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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
David L. Beaver
Aug 18, 2014
David L. Beaver, 68, of Jackson, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, August 18, 2014 at his residence. He was born November 11, 1945 in Gallia County, son of the late Houck and Dorothy Greene Beaver. David married Sherry Sheets on May 22, 1965 in Mercerville, Ohio and she survives him. He worked at Crown City Mining, graduated from...
Pauline Boster Bartels
Aug 18, 2014
Pauline Boster Bartels, 89, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, August 18, 2014 at Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born October 23, 1924 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late James Delbert and Mary E. Boster. Pauline was married to Emery D. Bartels and he preceded her in death. She graduated from Marietta Nursing School and was a retired registered...
Emma R. Bradford
Aug 18, 2014
Emma R. Bradford, 93, of Patriot, Ohio, passed away on Monday, August 18, 2014 at Heartland of Jackson in Jackson, Ohio. She was born on March 30, 1921 in Lawrence County, Ohio, daughter of the late George Norman Goody and Nancy Malone Goody. She worked and retired from Ohio Bell Telephone Company. Emma was a member of Gallia Baptist Church...
William "Red" Forrest Gregory
Aug 16, 2014
William Forrest “Red” Gregory, 83, of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, August 16, 2014 at the home of his daughter Billie, in Letart, West Virginia. He was born on October 3, 1930 in Scioto County, Ohio, son of the late Forrest Stanley and Clara Mae Neu Gregory. William was married to Elva Jean Adkins Gregory and she preceded him in...
William "Bill" D. Wells
Aug 13, 2014
William D. “Bill” Wells, 63, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia. He was born June 27, 1951 in Mason County, West Virginia, son of the late Donald Ray Wells Sr. and Nancy Maxine Gilbert Wells. Bill was married to Violet Lambert Wells on June 28, 1970 and she survives him....
Steven Thomas Watson
Aug 8, 2014
Steven Thomas Watson, 57, of Crown City, Ohio passed away on Friday, August 8, 2014 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. Steve was born on December 5, 1956 in Huntington, WV, son of the late Thomas M. Watson and Beatrice Joyce Turley Watson who survives. Steve was an Ohio Operating Engineer having retired with 34 years. He...
Guy T. Ferguson
Aug 7, 2014
Guy Thomas Ferguson, 33, of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at the Holzer Medical Center emergency room. Guy was born on October 1, 1980 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky son of Hazel Campbell Cox and Guy W. Ferguson both of Gallipolis, Ohio. Guy is survived by daughters, Ceyonah Ferguson of Millwood, WV, and Dessy Berkley of Pt. Pleasant, WV,...
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