Obituaries
Walter Stamper,
Oct 4, 2012
Walter Ray “Bill” Stamper, Sr., age 60, of Wheelersburg, died Thursday, October 4, 2012 at home. Walter Ray Stamper, Sr. was born on March 13, 1952 in Pedro to the late Robert Stamper, Sr. and Eliza Small Stamper. Raised in Pedro, Walter graduated from Rock Hill High School in 1970. On November 11, 1972, he married Janice Hays, who survives....
Ralph Whisman
Sep 29, 2012
Ralph “Ed” Whisman, 62, formerly of West Portsmouth, died on Saturday, September 29, 2012, in the Southern Ohio Medical Center emergency room. Born May 3, 1950 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late James and Dorothy Smith Whisman, and attended the Welcome Home Christian Fellowship Church in Lucasville. Surviving are a son, James Liles of Portsmouth, two daughters,...
Doris Rivers
Sep 29, 2012
Doris Jean Rivers, 74, of Portsmouth, died on Saturday, September 29, 2012, at Concord Health & Rehabilitation Center in Wheelersburg. Born on March 19, 1938 in Isonville, KY, she was a daughter of the late Isaac and Viola Sparks Ferguson and was a former employee of Sears. Also preceding her in death were three brothers, John Willis Ferguson, Maynard Ferguson...
Jane Humble
Sep 21, 2012
Jane Humble, 73, of Portsmouth, died Friday, September 21, 2012, at home. Born on April 5, 1939 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Hershell and Ina Nance Dunlap. Jane was of the Baptist faith and a former waitress at the Ye Olde Lantern Restaurant. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Cooper, a brother,...
Dr. Moorhead
Sep 11, 2012
Dr. Thomas Moorhead, 73, of Sciotoville, died Tuesday, September 11, 2012, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. The family will have a gathering at the Scioto County Welcome Center from 2 to 4 p.m. on October 6, 2012.
Adrian Sluder
Sep 10, 2012
Adrian Wood Sluder, 89, of Minford, formerly of Sciotoville, passed away on September 10, 2012 at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born in Sciotoville June 2, 1923, he was a son of the late Edward Lindsay and Clara Belle Buffinger Sluder, a 1940 graduate of Sciotoville High School, a was a Marine veteran of WWII. Adrian worked at Williams Manufacturing Co...
Wilma Gilbert
Sep 10, 2012
Wilma L. Gilbert, 82, of Minford, died suddenly Monday, September 10, 2012, in the Southern Ohio Medical Center emergency room. Born on July 22, 1930 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Wilbur and Lois Ault Bobst and was a member of the Christ United Methodist Church in Sciotoville. Wilma was a 1947 graduate of Minford High School,...
Beverly Nelson
Sep 2, 2012
Beverly Louise Nelson, 78, of Portsmouth, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, September 2, 2012 from her home. Born October 17, 1933 in Nescopeck, PA, she was a daughter of the late Russell and Almira Welter Brelsford and was a homemaker. Beverly was a very active member of Mabert Road Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday School...
Homer Peach
Sep 2, 2012
Homer William Peach, 84, of North Moreland, died Sunday at the Veterans Hospital in Chillicothe. Born May 26, 1928 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late Jesse and Vinnie Brunton Peach. Homer was an Army veteran of the Korean War and a member of the D.A.V. Victory Chapter #134. Also preceding him in death was a brother, Robert...
June Biggam
Sep 2, 2012
JUNE JUANITA BIGGAM (Nee King), 78, of Lakewood, Ohio passed away, Sunday, September 2, 2012 at Malachi Hospice House, 2810 Clinton Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44113, after a battle with esophageal cancer. She was born November 22, 1933 in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. Her parents were Charles Samuel King and Fannie Spicie Stevens. She has been a resident of Lakewood and...
Sylvia Graham
Aug 31, 2012
Sylvia Graham, 71, of Sciotoville, died Friday, August 31, 2012, at the SOMC Hospice House. Born on April 25, 1941 in Franklin Furnace, she was a daughter of the late Jesse and Lillian Devaney Johnson Cross, was retired from the former Marting’s Department Store, and last worked in the deli department at Minford Shop Wise. Also preceding her in death...
Suzanne Hazelbaker
Aug 30, 2012
Suzanne Hazelbaker, 64, of Rosemount, died Thursday, August 30, 2012, at home. Born in Portsmouth on December 12, 1947, she was a daughter of Carl Eugene Davis and Wanda Donathan Davis and was a former dental assistant at the Cincinnati Veterans Hospital. Preceding her in death was her father, Carl Eugene Davis. Surviving are her husband, David Hazelbaker, a son,...
Charles Roe
Aug 19, 2012
Charles Wendell Roe, 72, of Hesperia, CA, formerly of Wheelersburg, died Sunday, August 19, 2012 at his residence. Born on August 21, 1939 in Wheelersburg, he was a son of the late Charles E. and Helen Thompson Roe, and was former owner/operator of C.R.O. Equipment, a trucking company. Chuck was also an Army veteran and a member of Calvary Missionary...
Candy Cummings
Aug 15, 2012
Candy Cummings 63 Carmel Jean “Candy” Cummings, 63, of Portsmouth, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at the SOMC Hospice Center, after a long battle with cancer. Born July 27, 1949, in Piketon, she was a daughter of the late Amos and Maudie Reynolds Jones and graduated from West Portsmouth High School. Candy was...
Joseph Estes
Aug 13, 2012
Joseph Ellis “Blackie” Estes, 83, of Westerville, OH, died Monday, August 13, 2012 in Columbus, OH. Born on August 27, 1928 in Bryson City, NC, he was a son of the late Ellis and Cora McCracken Estes. Surviving are his wife, Nelma Jean Sayre Estes, one son, Mark E. Estes of Columbus, OH, two daughters, Reva Jo Estes of Jamestown,...
Clifford Price
Aug 4, 2012
Clifford E. Price, 76, of Wheelersburg, went to be with his Lord on Saturday, August 04, 2012, at Best Care Nursing and Rehab Center in Wheelersburg. Born June 26, 1936 in Prichard, KY, he was a son of the late Herbert E. Price and Jettie and Lenton Slone, and was a retired brick layer for the former Empire-Detroit Steel Corp....
Bob Howard,
Jul 29, 2012
Bob Howard, Sr., 59, of Wheelersburg, went to be with our Lord in Heaven, on July 29, 2012, after a hard battle with cancer. He was born in Portsmouth, on December 13, 1952, a son of the late Cliff and Gladys Howard. Bob was baptized and attended the Sciotodale Free Will Baptist Church, worked as a carpenter out of Local...
Cecil Coey
Jul 27, 2012
Cecil Eugene Coey, 87, a long time former resident of Sciotoville, Ohio, died on July 27, 2012 at his home in Davidson, North Carolina. He was born January 28, 1925 to the late Edith (nee Reeder) and Floyd M. Coey. He is survived by two sons, Larry E. Coey (Penny – nee Gabriel) of Denver, Colorado and Timothy F. Coey...
Virginia Nourse
Jul 24, 2012
Virginia Kathryn Nourse, age 86, of Portsmouth, died Tuesday, July 24, 2012 in her home at the Minford Retirement Center. “Ginny” was born July 5th, 1926 in Sciotoville, Ohio as the daughter of the late William and Grace (Craycraft) Myers. She was a 1944 graduate of Portsmouth East High School. In 1946 she married Jesse Alton Scott, who preceded her...
Marilyn Ruley
Jul 15, 2012
Marilyn S. Ruley, 64, of Wheelersburg, died Sunday, July 15, 2012 as a result of an automobile accident. Born on May 23, 1948 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Everett and Willa Mae Slone Magaw. Marilyn was employed at Scioto Shoe Mart as a comptroller for over 20 years. Surviving are her husband, Charles W. Ruley, two...
