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Ray Edward Cox

Ray Edward Cox

Apr 7, 2006

Ray Edward Cox, 38, of Bidwell, passed away on Friday, April 7, 2006 at his residence. He was born on July 4, 1967 in Akron, Ohio to Warner Edward and Marlinda R. Boden Cox and they survive him. Ray was a chemical tech for Preferred Rubber Compounding Corporation in Akron. He was a member of Potters Wheel Penticostal Church. Surviving...

Lola H. Mccombs

Lola H. Mccombs

Apr 4, 2006

Lola H. McCombs, 88, of Patriot, passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at Arbors at Gallipolis. She was born on April 10, 1917 in Lawrence County, Ohio daughter of the late James S. and Mary J. Wickline Saunders. Lola married Leslie E. McCombs and he preceded her in death on November 19, 1991. She was a homemaker. Surviving are...

Janie Belle Gladman

Janie Belle Gladman

Apr 3, 2006

Janie Belle Gladman, 71, of Columbus, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2006 at Franklin Woods Nursing Home, Columbus, Ohio. She was born on August 9, 1934 in Crown City, Ohio daughter of the late Ferry and Emily Sanders Fillinger. Janie was married to Garrel Eugene Gladman on February 14, 1953 and he survives her. She was a homemaker. Surviving...

Mohler B. Martin

Mohler B. Martin

Mar 31, 2006

Mohler B. Martin, 96, of Bidwell, passed away on Friday, March 31, 2006 at his residence. He was born on March 8, 1910 in Charleston, WV to the late Robert Lovel and Ruena Backus Martin. Mohler was married to Corrine Rhodes Martin on November 22, 1930 in Ashland, KY and she preceded him in death. He was a pattern maker...

Bonnie Mae Hutton

Bonnie Mae Hutton

Mar 27, 2006

Bonnie Mae Hutton, 82, of Gallipolis, passed away on March 27, 2006 at her home in Gallipolis, after fighting a long battle with cancer. She was born February 3, 1924 in Gallia County, the daughter of the late James Arch Danner and Hattie Walter Danner. She graduated from Gallia Academy High School in 1941. On September 7, 1946, she married...

Doris A. Clark

Doris A. Clark

Mar 25, 2006

Doris A. Clark, 68, of Lakeland, Florida, died Saturday, March 25, 2006 at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Clark was born on May 22, 1937 in Crown City, Ohio, a daughter of the late Bertha and Roy Bickle. She was a retired registered nurse for the State of Florida. She was a graduate of the Holzer School of Nursing...

Darlene Alice Sheets

Darlene Alice Sheets

Mar 16, 2006

Darlene Alice Sheets, 95, went to her heavenly home on Thursday, March 16, 2006 at the home of her daughter Alice Gail Thompson with whom she made her home since April, 1996. She had lived on State Route 218 in Gallipolis for over forty-five years. Darlene was born on November 2, 1910 in Lawrence County, Ohio to the late Elijah...

Betty Jane Jeffrey

Betty Jane Jeffrey

Mar 15, 2006

Betty Jane Botkin Jeffrey, 75, went home to be with the Lord on this blessed day Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at her home in Gallipolis, Ohio. Born December 22, 1930 in Akron, Ohio and then moving to her childhood home at Miles Fork of Coopers Creek in Elkview, WV. She was the daughter of the late Clina and Grace Knappenberger...

Frances Thomas

Frances Thomas

Mar 13, 2006

Frances Thomas, 82, passed away on March 13, 2006 at home in Poinciana, Florida. Frances Carabell “Toots” was born on July 29, 1923 at the home of her grandparents, M.J. and Eva Caldwell Clary, the daughter of Golden and Gertie Clary Watson. She attended Mercerville High School. Frances moved to Columbus, Ohio in 1957 and worked over 24 years at...

George Curtis Kerns

George Curtis Kerns

Mar 11, 2006

George Curtis Kerns, 92, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, March 11, 2006 at the Scenic Hills Care Center in Gallipolis, Ohio. He was born on November 28, 1913 in Pliny, WV to the late Curtis and Bertha Dunn Kerns. George retired from Navistar Truck Company, and was a member of Elizabeth Chapel Church; the Eureka Masonic Lodge #...

Ursula S. Beard

Ursula S. Beard

Mar 10, 2006

Ursula S. Beard, 80, of Gallipolis passed away on Friday, March 10, 2006 at Holzer Senior Care in Gallipolis. Ursula was born on June 25, 1925 in Baumholder, Germany to the late Ernst Spaeth and Amalie Kuhn Spaeth. She married William C. Beard on July 2, 1960 in Trier, Germany and he survives in Gallipolis, Ohio. She was a member...

Merrill E. Davis

Merrill E. Davis

Mar 7, 2006

Merrill E. Davis, 56, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at the Holzer Medical Center. He was born on May 29, 1949 in Gallia County, Ohio to the late Ike and Rethe Chapman Davis. He was married to Lydia Long and she survives him. Merrill retired from The Kroger Company, Gallipolis store, after 33 years of service...

Jack E. Dray

Jack E. Dray

Mar 5, 2006

Jack E. Dray, 65, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at the Holzer Medical Center. He was born on September 25, 1940 in Gallia County, Ohio to the late Raymond Nelson and Mable Edith Plymale Dray. Jack was married to Jeannie Burke Dray and she survives him. He was a general laborer. He was a member of...

Mary M. Swick

Mary M. Swick

Mar 4, 2006

Mary M. Swick, 93, of Gallipolis, died Saturday, March 4, 2006 at the Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis, Ohio. She was born on October 12, 1912 in Gallia Co., Ohio to the late Mark and Cora Caldwell Burnett. She was a retired school teacher, a member of the Ohio Retired Teacher Association, and a member of the Hope United Methodist...

Frances G. Rose

Frances G. Rose

Feb 25, 2006

Frances G. Aunt Sis Rose, 94, of the Mercerville Community, passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2006 at the Holzer Senior Care in Gallipolis, Ohio. She was born of August 15, 1911 in Gallia County, Ohio to the late John Henry and Cora Frances Sheets Greene. Frances was a graduate of Mercerville High School and Rio Grande College where she...

George Oliver Raygo

George Oliver Raygo

Feb 23, 2006

George Oliver “Bud” Raygo, 85, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2006 at the Scenic Hills Care Center. He was born on September 29, 1920 in Marinette, Wisconsin to Archie and Edna Pecha Raygo. Bud lived on Shoestring Ridge since 1975; he served as a Deputy Sheriff under Jim Montgomery and also worked as a caretaker at...

Garland Homer Lear

Garland Homer Lear

Feb 23, 2006

Garland Homer Lear, 86, of Rodney, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2006 at his residence. He was born on October 8, 1919 in Harrison Township, Gallia County to the late Eustace and Alice Hively Lear. He was retired from the Gallipolis Developmental Center with 27 years of service. He was involved in farming most of his life and...

Dorothy A. Greene

Dorothy A. Greene

Feb 22, 2006

Dorothy A. Greene, 75, of Huntington, WV, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at her residence. She was born on July 7, 1930 in Gallia County, Ohio to the late Grover and Melva Bevan Sheets. She was married to Ira E. Greene, Jr. and he preceded her in death. She was a supervisor for S.S. Logan Packing Company in...

Julia Shawver Roderus

Julia Shawver Roderus

Feb 19, 2006

Julia Shawver Roderus, 56, of Gallipolis, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on Sunday, February 19, 2006 at the OSU Medical Center. She was born on March 18, 1949 in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia to the late James K. and Julia Jean Jones Shawver. Julia was married to John P. “Jack” Roderus on May 31, 1971 in Gallipolis,...

Julia Davis Swindall

Julia Davis Swindall

Feb 17, 2006

Julia Davis Swindall, 104, of Gallipolis, went to be with the Lord at the home of her daughter, Hazel Carico, on Friday, February 17, 2006. She was born on March 6, 1901 in Clintwood, Virginia to the late Garland Davis and Mary Owens Davis. She was married to Thomas Calvin Swindall in Wise, Virginia on July 23, 1921 and he...

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