Obituaries

Apr 13, 2018

Ruth E. Claar, 91, passed away very peacefully, while surrounded by her family, at her home in Hamden, Ohio, on Friday, April 13, 2018. She was born in Hamden on August 19, 1926, to the late Charles A. Moore and Anna B. Waldren Moore. She was a graduate of Hamden High School and retired in 1989, following almost 40...

Mar 25, 2018

Steve Thomas, age 64, of Hamden, Ohio, passed away peacefully, while surrounded by his family, on Sunday, March 25, 2018, at his home. He was born at Travis Air Force Base near Fairfield, California, on June 15, 1953, to the late Donald and Beverley Thistlewood Thomas. He was a 1970 graduate of Augsburg High School in Germany and earned...

Mar 6, 2018

Raymond "Jim" Doles, 82, went home with his Lord on Tuesday morning, March 6, 2018, at his residence in Wellston. He was born at Ray, Ohio, May 19, 1935, to the late Ernie Vance Doles and Sylvia G. Brooks Doles. He was a 1953 graduate of Allensville High School and active in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1959,...

Feb 23, 2018

Ruth Irene May Davis, 94, of Richmond, Virginia, and formerly of Wellston, Ohio, died peacefully at the Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center in Richmond on Friday morning, February 23, 2018. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 20, 1923, to the late Bryan and Emma Loper May. She was a 1941 graduate of Wellston High School and...

Feb 7, 2018

Johnnie " John" Adkins, Jr., 90, of Jackson, Ohio, passed away Wednesday evening, February 7, 2018, at Four Winds Community. He was born in Wayne County, West Virginia, January 27, 1928, to the late Johnnie Adkins, Sr. and Nellie Napier Adkins. He was a 1947 graduate of Wayne County High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in...

Jan 4, 2018

Bonnie Mae Ewing, 73, of Wellston, Ohio, went home with her Lord on Thursday evening, January 4, 2018, at Edgewood Manor of Wellston. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, on February 4, 1944, to the late James L. Ewing, Sr. and Doldie Hughes Ewing. She was a homemaker and enjoyed word search puzzles, jig saw puzzles, coloring, and making...

Nov 29, 2017

Mitchell Baker, 77, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away peacefully, while surrounded by his family, on Wednesday evening, November 29, 2017, at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston. He was born in Waco, Kentucky, on June 24, 1940, to the late Dewey and Nannie B. Cain Baker. He was a 1958 graduate of Madison Central High School and received a B.S....

Nov 17, 2017

Michael D. McCutcheon, 63, of Jackson, Ohio, surrounded by his family, passed away on Friday evening, November 17, 2017, at Four Winds Community. He was born in Charleston, West Virginia, December 14, 1953, to the late Earl McCutcheon and Ruth Walcutt King. He was a 1971 graduate of Wellston High School and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force....

Oct 29, 2017

Mark W. Long, 70, of Jackson, Ohio, surrounded by his family, passed away on Sunday evening, October 29, 2017, at Four Winds Community. He was born on April 19, 1947, in Wellston, Ohio, to the late William Long, Jr. and Jeanne Bentine Long Foglesong. He was a 1965 graduate of Wellston High School and was a music enthusiast for...

Oct 4, 2017

Charles C. Marquis, 84, passed away peacefully at his home in Wellston on October 4, 2017. He was born in Jackson, Ohio, on November 5, 1932, son of the late Charles Z. Marquis and Barnetta Clark Marquis. He was employed as a construction worker, having helped build the Atomic Plant in the early 1950's. He later was a coal...

Sep 23, 2017

Bill Starkey, 86, passed away peacefully at his home in Wellston on Saturday, September 23, 2017. He was born in Wellston on May 11, 1931, to the late Homer and Marie Waugh Starkey. He was a 1949 graduate of Wellston High School and married Shirley Kinsel Starkey, his wife for 62 years. They had two children, Billy ( Lynn)...

Aug 28, 2017

Sharon L. Rice Caudill, 77, of Hamden, Ohio, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday morning, August 28, 2017, surrounded by her family. She was born in Petrea, Ohio, September 26, 1939, to the late Charles F. Rice, Sr. and Helen Loudermilk Rice. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lakeview Baptist Chapel in  Hamden. She...

Jul 11, 2017

Wayne Edward Kuhn, 66, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Four Winds Nursing Facility. He was born in Marietta, Ohio, on August 2, 1950, to the late

Charles William Kuhn, Sr. and Davillia Vandean Johnson Kuhn. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Vickie Bapst Kuhn, in 1989,...

Jun 8, 2017

Paul J. Leach, Jr., 85, of Lancaster, Ohio, passed away on June 8, 2017, at his home. He was born in Wellston, Ohio, June 8, 1932, son of the late James Paul Leach and Pearlean E. Leach. He was a graduate of Junction City High School and a Staff Sgt. in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict....

Jun 4, 2017

Vivian M. Gillem, 90, of Wellston, went home with her Lord while surrounded by her family, on Sunday afternoon, June 4, 2017, at Jenkins Care Community. She was born on November 18, 1926, at Cove, Ohio, to the late Wilford and Hazel Crabtree Allen. She was a nurse's aid at long term care facilities and private homes in the...

Jun 1, 2017

Bonnie J. Fitzpatrick Huston, 75, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her family's historic home near Wilkesville, Ohio, on June 1, 2017. She was born in Radcliff, Ohio, May 15, 1942, to the late Thomas W. and Opal Graves Fitzpatrick. She was a 1960 graduate of Wilkesville High School where she was a majorette with the band. She...

Mar 17, 2017

Susan P. Sheets, 70, formerly of Jackson, Ohio, went home to be with her Lord and savior on Friday morning, March 17, 2017., at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston. She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, October 30, 1946, to the late Charles G. Sheets Jr. and the late Carrie L. Sheets Gettles. She attended J-Vac Industries in Wellston. She...

Mar 12, 2017

Dorothy L. Remy, 71, of McArthur, Ohio, surrounded by her family, went home with her Lord on Sunday evening, March 12, 2017, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was born in Ray, Ohio, August 4, 1945, to the late Clifford and Oma Long Ray. She was a 1963 graduate of Allensville High School and retired from...

Feb 27, 2017

SSGT Brice Edward Henry, Sr., 78, went home with his Lord while surrounded by his family Monday evening, February 27, 2017, at his home in Wellston, He was born in Wellston, Ohio, August 27, 1938, to the late Charles Willard Henry, Sr. and Florence Rozetta Deal Henry. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force during the Viet...

Feb 26, 2017

Bessie " Connie" Partlow, 81, passed away peacefully at her home in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday evening, February 26, 2017. She was born in Washington Township, Jackson County, Ohio, January 25, 1936, to the late Orville M. Bowden and the late Wilma J. Johnson. She was a 1955 graduate of Hamden High School, a homemaker who enjoyed cooking, and an...