Obituaries

Marjorie Carey Pavey-Byrd

Marjorie Carey Pavey-Byrd

Jun 13, 2013

Marjorie Carey Pavey Byrd, 91 years of Hillsboro, died Thursday June 13, 2013 at Highland District Hospital. She was born in Wilmington on March 8, 1922, the daughter of the late Dallas J. and Beulah McElwee Carey. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, Richard A. Pavey, her second husband, James L. Byrd; two brothers,...

Ann Eleanor Mckenzie

Ann Eleanor Mckenzie

Jun 12, 2013

Ann Eleanor McKenzie, 68 years, died Wednesday June 12, 2013 at Mt. Pleasant Nursing Center in Monroe, Ohio following complications from a stroke on December 13, 2012. Ann was the 3rd of 4 daughters born to J. Harold and Genevieve Haigh McKenzie on June 17, 1944. Following graduation from Belfast High School, Ann stayed home to work on the farm...

Michael Wallace

Michael Wallace

Jun 11, 2013

Michael Wallace, 47 years of Piketon, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at Adena Pike Medical Center. He was born in Wayne County, West Virginia on May 26, 1966 the son of the late Frank and Betty Pelfrey Wallace. He is survived by his wife whom he married on February 14, 2006, Marie Walters Wallace of Piketon, five sons; Justin...

Billy R. White

Billy R. White

Jun 10, 2013

Billy R. White, 88 years of the Jacktown Community, passed away Monday, June 10, 2013 at SOMC Hospice Center. He was born in Hillsboro, Ohio on January 6, 1925 the son of the late John and Nancy Tewart White. Billy attended Jacksonville Community Church. He was also a U.S. Marine Veteran of World War II, a member of the Peebles...

Paul E. Greene

Paul E. Greene

Jun 7, 2013

Paul E. Greene, 63 years of Hillsboro, died on Friday June 7, 2013 at Miami Valley Hospital. He was born in Hillsboro on January 9, 1950, the son of the late Cecil and Mary Tong Greene. Besides his parents he was also preceded in death by his brother Melvin Greene. He is survived by his wife Candy Greene of Hillsboro,...

Leota E. Quickle

Leota E. Quickle

Jun 6, 2013

Leota Quickle, 81, of North Union, passed away Thursday, June 6, 2013 at the home of her son. She was born February 14, 1932 in Elmville, the daughter of the late Leo and Velma Lewis Edingfield. On September 16, 1950, she was united in marriage to Roger Quickle, who preceded her in death on October 14, 2001. Besides her parents...

Robert Mitch Mitchell

Robert Mitch Mitchell

Jun 5, 2013

Robert Mitch Mitchell, 65 years of Peebles, passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at Pike Community Hospital. He was born in Peebles, Ohio on December 22, 1947. He was preceded in death by his father, James Mitchell. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Vietnam Era, a member of the N.R.A., and Ohio Gun Collectors Association. He is survived...

Roy L. Mckinney

Roy L. Mckinney

Jun 3, 2013

Roy L. McKinney, 67 years of Hillsboro, died Monday June 3, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Dayton, Ohio on July 19, 1945. He was the son of the late Francis McKinney, Ruth and Ashley "Red" Justice. Besides his parents he is also preceded in death by his brother John Justice and sister Connie Justice. Roy was a...

June Ola Woods

June Ola Woods

May 29, 2013

June Ola Woods, 78 years of Seaman, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at her residence. She was born in Dayton, Ohio on June 13, 1934 the daughter of the late Seldon and Georgia Black Coomer. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Grover Woods, who passed away in 2003. June attended Calvary Church of God...

Kyle T. Green

Kyle T. Green

May 29, 2013

Kyle T. Green, 29 years of Hillsboro, died on Wednesday May 29, 2013 at Highland District Hospital. He was born in Hillsboro on February 14, 1984, the son of Thomas A. Green and Deidre Burton Slater. Kyle was preceded in death by his daughter Kylah Maree Green and grandfather Ron Green. He is survived by his mother and step-father Deidre...

Mary Hiestand

Mary Hiestand

May 24, 2013

Mary Custer Hiestand, 97, died at her Hillsboro home on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Mary Roselyn Custer was born in Jeffersonville, Ohio in 1916, the third of six children born to Paris and Della Mae Straley Custer. She was a graduate of Jeffersonville High School and Wilmington College. In 1938, Mary married Joseph F. Hiestand, establishing their residence on the...

Norma Fields

Norma Fields

May 20, 2013

A much-loved wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, Norma Jean Fields, 69 of Peebles, Ohio, passed away peacefully at Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center in Seaman, Ohio May 20, 2013 with her family present. She had bravely confronted cancer. She was born December 14, 1943 in Pike County, Ohio. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Earl...

Willis Howard

Willis Howard

May 19, 2013

Willis Howard, 78 years of Hillsboro, died on Sunday May 19, 2013 at Georgetown Ohio Veterans Home. He was born in Chavies Kentucky on December 28, 1934, the son of the late William and Ellen Napier Howard. Besides his parents he was also preceded in death by three sisters Ruth Cooke, Shelby Johnson, and Pauline Warrens. Willis served in the...

Ruth Ann Durham

Ruth Ann Durham

May 19, 2013

Ruth Ann Durham, 62 of Hillsboro, Ohio died Sunday, May 19th, She was born May 17th 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ruth is survived by her daughter Jennifer Durham of New Orleans, Louisiana: her son Michael Durham of Stedman, North Carolina; her brother David Lakeman of Cincinnati, Ohio; her sister Nancy House of Cincinnati, Ohio; her brother John Lakeman of Milford,...

Elmer Ray Fields

Elmer Ray Fields

May 18, 2013

Elmer Ray Fields, 74 years of Hillsboro, died on Saturday May 18, 2013 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born in Phelps, Kentucky on November 7, 1938, the son of the late Abe and Alpha Wolford Fields. Besides his parents he is preceded in death by four brothers, Bobby, Freddie, Jimmy and Alex Fields, five sisters, Gracie Bentley, Molly...

Eric W. Greer

Eric W. Greer

May 17, 2013

Eric W. Greer, 46 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, May 17, 2013 at the Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center. He was born at Jefferson City, Missouri on February 1, 1967 the son of the late Kenneth Greer and Doris Dille of Chamois, Missouri. Beside his father he was preceded in death by one great nephew. He was a...

William Howell

William Howell

May 14, 2013

William Howell, 80 years of Maysville, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Eagle Creek Nursing Center. He was born in Maysville, Kentucky on July 16, 1932 the son of the late William and Fannie Irvin Howell. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by one nephew; Johnny Howell. He is survived by three nieces and nephews; Martha and...

John Sarbell

John Sarbell

May 13, 2013

John Sarbell, 50 years of Peebles, passed away Monday, May 13, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 19, 1962. John was a member of the Amateur Trap Shooters Association. He is survived by his father and step mother; Joe and Diane Sarbell of Winchester, mother; Carol Lewis of Peebles, one daughter; Skye Sarbell of...

Janet Arlene Taylor

Janet Arlene Taylor

May 11, 2013

Janet A. Taylor, 60 years of Sardinia, died Saturday, May 11, 2013 at her residence. She was born on October 1, 1952 in Monticello, KY., the daughter of Denver Taylor of Sardinia and the late Vela Ball Taylor. Beside her father, she is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, James and Candy Cole of Sardinia, Jason and Amy Cole of...

Elizabeth Joanna Wallace

Elizabeth Joanna Wallace

May 10, 2013

Elizabeth Joanna Wallace, 78 years of Winchester, passed away Friday, May 10, 2013 at the Highland District Hospital. She was born in Greenfield, Ohio on April 1, 1935 the daughter of the late Hubert and Lora Belle Roush Bussey. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Harold L. Wallace on August 4, 2009, one brother and...