Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Athens, Coolville, Pomeroy, OH and surrounding areas.
Susan Tudor
Jul 28, 2009
ATHENS - Susan Tudor, 61, of Athens, died early Tuesday morning, July 28, 2009 at Doctorchr(39)s Hospital of Nelsonville. Born Oct. 4, 1947 in Athens, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Mary Tudor. She was a life member and past president of The Plains VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 7174 and past president of District 12 of the...
Milton Cooksey
Jul 27, 2009
ATHENS - Milton Cooksey, 76, of Athens, died Monday, July 27, 2009 at Hocking Valley Community Hospital in Logan. Born March 29, 1933 in Athens, he was the son of the late Milton and Fredia Hunter Cooksey. He was retired from Abex and was a US Army Veteran of the Korean War. He was an avid hunter and loved sports...
Ferrell Tackett
Jul 19, 2009
Ferrell Tackett Ferrell "Papaw" Tackett, age 89, of 815 Braun Road, Belpre, OH died on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at his home. He was a native of Salyersville, Kentucky and was a resident of Belpre for the past 47 years. Ferrell was the son of the late Alonzo and Josephine Vanover Tackett. He was a Veteran of World War II,...
Mildred Baker
Jul 18, 2009
Mildred Baker Mildred Louise Kimes Yeater Baker, 74, of Chester, OH passed away Saturday, July 18, 2009 at her daughters residence. She was born Feb. 21, 1935 in Hockingport, OH daughter of the late Howard and Retha Buchanan Kimes. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lottridge Community Center. She is survived by two daughters, Christy Yeater Baker...
Ray Barber Jr.
Jul 16, 2009
Ray Barber Jr. Ray Barber Jr., 71, of Long Bottom, OH, where he resided with his daughter and son-in-law, Juanita and Ross Wells, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2009 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg, WV. He was born Nov. 14, 1937 in Reedsville, OH son of the late Ray Barber Sr. and Bernice Virginia Reed Barber. He was a...
Emmanuel Gevas
Jul 15, 2009
ATHENS -usinessman and Restaurateur Emmanuel Gevas, 83 Emmanuel Gevas, 83, of 37 Graham Drive, Athens, passed away peacefully at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus after an extended illness. Born in Yorkville, OH, in 1926, he was the son of Greek immigrants, Paraskos and Sophia Gevas. In 1943, at Yorkville high school, he was a starter on the schoolchr(39)s Class B...
Ricky Lucas
Jul 13, 2009
Ricky Lucas Ricky Lucas, 53, of Guysville, OH died Monday, July 13, 2009 at his home on Bethany Ridge Road. Born Dec. 17, 1955, in Athens, OH, he was the son of Billie H. and Irene Butcher Lucas of Guysville, OH. Ricky was a graduate of West High School in Columbus and a member of Haga Mission Church. Besides his...
Foster Rood
Jul 13, 2009
Foster Rood Foster J. Rood, 72, of Reedsville, OH died Monday, July 13, 2009 at Arcadia Nursing Center, Coolville, OH. Born March 21, 1937, in Reedsville, OH, he was the son of the late Harrison and Elva Randolph Rood. He is survived by four children, Timmy Jones Rood, Gary Fitzgerald Rood, Robin Jo Rood and Hank Clayton Rood, all of...
Helen Witherell
Jul 11, 2009
ATHENS - Helen Frances Witherell, 94, of ATHENS died Saturday morning at Ochr(39)Bleness Memorial Hospital. Helen was born March 14th in Wellston, Ohio. She was the daughter of the late Anna Florence Kight Thomas and William Thomas. Mrs. Witherell worked her way through Ohio State University receiving her BA in Education in 1941. She was the first of her family to...
Charles Gus Fitch
Jul 9, 2009
Charles Gus Fitch Charles H. Gus Fitch, 78, of Portland, OH passed away Thursday, July 9, 2009 at Jackson General Hospital, Ripley, WV. He was born Oct. 13, 1930 in Long Bottom, OH son of the late Carl H. and Myrtle L. Spaun Fitch. He was a retired core maker for Pioneer City Casting in Belpre, OH and a union...
Tom Slater
Jul 6, 2009
THE PAINS - Tom Slater, 78, of The Plains, died peacefully early Monday morning, July 6, 2009 at his home. Born June 12, 1931 in Murray City, he was the son of the late Edward and Mary Hopes Slater. He was a graduate of The Plains High School and served in Korea with George Company, 3rd Bn, 1st Marine Division....
Roger Oeltjenbruns
Jun 27, 2009
Roger Oeltjenbruns Roger Oeltjenbruns, 68, of Coolville, OH passed away Saturday, June 27, 2009 at the Clarksburg VA Center, Clarksburg, WV. He was born March 3, 1941 in Owtanna, MN son of the late Martin James and Elvira Schmidt Oeltjenbruns. He was a welder and an Army veteran. He is survived by his wife, Karen Hardway Oeltjenbruns; 4 sons, Eugene,...
Harold Starkey
Jun 25, 2009
ATHENS - Harold N. Starkey, 82, of Athens, died Thursday morning, June 25, 2009 at Inn of Marietta. Born April 20, 1927 in ATHENS county, he was the son of the late Floyd and Edna Clifford Starkey. He was retired from Ohio Power Company and was a member of Living Water Worship Center. He is survived by three sisters, Louise...
Charles Wingett
Jun 23, 2009
GUYSVILLE - Charles Lee Wingett, 85, of Guysville, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at his home. Born March 31, 1924 in Athens, he was the son of the late Ray and Susan Howard Wingett. He retired from ABEX and was formerly a Lodi Township Dairy Farmer. He was a US Army Veteran of WWII and was part of the invasion...
Donald Leroy Pigott
Jun 20, 2009
Donald Pigott Donald Leroy Pigott, 85, of Long Bottom, OH died Saturday, June 20, 2009 at his home. He was born May 14, 1924 in Meigs County, OH son of the late Riley and Daile Coffman Pigott. Don is survived by four sisters, Ann Rex Summerfield, Eileen Henry Bahr, Lucille Royal Wilson and Lorena Wolf; a sister-in-law, Bettie Pigott; and...
Lacey Mace
Jun 19, 2009
NEW MARSHFIELD - Lacey K. Mace, 94, of New Marshfield, died Friday morning, June 19, 2009 at Crestview Manor in Lancaster. Born Dec 19, 1914 in Millfield, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Florence Dunn Carter. She was retired from ATHENS -ental Health Center and was a member of Pythians Sisters Temple 591 of Jackson and the...
Doris L. Sinnett
Jun 19, 2009
Doris L. Sinnett Doris L. Sinnett, 79, of Coolville, OH passed away Friday, June 19, 2009 at Arcadia Nursing Center, Coolville, OH. Born July 20, 1929 in Coolville, OH, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Nora Barnhart. Doris is the loving mother of Karen Steve Kempton of Coolville; and Robert Mussetta Holbert of Coolville; 2 grandchildren; and...
Robert Kuhn
Jun 15, 2009
THE PLAINS - Robert L. "Pete& Kuhn, 52, of The Plains, died Monday morning, June 15, 2009 at his home. Born March 25, 1957 in Boone County, WV, he was the son of the late Bobby Kuhn and Phyllis Adkins. He is survived by his wife, Amy; two sons, Robert (Jodi) Haning of The Plains, Joshua Haning of Pomeroy; three...
Cathy DeWeese-Wakeland
Jun 14, 2009
<span style="font-size: 14pt"> <span style="font-size: 14pt">THE PLAINS - Cathy DeWeese-Wakeland, 57, of The Plains, died Sunday morning, June 14, 2009 at Riverside Methodist Hospital. <span style="font-size: 14pt">Born June 1, 1952 in Athens, she was the daughter of Murven A. and Rosalee E. Metcalf DeWeese. <span style="font-size: 14pt">She was a lifetime member and past president of both The Post 7174 VFW...
Jackie Sayre-Altier
Jun 13, 2009
STEWART - Jacqueline (Jackie) P. Altier-Sayre, 54, of Stewart, died Saturday, June 13, 2009 at her home. Born Nov. 29, 1954 in Athens, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Betty Coen Sayre. Jackie worked at Delta Tau Delta and Phi Mu Sorority for 10 years and Bromley Hall for 20 years, and 2 years at SEPTA Center....