Richard Eugene Elliott
Oct 2, 2018
Richard Eugene Elliott was born on September 22, 1937 to Josephine and Arthur Elliott of Lincoln Pike, Gallipolis, Ohio. On Tuesday, October 2, 2018, he lost his battle with cancer at his home with loved ones present. Eugene was reared on a Lincoln Pike Dairy Farm in the Northup Community. He graduated from Gallia Academy High School in 1955. Eugene...
Charles Wesley Bodimer Iii
Oct 1, 2018
Charles Wesley Bodimer III, 65, of Gallipolis passed away peacefully at home after a courageous battle with cancer on Monday, October 1, 2018. Born April 5, 1953 on Easter Sunday in Gallipolis, Ohio, Charley was the son of the late Charles W. and Ruth (Steele) Bodimer II. On July 20, 1974, Charley married Patricia Ann Gingrich, who survives him. He...
Fairrell Curtis Shafer
Sep 29, 2018
Fairrell Curtis Shafer, 93, of Crown City, Ohio, passed away peacefully at the Charleston Area Medical Center on Saturday, September 29, 2018. Born March 29, 1925 in Gallia County, Ohio, Fairrell was the son of the late Fairy and Bessie (Lane) Shafer. Fairrell was a lifetime farmer as his fathers were before him. His primary crop was tobacco. Fairrell was...
Edith Mae Stapleton
Sep 27, 2018
Edith Mae Stapleton, 82, of Gallipolis, unexpectedly and peacefully passed away surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Born on October 29, 1935 in Crown City, Ohio, Edith Mae was the daughter of the late Grover and Ruth Waugh. She married William Stapleton on October 21, 1954 in Crown City, Ohio;...
Arliss Fogelstrom
Sep 24, 2018
Virginia Arliss Fogelstrom, 77, of Bidwell, Ohio passed away on September 24, 2018 at Holzer Medical Center. Arliss was born on December 25, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. She married Arthur John Fogelstrom, Jr., who preceded her in death on April 7, 1987. Arliss was the former owner of the Frosty Freeze on Garfield Avenue. Arliss is survived by two sons,...
Samuel Robert Spear
Sep 24, 2018
Samuel Robert Spear, 34, of Las Vegas, Nevada passed away unexpectedly on Monday, September 24, 2018 in Las Vegas. Born on July 14, 1984 in Springfield, Ohio, Samuel was the son of Gregg Spear of Gallipolis and Lisa Wurthman of Las Vegas, who both survive him. In addition to his mother and father, Samuel is survived by his sister, Megan...
Nadean Skidmore
Sep 21, 2018
Nadean Skidmore, 90, of Gallipolis, Ohio, became Heaven's newest angel on Friday, September 21, 2018 at the Holzer Senior Care. Nadean was born on March 14, 1928 in Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Garland B. “Doll” and Esther Mink Nibert, Sr. She was married to James H. Skidmore and he preceded in death on June 15,...
Lona G Wamsley
Sep 19, 2018
Lona G. Wamsley, 108, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at Holzer Assisted Living. Born on June 9, 1910 in Mason County, West Virginia, Lona was the daughter of the late Levi B. and Sammi Netty Meadows. Lona married Cecil Wamsley, who preceded her in death in 1971. She was a retired riverboat cook. Lona previously...
Rose James
Sep 19, 2018
Rose James, 88, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at Holzer Medical Center. Born on April 28, 1930 in Gallia County, Ohio, Rose was the daughter of the late Sherman and Virgie Halley Layne. She married Roger L. James, who preceded her in death on July 3, 2017. Rose was a cook at Bladen Landing, a...
Mary Colleen Springer
Sep 17, 2018
Mary Colleen Springer, 63, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Monday, September 17, 2018 at Heartland Nursing and Rehabilitation in Jackson, Ohio after a courageous battle with cancer. Born September 10, 1955 in Bellaire, Ohio, Mary was the daughter of Roland Swift and the late Mary (Monroe) Swift. Mary married Eric “Butch” Springer, who preceded her in death. She enjoyed...
Bonnie Mae Jordan
Sep 15, 2018
Bonnie Mae Jordan, 82, of Thurman, Ohio passed away on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at her residence. Bonnie was born on June 23, 1936 in Floyd County, Kentucky, daughter of the late Henry and Fannie (Bevins) Burchett. She was a homemaker and operated a day-care center for thirty plus years. She had attended Trinity Baptist Church. Bonnie loved gardening, singing,...
Paul L Knox, Sr.
Sep 14, 2018
Paul L. Knox, Sr., 74, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away in his home on Friday, September 14, 2018 at 11pm after a hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Paul was born in Vinton County, Ohio on May 3, 1944 to the late Raymond and Vernice (Scott) Knox, and was raised by Everett and Tillie Knox. He was the owner of...
Robert L. Saxon, Sr.
Sep 10, 2018
Robert L. Saxon, Sr., 83, of Bidwell, passed away on Monday, September 10, 2018 at his residence. At his request, there will be no services.
Jon M. Lynch
Sep 8, 2018
Jon M. Lynch, 77, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at the Holzer Medical Center. Born August 30, 1941 in Cedarville, West Virginia, Jon was the son of the late Edward Herman and Monna Beckett Lynch, Sr. He was a retired Union Ironworker, Local #787, Parkersburg, West Virginia. Jon was a 1959 graduate of Southwestern...
Paul Russell Halley
Sep 5, 2018
Paul Russell Halley, 72, of Huntington, West Virginia, formerly of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. Paul was born on February 16, 1946 in Gallia County, son of the late Clarence and Lucy Cox Halley. Paul was a Vietnam Veteran serving in U.S. Army and had worked at...
Ross C. Fulks
Sep 3, 2018
Ross C. Fulks, 81 of Gallipolis formerly of Crown City, passed away on Monday September 3, 2018 at the Abbyshire Place in Gallipolis. He was the son of the late N. D. and Sylvia Lewis Fulks. He was married to Doris E. Caldwell Fulks and she preceded him on December 11, 2012. Ross was a life long farmer and a...
Opal Roberts
Aug 30, 2018
Opal Cline Roberts, 78, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at Holzer Senior Care. She was born on February 13, 1940 in Williamson, West Virginia, daughter of the late Elmer and Mary May Cline. She was preceded in death by her husband, James E. Roberts, and by children, Tina Roberts, Hansel Lee Collins and Nina Hatfield....
Allen E. Romaine
Aug 28, 2018
Allen E. Romaine, 86, was born on October 12, 1931, and went home to be with his Lord on August 28, 2018, at home, with his family beside him. Allen was the son of Eugene Romaine and Goldia Hood. Allen married his high school sweetheart, Anne Melton Romaine, on October 16, 1949. To this union two children were born who...
Carl L Randolph
Aug 27, 2018
Carl L. Randolph, 67, of Crown City, Ohio passed away on Monday, August 27, 2018 at his residence. Born on March 25, 1951 in Gallia County, Ohio, Carl was the son of the late Earl and Mildred Smeltzer Randolph. On June 20, 1969, Carl married Paula Kelley Randolph, who survives him in Crown City. After thirty-six years, Carl retired as...
Donald Ray Donnie Casto
Aug 23, 2018
Donald Ray Casto, 69, of Pt. Pleasant, WV, passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2018 at Lakin Hospital in Pt. Pleasant, WV. Donnie was born on March 4, 1949 in Gallipolis, Ohio to the late Foster Clinton Casto and Jane Lee Coulter Casto Powell. He is survived by a son Todd Ray (Pam) Casto of Bidwell, OH and two grandchildren,...
