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David R. Blankenship Sr.

David R. Blankenship Sr.

Oct 22, 2014

David R. Blankenship Sr., 65, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at his residence. He was born February 23, 1949 in Pt. Pleasant, WV, son of the late Okey P. and Virginia Ann Camden Blankenship. He was a retired deck hand from the AEP River Boat. Surviving are his daughter, Angela (Ken) Mannon of Bidwell; a son...

Wayne O. Jividen

Wayne O. Jividen

Oct 21, 2014

Wayne O. Jividen, 82, of Gallipolis, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, October 21, 2014. He was born September 16, 1932 in Charleston, West Virginia, son of the late M. O. and Helen Hulbert Jividen. Wayne was married to Jane Parsons Jividen on September 15, 1956 and she survives him. He was a retired owner/operator of Jividen’s Farm Equipment...

William "Bill" Fredrick Cummons

William "Bill" Fredrick Cummons

Oct 21, 2014

William “Bill” Fredrick Cummons, 77, of Hilliard, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at Mt. Carmel West Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. He was born December 22, 1936 in Lecta, Ohio, son of the late William Henry and Bessie Virginia Sprouse Cummons. Bill was married to Sharon Ross Cummons and she survives him. He was retired as a machinist and...

Ada J. Hostetler

Ada J. Hostetler

Oct 19, 2014

Ada J. Hostetler, 6, of 162 State Rt. 233, Patriot, Ohio, died Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Pleasant Valley Hospital, Pt. Pleasant, WV. She had a genetic disorder (Cockayne Syndrome). She was born January 16, 2008 in Gallia County to Jonas J. and Laurie (Miller) Hostetler. Surviving are her parents; 5 sisters, Miriam, Esther, Lovina, Mary and Sarah; and 1...

Herbert L. Bush

Herbert L. Bush

Oct 17, 2014

Herbert L. Bush, 90 of Gallipolis, passed away on October 17, 2014 as a result of pneumonia. Herbert was born August 31, 1924 in Mason Co. WV, the son of the late William M. and Velma Johnson Bush. He attended Wahama High School prior to joining the U.S. Navy on May 20, 1943. He served in the South Pacific Islands...

Bessie Viola Abshire

Bessie Viola Abshire

Oct 14, 2014

Bessie Viola Abshire, 68, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Holzer Medical Center. She was born January 1, 1946 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late Allon “Buck” Swisher and Jesta George Swisher. Bessie was married to Clinton Abshire on August 7, 1982 in Gallipolis and he survives her. She was a 1964 Kyger Creek...

Dakota Blake Yester

Dakota Blake Yester

Oct 14, 2014

Dakota Blake Yester, 17, of Mercerville, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 7:35 p.m. at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia of a brain aneurysm. He was born August 21, 1997 to Amanda Smith, who survives, and the late Joshua Yester. Dakota was an organ donor. He was a junior at Gallia Academy High School. His...

Jesse L. Dunaway Sr.

Jesse L. Dunaway Sr.

Oct 13, 2014

Jesse L. Dunaway Sr., 65, of Vinton, passed away on Monday, October 13, 2014 at his residence. He was born December 19, 1948 in Estil County, Kentucky, son of the late Edward and Gracie Woosley Dunaway. Jesse married Linda M. Tackett and she survives him. He enjoyed playing all instruments, singing with the Coal Valley Ramblers, and enjoyed fishing. Jesse...

Michael Roger Sanders

Michael Roger Sanders

Oct 8, 2014

Michael Roger Sanders, 60, of Columbus, originally of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at his residence He was born August 23, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, son of the late Ray Richard Sanders and Martha McElroy Sanders who survives him. Michael was a 1972 Gallia Academy High School graduate and a warehouse manager. Surviving are his daughter and...

Jack Owens

Jack Owens

Sep 28, 2014

Jack Owens, 69, of Gallipolis, went to be with the Lord Sunday, September 28, 2014 at his residence, following a hard fought battle with cancer. Jack was born February 28, 1945, a son to the late Taulby and Lola (Moore) Owens of Patriot, Ohio. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, John Owens, Odell...

Susan V. Dearnell

Susan V. Dearnell

Sep 25, 2014

Susan V. Dearnell, 62, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away September 25, 2014 after a long illness. She was born to the late Clyde and Ginny Catlett in Ona, WV. She was retired from the Army Corp of Engineers. She is survived by her husband Larry Dearnell, a daughter; Deborah Raling-Young (Jesse) of Phoenix, AZ; a son; Paul Huggett...

James Aaron Woodall

James Aaron Woodall

Sep 24, 2014

James Aaron Woodall, 54, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at his residence. He was born on September 24, 1960 in Mason County, West Virginia, son of the late Frank E. and Evelyn Virginia Burnette Woodall. Surviving is a son, Christopher Todd (Katelyn) Woodall of Proctorville, Ohio; two sisters, Tamara Darlene (Terry) Groves of Vinton and Joyce...

Douglas M Cowles

Douglas M Cowles

Sep 19, 2014

Douglas M. Cowles, 67, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away Friday, September 19th in the VA Medical Center of Huntington, WV after a courageous battle with an extended illness. Doug was born May 27th, 1947, in Painesville, Ohio to the late Charles M. and Marilyn Greenwood Cowles. He served in the United States Army and is a veteran of the Vietnam...

Electa L. Martin

Electa L. Martin

Sep 17, 2014

Electa L. Martin, 59, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. She was born on January 30, 1955 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Terley L. Clagg Sr. and Mary Lou Sands Clagg. She was a 1973 GAHS graduate and a University of Rio Grande graduate. She enjoyed her grandkids and dogs....

Sue Jones

Sue Jones

Sep 16, 2014

Yvonna Sue Jones, 70, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at Holzer Medical Center. She was born March 29, 1944 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Ferdie G. and Rosa Eblin Jones. She was a member of Chapel Hill Church of Christ. Surviving are her sister, Betty E. Hollingsworth of Bidwell; and several nieces and nephews....

Dennis Glenn Haner

Dennis Glenn Haner

Sep 12, 2014

Dennis Glenn Haner, 57, of Gallipolis, passed away on Friday, September 12, 2014 at his residence. He was born September 9, 1957 in Gallipolis, son of the late James Dennis “Jim” Haner and Hilda “Sis” Watson Haner who survives him. Dennis was married to Teresa (Beaver) Haner and she survives also. He was a retired truck driver having driven for...

Mary Ellen Barcus

Mary Ellen Barcus

Sep 5, 2014

Mary Ellen Barcus, On Friday morning September 5, 2014, Heaven got a little bit sweeter. A faithful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, neighbor, and friend went to be with the Lord that she loved and served faithfully for many years. She was the daughter of the late John A. Hill and Helena C. Collins Hill. A husband John W. Barcus,...

Donna June Unroe Adams

Donna June Unroe Adams

Sep 2, 2014

Lifelong Gallipolis resident Donna June Unroe Adams passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014, at the home of her son Brant in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She is preceded in death by her husband George Maxwell Adams, Jr., and her parents, Clara Haffelt Unroe and Oliver Adam Unroe. Mrs. Adams (June) was born on October 22, 1930, in Gallipolis. In 1943, she moved...

Paul Eugene Myers

Paul Eugene Myers

Sep 2, 2014

Paul Eugene Myers, 66, of Gallipolis went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at Ohio State University East Hospital. He was born on September 19, 1947 in Gallipolis, Ohio son of the late Esta J. Glover White and Edward D. Myers. Paul was retired from GKN, a U.S. Army Veteran serving during Vietnam as a...

Mackaylee "Kaylee" Grace Long

Mackaylee "Kaylee" Grace Long

Sep 1, 2014

Mackaylee “Kaylee” Grace Long, our angel, went to be with the Lord on Monday, September 1, 2014. She passed away at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio after a brief illness. Kaylee was born January 4, 2006 to Larry L. and Angela K. (Higginbotham) Long. She was preceded in death by “Ma-Ma Donna” Higginbotham. In addition to her parents, she...

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