Goldie Grace (Sommers) Geiser
Jun 13, 2008
Goldie Grace Geiser, 87, Thurman (formerly of the Vinton Community) passed away peacefully at her home Friday, June 13, 2008. She was born May 26, 1921 at Louisville, Ohio, daughter of the late Harvey and Mary Miller Sommers. She married Pastor Elmer Geiser on May 30, 1942 and he preceded her in death on December 12, 2007. While serving...
William B. "Bill" Shaw
Jun 11, 2008
William B. "Bill" Shaw, 77, Gallipolis, passed away Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at King's Daughters Medical Center, Ashland, Kentucky. He was born July 22, 1930 in Sturgis, Mississippi, son of the late Harmon and Willie Nation Shaw. A World War II Army Veteran, William was a devout Christian and member of Faith Baptist Church. He married Coleen Bruner on...
Beatrice Loretta (Bunce) Perkins
Jun 7, 2008
Beatrice Loretta Perkins, 92, Gallipolis passed away Saturday, June 7, 2008 at Overbrook Rehabilitation Center, Middleport, Ohio. Daughter of the late William E. and Vena Lewis Bunce, she was born July 20, 1915 in Gallipolis, Ohio. A member of Good News Baptist Church, Beatrice married Wellington Colby Perkins and he preceded her in death. Beatrice is survived by three...
Clyde Thomas "Tommy" Donahue
Jun 7, 2008
Clyde Thomas "Tommy" Donahue, 77, Vinton, passed away in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis Saturday morning, June 7, 2008. Clyde was born October 12, 1930 in Jacksonville, Ohio, son of the late Clyde Donahue and Mildred Grover Donahue Ashcraft. He was a 1948 graduate of Rutland High School, and a retired Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam and Korea....
Laney E. Pope
Jun 3, 2008
Laney E. Pope, 66, Vinton (formerly of Alta Vista, Virginia) passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2008 in Veteran's Memorial Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia. Funeral arrangements to be announced by the Updike Funeral Home, Huddleston, Virginia. Local arrangements by McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton.
Mary Jo (Messer) Cole
May 30, 2008
Mary Jo Cole, 78, Vinton, Ohio went home to be with the Lord early Friday morning at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. She was born February 12, 1930 in Kermit, West Virginia, daughter of the late Escum Messer and Lizzie Marcum Messer. She is survived by six children: Barbara (Darrin) Buck, Vinton; Sharon Muncy (Edgar Johnson), Vinton; Sue (Jerry)...
Keith Matheney
May 24, 2008
Keith Matheney, 54, Wilkesville, Ohio passed away Saturday May 24, 2008 at his residence. Survivors include wife, Cheryl White Matheny; sons, Keith "Bo" Matheny Jr. and Christopher Matheny. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Thursday, May 29, 2008 in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, with Military Rites by the Gallia County Veterans Service Organizations with cremation to...
Eva Rae (Akers) Back
May 24, 2008
Eva Rae Back, 83, Gallipolis, Ohio died Saturday May 24, 2008 at her residence. Born September 23, 1924 in Switzer, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Elmer Hall Akers of Logan, West Virginia. Eva was a homemaker most of her life. In the 1940's, she worked for a Delaware based Department of Defense contractor,...
Ora Junior Grim
May 23, 2008
Ora Junior Grim, 72, Vinton (Wilkesville Community) died Friday, May 23, 2008 at his residence. He is survived by five children. Services will be 2:00 PM Sunday in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton. Burial will be in the Grim Family Cemetery near Wilkesville. Visitation was held in the funeral home from 6:00-9:00 PM Saturday.
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;...
