Everett Ray Pitts
Jun 26, 2009
Everett Ray Pitts, 83 Everett Ray Pitts, 83 of West Portsmouth died Friday June 26, 2009 at his residence. He was born December 3, 1925 in Lucasville to the late Thomas and Lona Jenkins Pitts. He was a retired Laborer and worked out of Laborers Local # 83, was a WWII Army Veteran and a lifelong member and worker of...
Herbert Aaron Markwell
Jun 18, 2009
Herbert Aaron Markwell, 58 Herbert Aaron Markwell, 58 of Stout died Thursday June 18, 2009 at King's Daughters Medical Center. He was born September 14, 1950 in Adams County to the late John Robert Thomas and Mabel Ruth Furnier Markwell. He worked for Solid Rock Construction. Herbert is survived by his wife Naomi Faye Manning Markwell, 2 sons Aaron and...
Gail Elizabeth Galloway
Jun 17, 2009
Gail Elizabeth Galloway, 61 Gail Elizabeth Galloway, 61 of West Portsmouth went to be with the Lord Wednesday June 17, 2009 at SOMC Hospice. She was born June 25, 1947 in Portsmouth to the late Gilbert and Evelyn Evans Vendura. She was a 1966 graduate of Portsmouth West High School and a graduate of Southern Ohio Business College. Gail was...
Eugene Edward Wilburn
Jun 12, 2009
Eugene Edward Wilburn, 77 Eugene Edward Wilburn 77, of Delaware, Ohio formally of McDermott, died Friday June 12, 2009 at his residence. He was born April 15, 1932 in Greenup County, Ky. to the late John and Nellie Osborne Wilburn. Gene was retired from Martin Marietta, was a Korean War Navy Veteran and was a member and Past Master of...
Rocky J. Adkins
Jun 11, 2009
Rocky J. Adkins, 50 Rocky J. Adkins, 50 of West Portsmouth, passed away Thursday June 11, 2009 surrounded by family and friends at SOMC Hospice. He was born December 29, 1958 in Portsmouth to the late Henry Adkins and Cheryl F. Adkins of West Portsmouth. He was a local businessman and of the Baptist faith. Along with his father he...
Helen Lucille Browning Payne
Jun 10, 2009
Helen Lucille Browning Payne, 90 Helen Lucille Browning Payne, 90 of Phoenix, Arizona formally of West Portsmouth, died Wednesday June 10, 2009 at A Happy Place Nursing Home. She was born November 11, 1918 in Portsmouth to the late Thurman and Ruth Turner Thompson. She was a retired LPN and a member of Nauvoo United Methodist Church. Along with her...
Robert Wesley Barnett
Jun 10, 2009
Robert Wesley Barnett, Sr., 77 Robert Wesley Barnett, Sr., 77 of Hillview Retirement Center in Portsmouth died Wednesday June 10, 2009 at Wesley Village. He was born July 8, 1931 in Portsmouth, Ohio to the late Thomas Wesley and Edna Wynona (Nonie) Barnett. He was a retired supervisor of Aristech in Haverhill. Mr. Barnett was a lifelong member of Nauvoo...
Barbara A. Browning Hatfield
Jun 6, 2009
Barbara A. Browning Hatfield, 71 Barbara A. Browning Hatfield, 71 of Portsmouth, died Saturday June 6, 2009 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born March 31, 1938 Fullerton Kentucky to the late Leonard and Mary Girdler Lyons Browning. She was a homemaker and a member of the Temple of Faith church. Along with her parents she is preceded in...
Harold Cooper
May 27, 2009
Harold Cooper 83 Harold Cooper, 83 of Dayton, a former West Portsmouth resident, died Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at Hospice of Dayton. Harold was born May 1, 1926 in West Portsmouth to the late James and Jessie Bailey Cooper. He had retired from Dayton Power and Light Company and was a WWII Navy veteran. Harold was proceeded in death by...
Minnie J. Castle
May 18, 2009
Minnie J. Castle, 82 Minnie Castle, 82 of Thurman OH, died Monday May 18, 2009 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Hunington, WVa. She was born March 16, 1927 in Scioto County to the late William and Mary Bias Tackett. She was a retired GDC Supervisor and a member of Eastern Star. Along with her parents she is preceded in...
Jeff Murnahan
May 12, 2009
Jeff Murnahan, 54 Jeff Murnahan, 54 of Portsmouth, died Tuesday May 12, 2009 at SOMC Hospice. He was born December 21, 1954 in Scioto County to the late Jeff and Betty Allen Murnahan. He was a formerly employed at Bob and Floyds and Community Action. Along with his parents Jeff is preceded in death by a sister, Terry Murnahan and...
Virginia Carver
May 8, 2009
Virginia Carver, 64 Virginia Carver 64 of Portsmouth died Friday May 8, 2009 at Golden Years Convalescent Center. She was born November 28, 1944 in Baltimore, MD to the late George and Virginia Elway Holter. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic Faith. Virginia is survived by her husband Paul Carver who she married on July 9, 1961 in...
Leona E. Bevins
May 8, 2009
Leona E. Bevins 64 Leona E. Bevins 64 of West Portsmouth, died Friday, May 8, 2009 at her residence. Leona was born July 18, 1944 in Portsmouth to the late James and Ethel Horsley Brown. She was a homemaker. Leona was proceeded in death by her husband, John L. Bevins, 4 brothers; Jimmy, Abe, Lafe and Bill Brown, 5 sisters;...
Henry Marshall Brown
Apr 19, 2009
Henry Marshall Brown, 73 Henry Marshall Brown, 73 of West Portsmouth, died Sunday April 19, 2009 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born April 25, 1935 in Kentucky to the late Hubert and Queenie Warner Brown. He was a former C& O Railroad employee. Along with his parents Henry was preceded in death by a step daughter Frances Evans....
Billy Joe Boyd
Apr 15, 2009
Billy Joe Boyd, 72 Billy Joe Boyd, 72 of Hayesville, North Carolina died April 15, 2009 at Murphy Medical Center in Murphy North Carolina. He was born October 25, 1936 in Portsmouth, Ohio to the late Charles Edward and Lena Mae Smith Boyd. He worked for Empire Detroit Steel and was a member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge #761. Along with...
Samuel Joseph "Joe" Carver
Apr 10, 2009
Samuel Joseph "Joe" Carver, 46 Samuel Joseph "Joe" Carver, 46 of West Portsmouth, died Friday April 10, 2009 in Columbus. He was born February 25, 1963 in Mynot, North Dakota to Samuel Eugene and Bonnie Tabor Carver of Black Oak, Kentucky. He worked for Distel Construction and was a member of Laborers Local 83 of Portsmouth and Dry Run Misson...
Mary M. Campbell
Apr 2, 2009
Mary M. Campbell 82 Mary M. Campbell 82 of Portsmouth, died Thursday, April 2, 2009 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. Mary was born March 16, 1927 in Portsmouth to the late Robert and Roxie Marcum. She was a homemaker. Mary was proceeded in death by her husband, Woodrow "Bus" Campbell whom she married on November, 23, 1946, five brothers; Charlie,...
Charles Thomas Cole
Mar 30, 2009
Charles Thomas Cole Sr., 85 Charles Thomas Cole Sr., 85 of Fennville, Michigan formally of Portsmouth, died Monday March 30, 2009 at Allegan General Hospital in Allegan, MI. He was born March 12, 1924 in Cleveland to the late William Thomas and Lucille Elizabeth Taylor Cole. He retired from Bosch in Michigan and was a veteran of 2 wars. He...
Thomas J May
Mar 25, 2009
Thomas J May, 86 Thomas J May 86, of Portsmouth, died Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at Hempstead Manor. Thomas was born June 24, 1922 in Pikeville, KY to the late Wid and Lenora May. He had attended the Heaven Bound Tabernacle Church in Portsmouth. Thomas was proceeded in death by his wife; Mary May, one son; Chuck Schwartz, three brothers;...
Emory Craddoc Frye
Mar 24, 2009
Emory Craddoc "Doc" Frye 58 Emory Craddoc "Doc" Frye, 58 of Keystone Heights passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at the Putnam Community Medical Center in Palatka, Fl following a sudden illness. Doc was born February 23, 1951 in Portsmouth to the late Rev. Hoard Frye and Bessie Frye Kennedy who survives. He served in the US Army, was a...
