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David Lee Huston
Feb 25, 2023
David Lee Huston, 67, of Portsmouth passed away Saturday February 25, 2023 at Hillview Retirement Center. He was born September 26, 1955 in Portsmouth a son of the late Lawrence and Imogene (Yinger) Huston.
He was a 1975 graduate of Clay High School and attended Rubyville Community Church. David considered himself The Mayor of Rubyville and the...
Joyce Ann Elrod
Feb 25, 2023
Joyce Ann Elrod, 90, of Stout, passed away Saturday February 25, 2023, at SOMC Hospice Center. She was born December 27, 1932, in New Boston, a daughter of the late Dewran Jacob Bryant and Elizabeth Rachel (Brown) Bryant. She was a cook at the former Lindsey and North Moreland Schools. She went on to get her LPN license and...
Michael R. Ehrhart Ii
Feb 24, 2023
Michael R. Ehrhart II, 51, of South Webster, passed away Friday February 24, 2023 at SOMC Hospice Center. He was born May 28, 1971 in Portsmouth. He was a retired military heavy equipment operator having served with the U. S. Air Force and the U. S. Army. Mike had over 100 combat missions. Mike was a 1990 graduate of...
Judith Faye Cook
Feb 23, 2023
Judith Faye Cook, 81, of Portsmouth passed away Thursday, February 23, 2023. She was born June 25, 1941 in Wheelersburg a daughter of the late Thad and Julia (Nelson) Caldwell. She had worked for the Bloom Local School District for 21 years, loved baking. coloring and fishing. She caught the record Bluegill and was very proud of that. She...
Faye M. Sherman
Feb 23, 2023
Faye M. Sherman (Frazee), 91, of Sciotoville, passed away on Thursday February 23, 2023 at Hillview Retirement Center. She was born May 31, 1931 in Sciotoville to the late Henry and Melissa (Logan) Frazee. She graduated from Portsmouth East High School, class of 1949. She married Donald R. Sherman on July 25, 1948. Alongside her husband, Don, she founded...
Sara Reyn Marley
Feb 18, 2023
Sara Reyn Marley born December 13, 1928 in Buffalo, NY. A resident of Buffalo until she moved to Attica, NY in December of 1945. She was a graduate of Attica Central High School in 1947. She was married in 1949 to Walter Marley who preceded her in death in 2013. They had three children; Kathleen Marley of Idaho, Gregory...
Kelly Jo Faulkner
Feb 17, 2023
Kelly Jo Faulkner, 46, of Portsmouth passed away Friday, February 17, 2023 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. She was born October 29, 1976 in Portsmouth to the late Walter L. And Judith A. (Andre) Faulkner. Kelly love watching the Wheelersburg Pirates play football, she also loved to fish and go roller skating.
Kelly is survived by...
Robert Lee Neace
Feb 16, 2023
Robert Lee Neace, 86, of Wheelersburg passed away Thursday, February 16, 2023 at Cornerstone Specialty Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia. He was born April 2, 1936 in Carter County, KY to the late Jasper and Ora (Kiser) Neace. Bob was a 1951 graduate of Minford High School and was a conductor for Norfolk and Southern Railroad. Bob loved to...
Marsha C. Bocook
Feb 15, 2023
Marsha C. Bocook, 78, of Wheelersburg went to be with her Lord Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at OSU James Cancer Center in Columbus. She was born June 4, 1944 in Chester, PA to the late Marshall Bocook and Carrie Elizabeth (Wilson) Lewis. Marsha was retired from Lockheed Martin Marietta. She loved going to church and reading her Bible. She...
Melinda Sue Conkel
Feb 13, 2023
Melinda Sue (Lewis) Conkel, 76, passed away February 13, 2023 at SOMC. She was born in Portsmouth, Ohio January 11, 1947, a daughter of the late Othel and Dorothy (Snyder) Lewis. Susie as known to her family, was a LPN and worked at the old Hempstead Manor Nursing Home and Portsmouth Health and Rehabilitation. She was a 1964 graduate...
Elias Rayne Adkins
Feb 13, 2023
Infant Elias Rayne Adkins, two-week-old beloved son of Sophia McCann and Austin Adkins of Portsmouth passed away Monday February 13, 2023, at home. He was born January 27, 2023, in Portsmouth. During this short time we were blessed with this precious baby boy who was soon called to be with the Lord.
Elias is also survived by...
Michelle Lynn Westmoreland
Feb 12, 2023
Michelle Lynn Westmoreland (Diller) 42 passed away Sunday February 12, 2023 at home. She was born July 8,1980 in Portsmouth Ohio. She was preceeded in death by her grandmother 's Betty Jean Diller and Norma Jean Lyle and grandfather Robert Glen Swords.
Survived by her husband Robert Westmoreland Jr., her daughter Myreah Nicole Diller (Blayke) and her son...Perry D. Brafford
Feb 5, 2023
Perry D. Brafford, of Wellston, Ohio, died peacefully at home Sunday, February 5, 2023 after a long battle with glioblastoma. He was born October 25, 1959 in Portsmouth, Ohio to Delmas and Betty (Payton) Brafford. He was pastor at Freedom Chapel in Wellston, Ohio. Perry is survived by his loving wife of 42 years, Bonnie (DeBord) Brafford, two sons,...
Roger Ginn
Feb 3, 2023
Roger Dale Ginn, 48, of Wheelersburg born June 9,1974 in Portsmouth OH, passed away peacefully February 3 at KDMC in Ashland, KY with family present. He is preceded in death by his father, Roger Ginn; his mother, Renee (Carroll) Powers; his grandparents, Warren Junior Ginn and Effie Lee(Whitt)Ginn; grandparents, Ernest Everett Carroll and Estell Irene Sanford Burke; nephew Michael Ginn....
Jack L. Fannin
Feb 2, 2023
Jack L. Fannin, 64, of New Boston passed away on February 2, 2023 in his home, while in the very capable hands of Hospice Care and his family. Jack leaves behind his beloved sisters Mary Fannin Stewart and Alice Fannin. Those loved ones who preceded him in death were his twin brother George Fannin and his parents, Madelyn (Moore)...
Connie Francis Cooper
Jan 29, 2023
Connie Francis Cooper, 52, of Portsmouth, passed away Sunday January 29, 2023. She was born March 29, 1970 in Crestline, OH, a daughter of the late Ronald and Barbara (Corns) Hodge. She enjoyed shopping, playing bingo and loved her dogs. She never met a stranger and would help anyone in need. Connie is survived by a son, Brandon (Amber)...
Patrick Tyler Henry
Jan 29, 2023
Patrick Tyler Henry passed away unexpectedly at 32 years old on Sunday, January 29, 2023. He was born on June 11, 1990, to Patrick "Freddie" Henry and Paula Castle in Huntington, West Virginia. Patrick graduated from Valley Local High School in 2010. He worked very diligently as a rehabilitation counselor supervisor at Southern Ohio Premier Recovery. He enjoyed hunting and...
Jill Pierson Riffe
Jan 26, 2023
Jill Pierson Riffe, 78, of Portsmouth, formerly of Wheelersburg passed away Thursday January 26, 2023. She was born July 13, 1944 in Portsmouth. She was a former member of Christ United Methodist Church in South Webster and a very active educator having taught for the Bloom Vernon School District.
Jill was preceded in death by her husband,...
Claude Joe Jarvis, Jr
Jan 26, 2023
Claude Joe Jarvis, Jr., 65, of Portsmouth passed away Thursday January 26, 2023 at SOMC Hospice Center. He was born July 30, 1957 in Portsmouth, a son of the late Claude and Edith (Mangus) Jarvis. He served in the U.S. Marines, enjoyed playing on the computer, watching westerns on TV, especially Bonanza. Claude is survived by his wife, Sandra...
Rhonda Kay Louanglath
Jan 18, 2023
Rhonda Kay Louanglath, 57, of Lucasville, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday January 18, 2023 at SOMC Emergency Room. She was born January 30, 1965 to the late Truman Collier and Helen (Stone) Collier in Columbus. She worked many years as a pharmacy tech and caregiver. Rhonda, or Mammy as her family...

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