Obituaries
Ruth Howell
Oct 20, 2012
"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal." The memory of Ruth Jacqueline Baird Howell, 84, will never be forgotten because her life touched so many with her unconditional love, kindness, gentleness and generosity. If love alone could have saved her, she would have never died. A heart of gold stopped beating...
Wayne Williams
Oct 19, 2012
Wayne W. Williams, 78, of Sciotodale, died Friday, October 19, 2012, at the SOMC Hospice House. Born on April 1, 1934 in Scioto Furnace, he was a son of the late Albert and Mary Garey Williams and a carpenter at the former Empire-Detroit Steel Corp. for 43 years. Wayne was a member of Swauger Valley Free Will Baptist Church and...
Harold Burchett
Oct 10, 2012
Harold Richard Burchett, 80, of Portsmouth, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born on June 12, 1932 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late Emory and Elizabeth Meade Burchett. Harold was a member of the Pine Valley Christian Church, a meat cutter at the former Massie Super Market and an Army veteran of...
Paul Skaggs
Oct 9, 2012
Paul Steven Skaggs, 57, of Sciotoville, died Tuesday, October 9, 2012, at Adena Medical Center in Chillicothe. Born March 31, 1955 in Phoenix, Arizona, he was a son of Paul and Nannie Bennett Skaggs. Steve was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, a member of Berean Baptist Church and was a member of the American Legion. Surviving are a...
Rickley Schwalbach
Oct 8, 2012
Rickley Cade Schwalbach, day old son of Rickley “Chad” and Britney Ashby Schwalbach of Wheelersburg, died Monday, October 8, 2012 at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born October 8, 2012, at SOMC. Also surviving are a sister, Dylan Grace Schwalbach, grandparents, Tammi and Jerry Dodds of Wheelersburg, Rick and Denice Ashby of Bradenton, Fla., and Rick Schwalbach of...
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,...
