Obituaries

Etta Rose Shupert

Etta Rose Shupert

Mar 1, 2011

Etta Rose Shupert, 85 years of Seaman, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at her residence. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 8, 1925 the daughter of the late Frank and Freda Brewer Terlson. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Gerald Shupert, who passed away on January 20, 2007 and one daughter; Sharon...

James Fredrick Bowman

James Fredrick Bowman

Mar 1, 2011

James Frederick Bowman Fritz, 86 of Hillsboro, Ohio passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at his residence. James was born May 14, 1924, Rainsboro, Ohio to James R. Amburgey and Elizabeth E. Brewer. James is preceded in death by his parents, son, Donald A. Bowman, bother-in-laws, David Brown, Kelly Brown, Bradley Evans, sister-in-laws, Vida Wyatt, Carlene Pilair Tuffy, Henrietta Brown....

James Fredrick Bowman

James Fredrick Bowman

Mar 1, 2011

James Frederick Bowman Fritz, 86 of Hillsboro, Ohio passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at his residence. James was born May 14, 1924, Rainsboro, Ohio to James R. Amburgey and Elizabeth E. Brewer. James is preceded in death by his parents, son, Donald A. Bowman, bother-in-laws, David Brown, Kelly Brown, Bradley Evans, sister-in-laws, Vida Wyatt, Carlene Pilair Tuffy, Henrietta Brown....

Jeremiah Grooms

Jeremiah Grooms

Feb 28, 2011

Jeremiah Grooms, 31 years of Peebles, passed away Monday, February 28, 2011 at Adams County Regional Medical Center. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 13, 1980. Jeremiah attended the Solid Rock Ministry. He is survived by his father Doug Grooms of Blue Creek, mother Helen Warnock Ferrin of Peebles, two sons; Isaiah Grooms of Sardinia and Jeremiah Benjamin...

Russell Beam

Russell Beam

Feb 25, 2011

Russell Beam, 75 years of Peebles, passed away Friday, February 25, 2011 at VA Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on January 31, 1939 the son of the late William and Anna Hohn Beam. Russell was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He is survived by one daughter; Angela Malloy and four sisters;...

Ernest Wesley Mitchell

Ernest Wesley Mitchell

Feb 24, 2011

Ernest Wesley "Wes" Mitchell, 68 years of Urbana, died Thursday, February 24, 2011 at the Heartland of Urbana. He was born on June 6, 1942 at Lancaster, Ohio the son of Wesley Richard and Rosa Ebagail Hawk Hunt. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Phillip Hunt, Raymond Mitchell, one sister, Christa Carroll. He was a...

Genevie Van Dyke

Genevie Van Dyke

Feb 22, 2011

Genevie Van Dyke, 84 years of Peebles, passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Christ Hospital. She was born in Piketon, Ohio on November 2, 1926 the daughter of the late Gilla and Ocie Smith Duke. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband Robie Perdue, who passed away on December 27, 1995. She is survived...

Donald Alexander

Donald Alexander

Feb 20, 2011

Donald Alexander, 78 years of Sardinia, passed away Sunday, February 20, 2011 at Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on November 28, 1932 the son of the late Isaac Floyd and Hattie Mae Kinnett Alexander. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by two sons; Donald Alexander, Jr. and Rick Alexander...

Katherine Reffitt

Katherine Reffitt

Feb 18, 2011

Katherine Kate Reffitt, age 88, passed away peacefully February 18, 2011 at Highland District Hospital. Kate was born July 17, 1922 in Boston, Ohio, daughter of the late Roy and Stella Stephens Deakyne. She was preceded in death by her husband Walter and brothers, Gordon and David Deakyne. Kate was feisty, full of life and enjoyed life to its fullest....

Martha Graham Mason

Martha Graham Mason

Feb 18, 2011

Martha Graham Mason, 83 years of Kettering, passed away Friday, February 18, 2011 at Kettering Memorial Hospital. She was born in Maysville, Kentucky on February 18, 1928 the daughter of the late John F. and Mary Bunn Graham. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Danny J. Mason, who passed away on April 7, 1998 and...

Anita Tomlin

Anita Tomlin

Feb 18, 2011

Anita Meither Tomlin, 87 years of Winchester, passed away Friday, February 18, 2011 at Adams County Regional Medical Center. She was born in Kentucky on January 25, 1924 the daughter of the late John Charles and Theresa Hartfield Meither. Anita attended Tranquility Community Church. She is survived by her husband of sixty eight years Lloyd E. Tomlin of Winchester, three...

Elizabeth Puckett

Elizabeth Puckett

Feb 16, 2011

Elizabeth Lightner Rhoads Puckett, age 92 of Hillsboro, Ohio died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at Laurels of Hillsboro. Elizabeth was born April 30, 1918, Flemingsburg, Kentucky to Otis and Alice Deatley Lightner. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her husbands, Ova Rhoads, Dale T. Puckett, sisters, Judy Davis Della Reno, Luvina Harmon, brothers, Herman Lightner, Matt Lightner,...

Elizabeth Lightner Puckett

Elizabeth Lightner Puckett

Feb 16, 2011

Elizabeth Lightner Rhoads Puckett, age 92 of Hillsboro, Ohio died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at Laurels of Hillsboro. Elizabeth was born April 30, 1918, Flemingsburg, Kentucky to Otis and Alice Deatley Lightner. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her husbands, Ova Rhoads, Dale T. Puckett, sisters, Judy Davis Della Reno, Luvina Harmon, brothers, Herman Lightner, Matt Lightner,...

Elizabeth Lightner Puckett

Elizabeth Lightner Puckett

Feb 16, 2011

Elizabeth Lightner Rhoads Puckett, age 92 of Hillsboro, Ohio died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at Laurels of Hillsboro. Elizabeth was born April 30, 1918, Flemingsburg, Kentucky to Otis and Alice Deatley Lightner. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her husbands, Ova Rhoads, Dale T. Puckett, sisters, Judy Davis Della Reno, Luvina Harmon, brothers, Herman Lightner, Matt Lightner,...

Robert Dean Hopkins

Robert Dean Hopkins

Feb 16, 2011

Robert Dean "Bob" Hopkins, 73 of Hillsboro, Ohio died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at Highland District Hospital. Bob was born November 18, 1937, Belfast, Ohio to Clarence and Ruth Rhoads Hopkins. He was a member of Prospect Methodist Church. Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by a son, Robert Steven Hopkins and brother, Jim Hopkins. Bob is survived...

Jeff Stout

Jeff Stout

Feb 16, 2011

Jeff Stout, 50 years of Batavia, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at Adams County Regional Medical Center. He was born in West Union, Ohio on July 12, 1960. Jeff was a member of F&AM in Norwood, Ohio and the Adams County Flying Club. He is survived by his mother and father Edith and Richard Wigginton of Seaman, his wife...

Rosamond Owens

Rosamond Owens

Feb 15, 2011

Rosamond Owens, 89 years, formerly of the Lynchburg & Hillsboro Communities, died February 15, 2011 at the Clermont Nursing Care Center in Milford, Ohio. Rosamond was born July 14, 1921 in Martinsville, OH, the daughter of the late Ray and Goldie Moore Langley. Beside her parents, she was preceded in death by one son Timothy Pendall, two brothers Donald Langley...

Jeanne Read

Jeanne Read

Feb 15, 2011

Jeanne Read, 76 years of Blanchester, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 3, 1934 the daughter of the late James and Fanteen Shrum Fulcher. She is survived by her husband Richard Read of Blanchester whom she married in 1974, one step son; Kenneth Read...

William Spencer

William Spencer

Feb 14, 2011

William Spencer, 61 years of Peebles, passed away Monday, February 14, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on May 3, 1949 the son of the late Edward and Macey Estep Spencer. He is survived by two daughters; Jamie Spencer of Cincinnati and Brandie Spencer of Mason, two sisters; Loretta Dixon of Springboro and Jean Morris...

Ralph Jones

Ralph Jones

Feb 12, 2011

Ralph Jones, 89 years of Peebles, passed away Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on September 12, 1921 the son of the late Otto and Anna Matheny Jones. Ralph attended the Peebles Community Fellowship Church, was an Army Veteran of World War II, a member of the...