Obituaries

Theresa Hockaden

Theresa Hockaden

Mar 5, 2013

Theresa Hockaden, 91 years of Peebles, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Pleasant Hill Manor. She was born in Scioto County, Ohio on December 15, 1921 the daughter of the late Alva Sexton and Katherine Elizabeth Lansing Smith. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Hockaden who passed away in 1958, one brother; Herschel...

Laura Mae Yanke

Laura Mae Yanke

Mar 4, 2013

Laura Mae Yanke, 71 years of Seaman, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013 at Adams County Regional Medical Center. She was born in Maysville, Kentucky on January 8, 1942 the daughter of the late Hester and Freddie Moran Ritchey. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by one son; James Everman, one brother; Jerry Ritchey, and three sisters; Audrey...

Nicole Ann Barnes

Nicole Ann Barnes

Mar 3, 2013

Nicole Ann Barnes, 30 years of Piketon, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013. She was born at Columbus, OH on November 17, 1982 the daughter of John D. Barnes and Belinda Lowe Barnes both of Waverly. Beside her parents she is survived by one son, Blaze McJunkin;one step-father, David Nichols of Waverly, one brother, Joseph Nichols of Waverly, paternal grandmother,...

Selma Branham

Selma Branham

Mar 2, 2013

Selma Branham, 94 years of Peebles, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Adams County Manor. She was born in Hall, Kentucky on September 15, 1918 the daughter of the late John and Lizzie Hopkins Franklin. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, James Branham, who passed away on December 15, 1990, one son; Jim Branham,...

Clifford Lawson

Clifford Lawson

Feb 27, 2013

Clifford J. Lawson, 101, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at The Laurels of Hillsboro. He was born on November 18, 1911 in Sinking Spring, Ohio, the son of the late Manford and Austa McCoppin Lawson. Clifford was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth Fulton Lawson, his second wife, Margene Haines Lawson, sister and brother-in-law; Grace...

Hollie Rowland

Hollie Rowland

Feb 25, 2013

Hollie Rowland, 87 years of Peebles, passed away Monday, February 25, 2013 at Highland District Hospital. He was born in McKee, Kentucky on July 14, 1925 the son of the late John and Cora Nunn Rowland. Hollie was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife, Susan McIntosh Rowland of Peebles whom he married...

Leona M. Wylie

Leona M. Wylie

Feb 25, 2013

Leona M. Wylie, 96, formerly of Sinking Springs, Ohio died Monday February 25, 2013 at the Williams-Wilson House in Waverly following an extended illness. She was born on April 13, 1916 in Adams County, Ohio to the late Everett Lawrence and Icy Myrtle Bayes Trichler. She was united in marriage on September 16, 1935 to Paul Eugene Wylie who preceded...

Richard Austin

Richard Austin

Feb 22, 2013

Richard Austin, 53 years of passed away Friday, February 22, 2013 in Newberry, Florida. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on April 11, 1959 the son of the late James Austin. He is survived by his mother; Cora Ellen Bowman of Peebles and two brothers; Steve Austin and Greg Austin of Washington Court House. Graveside services will be held...

Dorothy E. Maggard

Dorothy E. Maggard

Feb 19, 2013

Dorothy E. Maggard, 93 years of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at the Heartland of Hillsboro. She was born in Rising Fawn, GA. on September 10, 1919 the daughter of the late B. and Lillie Russell Hedrick. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Maggard, one son Rev. John Maggard, two daughters, Virgie...

Katie Mary Morris

Katie Mary Morris

Feb 19, 2013

Kathleen Mary "Katie" Morris, 62 years of Hillsboro, died on Tuesday February 19, 2013 at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. She was born in Westboro, Massachusetts on October 15, 1950, the daughter of Everett and Jewell Simonelli Sheehan. She is survived by her husband, Randall Morris, three sons, Karl Eichholz of Worcester, Massachusetts, Randall Amy Morris of Toledo, Ohio,...

Raymond J. Swartz

Raymond J. Swartz

Feb 17, 2013

Raymond J. Swartz, 93 years of Hillsboro, died on Sunday February 17, 2013 at Georgetown Ohio Veterans Home. He was born in Highland County on June 19, 1919, he is the son of the late Warren and Hazel Mock Swartz. Besides his parents he is preceded by his 1st. wife Betty Jean Barker Swartz on May 13, 1995, 2nd wife...

Terry L. Spears

Terry L. Spears

Feb 16, 2013

Terry Leroy Spears, Jr., 42 of Bullard TX passed away Saturday, February 16, 2013 at the Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, TX. He was born on April 3, 1970 in Cincinnati, Oh the son of Terry L. and Roberta Williams Spears, Sr. of Tomball, TX. Terry was a member of the Grace Baptist Church in Tyler, TX. He was raised...

Charlotte Brown

Charlotte Brown

Feb 14, 2013

Charlotte Brown, 62 years of Winchester, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2013. She was born in Mason County, Kentucky on September 17, 1950 the daughter of the late Fred D. and Nancy Gladys Caudill Bradley. She is survived by her husband, Harold Brown of Winchester, one son; Richard Brown of Winchester, one daughter; Juanita Brown of Batavia, four brothers and...

Claudia Howard

Claudia Howard

Feb 14, 2013

Claudia Howard, 74 years of Peebles, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2013 at Adams County Manor. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 21, 1938 the daughter of the late Claude and Evelyn Harris Jones. She is survived by her husband, William Howard of Peebles whom she married on August 16, 1969, one son; John Howard of Peebles, one...

Julia E. Countryman

Julia E. Countryman

Feb 10, 2013

Julia E. Countryman, 57 years of Peebles, passed away Sunday, February 10, 2013 at the Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center. She was born at West Union, on May 25, 1955 the daughter of the late John and Gertrude Douglas Countryman. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by three brothers, John Lee Countryman, Neil Countryman, Kevin Countryman....

Mark A. Williamson

Mark A. Williamson

Feb 9, 2013

Mark A. Williamson, 44 years of Johnstown, OH died Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Mr. Carmel Hospital East Hospital in Columbus, OH. He was born at Newark, Ohio on April 27, 1968 the son of Jessie R. Williamson of Hillsboro and Freda Johnson Williamson of Newark, OH. Mark was a graduate of Souls Harbor Christian Academy and the University of...

V. Leroy Hammond

V. Leroy Hammond

Feb 4, 2013

V. Leroy Hammond, 95 years of Hillsboro, Danville Community passed away Monday February 4, 2013 at the Clinton Memorial Hospital. He was born in Highland County on August 19, 1917 the son of the late Walter Vernon and Grace Lucille McGrew Hammond. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Louise Rogers Hammond on January 30, 1996;...

William Davis

William Davis

Feb 1, 2013

William John Davis, 90 years of Hillsboro, died on Friday February 1, 2013 at Georgetown Ohio Veterans Home. He was born in Anaheim, California on August 17, 1922, the son of the late William G. Davis and Mary J. McNiece Davis. Besides his parents he is preceded by his first wife Mary Hancock Davis and his second wife Arline Schiller...

Goldie Parsons

Goldie Parsons

Feb 1, 2013

Goldie Parsons, 82 years of Peebles, passed away Friday, February 1, 2013 at Adams County Regional Medical Center. She was born in Amba, Kentucky on August 14, 1930 the daughter of the late William and Mary Frasure Hall. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar Bo Parsons, who passed away on December 21, 1977. She...

Mary Rolfe

Mary Rolfe

Jan 30, 2013

Mary Rolfe, 56 years of Peebles, passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Christ Hospital. She was born in Wilmington, Ohio on May 28, 1956 the daughter of the late John and Virginia Shields Perdue. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers; Richard and Donald Perdue and two sisters; Dorothy Sowards and Carlyon Frost. She is...