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Walter Ray Long

Walter Ray Long

Jan 16, 2012

Walter Ray Long, 84, of Bidwell, passed away on Monday, January 16, 2012 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. He was born November 23, 1927 in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of the late Grant and Azile E. Cromley Long, who preceded him in death in 1977. He married Judy Marie Cox Long on September 7, 1988 and she survives him. Also...

Helen M. Neal

Helen M. Neal

Jan 16, 2012

Helen M. Neal, 96, of Patriot, passed away on Monday, January 16, 2012 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born August 21, 1915 in Columbus, Ohio, daughter of the late William Clark and Lalla White Thornton. She was married to Alden H. Neal and he preceded her in death in 1980. Helen was a farmer and a homemaker and...

Gertrude J. Wickline

Gertrude J. Wickline

Jan 16, 2012

Gertrude J. Wickline, 76, passed away on Monday, January 16, 2012 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born June 28, 1935 in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia, daughter of the late Andrew Sr..and Okalla Rainey Berkley. Gertrude was a 1953 GAHS graduate. She retired from Milstead Bakery and was a member of American Legion Post 27 Ladies Auxiliary. Surviving are...

Jesse J. Duncan

Jesse J. Duncan

Jan 13, 2012

Jesse J. Duncan, 77, of Bidwell, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2012 at his residence. He was born September 8, 1934 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Lave and Ruby Jewell Arthur Duncan. Jesse was a self-employed plumber. Surviving are his children, Pamela (Terry Wayne) Sexton of Eaton, Ohio, Jennifer (Eugene) Carnes and Terri Lynn Russell, both...

Graceline Virginia Cotton Ortiz

Graceline Virginia Cotton Ortiz

Jan 12, 2012

Graceline Virginia Cotton Ortiz, 75, of Henderson, West Virginia, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 12, 2012. She was born on February 5, 1936, daughter of the late Emory C. and Gladys Graceline Hart. She was a Mary Kay Consultant for many years and a member of the Grace Baptist Church in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Surviving...

Gary T. Price

Gary T. Price

Jan 12, 2012

Gary T. Price, 72, of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at his residence. He was born August 17, 1939 in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of the late Kermit and Audrey Straight Price. Gary was married to Shirley Wallace and she survives him. He was retired from Gallipolis Developmental Center. Surviving are his wife, Shirley Price of Gallipolis; three...

Wilhelmenia Simmons

Wilhelmenia Simmons

Jan 11, 2012

Wilhelmenia Simmons, 90, of Gallipolis, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at Holzer Senior Care Center. Willie as she was called by her many friends was born on August 6, 1921 in Gallipolis, Ohio in an area off of Sycamore Street between Second and Third Avenue called The Flats. She was the...

Vickie A. Long

Vickie A. Long

Jan 8, 2012

Vickie A. Long, 44, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Sunday, January 08, 2012. She was born on March 4, 1967 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Bill Siders and Ruth White Willitt. She had attended Bell Chapel Church. Vickie was married to Mike Long and he survives and from this union her children survive, sons, Michael (Marie) Long, Randy...

Billie C. Campbell

Billie C. Campbell

Jan 8, 2012

Billie C. Campbell passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2012, at Holzer Senior Care Center, following a lengthy illness. He was born on August 19, 1923, in Gallia County Ohio, the son of the late John C. Campbell and Belva Mae Waugh Campbell, who both preceded him in death in 1983. He was one of six children, four boys and...

Audrey Mae Angel Saunders

Audrey Mae Angel Saunders

Jan 4, 2012

Audrey Mae Angel Saunders, 69, of Crown City, passed peacefully at home January 4, 2012. She was born September 23, 1942 to Brady and Belva Martin Angel. She is survived by the love of her life, Lowen Cline Saunders, with whom she was married to for nearly fifty years; four children, Angela (Brian) Wamsley of Westerville, Ohio, Renee (Keith) Bartimus...

Ivan Glen 'Monk' Mcguire

Ivan Glen 'Monk' Mcguire

Jan 4, 2012

Glen Monk McGuire, 61, of Gallipolis, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at the Holzer Medical Center. Glen was born on September 25, 1950 in Gallipolis to the late Marvin and Edith Taylor McGuire. He had formerly worked at Scenic Hills Care Center and was currently an independent paper carrier for the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. Glen was married...

Willard Blankenship

Willard Blankenship

Jan 1, 2012

Rev. Willard Blankenship, 83, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2012 at the Holzer Medical Center. He was born on September 7, 1928 in Vinton, Ohio, son of the late John H. Blankenship and Edith Gates Blankenship Yates. Willard retired from OVEC with 35 years of service and had been Pastor of the Apostolic Gospel Church for...

Jaycelyn Kamy Bickle

Jaycelyn Kamy Bickle

Dec 31, 2011

Jaycelyn Kamy Bickle, 6, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the Holzer Medical Center, Emergency Room. She was a kindergarten student at Guiding Hand School, which she enjoyed attending. She also attended the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses in Gallipolis. Kamy was born on November 1, 2005 in Columbus, Ohio daughter of Jason E. and...

Jack E. Hall

Jack E. Hall

Dec 28, 2011

Jack E. Hall, 58, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at his residence. He was born on January 17, 1953 in Pomeroy, Ohio, son of the late Jay Hall, Jr. and Lillian Marlene Lathey Hall. He was preceded in death by his father, his maternal grandparents Lester and Mary Lathey, his paternal grandparents, Jay Hall, Sr....

Christopher D. Carman

Christopher D. Carman

Dec 27, 2011

Christopher D. Carman, 37, Dayton, Ohio formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at the VA Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia. Chris was born on January 14, 1974 in Gallipolis, Ohio son of David R. and Vita Draulis Carman who survive in Gallipolis, Ohio. Chris served in the U.S. Army and attended the First Presbyterian Church in...

Julia Lee Cremeans

Julia Lee Cremeans

Dec 24, 2011

Julia Lee Cremeans, 84, of Rutland, Ohio, formerly ofCheshire, Ohiopassed away on Saturday, December 24, 2011 in the Emergency Room at OBleness Memorial Hospital. She was born on November 3, 1927 in Lonaconing, Maryland to the late James and Marcelinia Sluss Merrbach. Lee had formerly worked for the F.B.I. in Washington, DC and retired from the Gallipolis Developmental Center. She...

Ralph R. 'Rusty' Martin

Ralph R. 'Rusty' Martin

Dec 22, 2011

Ralph R. Rusty Martin, 70, of Gallipolis, died peacefully at home on Thursday, December 22, 2011. He was born June 6, 1941 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, son of the late Ralph and Lillian I. Chambers Martin. Rusty was married to Donna L. Crabtree and she survives him. He was a 1959 graduate of Gallia Academy, a graduate of Rio Grande College...

Earl Jack Miller

Earl Jack Miller

Dec 22, 2011

Earl Jack Miller, age 80, went home to meet Jesus Christ, his Lord and Savior, on 22 December 2011 at his home in Patriot, Ohio. He was born on July 18, 1931 in Waterloo, Ohio to the late Gaither and Gladys (Shephard) Miller, the third of six children. He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Donald...

Betty Queen

Betty Queen

Dec 21, 2011

Betty Queen, 81, of Gallipolis, Ohio, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at her residence. She was born January 26, 1930 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Clyde J. and Mable Glover Hunt. Betty was a homemaker and loved being with her family. She is survived by her children, James (Shirly) Ellis of New...

Beatrice Irene Springer

Beatrice Irene Springer

Dec 9, 2011

Beatrice Irene Springer, 76 of Gallipolis passed away Friday, December 9, 2011 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born of October 30, 1935 in Gallia County the daughter of the late William Bill and Verdie Halley Bloomer Banks. Irene was married to Thomas Lewis Springer and he preceded her in 1973. She was Baptist by Faith...

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