Thelma Hanner Woodward
Aug 22, 2009
Thelma 'Hanner' Kathleen Johnson Woodward, 81 of Gallipolis, Died on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at the Cabell Huntington Hospital. She was born on July 12, 1928 in Mason Co., WV the daughter of the late Henry D. and Rena Mae Kerns Johnson. Hanner was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother she spent her life loving and taking care...
Dustin Alan Halley
Aug 21, 2009
Dustin Alan Halley, 23, of Crown City, unexpectedly went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 21, 2009 at his home. He was born June 28, 1986 in Gallipolis, son of Terry Halley and the late Alison Daniels. He was a 2004 graduate of South Gallia High School. He was a member of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church. Dustin also...
John Thomas Bryant
Aug 20, 2009
John Thomas J.T. Bryant, 85, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away Thursday, August 20, 2009 at his residence. He was born on May 14, 1924 in Logan County, West Virginia to the late John and Tollie Stowers Bryant. J.T. was a coal miner and the owner operator of Bryant Trucking. He loved gardening, mules and horses, fishing, and most of all...
Gordon Scott Betz
Aug 19, 2009
Gordon Scott Betz, 47, of Crown City, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at his residence. Scott was born on April 30, 1962 in Gallipolis, Ohio to the late Robert S. Betz and Virginia K. Stone Betz who survives him. Scott was employed at the Gallipolis Developmental Center, a 1980 Graduate of Gallia Academy High School and a...
Joyce Blankenship
Aug 16, 2009
Joyce Blankenship, 78, went to join her Lord in Heaven on Sunday, August 16, 2009 at her home. Born July 3, 1931, Joyce was the daughter of the late Walter 'Watt' B. Howerton and Ilma O. Osborne Howerton of South Portsmouth, Kentucky. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and sister, as well as a long-time member of Northup Baptist...
Robert H. Bob Eastman
Jul 28, 2009
Robert H. 'Bob' Eastman, 68, of Gallipolis, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at the Ohio State University Medical Center. Bob was born September 21, 1940 in Athens, Ohio and was raised in Meigs County. He was the son of the late Bernice St. Clair Eastman Saxton and Homer A. Eastman. Bob is survived by his wife of 48 years,...
Gwendolyn Marie Sheets
Jul 27, 2009
Gwendolyn Marie Sheets, 72, of Crown City, passed away on Monday, July 27, 2009 at her residence. She was born November 29, 1936 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Weldon T. and Mary Ellen Cremeans Strait. Gwen was married to Willard Sheets and he survives her. She has her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Rio Grande College and a...
Karen D. Jarrell
Jul 24, 2009
Karen D. Jarrell, 52, of Bidwell, passed away on Friday, July 24, 2009 at her residence. She was born March 15, 1957 in Mason County, WV, daughter of the late Connie C. and Theresa Mehalic Jarrell. Karen is survived by her son, Chad Jarrell of Gallipolis and a brother, Preston Jarrell of Gallipolis. Graveside Services will be Monday, July 27,...
Garnett Elizabeth Betsy Strait
Jul 21, 2009
Garnett Elizabeth 'Betsy' Strait, 56, of Bidwell, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at her residence. She was born May 22, 1953 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Weldon T. and Mary Ellen Cremeans Strait. She was a member of Vinton Baptist Church. Surviving her are two sisters, Gwendolyn Marie Willard Sheets of Gallipolis and Margaret Rose Neuser of Corona,...
Avalon G. Roush
Jul 19, 2009
Avalon G. Roush, 89, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born on May 27, 1920 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Sylvan Goodrich and Caroline Handley Gardner. She was married to Lew W. Roush on May 25, 1962 and he survives her. Avalon was a 1938 graduate of Gallia...
Michael D. Drummond
Jul 14, 2009
Michael D. 'Mike' Drummond, 37, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at his residence. He was born November 22, 1971 in Parkersburg, WV, son of the late Gary D. Drummond and Judy Michael Mahan. Mike graduated with the Class of 1990 from Gallia Academy High School. He married Danielle D. Stump on July 17, 1993 in Gallipolis...
M. Naomi Tipple
Jul 11, 2009
M. Naomi Tipple, 88, of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born April 22, 1921 in Dillonvale, Ohio, daughter of the late Franklin Blaine and Dorothy Madge Manifold Umbour. Naomi was married to Marion Edwin Tipple on September 3, 1944 and he preceded her in death on September 12, 1960....
Roger O. Taylor
Jul 8, 2009
Roger 'Spud' O. Taylor, 53, of Rio Grande, passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at his residence. He was born January 28, 1956 in Gallia County, son of the late Otis Burdell and Helena Simms Taylor. Roger was raised in the home of his aunt and uncle, John and Phyllis Taylor. John preceded him in death also. He was...
Vivian Virginia Blake
Jul 4, 2009
Vivian Virginia Blake, 83, of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2009 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born November 12, 1925 in Logan, West Virginia, daughter of the late Claude and Susie Dameron Mason. She was married to Lloyd O. Blake and he preceded her in death on April 10, 1992. She was a homemaker and attended...
Mark Anthony Woodall
Jun 30, 2009
Mark Anthony Woodall, 46, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. He was born on April 26, 1963 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, son of the late Frank E. and Evelyn Virginia Burnette Woodall. Mark attended Hannan Trace High School and was a backhoe operator for C.J. Hughes Construction of...
Marvin M. Church
Jun 28, 2009
Marvin M. Church, 76, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2009 at the Holzer Medical Center Emergency Room. He was born September 22, 1932 in Liberty Center, Ohio, son of the late Merl and Boneta Winover Church. He was married to Carolyn Nancy 'Nanny' Church and she preceded him in death on June 22, 2008. Marvin was a...
Reverend Arnold Skaggs
Jun 25, 2009
The Reverend Arnold Skaggs, 76, of Gallipolis, died Thursday, June 25, 2009 at Hospice House in Huntington, West Virginia. Born April 8, 1933, in Lowmansville, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Brack and Maggie Hatfield Skaggs of Gallipolis. Arnold was a retired carpenter. In addition, he served as a pastor for several area churches over the past 40...
Ima Jean Henry
Jun 23, 2009
Ima Jean Henry, 64, of Gallipolis, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at the Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. She was born on November 12, 1944 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Robert Moore and Rosa J. Saunders Coughenour. Ima Jean was employed at AVI Vending and was a member of Kings...
Garnet E. Bevan
Jun 23, 2009
Garnet E. Bevan, 85, of Crown City, passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at her daughter’s home in Crown City. She was born August 18, 1923 in Lawrence County, Ohio, daughter of the late Arnold and Goldie Shaw Sanders. Garnet was married to Dwight B. Bevan and he preceded her in death on August 27, 2003. She was a...
Elizabeth H. Lockitski
Jun 20, 2009
Elizabeth H. Lockitski, 92, of Thurman, passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born on March 16, 1917 in Hermina, Pennsylvania, daughter of John and Sophia Panceroff. Elizabeth was a member of the Russian Orthodox Old Believers Church. She was a loving wife and mother. Surviving is her husband of 70 years, Paul...
