Obituaries

Dec 24, 2007

Leroy Irving Mitchell, 77, Heath, Ohio passed away December 24, 2007 in Licking Memorial Hospital, Newark. He was born July 5, 1930 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Irving and Golda George Mitchell. A US Army Veteran of the Korean War, he was a retired Sheet Metal Foreman and member of the Sheet Metal Workers Union, Local...

Dec 12, 2007

Pastor Elmer D. Geiser, 90, Thurman (formerly of the Vinton community) passed away peacefully at his home Wednesday, December 12, 2007. He was born November 2, 1917 in Orrville, Ohio, son of the late David and Ida Forrer Geiser. A farmer for 40 years in Wayne County, Ohio, Pastor Geiser moved to Southern Ohio in 1956 where he served...

Dec 12, 2007

Maxine McHenry Skidmore, 65, Asheboro, North Carolina, died Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at the High Point Regional Hospital following a brief illiness. She was born September 6, 1942 in Gallia County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Earl and Elizabeth Cole McHenry. A resident of High Point and vicinity since 1962, Mrs. Skidmore was retired from Goodyear Tire and...

Dec 8, 2007

John Ernest Holle, 71, Vinton, Ohio passed away in Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, late Saturday night December 8, 2007 following a brief illness. He was born December 22, 1935 in Indianapolis, Indiana, son of the late Ernest Holle and Clara Sanner Holle Hughes. He received a B.S. Degree, Elementary Education, University of Rio Grande 1968 and retired from the...

Dec 8, 2007

Nora Lee Thomas, 95, Newark, Ohio, (formerly Salem Center, Ohio) passed away Saturday morning in the Licking Memorial Hospital in Newark. Nora was born July 10, 1912 in Middleport, Ohio, daughter of the late Beecher and Laura Arthur Kessinger. She and her husband, Lester Thomas, owned and operated the Salem Center General Store from 1960 to 1980. She was...

Nov 5, 2007

Ethel Louise McAllister Kemp, 72, Vinton, Ohio passed away Monday, November 5, 2007 in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. She was born December 23, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah, daughter of the late Everett Kenton "Mac" McAllister and Delsa Kilgrow McAllister. She was a member of the Fellowship Chapel Church, Vinton, Ohio. Ethel is survived by three sons...

Nov 2, 2007

Patricia A. Elardo, 77, Gallipolis passed away at her daughter's residence Friday, November 2, 2007. She was born December 27, 1929 daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. William Edward Purdy. Patricia was a charter member of Gallipolis Christian Church. She is survived by her daughter, Sharon (John) Bowman, Gallipolis, Ohio and son, Jon (Richele) Elardo, West Palm Beach,...

Nov 1, 2007

Virgil Stanley Green, 94, Cheshire, Ohio passed away Thursday, November 1, 2007 at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. He was born September 25, 1913 at Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Dan and Ida Mae Rice Green. He was a 1933 graduate of Cadmus High School and a retired, self employed farmer and bus driver for the Gallia County...

Oct 26, 2007

Gertrude Marcum, 71, Vinton, Ohio passed away Friday October 26, 2007 in Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. She was born April 13, 1936 at Fort Gay, West Virginia, daughter of the late John and Ida Ball Presley. She is survived by a son, James (Connie) Marcum, Columbus; two daughters, Mary (John) Hatfield, Burlington, North Carolina and Ida...

Oct 20, 2007

Mildred Eloise Russell Adkins, 70, Bidwell passed away Saturday, October 20, 2007 surrounded by her family in Holzer Medical Center. "Finally I am Home, so happy in His sight." Mildred liked attending gospel sings and church. She was a founding member of the Trinity Gospel Mission, located on State Route 554, near Eno, where she served as the secretary/treasurer....

Oct 11, 2007

Helen Noble Preston, 93, Cheshire, passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at Holzer Senior Care Center. She was the last surviving child of George David and Margaret McCarty Noble. She was born on June 11, 1914 at Cheshire, Ohio in the family home where she lived most of her life. Her childhood was spent on the banks of...

Oct 8, 2007

Warren J. Salisbury, 86, Gallipolis, passed away Monday October 8, 2007 at his home. He was born November 3, 1920 in Clay County, West Virginia, son of the late Sherman H. Salisbury and Alma Evans Salisbury. Warren was a 1941 graduate of Cadmus High School, a retired Paint Shop Supervisor at the Gallipolis Development Center, and also a self...

Oct 7, 2007

Patricia Ann McCreedy, 85, Gallipolis fell asleep in Jesus' arms and went to be with the Lord and her loving husband of 55 years in Heaven on Sunday October 7, 2007. Patricia was born on June 27, 1922 in Princeton, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late William and Kate Worrell Shelton. She married Pierce D. McCreedy...

Oct 4, 2007

Elbert Block Sr., 80, Bidwell, Ohio (formerly of Zephyr Hills, Florida) passed away Thursday, October 4, 2007 in the Scenic Hills Nursing Facility. He was born December 5, 1926 at Hetzel, West Virginia, son of the late Delbert and Elizabeth Muncey. He retired from the WW Trucking Company, Dover, Florida in 1984. Elbert married Mary Ethel Marcum November 3,...

Sep 28, 2007

Homer Varney Jr., 53, Bidwell, Ohio, passed away at his residence Friday, September 28, 2007.

He survived by his wife, Cheryl Daniels Varney and children, Andrea and Chris Varney.

Graveside services will be held 12:00 PM, Monday, October 7, 2007 in Campaign Cemetery, Bidwell.

Arrangements are by the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel,...

Sep 27, 2007

David Wright, 46, Patriot, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, September 27, 2007, in St. Marys Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia. He was born October 30, 1960 in Columbus, Ohio, son of the late Herman and Loretta McDavid Wright. He was a self-employed painter and wall paperer. David is survived by his wife, Sharon Grose Wright; daughter, Shari Renee Wright, Mason,...

Sep 26, 2007

Noah Allen Mandeville, Bidwell, went to be with the Lord September 26, 2007 at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia. He was born May 11, 2007 in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of Kristopher and Chasity Mandeville. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers and one sister: Christian Phoenix, Jordan and Kodi Mandeville; paternal grandparents, Shirley (David)...

Sep 26, 2007

Patsy Darlene Thompson, 57, Grove City, Ohio, passed away at OSU Hospitals, Columbus, Tuesday, September 26, 2007. She was born May 8, 1950 in Gallia County, daughter of Dorothy Walters Halfhill, Bidwell, and the late Stacy Kenneth Halfhill. She was a retired Registered Nurse with thirty plus years service and had attended the Grove City Church of the Nazarene....

Sep 18, 2007

Sep 16, 2007

Roger Dean Jackson, 57, Bidwell passed away Sunday September 16, 2007. He was born March 18, 1950 son of the late Wesley McKinley Jackson and Irene Francis Borden. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Vietnam War and a member of the following: VFW Post 4464 and the American Legion Post 27 of Gallipolis and the DAV. Roger...