Obituaries

Blanche F. Mathias

Blanche F. Mathias

Oct 23, 2006

Blanche F. Mathias, 95 years of Cherry Fork, died Monday, October 23, 2006 at the Winchester Elder Care. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on November 11, 1910 the daughter of the late Edwin and Laura Wardlow Smittle. She retired in 1975 after forty-five years at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company. She was a member of the...

Mary Maxine Littler Moon

Mary Maxine Littler Moon

Oct 23, 2006

Mary Maxine Littler Moon Born- Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, March 1, 1928 Died- Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, October 23, 2006 Daughter of Charles Herbert Littler and Henrietta Clay Littler. Married to Don Earl Dalzell and Milton Harvey Moon, both deceased. Also preceded in death by brothers, Herbert Littler and Marion Littler, one sister, Ethel Nadine Littler, and grandson James Howard...

Jacquelyn C. Blair

Jacquelyn C. Blair

Oct 21, 2006

Jacquelyn C. ?Jackie? Blair, 31 years of Peebles, died Saturday, October 21, 2006 at the Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. She was born October 27, 1974 at Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Jim Blair of Waverly and the late Sue Anderson Blair. Beside her father, she is survived by husband, Paul Lansing; two daughters, Ashley Marie Lansing at home,...

Randy Walters

Randy Walters

Oct 20, 2006

Randy Walters, Sr., 52 years of Manchester, died Friday, October 20, 2006 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on October 17, 1954 the son of the late Guy and Francis Hodge Walters. He was a thirty year Police Officer for the Village of Seaman, Peebles, and Manchester, and was a Peebles Volunteer Fire...

Danny Jay Wright

Danny Jay Wright

Oct 20, 2006

Danny Jay Wright, 59 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, October 20, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Hillsboro, Ohio on July 21, 1947 the son of Mary Evelyn Wright. He graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1966. He retired on May 1, 1997 after thirty years from General Motors. He was baptized at the Union Church of Christ...

Terry L. Ralston

Terry L. Ralston

Oct 20, 2006

Terry L. Ralston, 46 years of Waverly, died Friday, October 20, 2006. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio on July 31, 1960 the son of the late Glenn and Erma Hemmings Ralston. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by one step son, Denny Ralston, and three brothers, Denny, Leonard, and Larry Ralston. He is survived by three step...

Chester Herbert Shinkle

Chester Herbert Shinkle

Oct 20, 2006

Chester Herbert Shinkle, Sr., 65 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, October 20, 2006 at his residence. He was born March 31, 1941 the son of the late Clarence Shinkle and Ocie Murphy. Beside his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Delores Rhoads and two brothers, Charles and Ronnie Shinkle. He is survived by one son and daughter-in-law,...

Clara Hughes

Clara Hughes

Oct 17, 2006

Clara Hughes, 97 years of Winchester, died Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. She was born in West Union, Ohio on January 6, 1909 the daughter of the late Oliver J. and Maggie Kirker Thoroman. She was a member of the Winchester United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Manchester O.E.S. Nathaniel Massie #548, and...

Francis W. Devore

Francis W. Devore

Oct 17, 2006

Francis W. "Doc" DeVore, 91 years of the Danville Community, died Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Brown County, Ohio on March 25, 1915 the son of the late Harry and Maude Womacks DeVore. He was a lifelong farmer and retired from Highland Stone. He was a member of the Hillsboro B.P.O.E. #361. Beside his...

Chester Howard Wylie

Chester Howard Wylie

Oct 15, 2006

Chester Howard Wylie age 81 of Hillsboro died Sunday, October 15, 2006 at his residence. He was born on January 19, 1925 to Edgar and Una Wylie. On April 12, 1947 he was married to Mary Elizabeth Kelley and they were blessed with three loving, caring daughters. Mernita Crawford friend, Frank Creech, Wahnita Bill Anderson, Patty John Chambers, 10 grandchildren:...

Sheila R. Williams

Sheila R. Williams

Oct 15, 2006

Sheila R. Williams, 43 years of Seaman, died Sunday, October 15, 2006 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. She was born in Clinton County, Ohio on March 28, 1963 the daughter of Edgar and Barbara Kingery Williams. She was a member of the Fairfax United Methodist Church, and attended Venture Productions in West Union. She is survived by her...

Gladys Eileen Coriell

Gladys Eileen Coriell

Oct 12, 2006

Gladys Eileen Coriell, 67 years of Seaman, died Thursday, October 12, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Scioto County, Ohio on July 24, 1939 the daughter of the late Orval and Anna Wright Newkirk. She was a member of the congregation of Jehovah?s Witnesses of West Union. She is survived by her husband, Roger Coriell, son, Raymond Staten,...

Wendell Thomas

Wendell Thomas

Oct 11, 2006

Wendell Thomas, 95 years of Seaman, died Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on October 8, 1911 the son of the late George and Louvena Moore Thomas. He was a member of the Seaman United Presbyterian Church and the Masonic Lodge #43. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by a...

Karen E. Hester

Karen E. Hester

Oct 11, 2006

Karen E. Hester, 55 years of Hillsboro died Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at the Greenfield Area Medical Center. She was born in Highland County, Ohio on May 21, 1951 the daughter of the late Randolph L. and Wilma J. Newman Lightner. She was a member of the East Monroe United Methodist Church. Beside her parents she was preceded in death...

Paul Karnes

Paul Karnes

Oct 8, 2006

Paul Karnes, 86 years died quietly at home Sunday Morning, October 8, 2006 on the same farm where he was born. He was born on March 9, 1920 in Paint Township the son of the late George and Josephine Towne Karnes. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ella Mae Ross Karnes, one son Kenneth Karnes and his...

Gertrude Davis

Gertrude Davis

Oct 8, 2006

Gertrude Davis, 87 years of Seaman, died Sunday, October 8, 2006 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Floyd County, Virginia on January 12, 1919 the daughter of the late Walter and Tidde Martin Webb. She was an Order of Eastern Star member in Virginia. She worked for General Motors. Beside her parents she was...

Raymond Lee Fitch

Raymond Lee Fitch

Oct 6, 2006

Raymond Lee Fitch, 70 years of Peebles, died Friday, October 6, 2006 at the Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born February 11, 1936 at Washington C.H., Ohio, the son of the late Everett and Nancy Allen Fitch. Beside his parents, he was preceded in death by a son Timothy Fitch, four sisters and three brothers. Raymond retired...

James Sam Deacon Jones

James Sam Deacon Jones

Oct 6, 2006

James Sam Deacon Jones, 79 years of Peebles, died Friday, October 6, 2006 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was born in Greenup, Kentucky on February 28, 1927 the son of the late Charles and Etta Jones. He is survived by his brother Jr. Jones of Peebles and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held on Tuesday, October 10,...

Garrie C. Knox

Garrie C. Knox

Oct 5, 2006

Garrie C. Knox, 60 years of Hillsboro, died Thursday, October 5, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Montgomery County, Ohio on September 27, 1946 the daughter of Ernest and Elizabeth Branscomb Lynch. She is survived by her husband, Larry Knox of Hillsboro, parents, Ernest and Elizabeth Lynch of Hillsboro, sons and daughters-in-law, Ernest and Allison Knox of Hillsboro,...

Marvin J. Mckibben

Marvin J. Mckibben

Oct 3, 2006

Marvin J. McKibben, 73, of Hillsboro, OH, Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at the Hospice of Dayton. Born in Frost, Ohio on July 19, 1933 the son of the late James and Grace Linton McKibben. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran. Also preceded by his wife, Esther A. Rouse McKibben, and two brothers, Westin and Wilmer Amos McKibben. Survived by...