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Marolyn Rife
Feb 3, 2020
Marolyn Lou Rife, 73, of Wellston, Ohio, went home with her Lord, while surrounded by her family, on Monday morning, February 3, 2020, at her home. She was born in Rutland Township in Meigs County, Ohio, on November 10, 1946, to the late Garland and Ethel Jacks Sinclair. She was a busy homemaker, having raised six children. She loved...
Bruce Dixon
Jan 24, 2020
Bruce A. Dixon, 57, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away on Friday morning, January 24, 2020, at his home on Glade Run Road and is now safe in the arms of Jesus. He was born in Wellston on November 17, 1962, to the late Charles Thurman Dixon and Hazel Emily Patton Dixon. He was a 1982 graduate of Wellston High...
James Gibson, Jr.
Sep 30, 2019
James Estill Gibson Jr., 59, of McArthur, Ohio, passed away surrounded by his family on Monday, September 30, 2019, at Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Jackson, Ohio, on January 26, 1960, to the late James Estill Gibson and Susie Bell Scarberry Gibson. He was employed as a brick maker for over 20...
Randy Pittenger
Aug 30, 2019
Randy Pittenger, 63, of Wellston, Ohio, "went home" on Friday morning, August 30, 2019, at Edgewood Manor of Wellston. He was born in Wellston on September 3, 1955, to the late John Delbert " Deb" Pittenger and Helen June Forrest Pittenger. He was a self emlpoyed truck driver. In his spare time, he loved fishing and doing body work...
Johnny Thacker
Aug 22, 2019
Johnny S. Thacker, 86, of Hamden, Ohio, went home peacefully with his family by his side on Thursday morning, August 22, 2019, at Holzer Medical Center- Gallipolis. He was born in Wellston, Ohio, January 27, 1933, son of the late John L. Thacker and Hazel McKinnis Thacker. He was a 1951 graduate of Wellston High School and a U.S....
Richard Kisor Sr.
Jul 30, 2019
Richard Kyle Kisor Sr., 64, of Wellston, Ohio, went home peacefully with his Lord, while surrounded by his family, on Tuesday evening, July 30, 2019, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe.He was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, December 14, 1954, son of the late Pearl E. Kisor and Erma Ernestine Spanable Kisor.He was a 1973 graduate of Wellston High...
Denver Caudill
Jul 27, 2019
Denver " Russ" Caudill, 62, of Hamden, Ohio, following an extended illness, went home with his Lord on Saturday, July 27, 2019, at his home. He was born in Wellston, Ohio, August 9, 1956, to the late Denver and Sharon Lee Rice Caudill. He was a 1974 graduate of Vinton County Consolidated High School and earned his bachelor's degree...
Donald Remy
Jun 23, 2019
Donald L. Remy, 86, of St. Rt. 683, McArthur, Ohio, passed away on Sunday evening, June 23, 2019, at Oakwood Community Health Center in Jackson County. He was born in Ray, Ohio, on March 12, 1933, to the late Ralph and Hazel French Remy. He was a self employed logger. He was preceded in death on October 4, 1999,...
Nick Summers
Jun 10, 2019
Jackson County businessman and entrepreneur Nick Summers, 69, lost his battle with cancer early Monday morning, June 10,2019, at his home in Jackson. He was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on November 15, 1949, to the late Homer Summers Jr. and Beverly King Summers of Wellston who survives. Besides his mother, he is also survived by his fiancée, Janet Stockmeister,...
Jackie Lockard
May 29, 2019
Jackie Lockard, 94, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away peacefully, while surrounded by her family and friends, at her home on Wednesday morning, May 29, 2019. She was born in Boise, Idaho, on September 26, 1924, to the late Huey E. Reed and Lillian Hobbs Reed. She was a 1942 graduate of Boise High School. She was the owner of...
Donna Morrison
May 4, 2019
Donna L. Morrison, 64, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away Saturday morning,May 4, 2019, at Southern Ohio Medical Center Hospice Center in Portsmouth, Ohio. She was born in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, on March 20, 1955, to the late Juanita Muncy. She attended Wellston High School and was an excellent soft ball player in her youth. She enjoyed planting flowers...
Dainty Speraw
Apr 12, 2019
D. Lorraine Speraw, 90, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 12, 2019, at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston. She was born August 24, 1928, in McArthur, Ohio, to the late Floyd Albert Murray, Sr. and Cora Bishop Murray. She was a 1946 graduate of Allensville High School and married her husband, who died in 1989, Robert...
John Martindill, Sr.
Apr 8, 2019
John W. Martindill, Sr., 94, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away Monday morning, April 8, 2019, in Wellston. He was born in Wellston on March 11, 1925, to the late Ralph and Christine Ruffner Martindill. He was a 1943 graduate of Wellston High School and a U.S. Army veteran of WWII. He married his first wife of 57 years, the...
James "Jim" Rice
Apr 2, 2019
James Dale " Jim" Rice, 79, of Wellston, Ohio, surrounded by his family, passed away on Tuesday evening, April 2, 2019, at Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus Ohio. He was born in Wellston on April 12, 1939, to the late Wendell Sanford Rice and Dorothy Mae McDaniels Rice. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Sergeant...
Rita Rife
Mar 30, 2019
Rita Johnson Rife, 61, of Wellston, Ohio, went home with her Lord on Saturday evening, March 30, 2019, at the OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Wellston, Ohio, February 11, 1958, to the late Raymond Johnson and her mother, Lillian Burke Johnson, who resides in Texas. Rita attended Wellston High School and married her...
Patricia Canada
Mar 28, 2019
Patricia Canada, 72, of Wellston, Ohio, went home with her Lord on Thursday morning,March 28, 2019, at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston. She was born in McArthur, Ohio, on May 3, 1946, to the late John Dixon Sr. and Carolyn June Chesser Dixon. She was a 1964 graduate of Vinton County Consolidated High School. She was employed for 18...
Clyde Barnett Jr.
Mar 9, 2019
Clyde " Wort " Barnett Jr., 70, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2019, at his home in Hamden, Ohio, following an extended illness. He was born in McArthur, Ohio, September 10, 1948, to the late Clyde W. Barnett Sr. and Dorothy Thacker Barnett. He was an equipment operator for several area sawmills. He was a U.S. Army veteran and...
David Scott
Feb 26, 2019
David L. Scott, 61, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away peacefully, while surrounded by his family, on Tuesday afternoon, February 26, 2019, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe.He was born, along with his twin brother, in Chillicothe, Ohio, on February 8, 1958, to the late Ray K. Scott and Rosella Marie McGinnis Scott. He was a 1976 graduate of...
Viola Bail
Jan 27, 2019
Viola Marie Bail, 80, of Middletown, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, January 27, 2019, at Hawthorne Glenn Nursing Home. She was born in Hamden, Ohio, February 18, 1938, to the late Herman and Esther Klaker Sorrell. She was a homemaker. She is survived by: her son, Jeffery ( Debbie ) Bail, of Middletown; two daughters, Linda Odunkesenler of Kennesaw,...
Lelah Murdoch
Jan 6, 2019
Lelah Mae Gettles Murdoch, 97, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, January 6, 2019, at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston. She was born July 4, 1921, in Wellston to the late Homer E. and Ella Davis Gettles. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bayard Murdoch, and three brothers: Donald E. Gettles,...
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