Obituaries

Melvin C. Hedrick

Melvin C. Hedrick

Oct 20, 2005

Melvin C. Hedrick, 82 years of Peebles, died Thursday, October 20, 2005 at his residence. He was born June 28, 1923 in Peebles, Ohio, the son of the late George and Eva Storer Hedrick. Beside his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother. Melvin was a member of the Peebles Church of Christ and retired from Haas Lumber...

Margaret Rose Bracken Parker

Margaret Rose Bracken Parker

Oct 14, 2005

Margaret Rose Bracken Parker, 85 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, October 14, 2005 at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. She was born at Hillsboro, Ohio on July 7, 1920 the daughter of the late Frank and Julie Myers Bracken. She was a member of the Belfast United Methodist Church. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her...

Josephine Baxley

Josephine Baxley

Oct 13, 2005

Josephine Baxley, 87 years of Hillsboro, Died Thursday, October 13, 2005. She was born May 4, 1918 in Pike County, Ohio the daughter of the late Floyd and Mattie burgess Locke. Bside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Dempsey D. Baxley on April 22, 1975, One son Raymond Floyd Perrin. one daughter Violet Louise Gall and...

Pearl Junior Taylor

Pearl Junior Taylor

Oct 9, 2005

Pearl Junior Taylor, 81 years of Hillsboro Boston Community, died Sunday, October 9, 2005 at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. He was born in Wilmington, Ohio on July 25, 1924 the son of the late Jess Delbert and Daisy Irene Storer Taylor. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by two grandsons, two brothers Gail Taylor and Frank...

Caraline Louise Francis Newton

Caraline Louise Francis Newton

Oct 8, 2005

Caraline Louise Francis Newton, died Saturday, October 8, 2005 at Good Sam Hospital. She was born at Good Sam Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio on October 8, 2005 the daughter of Johnny Newton and Sandra Francis. She is survived by her parents and sister Audriana Francis Newton of West Union, Ohio. Maternal grandmother Kathy Pollard of West Union, Ohio, and paternal grandmother...

Mildred P. Gaver

Mildred P. Gaver

Oct 1, 2005

Mildred P. Gaver, 88 years of Gahanna, Ohio, died Saturday, October 1, 2005 at the Mt. Carmel East Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Mildred was born September 11, 1917 at Seaman, Ohio, the daughter of the late John William and Minnie Pearl Store Stern. Beside her parents, she was preceded in death by her 1st husband, Gilbert Neal, 2nd husband, Cuthbert...

Betty Rea Young

Betty Rea Young

Oct 1, 2005

Betty Rea Young, 58 years of Peebles, died Saturday, October 1, 2005 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. She was born June 14, 1947 in Douglas, Arizona, the daughter of the late Paul Irwin and Ramona Carroll Lewis. Beside her parents, she was preceded in death by a step-son, Doug Young, a step-daughter, Darcy Young and a brother,...

Sherry Moore Russell

Sherry Moore Russell

Sep 29, 2005

Sherry Moore Russell, 50 years of Liberty, South Carolina, died Thursday, September 29, 2005 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on January 9, 1955 the daughter of the late Sterling and Ramona Geeslin Moore. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers Roger Moore, and Rickey Moore...

Mary Edith Ryan

Mary Edith Ryan

Sep 29, 2005

Edith Ryan, 88 years of Peebles, Ohio, died Thursday, September 29, 2005 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union, Ohio. She was born June 16, 1917 at Bainbridge, Ohio, the daughter of the late William Jefferson and Nellie Lytle Smalley. Beside her parents, she was preceded in death by one son Winson Ryan, one brother Richard Smalley, three sisters,...

John L. Whitley

John L. Whitley

Sep 24, 2005

John L. Whitley, 71 years of Seaman, Ohio, died Saturday, September 24, 2005 at the Adams County Hospital. He was born in Greenup, Kentucky on August 9, 1934 the son of the late Walter and Ethel Jones Whitley. John was a member of the Seaman Christian Church, a member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Cincinnati and a Veteran serving...

Vera Faye Simbro

Vera Faye Simbro

Sep 22, 2005

Vera Faye Simbro, 80 years of Hillsboro, died Thursday, September 22, 2005 at the Villa of Georgetown. She was born in New Market, Ohio on January 14, 1925 the daughter of the late Jesse and Faye Fanning Kier. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Roger Simbro in 1977, and one brother Gleason Kier. Vera was...

Luther Roscoe Dillon

Luther Roscoe Dillon

Sep 21, 2005

Luther Roscoe Dillon Jr. 58 years of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at the Bethesday North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio He was born April 5, 1947 in Hillsboro, Ohio the son of the late Luther Rogers and Frances Marie Pauley Dillion. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by a son John Earl Cox, one Brother David Dillon,...

Alverda Nell Foster

Alverda Nell Foster

Sep 21, 2005

Alverda Nell Foster, 80 years of Winchester, Ohio, died Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at her residence. She was born September 14, 1925 at West Union, Ohio, the daughter of the late John and Edna Taylor Trotter. Beside her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Philip Foster and two sisters. She was a member of the Winchester United...

Roy Allen Locke

Roy Allen Locke

Sep 20, 2005

Roy Allen Locke, 46 years of Bainbridge, Ohio, died Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at Middletown Regional Hospital. He was born in Pike County, Ohio on October 6, 1958 the son of Ronald E. Locke, Sr. who is deceased and surviving mother Ethel Mae Knisley Locke. He is survived by his mother, wife Margaret Howard Locke of Bainbridge, Ohio, and son...

Ralph J. Peterson

Ralph J. Peterson

Sep 19, 2005

Ralph J. Peterson, 83 years old of Hillsboro, died Monday, September 19, 2005 at Heartland of Hillsboro. He was born June 24, 1928 in Mt. Sterling, Ohio, the son of Walter A. and Pearl Seaman Peterson. His wife Florence Criswell Peterson, whom he married June 4, 1942 in Georgetown, Ohio, preceded him in death on April 10, 1996. He was...

Ernie Lee Barnes

Ernie Lee Barnes

Sep 18, 2005

Ernie Lee Barnes, 76 years of New Port Ritchie, Florida, died Sunday September 18, 2005 at his residence. He was born at Urbana, Ohio on April 5, 1929 the son of the late Milby and Esta Bailey Barnes. He was a member of the American Legion, Thompson-Wallingford Post #54, life member of the V.F.W., life member of the DAV and...

Lorena Thompson

Lorena Thompson

Sep 16, 2005

Lorena Thompson, 91 years of Batavia, formerly of Cherry Fork, died Friday, September 16, 2005 at the Clermont County Nursing Home. She was born in Grange City, Kentucky on October 17, 1913 the daughter of the late James Oliver and America Jane Reed Jamison. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Arthur Raymond Thompson, one brother...

Larry J. Stephenson

Larry J. Stephenson

Sep 15, 2005

Larry J. Stephenson, 42 years of Sardinia, died Thursday, September 15, 2005 at the University of Cincinnati. He was born in Otway, Ohio on February 6, 1963 the son of the late Clayton Stephenson and Betty Pollard Stephenson of Peebles, Ohio. Larry was a member of Shady Lane band. Besides his mother he is survived by his son Greg Stephenson...

Virginia Gesselman

Virginia Gesselman

Sep 14, 2005

Virginia Lee Gesselman, 67 years of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at her residence. She was born at Closplint, Kentucky on March 3, 1938 the daughter of the late Thomas Eugene and Nora Bach Boring. She is survived by her husband Clarence Gesselman of Hillsboro, two sons Larry Cornett of Florida, James Cornett of Greenfield, OH., one daughter, Renee...

Dale T. Puckett

Dale T. Puckett

Sep 13, 2005

Dale T. Puckett, 81 years of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at the VA Medical Center at Chillicothe. He was born in Pike County, Ohio on September, 27, 1923 the son of the late George B. and Dollie F. Ingles Puckett. He was a member of the Carmel Methodist Church, life time member of the DAV, he retired April...