Obituaries

Dec 23, 2013

Goldie Mae Breech,  97

Goldie Mae Breech,  97 of Portsmouth, died Tuesday December 24, 2013 in Westland Michigan. She was born January 25, 1916 in Friendship to the late Allen and Ellen McGraw Odle. She was a former Selby Shoe Company employee and attended Rush Free Baptist Church. Along with her parents Goldie was preceded in death...

Dec 23, 2013

Jo Ann Collins, 78

Jo Ann (Abrams)  Collins, 78 of Portsmouth, passed away Monday December 23, 2013 at SOMC Hospice. She was born December 15, 1935 in Portsmouth to the late Charles T. and Alma Birch Abrams. She was a graduate of Portsmouth High School in the class of 1953. After retiring from the Ohio Bureau of...

Dec 12, 2013

Lee Ann Newman, 53

Lee Ann Newman, 53 of Portsmouth, died Thursday December 12, 2013 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born December 2, 1960 at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany to the late Janice Herr Adams and Charles Newman of The Villages in Florida.

Along with her father Lee Ann is survived...

Dec 10, 2013

Cheryl Glispie, 57

Cheryl Glispie, 57, of Portsmouth, died Tuesday December 10, 2013 at Mt. Carmel Hospice in Columbus. She was born March 11, 1957 in Austin, Texas to the late John H. Ward and Mary Hall Ward of Columbus. Along with her father Cheryl was preceded in death by her husband John Glispie and a daughter...

Dec 9, 2013

Glen A. Anderson, 57

Glen A. Anderson, 57 of Portsmouth died Tuesday December 9, 2013 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born August 30, 1956 in Portsmouth to the late Vadis and Helen Smith Anderson. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Connie Ruby.

Glen is survived by his...

Dec 5, 2013

Mildred P. Vernier, 88

Mildred P. Vernier (Midge) – 88 years old, died on December 5, 2013 at The Meadows Health Care Center, Forest Park, Ohio.

Midge was born on January 15, 1925 to the late Emma (Jewell) and Vincent Ferguson in Friendship, Ohio. She was married to the late Paul L. Vernier and they...

Nov 16, 2013

Yvetta Faye Dulaney, 74

Yvetta Faye Dulaney, 74 of Merritt Island, Florida, but Portsmouth was always home to her, died Saturday November 16, 2013 at Rockledge Rehabilitation Center in Rockledge, Fl. She was born in July 24, 1939 in Portsmouth to the late Albert and Kathryn Sibril. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by...

Nov 14, 2013

Elizabeth Adkins, 65

Elizabeth Carol Adkins, 65 of West Portsmouth, died Thursday November 14, 2013 at SOMC Hospice. She was born October 15, 1948 in Illinois.

Carol is survived by her husband John William Adkins Jr. who she married in January 5, 1966, a son Wayne Adkins of West Portsmouth, 2 daughters; Jamie Adkins Frazie...

Nov 13, 2013

Dorothy L. Brannan, 65

Dorothy L. Smith Brannan, 65 of McDermott, died Wednesday November 13, 2013 at St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington, WV. She was born October 26, 1948 in Portsmouth to the late Carl Smith and William and Charlotte Hoover Smith Lute. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith.

Dorothy is...

Nov 8, 2013

Garold E. Holsinger, 63

Garold E. Holsinger, 63 of West Portsmouth, died Friday November 8, 2013 at SOMC Hospice. He was born August 20, 1950 in Portsmouth to the late Charles and Vada Mae Cooper Holsinger. He was an Iron Worker and a member of the Spy Run Baptist Church in Garrison, KY. Along with his parents...

Nov 7, 2013

Melissa Kaye Cole, 39

Melissa Kaye Cole, 39 of West Portsmouth went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday November 7, 2013 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born December 3, 1973 in Portsmouth, the daughter of Bob and Evelyn Cole of West Portsmouth.

Melissa was preceded in death by...

Nov 4, 2013

William C. Smith, 74

William C. Smith, 74 of Stout, died Monday November 4, 2013 at the home of his sister in South Shore, Ky. He was born June 7, 1939 in Buena Vista to the late Clarence and Mina Sowards Smith. He was a former Firestone employee and attended Pond Run Baptist Church.

William...

Nov 1, 2013

Monroe A. Montgomery, 77

Monroe A. Montgomery, 77 of Lucasville died Friday November 1, 2013 at the home of his daughter in Newark, Ohio. He was born January 18, 1936 in Scioto County to the late Oakley and Ella Jenkins Montgomery. He was a member of Big Run United Baptist Church. Along with his parents Monroe was...

Oct 26, 2013

Carl Crisp Sr., 75

Carl Stanley Crisp Sr., 75 of West Portsmouth, died Saturday October 26, 2013 at Advance 360 in Portsmouth. He was born November 18, 1937 in Portsmouth to the late Lester lee and Nora Carter Crisp. He retired after 47 years as a union carpenter and from Boone Coleman Construction Company in West Portsmouth....

Oct 26, 2013

Kimberlee L. Lundy, 46

Kimberlee L. Lundy, 46 of West Portsmouth, died Saturday October 26, 2013 at the home of her grandmother. She was born July 9, 1967 in Portsmouth to the late Gary and Linda Smith Lundy. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by a granddaughter Jadyn Kazee, a brother Gary Lundy and...

Oct 24, 2013

Zeffie Williams, 88

Zeffie Williams, 88 of Portsmouth, died Thursday October 24, 2013 at his home. He was born August 7, 1925 in West Portsmouth to the late Oscar and Carrie Coleman Williams. Zeffie was retired from the N&W Railroad. He was a member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge # 769, a 32nd Degree Mason, member of the...

Oct 19, 2013

Gladys Marie Davis, 85

Gladys Marie Davis, 85 of West Portsmouth, died Saturday October 19, 2013 at SOMC Hospice. She was born March 25, 1928 in Floyd County, Ky. to the late Guy Kenny and Emma Spencer Ratliff. She was a homemaker a member of the First Baptist Church of West Portsmouth, a  former volunteer at SOMC...

Oct 15, 2013

Dolores  Spurlock, 79

Dolores Keyser Spurlock, 79 of West Portsmouth died Tuesday October 15, 2013 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born March 29, 1934 in Portsmouth. She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Erma Weaver Keyser. She was a 1952 graduate of West High School, a former Atomic worker and was a homemaker....

Oct 4, 2013

Darlene Tumbleson, 84

Darlene Tumbleson, 84 of West Portsmouth, died Friday October 4, 2013 at her home. She was born March 24, 1929 in Vanceburg, KY to the late George Edward and Edna Davis Bloomfield. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband...

Sep 26, 2013

June Avanelle Blair, 64

June Avanelle Roe Blair, 64, of Columbus formerly of Portsmouth, died Thursday September 26, 2013 at Grant Medical Center in Columbus. She was born June 22, 1949 in Waverly to the late Robert Nelson and Lena Frances Bryant Roe. She had a House Keeping business in Columbus. Along with her parents June was...