Obituaries

May 28, 2014

Ethel Tracy Osborne , age 81, of Portsmouth, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Bridgeport Healthcare Center. Born on August 31, 1932 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late George and Edna Cook Barry. Ethel was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Earl Osborne, five brothers, Dave, Vernon, Robert...

May 8, 2014

Helen Eshem , 89, of Sciotoville, died Thursday, May 8, 2014 at the Bermuda Village Healthcare Center in Advance, NC. Born on August 28, 1924 in Scioto County, she was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Ray Sturgill, Dovie Curtis Sturgill Howard and Stephen Howard.

Helen...

Apr 23, 2014

Brian Keith Mullins, 34, of Minford, died Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Huntington, WV.  Born on August 16, 1979 in Portsmouth, he was a son of Harold and Patricia Cornwell Mullins of Oak Hill and a graduate of East High School.

Also surviving are two...

Apr 23, 2014

Mary L. Fields, 67, of New Boston, died Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at Heartland of Portsmouth.  Born on January 14, 1947 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Wade and Maxine Ginn Donahue and attended Salem United Methodist Church in Minford.  Also preceding her in death were her former husband, Timothy Fields, Sr....

Apr 17, 2014

Linda McCane Bettes , 64, of Columbus, died Thursday, April 17, 2014, at Doctor’s West Hospital in Columbus.  Born on October 3, 1949 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Clifford and Frances Spence McCane and a retired housekeeper for Doctor’s West Hospital.  Linda was a member of Columbus West Church...

Apr 17, 2014

Darin Bradford , 43, of Sciotoville, died Thursday, April 17, 2014, at the SOMC Hospice Center.  Born on August 9, 1970 in Portsmouth, he was a son of Dennis and Brenda Riley Bradford.  Darin was a graduate of East High School.

Preceding him in death was his...

Apr 5, 2014

Henry “Junior” Spencer, Jr., 76, of New Boston, died Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Ashland, KY.  Born on August 27, 1937 in New Boston, he was a son of the late Henry Spencer, Sr. and Minnie Kegley Spencer, and was a retired insurance adjustor for Grange Insurance.  Junior was...

Mar 29, 2014

Alma M. Payton , 89, of Sciotoville, died Saturday, March 29, 2014, at Heartland of Portsmouth.  Born on April 5, 1924 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Roscoe and Myrtle Bloomfield Evans and a graduate of Wheelersburg High School.  In 1961 she was Mother of the Year in Portsmouth, an...

Mar 26, 2014

Donna Sexton , 81, of Portsmouth, died Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Hempstead Manor.  Born on March 14, 1933 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late William E. and Oralein Davis Messer, and was of the Apostolic faith.

Surviving are two daughters, Teresa (Rod) Armstrong of Wheelersburg and Janie...

Mar 14, 2014

Joy E. Carmichael , 70, of Portsmouth, formerly of Wheelersburg, went to be with her Lord, encircled by her three loving daughters.  Born on September 27, 1943 in Powellsville, she was a daughter of the late William and Catherine Rice Carter, and was a member of Sand Hill Christian Baptist Church.  Joy was an avid...

Mar 7, 2014

Kenneth Ray Blake , age 76, of Sciotoville, went to be with his Lord on March 7, 2014.  Born on July 11, 1937 in Huntington, WV, he was a son of the late, Oscar and Ethel Vernatte Blake.  Kenneth was an Army veteran and a retired Carpenter from the Carpenter’s Local #437.

Surviving are his...

Mar 6, 2014

William R.  Craig, 72, of Sciotoville, died Thursday, March 06, 2014, at Kings Daughter Medical Center in Ashland, KY.  Born on July 23, 1941, in Dawajak, Michigan,  he was a son of the late Russell and Jenny Salyers Craig.  Bill was a Navy veteran, former owner/operator of Craig’s Body Shop in Wheelersburg, and was a member of...

Mar 4, 2014

Ira “Baby Boy” Mault, 78, of Wheelersburg, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at the SOMC Hospice Center.  Born on October 8, 1935 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late Roscoe and Geneva Baer Mault and a lineman for the former GTE.  Ira was a Marine and Army veteran.

Also preceding Baby...

Mar 1, 2014

John Sparks, 77, of Wheelersburg, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2014, at the Concord Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wheelersburg.  Born on May 5, 1936 in Garrison, KY, he was a son of the late John Sparks and Opal Mae Scott Sparks, and was retired from Dayton-Walther Foundry.  John was especially proud of being the former president...

Feb 27, 2014

Bette Lou Cottle , 85, of Sciotoville, died Thursday, February 27, 2014, at Minford Retirement Center.  Born on September 20, 1928 in Scioto County, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Chessie Brown Graham and was a member of First Church of Christ on Dogwood Ridge Road.  Bette was a graduate of East High School...

Feb 17, 2014

Carl C. Penton , 87, of New Boston, died Monday, February 17, 2014, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center.  Born on September 2, 1926 in Jay, FL, he was a son of the late Claude R. and Bertha Julia Diamond Penton.  Survivors include his wife, Kathryn Silvia Penton, three sons, Joseph (Mary Ann) Penton of Cantonment, FL,...

Feb 17, 2014

Carl Roger Ruggles, 63, of Sciotoville, died Monday, February 17, 2014, at the Ohio State University Medical Center.  Arrangements are pending at the BRANT FUNERAL HOME IN SCIOTOVILLE.

Feb 15, 2014

Marilyn Kay Messer , 73, formerly of Sciotoville, died Saturday, February 15, 2014, in Chillicothe.  Born on July 23, 1940 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Francis and Kathryn Veneer Fowler and was a former chemist for Mead Research in Chillicothe.  Marilyn formerly attended Calvary Baptist Church in Portsmouth and presently attended...

Feb 9, 2014

Betty Janet Tolle Bussa , 80, formerly of Rigrish Addition in Sciotoville, died Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014 at Colonial Manor in Columbus Junction, Iowa.  Born on April 12, 1933 in Idaho, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late William and Olive Woods Scowden, was a member of the Sciotoville Christian Church and was formerly...

Feb 2, 2014

Elbert “Red” Stiltner, 78, of Vanceburg, KY, formerly of Sciotoville, died Sunday, February 2, 2014, at the SOMC Hospice House.  Born on April 5, 1935 in Sciotoville, he was a son of the late Fred and Minnie Messer Stiltner, was retired from the former Imperial Vault Company and was a member of Harvest Chapel in Garrison, KY. ...