Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Athens, Coolville, Pomeroy, OH and surrounding areas.
Timmy Leo Smith I
Mar 17, 2007
Timmy Smith I Timmy Leo Smith I, a loving and devoted father, 53, of 54522 Number Nine Rd., died Saturday, March 17, 2007 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkersburg, WV. He was born July 18, 1953 in Parkersburg, WV, son of Richard A. Smith and the late Louise Green Smith. He was an Army veteran and a painter. In addition to...
Keith Owen Scott
Mar 11, 2007
ATHENS - Keith Owen Scott, 92, of ATHENS died Sunday morning, March 11, 2007 at Ochr(39)Bleness Memorial Hospital. Born Dec. 8, 1914 in Albany, he was the son of the late George and Goldie Bailes Scott. He was a former McBeechr(39)s employee. He was on the board of Hocking Valley Credit Union, the LeAx Water District Board, the ATHENS county...
Robert O'Brien
Mar 9, 2007
Robert E. OBrien, of Scottsdale Arizona, died Friday, March 9th, 2007 He was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He was the son of the late Emmett and Mary OBrien. He is survived by his wife, Marguerite, and daughter, Kim of Scottsdale, Arizona. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his oldest daughter, Cassie, and his sister, Mary Jane...
Edward Glover
Mar 7, 2007
ATHENS - James Edward Glover, 66, of ATHENS died Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at OSU Medical Center in Columbus. James was born November 26, 1940 in ATHENS and was the youngest son of the late Guy Albert and Eliza Grace Thompson Glover. He graduated from ATHENS High School in 1959 and worked for a short time for an older brother,...
Millard R. Coe
Mar 4, 2007
Millard R. Coe Millard R. Coe, 83, of Coolville, OH, died March 4, 2007 at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital, Parkersburg, WV. He was born Nov. 10, 1923 in Wood County, WV, son of the late Carl and Dovie Counts Coe. Mr. Coe was a retired machinist for Union Carbide in Marietta, OH and a member of Modern Woodman of American, the...
Billie Hugh Huntley
Mar 3, 2007
Billie Hugh Huntley, age 76 of Athens, Ohio, formerly of Ashland, Oregon, passed away on March 7, 2007 at his home. Born August 3, 1930 in Portland, Oregon, he graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, where he played football then served in the Marine Corps. He received special honors for his marksmanship. He completed his Master of Education and taught...
Hugh L. DeMoss
Mar 2, 2007
ATHENS -- Hugh L. DeMoss, 69, of Athens, died Friday evening, March 2, 2007 at his home. Born April 15, 1937 in Grafton, he was the son of the late Earl C. and Cora Alice Lindsey DeMoss.</font> He was a 1956 graduate of Grafton High School</st1:placetype> in Grafton and retired from CSX Transportation after 31 years of service. He was...
Mary James
Feb 27, 2007
ATHENS - Joyce Mary (Bruce) James died Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at Arcadia Nursing Center in Coolville. She was 78. She was born to the late Arthur and Rose Bruce of Chauncey on December 9, 1928. Mrs. James was preceded in death by a son, John Alan James in 1964, also three brothers, Jack, Jim and Joe Bruce, and a...
Colleen Cara Ashworth
Feb 27, 2007
Colleen Cara Ashworth Colleen Cara Ashworth, 46, of Coolville, OH died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007 at her residence. She was born Nov. 11, 1960 in Amherst, OH, daughter of the late Kermit Clayton and Nancy E. Miller Cole. She was a Licensed Practicing Attorney for the Washington County Prosecutors Office. She is survived by a daughter, Chanda Ashworth; a son,...
Glen Roy Lawson
Feb 27, 2007
Glen Lawson Glen Roy Lawson, 72, of Reedsville, OH went home to be with his Jesus on Tueday, Feb. 27, 2007 at his home. He was born April 18, 1934 in Stiversville, OH, son of te late John and Olive Gluesencamp Lawson. He married Eleanor Bass Lawson on Nov. 22, 1953. Mr. Lawson retired from Kaiser Aluminum after 30 years...
Mary W. Stoertz
Feb 26, 2007
ATHENS - Mary W. Stoertz, 49 of ATHENS died February 26, 2007 in Athens. Memorial services will be Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 10 AM at the First United Metodist Church on College Street in Athens. A luncheon will follow at a place to be announced. A website has been set up for her at <a href="http://www.meridianna.com/mary">www.meridianna.com/mary.
Henry Atha Shreve
Feb 21, 2007
Henry Shreve Henry Atha Shreve, 94, of 2940 Glazier Rd., Guysville, OH, died Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007 at his residence. He was born March 14, 1912 in Clarksburg, WV, son of the late Charles Ross and Knightie Atha Shreve. He was retired from the City of Athens Water Department and was a former Carthage Township Trustee. He was also a...
Joan Ollie
Feb 19, 2007
THE PLAINS - Joan Ollie, 79, of The Plains, passed away Monday, February 19, 2007 at Ochr(39)Bleness Memorial Hospital. She was born August 24, 1927 in Dublin, Ireland, she was the daughter of the late William and Margaret Sheridan. She came to The United States in 1954 to marry her husband, David Ollie to whom she had been married for...
Irene Thompson
Feb 19, 2007
THE PLAINS - Irene Thompson, 83, of The Plains died Monday, February 19, 2007 at the home of her daughter in Columbus. Born December 9, 1923 in Cleveland, she was the daughter of the late Harley A. and Hattie M. Finney Douglas. She was a graduate of The Plains High School. She retired from McBeechr(39)s with over 30 years of...
Lucy Blanche Roberts
Feb 12, 2007
Lucy Roberts Lucy Blanche Roberts, 83, of Reedsville, OH, passed away Monday, Feb. 12, 2007 at her residence. She was born Oct. 3, 1923 in Calhoun County, WV, daughter of the late Mellie and Inda Richards Parsons. She was a homemaker and a member of the Reedsville Fellowship Church of the Nazarene. She is survived by 3 sons and daughters-in-law,...
Rachel M. Crawford Lawson
Feb 11, 2007
RACHEL M. LAWSON Rachel M. Crawford Lawson, 86, of North Fort Myers, Florida, formerly of the South Canaan area in Athens County passed away Sunday, February 11, 2007, following an extended illness. She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-eight years, William C. Junior Lawson, an infant sister, brother-in-law, D. W. Doc Lawson, and sister-in-law, Geraldine Lawson Nicholson....
Lizzie Rutter
Feb 10, 2007
MILLFIELD - Lizzie Rutter, 92, of Millfield, died early Saturday morning, Feb. 10, 2007 at Huston Nursing Home in Hamden. Born March 4, 1914 in ATHENS county, she was the daughter of the late Isaac and Gertie Phillips McCune. She is survived by two sons, Jimmy (Verna) Rutter of Glouster, Eldon "Sam& Rutter of Millfield; two grandchildren, Marilyn (Phil) Brinkley...
James Ray Wolfe
Feb 10, 2007
GLOUSTER - Pastor James Ray Wolfe, 68, of Glouster, went to be with the Lord, Sat. evening, Feb. 10, 2007 at Hickory Creek Nursing Center. Born April 7, 1938 in ATHENS county, he was the son of the late Vern Lewis and Helen Beatrice Kasler Wolfe. He was a 1956 graduate of Ames Bern High School. He received his BS...
Katz Morris
Feb 10, 2007
ATHENS - Suzanne Katz Morris, 86, of Athens, formerly of Columbus, died Saturday Feb. 10, 2007 at Ochr(39)Bleness Memorial Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Harry N. and Nancy B Katz. She attended the Columbus School for Girls, the University School, and North High School. She graduated in 1941 cum laude in physics and mathematics from Ohio State...
Cody Neal
Feb 8, 2007
ATHENS - William Cody Neal, 25, of ATHENS died February 8, 2007 in Norfolk, Virginia where he was stationed in the US Navy. Born January 15, 1982 in Frankfurt, Germany, he was the son of Gordon and Dixie Moore Neal of Guysville. He was a 2000 graduate of Alexander High School where he played soccer. He was a graduate of...