Obituaries

Barbara Tilley

Barbara Tilley

Dec 5, 2021

Barbara Jean Tilley of Wellston, Ohio, went peacefully home with her Lord at her home, while surrounded by her family, on Sunday, December 5, 2021. She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on December 7, 1951, to the late Herman and Thelma Mae " Katie " Watson Rossiter. Barbara would have turned 70 on Tuesday. She was a 1970 graduate...

Amy Wyant

Amy Wyant

Nov 17, 2021

Amy Dixon-Wyant, 46, of Wellston, Ohio, while surrounded by her family, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, March 8, 1975, to the late Michael C. Dixon and Peggy S. Leach Dixon. She was a 1993 graduate of Wellston High School and a 2014 graduate...

Catherine Bowles

Catherine Bowles

Oct 27, 2021

Catherine F. Bowles, 85, of Wilkesville, Ohio, while surrounded by her family, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at Holzer Medical Center- Gallipolis. She was born December 30, 1935, in Townsend, Tennessee, and graduated in 1955 from Powhatan High School in Powhatan, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sidney Marvin Bowles, in 2017, and...

Thomas Bentley

Thomas Bentley

Oct 6, 2021

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,...

James Ring

James Ring

Oct 1, 2021

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...

Mike Dixon

Mike Dixon

Sep 19, 2021

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...

Dianna Trace

Dianna Trace

Sep 9, 2021

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...

Shirley Allen

Shirley Allen

Aug 10, 2021

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...

Beverly Boggs

Beverly Boggs

Jul 12, 2021

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...

Wanda Wood

Wanda Wood

May 8, 2021

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...

Dennis Ward

Dennis Ward

Apr 20, 2021

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...

Verna Fulton

Verna Fulton

Mar 30, 2021

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...

Ethan Jayjohn

Ethan Jayjohn

Mar 4, 2021

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...

Janet Fitzpatrick

Janet Fitzpatrick

Jan 30, 2021

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...

Charlie Bowden

Charlie Bowden

Jan 19, 2021

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...

Larry Brisker

Larry Brisker

Dec 31, 2020

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...

Robert Simmons

Robert Simmons

Dec 29, 2020

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...

Samuel French, Jr.

Samuel French, Jr.

Dec 20, 2020

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...

Mary Montgomery - Myers

Mary Montgomery - Myers

Nov 18, 2020

Mary Lou Montgomery Myers, 89, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Wellston on Wednesday morning, November 18, 2020. She was born in Wellston on February 10, 1931, to the late Carl R. Gettles and Eula M. Fisher Gettles. She was a 1949 graduate of Wellston High School and in the 1960's, she owned and operated the Magic Mirror...

Maxine Spearry

Maxine Spearry

Oct 1, 2020

Maxine Ruth ( Day ) Spearry, 95, formerly of Coalton, Ohio, went to be with our Lord on Thursday morning, October 1, 2020, in Hamilton, Ohio. She was born to the late Homer and O'Leana James Day on November 1, 1924, in Wellston, Ohio. She married the love of her life, WWII veteran Franklin " Duke" Spearry on December...

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