Obituaries

William H. Watson

William H. Watson

Mar 28, 2002

William H. Watson, Sr., 88 years of Peebles, died Thursday, March 28, 2002 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born in Thacker, West Virginia on October 22, 1913 the son of the late Daniel and Zula Ross Watson. He worked for the Ford Motor Company. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Lassie...

Odessa Louderback

Odessa Louderback

Mar 25, 2002

Odessa Louderback, 62 years of Peebles, died Monday, March 25, 2002 at the Eagle Creek Nursing Center. She was born in Locust Grove, Ohio on December 8, 1939 the daughter of Wade and Etta Toller Day. She had worked as payroll clerk for the Ohio Valley School System. She is survived by one son and daughter/law, Terry and Mary Beth...

Imogene Music

Imogene Music

Mar 25, 2002

Imogene Music, 65 years of Hillsboro, died Monday, March 25, 2002 at the Highland District Hospital. She was born at Auxier, Kentucky on September 26, 1936 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, two sisters, Mary Wilcox and Janice Jennings. She...

Margaret Lucille Cummings

Margaret Lucille Cummings

Mar 24, 2002

Margaret Lucille Cummings, 87 years of the Marshall Community, died Sunday, March 24, 2002 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. She was born in New Petersburg, Ohio on April 8, 1914 the daughter of the late John and Susie Belle Shonkwiler Grover. She was a member of the Marshall United Methodist Church, and the W.S.C.S. Beside her parents she...

G. Wayne Swezig

G. Wayne Swezig

Mar 24, 2002

Dr. G. Wayne Swezig, 60 years of Richmond, Kentucky, died unexpectedly at his residence. He was born at Hillsboro, Ohio on August 11, 1941 the son of Grover and Leona Thackston Swezig. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by one sister Emma Evelyn Swezig He was a member of the 1st Christian Church in Richmond, Kentucky, Member of...

Linda D. Mcnown

Linda D. Mcnown

Mar 22, 2002

Linda D. McNown , 55 years of Winchester, died Friday, March 22, 2002 at her residence. She was born in Clermont County on August 27, 1946 the daughter of Walter and Mildred Smith Shrope. She was a member of the Maysville VFW Auxiliary . She was preceded in death by her father Walter Shrope. She is survived by her mother...

Marie E. Schmidt

Marie E. Schmidt

Mar 22, 2002

Marie E. Roessner Schmidt, 98 years of West Union, passed away on Friday, March 22, 2002. She was born in Mercer County, Ohio on August 17, 1903 the daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Roessner. Marie was a graduate of the Lima Business College at Lima, Ohio where she was proficient in bookkeeping, shorthand and the German language. She...

E. Cecil Grover

E. Cecil Grover

Mar 21, 2002

E. Cecil Grover, 95 years of Hillsboro, died Thursday, March 21, 2002 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. He was born in Owl Creek of Pike County, Ohio on April 6, 1906 the son of the late John and Susie Belle Shonkwiler Grover. He was a member of the Hillsboro First United Methodist Church, member of the Board of...

Roy A. Anderson

Roy A. Anderson

Mar 20, 2002

Roy A. Anderson, 81 years of Illinois, formerly of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, March 20, 2002 at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 18, 1921 the son of the late Axel and Jennie Rebecca Lundgren Anderson. He was a member of the Hillsboro United Methodist Church. He retired in 1983 as the mechanic...

Austin Wade Long

Austin Wade Long

Mar 20, 2002

Austin Wade Long, stillborn, died Tuesday, March 20, 2002 at the Brown County Hospital in Georgetown. He is the son of Tim Long and Denelle Vincent. Beside his father and mother he is survived by his paternal grandmother Phyllis Kidder of Peebles, maternal grandmother, Reginia Hall of KY, maternal grandfather, Dennis Vincent of Seaman, maternal great grandmother, Pearl Vincent of...

Kenneth A. Hoop

Kenneth A. Hoop

Mar 14, 2002

Kenneth A. Hoop, 72 years of Peebles, Locust Grove Community died Thursday, March 14, 2002 at the Adams County Hospital at West Union. He was born at Peebles, Ohio on January 6, 1930 the son of the late Peter and Mittie Ball Hoop. He was a member of the Peebles Church of Christ, a US Army Veteran of the Korean...

Betty L. Wagner

Betty L. Wagner

Mar 13, 2002

Betty L. Wagner, 73 years of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, March 13, 2002 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. She was born in Glouster, Ohio on July 2, 1928 the youngest child of the late George and Grace Mason Smith. She was a member of the Hillsboro Church of Christ, and the Order of Eastern Star Chapter #441. She was...

Ann Nevil

Ann Nevil

Mar 12, 2002

Ann Nevil, 55 years of the Sinking Spring Community, died Tuesday, March 12, 2002 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Ross County, Ohio on September 19, 1946 the daughter of Williams S. Nevil and Betha Trent Grayson. She was preceded in death by her father, William S. Nevil. She is survived by her mother,...

Jean Austin Tolle

Jean Austin Tolle

Mar 12, 2002

Jean Austin Tolle, 65 years of Peebles, died Tuesday, March 12, 2002 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital. She was born on Peach Mountain in Adams County near Peebles, Oh on November 9, 1936 the daughter of the late Orel and Virgie Whitley Austin. She had owned and operated the Tolle's Drive Inn in Peebles for 17 years and was a...

Emma Allen Ferguson

Emma Allen Ferguson

Mar 11, 2002

Emma Allen Ferguson, 100 years of Seaman, died Monday, March 11, 2002 at the Pleasant Hill Manor in Piketon, Ohio. She was born in Lawrence County, Kentucky on September 6, 1901 the daughter of the late James and Nancy Wells Boggs. She was a member of the Old Paint Primitive Baptist Church of West Liberty, Kentucky. Beside her parents she...

Carson W. Smalley

Carson W. Smalley

Mar 1, 2002

Carson W. Smalley, 72 years of Peebles, died Friday, March 1, 2002 at his residence. He was born in Peebles, Ohio on January 7, 1930 the son of the late Everett and Hannah Johnson Smalley. He was a member of the Blood Bought Church of Peebles. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by one son, Gary Smalley. He...

Clinton Coleman

Clinton Coleman

Feb 27, 2002

Clinton Coleman, 63 years of Bainbridge, died Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at the Pike Community Hospital in Waverly. He was born in Pike County, Kentucky on January 31, 1939 the son of the late Ernest Alden and Charlotte Coleman Coleman. He was a member of the Bainbridge Congregation of Jehovah Witness. He was a proofreader at Rotary Forms. He is...

Christopher B. Lee

Christopher B. Lee

Feb 27, 2002

Christopher B. Lee, 24 years of Columbus, died Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at his residence. He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio on November 14, 1977 the son of David and Sharon Massey Lee. He is survived by his wife, Amanda Jeffreys Lee of Columbus, parents, David and Sharon Lee of Peebles, brother, Michael Lee of Peebles, sister and brother-in-law, Rebecca...

Gilbert Gqash

Gilbert Gqash

Feb 26, 2002

Gilbert Gash, 70 years of Winchester, died Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at the Brown County Hospital in Georgetown. Golbert was bron December 11, 1931 in Brown County the son of the late Clarence and Bertha Bloom Gash. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Harry and Bill Gash. Gilbert was an Army Veteran and had worked...

Howard R. Caster

Howard R. Caster

Feb 25, 2002

Howard R. Caster, 73 years of Loveland died Monday, February 25, 2002 at Loveland. He was born on August 3, 1928 at Cincinati, Ohio the son of William and Maude Lyons Caster. He was a Navy Veteran serving in WWII and a Machinist at Milacron. He is survived by his wife Ruby Jones Caster whom he married on August 5,...