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Duane A. Bacon
Feb 14, 2014
Duane A. Bacon, 54, of Bidwell, died Friday, February 14, 2014 at his residence. He was born August 28, 1959 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Duane worked at GKN Sinter Metals. Surviving is his wife, Brenda Clarke Bacon of Bidwell. Services will be in Michigan at the convenience of the family. Willis Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Mary L. Baldwin
Feb 7, 2014
Mary L. Baldwin, 89, of Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away on Friday, February 7, 2014 at Arbors of Gallipolis. She was born July 18, 1924 in Greenbriar County, West Virginia, daughter of the late Lester Charles and Lillie Mae Clemmons Scott. She married Phil B. Baldwin and he preceded her in death on May 14, 2003. Mary was a retired nurse’s...
Robert Oran Moore, Sr.
Feb 6, 2014
Robert Oran Moore, Sr., 77, of Clendenin, West Virginia, formerly of Bidwell, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston, West Virginia. He was born November 16, 1936 in Hastings, West Virginia, son of the late Noah and Minnie Harton Moore. Bob married Viola June Dulaney on July 2, 1960 and...
John S. Sheets
Feb 3, 2014
John S. Sheets, 58, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, February 3, 2014 at his residence. He was born December 20, 1955 in Gallia County, son of the late Avonelle Russell Cobb and George R. Sheets, who survives him. John was self employed doing auto body work. Surviving are his children, Aaron (Michelle) Sheets of Phoenix, Arizona, Joy (Elliot) Jones...
Anna Mae Bowens
Feb 2, 2014
Anna Mae Bowens, 76, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Sunday February 2, 2014 at the Arbors at Gallipolis. Anna Mae was born on July 7, 1937 in Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of the late Andrew and Susan Hajzak Hudick. She had worked at Davis Laundry in Cleveland. Anna Mae was married to Milford S. Bowens, Sr. and he preceded her...
Roger D. Hill
Jan 29, 2014
Roger D. Hill, 55, of Patriot, went home to be with The Lord on January 29, 2014 at his residence. He was born June 26, 1958, in Gallipolis, to Floyd Harold Hill of Jackson, Ohio and Betty L. (Jeffers) Hill of Patriot. He was a retired truck driver and farmer. Roger is survived by his parents, his daughter, Amber Gaither,...
Edith V Spears
Jan 28, 2014
Edith V. Spears, 89, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at Four Winds Community Nursing Home, Jackson, Ohio. She was born June 27, 1925 in Grundy, Virginia, daughter of the late Joseph H. and Mary E. Williams Sturgeon. Edith married Roy Spears and he preceded her in death on October 18, 1990. She was a member of...
James Jim Carpenter
Jan 27, 2014
James “Jim” Carpenter, 76, of Bidwell, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, January 27, 2014 at Grant Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. He was born January 8, 1938 in Cedar Grove, West Virginia, son of the late Jennings and Dorothy Smith Carpenter. He was married to Betty Carpenter and she preceded him in death on January 26,...
Marlin Junior Hughes
Jan 25, 2014
Marlin “Junior” Hughes, 84, of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Kobacker Hospice Center, Columbus, Ohio. He was born August 16, 1929 in Gallipolis, son of the late Marlin Hughes and Birda Lallathin Hughes Conley. Marlin married Kathleen Northup on January 18, 1953 at Derby, Ohio with the service performed by Rev. L.A. Nihizer and she survives...
Sandra "Susie" Hutchinson
Jan 25, 2014
Sandra “Susie” Hutchinson, 71, of Gallipolis, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Riverside Methodist Hospital following a brief illness. She was born on March 23, 1942 in Huntington, West Virginia, daughter of the late Henry and Miriam Elliott Allison. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Gallipolis, Ohio. Susie...
Phyllis M. Clary
Jan 24, 2014
Phyllis M. Clary, 71, of Scottown, passed away on Friday, January 24, 2014 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born January 16, 1943 in Columbiana County, Ohio, daughter of the late Harlan and Dorothy Delawder Waugh. Phyllis was married to Cecil Clary and he survives her. She was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, Cecil Clary of Scottown; a...
Mabel Saunders
Jan 23, 2014
Mabel Saunders, 101, of Gallipolis, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at Overbrook Rehabilitation Center, Middleport, Ohio. She was born December 5, 1912 in Lawrence County, Ohio, daughter of the late Custer and Bertha Pemberton Brammer. Mabel was married to Alfred E. Saunders and he preceded her in death on July 3, 1976. She was...
James R. Stiles
Jan 23, 2014
James R. Stiles, 81, of Thurman formerly of Cheshire, passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at the Holzer Medical Center. He was born February 3, 1932 in Bloomfield, Ohio, son of the late John and Mildred Lake Stiles. He married Mary J. Benjamin on June 6, 1952 and she survives him. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of...
Mary R.L. Searls
Jan 20, 2014
Mary R. L. Searls, 51, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, January 20, 2014 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born May 25, 1962 in Columbus, Ohio, daughter of the late Dolly Kean Warner. Surviving are her companion, Jimmy A. Searls of Gallipolis; a son, Allen (Tiffany) Searls of Vinton; stepchildren, Megan Terrone of Bidwell, Jeanne Anaya of New...
Rhonda Duty
Jan 16, 2014
Rhonda Duty, 55, of Vinton, passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at the Holzer Medical Center, after a short, but hard fought battle with cancer. She was born November 17, 1958 in Circleville, Ohio, daughter of the late Raymond Lee and Phyllis E. Long Withers. Rhonda was married to James Duty and he preceded her in death. She was...
Pamela Caldwell
Jan 15, 2014
Pamela Clendenin (Harris) Caldwell, 66, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at OSU Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. She was born January 25, 1947 in Charleston, West Virginia, daughter of James Clendenin, who survives her and the late Lorena Rucker Clendenin. She graduated from Herbert Hoover High School and attended West Virginia University Tech. Pam retired from...
Gertrude Eloise Scott Hysell
Jan 14, 2014
Gertrude Eloise Scott Hysell Diminutive in stature, but a tower of strength to all who knew her, Gertrude Eloise Hysell peacefully and triumphantly left this world for her final rest and reward on Tuesday, January 14th, 2014. She was 91 years young. Born on September 17, 1922, as Gertrude Eloise Scott, she was the youngest of 9 children born to...
Loren E. Layne
Jan 14, 2014
Loren E. Layne, 89, of Crown City, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at the Holzer Medical Center Emergency Room. He was born August 8, 1924 in Gallia County, Ohio, son of the late Sherman and Virgie Halley Layne. Loren was married to Jane Ann Neal on January 19, 1951 in Gallipolis, Ohio and she survives him. He was...
Charles Todd Angel
Jan 9, 2014
Charles Todd Angel, 42, of Dunnellon, Florida, formerly of Gallia and Mason counties, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at the Hospice of Citrus and the Nature Coast in Lecanto, Florida. He was born April 18, 1971 in Stow, Ohio, son of Charles Roger Angel, who survives him and the late Linda Caldwell Angel. Todd was married to Shani...
Daniel E. Daines
Dec 29, 2013
Daniel E. “Dan” Daines, 47, of Xenia, Ohio passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on Sunday, December 29, 2013 at the Holzer Medical Center. Dan was born on March 22, 1966 in Xenia, Ohio, son of the late Martin F. Daines, and Barbara Burger Daines who survive in Crown City. He was a 1984 graduate of Southwestern High...
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