Darrell R. Bragdon
Sep 22, 2015
Darrell Ray Bragdon, 67, of Beaver, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at his residence surrounded by family. Born May 9, 1948 in Scioto County, a son of the late Stanley S. and Katie Madden Bragdon and he was a painter. He loved draft horses, logging and was an accomplished musician, and loved playing the mandolin. He is survived by...
Sr., Randle D. Middaugh
Sep 8, 2015
Randle D. Middaugh, Sr., 78, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at his residence. Born May 5, 1937 in Portsmouth, a son of the late Carl and Alice (Conkel) Middaugh, he was a retired machine operator for Bailey Control. He is survived by two sons, Carl (Kim) Middaugh, Randle D. Middaugh Jr.; a daughter, Amy (Mark) Treadway; six...
Fern Adkins
Sep 1, 2015
Fern Adkins, 92, of Minford, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at SOMC Hospice. Born September 26, 1922 in Wrigley, Kentucky, a daughter of the late George and Susie Carter Howard, she was a homemaker and attended Lucasville Church of Christ and Christian Union. She is survived by three sons, David (Sandi) Adkins of Wheelersburg, Danny (Cindy) Adkins of Minford...
Wesley Dean Newsom
Aug 30, 2015
Wesley Dean Newsom, 47, of Kodak, Tennessee, went home to his Lord, August 30, 2015. He was born April 2, 1968, a son of Dennis and Carol Newsom. He was preceded in death by a special cousin, Jeremy Newsom; his grandparents, George and Nell Bellman, and great grandparents, Wesley and Sarah Slack.In addition to his parents, he is survived by...
Grace M. Burns
Aug 28, 2015
Grace M. Burns, 76, of Portsmouth, a former Clarktown resident, died Friday, August 28, 2015 at Hempstead Manor in Portsmouth. Born April 14, 1939 in Ross County, Ohio, a daughter of the late George W. and Gladys M. (Garlinger) Horsley and the late James W. Hawke, she has worked as a nursing assistant for Scioto Memorial Hospital and in the...
Dewey E. Cordle
Aug 21, 2015
Dewey Edward Cordle, 64, of Minford, passed away Friday, August 21, 2015 at SOMC Hospital. He was born June 25, 1951 in Portsmouth, a son of the late Selca E. Cordle, Sr. and Susie Ross Cordle. He was a graduate of Minford High School in 1970 and spent his life farming dairy and beef cattle on the land he grew...
Jerry D. Cremeans
Aug 14, 2015
Jerry D. Cremeans, 74, of Woodsfield, Ohio passed away Friday, August 14, 2015 at the Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, West Virginia. He was born near Rubyville, Ohio, on October 5, 1940, a son of the late Russell and Marjorie Rhoden Cremeans. He was a retired rod room welder for the former Ormet Corporation, Hannibal, Ohio. He was a member of...
Dorothy H. Williams
Aug 13, 2015
Dorothy Helen (Bennett) Williams, 86, of Minford, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2015 at SOMC Hospice in Portsmouth. Born September 19, 1928 in Scioto County, a daughter of the late William T. and Stately June (Clark) Bennett, she was a 1946 graduate of Minford High School, a former member of Black Potters Family Campers & RVs, and member of the...
James R. "Red" Lunsford
Aug 13, 2015
James R. "Red" Lunsford, 76, of Portsmouth, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2015 at SOMC Hospice in Portsmouth. Born February 21, 1939 in Scioto County, a son of the late James R. Lunsford and Berniece Lunsford Craft, he was retired from Elgin-Joliet-Eastern Railways in Chicago Illinois. He was a member of New Boston F.O.E. #2271, Local Order of Moose #762...
Carolyn Ann Dever
Aug 10, 2015
Carolyn Ann Dever, 73, of Wheelersburg, passed away Monday, August 10, 2015 in Portsmouth. Born September 29, 1941, in Tuttleville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Bennett Holmes Kayser and Maxine A. (Buckle) Kayser Turner. She attended Minford High School and with her husband Robert was the owner and operator of Dever's Dogwood Boarding Kennel for nearly 40 years. To...
Jean Allen
Aug 9, 2015
A beautiful lady passed our way and now is at rest. Ruby Jean Allen, 90, of Minford area, died August 9, 2015. The only child of the late Landon Lawson and Icy Lou Meadows Ball, she was born September 12, 1924, in Portsmouth, Ohio. A graduate of Wheelersburg High School in 1942 and Ohio University in 1967, she worked as...
Laura Enid Kronk Gibbins
Jul 26, 2015
Laura Enid (Kronk) Gibbins, passed away on July 26, 2015, at the James Cancer Hospital in Columbus. She was 89 years of age. She was born in Minford, Ohio on August 25, 1925 to Ora and Nellie (Cole) Kronk. Formerly of Minford, Ohio, she was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years Edgar Otto Gibbins (April 10, 2012)....
Hobert E. Kelly
Jul 20, 2015
Hobert E. Kelly, 87, of South Webster, passed away Monday, July 20, 2015 at SOMC Hospice. Born August 14, 1927 in Louisa, Kentucky, a son of the late Herbert A. Kelly and Sarah Ann Vanover Kelly Conley. He was retired from General Motors and was a U.S. World War II Army veteran. Hobert was an avid fisherman, hunter and a...
Rosemary F. Crabtree
Jul 18, 2015
Rosemary F. Crabtree, 77 , of Minford, died Saturday, July 18, 2015 at SOMC Hospice in Portsmouth. Born October 12, 1937 in Scioto County, a daughter of the late Damon and Effie Mae (Shear) Downey, she was a graduate of Minford High School in the class of 1956 and had worked as a cook for DeMexican Pizzeria in Minford. She...
Wanda Crabtree
Jul 11, 2015
Wanda Jean Crabtree, 82, of Knoxville, Tennessee, a former Minford area resident, died Saturday, July 11, 2015 in Knoxville, Tennessee. She was born June 23, 1933 in Scioto County, a daughter of the late Roy and Della (Hickman) Beadle. She married Everett F. Crabtree on August 30, 1952. He preceded her in death on September 29, 1997. She was a...
Lovetta R. Reed
Jul 5, 2015
Lovetta Ruth Reed, 82, of Portsmouth passed away at Southern Ohio Medical Center on July 5, 2015. Born September 21, 1932 in Adams County, the daughter of the late David N. and Nellie (Jones) DeAtley, she was a homemaker. Preceded by her husband, G. Clifford Reed whom she married October 29, 1948; a son, Lowell C. Reed; granddaughter, Rhonda Reed;...
Johnathan L. "Rusty" Ratliff
Jul 2, 2015
Johnathan Luther "Rusty" Ratliff, 57, of Minford, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2015 at his residence. Born May 28, 1958 in Dayton, Ohio, a son of the late Clifford Francis Ratliff and Letha Fay Greenhill Ratliff-Malott, he was a 1976 graduate of Minford High School and was a knife maker for Chicago Cutlery. He is survived by his stepfather, John...
Michael D. Pinson
Jun 29, 2015
Michael David Pinson, 69, of Minford passed away Monday, June 29, 2015 at SOMC. Born May 15, 1946 in Portsmouth, a son of the late Orville and Olive Bernice Wessel Pinson, he was a 1964 graduate of Minford High School and was retired from Shawnee State University as a Systems Network Manager. He was a 4-H Horse Advisor for 30+...
Virginia Ruth Vest Comer
Jun 23, 2015
Virginia Ruth Vest (Comer), 82, of Minford, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth. Born January 27, 1933 a daughter of the late Delbert W. and American Ann (Yates) Copas, she was a homemaker, loving wife, mother and grandmother and an inspiration to all that knew her. She attended Mt....
Bea K. Reasor
Jun 23, 2015
Bea K. Reasor, 84, of Wheelersburg, died Tuesday, June 23, 2015 in Lucasville at the home of a granddaughter. Born June 1, 1931 in Lawrence County, Ohio a daughter of the late John W. and Lillie M. (McClurg) Horner, she was an apartment manager of the Terrace Apartments in Portsmouth. She was a graduate of Wheelersburg High School, University of...
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