Obituaries
Lowell Atkins
Sep 23, 2014
Lowell Thomas Atkins, 79, of Minford, died Tuesday, September 23, 2014, at Hill View Health Care. Born on October 3, 1934 in New Boston, he was a son of the late John and Mary Goodwin Atkins, was a retired yard master for the Norfolk and Western Railroad and an Air Force veteran of the Korean...
Carolyn Walker
Sep 19, 2014
Carolyn Sue Walker, 60, of Sciotoville, passed away Friday, September 19, 2014, at her home, surrounded by family and friends. Born on October 19, 1953 in New Boston, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Flora Perry Harr. Carolyn was a school teacher at New Boston, Portsmouth and Minford, where she retired in...
Rick Harlow
Sep 18, 2014
Rick Edward Harlow, 59, of Sciotoville, died Thursday, September 19, 2014, at his home. Born on January 18, 1955 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the Emmitt D. and Phyllis Zempter Harlow and a former deputy sheriff. Rick was pastor of the former Sciotoville Church of Christ and Lilly Chapel. He was the CEO of the...
Nancy Cooper
Sep 14, 2014
Nancy Cooper, 50, of Sciotoville, died Sunday at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of the Brant Funeral Home in Sciotoville.
Paul Burchett
Sep 13, 2014
Paul E. Burchett, 64, of New Boston, died Saturday, September 13, 2014, at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on October 19, 1949 in Vanceburg, KY, he was a son of the late Albert and Bernice Spillman Burchett and was a self-employed mechanic.
Also preceding him in death were his...
Sandra Lodwick
Sep 13, 2014
Sandra J. Lodwick, 51, of Sciotoville, died Saturday, September 13, 2014, at her home. Born on July 28, 1963 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of James and Geneva Reed Carver and was a homemaker.
Preceding her in death were her mother, Geneva Carver, and a son, Aaron Lodwick....
Margaret Barb
Sep 10, 2014
Margaret Boggs Barb, 60, of New Boston, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born on August 19, 1954 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Hughie and Loraine Boggs and attended Camp Bennett Christian Baptist Church.
Also preceding her in death was...
Emma Jean Adkins
Sep 7, 2014
Emma Jean Adkins, 77, of Portsmouth, died Sunday afternoon, September 7, 2014, at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on August 18, 1937, she was a daughter of the late John and Creasy Snyder Martin and a former phlebotomist at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Emma was a member of Bonser Run Christian Baptist Church, and...
Robert Bussler
Sep 2, 2014
Robert F. Bussler, 68, of Sciotoville, died Tuesday, September 02, 2014, at his home. Born on August 1, 1946 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late Frank Bussler and Marie Bussler Flake and a retired chemical operator for Sunoco. Bob was an Air Force veteran of the Viet Nam War and a 1965...
Donald Sowards
Sep 1, 2014
Donald R. Sowards, 66, of Friendship, died Monday, September 1, 2014, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born on November 17, 1947 in Friendship, he was a son of the late Adolph and Ruth Ratcliff Sowards and retired from the maintenance department for Norfolk and Southern Railroad with 33 years of service.
Lillie Williams
Aug 29, 2014
Lillie Mae Williams, 88, of Sciotodale, passed away after a brief illness on Friday, August 29, 2014, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born on March 25, 1926 in Salyersville, KY, she was a daughter of the late Boyd and Pearl Margaret Pace Bailey.
Lillie was employed as a...
John Paulin
Aug 27, 2014
John R. Paulin, 87, of Sciotoville, died Wednesday, August 27, 2014, at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on August 10, 1927 in Dover, he was a son of the late Rudy and Emma Hammer Paulin, and was a master mechanic through the Operator Engineers #18. John was a Navy veteran of World War II, a...
Benjamin Wallace
Aug 26, 2014
Benjamin J. Wallace, 86, of Sciotoville, died Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on October 13, 1927, he was a son of the late Benjamin Franklin Wallace and Ethel Schwinsberg Wallace. Ben was a World War II Army veteran and retired from New Boston Coke Plant, with 30 years of service....
Phyllis Hammond
Aug 24, 2014
Phyllis J. Hammond, 77, of Sciotodale, died Sunday, August 24, 2014, at her home. Born on April 29, 1937 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Edgar “Ben” and Ina Gammon Hammond and was retired from Mitchellace with over 20 years of service.
Surviving are a son,...
Gale Hull
Aug 15, 2014
Gale Edward Hull, 73, of New Boston, died Friday, August 15, 2014, at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on August 10, 1941 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late Wilbur and Myrtle Jackson Hull and was former night auditor for 16 years at the Ramada Inn. Gale attended Christ’s Community Church, was a...
Gwyndolyn Patrick
Aug 12, 2014
Gwyndolyn Joyce Patrick, 86, of Lucasville, died Tuesday, August 12, 2014, at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on April 8, 1928 in Birmingham, Alabama, she was a member of Minford Church of the Nazarene and was a homemaker.
Gwyn was preceded in death by her husband, Buford Patrick.
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Cecil Jones
Aug 10, 2014
Cecil Jones, 82, of Plain City, died Sunday, August 10, 2014, at Liberty Nursing Center in Mansfield. Arrangements are pending at the Brant Funeral Home in Sciotoville.
Frank Bender
Aug 10, 2014
Frank “Smokey” Bender, 79, of Sciotoville, died Sunday, August 10, 2014, at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on July 22, 1935 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late Frank and Hilda Penix Bender and retired conductor for the Norfolk and Western Railroad. Smokey was an U.S. Army veteran.
Robert Montgomery
Aug 1, 2014
Robert David Montgomery, 42, of New Boston, died unexpectantly at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born on March 30, 1972 in Portsmouth, he was a son of Robert and Karen Dodds Montgomery, was a graphic designer for seven years at MP Printing in New Boston and a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Sciotoville....
Ruth Pogue
Jul 26, 2014
Ruth M. Pogue, 89, of Portsmouth, died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, July 26, 2014, at Hill View Health Care Center. Born on September 1, 1924 near Madison in Jefferson County, Indiana, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Mame Nicklaus Andress and former teller at National City Bank in Sciotoville and...
