Obituaries

Thomas Sawyer

Thomas Sawyer

Dec 20, 2006

Thomas Sawyer, 75 years of Peebles, died Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in Peebles. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on September 25, 1931 the son of the late Tom and Gertrude Sawyer. There will be no visitation or funeral services observed. Burial will be in the Peach Mountain Cemetery. Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Peebles is...

Eliza G. Crago

Eliza G. Crago

Dec 19, 2006

Eliza G. Crago, 90 years of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at the Laurels of Hillsboro. She was born in Kentucky on November 21, 1916 the daughter of the late Oscar and Rosa Greene Reeves. She was a member of the New Market Baptist Church. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by three brothers, and four sisters....

Romona A. Emery

Romona A. Emery

Dec 18, 2006

Romona A. Emery, 67 years of Hillsboro, died Monday, December 18, 2006 at the Heartland of Hillsboro. She was born in Highland County, Ohio on March 7, 1939 the daughter of the late Hugh W. and Mary B. Cox Emery. She was a member of the Prospect United Methodist Church. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, John and...

Charles D. Cowman

Charles D. Cowman

Dec 14, 2006

Charles D. Cowman, 86 years of Hillsboro, died Thursday, December 14, 2006 at the Laurels of Hillsboro. He was born in Greenfield, Ohio on September 17, 1920 the son of the late Faye M. and Rhea Eubanks Cowman. He retired in 1981 from McCall?s Printing Company in Dayton. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Dayton. Beside...

Susan Morris

Susan Morris

Dec 14, 2006

Susan Morris, 74 years of Hillsboro, died Thursday, December 14, 2006 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. She was born in Fairfax, Ohio on January 5, 1932 the daughter of the late Jefferson and Arzona Osborne Barnes. She worked for several years at the Hercules Trouser Company in Hillsboro. She was a member of the Liz McGrath Circle and...

Ronald E. Henize

Ronald E. Henize

Dec 14, 2006

Ronald E. Henize, 50 years of Washington C.H., Ohio, died Thursday, December 14, 2006 at the Highland District Hospital. He was born October 4, 1956 at Fairborn, Ohio, the son of the late Edward L. Henize and Barbara Poole Henize of Hillsboro. Beside his mother, he is survived by two brothers, Edward ?Ike? Henize of Hillsboro, William ?Bill? Henize of...

Mariam J. Roettele

Mariam J. Roettele

Dec 13, 2006

Mariam J. Roettele, 77 years of Peebles, died Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at the Locust Ridge Nursing Center in Williamsburg. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on August 22, 1929 the daughter of the late Alfred and Mariam Hoobler Krentz. She was a member of the Peebles Young Farmers. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Joe E. Debord

Joe E. Debord

Dec 13, 2006

Joe E. DeBord, 65 years of West Union, died Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. He was born in Lincoln County, Kentucky on June 14, 1941 the son of Lee DeBord of Florida and Susie Dishion DeBord of Cherry Fork. Beside his parents he is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Camilla...

Lucille Wright

Lucille Wright

Dec 12, 2006

Lucille Wright, 100 years of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at the Laurels of Hillsboro. She was born in Sugartree Ridge, Ohio on October 4, 1906 the daughter of the late Starling and Vernice Haynes Carr. She was a member of the Mt. Washington Church of Christ where she celebrated her 100th birthday on October 3, 2006 with approximately...

Catherine E. Walsh Wilkin

Catherine E. Walsh Wilkin

Dec 10, 2006

Catherine E.?Betty? Walsh Wilkin, 84 years of Hillsboro, died Sunday, December 10, 2006 at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. She was born in Freeport, New York on January 9, 1922 the daughter of the late Stephen C. and Jennie White Carpenter. She was a member of the Hillsboro Church of Christ, Highland County Senior Citizens, American Legion Ladies Auxiliary...

Paul E. Shoemaker

Paul E. Shoemaker

Dec 7, 2006

Paul E. Shoemaker, 75 years of Peebles, died Thursday, December 7, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Peebles, Ohio on March 9, 1931 the son of the late George and Sylvia Smith Shoemaker. He was united in marriage on April 13, 1955 to Joan Chenoweth Shoemaker, who survives. He is also survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Dan...

Donald Helterbrand

Donald Helterbrand

Dec 6, 2006

Donald Helterbrand, 95 years of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at the V.A. Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born in Highland County, Ohio on June 11, 1911 the son of the late Clarence and Sarah Groves Helterbrand. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. He retired after thirty-five years from the Clinton Asphalt Company, and...

Luther B. May

Luther B. May

Dec 4, 2006

Luther B. May, 94 of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, died Monday, December 4, 2006 at his residence. He was a native of Ashland, Kentucky, was a member of the Valley Creek Baptist Church, and was a retired logger for Miller Sawmilling. He was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys May, his parents, Newton and Ida Minor May, one son, Larry Alan...

Melvin L. Mason

Melvin L. Mason

Nov 30, 2006

Melvin L. Mason, 70 years of Peebles, died Thursday, November 30, 2006 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. He was born in Momence, Illinois on August 17, 1936 the son of the late Donald and Mildred Burns Mason. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Peebles Church of Christ...

Edgar Hatfield

Edgar Hatfield

Nov 26, 2006

Edgar Hatfield, 75 years of Winchester, died Sunday, November 26, 2006 at the East Baptist Hospital in LaGrange, Kentucky. He was born in Mayking, Kentucky on December 29, 1930 the son of the late Sam and Susan Newsome Hatfield. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He is survived by his sons and daughter-in-law, Rickey and Kimberly...

Margaret D. Davis

Margaret D. Davis

Nov 25, 2006

Margaret D. Davis, 67 years of Seaman, died Saturday, November 25, 2006 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Cherry Fork, Ohio on January 5, 1939 the daughter of the late John and Merle Rickey Bailey. She was a member of the Winchester First Church of Christ. Beside her parents she was preceded in death...

Debora Kay Workman

Debora Kay Workman

Nov 22, 2006

Debora Kay Workman, 47 years of Oregonia, died Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on January 29, 1959 the daughter of William Eugene and Ruth Holbrook Taylor. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ruth Taylor. She was united in marriage on May 3, 2003 to Terry Workman, who survives. She...

Frances L. Francis

Frances L. Francis

Nov 20, 2006

Frances L. Francis, 68 years of Hillsboro, died Monday, November 20, 2006 at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. She was born in Dayton, Ohio on September 27, 1938 the daughter of the late Alva Eugene and Alice L. Pierce Pierce. She is survived by her husband of forty-nine years, Dan Francis of Hillsboro, sons and daughter-in-law, Dale and Shirley...

Doris Marie Branscome

Doris Marie Branscome

Nov 20, 2006

Doris Marie Branscome, 86, of Punta Gorda, Florida, died November 20, 2006 along with her husband, Ralph, whom she married on July 14, 1938. She was born on October 12, 1920 in Peebles, Ohio. She moved to Punta Gorda in the late 1950?s. She retired after working for fourteen years in food service as a baker with the Charlotte County...

Ollie James Creech

Ollie James Creech

Nov 20, 2006

Ollie James Creech, 83 years of Peebles, died Monday, November 20, 2006 at the Drake Center in Cincinnati. He was born in Stanton, Kentucky on July 18, 1923 the son of the late Bishop and Martha Fulke Creech. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Louden Community Church. Beside his parents...