All Obituaries

Thomas " Tj" Bentley Jr., 90, of McArthur, Ohio, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at his home on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, after fighting a battle with colon cancer. He was born in Martin, Floyd Co., Kentucky, May 13, 1931, to the late Tom and Grace Bradley Bentley. He married Mary ( Caudill ) Bentley December 15, 1956. He served as a medic in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, mowing yards, horseback riding, sitting around the horse camp...

Dianna " Lynny " Carper Trace, 73, passed away peacefully and went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 9, 2021, at Edgewood Manor of Greenfield. She was born in Ray, Ohio, on July 10, 1948, and was a 1966 graduate of Wellston High School. She was a legal secretary in Columbus before starting her family. She enjoyed crocheting along with singing and piano, harp, harmonica, and guitar playing. Her greatest fulfillment was attending services at various local churches while...

James Allan Ring, age 49, passed away Friday morning, October 1, 2021, at Adena Medical Center in Chillicothe. He had been a resident since 1992 of Scioto Trails Group Home. He was born in Chillicothe on March 1, 1972, to the late Jerry John Ring and Mae Frances Payne Ring. He was baptized into the Catholic faith. He is survived by two brothers, Gerald John ( Julie ) Ring of Hixon, Tennessee, and Ralph ( Elaine ) Gueltig II of Rutland, Ohio; two sisters, Victoria Faulkner of Dayton, Ohio,...

Mike Dixon, 69, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday evening, September 19, 2021, at Holzer Medical Center- Jackson ER. He was born in Oak Hill, Ohio, July 3, 1952, to the late Charles T. Dixon and Hazel E. Patton Dixon. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and earned his GED. For 20 years, he was a big rig , cross country truck driver. In his spare time he enjoyed woodworking and making cabinets and TV stands. The restoration of his 1969 Chevy pickup was his current work in progress....

Shirley E. Allen, 81, passed away on Tuesday, August 10, 2021; at Oakwood Community Health Center, Jackson, Ohio. She was born on November 22, 1939, in Vinton County, Ohio, to the late Russell D. Mercer and Grace Hutt Mercer. She was a graduate of Allensville High School. She retired following 30 years as a supply buyer at the old Medical Center Hospital and the new Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Sonny Allen,on...

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,...