Lillian E. (Holcomb) Saunders
Feb 5, 2013
Lillian E. (Holcomb) Saunders, 95, of Gallipolis, passed away surrounded by her family on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at her home. Lillian was born October 15, 1917 in Gallia County, the daughter of the late Elmer and Myrtle Shaw Holcomb. Lillian retired from Gallipolis Developmental Center after 30 years of service and attended Gallipolis First Church of God. Surviving are...
Boyd Clark
Feb 4, 2013
Boyd Clark, 94, of Lake Placid, Florida, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2013 at his residence in Lake Placid, Florida. He was born September 19, 1918 in Aid, Ohio, son of the late John and Della Massie Clark. He was married to Mae Holley on May 27, 1939 and she preceded him in death on August...
Hazel Ellen Bush
Feb 2, 2013
Hazel Ellen Bush, 95, of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, February 02, 2013, at the Holzer Medical Center. Hazel was born on March 7, 1917 in Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio daughter of the late Stella Saunders. She was retired from the cafeteria at Holzer Medical Center. Hazel was married to Orville Lee Bush and he preceded her in death....
Sharon K. Church
Feb 1, 2013
Sharon K. Church, 71, of Gallipolis, passed away at her residence on February 1, 2013. She was born on March 24, 1941 in Springfield, Ohio, daughter of the late Meriett and Pauline Fry Sanders. Sharon was a homemaker and did baby-sitting. She was a member of Elizabeth Chapel Church. Sharon was married to Melvin Lee Church on October 21, 1962...
Frankie L. Burke
Jan 26, 2013
Frankie L. Burke, 89, of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at the Arbors at Gallipolis. He was born August 8, 1923 in Evergreen, Ohio, being the youngest of seven children born to the late Alfred and Arlena Young Burke. Frankie graduated from Bidwell-Porter High School in 1941 and married Anna Haskins Burke on February 2, 1952, and...
Carl Jackson 'Papaw' Stapleton
Jan 22, 2013
Carl Jackson “Papaw” Stapleton, 98, of Crown City, passed away on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at Holzer Medical Center. He was born March 4, 1914 in Cabell County, West Virginia, son of the late William Noah Stapleton and Jessie Lambert Hall. He was a retired carpenter and a member of Kings Chapel Church. He enjoyed ministering at Arbors Nursing Home...
James R. Porter
Jan 21, 2013
James R. Porter, 82, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away at his residence on Monday, January 21, 2013. James was born on July 5, 1930 in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of the late William Thomas Porter and Mabel Annabelle Cornell Porter. James was a retired operating engineer with Local # 18 Columbus, Ohio. He is survived by his companion of thirty-four years,...
Peyton I. Browning
Jan 14, 2013
Peyton I. Browning, 8 ½ months son of Bobby J. and Savanna Hardwick Browning passed away on Monday, January 14, 2013 at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio after an extended illness. Peyton was born on April 19, 2012 in Morgantown, West Virginia and is survived by his parents, Bobby and Savanna Browning of Leon, West Virginia, his grandparents;...
Hazel M. Rice
Jan 10, 2013
Hazel M. Rice, 89, of Gallipolis, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at Four Winds Community, Jackson, Ohio. She was born November 14, 1923 in Gallia County, daughter of the late David and Etta Morgan Altizer. Hazel married Cecil E. Rice Jr. and he preceded her in death in 1988. She was a...
Joseph Richard Mingus
Jan 8, 2013
Joseph Richard Mingus, 64, of Gallipolis, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 8, 2013, after a brief hospitalization at the VA Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va., with loved ones by his side. He was born in Athens County, Ohio on July 2, 1948 to the late Rev. Edward Mingus and Kathleen Willis Mingus of The...
Maxine Schilling
Jan 7, 2013
Maxine Schilling, 86, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, January 7, 2013 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born March 28, 1926 in Middleport, Ohio, daughter of the late Cash and Sadie McElhinny Darst. Maxine married Donald Schilling on August 8, 1960 and he survives her. She was a secretary at Kyger Creek High School and a homemaker. Maxine...
Gregory Lee
Jan 4, 2013
Gregory Lee, 63, of Crown City, Ohio passed away on Friday, January 4, 2013 at the VA Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. Greg was born on September 11, 1949 in Gallipolis and is survived by his parents Rosie Layne James and Roger L. James of Gallipolis, Ohio. Greg was an U.S. Army Veteran, a 1968 graduate of Gallia Academy...
Tammy Sue Mcguire
Jan 1, 2013
Tammy Sue McGuire, 47, of Rio Grande, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at Holzer Medical Center. She was born March 6, 1965 in Gallipolis, Ohio, daughter of the late Sherman and Sarah Jane Montgomery McGuire. Tammy was a 1983 GAHS graduate and also graduated from Southeatern Business College. She was a cook at Holzer Assisted Living and...
Vernon Ray Sims
Dec 29, 2012
Vernon Ray Sims, 61, of Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia, passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at his residence. He was born March 21, 1951 in Huntington, West Virginia, son of the late James Vernon and Clara A. Smith Sims. He was married to Debra “Debbie” Hartman Sims and she survives him. In addition to his wife, Debbie Sims of...
Otho Gus Wolfe
Dec 29, 2012
Otho Gus Wolfe, 84, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at his residence. Otho was born on June 1, 1928 in Buffalo, West Virginia, son of the late Lauren and Ethel Hart Wolfe. Otho was retired from Central Soya and Bob Evans Farms as a truck driver. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran,...
Dora Adkins
Dec 28, 2012
Dora Adkins, 89, of Patriot, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2012 at Arbors of Gallipolis. She was born November 23, 1923 in Huntington, West Virginia, daughter of the late Charlie and Nannie Chapman. Dora was married to Glenn Adkins for over 45 years and he preceded her in death on February 23, 2012. She worked at National Steel in...
Marianna Irwin Tope
Dec 27, 2012
Marianna Irwin Tope, 96, of Bidwell, passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born April 30, 1916 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Ernest Luther and Ethyl Wickline Irwin. She married Wendell V. Tope and he preceded her in death on November 16, 1997. Marianna graduated from Raccoon Township High School and...
Donna Jean Wells
Dec 27, 2012
Donna Jean Wells, 67, of Gallipolis, passed away unexpectedly on December 27, 2012 in Gallipolis, Ohio. She was born July 14, 1945 in Apple Grove, Ohio, daughter of the late Dorsey and Jessie Rowe Parsons. Jean married Gerald Eugene Wells on July 21, 1961 in Meigs County, Ohio and he survives her. She retired after 31 years of service as...
Paul Jack Gauze
Dec 26, 2012
Paul Jack Gauze, 77, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Holzer Senior Care Center. He was born March 16, 1935 in Williamson, West Virginia, son of the late Hartwell and Ethel Hinkle Gauze. Paul was married to Noreda Lackey Gauze and she survives him. He was a graduate of Williamson High School and Pikeville College. Paul...
Billy Joe Johnson Ii
Dec 26, 2012
Billy Joe Johnson, II, 49, of Crown City, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 from injuries received in a work related accident in Jamestown, New York. Billy was born on November 3, 1963 in Pontiac, Michigan, son of Billy Joe and Gelida Kitts Johnson who survive in Crown City, Ohio. Billy was a line foreman for CTS Telecommunications,...
