Obituaries
Lynda Swick
Dec 12, 2018
Lynda S. Swick, 74, of Portsmouth, died Wednesday, December 12, 2018, at Riverside Hospital in Columbus. Born on July 9, 1944 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Donald and Elizabeth Smith Jennings and was a homemaker.
Also preceding her in death were a daughter, Kristi Jennings, and a brother, Rick Jennings.
Surviving...
Linda Alley
Dec 11, 2018
Linda Alley, 69, of Portsmouth, passed away December 11, 2018 at SOMC. She was born on March 15, 1949 to the late Vernon and Mildred Stiltner.
She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Chuck Brown and Jessie Alley; a daughter Kimmy Johnson; a granddaughter, Jackie Ruby; four brothers and three sisters.
Surviving are...
Walter Estep
Dec 9, 2018
Walter Estep, 63, of Portsmouth, died December 9th. Arrangements were under the directions of the BRANT FUNERAL SERVICE.
Wilma Rishty
Dec 8, 2018
Wilma J. Rishty, 88, of Portsmouth, died Saturday, December 8, 2018, in the SOMC Hospice Center with her family by her bedside. Born on February 5, 1930 in Columbus, she was a daughter of the late Leonard and Lottie Perigo Ramey.
Wilma was a member of Cornerstone United Methodist Church and enjoyed bowling and reading.
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Carl McKinney
Dec 8, 2018
Carl E. McKinney, 72, of Sciotoville, died Saturday, December 8, 2018, at his home. Born on January 15, 1946 in Prichard, WV, he was a son of the late William and Edna McGuire McKinney and was a retired saw operator for casting steel at Quality Castings with 20 years of service.
Also preceding him in death were...
Rusty Coyle
Dec 6, 2018
Russell “Rusty” Coyle, 55, of Eden Park, died suddenly Thursday, December 6, 2018, at his residence. Born on January 5, 1963 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the James Coyle and the late Sarah McGraw Coyle.
Rusty was a graduate of East High School, cabinet maker at the former Mills Pride, and was an avid fisherman...
Keith McDowell
Dec 6, 2018
Keith Albert McDowell, 46, of Jackson, died Thursday, December 6th. Arrangements are under the direction of the BRANT FUNERAL HOME IN SCIOTOVILLE.
Ronnie Smoot
Nov 30, 2018
Ronnie Lee Smoot, 61, of Portsmouth, died Friday, November 30, 2018, at Heartland of Portsmouth. Born on April 9, 1957 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late John William Smoot and Jean Sylvia Kelly Smoot.
Ronnie was a 1975 graduate of Clay High School and an accomplished carpenter.
Surviving are a son, Ronnie...
Ruth Hershfield
Nov 28, 2018
Ruth E. Hershfield, 84, of Portsmouth, died peacefully on Wednesday at the Southern Ohio Medical Center ICU with her family by her bedside. She fought a courageous battle for the past 8 months. Born on May 24, 1934 in Seaman, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mildred Wolfe Theiss and was a retired data processing supervisor...
Phillip Kinker
Nov 3, 2018
Phillip E. Kinker, 61, of Wheelersburg, died peacefully at home on Saturday, November 3, 2018 in Wheelersburg. Born on February 19, 1957 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late Waldo and Frankie Bradshaw Kinker and was a self-employed auto body mechanic.
He was a member of Cedar Street Church of Christ in Christian Union in...
James Vallance
Oct 29, 2018
James Arthur Vallance, 89
We bid our beloved father farewell on Monday morning, October 29, 2018, in our home, where he passed over Jordan’s stormy banks into God’s tender mercy and into his deceased wife and daughter’s arms.
James Arthur Vallance was born on July 15, 1929 to the late James and Mable Grose Vallance...
Ray Vestal, Sr.
Oct 17, 2018
Ray Lee Vestal, Sr., 71, of Franklin Furnace, died Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at King’s Daughters Medical Center. Born on September 28, 1947 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late Roy and Ellajean Riley Vestal, and was a retired laborer from OSCO.
Also preceding him in death were his wife, Shirley Springs Vestal, his son,...
Chuck Thieken
Oct 10, 2018
John Charles Thieken, 68, of Loris, SC, formerly of Portsmouth, died Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at Embrace Hospice House in Myrtle Beach, SC. Born on October 24, 1949 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late Paul and June Nagel Thieken and was of the catholic faith.
Chuck was a graduate of Portsmouth High School and...
Ronald Gregory
Oct 3, 2018
Ronald L. Gregory, 77, of Sciotoville, died Wednesday, October 3, 2018, in the Southern Ohio Medical Center emergency room. Born on February 10, 1941 in Sciotoville, he was a son of the late Carl Gregory, Sr. and Vada Dillon Gregory and was a retired conductor for the Norfolk and Southern Railroad with 43 years’ service.
Ron attended...
James Schaeffer
Oct 3, 2018
James W. Schaeffer, 75, of Beavercreek, died Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at Ohio Hospice of Dayton. Born on April 29, 1943 in South Webster, he was a son of the late James Odas Schaeffer and Geraldine Howard Schaeffer.
Jim was a retired middle school teacher in Centerville, where he coached football. His pastime was racing sled dogs...
Nettie McClain
Sep 28, 2018
Nettie Marie (Cooper) McClain, 93, of Lexington, KY, left her loving family on Friday, September 28, 2018. She was born on February 22, 1925 in Portsmouth to the late Letha Marie McGlone and Lester Benson Cooper. Nettie was preceded in death by her husband, Howard, a sister, Emma Jean Howland and a grandson, Robby Burns III.
A...
William Kelley, Sr.
Sep 22, 2018
William A. Kelley, Sr., 84, of Minford, Ohio, passed away at his home surrounded by his family on Saturday, September 22, 2018. Born on February 20, 1934 in Peniel, WV to the late Olie and Chessie Fields Kelley, where he learned the value of a hard day’s work.
On June 24, 1957, he married the love of...
David Friend
Sep 8, 2018
David C. Friend, 57, of Portsmouth, died Saturday, September 8th. Arrangements are under the direction of the Brant Funeral Home in Sciotoville.
Nancy Meadows
Sep 7, 2018
Nancy Lou Meadows, 82, of Portsmouth, died Friday, September 7, 2018, with her family by her bedside. Born on May 5, 1936 in West Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late William and Dorothea Smith Royal and was a homemaker.
Nancy attended West High School.
Also preceding her death were her husband, Frederick Joseph...
