Hubert J. Smitty Smith
Feb 20, 2010
Hubert J. “Smitty” Smith, 81, of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at his residence. He was born September 6, 1928 in Weston, West Virginia, son of the late Hubert and Macel Cochran Smith. Hubert was a World War II U.S. Army veteran. He was also a mail carrier and former member of VFW #4464. Surviving him are...
Laura Margaret Rutt Queen
Feb 18, 2010
Laura Margaret Rutt Queen COLUMBUS, Ohio Laura Margaret Rutt Queen, 96, of Columbus, Ohio passed away peacefully at home on February 18, 2010. Laura, the youngest of four children, was born at home on November 7, 1913 in Cadmus, Walnut Township, Gallia County, Ohio, to the late Herman August and Elva Effie Drummond Rutt. Laura started her own business, Laura's...
Lucille Smith
Feb 18, 2010
Lucille Smith, 93, of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at her residence. She was born April 29, 1916 in Cabin Creek, West Virginia, daughter of the late Albert and Stella Stowers Brewer. Lucille was married to Ardell F. Smith and he preceded her in death in 1983. She was the first cook at the Addaville School and...
Donald L. Ratcliff
Feb 17, 2010
Donald L. Ratcliff Sr., 54, of Bidwell, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at his residence. He was born May 20, 1955 in Cabell County, West Virginia, son of the late Squire Ratcliff and Betty White, who survives him. He was a retired construction worker. Donald attended Morgan Center Holiness Church and enjoyed fishing and hunting. Surviving are his...
Tony Lee Johnson
Feb 17, 2010
Tony Lee Johnson, 37, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at Holzer Medical Center. He was born August 3, 1972 in Gallipolis, son of the late Oshel Patterson Sr. and Ruth White Willitt and she survives him. He enjoyed his family, his dogs and was a Steelers fan. Tony will be sadly missed by his family and...
Rena Versil Jackson
Feb 16, 2010
Rena Versil Jackson, longtime resident of Patriot, Ohio and for the past few years a resident of Holzer Senior Care in Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away due to complications of Alzheimer's on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at the age of 88 years. She was a longtime member of Elizabeth Chapel. Versil, as she was known to friends and relatives, was born...
Jaxson Thomas Grube
Feb 12, 2010
Jaxson Thomas Grube, 2 month son of Matthew T. and Kansas VanHoose Grube died unexpectedly on Friday, February 12, 2010 in the Holzer Medical Center emergency room. He was born on November 19, 2009 in Gallipolis and is survived by his parents, and by two brothers Joshua A. Grube and Jacob W. Isbell, one sister Havanah K. Grube, paternal grandparents...
Merrill Freddie Cox
Feb 7, 2010
Merrill Freddie Cox, 71, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at his residence. He was born July 23, 1938 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Floyd D. and Claris Ann Halley Cox. He married Linda Lou Thompson Cox and she preceded him in death on December 24, 1998. He was a former cab driver and...
Ellabelle Chevalier Mcdonald
Feb 3, 2010
Ellabelle Chevalier McDonald, 95, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born September 18, 1914 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Finley and Emma Mae Chick Chevalier. Ellabelle married Bruce McDonald on November 13, 1943 in Chillicothe and he preceded her in death on November 13, 1992. Ellabelle was a saleslady...
Nancy Ann Duty
Jan 29, 2010
Nancy Ann Duty, 73, of Patriot, Ohio passed away on Friday, January 29, 2010 at the Kings Daughter Medical Center in Ashland, Kentucky. She was a homemaker, a member of the Rio Grande Church of Christ and enjoyed sowing and crocheting. She was born on July 25, 1936 in Delbarton, West Virginia to the late John L. Hall and Laura...
Ricky Lee Kite
Jan 27, 2010
Ricky Lee Kite, 58, of Vinton, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at Holzer Medical Center. He was born September 13, 1951 in Piqua, Ohio, son of the late Chester E. and Martha Carpenter Kite, who survives him. Rick was a 1969 graduate of Graham Local High School in St. Paris, Ohio and a plumber by trade. He loved...
Marilyn K. Browning
Jan 24, 2010
Marilyn K. Browning, 71, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born July 20, 1938 in Zanesville, Ohio, daughter of the late Arbie E. and Mary I. Wooley Wofter. Marilyn was married to Howard A. Browning and he preceded her in death on March 6, 1992. She was a homemaker....
Iris G. Cox
Jan 17, 2010
Iris G. Cox, 86, of Gallipolis, took her flight in the arms of Jesus to join her loving husband, Erie and a host of friends and relatives on Sunday, January 17, 2010 surrounded by her children. She was born February 2, 1923 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Robert E. and Belva D. Lemly Harrison. Iris married Erie E. Cox...
Della Leola Huffman Peck
Jan 14, 2010
Della Leola Huffman Peck, 53, of Gallipolis, departed this life Thursday, January 14, 2010 after a valiant battle with cancer. She was born July 20, 1956 in Pearisburg, Virginia daughter of the late Darrell and Lola Christian Huffman, who survives her. Della was employed by the Gallia County Council on Aging. Surviving are her mother, Lola Huffman of Gallipolis; son,...
Pluma Caldwell
Jan 13, 2010
Pluma Sheets Foster Caldwell Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 3:23 a.m. the death angel passed quietly by and took from our midst Pluma Sheets Foster Caldwell. She was the daughter of the late James W. and Sarah Shriver Sheets and was born in the Crown City, Ohio area June 14, 1914 and being at the time of her death 95...
Charles Everett Buck Paxton
Jan 4, 2010
Charles Everett 'Buck' Paxton, 71, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, January 4, 2010 at his residence. He was born August 25, 1938 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Lloyd Brenton Paxton and Hannah Mae Siders Hazelbaker Paxton. Charles was married to Barbara Sue Mullins Paxton and she survives him. Charles was an Air Force veteran. He was...
Harold G. Copley Jr.
Jan 3, 2010
Harold G. Copley Jr., 43, of Athens, passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2010 at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital Emergency Room, Athens, Ohio. He was born September 10, 1966 in Huntington, West Virginia, son of Harold G. Sr. and Linda Oiler Copley, who survive him. He was married to Brendea Stonerock Copley and she survives him. He was a 1984 Gallia...
George Marshall Gableman
Jan 1, 2010
George Marshall Gableman, passed away January 1, 2010 in Buckhannon, WV. He was born October 29, 1915 in Waverly, Ohio graduated from Waverly High School, and received a B.S. degree from Ohio State University in 1939. He was Regional Personnel Director of the War Manpower Commission in Cleveland, Ohio and served in World War II as 1st Lt. AGD with...
Janice A. Sloan
Dec 31, 2009
Janice A. Sloan, 72, of Patriot, passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at her residence. She was born June 5, 1937 in Cabell County, West Virginia, daughter of the late Ora Roberts Reynolds. Janice was married to Henry Hamilton Sloan Sr. and he preceded her in death on February 12, 2002. She was a nurse's aid and attended Salem...
Philip R. Spear
Dec 30, 2009
Philip R. Spear, 62, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at the Holzer Medical Center Emergency Room. He was born June 6, 1947 in Columbus, Ohio, son of the late Robert L. and Ruth L. Taylor Spear. Philip was a retired software analyst from the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas, Texas. He was an Air Force veteran...
