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Warren F. Sheets

Warren F. Sheets

Feb 19, 2006

Warren F. Sheets, 81, Gallipolis, passed away peacefully at his residence on Sunday, February 19, 2006. He was born on a farm in Guyan Township in southern Gallia County to the late Albert Monroe Sheets and Bertha Halley Sheets on September 13, 1924. He began his education in a one room rural grade school and later attended the Mercerville...

Anna Jewell Fortner

Anna Jewell Fortner

Feb 17, 2006

Anna Jewell Fortner, 23, Oak Hill, passed away Friday, February 17, 2006 at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. Born December 11, 1982 in Gallipolis, Ohio, she was the daughter of Michael and Brenda Kent Fortner. A 2004 graduate of Buckeye Hills Career Center and South Gallia High School, Anna was a member of the Centerville Young Farmers 4-H Group. She...

Starlet George

Starlet George

Feb 12, 2006

Starlet George, 43, Vinton passed away Saturday, February 11, 2006 at her residence. She was born October 25, 1962 in Vinton, daughter of the late Arthur William George and Kay Luella Harris George. She is survived by her stepmother, Margaret George, Vinton; a stepbrother and stepsister, Robert (Mary) Lewis, Vinton and Brenda (Jack) Miller, Laurelville; paternal grandmother, Virginia George,...

Terry Dale Ashburn

Terry Dale Ashburn

Feb 11, 2006

Terry Dale Ashburn, 32, Vinton passed away Saturday, February 11, 2006 at his residence. He was a construction worker and a 1993 Graduate of Meigs County High School, where he was a member of the F.F.A. Terry was born December 13, 1973 in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia, son of Larry Dale Ashburn and Betty Sue Corbitt Ashburn, Vinton, Ohio....

Vivian (Mulford)  Grant

Vivian (Mulford) Grant

Feb 10, 2006

Vivian Grant, 70, Gallipolis, passed away Friday, February 10, 2006 at her residence. She was born September 9, 1935, daughter of the late Dale Ivan and Lucille Bradbury Mulford. She is survived by three daughters: Diann (David) Browning, Charlotte, North Carolina; Christy (Robert) Rider, Ray, Ohio and Esther (Mark) Roberts, Vinton, Ohio; two sons: Dale (Debbie) Grant, Vinton, Ohio...

Helen Rockey

Helen Rockey

Feb 10, 2006

Helen Rockey, 77, Vinton, Ohio, passed away Friday, February 10, 2006 at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Graveside services will be 11:00 AM Monday February 13, 2006 at Danville Cemetery near Vinton, Ohio. Arrangements are being handled by McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton.

John Owens

John Owens

Jan 26, 2006

John Owens, 64, Patriot, Ohio, died Thursday January 26, 2006 at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio, following a long and courageous battle with emphysema. He was born May 5, 1941 in Patriot, Ohio, son of the late Taulby and Lola (Moore) Owens of Patriot. John was a Christian devoted to studying God's word. He attended Okey Chapel in Lawrence...

David M. Robinson

David M. Robinson

Jan 13, 2006

David M. Robinson, 75, Bidwell, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord Friday, January 13, 2006 after an extended illness. He was born June 22, 1930 in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of the late Hoke and Ethel McCormick Robinson. Mr. Robinson was a 1948 graduate of Gallia Academy High School, served in the United States Air Force for four...

Alice Edwina (Carson)  Buell

Alice Edwina (Carson) Buell

Dec 28, 2005

Alice Edwina Buell, 89, went to her new home in Heaven Wednesday, December 28, 2005. She died after a brief illness at Cornerstone Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia. She was born June 16, 1916 in Dennis, Kansas, the second-born child of the late James Edgar and Flossie Miller Carson. Edwina was a graduate of Marshall College, where she earned...

James Phillip Borden

James Phillip Borden

Dec 26, 2005

James Phillip Borden, 35, Gallipolis, passed away in Ohio State University Hospitals Monday, December 26, 2005. He was a 1988 North Gallia Graduate and an employee of the Kyger Creek Power Plant. He was born on January 20, 1970 in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of Carol Smith Borden, Vinton, Ohio and the late Giles Phillip Borden. In addition to his...

Ora Elizabeth (Metheney)  Hoffman

Ora Elizabeth (Metheney) Hoffman

Dec 19, 2005

Ora Elizabeth Hoffman, 89, Wilkesville, passed away Monday December 19, 2005 at Holzer Medical Center. She was born May 21, 1916 in Nebo, Calhoun County, West Virginia, to the late Thomas M. and Mary Rebecca Cooper Metheney. Ora was married to the late Raymond G. Hoffman on September 7, 1949 in the home of and by the Rev. Novel...

Billy Eugene Day

Billy Eugene Day

Dec 17, 2005

Billy Eugene Day, 73, Virginia Beach, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2005 in Bayside Hospital. Born in Neon, Kentucky, his family later moved to Johnson's Ridge, Ohio where he graduated from Gallia Academy High School in May 1949. Upon graduation, Billy joined the U.S. Navy, and while home on leave from the Great Lakes Navy Training Center, he met...

Leslie G. Burgess

Leslie G. Burgess

Dec 16, 2005

Leslie G. Burgess, 57, Vinton passed away Friday, December 16, 2005 at the VA Medical Facility, Huntington, West Virginia. Born December 27, 1947 in Cadillac, Michigan, he was the son of Victor Burgess and the late Lorna Russell Burgess. A U.S. Navy Veteran, Leslie retired after 32 years of service as a lab technician at GKN Sinter Metals (formerly...

Dennis Alvin Mitchell

Dennis Alvin Mitchell

Dec 12, 2005

Dennis Alvin Mitchell Sr., 49, Gallipolis passed away Monday, December 12, 2005 at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, due to a long illness. He was born May 4, 1956 in Gallipolis, the son of William Sr. and Mildred Dexter Mitchell. While attending school, he worked at the Gallipolis Library and Gallia Academy High School. He was a cook at Borden...

Timothy Eric Wilkins

Timothy Eric Wilkins

Dec 10, 2005

Timothy Eric Wilkins, 29, Columbus, Ohio (formerly of Rio Grande, Ohio) passed away unexpectedly Saturday, December 10, 2005, in Columbus. An avid fisherman and OSU Buckeye fan, he was a 1995 graduate of Gallia Academy High School and had attended Frederick Community College, Frederick, Maryland. He was an employee of The Target Company of Columbus. Tim was born October...

Myron Edwards

Myron Edwards

Dec 7, 2005

Myron Edwards, 57, Gallipolis passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2005 at Gallipolis Developmental Center. Funeral Services will be held 10:30 AM Monday, December 12, 2005 at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, 420 First Ave, Gallipolis with Rev. Chuck Stansberry officiating. Burial will follow in Centenary Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home 10:00 AM until the service....

Rev. Frederick Lee Shockley

Rev. Frederick Lee Shockley

Dec 3, 2005

Rev. Frederick Lee Shockley, 87, Gallipolis, was called home Saturday, December 3, 2005 at Holzer Senior Care in Gallipolis, Ohio. He was born November 11, 1918, at Platform, Ohio in Lawrence County, son of the late Ora Granville and Ruby Mae Burnette Shockley. Rev. Shockley graduated from Rome High School in 1940. He attended God's Bible School and College...

Bernard Randolph King

Bernard Randolph King

Dec 2, 2005

Bernard Randolph King, 91, Bidwell passed away Friday, December 2, 2005 in Huber Heights, Ohio. Born August 13, 1914 at Charleston, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Ernest and Mary King. A retired electrician with 34 years of service, he was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 675, Chillicothe. In addition to...

Melissa Toshiko (Sheets)  Coon

Melissa Toshiko (Sheets) Coon

Dec 1, 2005

Melissa Toshiko Sheets Coon, 27, Brazil, Indiana (formerly Rio Grande, Ohio) passed away Thursday, December 1, 2005 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital, Terra Haute, Indiana. She was born September 12, 1978 in Charleston, West Virginia, daughter of Winston (Tanya) Sheets, Rio Grande and Karen Sheets, Patriot, Ohio. A homemaker, she was a Graduate of River Valley High School and...

Loretta Ann (Martin)  Mccarty

Loretta Ann (Martin) Mccarty

Nov 25, 2005

Loretta Ann McCarty, 70, Ewington, Ohio passed away Friday, November 25, 2005 in St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia, daughter of Vivan Martin, The Plains, Ohio. She is survived by her husband, Andrew McCarty and children: Kenny McCarty, Denver McCarty, and Alva McCarty, all of Wilkesville, Ohio; Brenda Smith, Jackson and Debra Shepherd, Wellston; ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren;...

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