Obituaries

Paul Karnes

Paul Karnes

Oct 8, 2006

Paul Karnes, 86 years died quietly at home Sunday Morning, October 8, 2006 on the same farm where he was born. He was born on March 9, 1920 in Paint Township the son of the late George and Josephine Towne Karnes. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ella Mae Ross Karnes, one son Kenneth Karnes and his...

Gertrude Davis

Gertrude Davis

Oct 8, 2006

Gertrude Davis, 87 years of Seaman, died Sunday, October 8, 2006 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Floyd County, Virginia on January 12, 1919 the daughter of the late Walter and Tidde Martin Webb. She was an Order of Eastern Star member in Virginia. She worked for General Motors. Beside her parents she was...

Raymond Lee Fitch

Raymond Lee Fitch

Oct 6, 2006

Raymond Lee Fitch, 70 years of Peebles, died Friday, October 6, 2006 at the Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born February 11, 1936 at Washington C.H., Ohio, the son of the late Everett and Nancy Allen Fitch. Beside his parents, he was preceded in death by a son Timothy Fitch, four sisters and three brothers. Raymond retired...

James Sam Deacon Jones

James Sam Deacon Jones

Oct 6, 2006

James Sam Deacon Jones, 79 years of Peebles, died Friday, October 6, 2006 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was born in Greenup, Kentucky on February 28, 1927 the son of the late Charles and Etta Jones. He is survived by his brother Jr. Jones of Peebles and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held on Tuesday, October 10,...

Garrie C. Knox

Garrie C. Knox

Oct 5, 2006

Garrie C. Knox, 60 years of Hillsboro, died Thursday, October 5, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Montgomery County, Ohio on September 27, 1946 the daughter of Ernest and Elizabeth Branscomb Lynch. She is survived by her husband, Larry Knox of Hillsboro, parents, Ernest and Elizabeth Lynch of Hillsboro, sons and daughters-in-law, Ernest and Allison Knox of Hillsboro,...

Marvin J. Mckibben

Marvin J. Mckibben

Oct 3, 2006

Marvin J. McKibben, 73, of Hillsboro, OH, Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at the Hospice of Dayton. Born in Frost, Ohio on July 19, 1933 the son of the late James and Grace Linton McKibben. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran. Also preceded by his wife, Esther A. Rouse McKibben, and two brothers, Westin and Wilmer Amos McKibben. Survived by...

Oleta I. Evans

Oleta I. Evans

Oct 3, 2006

Oleta I. Evans, 85 years of Troy, formerly of Rainsboro, died Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at the Pickaway Manor Care Center in Circleville. She was born in Highland County, Ohio on November 1, 1920 the daughter of the late Clifton and Anna Steele Murphy. She was a member of the Hillsboro First United Methodist Church. She retired from the Postal...

Harry Van Buren Barrett

Harry Van Buren Barrett

Oct 1, 2006

Harry Van Buren Barrett, 93 years of Dayton, died Sunday, October 1, 2006 at the Otterbein Retirement Center at Lebanon. He was born at Marshall, Ohio on June 4, 1913 the son of Jacob H. and Callie Eakins Barrett. Harry was the great-great grandson of Jonathan Barrett who came to Highland County from Virginia in 1805. His early life was...

Larry D Disher

Larry D Disher

Sep 30, 2006

Larry D. Disher, 53 years of Peebles, died Saturday, September 30, 2006 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born in Franklin, Ohio on January 3, 1953 the son of Glendon L. and Goldie Glenn Disher. He was a member of the Tranquility Full Gospel Tabernacle. He was preceded in death by his 1st wife Debbie Disher. He is...

Matt E. Murphy

Matt E. Murphy

Sep 28, 2006

Matt E. Murphy, 66 years of Hillsboro, died Thursday, September 28, 2006 at Hospice of Cincinnati. He was born on February 7, 1940 at Clover Bottom, Kentucky, the son of the late William and Edna Jones Murphy. Beside his parents, he was preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters. Matt owned and operated the West Main Auto Repair in...

Everett F. Glaze

Everett F. Glaze

Sep 26, 2006

Everett F. "Bud" Glaze, 85 years of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. He was born in Highland County, Ohio on September 4, 1921 the son of the late Harry and Ella Stethem Glaze. He retired from Milacron in Wilmington after 28 ½ years of service. He was a lifelong farmer. Beside his...

Agnes L. Easter

Agnes L. Easter

Sep 24, 2006

Agnes L. Easter, 89 years of West Union, died Sunday, September 24, 2006 at the Adams County Manor in West Union. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on January 20, 1917 the daughter of the late George and Jessie Reed Brooks. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, William A. Easter, who passed away on...

Maunia L. Hare

Maunia L. Hare

Sep 24, 2006

Maunia L. Hare, 96 years of Portsmouth, died Sunday, September 24, 2006 at the Hill View Retirement Center in Portsmouth. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on May 8, 1910 the daughter of the late Lester and Grace Foster Jandes. She was a member of the Seaman United Methodist Church, American Legion Auxiliary Post #633, and the Manchester Order...

Sona Gaye Moore

Sona Gaye Moore

Sep 24, 2006

Sona Gaye Moore, 60 years of Kettering, died Sunday, September 24, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Fletcher County, Kentucky on April 22, 1946 the daughter of the late Walter and Lula Wilder Sandlin. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Roger Moore, who passed away in 1987, one daughter, Kathy Lynn Hood, and...

Ada E. Henry

Ada E. Henry

Sep 22, 2006

Ada E. Henry, 88 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, September 22, 2006 at the Hospice of Dayton. She was born in Highland County, Ohio on August 8, 1918, the daughter of the late William and Ann Mae Setty Gillespie. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Clarence E. Henry on September 26, 1961, four sisters and...

Walter E. Cooper

Walter E. Cooper

Sep 21, 2006

Walter E. Cooper, 76 years of Peebles, died Thursday, September 21, 2006 at the Eagle Creek Nursing Center in West Union. He was born in South Portsmouth, Kentucky on December 28, 1929 the son of the late James and Goldie Jewett Cooper. He was a U.S. Marine veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Mayhill Church...

Olive Pearl Walker

Olive Pearl Walker

Sep 21, 2006

Olive Pearl Walker, 82 years of Hillsboro, died Thursday, September 21, 2006 at the Laurels of Hillsboro. She was born in New Vienna, Ohio on March 27, 1924 the daughter of the late John and Bertha Smith Rhoades. She retired from Robertshaw Controls after twenty-seven years, and from the Washington Elementary after ten years of service. Beside her parents she...

Harvey B. Royster

Harvey B. Royster

Sep 20, 2006

Harvey B. Royster, 62 years formerly of Latham, Ohio, died Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at the Henderson County Hospital in Lexington, Tennessee. He was born in Greenup, Kentucky on January 13, 1944 the son of the late Edward and Edith White Royster. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Anna Rister Royster, four brothers, and four...

Shirley A. Rhoads

Shirley A. Rhoads

Sep 19, 2006

Shirley A. Rhoads, 67 years of Peebles, died Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at the Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on November 21, 1938 the daughter of John and Pauline Bays Hayslip. She was preceded in death by her father, John Hayslip. She was united in marriage on January 11, 1987 to John...

Joyce F. Hall

Joyce F. Hall

Sep 18, 2006

Joyce F. Hall, 62 years of Winchester, died Monday, September 18, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Breathitt County, Kentucky on March 20, 1944 the daughter of the late Herb and Martha Trent Combs. She was a member of the McCombs Chapel Church. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters. She is...