Obituaries
Norma Shields
Jul 1, 2011
Norma Jane Shields, 86, of Portsmouth, died Friday, July 1, 2011, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born March 11, 1925 in Columbus, she was a daughter of the late Isaiah and Mary Ellen Phillips Wakefield and a member of Central Church of Christ. Norma was a graduate of West High School, was employed in a helmet factory during World...
Reverend Kiper
Jul 1, 2011
Reverend Dennis Kiper, 92, of Portsmouth, died Friday, July 1, 2011 at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on April 17, 1919 in Villisca, Iowa, he was a son of the late Albert and Ethel Hall Kiper. Dennis was an Army veteran of WWII and a retired Church of the Nazarene Pastor. He also was a member of the Shawnee Golden...
Herbert Marshall
Jun 29, 2011
Herbert David Marshall, 66, of Wheelersburg, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at the Heart of Florida Hospital in Davenport, FL. He was born June 4, 1945 in Pittsburgh, PA to the late Herbert Clark and Mildred Iavon (Coddington) Marshall, and has been a winter resident of Winter Haven for the past few years and attended St. Ann's Catholic Church...
Julia Newman
Jun 28, 2011
Julia A. Newman, 76, of Clarktown, died Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at her home. Born on November 8, 1934 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Clifford and Zelma Blume Curry. Julia was a 1952 graduate of Glenwood High School, a member of the Lucasville Eastern Star, and a retired supervisor for the Bureau of Employment Office. Surviving...
Elva Sowards
Jun 28, 2011
Elva Pearl Sowards, 100, formerly of New Boston, died Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at The Anderson in Bethel. Born April 5, 1911, she was a daughter of the late Peter and Mary Sissel Briggs, was a fancy stitcher at the former Selby Shoe Company, and was a member of the Church of God. Pearl was preceded in death by her...
Marguerite Beadle
Jun 28, 2011
Marguerite J. Beadle, 91, of Lucasville, a longtime resident of New Boston, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at home. She was a former longtime employee of the Shake Shoppe in New Boston and longtime member of the Church of the Nazarene. Preceding her death was her mother, Mary Harn Bailey. Surviving are...
Kimberly Gifford
Jun 17, 2011
Kimberly Ann Gifford, 52, of Wheelersburg, died suddenly on Friday, June 17, 2011 in the emergency room of the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born on November 19, 1958 in Scioto County, she was a daughter of Jessie Louise Newsome Ruggles and the late Carl Vernon Ruggles. Also surviving are one son, Ryan Gifford, two daughters, Jamie (Xavier) Garza and Patricia...
Guy Cole
Jun 15, 2011
Guy W. Cole, 89, of Sciotoville, died Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born on March 20, 1922 in Kenova, WV, he was a son of the late Floyd and Weatha Ogden Cole. Guy was a Marine veteran of WWII and was a member of the Sciotoville Christian Church and the James Dickey Post of the...
Betty McClurg
Jun 14, 2011
Betty Louise McClurg, 95, of West Portsmouth, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at Hempstead Manor. Born on July 12, 1915 in Lewis County, KY, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Anna Renchen Truesdell. Louise was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Disabled American Veterans and former member of the Garrison and Coles Boulevard United Methodist...
Julia Morris
Jun 9, 2011
Julia C. Morris, 78, of Portsmouth, died Thursday, June 09, 2011, at home. Born on October 25, 1932, in Whitethorn, VA, she was a daughter of the late Jessie and Robie Blanche Shepherd Price. Also preceding her in death were her husband, Frank E. Morris, Sr., sons Bob and Frank Morris, brothers Audrey, Dick, Marvin and Tom Price and a...
Wilma Lewis
Jun 4, 2011
Wilma Pennywitt Lewis, 88, of Portsmouth, died Saturday, June 4, 2011, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. A funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Brant Funeral Home in Portsmouth. Interment will be in Friendship Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Brant’s in Portsmouth from Noon to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Robert Beinbrech
May 26, 2011
Robert D. Beinbrech, 94, of Sciotoville, died Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Hempstead Manor where he has resided for the past 8 years. Born November 4, 1916 in Bucyrus, he was a son of the late Dean and Florence Fisher Beinbrech, an Army veteran of World War II, and a member of the American Legion. Bob was a retired electrician...
Brian Patrick
May 15, 2011
Brian Leroy Patrick, 46, of West Portsmouth, died Sunday, May 15, 2011 in the SOMC emergency room. Arrangements are under the direction of the Brant Funeral Service in Portsmouth.
Dorothy Garlinger
May 10, 2011
Dorothy Garlinger, 85, of Flatwoods, KY, formerly of Wheelersburg, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, KY and had been residing at Trinity Station Retirement Community in Flatwoods since 2007. Born on May 20, 1925 in Chicago, IL, she was the first daughter of the late Albert and Amelia Peterson. Dorothy and her husband,...
James Graham
May 8, 2011
James D. Graham, 77, of Rigrish Addition, Sciotoville, died Sunday, May 8,, 2011, at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born October 3, 1933 in Sciotoville, he was a son of the late James and Georgia Graham, was a graduate of East High School and a retired engineer with the N & W Railroad with 42 years of service. Jim was a...
Gary Faulkner
May 3, 2011
Gary Lee Faulkner, 68, of Sciotoville, died Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY. Born October 11, 1942 in Scioto Furnace, he was a son of the late John and Jettie Adkins Faulkner, was a retired conductor for the Norfolk and Western Railroad and an Army veteran. Gary was a member of the James Dickey...
Ruth Jacobs
Apr 30, 2011
Ruth Jacobs, 88, formerly of Portsmouth, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Springfield Masonic Community. Born January 22, 1923 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late William and Ruby Ashley Charles, and was a retired staff officer for National City Bank with 30 years of service. Also preceding her in death were brothers Franklin, Gilbert and James Charles...
John Akers
Apr 28, 2011
John M. Akers, 74, of Piketon, formerly of Lawrence County where he was born and raised, died Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. He was born May 1, 1937, a son of the late Milton and Fannie Jenkins Akers, and was a long standing member of the New Boston Church of God of Prophecy. Also preceding...
William Mays,
Apr 18, 2011
Rev. William Earl “Shady” Mays, Jr., 56, of Sciotoville, died Monday, April 18, 2011, suddenly at home. Born February 21, 1955 in Ironton, he was a son of Betty Jo Moore Mays and the late Rev. William Earl Mays, Sr. and was the pastor of Hanging Rock Church of the Nazarene. Shady was nearing completion of a degree in ministerial...
Gary Buchanan
Apr 13, 2011
Gary Lee Buchanan, 63, passed away on April 13, 2011 in Palmdale, CA. Born on September 4, 1947 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he was the son of the late James C. and Pearl McClurg Buchanan. Gary grew up in Portsmouth and attended Ohio University, Wright State University and received his degree from the University of San Francisco. He served in...
