Obituaries
Julia Morris
Jun 9, 2011
Julia C. Morris, 78, of Portsmouth, died Thursday, June 09, 2011, at home. Born on October 25, 1932, in Whitethorn, VA, she was a daughter of the late Jessie and Robie Blanche Shepherd Price. Also preceding her in death were her husband, Frank E. Morris, Sr., sons Bob and Frank Morris, brothers Audrey, Dick, Marvin and Tom Price and a...
Wilma Lewis
Jun 4, 2011
Wilma Pennywitt Lewis, 88, of Portsmouth, died Saturday, June 4, 2011, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. A funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Brant Funeral Home in Portsmouth. Interment will be in Friendship Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Brant’s in Portsmouth from Noon to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Robert Beinbrech
May 26, 2011
Robert D. Beinbrech, 94, of Sciotoville, died Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Hempstead Manor where he has resided for the past 8 years. Born November 4, 1916 in Bucyrus, he was a son of the late Dean and Florence Fisher Beinbrech, an Army veteran of World War II, and a member of the American Legion. Bob was a retired electrician...
Brian Patrick
May 15, 2011
Brian Leroy Patrick, 46, of West Portsmouth, died Sunday, May 15, 2011 in the SOMC emergency room. Arrangements are under the direction of the Brant Funeral Service in Portsmouth.
Dorothy Garlinger
May 10, 2011
Dorothy Garlinger, 85, of Flatwoods, KY, formerly of Wheelersburg, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, KY and had been residing at Trinity Station Retirement Community in Flatwoods since 2007. Born on May 20, 1925 in Chicago, IL, she was the first daughter of the late Albert and Amelia Peterson. Dorothy and her husband,...
James Graham
May 8, 2011
James D. Graham, 77, of Rigrish Addition, Sciotoville, died Sunday, May 8,, 2011, at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born October 3, 1933 in Sciotoville, he was a son of the late James and Georgia Graham, was a graduate of East High School and a retired engineer with the N & W Railroad with 42 years of service. Jim was a...
Gary Faulkner
May 3, 2011
Gary Lee Faulkner, 68, of Sciotoville, died Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY. Born October 11, 1942 in Scioto Furnace, he was a son of the late John and Jettie Adkins Faulkner, was a retired conductor for the Norfolk and Western Railroad and an Army veteran. Gary was a member of the James Dickey...
Ruth Jacobs
Apr 30, 2011
Ruth Jacobs, 88, formerly of Portsmouth, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Springfield Masonic Community. Born January 22, 1923 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late William and Ruby Ashley Charles, and was a retired staff officer for National City Bank with 30 years of service. Also preceding her in death were brothers Franklin, Gilbert and James Charles...
John Akers
Apr 28, 2011
John M. Akers, 74, of Piketon, formerly of Lawrence County where he was born and raised, died Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. He was born May 1, 1937, a son of the late Milton and Fannie Jenkins Akers, and was a long standing member of the New Boston Church of God of Prophecy. Also preceding...
William Mays,
Apr 18, 2011
Rev. William Earl “Shady” Mays, Jr., 56, of Sciotoville, died Monday, April 18, 2011, suddenly at home. Born February 21, 1955 in Ironton, he was a son of Betty Jo Moore Mays and the late Rev. William Earl Mays, Sr. and was the pastor of Hanging Rock Church of the Nazarene. Shady was nearing completion of a degree in ministerial...
John Shively
Apr 13, 2011
John William Shively, 71, of Portsmouth, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on July 31, 1939 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late Forest and Wilma Brown Shively. John was formerly employed at the Berndt & Murfin Insurance Agency and the Goodyear Atomic Plant. Also preceding him in death was a brother, Gary...
Gary Buchanan
Apr 13, 2011
Gary Lee Buchanan, 63, passed away on April 13, 2011 in Palmdale, CA. Born on September 4, 1947 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he was the son of the late James C. and Pearl McClurg Buchanan. Gary grew up in Portsmouth and attended Ohio University, Wright State University and received his degree from the University of San Francisco. He served in...
Donald Leesburg
Apr 5, 2011
Donald Leesburg, 86, of Wheelersburg, passed away on April 5, 2011 after a long illness. Born September 13, 1924 in Wheelersburg, he was a son of the late William and Pearl Adams Leesburg, was a graduate of East High School in Sciotoville and retired in 1988 from Norfolk and Southern Railroad with 35 years of service. Don was a Scioto...
Lillian Smith
Mar 30, 2011
Lillian Carol Smith, 97, formerly of Sciotoville, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, in Butler. Born April 28, 1913 on Bonser Run Road in Sciotoville, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Gracie Toland Martin. Lillian was a member of the Bonser Run Christian Baptist Church and it’s Ladies’ Prayer Circle. Also preceding her in death were her husband,...
Ray Thompson
Mar 25, 2011
Ray W. Thompson, 83, of Portsmouth, died peacefully, Friday, March 25, 2011, at his home. Born October 17, 1927 in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late Robert and Bertha Tolle Thompson, a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Christ’s Community Church. Ray was a graduate of Cedarville College, retired Chief of Police with 30...
Jason Moore
Mar 19, 2011
Jason C. Moore, 25, of New Boston, died Saturday, March 19, 2011 in Eden Park. Born Nov. 30, 1985 in Heerlen, The Netherlands, he was a son of Jeff Moore of New Boston and Sherri’ Otto Moore of Arizona, and was a 2004 graduate of Glenwood High School. Jason is also survived by six brothers, PFC John Moore of Ft....
George Peterman
Mar 13, 2011
George W. Peterman, 71, of Portsmouth died Sunday, March 13, 2011, at his home. He was born on February 23, 1940 in Catlettsburg, KY, a son of the late Tom and Alma Castle Peterman. Surviving is his wife, Ella Fawbush Peterman, five sons, five daughters, two brothers, two sisters, 29 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Arrangements are under the direction of...
Paula Coe
Mar 11, 2011
Paula Jean Coe, 44, of Portsmouth, died Friday, March 11, 2011, at her home. Born September 14, 1966 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Ivan and Diane Hoffman Helvenstine. Also preceding her in death was a grandmother, Mildred Hoffman, a brother, Gary Lee Helvenstine and a grandson, Geoffrey Thompson. Surviving are three daughters, Amber Billups of Huntington,...
Carrie Hoople
Mar 9, 2011
I Thessalonians 4:13, 16, 18 (NKJ) But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will...
Sherry Mosley
Feb 21, 2011
Sherry L. Mosley, 68, of Portsmouth, died Monday, February 21, 2011 at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born on October 18, 1942 in Pike County, a daughter of the late Vaughn and Helen Carrington Faught, and was a member of the Central Church of Christ. Surviving are her husband, Daniel K. Mosley, two daughters, LaVonne Mosley of Nicholasville,...
