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Brenda Lee Dyer
Dec 21, 2020
Brenda Lee Dyer, 64
Brenda Lee Dyer, 64 of West Portsmouth, died Monday, December 21, 2020 at her home. She was born November 27, 1956 in Portsmouth to the late Ralph and Bonnie Fife Dyer Jr.. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents Ervin and Goldie Ratliff Fife, paternal grandparents Ralph...
Joyce Ann Mathews
Dec 18, 2020
Joyce Ann Mathews, 83
Joyce Ann Mathews, 83 of Friendship died Friday, December 18, 2020 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born November 12, 1937 in Friendship. She is preceded in death by her parents, Doris Shaw and William Meyer, her husband, David T. Mathews, her son, David T. Mathews II, a brother, David Meyer, and...
Melinda Hill
Dec 15, 2020
Melinda Hill, 51
Melinda Hill, 51 of Portsmouth died Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at SOMC Hospice. She was born January 23, 1969 in Sylvester, West Virginia to Brenda Kay Hill Hutchison of Portsmouth.
Along with her mother, Melinda is survived by a sister, Mary M. Hill of Portsmouth, a brother, Rexford Smith of Chillicothe, special...
Joann Edith Hayslip
Dec 8, 2020
Joann Edith Hayslip, 88
Joann Edith Hayslip, 88 of West Portsmouth died Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at SOMC Hospice. She was born June 3, 1932 in Columbus to the late Ira and Irene Woody Brumfield. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ferman James Hayslip, a son, James Joseph Hayslip, and a...
Shirley (Kitchen) Arnett
Dec 4, 2020
Shirley Kitchen Arnett, 84
Shirley Kitchen Arnett, 84 of West Portsmouth, died Friday, December 4, 2020 at Rosemount Pavilion. She was born May 12, 1936 in West Portsmouth to the late Norman and Lona Adkins Kitchen, Sr. Along with her parents, Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Arnett who she married on November 25,...
Richard L Fraley
Nov 29, 2020
Richard L. Fraley, 73
Richard L. Fraley, 73 of Portsmouth died Sunday, November 29, 2020 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born October 13, 1947 in Portsmouth to the late William L. "Chigger" Fraley and Jesse Coffee Fraley Blaine. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Teresa Blankenship.
Richard...
Eric Lee Winters-Doll
Nov 29, 2020
Eric Lee Winters-Doll, 35
Eric Lee Winters-Doll, 35 of West Portsmouth lost his battle on Sunday, November 29, 2020. He was born November 26, 1985 in Portsmouth to the late Jeffrey Lee Doll and Marsha (Chris) Hart who survives. Along with his father, he was preceded in death by his grandfather, Ronald Lee Doll.
Along...
Donna Lou Rolen
Nov 26, 2020
Donna Lou Rolen, 82
Donna Lou Rolen, 82 of Portsmouth died Thursday November 26, 2020 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born August 8, 1938 in Portsmouth to the late Charles and Dorothy Reeder Moore. Along with her parents she is preceded in death by her husband Ronnie Rolen whom she married in 1956, a daughter...
Trula A. (White) Monk
Nov 25, 2020
Trula A. Monk, 77
Trula A. Monk, 77 of West Portsmouth, died Wednesday November 25, 2020 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born May 31, 1943 in Pike County to the late Lindsay Vanburen and Bessie Lee McDowell White. Along with her parents Trula was preceded in death by her husband Douglas M. Monk, who she...
Mimmie Karon Wilson
Nov 24, 2020
Mimmie Karon Wilson, 76
Mimmie Karon Wilson, 76 of Portsmouth died Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born June 8, 1944 in West Portsmouth to the late Howard and Alice Craiger Gammon. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Brenda Lucas, a grandson, Kristopher Parks, a brother,...
Smitty Lee Hughes
Nov 22, 2020
Smitty Lee "Buddy" Hughes, 73
Smitty Lee "Buddy" Hughes, 73 of Russells Point, died Sunday November 22, 2020 at OSU Wexner Medical Center. He was born July 27, 1947 in Washington Courthouse to the late Edith Cooper who raised him. Along with his mother he is preceded in death by 2 brothers and 2 sisters.
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Wanda Lou Caudill
Nov 19, 2020
Wanda Lou Caudill, 69
Wanda Lou Caudill, 69 of West Portsmouth died Thursday, November 19, 2020 at SOMC Hospice. She was born May 15, 1951 in Portsmouth to the late Edward and Ollie Eulett Atkins. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, June Elaine Colley
Wanda is survived by her...
Edith Tumbleson Walker
Nov 14, 2020
Edith Tumbleson Walker, 72
Edith Tumbleson Walker, 72 of West Portsmouth passed away Saturday, November 14, 2020 at SOMC Hospice. She was born August 4, 1948 to the late Elroy and Sadie Tumbleson. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Esther Crabtree.
Edith is survived by her husband, Gerald Walker,...
William C. Culver Jr.
Nov 14, 2020
William C. Culver Jr., 55
William C. Culver Jr., 55 of Wheelersburg died Saturday, November 14, 2020 at his home. He was born September 21, 1965 in Portsmouth to William C. Culver Sr. and the late Dorothea Wilder Culver.
He was an Operator and a member of the Operating Engineers Local #18.
Along...
Ruth Ellen Jarvis
Nov 11, 2020
Ruth Ellen Jarvis, 85
Ruth Ellen Jarvis, 85 of West Portsmouth died Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at Pavilion at Piketon.  She was born November 21, 1935 in Portsmouth to the late Albert and Doris M. Distel Redoutey.
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, David C. Jarvis, 2 sisters; Alberta...
Shirley Ruth (Howe) Hamilton
Nov 10, 2020
Shirley Ruth Hamilton, 80
Shirley Ruth Hamilton, 80 of West Portsmouth, died Tuesday November 10, 2020 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born October 16, 1940 in Adams County to the late Thomas and Flossie Cook Howe. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of God.
Along with her parents, she...
Ronald Dale "Ron" Fike
Nov 10, 2020
Ronald Dale Fike, 72
Ronald Dale "Ron" Fike, 72 of Portsmouth, died Tuesday November 10, 2020 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born March 31, 1948 in Portsmouth to the late Dale and Ruth Gilmer Fike.
Ron was a 1967 graduate of Portsmouth High School and was a United States Navy (SeaBee's) Vietnam Veteran....
Janelou Ellamae Riffe
Nov 9, 2020
Janelou Ellamae Riffe, 78
Janelou Ellamae Riffe, 78 of Otway died Monday, November 9, 2020 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born April 13, 1942 in Greenup County, Kentucky to the late James Lewis and Nora Bell Kibby White. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by 4 brothers; Charles White, Harrison White, Raymond...
John Edward Tewalt
Nov 9, 2020
John Edward Tewalt, 52
John Edward Tewalt, 52 of New Boston died Monday, November 9, 2020 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born June 27, 1968 in Portsmouth to the late John Alva Tewalt Sr. and Catherine Owens who survives. Along with his father, he was preceded in death by his grandparents; Charles Robert Owens and...
Goldie Margaret Perry
Nov 8, 2020
Goldie Margaret Perry, 75
Goldie Margaret Perry, "Margaret" 75 of Blue Creek died Sunday November 8, 2020 at SOMC Hospice. She was born March 30, 1945 in Sandy Springs to the late Everett and Dorothy Furnier Perry. Along with her parents she is preceded in death by 2 sons; David Lee Mayo, and Perry Allen Mayo, and...
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