Obituaries
Margie Mae Allen
Jul 9, 2025
Margie Mae Allen, 92, of Wellston,Ohio, passed away at her home on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. She was born in Wellston on August 10, 1932, to the late LeRoy McNeal and Gladys Fern Scott McNeal. She attended Wellston High School, married, and raised her three children. She was a member of the American Legion Post #371 Ladies Auxilliary, where she...
Gerald Hughes
Jul 6, 2025
Gerald Hughes, 64, of Wellston, Ohio, passed peacefully into the arms of the Lord on Sunday, July 6, 2025 at Edgewood Manor of Wellston. He was born March 7, 1961 in Portsmouth, Ohio, son of the late Edward Harwood Hughes and Loraine Maude Roberts Hughes. A proud 1979 graduate of Wheelersburg High School, Gerald was a devout Christian and a...
Margie E Hayburn
Jun 28, 2025
Margie E. Hayburn, age 90, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Saturday June 28, 2025, at Adena Medical Center- Chillicothe. She was born in Byer, Ohio on December 8, 1934 to the late Gerald L. Douglas and Helen M. Miller Douglas. She was a graduate of Wellston High School and married Ronald E. "Butch" Hayburn who passed...
Margaret Ann Shook
Jun 28, 2025
Margaret Ann Shook, 84 of Coalton, Ohio passed away peacefully at home on June 28, 2025.She was born April 16, 1941 in Jackson to the late Elza and Lucille Hayburn Collins. Margaret lived her early years in Petrea, Ohio and attended grade school at Mineral Heights School in Jackson. Later she lived her teen years on Webb Pierce Road in...
Donna Faye Rife
Jun 4, 2025
Such an inspirational story is the life of a little girl who was moved from foster home to foster home until someone there in Steubenville, Ohio encouraged her education and helped make it possible for her to attend college and finally receive a Bachelor's degree. She became a " People Person " during her life, working as a lead supervisor,...
John Comer
Mar 3, 2025
John Comer, age 70, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly at his home on March 3, 2025. He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, on August 8, 1954, to the late Garnet M. Comer. He was a 1972 graduate of Oak Hill High School and a U.S. Navy veteran . He was stationed in Guam in the Western Pacific during and...
Shirley Jenkins
Feb 14, 2025
Shirley Jenkins ,86, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away on Friday afternoon, February 14, 2025. She was born in Meigs County, Ohio, on February 20, 1938, to the late James Daye Canode and Vesta Mae Rife Canode. She was a graduate of Wilton High School. She retired from Goodyear Tire & Rubber following 30 years of employment. She enjoyed spending her...
Shirley Starkey
Feb 13, 2025
Shirley Starkey, 89, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away on Thursday morning, February 13, 2025, at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston. She was born in Wellston on August 7, 1935, to the late Winters "Winn" Kinsel and Rebecca Allen Kinsel. She was a 1953 graduate of Wellston High School where she was so proud to have been head majorette of the...
Charles A. Dixon
Dec 16, 2024
Charles A. Dixon, 73, went peacefully home with the Lord on Monday evening, December 16, 2024, at his residence in Washington Township near Wellston, Ohio. He had been in failing health. He was born in Jackson County, Ohio, on January 6, 1951 to the late Charles Thurman Dixon and Hazel Emily Patton Dixon. Following his graduation from Wellston High School,...
Wallace Eugene Kimball II
Nov 22, 2024
Wallace Eugene Kimball II, 49, of Ray, Ohio passed away Friday November 22, 2024 at his home. He had been in failing health. He was born in Columbus, Ohio on April 4, 1975, to Wallace Eugene Kimball Sr., who survives at home, and the late Connie Sue Butts. He remained a bachelor all his life and was employed as a...
Hurley Ed Rife
Nov 12, 2024
Hurley " Ed " Rife, 72, of Wellston, Ohio passed away on Tuesday evening, November 12, 2024, at Holzer Medical Center in Jackson while surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Meigs County, Ohio on September 1, 1952, to the late Hurley Wayne Rife and Mildred L. Cleland Rife.He was married on December 6, 2016, to Anna Marks...
Bill Brian Farney
Sep 18, 2024
Bill Brian Farney, 24, of Jackson, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. He was born in Gallipolis, Oho on July 19, 2000, to Bill Farney III ( Jessie ) of Oak Hill, Ohio, and Alishia Massie of Jackson, Ohio. He was a 2018 graduate of Oak Hill High School...
Wendell E. Chapman
Sep 5, 2024
Wendell E. Chapman, 99 of Wilkesville, Ohio, passed away on September 5, 2024 at Abbeyshire Nursing Center in Bidwell, Ohio. He was born August 2, 1925 in Wilkesville to the late Lawrence Chapman and Osee Butcher. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Joanne Reynolds Chapman, whom he married on July 3, 1961. Wendell was a WWII veteran,...
Pamela Ruth Spearry
Aug 28, 2024
Pamela Ruth Spearry, age 70 of Wellston, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at Holzer Medical Center- Jackson ER. She was born in Wellston on March 27, 1954, to the late Roy H. Gilliland Sr. and Marjorie A. Ward Gilliland. She was a 1972 graduate of Wellston High School and married her husband, Timothy R. Spearry, on...
James A. King
Jul 18, 2024
James A. King USN-RET, 81, of Wellston, Ohio, passed peacefully away on Thursday morning, July 18, 2024, at Edgewood Manor of Wellston. He was born July 3, 1943, in Hamilton, Montana, to the late Alvin E. King and Gladis Irene Ghosting. He grew up in a large German family with three brothers: Donnie King, Kenny Koenig, and Richard King, who...
Arnold Ray Rife
Jul 6, 2024
Arnold Ray Rife, 67, went home with his Lord to reunite with the love of his life, Rita, on Saturday morning, July 6, 2024, at his home near Wellston. He was born in Mason , West Virginia on March 25, 1957 to the late Hurley Wayne Rife and Mildred L. Cleland Rife. He attended Wellston High School and married his...
Euna M. Martindill
May 26, 2024
Euna M. Martindill,79, passed peacefully away in the arms of her family at her home in Wellston, Ohio, on Sunday, May 26,2024.She was born in Wellston on April 15,1945, to the late George Spires and Edna Marie Jarvis Keller. She was a 1963 graduate of Wellston High School and also of the Southeastern Business College. She was very active all...
Bert Luster Jr.
May 14, 2024
Bert Luster Jr., age 80 of Hamden, Ohio, went peacefully home with his Lord on Tuesday May 14, 2024, at CareCore at Westmoreland in Chillicothe, Ohio. He was born in Martin County, Kentucky on February 3, 1944, to the late Bert and Nellie Maynard Luster. He retired from his general construction work and spent his free time camping, motorcycling, flea...
Rhea Lou Gregory
Apr 22, 2024
Rhea Lou Gregory, age 88, of Guernsey, Wyoming, passed away on April 22, 2024, in Torrington, Wyoming.She was born in Vinton County, Ohio, on September 9, 1935, to the late Ross L. Graves and Opal Peck Graves.She is survived by two daughters, Pamela McClure and Vicky Flitton; two grandsons, Nicholas and Timothy; and several loving nieces and nephews.Besides her parents,...
Joey Marks
Apr 11, 2024
Joey Marks, 56, of Hamden, Ohio, passed away peacefully at OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday morning, April 11, 2024. He was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on October 17, 1967, and was a 1985 graduate of Woodrow Wilson Military School in Xenia, Ohio.He was married 33 years to his wife, Chrissy Auxier Marks, who survives, along with...
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