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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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;...
Nellie Mae (Harrison) Russell
Nov 20, 2005
Nellie Mae Russell, 97, Gallipolis, passed away Sunday November 20, 2005 at Holzer Assisted Living, Gallipolis. She retired from Holzer Medical Center in 1973 where she had been Assistant Laundry Director. Previously, she had been employed by the TNT Plant, Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia. Mrs. Russell was a member of the River of Life Methodist Church, Addison, Ohio. She...
James Thomas Knight
Nov 17, 2005
James Thomas Knight, 81, Bidwell, Ohio passed away Thursday, November 17, 2005 in Holzer Medical Center. A U.S. WW II Navy Veteran, he was a member of the Grove City American Legion Post 0164; the VFW Post 4464, Gallipolis; and the Morgan Center Christian Holiness Church. He retired from Winair of Dayton in 1987. James was born December 20,...
Virginia Ann Russell (Trippett) Schaaf
Nov 9, 2005
Virginia Ann Russell Schaaf, 76, Columbus, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at Columbus Health Care Center, Columbus, Ohio. She was born November 28, 1928 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, daughter of the late Carl and Blanche Cook Trippett. She married Stephen Schaaf in 1985 and he survives along with her son, John Russell, Norwalk, Ohio; two grandchildren: Christopher Russell,...
Ronald A. Jackson
Nov 8, 2005
Ronald A. Jackson, 53, Bidwell passed away on Tuesday November 8, 2005 at Holzer Medical Center. He was an employee of the Holzer Clinic where he was a supervisor in the Medical Records Department. He was born on August 3, 1952 in Bidwell, son of the late Wesley M. and Irene Frances Borden Jackson. Ronald is survived by five...
Christine Julia (Ramey) Hawks
Nov 5, 2005
Christine Julia Ramey Hawks, 84, Vinton, took Pa's hand and left her home to be with Our Lord and Savior on Saturday, November 5, 2005. Her husband, Edgar W. Hawks, preceded her in death on June 23, 1992. Also preceding her in death were her parents, William C. Ramey and Arminta Theais Harper Ramey; a daughter, Joan Neal; grandsons,...
Denver Keith Higley
Nov 1, 2005
Denver Keith Higley, 67, Gallipolis passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2005 in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. He was born July 24, 1948 in Gay, West Virginia, son of the late Carl Denver Higley and Flavia Marie Higley Price. He was a a U.S. Army Veteran, a retired master barber and auto mechanic. He was a member of the Vinton...
Leona M. (Roush) Ralph
Oct 31, 2005
Leona M. Ralph, 93, Gallia County, passed away Monday October 31, 2005 at Jenkins Memorial Health Facility, Wellston, Ohio. Born March 13, 1912 in Cheshire, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Orestes and Lottie Ann Vance Roush. Retiring after 27 years of service, Leona was an attendant and night shift supervisor at Gallipolis Developmental Center. She was...
