger Creek High School. In addition to her parents, she...
Wanda B. (Caton) Johnston
Apr 15, 2008
Wanda B. Caton Johnston, 81, Langsville, Ohio passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2008 in Pleasant Valley Hospital, Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia. She was a homemaker and also was a member of the Rutland Freewill Baptist Church, the former Pythion Sisters, Wilkesville, and the Pomeroy Chapter of TOPS. She was born January 4, 1927 at Vinton, Ohio daughter of the...
Irene (Ferrell) Browning
Apr 13, 2008
Irene Ferrell Browning, 86, Gallipolis, Ohio (formerly of the Vinton Community) passed away Sunday April 13, 2008 at Scenic Hills Nursing Home. She was born January 30, 1922 in Boone County, West Virginia, daughter of the late Jess Homer Ferrell and Myrtle Vickers Ferrell. Irene married Woodrow Browning May 13, 1938 at Van, West Virginia and he preceded her...
Myrtle Emily (Franklin) Metcalf
Mar 28, 2008
Myrtle Emily Metcalf, 91, Vinton, passed away Friday, March 28, 2008 in Holzer Senior Care Center at Bidwell. She was born February 16, 1917 at Alice in Gallia County, daughter of the late Arnett and Blanch Johnson Franklin. She attended Vinton School and graduated from the Southern School of Cosmetology at Athens, and taught cosmetology in Marietta. After operating...
Esther Lucille (Painter) Davis
Mar 24, 2008
Esther Lucille Davis, 93, Kanauga, passed away Monday, March 24, 2008 at Holzer Senior Care Center, Bidwell. Born February 26, 1915 in Meigs County, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Von and Murriel Davis Painter. She is survived by son, James (Molly) Davis, Stamping Ground, Kentucky and daughter, Susie Travers, Hebron, Ohio; five grandchildren: Greg and Marc...
Leah Grace (Dodrill) Dillon
Mar 11, 2008
Leah Grace Dillon, 83, Gallipolis passed away at Arbors of Gallipolis Tuesday, March 11, 2008. She was a retired employee of the Kroger Company, Columbus and a member of the Nazarene Church, Payette, Idaho. Grace was preceded in death by her husband, Noble "Dusty" Dillon June 3, 1987; and by two brothers, Andrew Dodrill and Clair Dodrill. She is...
David Darrell Gilbert
Mar 8, 2008
David Darrell Gilbert, 58, Bidwell, Ohio passed away at his residence on Saturday, March 8, 2008 following an extended illness. He was born June 22, 1949 at Grunday, Virginia, son of the late Garfield and Pearl Thomas Gilbert. He retired from the Jaymar Coal Company where he was employed as a mechanic. David is survived by his wife of...
Helen Maxine (Knight) Russell
Mar 4, 2008
Helen Maxine Knight Russell, 85, Bidwell, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday morning, March 4, 2008 at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. She was the daughter of the late Kenna Hugh and Laura Pearl Mitchell Knight and was a graduate of Poca High School. Surviving are her husband, John Kenneth Russell; son, Johnnie Eugene (Carol) Russell, Bidwell; three brothers and...
Ruth (Curnutte) Wroblewski
Mar 2, 2008
Ruth Curnutte Wroblewski, 86, Gallipolis, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2008, at Heartland of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia. She was born June 26, 1921, daughter of the late Charles and Belle Platt Curnutte. She married Arthur Wroblewski December 23, 1943 and he preceded her in death January, 1992. Ruth is survived by three sons: Kenneth Wroblewski, Crown City, Ohio;...
Ike T. Mccollum
Mar 2, 2008
Ike T. McCollum, 84, McArthur, Ohio entered into the gates of Heaven Sunday, March 2, 2008 at Holzer Medical Center, Jackson. He was born May 20, 1923 in Winchester, Indiana, son of the late Volley and Volecy Mullins McCollum. He was a retired auto mechanic and a WW II U.S. Army Veteran. Ike is survived by three sons and...
Dorcas Orelana (Hash) Dodrill
Feb 29, 2008
Dorcas Orelana (Hash) Dodrill, 90, formerly of Westerville, Ohio went home to the Lord Thursday, February 29, 2008 at the Russell Nursing Home in Albany, Ohio. Dorcas was born September 2, 1917 in Princeton, West Virginia to the late William "Glenn" and Luvina (Surber) Hash. She attended Vinton High School, Vinton, Ohio where she met her high school sweetheart,...
Evelyn Smith
Feb 28, 2008
Evelyn Smith, 86, Gallipolis, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, February 28, 2008 at Holzer Senior Care Center, Bidwell. She attended the Huntington Business College, Huntington, West Virginia and was involved with her husband Harold in the Meigs Equipment Company, Pomeroy, Ohio until the time of his death. In addition, she was an active member of the...
Thomas E. Geiger
Feb 28, 2008
Thomas E. Geiger, 58, Bidwell, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, February 28, 2008 at Arbors of Gallipolis. He was born April 23, 1949 in Jochin, West Virginia, son of the late Burley and Willie Mae White Geiger. He attended Shawnee Hills in Dunbar, West Virginia and Gallco Sheltered Workshop in Cheshire, Ohio for many years...
Rita M. Payne
Feb 26, 2008
Rita M. "Booch" Payne, 47, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2007 at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital, Parkersburg, West Virginia. She was born February 7, 1961, daughter of Mary Irene Lawson Payne of Bidwell and the late Harley Austin Payne. Along with her mother, she is also survived by four brothers: Robert (Shannon) Lawson, Portsmouth, Ohio; Wendell (Brenda) Payne, Bidwell,...
Joshua "Josh" Mathew Yester
Feb 24, 2008
Joshua Mathew "Josh" Yester, 25, Vinton (Rio Grande community), passed away Sunday, February 24, 2008 at his residence. He was born September 27, 1982 in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of Alvin Ray and Sheila Faye (Blanton) Yester. A self-employed light construction worker, he was a 2000 Graduate of Gallia Academy High School. In addition to his parents, he is survived...
Donna Evelyn (Osborne) Peck
Feb 24, 2008
Donna Evelyn Peck, 62, Rio Grande, passed away Sunday February 24, 2008 at her residence. She was born December 27, 1945 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late Robert and Ethel Osborne. Donna is survived by five children: Donald (Kelly) Mullins, Vinton, Ohio; Robert Mullins, Gallipolis, Ohio; Darrell Mullins, Gallipolis, Ohio; Audrey Mullins, Clay County, West Virginia; Donna...
Clair E. "Gene" Jacks
Feb 22, 2008
Clair E. "Gene" Jacks, 83, Langsville passed away Friday, February 22, 2008 at Scenic Hills Nursing Center at Gallipolis. He was born December 9, 1924 in Meigs County, son of the late Ben Jacks and LuLu Might Jacks. He was a retired farmer, a decorated World War II U.S. Army veteran, receiving three Silver Stars and a Purple Heart,...
Delmar E. Quickel
Feb 22, 2008
Delmar E. Quickel, 93, Cheshire, passed away Friday evening, February 22, 2008 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. A World War II Army veteran, he was a retired heavy construction painter. In addition, he was a 1934 graduate of Vinton High School; a lifetime member of the Vinton Masonic Lodge No. 131; a 50-year member...
