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Virginia Meeks

Virginia Meeks

Sep 22, 2010

Virginia Meeks, 85, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at her home in Gallipolis. She was born September 5, 1925 in Kentucky, daughter of the late Samuel and Flossie Meeks. Surviving her are her brother, Sgt. Harold Shaw and a sister, Olive Meeks Fisher. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 24, 2010 at the WillisFuneralHome with...

Delta Mae Phillips

Delta Mae Phillips

Sep 9, 2010

Delta Mae Phillips, 94, of Crown City, passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born August 26, 1916 in Lawrence County, Ohio, daughter of the late Lee Taylor and Ruby Ransbottom Hagerman. Delta was married to Cecil Pete Phillips in 1935 and he preceded her in death. She was a homemaker. Surviving...

Buell G. Burnett

Buell G. Burnett

Sep 9, 2010

Buell G. Burnett, 89, of Patriot, passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at his residence. He was born April 4, 1921 in Patriot, son of the late Marcus and Cora Caldwell Burnett. Buell was married to Hope Cochran Burnett on July 23, 1971 and she survives him. He was a member of Carpenters Union Local #150, a World War...

Wendell Eugene Price

Wendell Eugene Price

Sep 7, 2010

Wendell Eugene “Hank” Price, 75, of Grove City, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at the Adena Medical Center, Chillicothe, Ohio. He was born December 15, 1934 in Gallia County, son of the late Everett A. and Ruth M. Evans Price. Hank was a 1952 Cadmus High School graduate. He was a U.S. Army veteran and retired from...

Crystal Ann Clary

Crystal Ann Clary

Sep 2, 2010

Crystal Ann 'Cris' Clary, 55, of Gallipolis, Ohio went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at the St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia unexpectedly. She was born on February 28, 1955 in Gallipolis, Ohio, daughter of the late Frank E. and Evelyn Virginia Burnette Woodall. Cris was a 1972 graduate of Hannan Trace High...

Bessie Marie Bowman

Bessie Marie Bowman

Aug 30, 2010

Bessie Marie Bowman, 64, of Crown City, Ohio passed away on Monday, August 30, 2010 at her residence. Bessie was born on May 7, 1946 in Gallia County to the late Truman and Gladys Cox Wolford. She retired from the Gallipolis Developmental Center having 27 years of service. She loved the outdoors and enjoyed her pet cat 'Princess' and her...

Jeanette Scott

Jeanette Scott

Aug 24, 2010

Jeanette Scott, 85, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born July 27, 1925 in Cheshire, Ohio, daughter of the late Bert A. and Cora Yeauger Scott. Jeanette was a 1943 Cheshire High School graduate. She was a veteran of G.C. Murphy Co. and a greeter at Walmart and also...

Memorial For Juanita M. Drummond

Memorial For Juanita M. Drummond

Aug 23, 2010

Born in Patriot, Ohio on Jun.18,1933 Departed on Aug.23,2010 and resided in Hinsdale,IL. Juanita M. Drummond, 77, of Hinsdale, Illinois, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2010 at Adventists Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale, Illinois.She was born June 18, 1933 in Patriot, Ohio, daughter of the late Arthur P. and Frances Marie Davis Rose. Juanita was a 1951 graduate of Cadmus High...

Juanita M. Drummond

Juanita M. Drummond

Aug 23, 2010

Juanita M. Drummond, 77, of Hinsdale, Illinois, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2010 at Adventists Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale, Illinois. She was born June 18, 1933 in Patriot, Ohio, daughter of the late Arthur P. and Frances Marie Davis Rose. Juanita was a 1951 graduate of Cadmus High School. She was married to John Harold Drummond in Gallia County, Ohio...

Nancy Maxine Wells

Nancy Maxine Wells

Aug 22, 2010

Nancy Maxine Wells, 81, a blessed mother, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at the Holzer Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on November 17, 1928 in Burkesville, Kentucky the daughter of the late William and Fannie Mae Bunch Gilbert. Maxine was married to Donald Ray Wells, Sr., and...

Barry Steve Bryant

Barry Steve Bryant

Aug 20, 2010

Barry Steve Bryant, 60, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Friday August 20, 2010 at his residence surrounded by his beloved family and friends. He was born on May 23, 1950 in Logan, West Virginia, son of the late John T. 'J.T' Bryant and Oleva Gaie Hainor Bryant who survives in Gallipolis. Steve spent more than twenty years working at...

Charles Edward Miller

Charles Edward Miller

Aug 19, 2010

Charles Edward 'Ed' Miller, 83, of Patriot, Ohio 'Cadmus' died on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at his residence. He was a retired employee of the Gallipolis Developmental Center retiring in 1987. He was also an avid farmer. He was born on September 20, 1926 on Buck Creek in Lawrence County, Ohio son of the late Harrison B. and Lettie Miller....

Philip Neal Underwood

Philip Neal Underwood

Aug 15, 2010

Philip Neal Underwood, 74, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, August 15, 2010 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia. He was born October 7, 1935 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Herman Underwood and Ima Jean Straight Setliff. Philip was married to Elizabeth A. Chandler Underwood and she preceded him in death on January 17, 2002....

Gay I. Jeffers

Gay I. Jeffers

Aug 15, 2010

Gay I. Jeffers, 83, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, August 15, 2010 at her residence. She was born on May 3, 1927 in Trimble, Ohio, daughter of the late James D. and Maude May Jones Smith. Gay was married to John J. Jeffers and he preceded her in death on November 30, 2009. She was a member of First...

Lonnie W. Thompson

Lonnie W. Thompson

Aug 15, 2010

Lonnie W. Thompson, 83, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, August 15, 2010 at his residence. He was born July 6, 1927 in Vinton, Ohio, son of the late Von C. and Cecile Wallace Thompson. Lonnie was married to Jerry Williams Thompson and she preceded him in death on July 18, 1996. He then married Anne Burcham Thompson and she...

Robert D. Harrison

Robert D. Harrison

Aug 14, 2010

Robert D. “Bob” Harrison, 78, of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, August 14, 2010 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. He was born June 30, 1932 in Gallipolis, son of the late Robert E. and Belva D. Lemly Harrison. Bob was a graduate of Gallia Academy High School with the class of 1950 and was a Korean Conflict Army veteran....

Glen Edward Beebe

Glen Edward Beebe

Aug 10, 2010

Glen Edward Beebe Glen Edward Beebe, 89, of Cheshire, died Tuesday, August 10, 2010, at his home. He was born November 18, 1920, in Florence, Kansas to Otheal L. and Susie Sampson Beebe. He was a 1939 graduate of Waterford High School and was employed by Ohio Valley Electric Company from 1954 until his retirement in 1985. He was an...

Joseph Paul Drummond

Joseph Paul Drummond

Aug 3, 2010

Joseph Paul 'Joe' Drummond, 79, of Gallipolis, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. He was born June 15, 1931 in Gallipolis, son of the late Floyd H. and Belva Thornton Drummond. Joe met Cynthia, his wife of 53 years, at Rio Grande College. A US Navy Veteran of the...

William M. Coble Sr.

William M. Coble Sr.

Aug 2, 2010

William M. Coble, Sr., 70, of Thornville, Ohio, passed away on Monday, August 2, 2010 at the Licking Memorial Hospital, Newark, Ohio. He was born March 8, 1940 in Durham, South Carolina, son of the late Shorty and Bonnie Halley Coble. William married Evelyn Wray on September 4, 1971 in Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia. He retired from General Electric in...

Shirley Joy Watson

Shirley Joy Watson

Aug 1, 2010

Shirley Joy Watson, 66, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, August 1, 2010 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born April 26, 1944 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late Meriett and Pauline Neal Sanders. Shirley was married to Virgil R. 'Boob' Watson and he preceded her in death on October 23, 1991. She was a homemaker and...

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