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...
Barbie Sue Armstead
Oct 16, 2005
Barbie Sue Armstead, 18, Patriot passed away Sunday, October 16, 2005. Born November 4, 1986 in Gallipolis, Ohio, she was the daughter of George and Cheryl Strickland Armstead. A Freshman at Shawnee State University, Barbie graduated as Valedictorian of the 2005 Class of River Valley High School, Cheshire, Ohio. A seven-year recipient of the Gallia County Academic Excellence Award,...
Robert D. "Bob" Decara
Oct 12, 2005
Robert D. "Bob" DeCara, 17, Port St. Lucie, Florida (formerly of Bidwell) died Wednesday, October 12, 2005 in Port Lucie. He was born at Mather Air Force Base, California and had been a resident of Port St. Lucie for the past three years, coming from Bidwell, Ohio. He was a senior and a student at Fort Pierce Central High...
Hazel B. (Doolittle) Rhodes
Oct 8, 2005
Hazel B. Rhodes, 87, Bidwell, Ohio, passed away Saturday October 8, 2005 at Arbors of Gallipolis. She was the former Owner/Operator of the Bidwell Bait and Tackle and was a retired employee of the Gallipolis Developmental Center. She was born May 9, 1918 in Jackson County, West Virginia, daughter of the late Joseph Mint Doolittle and Jemiaha Ester Johnson...
Celestine (Sergent) North
Oct 7, 2005
Celestine North, 88, Gallipolis, went to be with the Lord on Friday, October 7, 2005 at her residence. She was born September 15, 1917, daughter of the late Charles and Odna Sergent Duncan. She attended The First Church of God, Gallipolis. Celestine is survived by two sons: Larry North and David North, both of Gallipolis, Ohio; three daughters: Carol...
