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Lisa K. Triplett
May 5, 2013
Lisa K. Triplett, 47, of Crown City, passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at Hospice of Huntington, Huntington, WV. She was born September 3, 1965 in Waukegan, Illinois, daughter of the late George L. and Kay Johnson Triplett, who survives her. Lisa was a lab technician for Blacktop Industries, Mountain Enterprise, and West Virginia Paving/Shelly Company. She was a...
Jacklyn Rudd Killen
May 4, 2013
Jacklyn Rudd Killen, RN, BSN, OCN, died Sunday May 4th at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington, WV due to complications from COPD. She was 77 years old. Jackie was born in Frankfort, KY and raised in Ashland, KY. Jackie was known as having a passion for life and overcoming obstacles with a stubborn tenacity, Jackie died as...
Nora Glover
May 1, 2013
Nora Glover, 92, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born March 6, 1921 in Brent, Kentucky, daughter of the late John and Rowena Rose Hall Bush. Nora was married to Samuel Glover and he preceded her in death on April 30, 1973. She worked at Holzer Hospital in housekeeping and...
Robert Joseph 'Joe' Thompson
Apr 23, 2013
Robert Joseph “Joe” Thompson, 77, of Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, WV. Joe was born December 15, 1935 in Crown City, Ohio, son of the late Aaron and Nancy Sheets Thompson. He married Corena McGuire and she survives him. He was a retired millwright at Kal-Can. Joe was a member...
Christopher 'Chris' Lee Hively
Apr 23, 2013
Christopher “Chris” Lee Hively, 47, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Holzer Medical Center. Chris was born December 12, 1965 in Gallia County, son of James and Wanda Hively and they survive him. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Merrill and Flora Hively. Chris was a 1984 Southwestern High School graduate. He was a member of...
Marion Eileen Murphy
Apr 21, 2013
Marion Eileen Murphy, 76, of Gallipolis, went to be with the Lord after suffering many years of ill health on Sunday, April 21st, 2013 with her loving family at her side. Marion was born on February 20, 1937 in Ogden, Utah to William Clyde Davis and Ruby Reno Davis. Marion worked several different jobs, Robbins - Myers – 12 ½...
Marilee Haffelt Lambert
Apr 19, 2013
Marilee Lambert, 76, of Gallipolis, passed away on Friday, April 19, 2013 at the Holzer Medical Center Emergency Room. She was born March 11, 1937 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Henry Clay and Louise V. Cofer Haffelt. Marilee married Walter Brewster Lambert and he preceded her in death on December 9, 2002. She was a homemaker. Surviving are...
Mary Lou Clagg
Apr 19, 2013
Mary Lou Clagg, 74, of Gallipolis, passed away on Friday, April 19, 2013 at the Holzer Medical Center. Mary was born August 3, 1938 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Ralph E. and Mary E. Johnson Sands. She was married to Terley L. Clagg Sr. and he preceded her in death. She was a nurse’s aide and did home...
Gary L. Fisher
Apr 18, 2013
Gary L. Fisher, 62, of Bidwell, Ohio passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at the Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis after an extended illness. Gary was born on November 14, 1950 in Gallipolis, son of the late Wilma E. Cremeans Swisher. He retired from the AEP Gavin Plant and had worked at Cremeans Concrete. He was a member of...
Walter J. Pope
Apr 11, 2013
Walter J. Pope, 85, of Cadmus, passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia. He was born October 29, 1927 in German Hollow, Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Fred and Ethel Myers Pope. He married Phyllis Wooten on August 20, 1949 and she preceded him in death. Walter was a graduate...
Beverly P. Amos
Apr 9, 2013
Beverly P. Amos, 76, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born November 27, 1936 in Waverly, West Virginia, daughter of the late Elmer and Beulah Curtis Lighty. She married Melvin Arthurs and Alva Amos, and they both preceded her in death. Beverly was a restaurant cook. Surviving are her five...
Nadene Jolley Schneider
Apr 5, 2013
Nadene Jolley Schneider, 78, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away at her residence on Friday. Nadene was born on November 11, 1934 in Cabell County, West Virginia, daughter of the late James Franklin and Evelyn Weethee Jolley. Nadene was a former High School Literature teacher in Upper Arlington, Ohio. She had received her Bachelor Degree from Marshall University and her Master’s...
Charles Tyler 'Charlie' Addis
Apr 4, 2013
Charles Tyler “Charlie” Addis, 18, of Crown City, Ohio died on Thursday, April 4, 2013 from a fatal shooting. Charlie was born on July 24, 1994 in Gallipolis, son of Tammy Biars Addis and Mark Addis. He was a senior at South Gallia High School/Buckeye Hills Career Center, where he was taking Diesel and Ag Mechanic classes. Charlie loved to...
William K. Hurlow
Mar 30, 2013
William K. Hurlow, 68, of Groveport, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at Grant Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. He was born July 19, 1944 in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia, son of the late Leemon J. and Nora Chloe Robinson Hurlow. Bill was married to Ethel Garnett (Broyles) Hurlow and she survives him. He was a retired...
Nancy Mae Chevalier
Mar 28, 2013
Nancy Mae Chevalier, 87, of Gallipolis, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the Holzer Senior Care Center, where she was a resident. Nancy was born June 21, 1925 in Brownsville, Tennessee, daughter of the late Luther and Daisy P. Young Smith. She married Jacob Clark “Jake” Chevalier on August 6, 1943 and they resided in Gallipolis. He preceded her...
Mildred 'Millie' Westphal
Mar 27, 2013
Mildred “Millie” Westphal, 97, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. Millie was born September 3, 1915 in Leon, West Virginia, daughter of the late Steril and Ora Wolfe Walker. She married Harold Westphal and he preceded her in death in 2002. Millie was a dress designer for Huntington Industries. She resided...
Betty Ellen Russell Cox
Mar 27, 2013
Betty Ellen Russell Cox, 60, of Vinton, went peacefully to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 1:36 a.m. at the Holzer Medical Center, after a short bout with lung cancer. She was born April 22, 1952 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Delbert Forrest and Betty Irene Lane Russell. Betty was widowed twice, first by Roger...
Lori J. Somerville
Mar 23, 2013
Lori J. Somerville, 51, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the Holzer Medical Center. Lori was born on April 6, 1961 in Gallipolis, Ohio, daughter of Floyd E. and Janice Holley Stapleton who survive her in Gallipolis, Ohio. She was a 1979 graduate of Hannan Trace High School, where she was the class salutatorian, participated...
Norma Jean Moss
Mar 22, 2013
Norma Jean Moss, 77, Gallipolis, Ohio went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 22, 2013 at her daughter’s residence in Patriot. Norma was born on December 1, 1935 in Gallipolis, Ohio daughter of the late Frank and Hazel Morrow Swanson. She was married to Marvin Monroe Moss, Sr. and he preceded her in death on July 7,...
Patricia Ann Dixon
Mar 14, 2013
Patricia Ann Dixon, 74, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at her daughter’s home in Versailles, Kentucky. Patty was born on June 5, 1938 in Flatwoods, Kentucky, daughter of the late Mathew and Clara Brown. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister Carolyn Brown. Surviving siblings are Barbara...
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