Obituaries
Carl Bracken
Dec 24, 2013
Carl Lowell “Dick” Bracken, 65, of Lucasville, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013, at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on July 5, 1948, he was a son of the late Dick Dever and Ruby Nickells Bracken and was currently a custodian for the SOMC Friend’s Center for over seven years. An Air Force veteran of the Viet Nam...
Dr. B.I. Maynard
Dec 12, 2013
Dr. B.I. Maynard, 85, of Portsmouth, died Thursday, December 12, 2013, in his home. Born on April 14, 1928 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late Shirley and Myrtle Maynard, was a graduate of Wheelersburg High, studied journalism at Ohio University, and received his Doctorate in Chiropractic from Palmer College of Chiropractic. He practiced his profession in...
Pauline Little
Dec 12, 2013
Pauline D. Little, 87, of Sciotoville, died Thursday, December 9, 1926, at the Best Care Nursing and Rehab Center. Born on December 9, 1926 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Roscoe and Malta Lowe Gerard, and was a homemaker. Pauline was a member of the Berean Baptist Church.
Also preceding her in death were...
Sonja Bonzo
Dec 11, 2013
Sonja Marie (Ramey) Bonzo, 68, died peacefully with family by her side Wednesday morning, December 11 at Tuscany Gardens in Pataskala. She was born the daughter of Charles and Ruth Ramey of Sciotoville. She enjoyed life through the devotion to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents Charles and Ruth Ramey, and...
John King
Dec 1, 2013
John T. King, 66, of Wheelersburg, died Sunday, December 1, 2013, at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on June 12, 1947 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late James King, Mildred Bishop King and Gloria Gifford King and was of the Baptist faith. John was an Army veteran of the Viet Nam War, a member of the Disabled American Veterans...
Margie Price
Nov 29, 2013
Margie G. Price, 55, of Sciotoville, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, November 29, 2013. Born on February 27, 1958 in Ironton, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Minnie Wilson Burke and was a clerk at the former Johnson’s Citgo in Sciotoville. Margie was a very proud member of the Sciotoville Church of...
Minnie Morgan
Nov 24, 2013
Minnie Beadle Morgan, 90, formerly from Portsmouth, died Sunday, November 24, 2013, at her daughter’s residence in Las Vegas, NV. Born on September 10, 1923 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Lystra and Myra McCain Beadle. Minnie was a hairdresser and podiatry assistant to her late husband, Dr. H.H. Morgan. Also preceding her in death were...
Jerome Lloyd, Sr.
Nov 23, 2013
Jerome “Tiny” Lloyd, Sr., 49, of Sciotoville, died Saturday, November 23, 2013, in the Southern Ohio Medical Center emergency room. Born on September 1, 1964, he was a son of Paul Lloyd, Sr. of Dona Vista, Fla. and the late Mary Bowling Lloyd Schiefen. Also preceding him in death were two daughters. Tiny is also survived by four sons,...
Arnold Pennington
Nov 23, 2013
Arnold Pennington, of Sciotoville, died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at home. Arrangements are pending at the BRANT FUNERAL HOME IN SCIOTOVILLE.
Shirley Vestal
Nov 20, 2013
Shirley D. Vestal , 66, of Franklin Furnace, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. Born on September 17, 1947 in Bennettsville, SC, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Doris Taylor Springs and was a private duty nursing assistant. Survivors include her husband, Ray...
Dixie Spears
Nov 11, 2013
Dixie Kay Spears , 68, of Sciotoville, died Monday, November 11, 2013, at the Ohio State University Hospital. Born on July 24, 1945 in Minford, she was a daughter of the late Ruby Francis and Opal Horsley Smith and was the owner of Dixie’s Mercantile in Sciotoville. Dixie loved all things, especially dogs and cats, was always...
Thelma Gayhart
Nov 10, 2013
Thelma Christine Gayhart , 88, of Wheelersburg, died Sunday, November 10, 2013, at the Best Care Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born on December 6, 1924 in Greenup County, KY, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Maude Allen Boggs. Thelma was a member of the Cedar Street Church of Christ in Christian Union, former operator...
Mary Bowling
Nov 10, 2013
Mary Zelma Bowling , 78, of Sciotoville, died Sunday, November 10, 2013, at the Community Hospice in Ashland, KY. Born on September 29, 1935 in Piketon, she was a daughter of the late David and Virgie Mullins Bowman. Mary was a retired housekeeper at Southern Hills Hospital and Scioto Memorial Hospital and was of the Pentecostal faith. ...
Paul Stone, Sr.
Nov 5, 2013
Paul Stone, Sr., 63, of New Boston, died Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at his home. Born on December 2, 1949 in New Boston, he was a son of the late Robert “Bob” and Zelma Vance Stone, and was a former machine operator for TRW Valve Division. Also preceding him in death was his wife, Gladys Marie Howard Stone and...
Billie Cole
Oct 20, 2013
Billie Cole , 86, both of North Moreland, died Sunday, October 20, 2013, respectively, at Community Hospice in Ashland, KY.
Born on July 8 1927, in Wheelersburg, Billie was a son of the late Cecil and Ruth Pearl Daulton Cole, was a retired truck driver for Coca-Cola, and was a Navy veteran of World War...
Alma Cole
Oct 19, 2013
Alma Jean Cole , 86, of North Moreland, died Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Community Hospice in Ashland, KY.
Born on July 13, 1927, in Portsmouth, Alma was a daughter of the late Leo and Sylvia Fern Platt Lyons and was a housewife. Preceding her in death were a son, Ron Cole, sisters Catherine Montavon,...
Lon Hempill, Jr.
Oct 4, 2013
Lon K. Hempill , Jr., 50, of Wheelersburg, died Friday, October 4, 2013, at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on January 17, 1963, he was a son of Lon Keith Hempill, Sr. and Beatrice Wright Hempill and was of the Baptist faith. Preceding him in death was his father, Lon Hempill Sr. and a brother, James Randall...
Ivory McCoy
Sep 26, 2013
Ivory McCoy , 90, of New Boston, died Thursday, September 26, 2013, in the SOMC emergency room. She was born June 18, 1923 in Ashland, Ky., was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband, John McCoy, and a daughter, Phylis Jean Pauley. Surviving are her loving and caring companion, Alvin “Chip” Davis of New...
Beverly Ellis
Sep 24, 2013
Beverly Ann Ellis, age 60, of Sciotoville, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at the Best Care Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wheelersburg. Arrangements are pending at the Brant Funeral Home in Sciotoville.
Shirley Bailey
Sep 23, 2013
Shirley Ann Bailey , 78, of New Boston, died Monday, September 23, 2013 at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born on April 13, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Ralph and Joan James Winebrenner, and attended the Meade Road Pentecostal Church. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Donald E. Bailey and a...
