Obituaries

Jeffrey B. Osborne

Jeffrey B. Osborne

Aug 17, 2004

Jeffrey B. Osborne, 32 years of Seaman, died Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 20, 1971 the son of Bettie Young Gullette. He is survived by his mother, Bettie Jo Gullette of Seaman, son, Derrick Osborne, maternal grandparents, Eileen and Vernon Young of Seaman, sister, Winnie...

Iva Lucille Creech

Iva Lucille Creech

Aug 16, 2004

Iva Lucille Ogden Creech, 81 years, lifelong resident of Adams County, Ohio, died Monday, August 16, 2004 at Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. Iva was born August 19, 1922 in Adams County, the second child of the late Harley Chester and Myrtle Douglas Ogden, and the granddaughter of loving grandparents Lewis Franklin Ogden and Ida Delilah Alice Hafer Ogden who...

Major Chester Chet Bradford

Major Chester Chet Bradford

Aug 12, 2004

Major Chester Chet Bradford, 86 years of Winchester, died Thursday, August 12, 2004 at Ohio Valley Manor in Ripley. He was born in Winchester, Ohio on April 25, 1918 the son of the late Frank W. and Anna Louise Porter Bradford. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, and retired after 25 years from the Army. He...

Betty Mae Carey

Betty Mae Carey

Aug 11, 2004

Betty Mae Carey, 83 years of New Vienna, died Wednesday, August 11, 2004 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on February 21, 1921 the daughter of the late Clarence E. and Carrie M. Hamilton Kidder. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Rodney Carey, who passed away in...

Dorothy D. Pollard

Dorothy D. Pollard

Aug 10, 2004

Dorothy D. Pollard, 65 years of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, August 10, 2004 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. She was born in Auxier, Kentucky on March 2, 1939 the daughter of the late James and Florence Alexander Sluss. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by three brothers, Jessie, Doug, and Thurman Sluss, and four sisters, Mary Wilcox, Janice Jennings,...

Virginia Thomas

Virginia Thomas

Aug 10, 2004

Virginia Thomas, 95 years of Peebles, died Tuesday, August 10, 2004 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Kimball, West Virginia on March 6, 1909 the daughter of the late Charles L. and Judith Burchett Allen. She was a member of the Burns Chapel Church of Christ in Christian Union. Beside her parents she was...

Norman Dow Smart

Norman Dow Smart

Aug 7, 2004

Norman Dow Smart, 83 years of Cherry Fork, died Saturday, August 7, 2004 at the Ohio Valley Manor in Ripley, Ohio. He was born in Haydenville, Ohio on September 20, 1920 the son of the late Dow and Laurel E. Pollock Smart. Mr. Smart was a former civil service employee at the Defense Electronics Supply Center in Dayton, Ohio. He...

Russell L. Martin

Russell L. Martin

Aug 3, 2004

Russell L. Martin, 94 years of Peebles, died Tuesday, August 3, 2004 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. He was born in Vanceburg, Kentucky on March 20, 1910 the son of the late George and Alberta Voiers Martin. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Blanchester Lodge F.&A.M. #191....

Deloris Myers

Deloris Myers

Jul 31, 2004

Deloris Myers, 78 years of Peebles, died Saturday, July 31, 2004 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in Peebles. She was born in Charleston, West Virginia on August 22, 1925 the daughter of Lester and Thelma Scraggs Myers. She was preceded in death by her father, Lester Myers. She is survived by her mother, Irene Myers of Peebles, three brothers, Donald...

Jim Newsom

Jim Newsom

Jul 30, 2004

Jim Newsom, 69 years of New Vienna, died Friday, July 30, 2004 at his residence. He was born in Flemingsburg, Kentucky on April 14, 1935 the son of the late Harmon and Spicy Moore Newsom. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He retired as manager of Rich Oil Company in Hillsboro. He was a member of the Hillsboro Senior Citizens....

Wayne Arthur Penwell

Wayne Arthur Penwell

Jul 20, 2004

Wayne Arthur Penwell, 87 years of the Latham Community, died Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at the Pike Community Hospital in Waverly. He was born in Latham, Ohio on March 30, 1917 the son of the late Enoch and Bertha Knisley Penwell. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the American Legion Post...

Emily L. Hall

Emily L. Hall

Jul 15, 2004

Emily L. Hall, infant daughter of Scott Swayne and Terran Hall, died Thursday, July 15, 2004 at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati. She was born in Hillsboro, Ohio on July 15, 2004. She is survived by her parents, Scott Swayne and Terran Hall of Peebles, maternal grandparents, Tom and Linda Brown of Peebles, paternal grandparents, Terry Swayne of Peebles, Teresa Swayne...

Harry R. Mccann

Harry R. Mccann

Jul 14, 2004

Harry R. McCann, Sr., 68 years of Blanchester, died Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at the Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born in Queens, Kentucky on July 24, 1935 the son of the late Ortie and Mernia McCane McCann. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict. He is survived by his sons and daughter-in-law, Harry...

Virgil C. Grooms

Virgil C. Grooms

Jul 13, 2004

Virgil C. Grooms, 91 years of Peebles, died Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. He was born in Peebles, Ohio on February 19, 1913 the son of the late Harvey and Sylvia Jobe Grooms. He was a member of the Peebles Church of Christ, Peebles Masonic Lodge #581, and the Scottish Rite Valley of...

Carl C. Cassner

Carl C. Cassner

Jul 9, 2004

Carl C. Cassner, 54 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, July 9, 2004 at his residence. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 14, 1950 the son of the late Alvin B. and Alice Elizabeth Bell Cassner. He was a member of the Hillsboro First Presbyterian Church. He was a graduate of Hillsboro High School and attended Miami University. Beside...

Elizabeth M. Frances Wiggins

Elizabeth M. Frances Wiggins

Jul 5, 2004

Elizabeth M. Wiggins, 94, a.k.a. Frances of Wheaton, IL and formerly of Columbus, OH, died Monday, July 5, 2004, at Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, IL. She was born August 14, 1909 in Clinton County, OH. She was, for many years, an active member of the Bexley United Methodist Church, Columbus OH., where she participated in many of its social activities,...

Grace Ellen Frazer

Grace Ellen Frazer

Jul 3, 2004

Grace Ellen Frazer, 89 years of Batavia, died Saturday, July 3, 2004 at her residence. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on November 20, 1914 the daughter of the late Alfred and Clara Butts Hardin. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Glen Este. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Sherman...

Flora Ann Foster

Flora Ann Foster

Jun 27, 2004

Flora Ann Foster, 91 years of Peebles, died Sunday, June 27, 2004 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Peebles, Ohio on January 11, 1913 the daughter of the late Bert and Alice Stephenson Wilson. She was a member of the Peebles Church of Christ, was a teacher of various Sunday School Classes from Toddlers...

Delmar L. Davis

Delmar L. Davis

Jun 27, 2004

Delmar L. Davis, 81 years of Winchester, died Sunday, June 27, 2004 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on June 24, 1923 the son of the late Stanley L. and Elsie Mae Roush Davis. He grew up, worked and lived almost all of his life in Winchester. He graduated from Winchester High...

Lena L. Lewis

Lena L. Lewis

Jun 26, 2004

Lena L. Lewis, 97 years of Grayson, Georgia, formerly of Seaman, died Saturday, June 26, 2004. She was born at Seaman, Ohio on August 12, 1906 the daughter of the late William and Eliza Ivers Carroll. She was a member of the Seaman United Methodist Church, Seaman American Legion Auxiliary, Life member of the Adams County Ohio Historical Society, Co-Owner...