George R. "Ron" Sheets

George R. “Ron” Sheets, 77, of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2015 at his residence. He was born November 14, 1937 in Gallia County, son of the late George L. and Gladie Easter Sheets. Ron married Gladys Johnson on February 2, 1962 in Rio Grande, Ohio. He was in the U.S. Navy from 1955 – 1958. He graduated from Gallia Academy High School in 1955 and Nashville Auto Diesel College. Ron was an auto mechanics instructor at Gallia Academy High School, Buckeye Hills Career Center, Manpower and the University of Rio Grande. He was a 50 year member of the Masons, being a member of Morning Dawn Lodge No. 7, a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Scottish Rites. He was a member of Providence Missionary Baptist Church and attended Gallipolis Church of Christ in Christian Union. He was also a member of Gallia County Gun Club, the NEA and the OEA. Ron’s hobbies were truck pulls, cutting cows and horses, going to the gun club, and faithfully meeting friends at Tudors for breakfast. Surviving are his wife, Gladys Sheets of Gallipolis; his son, George Donald “Don” Sheets of Beverly Hills, Florida; his mother-in-law, Audrey Johnson of Gallipolis; brother-in-law, William George Johnson of Gallipolis; several nieces and nephews; extended family, Kelly, Barry, Chris and Kyle Peters of Georgetown, Indiana and the Jividen Family of Gallipolis. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, George Ronald Sheets II in 1987 and his father-in-law, William Farrell Johnson. Services will be 1:00 p.m., Monday, May 11, 2015 with Pastor Alfred Holley and Pastor Bob Isaac officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday, May 10, 2014 from 5-8:00 p.m. There will be Masonic Services at 8:00 p.m. Pallbearers will be Dick Meadows, Phil Mitchell, Mike Beaver, Mark Jividen, Mike McCalla and Dustin Deckard. Honorary pallbearers will be Jerry Ryley, Don Mink, Carl Beaver, David Hively, Barry Peters, Harold Shaffer and Alex Rose. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations in Ron’s memory to the Gallia County Gun Club, c/o Brent McCreedy, 313 LeGrande Blvd., Gallipolis, OH 45631 or Holzer Hospice, 100 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, OH 45631.