Jun 5, 2022

Mark David Parker, 60 of Lucasville passed away Sunday, June 5, 2022 at OSU Medical Center. He was born May 12, 1962 in Scioto County, son of the late Frank and Juanita Magaw Parker Dawson, he was a boilermaker, and a member of Boilermakers Union #105. He is survived by two daughters, Shyann Caudill, Sierra Parker; two grandchildren, Ryder...

Jun 4, 2022

Jason Martin Jones, 36 , of Waverly passed away June 4, 2022 as a result of a motorcycle accident. Jason is the son of Emily Jones and the late Rick Jones. Jason is survived by his loving wife of 12 years Tiffany (Davis) Jones, daughter Aubrey Jones , 11, and son Dylan Jones, 9, all of Waverly. Jason was...

May 26, 2022

Raymond Lee Walker, Jr., 71 of Wheelersburg passed away Thursday, May 26, 2022 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born July 8, 1950 in Portsmouth, a son of the late Raymond Lee Walker, Sr. and Carolyn Faye Fraley Martin. Ray was a pipefitter and a member of Local 577.

He is survived by his wife, Phyllis...

May 24, 2022

Adrianna Woods, 30 of Columbus, a former Scioto County resident, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at Grant Medical Center. She was born January 4, 1992 in Scioto County, a daughter of Renea Scott Woods and the late Daren Woods. In addition to her mother, she is survived by one half brother, Wyatt Newsome; step-father, Jimmy Brewer, and her...

May 18, 2022

Lucas Goble was born October 18, 1959 in Waverly, Ohio to Oscar and Mary Ann Goble, one of five children. On June 24, 1989, he married Connie Lynn Salisbury. They have four children, Andrew Lucas and Mollie Rebecca, who were born to them, and two children that they adopted into their family, Sean and Tyler Kearns. Luke was a...

May 17, 2022

Jehu Gary Grose, 92 , of Minford passed away on May 17, 2022, at Southern Ohio Medical Center Hospice.  He was born October 13, 1929, in Paxton, Clay County, WV, a son of Jesse James Grose and Dessie D. Samples Grose.  He married Mary Lou Rogers August 11, 1949, in Bomont, Clay Co., WV.  They moved to Minford in...

May 9, 2022

Daniel Martin, 77 passed away Monday, May 9, 2022 at his residence. He was born August 21, 1944 in Portsmouth, a son of the late Carl E. "Cobb" and Garnett M. Bentley Martin and was retired from N&S Railroad. He is survived by two sons, Tim (Chris) Martin, Rod (Kay) Martin; five grandchildren, Michael (Abbey) Martin, Katy Martin, Lorelei...

May 7, 2022

Robert F. Carter, 85 , of Dutch Ridge Road, Portsmouth, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2022 at his residence. He was born October 11, 1936 in Portsmouth, a son of the late George Earl and Clydia Tressa Stamper Carter and was a carpenter and worked out of the Laborer's Union. He is survived by four sons, Robert H. Carter,...

May 3, 2022

Helen "Christine" Cook, 89 of Portsmouth passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at her residence. She was born April 13, 1933 in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Gatewood and Marguerite Twinam Webb.  She attended Minford High School, class of 1951.  She attended Portsmouth Business College, worked at Western Southern and later became a homemaker.  She attended Minford United...

May 1, 2022

Hester Jenkins, 86 of Minford passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022 at Randall Residence in Wheelersburg. She was born August 12, 1935 in Olive Hill, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Elexious Harrison and Mary Fultz Conley. She was a 1953 graduate of Olive Hill High School in Oliver Hill, Kentucky and after graduation; Hester attended Southeastern Business College...

Apr 30, 2022

James H, Giner, Jr., 89 , of Portsmouth, passed away Friday, April 29, 2022 at SOMC Hospice in Portsmouth. Born August 15, 1932 in New Boston, Ohio, a son of the late James H. Giner, Sr. and Ruth E. (Meek) Giner, he was a graduate of New Boston High School. He earned his BA in Bible and Missions at...

Apr 25, 2022

Sherlyene Kay Rice, 7 1 of Minford passed away Monday, April 25, 2022 at her residence. She was born December 18, 1950 in Scioto County, a daughter of the late Guy and Hazel Marie Patrick Rice. Sherlyene was a retired school teacher, she taught Chemistry at West Portsmouth and chemistry and computers at Clay High School and was a...

Apr 23, 2022

Delores Turner, 88 , of Hudson, Florida, formerly of Minford, Ohio, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2022. She was born February 28, 1934 in Scioto County, a daughter of the late Conrad and Jane Fraley Bailey. She is survived by two sons, Terry (Melinda) Turner of Lucasville, James Turner of Minford; seven grandchildren, and several great grandchildren. In addition...

Apr 15, 2022

Betty Lou Burns, 85 of Minford passed away Friday, April 15, 2022 at Portsmouth Health & Rehab in Portsmouth. She was born August 19, 1936 in Rubyville, a daughter of the late Coy and Eula Horsley Wright. Betty was a Clay High School graduate in the Class of 1953, a homemaker, and a member of Ohio Valley United Baptist...

Apr 13, 2022

Betty Jean (Nance) Conkel , daughter of the late Howard D. and Mamie Rapp Nance, departed to be with her Lord on Wednesday, April 13, 2022.

Born December 19, 1933, in Portsmouth, Ohio, Betty moved to the Minford area at the age of 5. She attended Minford High School, Class of 1952. She married the love of...

Apr 12, 2022

Sue Henri McFarland Bailey, PhD, 82 of McDermott passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at her residence. She was born May 29, 1939 in Natchitoches, LA to the late Charles and Virginia Watson McFarland. She obtained her PhD in accounting, was a teacher and was of the Baptist faith. Sue along with her husband owned and operated Bailey Plumbing...

Apr 9, 2022

Patricia Ann Mays (née Morgan), 85 , passed away at the Suncoast Hospice Care Center in Palm Harbor, Florida on April 9, 2022. She was born on October 16, 1936 in New Boston, Ohio and graduated from Minford High School in 1954. In 1987, Pat graduated from the University of Cincinnati Raymond Walters College nursing program, fulfilling her lifelong...

Mar 28, 2022

Claudette Dorothy Murphy, 86 of Minford passed away Monday, March 28, 2022 at SOMC Hospice. She was born February 17, 1936 in Scioto County, a daughter of the late Carl and Opal Dorothy Wesson Spriggs. Dorothy was retired from Minford Local Schools, a homemaker and attended Harrison Free Will Baptist Church.

A devoted mother and wife, Dorothy...

Mar 27, 2022

Tiffany Ann Swanson, 30 , of Chiefland, Florida went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Tiffany was born on December 19, 1991 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Among Tiffany's interests include shopping, swimming, traveling, going to the each and crime podcasts; but what she loved more than anything was loving and cherishing her two-year old...

Mar 19, 2022

Steven Howard Cottle, 80 of Portsmouth passed away Saturday, March 19, 2022 at SOMC Hospice. He was born July 22, 1941 in Scioto County, a son of the late Howard "Red" and Helen Edith Moritz Cottle, he was a former employee of Empire Detroit Steel and USEC retiring in 2001. He was a farmer and a US Army Reserve...