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Lou Cindy Thompson
Nov 17, 2013
Lou Cindy Thompson, 55, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at her residence. She was born October 11, 1958 in Gallipolis, daughter of Sherman W. Thompson and Phyllis R. Wiseman, who survive her. Cindy was a 1976 graduate of Southwestern High School. She enjoyed shopping. Surviving are her parents, Sherman W. Thompson and Phyllis R. Wiseman, both...
Shari Jean Shaver Tipton
Nov 13, 2013
Shari Jean Shaver Tipton, 59, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at her residence in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Gallia County on August 24, 1954 to the late Ray Shaver and Alberta Price Ely. Also preceding her in death was her Dad and Mom, Earl and Jean Noble. Shari enjoyed feeding the birds, and flower gardening....
Madge E. Boggs
Nov 11, 2013
Madge E. Boggs, 79, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013 at Holzer Assisted Living. She was born July 22, 1934 in Powhatan, West Virginia, daughter of the late Freeman C. Sr. and Janet E. Kegan Pettus. She was a 1952 graduate of Gallia Academy High School. Madge began her career at the Ohio Valley Bank in 1961...
Lucille "Lou" Fitch Ford
Nov 11, 2013
Lucille “Lou” Fitch Ford, 86, of Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013 at the Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Pt. Pleasant, WV. She was born April 27, 1927 in Gallia County, Ohio, the oldest daughter of the late Cline and Blanche Myers Fitch. She graduated from Vinton High School in 1944 and received a...
Travis L Martin
Nov 7, 2013
Travis L. Martin, 38, of Gallipolis, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, November 7, 2013. He was born August 15, 1975 in Gallipolis, son of David L. and JoLynn O’Dell Martin, who survive him. He was a dispatcher for Smith DOT LLC. Travis enjoyed spending time with his girls, his trucks, dispatching, hunting, fishing, weight-lifting, motorcycles and playing billiards. Surviving are...
Ivan E. Roush
Nov 6, 2013
Ivan E. Roush, 96, of Gallipolis, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at his residence. He was born September 7, 1917 in Meigs County, Ohio, son of the late Byron H. and Esta Johnson Roush. Ivan was married to Lillie Frances Autherson Roush and she preceded him in death on February 14, 2005. He was retired from American Commercial...
Helen Zella "Betty" Gray
Nov 4, 2013
Helen Zella “Betty” Gray, 85, of Chapin, South Carolina, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2013 at her residence. She was born February 20, 1928 in Nellis, West Virginia, daughter of the late Kenneth Carlton and Zella Grace Pauley Rust. Betty married Sam C. Gray on March 29, 1947 and he survives her. She was a graduate of Sherman High...
Attie Foley
Nov 2, 2013
Attie Foley, 91, of Gallipolis, passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at Abbyshire Place. She was born November 18, 1921 in Mallie, Kentucky, daughter of the late Benjamin F. and Dina Martin Bentley. Attie married Millard M. Foley and he preceded her in death on December 7, 2007. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Mary Katherine Long
Oct 27, 2013
Mary Katherine (Waugh) Long, 88, of Gallipolis, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 27, 2013 while at the home of her daughter and surrounded by her family. Mary was born April 16, 1925 in Gallipolis, Ohio to Poe and Edith Chandler Waugh. She was married to Grover Long on June 19, 1944 and he preceded her in...
Arthur I Duty
Oct 27, 2013
Arthur I. Duty, 81, of Patriot, Ohio passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2013 at the Holzer Medical Center. He was born on August 7, 1932 in Ragland, WV, son of the late John C. and Nola Curry Duty. Arthur was a retired SFC US Army serving both in the Korean War and Vietnam War. He was also a farmer...
David Brian Wise
Oct 25, 2013
David Brian Wise, of Gallipolis, Ohio, a loving son, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, October 25, 2013 at Holzer Medical Center with his mother, brother and aunt by his side. He was 56 years old. He was born on January 26, 1957 in Columbus, Ohio. David was the firstborn of Constance Preston Wise and the late Kenneth I. Wise....
Jean Wilson
Oct 25, 2013
Jean Wilson, 85, of Gallipolis, went home to be with the Lord at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 25, 2013 at Holzer Medical Center. She was born September 11, 1928 in Pleasant City, Ohio, daughter of the late George Washington and Florence Evelyn Sowards Church. Jean was married to Cliff Wilson on December 20, 1948 and he survives her. She...
Evelyn K. Sisson
Oct 24, 2013
Evelyn K. Sisson, 80, of Gallipolis, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born March 30, 1933 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Kenneth Swisher and Alice Mae Kail Swisher. Evelyn was married to Richard John Sisson and he preceded her in death on August 20, 1994....
Naomi Roush
Oct 22, 2013
Naomi Roush, 81, of Gallipolis, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born April 2, 1932 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Sanford C. and Lullia Wickline Wise. Naomi married Howard H. Roush on June 12, 1955 in Gallia County, Ohio and he preceded her in death...
Amy Josette Boster
Oct 21, 2013
Amy Josette Paddock Boster, 61, of Seville, Ohio, formerly of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, October 21, 2013 at her residence. She was born March 14, 1952 in Dover, Ohio, daughter of the late Joseph E. Paddock and Virginia E. Spathe Paddock, who survives her. She grew up in Tiffin, Ohio. Amy married Allan Boster in 1984 and he also...
Virginia M. Robinson
Oct 17, 2013
Virginia M. Robinson, 91, of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born December 29, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of the late Frank and Dorothy Ussher Nimrichter. Virginia was married to Harold G. Robinson and he preceded her in death on August 21, 1990. She was a homemaker who enjoyed...
Eva A. Walker
Oct 16, 2013
Eva A. Walker, 96, of Gallipolis, went home to be with the Lord, on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at her residence. She was born July 5, 1917 in Buffalo, West Virginia, daughter of the late John and Amy C. Adkins Wright. She was a homemaker and member of Promised Land Community Church. Surviving are two sons, Carroll Jean Walker and...
Lula Mae "Dudy" Adkins
Oct 9, 2013
Lula Mae “Dudy” Adkins of Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at Holzer Medical Center. Dudy was born Lula Mae Burns on November 18, 1934 to the late Jewett and Almeda Burns. She was preceded in death by her two brothers Roy and Ray Burns and sister Louise Sargent. She is survived by brother Larry (Mary) Burns....
Ronald E. Knotts Jr.
Oct 7, 2013
Ronald E. Knotts Jr., 66, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, October 7, 2013 at the James Cancer Center. He was born November 6, 1946 in Charleston, West Virginia, son of the late Ronald E. Knotts Sr. and Daisy E. Slayton Knotts, who survives him. Ronald was married to Lois Albright on July 17, 1987. He was employed at GKN...
Roy Wesley Blankenship
Oct 6, 2013
Roy Wesley Blankenship, 83, of Gallipolis, went to join his Lord in Heaven on Sunday, October 6, 2013 at his home. Born March 27, 1930 in Portsmouth, Ohio, Roy was the son of the late Ollie and Dora Reed Blankenship. He was married to Joyce Howerton Blankenship and she preceded him in death in 2009. He was a U.S. Army...
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