Obituaries

Elsie Jeanett Rhoads

Elsie Jeanett Rhoads

Apr 3, 2012

Elsie Jeanett Rhoads, 75 years of Martinsville, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at her residence. She was born at Wilmington on January 30, 1937 the daughter of the late Albert and Esther Constant Brannon. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by one sister Joann Brannon She had been a cashier for Kroger and Bob & Carl's. She is...

Paul Abbott

Paul Abbott

Apr 2, 2012

Paul Abbott, 84 years of Hillsboro, formerly of Winchester, passed away Monday, April 2, 2012 at Ohio Veterans Home. He was born in Georgetown, Ohio on January 18, 1928 the son of the late Malcolm and Viola Neu Abbott. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Abbott who passed away in 1998, three brothers, and...

Bill Gaffin

Bill Gaffin

Apr 1, 2012

Bill Gaffin, 82 years of Peebles, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2012 at his residence. He was born in Peebles, Ohio on April 1, 1930 the son of the late Martin and Lefty Houser Gaffin. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Laura Johnson Gaffin, who passed away one June 7, 1997. Bill was a U.S....

Paula K. Justice

Paula K. Justice

Mar 29, 2012

Paula K. Justice, 59 years of Goshen, OH., died Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, OH.. She was born March 12, 1953 in Cincinnati, OH., the daughter of the late Paul and Ruth Shank Schmidt. On December 1, 1979 she was united in marriage to Kenneth R. Justice, Sr. who survives. She is also survived by...

Karen Bagford

Karen Bagford

Mar 28, 2012

Karen Bagford, 64 years of Cherry Fork, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at Christ Hospital. She was born in Belmont County, Ohio on April 17, 1947 the daughter of the late Taylor and Ruth Alexander Johnson. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Bagford, who passed away on December 2, 1999. Karen was an...

Margaret A. Griffith

Margaret A. Griffith

Mar 24, 2012

Margaret A. Griffith, 98 years of Hillsboro, died Saturday, March 24, 2012. She was born in Clermont County, OH., the daughter of the late Lawrence and Adieuie Fowler Kelley. On September 9, 1950 she was united in marriage to Vernon C. Griffith who preceded her in death on November 21, 2010. Beside her husband, she was preceded in death by...

Jean Knauff

Jean Knauff

Mar 21, 2012

Jean Knauff, 84 years of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the Crestwood Nursing Center. She was born in Pike County, OH. on February 5, 1928, the daughter of the late George Branson and Dollie F. Ingles Puckett. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Maxie H. Knauff on March 8, 1998; five brothers, Donald,...

Janece L. Mustard

Janece L. Mustard

Mar 21, 2012

Janece L. Mustard, 62 years of New Vienna, passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at her residence. She was born in Highland County on December 3, 1949 the daughter of the late Leslie Ison and Berchie Perkins Ison of Bainbridge. She was a member of the Freedom Fellowship Church. She is survived by her husband Larry Mustard whom she married...

Carolyn F. Fulton

Carolyn F. Fulton

Mar 17, 2012

Carolyn F. Fulton, 93 years of Peebles, died Saturday, March 17, 2012 at her residence. She was born at Elmville, Ohio on August 20, 1918 the daughter of the late Minous and Margaret Ward Gall. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Charles Fulton in 1975. She was a member of the Union Hill Church, Farm...

Velma L. Helterbrand

Velma L. Helterbrand

Mar 17, 2012

Velma L. Helterbrand, 73 years of Hillsboro, passed away Saturday, March 17, 2012 at the Health & Care Center in Greenfield. She was born at Sinking Spring on December 13, 1938 the daughter of the late William Donald and Myrtle Mae Reno Helterbrand. She was a member of the Rainsboro Church of Christ in Christain Union and had worked many...

Melody Ann Ferryman

Melody Ann Ferryman

Mar 14, 2012

Melody Ann Ferryman, 57 years of Jackson, Ohio, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the SOMC Hospice Center in Portsmouth, OH. She was born at Tuscarawas County, OH. on November 12, 1954, the daughter of the late John and Ethel Lee Graham Pompey. She is survived by one son, David James Molina and a very special friend, Larry Swank. There...

Morris James Newton

Morris James Newton

Mar 14, 2012

Morris James "Moe" Newton, 64 years of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at his residence. He was born at Cincinnati, on April 1, 1947 the son of the late Alfred and Verna Fey Newton. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by one grandchild Sophia. Moe retired from the U.S. Army serving during the Viet-Nam Era; was...

Doris L. Meddock

Doris L. Meddock

Mar 13, 2012

Doris L. Meddock, 71 years of Peebles, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. She was born October 13, 1940 at Kenton, OH., the daughter of the late Herley and Faye Caplinger Gibson. Beside her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Charles Meddock on September 8, 2008; one son Rocky Gibson; one...

Betty Cooper

Betty Cooper

Mar 9, 2012

Betty Cooper, 72 years of Rarden, passed away Friday, March 9, 2012 at Southern Ohio Medical Center Hospice. She was born in Rarden, Ohio on December 13, 1939 the daughter of the late Harry and Cloa Boyd George. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Dwain Cooper, who passed away in 1996. Betty was a member...

Liam Korbyn Mccleese

Liam Korbyn Mccleese

Mar 7, 2012

Liam Korbyn McCleese, infant, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at Highland District Hospital. He is survived by his mother, Kelly Boldman of Peebles, father, Joshua McCleese of Peebles, sisters, Alysia Dawn and Isabella Claire, maternal grandparents, Mark and Lisa Smith of Winchester, maternal great grandparents, Jim Smith of Bentonville and Virginia Lowe of Peebles, paternal grandparents, Eugene McCleese of...

Phyllis Terrell

Phyllis Terrell

Mar 6, 2012

Phyllis Terrell, 74 years of Lexington, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington. She was born in Scioto County, Ohio on September 4, 1937 the daughter of the late George and Blanche Riley Taylor. She is survived by four sons and daughters-in-law; Mike and Tammie Terrell of Cincinnati, Bryan and Lanna Terrell of Lexington,...

Ben Honig

Ben Honig

Mar 6, 2012

Ben Honig, 81 years of Peebles, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at Adams County Regional Medical Center. He was born in New York, New York on May 27, 1930 the son of the late Max and Anna Einhorn Honig. Ben was a member of the Retired Postal Workers. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Bessie McCane...

Francis Edward Swift

Francis Edward Swift

Mar 6, 2012

Francis Edward "Frank" Swift, 79 years of Dayton, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at the Highland District Hospital ER. He was born at Dayton on March 14, 1932 the son of Paul and Ceile Gouffant Swift Sr. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of thirty years, Fran Swift, two brothers and three sisters. Frank's...

Elizabeth L. Graves

Elizabeth L. Graves

Mar 4, 2012

Elizabeth L. "Betty" Graves, 91 years of Hillsboro, died Sunday, March 4, 2012 at her residence. She was born in Highland County on February 12, 1921 the daughter of the late Neal and Mary Layman Collins. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Edwin "Eddie" Graves on August 16, 2007, two brothers Charles Collins and Donald...

Jennie Juanita Smittle

Jennie Juanita Smittle

Mar 4, 2012

Jennie Juanita Smittle, 90 years of Sinking Spring, died Sunday, March 4, 2012 at the Laurels of Hillsboro. She was born September 27, 1921 in Sinking Spring, the daughter of the late Denver and Amy Priece Wallace. Beside her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Harry E. Smittle, Sr. on July 14, 1983, one granddaughter, Christa Orlaska,...