All Obituaries

Dotty Haynes Hambrick, 89, of Columbus, Ohio, passed away peacefully, while surrounded by her family, on Monday, September 19, 2022, at Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus. She was born in Glenroy, Ohio on February 4, 1933, daughter of the late Clifford Haynes and Hazel Shook Haynes. She was a 1951 graduate of Wellston High School and a graduate of Bliss College in Columbus. She was employed for several years as secretary for the Gem Bottling Company in Wellston. She was a homemaker in...

Martha K. Taborn Wilt, 83, of Richwood, Ohio, passed away Thursday evening, September 8, 2022, at Urbana Health and Rehab Center in Urbana, Ohio. She was born in Flint, Michigan on May 17, 1939, to the late Theodore Taborn and Audrey Newman Taborn. In her younger years she attended Hamden High School and the Hamden United Methodist Church. She was a former factory worker at Westinghouse Electric Corp. of Bellefontaine, Silco, and Bulldog & ITE, makers of pushmatic circuit breakers. She...

You may have seen this lovely lady sitting on her front porch at her well manicured home in Wellston, Ohio, or dining out with her friends, or attending a softball game at Rio Grande University, or at a football game in the Horseshoe at Ohio State, or at her great grandchildren's school events, or sitting in the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church of Wellston where she was an active Elder up until March of this year. How we will remember her best times, her laughter, her song,...

Allen L. Graves, 74, of Powell, Ohio, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2022, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, April 13, 1948, to the late Roy C. Graves and Eleanor Bell Graves. He was a graduate of Dublin High School in 1967. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served his country from 1968 through 1970. He was most recently employed as a sales clerk for Lowes Home Improvement in Dublin, Ohio. In his spare time, he enjoyed fishing and hunting....

Donna K. O'Leary Gray, a proud member of the O'Leary family and a very proud mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed peacefully away at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston, Ohio, on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at the age of 74, surrounded by her family and caregivers. She was born in Wellston on January 22, 1948, to the late Charles O'Leary and Dorothea "Dot" Allberry O'Leary. She was a 1966 graduate of Wellston High School and a member of Sts. Peter & Paul...

" I'm fine, thank you. How are you ? " The famous greeting always made to all by Lena M. Robinson, 87, of Wellston, Ohio, who passed away on Monday, June 6, 2022, at Holzer Medical Center- Jackson ER. She was born in Jackson County, Ohio, March 25, 1935, to the late John R. Williams and Frances McPheters Williams. She was a graduate of Wellston High School and took an interest in roller skating with her boyfriend, Tony Robinson, later to be her husband. They were famous for...

Natalia Edwards Burton, 102, passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening, May 4, 2022, at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston, Ohio.She was born in Wellston on April 15, 1920, to the late Evie Edwards and Callie Rhodes Edwards. She was a lifelong Wellston resident, well-known and respected. She was a 1938 graduate of Wellston High School and like most young people in her generation, had two big influences in her life - the radio and the movies. She was employed at the E.E. Chambers Store in...

Kathleen Vicars, 62, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away on Friday, April 15, 2022 at Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on February 15, 1960, to the late William J. Vicars and Frances Louise Skeens Vicars. She was a 1978 graduate of Wellston High School and received an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing - RN degree from Hocking College. She was employed as a RN at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center for several years. She enjoyed her...

Terry Lee " Turk " Stewart, 71, of Dundas, Ohio, passed away peacefully January 25, 2022, at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Vinton County, Ohio, on June 4, 1950, to the late Charles W. Stewart and Florence M. Nickel Stewart. He was a retired correctional officer for the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. He enjoyed boating, fishing, mechanical tinkering, and his dogs. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by the love of his life, Grace "...

Christopher " Chris " G. Scarberry, 64, went peacefully home with his Lord at his home in McArthur, Ohio on Thursday, January 20, 2022. He was born in Columbus, Ohio on September 5, 1957, and attended Vinton County schools. He was a big rig truck driver for several years for various trucking companies. In his spare time he was an avid fisherman and enjoyed camping. He loved to watch murder mystery movies. He was preceded in death by his mother, Susie Bell Scarberry Gibson; his...