Obituaries

Oct 19, 2015

Mark Edward Hammonds, 54

Mark Edward Hammonds, 54 of West Portsmouth, went to be with the Lord, Monday October 19, 2015 at University of Toledo Medical Center. He was born December 4, 1960 in Portsmouth to Russell E. and Janet McGinnis Hammonds who survive. Mark was a pipefitter and a mechanic. He was preceded in...

Oct 18, 2015

Dominic P. Vaccaro, 88

Dominic P. Vaccaro, 88 of Buena Vista died Sunday October 18, 2015 at his home. He was born April 28, 1927 in Birmingham, Alabama to the late Anthony and Phyllis Licata Vaccaro. Dominic was a retired meat cutter for Giant Foods in Washington D.C. He was a United States Air Force...

Oct 14, 2015

Carolyn Jean Young, 69

Carolyn Jean Young, 69 of West Portsmouth died Wednesday October 14, 2015 at Heartland of Portsmouth. She was born August 21, 1946 in Portsmouth to the late Eugene Harold and Wanda Christine Setters Newman. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by 2 daughters; Tina and Angela Holsinger and...

Oct 12, 2015

Kimberly Gay Smith Mangus, 53

Kimberly Gay Smith Mangus, 53 of Portsmouth, died Monday October 12, 2015 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born March 22, 1962 in Portsmouth to Kenny and Ruth "Sis" Gardner Smith of West Portsmouth. She was preceded in death by her sister Sherry Smith Morris.

Along with...

Oct 4, 2015

Emma Noel, 79

Emma Noel, 79 of West Portsmouth died Sunday October 4, 2015 at her home. She was born June 29, 1936 in Portsmouth to the late James and Ella Light Gray. She was a homemaker and a member of the Apostolic Brethren Church. Along with her parents Emma is preceded in death her...

Sep 29, 2015

Harrison Copas, 88

Harrison "Hite" Copas, 88 of Lancaster, died Tuesday September 29, 2015 at the Pickering House in Lancaster. He was born November 2, 1926 in Scioto County to the late Edward and Bessie Turner Copas. Hite was a taxidermist and was a United States Army WWII veteran. Along with his parents he was...

Sep 27, 2015

Betty Lou Paynter, 72

Betty Lou Paynter, 72 of Lucasville, died Sunday September 27, 2015 at SOMC Hospice. She was born December 7, 1942 in Wyoming County, West Virginia to the late Frank and Effie Riffe Spencer. Along with her parents Betty was preceded in death by her husband Millard Paynter who she married on...

Sep 22, 2015

Joyce A Stegall, 68

Joyce A. Stegall 68 of West Portsmouth, died Tuesday September 22, 2015 at SOMC Hospice. She was born July 12, 1947 in Kentucky to the late Parnell and Omie Gibson Fox.

Joyce is survived by her husband Tommy Eugene Stegall who she was married to for 40 years, 4...

Sep 21, 2015

Evelyn Hughes, 89

Evelyn Hughes, 89 of Lucasville, went to be with her Lord Jesus on Monday September 21, 2015 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born January 10, 1926 in Carter County, Kentucky to the late Richard and Savilla Seagraves Conn. Along with her parents Evelyn was preceded in death by a son...

Sep 18, 2015

Norma J. Nichols, 81

Norma J. "Perk" Nichols, 81 of Otway, died Friday September 18, 2015 at SOMC Hospice. She was born May 1, 1934 in Lewis County, Kentucky to the late Bruce and Pauline Webb Bivens. She was a Seamstress and a member of Dry Run Church of Christ. Along with her parents Norma...

Sep 12, 2015

Ted E. Bevins, 74

Ted E. Bevins, 74 of Portsmouth died Saturday September 12, 2015 at SOMC Hospice. He was born September 30, 1940 to the late Ray and Marie Farris Bevins. He was a United States Navy Veteran. Ted is survived by 4 children, a brother, 2 sisters, grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

Aug 31, 2015

Clara B. Blevins, 79

Clara B. Blevins, 79 of Friendship passed away Monday August 31, 2015 at SOMC Hospice. She was born June 8, 1936 in Scioto County to the late Cecil and Peachie Shively Murphy. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith, She was a member of the Friendship Fire Department Auxiliary....

Aug 27, 2015

Jacqueline Harwood, 71

Jacqueline Harwood, 71 of Peoria, Arizona, formerly of Portsmouth, Ohio died Thursday August 27, 2015 at Banner Thunderbird Hospital in Glendale Arizona. She was born October 23, 1943 in Portsmouth to the late Kennie and Myrtle Marie Spradlin Maynard and was raised by Lula Goltz. She was retired from Motorola where she...

Aug 25, 2015

Robert R. Blevins, 77

Robert Roscoe Blevins, 77 of Blue Creek, born February 23rd 1938 went to heaven Tuesday August 25th 2015 at SOMC Hospice care center in Portsmouth, Ohio. Robert was born on Upper Twin Creek road in Blue Creek, Ohio and worked 22 years at Scioto county courthouse as a custodian. He also...

Aug 23, 2015

Euna Whitt, 78

Euna Jones Whitt, 78 of Friendship, died Sunday August 23 at her home. She was born March, 1, 1937 in Kettle Island, Kentucky to the late George and Vestina Burns Jones. Along with her parents she is preceded in death by 4 brothers; George, Charles David, Wayne and Earl Craig Jones and...

Aug 16, 2015

Charles Wesley Dickson, 78

Charles Wesley Dickson, 78 of West Portsmouth, died Sunday August 16, 2015 at SOMC Hospice. He was born January 23, 1937 in Sciotodale to the late Arthur C. and Bessie Kelly Dickson. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by a brother Ralph Dickson and a sister Joann Rockhold....

Aug 16, 2015

Mildred Cook, 87

Mildred Cook, 87 of Stout, died Sunday August 16, 2015 at Hempstead Manor. She was born April 24, 1928 in Portsmouth to the late John and Lillian Shields McGraw. Along with her parents Mildred was preceded in death by her husband Page Franklin Cook, 4 sons; James, Ronald, Kenneth and Donald Cook...

Aug 16, 2015

Arnold L. "Cobb" Litz, 86

Arnold L. "Cobb" Litz, 86 of Sciotoville, formerly of West Portsmouth, died Sunday August 16, 2015 at SOMC Hospice. He was born July 25, 1929 in Prestonsburg, KY to the late Henry D. and Carma M. George Litz. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by a brother...

Aug 16, 2015

Margaret V. McCall, 90

Margaret V. McCall, 90 of Lucasville, died Sunday August 16, 2015 at River Bend House in Wheelersburg. She was born June 20, 1925 in Portsmouth to the late Samuel H. and Florence Elizabeth Zornes Cox. She retired from Washington Nile School District after 35 years as a Teacher and also Guidance...

Aug 13, 2015

Thurman L. Blevins, 71

Thurman L. Blevins, 71 of Portsmouth died Thursday August 13, 2015 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born February 25, 1944 in Blue Creek to the late James A. and Pearl Ann Parker Blevins. He worked Timber and worked at W L Harper Construction and Seagraves Trucking. Along with his...