Obituaries

Dennis Ward

Dennis Ward

Apr 20, 2021

Dennis Ward, of McArthur, Ohio, passed away peacefully and with no suffering on Tuesday morning, April 20, 2021, a day after his 70th birthday, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born April 19, 1951, in Wellston, Ohio, to the late Harry G. and Betty J. Vincell Ward. Growing up, he loved helping at the Wellston Drive...

Verna Fulton

Verna Fulton

Mar 30, 2021

Verna Fulton, 95, of Wellston, Ohio, went peacefully with her Lord on Tuesday morning, March 30, 2021, at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston. She was born in Letcher County, Kentucky, on December 26, 1925, to the late Creed Flannery McFall and Maggie Jane Bentley McFall. She and her late husband, Frank, operated the Fulton's Grocery Store from 1959 until...

Ethan Jayjohn

Ethan Jayjohn

Mar 4, 2021

Ethan Lloyd Jayjohn, 26, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Thursday morning, March 4, 2021. He was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on January 7, 1995, to the late Leon Edward Jayjohn and the late Dreama Smathers. He was a 2013 graduate of Wellston High School where he was active in football and baseball. He was...

Janet Fitzpatrick

Janet Fitzpatrick

Jan 30, 2021

Janet L. Atwood Fitzpatrick, age 80, passed away Saturday evening, January 31, 2021, with her family at her side at the Ohio Health Hospice's Kobacker House in Columbus, Ohio. She was born on February 10, 1940, at Byer, Ohio, to the late Ernest and Pearl Betts Atwood. She was a 1958 graduate of Wellston High School. She was preceded...

Charlie Bowden

Charlie Bowden

Jan 19, 2021

Charlie Bowden, age 81, while surrounded by his family, went home with his Lord at his home in Hamden, Ohio, on Tuesday afternoon, January 19, 2021. He was born at Radcliff, Ohio, on January 26, 1939. His father was the late Orville Milton Bowden, and his step-mother was the late Rosezella Mae Hughes Bowden. They both passed away in...

Larry Brisker

Larry Brisker

Dec 31, 2020

Larry Walter Brisker, 77, of Coalton, Ohio, went home peacefully with his Lord on Thursday, December 31, 2020, at his residence. He was born in Oak Hill, Ohio, on January 26, 1943, to the late Elmer Harold Brisker and Ida Belle Waulke Brisker. He was a 1961 graduate of Coalton High School and a member of the Wellston Freewill...

Robert Simmons

Robert Simmons

Dec 29, 2020

Robert R. Simmons, 83, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 29, 2020, at Hamden Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born in Hamden, Ohio, December 6, 1937, to the late Raymond R. Simmons and Marquerite Frakes Simmons. He was a 1956 graduate of Wellston High School and a U.S. Army veteran. He retired following 34 years employment with...

Samuel French, Jr.

Samuel French, Jr.

Dec 20, 2020

Samuel T. French, Jr., 77, of the Berlin Community, Jackson, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at the Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born in Wellston, Ohio, December 31, 1942, to the late Samuel T. French , Sr., and Letha Faught French. He was a master carpenter by trade, having worked in the installation...

Mary Montgomery - Myers

Mary Montgomery - Myers

Nov 18, 2020

Mary Lou Montgomery Myers, 89, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Wellston on Wednesday morning, November 18, 2020. She was born in Wellston on February 10, 1931, to the late Carl R. Gettles and Eula M. Fisher Gettles. She was a 1949 graduate of Wellston High School and in the 1960's, she owned and operated the Magic Mirror...

Maxine Spearry

Maxine Spearry

Oct 1, 2020

Maxine Ruth ( Day ) Spearry, 95, formerly of Coalton, Ohio, went to be with our Lord on Thursday morning, October 1, 2020, in Hamilton, Ohio. She was born to the late Homer and O'Leana James Day on November 1, 1924, in Wellston, Ohio. She married the love of her life, WWII veteran Franklin " Duke" Spearry on December...

John Cahoon

John Cahoon

Sep 12, 2020

John D. Cahoon, 64, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020, at Holzer Medical Center-Jackson ER. He was born in West Virginia on August 6, 1956, to the late John D. Cahoon Sr. and Mary Cahoon. He was raised in the home of the late Walter Luther Cahoon and Mary A. Cahoon of Wellston who considered...

Patricia "Patty " Henry

Patricia "Patty " Henry

Jul 20, 2020

Patricia "Patty" Kay Henry, 79, of Jackson, Ohio, went home with her Lord on Monday, July 20, 2020, at the Holzer Medical Center-Jackson ER. She was born in Wellston, Ohio, August 13, 1940, to the late Lawrence O. Thompson Sr. and Minnie Henneman Thompson. She was a 1958 graduate of Hamden High School. She was a former chemical operator...

Dana Lafferty , Jr.

Dana Lafferty , Jr.

Jul 15, 2020

Dana Lee Lafferty, Jr., 28, of McArthur, Ohio, went home, while surrounded by his family, with his Lord on Wednesday evening, July 15, 2020, at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Athens, Ohio, on October 19, 1991, to Dana L. Lafferty and Virginia E. Gibson Lafferty of McArthur. He was a...

Patty Kingery

Patty Kingery

Jun 14, 2020

Patty A. Parsons Kingery, 64, of McArthur, Ohio, passed away with her daughters by her side following her battle with cancer on Sunday evening, June 14, 2020, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. She was born in Oregon on November 13, 1955, to the late Otis and Martha Goheen Parsons. She was a 1974 graduate of Wellston High...

Johnny Rose

Johnny Rose

Jun 11, 2020

Johnny Richard Rose, 75, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away at his home on Thursday, June 11, 2020. He was born in North Fork, Virginia, on November 11, 1944, to the late Roy and Ruth Walkitt Rose. He retired from Meigs 31 where he worked many years as a coal miner. He had also done construction work and been a...

Cora Snider

Cora Snider

May 16, 2020

Cora A. Kuhn Snider, 94, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away Saturday morning, May 16, 2020, at Four Winds Community, Jackson. She was born in Wellston on July 8, 1925, to the late Frank Ross Rowland and Mildred Jane Welch Rowland. She was a seamstress for many years at the Kuppenheimer pants factory in Wellston from where she retired. She...

Tanya Barnhouse

Tanya Barnhouse

Apr 16, 2020

Tanya D. Barnhouse, 59, of Jackson, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday morning, April 16, 2020, at Holzer Medical Center- Jackson ER. She was born in Pomeroy, Ohio, on November 25, 1960, to the late Francis and Clara Custer Lightfoot. She was a 1978 graduate of Meigs Local School District and began her career as a clerk at Dutton...

Carl Stollings

Carl Stollings

Apr 2, 2020

Carl David Stollings, 62, of Patriot, Ohio, passed away on Thursday morning, April 2, 2020, at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, WV. He was born at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis, Ohio, on December 17, 1957, to the late Carl Leon Stollings and Ludena Karena Ellis Stollings of Gallipolis, who survives.After graduating high school, Carl received a technical degree...

LuCinda McManaway

LuCinda McManaway

Mar 31, 2020

LuCinda "Cindy" McManaway, 74, was called home suddenly on March 31,2020, after battling a short illness. She was born on November 13, 1945, in Wellston, Ohio, to John and Esther McCartney. She was a 1963 graduate of Wellston High School and a 1966 graduate of Holzer's School of Nursing. Over the next 45 years, she worked in nursing in...

James Hambrick

James Hambrick

Feb 23, 2020

James H. Hambrick, 92, of Columbus, Ohio, passed away Sunday morning, February 23, 2020, at Mount Carmel East in Columbus. He was born in La Gloria, Cuba, May 6, 1927, to the late John and Eva Smalley Hambrick. He was a 1946 graduate of Wellston High School and retired following 13 years employment with Barnebey Sutcliffe Corp. in Columbus....

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