Obituaries

Duane Millard Mootz

Duane Millard Mootz

Aug 30, 2002

Duane Millard Mootz, 77 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, August 30, 2002. He was born and raised in Lawrence County, Ohio on October 30, 1924 the son of Charles and Laura Mootz. He was a WWII Veteran serving in the 23rd Infantry in Italy, moved to Highland County in 1950, National Contour Plowing Champion in 1957 held at Peebles, Ohio,...

Charles R. Hughes

Charles R. Hughes

Aug 24, 2002

Charles R. Hughes, 87 years of Xenia, died Saturday, August 24, 2002 at Greenwood Manor in Xenia. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 18, 1915 the son of the late George and Sarah Fortune Hughes. He had retired from Symplex Wire and Cable as a pipe fitter, member of the St. John?s Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Masonic...

Fred E. Prine

Fred E. Prine

Aug 22, 2002

Fred E. Prine, 70 years of Winchester, died Thursday, August 22, 2002 at his residence. He was born in Brown County, Ohio on May 23, 1932 the son of the late Herbert R. and Amanda C. Harris Prine. He retired from the Keebler Company in Cincinnati. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Claudia Thomas Prine,...

Matt Baker

Matt Baker

Aug 22, 2002

Matthew David Baker, 16 years of Peebles, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2002 as the result of an automobile accident. He was born in Columbus, Ohio on March 10, 1986 the son of David and Sarah Barnhart Baker. He was a junior at Peebles High School. He is survived by his parents, David and Sarah Louise Baker of Peebles, paternal...

Lavon Bailey

Lavon Bailey

Aug 21, 2002

Lavon Bailey, 91 years of Peebles, died Wednesday, August 21, 2002 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. He was born in West Union, Ohio on December 18, 1910 the son of the late Jesse and Bessie Redman Bailey. He was a member of the Church of the Brethren of Marble Furnace, Peebles Lions Club, and Peebles Sportsman Club....

Raymond Dillard

Raymond Dillard

Aug 18, 2002

Raymond Dillard, 89 years of Hillsboro, died Sunday, August 18, 2002 at the Fairfax Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. He was born in Fayette County, Ohio on September 20, 1912 the son of the late Thurman and Delila Smith Dillard. He was a member of the Hillsboro Church of Christ. He drove a school bus for Hillsboro City Schools for...

Robert M. Sheppard

Robert M. Sheppard

Aug 15, 2002

Robert M. Sheppard, 52 years of Sinking Spring, died Thursday, August 15, 2002 at his residence. He was born in Holyoak, Massachusetts on July 11, 1950 the son of Clyde H. and Betty J. Rhoades Sheppard. He was an Air Force Veteran of the Vietnam Era. He was a member of the Buckeye Vanners Inc. He retired after 32 years...

Billy Caudill

Billy Caudill

Aug 13, 2002

Billy Caudill, 67 years of Blue Creek, died Tuesday, August 13, 2002 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. He was born in Whitesburg, Kentucky on July 26, 1935 the son of the late Richard and Flora Hall Caudill. He was a member of the Cedar Mills Community Church. He bowled on the Wednesday night Sunset Bowling League. He...

Agnes B. Murphy

Agnes B. Murphy

Aug 10, 2002

Agnes B. Murphy 88 years of Hillsboro Marshall Community died Saturday, August 10, 2002 at Auburn Manor Rehabilitation Center in Washington C.H., Ohio. She was born October 1, 1913 at Peebles, Ohio, a daughter of the late Perry and Mary Grooms Stansberry. She was retired from the Hercules Trouser Company of Hillsboro. Survivors include one son Charles Allen Barbara Murphy...

Glenna L. Reno

Glenna L. Reno

Aug 6, 2002

Glenna L. Reno, 70 years of Peebles, died Tuesday, August 6, 2002 at the U.C. Hospital in Cincinnati. She was born in Bluecreek, Ohio on February 6, 1932 the daughter of Earl and Pearl Foughty Bailey. She was a member of the Mt. Calvary Church in Winchester, and the Peebles Lioness Club. She was preceded in death by her father,...

Dorothy M. Johnson

Dorothy M. Johnson

Aug 6, 2002

Dorothy M. Johnson, 71 years of Peebles, died Tuesday, August 6, 2002 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in Peebles. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on February 10, 1931 the daughter of the late Jacob and Augusta Smith Stanley. She was a seamstress at the Manchester Pants Factory. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles...

Steven Edward Hayes

Steven Edward Hayes

Aug 2, 2002

Rev. Steven Edward Hayes, 29, died August 2, 2002 in Plant City, Florida. Steve was a teleservice representative for the Social Security Administration, and an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene. He was a graduate of Mt. Vernon College in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He was a member of the Highland Park Church of the Nazarene, where he was...

Robert Morgensen

Robert Morgensen

Aug 2, 2002

Robert Morgensen, Sr., 79 years of S.R. 772, Otway, Ohio, died Friday morning, August 2, 2002 at the VA Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born on December 17, 1922 in Oakland, California the son of the late Hans and Sina Martin Morgensen. He was a member and past church extension president of the Burns Chapel Church of Christ in...

Sylvia J. Copeland

Sylvia J. Copeland

Aug 2, 2002

Sylvia J. Copeland, 61 years of Midland, died Friday, August 2, 2002 at the Clinton Memorial Hospital. She was born at Corbin, KY on January 4, 1941 the daughter of Henry and Cle Walden Roark. She retired from Keebler?s in Cincinnati. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by one brother, Billy Roark, one sister, Effie Felts. She is...

Lawrence D. Cappy Pyle

Lawrence D. Cappy Pyle

Jul 31, 2002

Lawrence D. Cappy Pyle, 89 years of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2002 at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton following a sudden illness. Mr. Pyle was born August 31, 1912 in Clinton County to the late Samuel C. and Bessie Winfield Pyle. He attended Adams County Schools, where he excelled in basketball, then attended Wilmington College. He served...

Herbert Beighle

Herbert Beighle

Jul 29, 2002

Herbert Beighle, 85 years of Seaman, formerly of Ash Ridge, died Monday, July 29, 2002 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia. He was born in West Union, Ohio on June 22, 1917 the son of the late William Henry and Anna Robison Beighle. He was a United States Army Veteran of World War II. He was a member of...

Nellie J. Ratliff

Nellie J. Ratliff

Jul 28, 2002

Nellie J. Ratliff, 72 years of Peebles, died Sunday, July 28, 2002 at her residence. She was born in Portsmouth, Ohio on July 23, 1930 the daughter of the late Simon and Norma Bayes Hammond. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by two sons, Richard and Terry Ratliff. She is survived by her husband, Wilson Ratliff of Peebles,...

Elmer R. Gragg

Elmer R. Gragg

Jul 26, 2002

Elmer R. Gragg, 81 years of Piketon, died Friday, July 26, 2002 at the Pleasant Hill Manor Nursing Home in Piketon. He was born in Scioto County on December 12, 1920 the son of Milton and Edith Swabey Gragg. He worked in the Timber Business. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by three brothers, William, Charles and Harvey...

Joann Davis

Joann Davis

Jul 25, 2002

Joann Davis, 66 years of Loveland, died Thursday, July 25, 2002 at the Bethesda North Hospital in Montgomery. She was born in Hillsboro, Ohio on September 18, 1935 the daughter of the late Otis James and Georgia Mae Reno Kain. She was a member of the Mt. Repose First Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband LaMar Davis of...

Sally Luecke

Sally Luecke

Jul 21, 2002

Sally Luecke, 87 years of Peelbes, died Sunday, July 21, 2002 at the Oak Ridge Care Center. She was born at Elmville, Oh on August 24, 1914 the daughter of Minous and Margaret Ward Gall. She was preceded in death by her 1st husband Bill Goddard, 2nd husband Glenn Russell and her 3rd husband Herschell Luecke and her brother Kenneth...