All Obituaries

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 sheet metal worker and a member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 24. He worked 30 years in this profession until retiring due to disability in 2009. After that...

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 1954.  Gary was retired from Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, after 38 years. He was also owner and gunsmith at Gary Grose Gun Shop near...

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 Martin, Paige Martin, Alisha Newsome; four great grandchildren, Jordan Newsome, Laney, Newsome, Boston Newsome, Cooper Lane Martin,...

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, John and the late Anita Carter, Scott  (Danielle) Carter, Kevin (Stephanie) Carter; two daughters, Teri Bowling, Sandy (David) Rader; grandchildren, Justin...

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 Methodist Church. Christine was a loving and dedicated mother and...

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 (1953-1954), worked at the grocery store and gas company. She was a member and former Worthy Matron of Lucasville Chapter No. 495...

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 Appalachian Bible College, Bradley, West Virginia, and did his post graduate work at Marshall University, Huntington, WV and Liberty University in Virginia. He pastored Eden Park Baptist Church in...

Sherlyene Kay Rice, 71 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 member of Swauger Valley Free Will Baptist Church. She is survived by two brothers, Darryl (Denise) Rice, David (Georgetta) Rice; her niece, Charity Price; great...

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 to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Vaughn H. Turner; one son, Michael Turner, and one...

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 Church.   Betty is survived by one daughter, Donna (Kenneth “Gene”) Dietrich; two grandchildren, Chelsea “Blake” Dietrich, Maddison...