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Glenn S. 'Pete' Smith

Glenn S. 'Pete' Smith

Mar 8, 2012

Glenn S. “Pete” Smith, 84, of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at the Four Winds Nursing Facility, Jackson, Ohio. He was born November 3, 1927 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Purl and Lona Sines Smith. Pete was married to Adaline G. Day Smith on July 8, 1946 in Kentucky and she survives. He was...

Mildred F. White

Mildred F. White

Mar 3, 2012

Mildred F. White, 71, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, March 03, 2012 at her residence. She was born on June 26, 1940 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Carlon and Margaret (Houck) Johnson. Mildred was a homemaker and attended the Morgan Center Holiness Church. She is survived by her children Sherri (Dennis) Coughenour of Gallipolis, Tammi (Mike) Martin...

James Robinson Haskins

James Robinson Haskins

Feb 27, 2012

James Robinson Haskins, 73, of Gallipolis, Ohio died at his home the morning of February 27, 2012. He was born on July 17, 1938 in Gallia County, son of the late Frank (Chink) and Martha McCormick Haskins. Jim was a retired ironworker out of local 787, a member of the Gallipolis Gun Club, Gallipolis Elks Lodge, and the V.F.W. Jim...

Raymond Ivy Jelks

Raymond Ivy Jelks

Feb 23, 2012

Raymond Ivy Jelks, of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at his residence. He was born November 18, 1964 in Racine, Wisconsin, son of Willie Sam and Sally Mae Winston Jelks. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 27, 2012 at the Willis Funeral Home with Rev. Chuck Stansberry officiating. Burial will follow in Centenary Cemetery. Friends may...

Glenn D. Adkins

Glenn D. Adkins

Feb 23, 2012

Glenn D. Adkins, 90, Patriot, Ohio passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2012 in the Holzer Medical Center emergency room. He was born on October 31, 1921 in Wayne, WV, son of the late Grover E. and Nola McCoy Adkins. Glenn was a retired pipefitter with Local 521 Huntington, West Virginia where he had been a member for 50 plus...

Emerson E. Unroe

Emerson E. Unroe

Feb 20, 2012

Emerson E. Unroe, 79, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2012 at the Holzer Medical Center. He was born on January 13, 1933 in Gallia County, Ohio son of the late Harry Harold and Virginia Irene Miller Unroe. Emerson spent forty years in the glass plant industry, 23 years at Federal Glass, 10 years at Anchor Hocking and...

Roma Jean Miracle Beebe

Roma Jean Miracle Beebe

Feb 20, 2012

Roma Jean Miracle Beebe, 80, of Cheshire, died Monday, February 20, 2012, receiving exceptional care at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia. She was born July 9, 1931 in Stafford, Ohio, to the late Floyd and Odessa Miracle. Jean dedicated her life to her three adoring children and her late husband, Glen Edward Beebe, with whom she shared...

Sallie Margaret Gardner Kirby

Sallie Margaret Gardner Kirby

Feb 17, 2012

Sallie Margaret Gardner Kirby, 94, of Gallipolis went home to be with Jesus on February 17, 2012 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born on October 16, 1917 in Mason County, West Virginia, daughter of the late George and Hattie Frances Flint Gardner. Sallie was a member of the Prospect Baptist Church, she enjoyed singing, sowing, cooking, quilting, and...

Joseph G. 'Joe' Giles

Joseph G. 'Joe' Giles

Feb 16, 2012

Joseph G. “Joe” Giles, 76, of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at the Holzer Medical Center. He was born and raised in Sheridan, Ohio on June 22, 1935, son of the late Clarence Giles and Mabel Hazlett Watson. Joe was married to Alice Beard Pasquale Giles on April 12, 1997 and she survives him. Joe served in...

Temberley Johnson Lester

Temberley Johnson Lester

Feb 16, 2012

Temberley Johnson Lester, 37, of Crown City, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio after a brief illness. She was born January 28, 1975 in Gallipolis, daughter of Lois Gwen Montgomery and Mark Johnson Sr., who survive her. She attended Buckeye Hills Career Center and enjoyed living life. Surviving are her three children, Chrystian...

Ronald Harrison Hager

Ronald Harrison Hager

Feb 12, 2012

Ronald Harrison Hager, 81, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at his residence. He was born on September 24, 1930 in Lincoln County, West Virginia, son of the late Perry and Ellen Perdue Hager. Ronald was an overhead crane operator working out of Teamsters Local 73 Cleveland, Ohio. He enjoyed fishing and gambling. Ronald was married...

George A. Haffelt, Jr.

George A. Haffelt, Jr.

Feb 10, 2012

George A. Haffelt, Jr., 54, of Middletown, Ohio passed away on Friday, February 10, 2012 at the Butler-Warren Hospice Care Center in Franklin, Ohio. George was born on November 6, 1957 in Columbus, Ohio to the late George Amyl Haffelt, Sr., and Katherine Marie Kay Fulcher Haffelt who survives. George had been a florist working with his father at Amyls...

Fannie A. Miller

Fannie A. Miller

Feb 2, 2012

Fannie A. Miller, 20, of 469 Richards Rd., Patriot, Ohio, died February 2nd, 2012 after an extended illness. She was born to Abe C. and Esther (Hershberger) Miller on September 15, 1991. She was a member of the Old Order Amish Church. Survivors are parents, Abe and Esther Miller; special friend Allen J. Keim; eight brothers, Joseph (Martha) Miller of...

Debra Sue 'Debbie' Dillon

Debra Sue 'Debbie' Dillon

Feb 2, 2012

Debra Sue Debbie Dillon, 60, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at her residence in the arms of her loving husband after a courageous fight with cancer. Debbie was born February 25, 1951 in Gallipolis, Ohio. She is the daughter of Leo and Doris Davis and a 1969 graduate of Gallia Academy High School....

Erma E. Boggs Green

Erma E. Boggs Green

Jan 30, 2012

Erma E. Boggs Green, 85, of Groveport, Ohio, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2012 at Pickerington Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Pickerington, Ohio. She was born August 20, 1926 in Gallipolis, Ohio, daughter of the late Thomas a. and Rena May Cottrill Boggs. Erma was a nurses aide for 30 years at the Holzer Medical Center. Surviving...

Mary K. 'Kate' Duncan

Mary K. 'Kate' Duncan

Jan 29, 2012

Mary K(Kate) Duncan, 91, of Gallipolis,went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, January 29, 2012, at her home. Born October 16, 1920, in Gallipolis,she was the daughter of the late WilliamEmerson and Donna (Lesley) Boggs. In addition to her parents, Kate was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse S (Red) Duncan, who she married on February 5,...

Gladys Pauline Eblin

Gladys Pauline Eblin

Jan 29, 2012

Gladys Pauline Eblin, 79, of Vinton, went to be with the Lord surrounded by her family on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at the Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Pauline was born May 7, 1932 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late Ralph E. and Mary E. Johnson Sands. She was married to Glen Eblin and he preceded her in...

Blake M. Northup

Blake M. Northup

Jan 21, 2012

Blake M. Northup, 58, passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2012, peacefully at home, surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on February 20, 1953 in Gallipolis, Ohio to the late Charles Lowell and Ardilia (Cantrell) Northup, who survives him. He retired from the Gallipolis Developmental Center (GDC) in 2004 after 30 years of...

Alva 'Ed' Roush

Alva 'Ed' Roush

Jan 18, 2012

Alva Ed Roush, 80, of Cheshire, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at the Hickory Creek Nursing Home in The Plains, Ohio. Ed was born on April 3, 1931 in Gallipolis, Ohio to the late Lloyd V. and Ruth Ward Roush, Sr. He was retired from A.E.P. Gavin Plant, a member of the Mt. Hermon United Brethren Church,...

Sarah L. Adams

Sarah L. Adams

Jan 17, 2012

Sarah I. Adams, 83, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born June 14, 1928 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late James and Bessie Denny Walters. She was married to Harold Claire Adams and he preceded her in death. She was a homemaker. Private graveside services will be...

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