Obituaries

Larry L. Morris

Larry L. Morris

Feb 18, 2008

Larry L. Morris, 61 years of Peebles, died Monday, February 18, 2008 at Adams County Regional Medical Center. He was born in Chapmanville, West Virginia on September 5, 1946 the son of the late Roscoe and Ruth Blankenship Morris. He was an Army Veteran who served during the Vietnam Era and also a dairy manager for Young's I.G.A. He is...

Joan L. Shoemaker

Joan L. Shoemaker

Feb 17, 2008

Joan L. Shoemaker, 71 years of Peebles, died Sunday, February 17, 2008 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born in Peebles, Ohio on July 22, 1936 the daughter of the late Clifton and Mabel Stout Chenoweth. She was a member of the Night Bloomers Club and the A.A.R.P. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband...

Loretta Myers

Loretta Myers

Feb 15, 2008

Loretta Myers, 76 years of West Union, died Friday, February 15, 2008 at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. She was born in Hamilton County, Ohio on March 7, 1931 the daughter of the late Ernest and Mollie Gabbard Pugh. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by one brother Kenneth Pugh and two sons Kenneth Myers and Russell Junior...

Clara May Gross Wait

Clara May Gross Wait

Feb 14, 2008

Clara May Gross Wait, 88 years of Hillsboro, Ohio, died Thursday, February 14, 2008 at her residence. She was born March 22, 1919 to the late Chauncey and Anna Parker Gross. Founder of the Gross-Fiebel Company. She graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1937. Clara attended Denison University and transferred to Ohio State University receiving her Bachelor of Arts Degree...

Viola M. Plummer

Viola M. Plummer

Feb 13, 2008

Viola M. Plummer, 85 years of Peebles, died Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born in Reading, Ohio on June 1, 1922 the daughter of the late Jesse and Anna Cahall Carter. She was a member of the Eastern Star Chapter #246 of West Union and a member of the D.A.V. Auxiliary Chapter #71. She is...

Helen B. Tankersley

Helen B. Tankersley

Feb 10, 2008

Helen B. Tankersley, 73 years of Hillsboro, died Sunday, February 10, 2008 at U.C. Medical Center in Cincinnati. She was born March 26, 1934 at Berea, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Roy and Florence Smith Skaggs. Helen retired from Velva Sheen. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Henry Smith of Highland; two brothers, Gordon Shaggs...

Jane Mcpherson

Jane Mcpherson

Feb 10, 2008

Jane McPherson, 72 years of Hillsboro, died Sunday, February 10, 2008 at her residence. She was born August 24, 1935 in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Henry and Alberta Quance Koontz. Beside her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Ricky McPherson and one sister, Janet Ganger. She is survived by her husband of 57 years,...

Hester M. Young

Hester M. Young

Feb 9, 2008

Hester M. Hottle Young, 92 years of Akron, Ohio, formerly of Hillsboro, died Saturday, February 9, 2008 at the Akron City Hospital. She was born March 6, 1915 in Hillsboro, Ohio to Lloyd and Elma Hottle. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles who together spent 34 happy years of marriage raising a family in Columbus. She returned...

James Lee Stone

James Lee Stone

Feb 9, 2008

James Lee Stone, 75 years of Peebles, died Saturday, February 9, 2008 at Hillcrest Nursing Center. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on January 10, 1933 the son of the late James H. and Ruth Ryan Stone. He was the former owner of the Little Food Giant Grocery Store in Peebles for ten years and was a member of...

Norma Jean Watson

Norma Jean Watson

Feb 8, 2008

Norma Jean Watson, age 83 of Franklin, Ohio, formerly of Hillsboro passed away at Sycamore Hospital on Friday, February 8, 2008 at 1:57 P.M. She was born in Somerset, Kentucky on October 11, 1924, the daughter of Edville and Bessie Gover Haynes. Norma was a member of the Elizabethtown First Church of God. On December 24, 1947 she married Paul...

Inez Mildred Morris

Inez Mildred Morris

Feb 6, 2008

Inez Mildred Morris, 83 years of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Inman, Virginia on April 13, 1924 the daughter of the late Ballard T. and Susie Lily Flanary Short. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by one son Randy Allen, and five brothers. Inez was a member of AMVETS Post...

Jackie Richards

Jackie Richards

Feb 5, 2008

Jackie Richards, 66 years of Winchester, died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 in Sardinia, Ohio. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on March 21, 1941 the daughter of the late Melvin C. and Geraldine L. Hayes Carper. She is survived by her companion George Alsip of Lake Waynoka, son Kenneth Richards of Abingdon, Maryland, daughters Rhonda Richards of Ripley, and Sheila...

Raymond J. Newman

Raymond J. Newman

Feb 4, 2008

Raymond J. Newman, 85 years of Seaman, Ohio, died Monday, February 4, 2008 at Adams County Regional Medical Center. He was born in Milford, Illinois on February 27, 1922 the son of the late Charles J. and Harriett Grace Evans Newman. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Seaman Church of...

Kaitlin Renee Gross

Kaitlin Renee Gross

Feb 3, 2008

Kaitlin Renee Gross, 11 years of Winchester, Ohio died Sunday, February 3, 2008 at the Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 9, 1996 the daughter of Jeremy and Darla Knight Gross. She attended Bright Local Elementary, was a member of the Silver Spurs 4-H Club, and was a member of the Advanced Art...

Mary P. Burris

Mary P. Burris

Jan 30, 2008

Mary P. Burris, 92 years of Winchester, died Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at Meadow Wood Care Center in Georgetown. She was born in Highland County, Ohio on April 1, 1915 the daughter of the late O.C. and Myrta Pollit Hook. She was a member of the Winchester Presbyterian Church and the Winchester American Legion Auxiliary. Beside her parents she was...

Earl R. Mckinzie

Earl R. Mckinzie

Jan 30, 2008

Earl R. McKinzie, 43 years of Winchester, died Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Georgetown, Ohio on June 27, 1964 the son of the late John McKinzie. He is survived by his mother Violet Day Henderson of Mt. Orab, son and daughter-in-law Josh and Brittany McKinzie of Winchester, and sister Charlotte Coday of Seaman. Funeral...

Ermalene V. Rhoads

Ermalene V. Rhoads

Jan 22, 2008

Ermalene V. Rhoads, 84 years of Peebles, died Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at the Adams County Regional Medical Center in Seaman, Ohio. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on November 3, 1923 the daughter of the late Bill and Ona Freeze Swayne. She is survived by her husband Rev. Carlos Rhoads who she married on July 5, 1944, two...

Barbara Jane Blair Adams

Barbara Jane Blair Adams

Jan 22, 2008

Barbara Jane Blair Adams, 62 years of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Hillsboro, Ohio on May 20, 1945 the daughter of the late Plinny D. and Hazel L. Yarger Blair, Sr. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by one brother, Daniel Lee Blair. She is survived by her husband, Gary...

Walter William Moore

Walter William Moore

Jan 20, 2008

Walter William "Wally" Moore, 91 years of Hillsboro, died Sunday, January 20, 2008 at the Greenfield Area Medical Center. He was born on March 24, 1916 the son of the late Percy and Callie Moore. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Sybil Moore, who passed away on November 26, 1979. Retired from GE. Graveside...

Walter Reffitt

Walter Reffitt

Jan 16, 2008

Walter R. Reffitt, 82 years of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at Highland District Hospital. He was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky on November 11, 1925 the son of the late Ott and Bethel Willoughby Reffitt, Sr. Walt was chief of police of Hillsboro from 1950 to 1955 and worked for Columbus and Southern Ohio for two years. He...