All Obituaries

Beverly Jean Boggs, 74, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Monday, July 12, 2021, at Holzer Medical Center Gallipolis. She was born August 6, 1946, in Hinton, West Virginia, to the late Paul Miller Humphries and Mary Evelyn Akers Humphries. She was a 1964 graduate of Jackson High School and a 1968 graduate of Marshall University. Prior to residing in Wellston, she was a resident of Portsmouth, Jackson, and Waverly. Having taught primarily Social Studies...

Wanda Kaye Wood, 79, of Huntington, West Virginia, and a former resident of Wellston, passed away on Saturday morning, May 8, 2021, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington. She was born on March 8, 1942, in Wooster, Ohio, to the late William and Mary Ferrel Darnell. She was a graduate of Piketon High School and a former assistant at the Wellston Senior Citizens.She was a homemaker and loved all animals including her two dogs, Belle and Luna. Besides her parents, she was...

Dennis Ward, of McArthur, Ohio, passed away peacefully and with no suffering on Tuesday morning, April 20, 2021, a day after his 70th birthday, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born April 19, 1951, in Wellston, Ohio, to the late Harry G. and Betty J. Vincell Ward. Growing up, he loved helping at the Wellston Drive In Feed Store that his grandpa, the late Archel Vincell, founded. He was a 1969 graduate of Wellston High School and a 1971 graduate of Hocking College where...

Verna Fulton, 95, of Wellston, Ohio, went peacefully with her Lord on Tuesday morning, March 30, 2021, at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston. She was born in Letcher County, Kentucky, on December 26, 1925, to the late Creed Flannery McFall and Maggie Jane Bentley McFall. She and her late husband, Frank, operated the Fulton's Grocery Store from 1959 until 1985 in Coalton, Ohio. Following Frank's death in 1988, Verna moved to Wellston where she enjoyed eating lunch and playing games at...

Ethan Lloyd Jayjohn, 26, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Thursday morning, March 4, 2021. He was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on January 7, 1995, to the late Leon Edward Jayjohn and the late Dreama Smathers. He was a 2013 graduate of Wellston High School where he was active in football and baseball. He was employed at KLB Construction of Wellston. In his spare time, he enjoyed turtle and deer hunting. He loved his family, spending as much time as he could with them,...

Janet L. Atwood Fitzpatrick, age 80, passed away Saturday evening, January 31, 2021, with her family at her side at the Ohio Health Hospice's Kobacker House in Columbus, Ohio. She was born on February 10, 1940, at Byer, Ohio, to the late Ernest and Pearl Betts Atwood. She was a 1958 graduate of Wellston High School. She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Wendell Fitzpatrick, her son, Dennis Durham, and her daughter-in-law, Lora Durham. She is survived by her children :...

Charlie Bowden, age 81, while surrounded by his family, went home with his Lord at his home in Hamden, Ohio, on Tuesday afternoon, January 19, 2021. He was born at Radcliff, Ohio, on January 26, 1939. His father was the late Orville Milton Bowden, and his step-mother was the late Rosezella Mae Hughes Bowden. They both passed away in 2002. Charlie was a 1957 graduate of Hamden High School and a U. S. Navy veteran. He was married to his surviving wife, Judy Kazee Bowden, for 53 years. He...

Larry Walter Brisker, 77, of Coalton, Ohio, went home peacefully with his Lord on Thursday, December 31, 2020, at his residence. He was born in Oak Hill, Ohio, on January 26, 1943, to the late Elmer Harold Brisker and Ida Belle Waulke Brisker. He was a 1961 graduate of Coalton High School and a member of the Wellston Freewill Baptist Church.He was most recently employed as a county trustee for Coal Township. Larry always kidded that he was a Jack of all trades and a master of none. But he...

Robert R. Simmons, 83, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 29, 2020, at Hamden Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born in Hamden, Ohio, December 6, 1937, to the late Raymond R. Simmons and Marquerite Frakes Simmons. He was a 1956 graduate of Wellston High School and a U.S. Army veteran. He retired following 34 years employment with AEP as a meter reader/ collector. He was a member of Black Diamond Lodge #538, the Shilo Shrine Club, and the Aladdin Temple. After...

Samuel T. French, Jr., 77, of the Berlin Community, Jackson, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at the Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born in Wellston, Ohio, December 31, 1942, to the late Samuel T. French , Sr., and Letha Faught French. He was a master carpenter by trade, having worked in the installation industry. He continued to enjoy woodworking as a hobby in his spare time. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Ann Clark...