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Ruth M Wooten

Ruth M Wooten

Jun 11, 2015

Ruth M. Wooten, 87, of Paris, Tennessee, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at Paris Healthcare, Paris Tennessee. She was born on August 21, 1927 in Williamsburg, Kentucky, daughter of the late Lawrence and Mina Thompson Lundy. Ruth married Bill Wooten and he preceded her in death in 2000. She was a member of Grace United...

Dorothy F. Coleman

Dorothy F. Coleman

Jun 9, 2015

Dorothy F. Coleman, 87, of Cheshire, passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at Overbrook Rehabilitation Center, Middleport, Ohio. She was born August 6, 1927 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Berkley and Ethel Morrow Wright. Dorothy married George F. Coleman and he preceded her in death on January 14, 1987. She was a 1948 graduate of Gallia Academy...

Claudia Lynn Yoho

Claudia Lynn Yoho

May 27, 2015

Claudia Lynn Yoho passed away on Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 surrounded by her family. She was born in Martin, Kentucky on July 22nd, 1957 to John and Barbara Moore. Lynn worked for more than 30 years as an elementary school teacher. She taught at Washington Elementary in Gallipolis, Ohio and at Mark Twain Elementary in Westerville, Ohio. She was passionate...

William Junior Birchfield

William Junior Birchfield

May 26, 2015

William Junior Birchfield, 86, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at his residence. He was born December 28, 1928 in Washington Court House, Ohio, son of the late William and Hazel Louden Birchfield. He married Osie Howell Birchfield on April 17, 1954 in Pikeville, Kentucky and she survives him. Junior was a retired custodian/bus driver for the...

Leon Dean Queen

Leon Dean Queen

May 20, 2015

Leon Dean Queen, 38, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at his residence. He was born March 9, 1977 in Gallipolis, son of Leon and Angela Beck Queen. Dean attended First Church of God and was a construction foreman and truck driver. He enjoyed his kids and family, hunting, cars, and enjoyed riding his Harley. Surviving are...

Joseph Dane Carter

Joseph Dane Carter

May 15, 2015

Joseph Dane Carter, 78, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Friday, May 15, 2015 at the Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis. He was born on October 21, 1936 in Adams, Kentucky, son of the late Randall and Lena Adams Carter. Joe was married to Judith Deanne Carter and she preceded him in death on April 1, 2015. Joe graduated from...

Loretta A. Roush

Loretta A. Roush

May 10, 2015

Loretta A. Roush, 54, of New Lexington, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at her residence. She was born August 25, 1960 in Gallia County, daughter of the late James and Clara Smith Sims. Loretta was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, Ernie Roush; two daughters, Lora Beth Childress of Bidwell and Juli Danielle Childress of New Lexington;...

Virginia M. Taylor

Virginia M. Taylor

May 10, 2015

Virginia M. Taylor, 95, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born September 20, 1919 in Cheshire, daughter of the late David Sr. and Mamie Fraser Matthews. Virginia was married to Fred J. Taylor on April 5, 1941 in Gallipolis, Ohio and he survives her. She was a retired LPN in...

Clarence M. "Fuzzy" Myers

Clarence M. "Fuzzy" Myers

May 10, 2015

Clarence M. “Fuzzy” Myers, 91, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Holzer Medical Center Emergency Room. He was born May 15, 1923 to the late Ensla and Gladys Miller Myers of the Gallia Community. Clarence was the 3rd of 8 children. He was married to Lemoyne “Leigh” Lewis Myers on June 3, 1950 and she survives...

George R. "Ron" Sheets

George R. "Ron" Sheets

May 7, 2015

George R. “Ron” Sheets, 77, of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2015 at his residence. He was born November 14, 1937 in Gallia County, son of the late George L. and Gladie Easter Sheets. Ron married Gladys Johnson on February 2, 1962 in Rio Grande, Ohio. He was in the U.S. Navy from 1955 – 1958. He graduated...

Jeffery Glen Green

Jeffery Glen Green

May 3, 2015

Jeffery Glen Green, age 42, of Crown City, passed away at his home on Sunday, May 3, 2015. Jeff was born on February 13, 1973 in Gallipolis, Ohio to Dorman and Mae Green. Jeff loved the outdoors, hunting, riding horses and most of all loved his family. He is survived by his parents Dorman and Mae Green of Crown City;...

Norma Jean "Jeanie" Shaver

Norma Jean "Jeanie" Shaver

Apr 26, 2015

Norma Jean “Jeanie” Shaver, 64, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at Abbyshire Place. She was born on January 20, 1951 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late Clarence Vernon and Lucy Garnet Cox Halley. Jeannie is survived by a daughter Wanda (Laron Beach) Eblen of Gallipolis, grandchildren, Whitney Shaver, Ashley Goble, and Michael Eblen;...

Bill W. Curry

Bill W. Curry

Apr 21, 2015

Bill W. Curry, 83, of Patriot, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at his residence. He was born on June 1, 1931 in Delbarton, West Virginia, son of the late Frank Harris and June Richmond Curry. Bill was married to Gloria Wallace on June 18, 1963 in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia and she survives him. He was retired from...

James T. Mink

James T. Mink

Apr 20, 2015

James T. Mink 76, of Orient, Ohio passed away on Monday, April 20, 2015 at the Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He was born April 5, 1939 in Gallia County Ohio, son of the late Delmas D. and Phyllis F. Houck Mink. He was married to Sheila Jeffers Mink on May 6, 1961 and she survives. James was a...

Raymond Delong

Raymond Delong

Apr 19, 2015

Raymond Delong, 101, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at Arbors at Gallipolis. He was born on June 1, 1913 in Lawrence County, Ohio, son of the late Theodore and Minnie Mae Huddle Delong. Raymond was retired from Battelle Memorial in Columbus, Ohio and had been a school bus driver for the Gallipolis City Schools. Raymond...

Eugenia Grace Funk

Eugenia Grace Funk

Apr 15, 2015

Eugenia Grace Funk, 89, passed away peacefully on April 15, 2015 at Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee, Fl. Born in Green Bottom (Cabell County), WV on October 28, 1925, she graduated from Gallia County High School in Gallipolis, OH in 1943 and married Kenneth Keith in 1946, working as a bookkeeper before raising their four children. Widowed in 1963, she...

Karen Gale Steele

Karen Gale Steele

Apr 15, 2015

Karen Gale Steele, 60, of Vinton, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at OSU Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. She was born September 14, 1954 in Amarillo, Texas, daughter of the late James R. Stiles, who passed away on January 23, 2014 and Mary Benjamin Stiles, of Thurman, who survives her. Also surviving are her two sons, Seth (Denise...

Jewel A. Parker

Jewel A. Parker

Apr 13, 2015

Jewel A. Parker, 92, of Patriot, went to be with Lord on Monday, April 13, 2015 at OSU Wexner Medical Center, Zusman Hospice, Columbus, Ohio. She was born November 17, 1922 in Elliott County, Kentucky, daughter of the late James Thomas and Minnie Whitt Stephens. She married the Reverend Charles F. Parker Jr., who preceded her in death on March...

Roy L. Hill

Roy L. Hill

Apr 10, 2015

Roy L. Hill, 71, of Kerr, Ohio passed away on Friday, April 10, 2015 at his residence. He was born on October 14, 1943 in Rodney, Ohio the son of the late Homer and Garnett Martin Hill Sr. Roy was a commercial painter. He is survived by his sisters: Betty DeWitt of Bidwell, and Juanita (Dick) Bane of Gallipolis, brothers:...

Betty J. Rutt

Betty J. Rutt

Apr 8, 2015

Betty J. Rutt, 81, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. She was born April 23, 1933 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Hiram and Cora Mae Massie Cox. Betty was married to Hayward Rutt February 25, 1953 and he preceded her in death in 1994. She was retired from Gallipolis...

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