Obituaries

Bobby L. Campbell

Bobby L. Campbell

Feb 19, 2002

Bobby L. Campbell, 55 years of Seaman, died Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at his residence. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on January 27, 1947 the son of the late Roscoe and Edith Hesler Campbell. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by four brothers, Chuck Campbell, John Robert Campbell, Roscoe Campbell, Jr., and George Campbell. He is...

Mary Leona Gulick Short

Mary Leona Gulick Short

Feb 19, 2002

Mary Leona Gulick Short, 88 years of Winchester, died Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at the Eagle Creek Nursing Center in West Union. She was born in Brown County, Ohio on November 10, 1913 the daughter of the late Tyra and Anna Belle Carson Swearingen. She was a member of the Winchester Church of Christ in Christian Union. Beside her parents...

Irene M. Austin

Irene M. Austin

Feb 15, 2002

Irene M. Austin, 82 years of Peebles, died Friday, February 15, 2002 at the U.C. Medical Center in Cincinnati. She was born in Huntington, West Virginia on February 6, 1920 the daughter of the late Lacy and Bessie Ramsey Jones. She was a member of the Peebles Church of God. She owned a nursing home. Beside her parents she was...

Edward O. Spencer

Edward O. Spencer

Feb 14, 2002

Edward O. Spencer, 80 years formerly of Peebles, died Thursday, February 14, 2002 at the Middletown Regional Hospital. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on May 2, 1921 the son of the late Greely and Maggie Blankenship Spencer. He was a member of the Peebles Church of Christ. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by his first...

Lillian Brinker

Lillian Brinker

Feb 13, 2002

Lillian Brinker, 83 years of Peebles, died Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at Anderson Mercy. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 25, 1918 the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Brown Austin. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Brinker, who passed away on December 29, 1980. She is survived by daughters and...

Arthur H. Norman Haws

Arthur H. Norman Haws

Feb 12, 2002

Arthur Norman Haws, 66 years of Dayton, died Tuesday, February 12, 2002. He was born in Peebles, Ohio on September 13, 1935 the son of the late Harrison and Addie Smith Haws. He was a retired Warehouse Attendant at Taylor Summerville Battery. He was a retired U.S. Marine Veteran of the Vietnam Conflict with twenty years of service. He was...

Ramona Lynn Gillespie

Ramona Lynn Gillespie

Feb 11, 2002

Ramona Lynn Gillespie, 51, Hillsboro, died Monday, February 11, 2002. Born in Greenfield, Ohio, October 8, 1950 the daughter of Harley and Mary Garrett White. She was a Dietary Cook at the Highland District Hospital. Survived by two sons, Larry Morris Jr., Hillsboro, Jonathon Amy Morris, South Salem, two daughters, Karen Philip Daniels, Hillsboro, Sherri Campbell, Newtown, one brother, Danny...

John Randall Shaffer

John Randall Shaffer

Feb 11, 2002

John Randall Shaffer, 41 years of Hillsboro, died Monday, February 11, 2002. He was born in Hillsboro, Ohio on May 31, 1960 the son of Warren and Berniece Crabtree Shaffer. He was an electrician for Palm Harbor Homes. He was an Army veteran. He is survived by his wife, Kim Catron Shaffer, who he married on June 17, 1982, son,...

A.G. Campbell

A.G. Campbell

Feb 10, 2002

A. G. Campbell, 77 years of Hillsboro, died Sunday, February 10, 2002 at his residence. He was born in Adams County on November 18, 1924 the son of the late Albert G. Campbell and Mary Ethyl Cummings Campbell Keller. He was retired from the Ohio Department of Transportation. He was a Navy Veteran serving in WWII. He is survived by...

Jason Black

Jason Black

Feb 10, 2002

Jason Black, 26 years of Hamilton, died Sunday, February 10, 2002 at his residence. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 27, 1975 the son of the late Clyde and Donna Dean Black, Jr. He is survived by his wife, Candy Black of Hamilton, who he married on July 31, 1998, daughters, Jill Links of Hamilton, Chelsea Black of...

Lewis H. Routt

Lewis H. Routt

Feb 9, 2002

Lewis H. Routt, 76 years of Peebles, died Saturday, February 09, 2002 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born April 23, 1925 at Franklin, Ohio, the son of the late Albert and Carie Tindell Routt. He was a retired Iron Worker and the Past President of the Moose Lodge in Fort Myers, Florida. He is survived by his...

Ruth Edwards Griffith

Ruth Edwards Griffith

Feb 8, 2002

Ruth Edwards Griffith, 90 years of Lynchburg, former Lake Whales resident died Friday, February 8, 2002 at her residence. She was born in Athens County< Ohio on March 13, 1911 the daughter of the late Hiram and Ella E. NashThompson. Beside her parents, Ruth was preceded in death by her 1st husband Mason R. Edwards on June 29, 197` and...

Nellie E. Hoop

Nellie E. Hoop

Feb 8, 2002

Nellie E. Hoop, 82 years of Seaman, died Friday, February 8, 2002 at the Eagle Creek Nursing Center in West Union. She was born at Adams County, Ohio on September 28, 1919 the daughter of the late Cyrus and Flossie Mae Winkle Tolle. She was a member of the Wheat Ridge Presbyterian Church. Beside her parents she was preceded in...

Louise Smalley

Louise Smalley

Feb 8, 2002

Louise Smalley, 87 years of Peebles, died Friday, February 8, 2002 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on December 17, 1914 the daughter of the late Frank and Grace Hoop Burgett. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Sanford Smalley, who passed away on January 26, 1998....

Opal I. Vance

Opal I. Vance

Feb 5, 2002

Opal I. Baker Vance, 71 years of Winchester, died Tuesday, February 5, 2002 at her Residence. She was born at Cranberry, W. VA on February 25, 1930 the daughter of James and Annie Wood Evans. She was a member of the Winchester Church of Christ in Christian Union and a self Employed Hairdresser. Beside her parents she was preceded in...

John B. Wilson

John B. Wilson

Feb 3, 2002

John B. Wilson, 44 years of Leesburg, died Sunday, February 3, 2002 at his residence. He was born at Virginia Beach, Virginia on November 29, 1957 the son of John N. and Mary C. Dublin Wilson John was a mechanic at Airborne at Wilmington. He is survived by father and mother John N. and Mary C. Wilson of Brentwood, Tennessee,...

Howard Thomas Wallingford

Howard Thomas Wallingford

Jan 31, 2002

Howard Thomas Wallingford, 78 years of Seaman, died Thursday, January 31, 2002 at the Veterans Hospital in Dayton. He was born in Fleming County, Kentucky on May 21, 1923 the son of the late Harrison and Lutie Mae Dickson Wallingford. He was an Army veteran of World War II, POW-MIA, and member of the DAV Post #31 of Adams County....

Bernice M. Skeen

Bernice M. Skeen

Jan 30, 2002

Bernice M. Skeen, 99 years of the Harriett Community, died Wednesday morning, January 30, 2002. She was born in Harriett, Ohio on September 12, 1902 the daughter of the late Jacob and Nan Creed Post. She was a member of the Harriett Missionary Church. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Harlan E. Skeen, who passed...

Mary Ruth Nichols

Mary Ruth Nichols

Jan 29, 2002

Mary Ruth Nichols, 71 years of the Cynthiana Community, died Tuesday, January 29, 2002 at her residence. She was born in Pike County, Ohio on May 18, 1930 the daughter of the late Clem and Nellie Stewart Allen. She was a member of the Byington Church of Christ in Christian Union. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by...

Dorothy Elizabeth Meranda Purdin

Dorothy Elizabeth Meranda Purdin

Jan 27, 2002

Dorothy Elizabeth Meranda Purdin, 87 years of Hillsboro, died Sunday, January 27, 2002 at the Crestwood Nursing Center in Hillsboro. She was born in Decatur, Ohio on August 3, 1914 the daughter of the late Samuel I. and Lelia Crabb Meranda, and was raised on a farm in Brown County, Ohio. She graduated from Decatur High School in Decatur, Ohio....