Obituaries

Aug 26, 2016

Audrey Potts Chambers, 100, of Mansfield, Ohio, passed away Friday, August 26, 2016, at Ohio Health- Med Central Hospice in Mansfield. She was born in Wellston, Ohio, December 8, 1915, to the late Pearl and Grace Roof Potts. A wonderful, caring person who always gave of herself, she helped and supported her family in any way she could. Her...

Aug 20, 2016

Brenda Henry, 58, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away suddenly on Saturday, August 20, 2016, at Holzer Medical Center- Jackson ER. She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on February 8, 1958, to Billy and Shirley Kinsel Starkey of Wellston who survive. She was a 1976 graduate of Wellston High School and a registered nurse at O'Bleness Hospital for the past...

Aug 9, 2016

Sandra R." Hazel" Arthur, 67, of Columbus, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at Doctors Hospital in Columbus. She was born in Wellston, Ohio, on May 7, 1949, to the late Roy H. Gilliland, Sr. and Marjorie Ward Gilliland. She grew up in Wellston on North Ohio Avenue and attended Wellston High School. She retired following 20...

Jul 17, 2016

Mary Margaret Marcum, 92, of Creola, Ohio, went peacefully on Sunday, July 17, 2016, with her family at her side at Maple Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in McArthur. She was born June 4, 1924, in Mingo County, West Virginia, to the late Lawyer and Eliza Gilman Deskins. She was a homemaker and enjoyed quilting in her spare time....

Jul 2, 2016

Leon Edward Jayjohn, 47, of Wellston, went home with his nephew, Levi, on Saturday evening, July 2, 2016, at Holzer Medical Center-Jackson ER. He was born in Oak Hill, Ohio, on December 13, 1968, son of the late Ernest E. Jayjohn and Judy M. Riffle Jayjohn Watters of Wellston, who survives. Leon was an employee of the city of...

May 27, 2016

Pauline F. Hill, 85, of Wellston, Ohio, went home with her Lord on Friday morning, May 27, 2016, at Holzer Medical Center-Gallipolis following failing health. she was born in Redbush, Kentucky, January 5, 1931, to the late Ernest and Thelma Hayes Wright. She graduated high school and later met and married her husband of 46 years, the late Eldon...

Apr 11, 2016

Shirley Ann French, 69, of Jackson, passed away at her home on Monday morning, April 11, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Berlin Crossroads, Ohio, on May 3, 1946, to the late Charles C. and Delfa Styles Clark. She retired from General Mills where she worked on the line and in sanitation. In her spare...

Mar 28, 2016

Nancy Sue Copley, 73, of Three Rivers, Texas, passed away on Monday morning, March 28, 2016, at her home. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, on January 22, 1943, to the late John F. Edwards and Mabel Hollingshead Edwards. She was a homemaker and former EMT at Orient State Hospital. She loved to travel in her spare time. She...

Mar 21, 2016

Eleanor passed away on Monday at the Holzer Medical Center- Jackson ER. She was born on March 23, 1923, in Wellston to the late Harry B. Reese and Dorothy Browne Reese. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Paul Essman, a brother, " Brownie" Reese, and a great granddaughter, Rhiann Richmond. She was a 1941 graduate of Wellston...

Mar 2, 2016

Polly Alcordo Dillon, 82, of McArthur, Ohio, passed away with her family at her side on Wednesday morning, March 2, 2016, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. She was born August 23, 1933, in Aringay, La Union Philippines, to the late Bonifacio and Margarita Javier Alcordo. She was a graduate of San Carlos University in Cebu, Phillipines, where...

Feb 16, 2016

Tommy Lee "Tom" Ward, 66, of Portsmouth, Ohio, and formerly of Hamden, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday evening, February 16, 2016, at Heartland of Portsmouth after a long battle with MS. He was born in Vinton County, Ohio, on September 20, 1949, to the late Pearl and Marjorie Hamilton Ward. He was a 1967 graduate of Vinton County High...

Jan 19, 2016

John V. "Jack" Lewis, 79,of Wellston, Ohio, went home with the Lord on Tuesday morning, January 19, 2016, at his home. He was born August 15, 1936, in Hamden, Ohio, to the late Virgil L. and Opal Thompson Lewis. He was a 1954 graduate of Wellston High School. He was a lifetime member of #18 AFL-CIO International Union of...

Jan 1, 2016

Juanita B. Ward, 92, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away on Friday, January 1, 2016, at Jenkins Care Community where she had resided for the past few years. She was born April 13, 1923, to the late Charles and Emma Phillips Boggs. She was a 1941 graduate of Wellston high School and retired from the E.E. Chambers Co. of Wellston...

Dec 28, 2015

Walter E. Malone, 82, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away on Monday evening, December 28, 2015, at Ohio Health Med Central in Mansfield, Ohio. He was born October 30, 1933, at Roads, Ohio, to the late George and Elizabeth Dunfee Malone. He was an attendant at the Gettles Service Station in Wellston before joining the U.S.Marine Corps infantry where he...

Dec 23, 2015

Marshall "Sam" G. Hill, Jr., 81, of Jackson, Ohio, passed away December 23, 2015, at Kobacker House in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Jackson, Ohio , September 29, 1934, to the late Marshall and Grace Ellen Morris Hill.

Survived by his wife of 52 years, Rebecca Ann Austin Hill; daughters LaVonda (Reid) Massey, Marsha Chesser, and...

Dec 10, 2015

Daniel Eugene Walton, 78, was born in Wellston, Ohio, to the late Everett and Lucille Wetzel Walton. He graduated from WHS in 1955 and attended OU. He was very active in many aspects, including owning and operating his Texaco stations, his coal mine, his bar in Wellston, and raising and racing his horses. He was faithful to his south...

Dec 7, 2015

Heather Dawn Dodds, 35, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly at her home. She was born in Steubenville, Ohio, March 16, 1980, to the late Harry R. Dodds and Donna F. Souchak Rife, of Wellston, who survives. She moved to Athens in 1996 to finish her junior year in high school and later earned her GED through Buckeye Hills Adult Education...

Nov 8, 2015

Sonny Allen, 80, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away on Sunday evening, November 8, 2015, at Holzer Medical Center- Jackson. He was born in Wellston, Ohio, on March 24, 1935, to the late Ark B. Allen and Viola deal Allen. He was a former resident of Chillicothe, Ohio, where he was one of the first employees of the new Frisch's...

Nov 3, 2015

Sara Kay Nettles, 75, of Jackson, passed away on Tuesday morning, November 3, 2015, at Edgewood Manor of Wellston. She was born in Wellston on Feb. 15, 1940, to the late George and Elizabeth Dunfee Malone. She was a graduate of Wellston High School. She married her late husband, Richard Nettles ( died Feb. 10, 1998), on January 6,...

Oct 10, 2015

Julia Ann Chapman passed away at her daughter's home in Hamden, Ohio, on Saturday morning, October 10, 2015. She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, August 13, 1948, to the late Leslie and Florence Barlow Jackson. She was a 1966 graduate of Jackson High School and a former member of the Christian Church of Byer. She loved to camp and...