John Paul Porter
Oct 14, 2009
John Paul Porter, age 77, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and Nokomis, Florida, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2009 of brain cancer. John, the son of Curtis and Grace Scott Porter, was born. He grew up on a farm on Route 218 near Mercerville. He graduated from Gallia Academy High School in 1950 and Rio Grande College in 1959. He served...
Gabriel D. Gabe Saunders
Oct 13, 2009
Gabriel D. 'Gabe' Saunders, 29, of Bidwell, passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at Holzer Medical Center Emergency Room. He was born June 21, 1980 in Gallipolis, son of Steve and Darla Saunders and they survive him. He was a 1998 River Valley High School graduate and received an Associates Degree in Plant Maintenance from the University of Rio...
Pauline Howells
Oct 12, 2009
Pauline Howells, 87, of Columbus, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, October 12, 2009 at the Franklin Woods Care Center, Columbus, Ohio. She was born November 16, 1921 in Oak Hill, daughter of the late Richard and Pearl Spriggs Wisecup. Pauline was married to Howard Howells and he preceded her in death. She was a homemaker and enjoyed quilting...
Aneita K. Mayo
Oct 11, 2009
Aneita Kay Mayo, 57, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2009 at Midwest Regional Medical Center in Zion, Illinois. She was born May 29, 1952 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, daughter of the late Sheldon B. Hill and Ina Absten Jones. She was married to Keith Mayo and he survives her. She was employed by Holzer Medical Center...
Ralph Eddie Mullins
Oct 5, 2009
Ralph 'Eddie' Mullins, 76, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, October 5, 2009 at Arbors at Gallipolis. He was born May 22, 1933 in Crown City, son of the late Mark and Audrey E. Wallace Mullins. Eddie was married to Lorena K. 'Katie' Wallace and she survives him. He was a carpenter and U.S. Air Force Korean War veteran. Eddie...
Herbert Allen Loomis
Sep 29, 2009
Herbert Allen Loomis, 89, of Northup, died Tuesday, September 29 at Holzer Medical Center. He was born August 30, 1920, in Berea, Ohio, a son of the late Dorothy Lewis and Albert Loomis. Herbert was a retired employee of AT & T Ohio Bell and a U.S. Navy veteran of WW II. He also formerly owned and operated Loomis TV...
Alma L. Slayton
Sep 21, 2009
Alma L. Slayton, 69, of Northup, went to be with the Lord and also her beloved husband on Monday, September 21, 2009 at St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia. She was born October 1, 1939 in Pomeroy, Ohio daughter of the late William Ray 'Willy' and Florence Elizabeth Long Reynolds Sr. Alma married Nathan Slayton Jr. in July 9,...
Gene Golden
Sep 21, 2009
Gene Golden, 79, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2009 at his residence. He was born September 20, 1930 in Blueridge, Georgia, son of the late Joseph L. and Minnie Jane Tipton Golden. Gene married Elva Jean Dailey on March 5, 1955 and she survives him. He was a retired carpenter, a Korean War Air Force veteran and...
Goldie Gooldin Williams
Sep 18, 2009
Goldie Gooldin Williams, 88, of Gallipolis, Ohio went home to be with the Lord on Friday, September 18, 2009 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born on September 24, 1920 in Ohio Township Gallia County, Ohio to the late Samuel and Bertha Glover Waugh. On November 3, 1939 in Gallipolis she married Walter Gooldin and to this union was...
Allen Blake Strait
Sep 15, 2009
Allen Blake Strait, 78 of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at the Holzer Medical Center. He was born January 4, 1931 in Gallipolis, son of the late Weldon T. and Mary Ellen Cremeans Strait. Allen was married for nearly 46 years to Judy Layne Strait and she survives him. He was a graduate of Gallia Academy High...
Sena Emogene Edwards
Sep 8, 2009
Sena Emogene Edwards, 68, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. She was born November 17, 1940 in Delbarton, West Virginia, daughter of the late Edward Wayne and Daisy Pearl Blankenship Clay. Mrs. Edwards was an associate with Wal-Mart. Surviving are her husband, Roscoe 'Buck' Edwards of Murfreesboro, TN; four daughters, Linda Ricky Taylor of LaVergne, TN,...
Earl B. Morris
Sep 2, 2009
Earl B. Morris, 84, of Racine, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at the Rocksprings Rehabilitation Center. He was born February 4, 1925 in Bashan, Ohio, son of the late Clifford Sheldon and Letha Jewett Morris. Earl was married to Opal V. Morris and she preceded him in death on February 25, 2008. He is survived by a...
Urban Hugh Baldwin
Sep 2, 2009
Urban Hugh Baldwin, 85, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at his residence. He was born November 30, 1923 in Gallia County, son of the late Brisco H. and Dora Belle Williams Baldwin. Urban married Mary Ann Clagg on April 4, 1948 in Gallia County. He was a World War II Army Air Corps Veteran. Urban was...
Earl E. Casto
Aug 28, 2009
Earl E. Casto, 84, of Gallipolis passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at the Pleasant Valley Hospital in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia. He was born on October 31, 1924 in Henderson, WV to the Late Henry Casto and Amanda Clonch Casto Crandall. Earl was retired with over thirty years of service at the Gallipolis Developmental Center. He was a...
Harry Junior Coughenour Iii
Aug 27, 2009
Harry Junior Coughenour, III, 62 of Gallipolis went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 27, 2009 at the St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia after a short battle with brain cancer. He was born on July 15, 1947 in Gallipolis to the late Harry Junior Coughenour II and Hazel Johnson Coughenour who survives in Gallipolis....
Jessie E Beaver
Aug 25, 2009
Jessie E. Beaver passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at the Holzer Medical Center. He was born on January 8, 1930 in Gallia County, Ohio to the Late Jesse A. and Garnet Williams Beaver. Jessie was a retired heavy equipment operator, a member of UMWA and Operating Engineers, a US Army Veteran serving during Korea, and a member of...
Marian B. Smith
Aug 24, 2009
Marian B. Smith, 82, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Monday, August 24, 2009 at the Holzer Medical Center. Marian was born on March 13, 1927 in Gallipolis to the late Charles M. and Marjorie F. Perkins Bane. She was a 1949 graduate of The Ohio State University and a retired teacher. She attended Elizabeth Chapel Church and Faith Baptist...
Jack Roderus
Aug 24, 2009
John P. 'Jack' Roderus, 60, of Gallipolis died unexpectedly Monday, August 24, 2009 at the Cabell Huntington Hospital. Jack was born September 11, 1948 in Braddock, PA. to the late William A. and Dorothy E. Sheehan Roderus. He was married to Julia Shawver Roderus and she preceded him in death on February 19, 2006. He was a Salesman, member of...
Homer Wesley Johnson, Jr.
Aug 23, 2009
Homer Wesley Johnson, Jr. 64 of Gallipolis, Ohio went home to be the Lord on Sunday, August 23, 2009 at his residence. He was born on April 3, 1945 in Gallipolis to the late Homer and Margaret Springer Johnson. Homer served in the US Army for three years and was also a plumber for several years. He was married to...
Gerald Jeffers Pope
Aug 22, 2009
Gerald Jeffers 'Jeff' Pope, 66, of Gallipolis passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at his residence. Jeff was born on July 15, 1943 in Gallia County to the late Paul Gerald Pope and A. Margaret Jeffers Pope who survives. He was a farmer and for fourteen years was an agricultural education teacher at Utica High School and North...
