All Obituaries

Patty A. Parsons Kingery, 64, of McArthur, Ohio, passed away with her daughters by her side following her battle with cancer on Sunday evening, June 14, 2020, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. She was born in Oregon on November 13, 1955, to the late Otis and Martha Goheen Parsons. She was a 1974 graduate of Wellston High School and earned an Associate's Degree as a medical assistant from Hocking College. She retired from Adena Health System. She was an avid OSU Buckeyes...

Johnny Richard Rose, 75, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away at his home on Thursday, June 11, 2020. He was born in North Fork, Virginia, on November 11, 1944, to the late Roy and Ruth Walkitt Rose. He retired from Meigs 31 where he worked many years as a coal miner. He had also done construction work and been a police auxiliary deputy for Coalton. In his spare time, he enjoyed woodworkiing, fishing, watching the deer and birds, and taking care of his dog, Puggy, who was his fifth child. Besides...

Cora A. Kuhn Snider, 94, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away Saturday morning, May 16, 2020, at Four Winds Community, Jackson. She was born in Wellston on July 8, 1925, to the late Frank Ross Rowland and Mildred Jane Welch Rowland. She was a seamstress for many years at the Kuppenheimer pants factory in Wellston from where she retired. She then was employed as a cashier for the Penn Warehouse in Wellston until it closed. She was a member of the Baptist faith. Besides her parents, she was preceded...

Tanya D. Barnhouse, 59, of Jackson, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday morning, April 16, 2020, at Holzer Medical Center- Jackson ER. She was born in Pomeroy, Ohio, on November 25, 1960, to the late Francis and Clara Custer Lightfoot. She was a 1978 graduate of Meigs Local School District and began her career as a clerk at Dutton Drug Store in Middleport where she met her future husband, Roger. She studied Licensed Practical Nursing at Buckeye Hills Career Center from 1980 to 1981...

Carl David Stollings, 62, of Patriot, Ohio, passed away on Thursday morning, April 2, 2020, at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, WV. He was born at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis, Ohio, on December 17, 1957, to the late Carl Leon Stollings and Ludena Karena Ellis Stollings of Gallipolis, who survives.After graduating high school, Carl received a technical degree from Jackson Manpower. He found interest in operating heavy equipment in excavating, a job he kept until he became...

LuCinda "Cindy" McManaway, 74, was called home suddenly on March 31,2020, after battling a short illness. She was born on November 13, 1945, in Wellston, Ohio, to John and Esther McCartney. She was a 1963 graduate of Wellston High School and a 1966 graduate of Holzer's School of Nursing. Over the next 45 years, she worked in nursing in some form, but her heart was always in geriatric medicine. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents,...

James H. Hambrick, 92, of Columbus, Ohio, passed away Sunday morning, February 23, 2020, at Mount Carmel East in Columbus. He was born in La Gloria, Cuba, May 6, 1927, to the late John and Eva Smalley Hambrick. He was a 1946 graduate of Wellston High School and retired following 13 years employment with Barnebey Sutcliffe Corp. in Columbus. He was a member of Asbury South United Methodist Church. In his spare time he enjoyed listening to the Cincinnati Reds ball games and bluegrass music....

Marolyn Lou Rife, 73, of Wellston, Ohio, went home with her Lord, while surrounded by her family, on Monday morning, February 3, 2020, at her home. She was born in Rutland Township in Meigs County, Ohio, on November 10, 1946, to the late Garland and Ethel Jacks Sinclair. She was a busy homemaker, having raised six children. She loved to cook and work in her flower garden. She and her husband, Charles W. Rife, Sr., who survives, were married on May 20, 1967, and enjoyed camping in their motor...

Bruce A. Dixon, 57, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away on Friday morning, January 24, 2020, at his home on Glade Run Road and is now safe in the arms of Jesus. He was born in Wellston on November 17, 1962, to the late Charles Thurman Dixon and Hazel Emily Patton Dixon. He was a 1982 graduate of Wellston High School and was employed as a custodian at the Coalton and Wellston schools. His main enjoyment in his spare time was purchasing and working on old cars. He was a member of the Pleasant...

James Estill Gibson Jr., 59, of McArthur, Ohio, passed away surrounded by his family on Monday, September 30, 2019, at Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Jackson, Ohio, on January 26, 1960, to the late James Estill Gibson and Susie Bell Scarberry Gibson. He was employed as a brick maker for over 20 years at General Clay of Nelsonville until his retirement. In his spare time he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death...