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Dennis Wayne Copas
Aug 22, 2010
Dennis Wayne Copas, 46 of Rarden, OH. went home to his Lord on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010 at SOMC Hospice Center in Portsmouth, Ohio. Dennis was born on Sept. 2, 1963 to the late Howard Copas and Lorena Alexander Copas. Dennis has been employeed by Monroe Sawmill, Crownovers Saw Mill and Southern Ohio Lumber. Dennis is survived by his...
Travis Messer
Aug 21, 2010
Travis Messer, 36, of South Webster died Saturday, August 21, 2010 at home after along illness. Arrangements are pending at D.W. Swick Funeral Home in South Webster.
Leonard 'Red' Johnson
Aug 21, 2010
Leonard "Red" Johnson, 80, of Wheelersburg died Sat., Aug. 21, 2010 at his residence. He was born Oct. 14, 1929 in Perry, Maine, a son of the late Arthur and Ella Pottle Johnson. He worked at Craig's Body Shop in New Boston, operated Splash & Go Car wash in New Boston,was a U.S. Navy veteran, was a member of...
John Boehm
Aug 21, 2010
John M. Boehm, 55, of Portsmouth died Saturday at SOMC Hospice Center. He was born October 23, 1954 to David Boehm and Margaret Adams Boehm. Cremation arrangements being handled by D.W. Swick Funeral Home in New Boston. There will be no visitation.
Travis E. Messer
Aug 21, 2010
Travis Messer, 36, of South Webster, died Sat. Aug. 21, 2010 after a long illness. He was born Sept. 24, 1973 in Portsmouth. He was a South Webster High School graduate and loved automobile racing. He is survived by his mother, Linda Bettis Messer of South Webster; his father, Victor Messer of Minford; grandmother, Verla Hughey of Portsmouth; a...
Amanda Jane Aldridge
Aug 17, 2010
Amanda Jane Aldridge, 28, of Scioto Furnace, died Tues. August 17, 2010 as a result of an automobile accident. She was born Sept. 18, 1981 in Portsmouth, a daughter of John W. Dodridge of Oak Hill and Betty Lou Canter Dodridge of Scioto Furnace. Amanda was a graduate of South Webster High School. She is also survived by her...
Larry Nagle
Aug 15, 2010
Larry A. Nagle, 68, of Eden Park died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. He was born July 17, 1942 in Scioto County, a son of the late Carl and Helen Arthurs Nagle. He was a retired carman with the N & W Railroad, a member of the Anchor Pad Boat Club and the James Dickey Post 23, American Legion. He...
Brandon Eldridge
Aug 14, 2010
Brandon N. Eldridge, 29, of Lucasville, formerly of New Boston, died Sat. Aug. 14, 2010. He was born Feb. 26, 1981 in Portsmouth, a son of Vicky Eldridge of Lucasville. He is also survived by a brother, Adam Eldridge of Lucasville; uncle, Les Scaggs of Portsmouth; aunts, Cathy Hamilton of Wheelersburg, Linda Foster of Washington Court House, Alma Crabtree...
Virgil Rollins
Aug 14, 2010
Virgil Rollins, 76, of South Webster died Sat. August 14, 2010 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born January 22, 1934 in Wayland, KY., a son of the late Dahl and Violet Caldwell Rollins. He was a former bricksetter and had worked at the State Juvenile diagnostic Center in Columbus. He is survived by his wife, Marsha Messer...
Brandon Eldridge
Aug 14, 2010
Brandon N. Eldridge, 29, of Lucasville, formerly of New Boston, died Sat. Aug. 14, 2010. He was born Feb. 26, 1981 in Portsmouth, a son of Vicky Eldridge of Lucasville. He is also survived by a brother, Adam Eldridge of Lucasville; uncle, Les Scaggs of Portsmouth; aunts, Cathy Hamilton of Wheelersburg, Linda Foster of Washington Court House, Alma Crabtree...
Miriam Faye Basham
Aug 13, 2010
Age 81 of Sciotoville, died August 13, 2010 at Concord Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born December 17, 1928 in Sciotoville to Glenn and Dora (Bolander) Basham. She worked for many years for AAA as a supervisor and loved to travel. Miriam was a member of Christ United Methodist Church of Sciotoville, enjoyed oil painting, and especially loved...
Marvin "Babe" Sexton
Aug 10, 2010
Age 84 of Wheelersburg died August 10, 2010 at SOMC Hospice. He was born October 13, 1925 in Portsmouth to Walter and Martha (Kitchen) Sexton. He married Alma Bazler on August 14, 1945, and served in the United States Navy for 2 and a half years in the Pacific during World War II, and one year in the Atlantic...
Herman Jarrell
Aug 7, 2010
Herman Jarrell, 70, of Portsmouth, died Sat. Aug. 7, 2010. He was born April 2, 1940 in Scioto County, a son of the late Ruban and Rachel Crabtree Jarrell. He was retired from the Portsmouth Water Works, was a member of the ODD Fellows Assoc. and the Farm Bureau. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Russell Jarrell; a...
Susie Henson-Whitt
Aug 1, 2010
Susie L. Henson-Whitt, 46, of Portsmouth died Aug. 1, 2010 at her residence. She was born Nov. 14, 1963 in Havre-De Grace, MD. a daughter of the late Herman and Clare Henson. She is survived by her children, Jeremy Hammonds and Tiffany Hammonds both of Portsmouth; her finacee, Ed Jarvis of Portsmouth; 2 sisters, Kim Messner and Cindy Tatman...
Genevieve Thomas
Jul 31, 2010
Genevieve Thomas, 72, of Williamson, W.VA. died Sat. July 31, 2010 in Huntington, W.VA. She was born Aug. 11, 1938 in Ransom, KY., a daughter of the late Ronald and Grace Ison Phillips. She was a homemaker and of the Freewill Baptist Faith. She is survived by two sons, Ricky D. Thomas and Johnny F. Thomas and wife, Bonnie...
Edna Clotine Martin
Jul 25, 2010
Edna Clotine Martin, 84, of St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of South Webster died Sunday, July 25, 2010. She was born Feb. 15, 1926 in Scioto Furnace, OH , a daughter of the late Charles Elmer and Ethel Yeley Kaltenbach. She was a graduate of South Webster High School and attended Bloom Freewill Baptist Church. She is survived by her...
Mary Lyons
Jul 24, 2010
Mary Lyons, 48, of Sciotoville died Sat. July 24, 2010. She was born Aug. 16, 1961 in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late James Perkins and Barbara Stevens King. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Lyons; a son, Jerry Lyons II and a daughter, Barbara Lyons all of Sciotoville; two brothers, James Perkins of Wheelersburg and Dennis King...
Calvin Jonah Haddox
Jul 24, 2010
Calvin J. Haddox, 55, of Portsmouth died Sat., July 24, 2010. He was born Nov. 11, 1954, a son of the late Foreman C. and Billie Fletcher Haddox. He is survived by a son, Marion C. Haddox; three daughters, Patty J. Broughton, Kayla M. Haddox and Tracie L. Haddox; 3 brothers, Dennis Haddox, Foreman C. Haddox and Marsh Haddox;...
Lottie Smith Mcbrayer
Jul 21, 2010
Lottie Ester Smith McBrayer, 94, a native of South Webster, Ohio, died Wednesday, July 21, 2010 in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was born April 5, 1916 in Jackson County to the late William and Sarah Williams Smith. Lottie was preceded in death by her husband, Earl (April, 1988) whom she married on April 4, 1936; two sons, Robert and James;...
Martha J. Allen
Jul 19, 2010
Age 84 of Wheelersburg went to be with the Lord on Monday July 19, 2010 at Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth. She was born May 2, 1926 in New Boston to Clark and Lucille (Reynolds) Bartlett. She graduated from Glenwood High School in New Boston in 1943. After this she worked as a secretary for Union Fork and...

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