Obituaries

Evelyn I. Yarger

Evelyn I. Yarger

Aug 16, 2003

Evelyn I. Yarger, 88 years of Hillsboro, died Saturday, August 16, 2003 at Heartland of Hillsboro. She was born at Louden, Ohio on August 1, 1915 the daughter of the late Tobias and Grace Seaman Ward. She was a member of the Hillsboro Church of Christ, Women?s Bible Study Group and Retired from Robertshaw Controls in Hillsboro. Beside her parents...

Bertha Lee Foster

Bertha Lee Foster

Aug 15, 2003

Bertha Lee Foster, 89 years of Winchester, OH., died Friday, August 15, 2003 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing Center at Ripley. She was born October 8, 1913 at Manchester, Ohio, the daughter of the late Jesse and Mallie Tomlin Dryden. Beside her parents, she was preceded in death by husband Forrest Foster on September 9, 1987. She was a...

Jeffrey L. Neal

Jeffrey L. Neal

Aug 12, 2003

Jeffrey L. Neal, 46 years old of Winchester, Ohio, died Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at Clermont Mercy Hospital. He was born January 11, 1957 in West Union, Ohio, the son of the late Robert Neal and Doris Fenton. He was also preceded in death by his grandparents W.C. and Ethel Neal who raised Jeffrey. Aunt and uncle Nondas and Bill...

Mabel F. Buntain

Mabel F. Buntain

Aug 11, 2003

Mabel F. Buntain, 95 years of Hillsboro, died Monday, August 11, 2003 at Heartland of Hillsboro. She was born in Highland County on September 15, 1907 the daughter of Harry and Rebecca Hixon Fenner. She was a member of Dunn?s Chapel Church, DAR District 10, White Shine and Hillsboro Chapter #441 where she served as secretary for thirty years. Beside...

Al Hooker

Al Hooker

Aug 11, 2003

Al Hooker, 77 years of Peebles, died Monday, August 11, 2003 at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center. He was born in Newton, IL on April 18 1926 the son the late of Edmond and Naomi Scot Hooker. He was a trucker driver for Landair, a member if the Peebles Baptist Church, Hillsboro VFW 9094 and the Teamsters Local #710. He...

Lizzie Hibbs

Lizzie Hibbs

Aug 10, 2003

Lizzie Hibbs, 85years of Peebles died Sunday, August 10, 2003 at Heartland Of Hillsboro. She was born at Genoa West VA., On March 13, 1918 the daughter of the late Henry and Minnie Ball Robinson. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Jim and Penny Hibbs of Peebles, one daughter and son-in-law, Ruth and John Pitzer of Peebles, three...

Tommy Gene Harrington

Tommy Gene Harrington

Aug 9, 2003

Tommy Gene Harrington, 53 years of Hillsboro, died Saturday, August 9, 2003 at his residence. He was born in Florence, Kentucky on August 10, 1949 the son of Thomas A. and Christine Herrington Harrington. He was a member of the Samantha Freewill Baptist Church and had been manager of a Ames Department Store. Beside his parents he is preceded in...

John Leslie Adkins

John Leslie Adkins

Aug 8, 2003

John Leslie Adkins, 54 years of Latham, died Friday, August 8, 2003 at his residence. He was born in Fayette County on August 10, 1048 the son of Leslie and Venus Rollins Adkins. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by one son brian Adkins, one brother Chester Adkins, two sisters Wilma Adkins and Clara Jane. He is survived...

Clarence A. Pickles Baker

Clarence A. Pickles Baker

Aug 6, 2003

Clarence A. "Pickles" Baker, 80 years of Winchester, died Wednesday, August 6, 2003 at the Blue Ash Nursing Center. He was born in New Vienna, Ohio on July 29, 1923 the son of the late James and Bessie Purdin Baker. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by one...

Opal Adkins

Opal Adkins

Aug 5, 2003

Opal Adkins, 78 years of the Harriett Community, died Tuesday, August 5, 2003 at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati. She was born in Paintsville, Kentucky on February 14, 1925 the daughter of the late Charles and Myrtle Smith King. She was a member of the Hillsboro AMVETS. She was united in marriage in July 1943 to Lenville D. Adkins, who preceded...

Oren Edward Rowe

Oren Edward Rowe

Aug 3, 2003

Oren Edward Rowe, 97 years of Hillsboro, died Sunday, August 3, 2003 at the Laurels of Hillsboro. He was born in Urbana, Ohio on January 15, 1906 the son of the late Lewis E. and Chloe Fisher Rowe. He was a member of the Greenfield Area Life Squad, former Grand Master and lifetime member of the Hillsboro Fraternal Order of...

Marie Lawhorn

Marie Lawhorn

Aug 3, 2003

Marie Lawhorn, 92 years of Peebles, died Sunday, August 3, 2003 at the Highland District Hospital. She was born in Pike County on October 18, 1910 the daughter of Ed and Fannie Hunt Eakins. She was a charter member of the Grace Brethren Church in Sinking Spring. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband John Lawhorn...

Bertha Geneva Thompson

Bertha Geneva Thompson

Aug 2, 2003

Bertha Geneva Thompson, 85 years of Hillsboro, died Saturday, August 2, 2003 at the Batavia Nursing and Convalescence Inn. She was born at Otway, Ohio on January 22, 1918 the daughter of Lee and Stella Smalley Workman. She had worked twelve years at the Senior Companion Program. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by one son, Sammy S....

Eldred Peterson

Eldred Peterson

Aug 2, 2003

Eldred Peterson, 89 years of Seaman, died Saturday, August 2, 2003 at his residence. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on June 27, 1914 the son of the late Orval and Icye Gammell Peterson. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Seaman Church of Christ. He is survived by his...

James E. Rhoads

James E. Rhoads

Aug 2, 2003

James E. ?Jimmy? Rhoads, 72 years of Lucasville, formerly of Hillsboro, died Saturday August 2, 2003 at the Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth. He was born at Sinking Spring, Ohio on September 7, 1930 the son of Chester and Flora Smith Rhoads. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Glenn Rhoads and Johnny Rhoads and...

Grover C. Woods

Grover C. Woods

Aug 1, 2003

Grover Woods Sr. 75 of Seaman, died Friday, survived by wife, June Woods, sons & daughters/laws, Chester & Kay Woods, Jr, Kenny & Patricia Woods, Joe Woods, daughters & sons/law Sandra & Gary Thompson, Judy & Terry Groves, Joann & Patrick Paluga, 22 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren. Services Wednesday, 11:00 A.M., Lewis-Sullivan Funeral Home, Seaman, Ohio Visitation, Tuesday, 6:00 -...

George C. Woods

George C. Woods

Aug 1, 2003

Grover C. Woods, Sr., 75 years of Seaman, died Friday, August 1, 2003 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. He was born in Reading, Ohio on April 25, 1928 the son of the late Henry and Cordilla Poe Woods. He was the custodian for Princeton Board of Education. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by one...

William R. Bill Fulton

William R. Bill Fulton

Jul 30, 2003

William R. Bill Fulton, 60 years of the Locust Grove Community, died Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on March 22, 1943 the son of the late Russell and Adna C. Mason Fulton. He was an Army Veteran of the Viet-Nam Era. He worked at the Pennington...

Anna Mae Simbro

Anna Mae Simbro

Jul 28, 2003

Anna Mae Simbro, 87 years of Hillsboro, died Monday, July 28, 2003 at Heartland of Hillsboro. She was born in Highland County, Ohio on February 28, 1916 the daughter of the late Charles and Carrie B. Miller Selph. She was a member of the Auburn United Mehtodist Church and the UMW. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by...

Raymond E. Woods

Raymond E. Woods

Jul 22, 2003

Raymond E. Woods, 92 of Sinking Spring, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at his daughters residence in Bainbridge. He was born August 10, 1910 in Pike County the son of the late James I. and Flora A. Grooms Woods. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by one grandson John Lynn McElwee, two sisters, Melvina Blackburn and Goldie...