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Kenneth C. Boster
Apr 20, 2006
Kenneth C. Boster, 82, of Crown City, passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2006 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia. He was born on June 30, 1923 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Roy and Elizabeth Layne Boster. Kenneth was married to Pauline Montgomery Boster and she preceded him in death in 2004. He was a...
Jaelynn Alexandria Shaffer
Apr 16, 2006
Jaelynn Alexandria Shaffer, five months old, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 16, 2006 in Bluefield, WV. She was born on November 18, 2005 in Bluefield, WV daughter of Jamie Jacobs and Josh Shaffer. Surviving are her mother, Jamie Jacobs and her father, Josh Shaffer of Bluefield, WV; a sister, Madison Shaffer; grandparents, Debbie and Benny Clary...
Thelma F. Taylor
Apr 12, 2006
Thelma F. Taylor, 74, of Gallipolis, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born on June 24, 1931 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late Charles N. and Betsy Marie Rowley Siders. Thelma was married to Everett Taylor and he preceded her in death in 1972. She...
Frances E. Roush
Apr 11, 2006
Frances E. Roush, 95, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. She was born on October 1, 1910 in Henderson, West Virginia, daughter of the late Christopher C. and Ella Plants Plants. She was married to Austin Roush and he precedes her in death. Frances was a member of Springfield Baptist Church...
Terry Q. Barber
Apr 11, 2006
Terry Q. Barber, 62, Crown City, Ohio formerly of Toledo, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at the Holzer Medical Center. He was born on January 16, 1944 in Tampa, FL to the late Elmer and Marie Spivey Barber. He was retired from the Medical University of Ohio in Toledo as the Master Plumber in the maintenance department....
Larry E. Miller
Apr 11, 2006
Larry E. Miller, 64, of Gallipolis, beloved Father, Grandfather, and Brother, went to be with his Lord surrounded by family at home in Gallipolis on Tuesday, April 11, 2006. Larry was born on July 28, 1941 in Crown City, Ohio, the son of Meldridge Miller and Aldean Miller, who preceded him in death. He retired in 1998 from BP Oil...
Timothy Garrett Humphreys
Apr 8, 2006
Timothy Garrett Humphreys born on April 8, 2006 at Ohio State University Medical Center died shortly after birth and went to be with our Lord Jesus Christ due to medical complications. He is survived by his parents, Timothy U. Humphreys and Laura A. Griffith, a twin brother, Jason Dylan and a sister, Liberty Mae, all of Gallipolis; maternal grandparents, Mark...
Miriam Lanier Doughman Neal
Apr 7, 2006
Our Miriam Lanier Doughman Neal, of Crown City, Ohio passed away at 4:10 PM on Friday, April 7, 2006 at home in Crown City, Ohio at the age of 97. Marm was born on October 10, 1908 in Crown City, Ohio to the late William A. Lanier and Nannie Guthrie Lanier. She was married to Charles Joseph Doughman on May...
Mettie Facemire
Apr 7, 2006
Mettie M. Raines Facemire, 81, of Gallipolis, Ohio went home to be with the Lord on April 7th, 2006 at 6:05 AM after a lengthy illness. Mettie was born and raised in Gallia County, Ohio on July 6, 1924 to the late Harry and Launtia Trowbridge Raines. Mettie married Fred Facemire, Sr. on March 17, 1939 in Gallipolis and he...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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