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Recent Obituaries in Gallipolis, OH

Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Gallipolis, OH area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.

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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...

Gertrude Louella Devault

Gertrude Louella Devault

Apr 6, 2015

Gertrude Louella DeVault, 90, of Gallipolis, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 6, 2015 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, WV. She was born November 16, 1924 in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late Clayton E. Johnson and Lilly Belle Houston Fisher. Gertrude was married to William G. DeVault and he preceded her in death on...

Cheryl Miller

Cheryl Miller

Apr 4, 2015

Cheryl Miller, 69, of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Genesis Hospice, Morrison House, Zanesville, Ohio. She was born September 13, 1945 in Williamson, New York, daughter of the late Dean Lund and Helen Youngman Lund, who survives her. Cheryl was married to John Miller and he preceded her in death on August 24, 2013. She was...

Judith Deanne Carter

Judith Deanne Carter

Apr 1, 2015

Judith Deanne Carter, 75, of Gallipolis, loving wife of 55 years to Joseph Carter, passed away April 1, 2015 at the OSU Wexner Medical Center. She was born June 3, 1939 in Columbus, daughter of the late Lloyd P. and Evelyn Webb Ferguson. She was married to Joseph Carter and he survives her. She grew up in Piqua, Ohio and...

Jessica Annette Roach

Jessica Annette Roach

Mar 31, 2015

Jessica Annette Roach February 22, 1974 – March 31, 2015 Jessica Roach, adored daughter of parents Jim Roach and Julie Pace Kazee and step parents Deborah Roach and David Kazee, love of Stephen Fisher, mother of Jesse Roach-Fisher and Katlyn Roach-Fisher, mother-in-law to Cory Mannon, memaw of Victoria and Cloud Roach-Fisher, sister of Isaiah Roach (wife Christina) and Joseph Pace,...

Evelyn L. Pennington

Evelyn L. Pennington

Mar 23, 2015

Evelyn L. Pennington, 80, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2015 at her residence. She was born December 5, 1934 in Vinton, daughter of the late Burl and Stella Burnheimer. Evelyn was married to Ray Pennington and he preceded her in death on September 30, 2005. She was a homemaker. Surviving are her children, Carl Ray Pennington, Teresa...

Gail L. Drummond

Gail L. Drummond

Mar 23, 2015

Gail L. Drummond, 59, of Bidwell, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2015 at the Holzer Medical Center. He was born July 9, 1955 in Gallia County, son of the late John Thomas Drummond and Virginia Taylor Drummond of Vinton. Gail was married to Diana Duke on August 11, 2001 and she survives also. He was a retired truck driver...

Anna Haskins Burke

Anna Haskins Burke

Mar 21, 2015

Anna Haskins Burke, 88, of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Arbors at Gallipolis. She was born February 22, 1927 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Harold “Doc” and Beulah Cherrington Haskins. Anna married Frankie L. Burke on February 2, 1952 and he preceded her in death on January 26, 2013. Anna graduated from Gallia Academy High...

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