Gordon E. Glass, age 85, of Jackson, departed this life Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Adena Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born in Irvine, Kentucky, January 9, 1927 to the late Stone and Gladys (Snowden) Glass. After retiring from General Motors in Dayton he began doing his lifelong dream of farming, located in Jackson… Read More »
Naomi Ruth Duncan, age 94, of Jackson, passed away Saturday afternoon, March 24, 2012 at Heartland of Jackson. A former resident of Athens, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Elizabeth Aldridge Stiffler. She was born February 12, 1918 in Coalton, Ohio. Ruth was an avid bowler and a creative craft maker. She… Read More »
Harold Glendon Channell, age 88, of Jackson, went to be with the Lord on Friday March 23, 2012 at the VA Hospital in Chillicothe. He was born in Jackson, Ohio May 31, 1923 to the late Mr. and Mrs. George Channell. He was a graduate of Jackson High School, a World War II Navy veteran,… Read More »
Doris E. Smith, age 84, of Wellston, passed away Sunday morning, March 25, 2012, at her home. She was born August 8, 1927 in Radcliff, Ohio, the daughter of the late Delmont H. Jeffers and Emma E. Webb Jeffers. Doris was a 1944 graduate of Vinton Rural High School and a 1970 graduate of the… Read More »
Kenneth E. Souders, age 88, of Wellston, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012, at the Holzer Medical Center in Jackson. He was born April 10, 1923 in Wellston, Ohio, the son of the late Chester Orville Souders and Ruth Mae Leach Souders. Ken was a 1941 graduate of Wellston High School and was a veteran… Read More »
Rickie A. Tindall, 58, of Jackson, Ohio, passed away at home in Jackson, Ohio on Friday, March 23, 2012. He was born in Jackson County on March 29, 1953 to the late John Tindall and Flora (Davisson) Tindall. He is survived by four brothers, Merdith (Nancy) Tindall, Gary (Marsha) Tindall, Larry (Dianna) Tindall and Charlie… Read More »
Bertha Marie Dalton, age 84, of Wellston, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Edgewood of Lucasville. She was born September 23, 1927 in Oreton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Charles and Ellen Graham Wiseman. Bertha was a homemaker and attended the former Wills Chapel Church. She is survived by son, Carroll Dalton of… Read More »
Anita Stewart, age 49, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2012, at her home. She was born October 2, 1962 in Kentucky. Anita was an employee of The First National Bank and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wellston. She is survived by her husband, Michael Stewart; children, Alex Stewart and… Read More »
Gladys Kleinhans, 89, of Wellston, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2012, at the Jenkins Memorial Health Facility. The daughter of the late Gill and Mabel Chambers Riley, she was born March 22, 1923, at Radcliff. Gladys was a 1941 graduate of Vinton Rural High School and soon thereafter worked at Columbus Coated Fabrics during WW… Read More »
Still Time to Register for the OGS Conference Have you made your plans to attend the 2012 OGS Conference? The theme of the 2012 annual conference is “History and Genealogy: Finding Clues to Ancestral Lives.” The conference will take place 12-14 April at the Intercontinental Hotel in Cleveland. Complete details are available in the registration… Read More »
Viola Katherine Ferguson, age 80, passed away at Twin Maples Nursing Home, McArthur, Ohio, on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. She was born on June 24, 1931, in Grassy Creek, Kentucky. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Robert and Flora Elizabeth Ferguson; sisters: Mary Irene Robinson, Minnie Elizabeth Snyder, Eleanor Carolyn Sturgill, Alice… Read More »
Carroll William Riley, age 74, of Hamden, Ohio, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, at the Holzer Medical Center ER in Jackson. Survivors include his wife of 30 years, Patsy Jane Humphrey Riley. Arrangements are by McWilliams Funeral Home, ph. 384-2424.
Chester A. Boster, age 94, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, formerly of Thurman, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 20, at 2:30 a.m. Chester was born on September 11, 1917 in Bladen, Ohio to the late William Nelson and Carrie M. (Fulks) Boster. He was a member of First Baptist Church… Read More »
Georgia Marie Weber, 89, the only heir of the late Frank L. Mault and Katheryn (Sparks) Mault, passed away Friday, March 16 2012, at her residence surrounded by family and friends. She was born September 8, 1922 in Scioto County. She graduated from Jackson High School and Interstate College, also attended Ohio University, Highland Manor… Read More »
NEW YORK (AP) — It was a decade when tens of millions of people in the U.S. experienced mass unemployment and social upheaval as the nation clawed its way out of the Great Depression and rumblings of global war were heard from abroad. Now, intimate details of 132 million people who lived through the 1930s… Read More »