Obituaries

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...

Sep 14, 2007

Robert R. Hersman, 92, Cheshire passed away at his residence Friday, September 14, 2007. He was born February 20, 1915 in Mason, West Virginia, son of the late Christopher H. Hersman and Bertha Bright Hersman. He was a member of Morgan Center Wesleyan Church and White Oak Baptist Church. Robert married Alzada Cart May 10, 2003 and she survives....

Sep 7, 2007

Myrtle Faye Kemper, 84, Kerr, died Friday, September 7, 2007 in her home with family and friends at her bedside. Myrtle was born on September 28, 1922 in Huntington, West Virginia, daughter of the late Harry and Murlie Johnson Drummond. Her husband, Dale, preceded her in death in September of 1995. Also preceding her in death was a granddaughter,...

Sep 5, 2007

William J. "Jim" Moeller, 78, Cheshire, passed away Wednesday September 5, 2007 at his residence. Born July 26, 1929 he was the son of the late Joseph H. and Flossie Barton Moeller. He attended Cheshire High School and was a U.S. Army Veteran, Korean Conflict. He is survived by his brother, Bennie Moeller, Cheshire; sister, Emma Elizabeth Ross, Reynoldsburg,...

Aug 27, 2007

James Lewis Wells, 87, Ft. Pierce, Florida, passed away Monday, August 27, 2007, in the Nursing and Restorative Care Center, St. Lucie, Florida. He was born February 5, 1920, in Johnson County, Kentucky, son of the late Frank N. and Mary Thompson Wells. He was retired coal miner and member of United Mine Workers of America, Dist. 50; a...

Aug 26, 2007

David A. Ball, 89, Gallipolis (formerly of Vinton) passed away Saturday August 25, 2007 in Holzer Medical Center. He was born February 13, 1918 in Boone County, West Virginia, son of the late Thomas Lee Ball and Victoria Nelson Ball. A US WWII Navy Veteran, he was a retired carpenter and farmer. He was a member of the Chapel...

Aug 25, 2007

Mary L. Smith, 77, Porter Community, passed away in Holzer Senior Care, Bidwell, Saturday, August 25, 2007. She was born June 9, 1930 in Harrisburg, daughter of the late John Roy Smith and Lola J. McDaniel Smith. Mary attended the New Hope Baptist Church, Harrisburg, and the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Bidwell. She was preceded in death by her...

Aug 16, 2007

Ida "Susie" Higley, 67, Gallipolis, passed away Thursday, August 16, 2007 at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. She was born April 5, 1940 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Robert and Edna Marie Spires Henry. A member of Elizabeth Chapel, Gallipolis, Ida married Kenneth Higley in 1975 and he survives, along with two daughters: Debra Collins and Carol (Bob) Gardner;...