Willard Sheets
Dec 28, 2020
Willard Sheets, 86, of Crown City, Ohio passed away on Monday, December 28, 2020 at Holzer Senior Care. Willard was born on November 11, 1934 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Grover and Melva Bevan Sheets. Willard retired from the Laborers Union where he had worked road construction. He was a member of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church and...
Rev. Andrew J. Parsons
Dec 28, 2020
Rev. Andrew J. Parsons, 99, of Gallipolis, Ohio, went peacefully to his heavenly reward on Monday, December 28, 2020 at 7:33 a.m at his residence. He was the son of Tilden and Anna Mae Parsons, who preceded him in death. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife and mother of his children, Lucille...
Aurelia J. Williams
Dec 28, 2020
Aurelia Juanita (Bryan) Williams passed on to her heavenly home December 28, 2020 and is now rejoicing with family in that home. Born the eldest and last surviving child of Kelson and Margaret (Massie) Bryan, she came into this world on March 13, 1923 in Milton, WV. She married James H. Williams on March 4, 1944; and he preceded her...
James Phillip Fraley
Dec 28, 2020
James Phillip Fraley, 65, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2020. Phillip was born on August 3, 1955 in Gallipolis, Ohio. He is the son of Jim Fraley and the late Louise Fraley, and brother to Deborah Fraley and Jeff Fraley. He was preceded in death by his sister Dianne Fraley. He is survived by his children Candice (Randar) Luts,...
Milton Judson Plantz
Dec 25, 2020
Milton Judson “Joe” Plantz, 82, of Gallipolis, Ohio went home to be with the Lord on Friday, December 25, 2020 at the home of his daughter. Joe was born on March 29, 1938 in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia, son of the late Basil and Belva Wallace Plantz. Joe retired from the AKZO Nobel Chemical Plant; he was a member of...
Lacy C. Baldwin, Sr.
Dec 23, 2020
Lacy C. Baldwin, Sr., 77, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. Born on October 28, 1943 in Williamsburg, West Virginia, Lacy was the son of the late Phil B. and Mary L. Scott Baldwin. Lacy married Janet Scales Baldwin, who survives him in Gallipolis. He was a...
Ruth A. Warren Stapleton
Dec 22, 2020
Ruth A. Warren Stapleton, 85, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at Pleasant Valley Hospital due to complications from covid. Ruth was preceded in death by her first husband, Forrest L. Warren on June 18, 2011; parents, Charles and Edith (Burgess) Turley; and sister, Debbie Paden. Ruth is survived by her second husband, William (Bill) Stapleton;...
Hazel Dolores Fisher
Dec 22, 2020
Hazel Dolores Greene Fisher, 79, of Crown City, Ohio went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at her residence. She was born on June 18, 1941 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Oral Otis and Leona Waugh Greene. Dolores retired from the GDC after 30 years of service. She loved to bowl and was...
Tony Stanley
Dec 22, 2020
Tony Stanley, 66, of Patriot, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at Holzer Medical Center. Tony was born on February 19, 1954 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Vernon and Jemima Job Transeau Stanley. He married Deborah Ann Johnston of Arkansas on May 16, 1990 in Gallia County; and she survives him along with step children,...
Jolynn Martin
Dec 20, 2020
JoLynn Matin, 62, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. Born on April 4, 1958 in Montgomery, West Virginia, JoLynn was the daughter of the late Alfred Matoma and Kozy Marie O’Dell. On August 25, 1974, JoLynn married David Martin, who survives her in Gallipolis. She retired from...
Vivienne E. Trowbridge
Dec 19, 2020
Vivienne E. Trowbridge, 95, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Holzer Senior Care. She was born on September 17, 1925 in Gallipolis, Ohio, daughter of the late James W. Chandler and the late Florence Collins Chandler McDaniel. Vivienne retired from G.C. Murphy's in Gallipolis as the assistant manager with 32 years of service; she also...
Clara Nell Wolfe
Dec 18, 2020
Clara Nell Wolfe, 89, Gallipolis, Ohio went home to be with the Lord on Friday, December 18, 2020 at Pleasant Valley Nursing Rehabilitation Center in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia. Clara Nell was born on January 19, 1931 in Gallipolis, Ohio, the daughter of the late Clarence C. and Elma Gladys Sigler Burns. She was retired from Gallipolis Developmental Center where...
Rosemary Hayman Patterson
Dec 17, 2020
Rosemary Hayman Patterson, 66, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Born on January 20, 1954 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Rosemary was the daughter of the late Harry F. and Dorothy L. Porter Ray. Rosemary married Johnny E. Patterson, Sr., who preceded her in death on March 3, 2018....
Asa Keith Johnson
Dec 13, 2020
Asa Keith "Alfie" Johnson, 62, of Marysville, Ohio, formerly of Crown City, Ohio passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at his residence. Born on March 11, 1958 in Gallipolis, Ohio, Keith was the son of Doris M. Johnson Wisecarver, who preceded him in death on April 21, 2000. In his younger years, Keith attended Abundant Life Baptist Church in...
Sheridan G. Clagg
Dec 11, 2020
Sheridan G. Clagg, 62, of Patriot, Ohio, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020 at the Special Care Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Sheridan was born on March 27, 1958 in Jacksonville, Florida, daughter of the late David C. Fogg and Sheila S. Crenshaw, who survives her in Georgia. She is also survived by her husband, David E. Clagg of Patriot,...
John David J.D. Cline, Jr.
Dec 9, 2020
John David “J.D.” Cline, Jr., 38, of Vinton, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at Ohio State University Medical Center East in Columbus, Ohio. Born on November 24, 1982 in Gallipolis, Ohio, J.D. was the son of John David and Jody K. Cline, Sr., who survive him in Gallipolis. J.D. married Moriah Halfhill Cline, who survives him in...
Joseph Lee Shepherd
Dec 5, 2020
Joseph Lee "Joey" "Rabbit" Shepherd, 51, of Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at his residence. He was born on April 30, 1969 in Lawrence County, Ohio, son of the late Joseph Grover Shepherd and Beulah R. Sheets Shepherd. Joey graduated from Buckeye Hills Career Center and worked for Grace Excavating. He is survived by his sons,...
Kenny Coughenour
Dec 1, 2020
Kenny Coughenour, 58, of Gallipolis, Ohio went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at his residence, surrounded by his family. He was born on November 21, 1962 in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of the late Preston Coughenour and Ellen Potter Coughenour, who survives him. Kenny was a physician recruiter for Holzer Health System, a member of...
Michael V. Bryant
Nov 29, 2020
Michael V. Bryant, 65, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at his residence. Born on November 25, 1955 in Logan County, West Virginia, Michael was the son of the late John T. and Oleva Hainor Bryant. Michael married Polly Burger Bryant, who survives him in Gallipolis. He was a retired truck driver, who enjoyed the outdoors...
Janet Rees
Nov 28, 2020
Janet Eileen Dressler-Rees, 82, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020. On October 3, 1938, Janet was born in Woodsfield, Ohio to Addison and Ruby Dressler, who preceded her in death. Her formative years were spent with her cousins and friends on the farms of Appalachia. Her family moved to Gallipolis in 1952. She attended GAHS where...
