John Woodrow Williams
Jul 13, 2014
John Woodrow Williams, 85, of Gallipolis Ohio passed away peacefully on July 13, 2014 at 7:10 P.M. He was born October 6th, 1928 near Jeffersonville Ohio. John was the son of Oyer and Rose (Haaga) Williams. John is survived by his wife Reeda (Everhart) Williams who he married April 21st 1993. In addition to his wife, he is survived by...
Robert Allen Wood
Jul 8, 2014
Robert Allen Wood, 56, of Jackson, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at Adena Medical Center, Chillicothe, Ohio. He was born July 21, 1957 in Portsmouth, son of the late Harland Sidney Wood and Juanita Ice Wood, who survives him. Robert was married to Christy Lynn Myers and she survives him. He was the manager for RentWay several years...
Gladys Janet Pyles
Jul 5, 2014
Gladys Janet Pyles, 74, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away at her residence on July 5, 2014. She was born on October 7, 1939 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Edward and Ruth Glady Mossbarger Meadows. She was retired from the Gallia County Court House, where she was the clerk for the Gallia County Commisioners. Janet was also a member...
Ivy Constance Saunders
Jul 5, 2014
Ivy Constance Saunders, of Bidwell passed away on Saturday, July 5, 2014 at Holzer Medical Center. She was born on October 3, 1924 in River Rouge, Michigan, the daughter of the late George and Grace Bulley Gathercole. Ivy was a homemaker, a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and a member of Faith Baptist Church. She was married to Haskell Saunders on...
Gregory Ochs
Jul 4, 2014
Gregory Ochs, 54, of Gallipolis, passed away on Friday, July 4, 2014 at his residence. He was born November 8, 1959 in Columbus, Ohio. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 10, 2014 at the Willis Funeral Home. Friends may call from 10:00 - 11:00 prior to the funeral. Burial will follow in Centenary Cemetery.
Lavina (Vi) Morris
Jul 3, 2014
Lavina (Vi) Morris, 86, of Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, July 3, 2014. Vi was born November 21, 1927 in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Alice Wright Williams and Harvey B. Williams. At the age of 10, city girl Lavina spent summers on a farm with her grandmother who was one-quarter Cherokee by blood, but according to Vi was...
Zachary "Zach" David Rice
Jul 2, 2014
Zachary D. “Zach” Rice, 28, of Thurman, Ohio went home to be with Lord on Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at his residence. Zach was born on March 23, 1986 in Gallipolis, son of David G. and Denise (Rhodes) Rice who survive him. Zach was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene and helped there with janitorial services. He...
Michael Warren Lane
Jul 1, 2014
Michael Warren Lane, 58, of Bidwell, passed away on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at Abbyshire Place. He was born December 18, 1955 in Charleston, West Virginia, son of the late William Jennings and Clara Maebel McVey Lane. He was in Kroger Management. Services will be at the convenience of the family.
Ray A. Hennen, Jr.
Jun 30, 2014
Ray A. Hennen Jr., 82, of Lecta, Ohio, passed away on Monday, June 30, 2014 at Arbors of Gallipolis. He was born May 15, 1932 at Huntington, West Virginia, son of the late Ray A. and Mabel Phillips Hennen Sr. Ray was a mechanic for Ashland Oil and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. Surviving are his...
Irene L Lewis
Jun 30, 2014
Irene L. Lewis, 71, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, June 30, 2014 at Holzer Medical Center. She was born September 28, 1942 in Spokane, Washington, daughter of the late Ralph John and Vee G. Hansen Pankratz. Irene worked at Holzer Senior Care in housekeeping and did private caregiving. She was a member of French City Baptist Church and participated...
Nadine M. Clarke
Jun 28, 2014
Nadine M. Clarke, 91, of Pt. Pleasant, WV went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 28, 2014 at Holzer Senior Care in Gallipolis, Ohio. Nadine was born May 19, 1923 in Springville, CA, daughter of the late John B. and Ava Spees. She was married to Charles E. Clarke Jr,. and he preceded her in death in 2008....
Monna B. Lynch
Jun 27, 2014
Monna B. Lynch, 100, Thurman, Ohio passed away on Friday, June 27, 2014 at the Four Winds Community in Jackson, Ohio. She was born on February 22, 1914 in Gilmer County, West Virginia, daughter of the late Samuel Curtis and Stada Pearl Winemiller Beckett. Monna was retired from G.C. Murphy and was a former school teacher. Monna was a member...
Junior John Mcguire
Jun 21, 2014
Junior John (J.J., Blondie) McGuire, 83, of Gallipolis, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Arbors of Gallipolis. He was born December 9, 1930, son of the late John and Nellie Wickline McGuire. While spending his life in Gallia County he was a welder, heavy equipment operator, subdivision developer, restaurant owner, strip mine...
April Dawn Jones Boster
Jun 21, 2014
April Dawn Jones Boster, 48, of Crown City, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at her residence. She was born on September 30, 1965 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Hazel I. Plants Camden and Stanley E. Jones, Sr. April enjoyed making candy, singing and playing the guitar. She is survived by her husband...
Rev. Robert L. Persons
Jun 19, 2014
The Reverend Robert L. Persons, 82, of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at the Holzer Medical Center Emergency Room. He was born September 25, 1931 in Pomeroy, son of the late Elcherd and Stella Smith Persons. He married Bronis Young on October 23, 1954 and she survives him. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean...
Alexis R. Young
Jun 16, 2014
Alexis R. Young, 5, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, June 16, 2014 at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. She was born January 3, 2009 in Lehighton, Pennsylvania to Falon D. Young. Alexis loved her wormie. Surviving are her mother, Falon D. Young, of Gallipolis; grandmother, Christine A. Young of Gallipolis; aunts and uncles, T.J. (Annie) Young of Gallipolis, Wayne...
Jane Lee Powell
Jun 13, 2014
Jane Lee Powell, 86, of Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away Friday, June 13, 2014 at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Jane was born June 10, 1928, Springfield Twp, Bidwell, Ohio to the late Oscar Austin Coulter Sr. and Zelphia Lee Finch. She was married to Noah Delbert Powell and he preceded her in death. She is also preceded...
Lester J. Mccombs
Jun 8, 2014
Lester J. McCombs, 75, of Patriot, passed away at his residence on Sunday, June 8, 2014. He was born April 22, 1939 in Gallia County, son of the late Leslie E. and Lola H. Saunders McCombs. He was a farmer Surviving are his sister, Linda (Chester) Stout of Patriot; three brothers, Leo E McCombs, Lonnie L. McCombs, and Lewis A....
Willard Leedy
Jun 5, 2014
Willard Leedy went to be with The Lord on Thursday June 5, 2014 at the age of 96. Funeral service will be held 2 pm Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at First Baptist Church. The family will receive visitors on Monday June 9, 2014 at Willis Funeral Home from 6:00 PM to 7:30PM. Mr. Leedy was born in Jackson, Ohio on...
Calvin W. Waugh
Jun 3, 2014
Long-time Gallia County resident, Calvin William Waugh, age 92, passed away on June 3, 2014 in New Albany, OH at the residence of his daughter, Kala Sue Bush, surrounded by his wife of nearly 72 years, Lenice Jeffers Waugh, and his family. Calvin was born May 4, 1922 in “Waugh Bottom,” near Swan Creek by the banks of the Ohio...
