The Lillian E. Jones Museum re-opens with a flourish May 9 with a one-of-a-kind exhibit featuring items cherished by Bernadine Bennett Stockmeister. Stockmeister was a huge presence in the Jackson County community throughout her life. She died May 2, 2011 at the age of 92. “Bernadine was such a part of everything,” said Janet Riegel,… Read More »
MILTON TWP.— The Milton Township Trustees and historians Ron Salmons and Steve Leedy are working very hard to put Berlin Crossroads back on the map. It is because of it’s historical significance that these people hope to keep that history of Berlin Crossroads alive for generations to come. The rich history includes a Civil War… Read More »
The Jackson Monument Company, Inc., 14 Fairmont St., has teamed up with LifeMarker.com to give families a new, innovative way to remember and commemorate the lives of their loved ones who have passed away. According to Jackson Monument Company, Inc., employee, Denise Arnold, LifeMarker allows families to load “videos, pictures, obituaries, life stories, etc.,” of… Read More »
The Blackfork Decatur-Washington School Reunion of 2012 will be held Saturday, May 26 in Social Room of the Oak Hill Presbyterian Church. Registration and fellowship will begin at 5 p.m. with dinner served at 6 p.m. Cost is $15 per person. Please send your prepaid reservation by May 14. Make checks payable to the Blackfork… Read More »
Advance tickets are now on sale for the Jackson High School Alumni Committee’s Happening event, which is set for Saturday, May 26, from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at the Jackson Area YMCA. The Happening is open to all Jackson High School alumni and their guests and will follow the Annual Alumni Reunion Program, which… Read More »
Vivienne (Priddy) Huchison, age 88, of Jackson, Ohio, went to be with the Lord on April 26, 2012 at Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis. She was born May 17, 1923 in Hartford, W. Va. to the late Dwight L. and Florence (Holt) Priddy. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold R. Huchison and… Read More »
Madeline Calhoun Lancione passed away in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her husband, A. G. Lancione; her son, James A. Hysell; her parents, James and Allie Calhoun; her brother, Jobie Calhoun; and her sisters, Mabel Royer and Josephine Roberts. She is survived by her daughter, Karen Crosby (Cary) of Wiggins Mississippi; her… Read More »
Danny McCarty, age 66, died April 25, 2012 at 6:45 p.m. at Meadow Woods Nursing Home, Georgetown, Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Cindy McCarty; two sons, Mickey and Steven McCarty; five brothers, Charles Jenkins of Jackson, Ohio, Willis McCarty and Bentley McCarty of Georgetown, Ohio, James McCarty and Joe Jenkins of Jackson, Ohio;… Read More »
Mary Louise Allebach, 65, of Jackson, Ohio (formerly of Martinsville, New Vienna, and Dayton, Ohio) died at 12:30 a.m. Monday, April 23, 2012 at her brother’s home in Washington Court House, Ohio. She was born July 9, 1946 in Dayton, Ohio, daughter of the late Stanley Ray Huddleson and Mary Ellen Watson Huddleson Griffith. She… Read More »
Maggie Isabel Waldron, 83, of Hamden, passed away Monday, April 23, 2012 at Holzer Medical Center in Jackson. She was born July 4, 1928 in Vinton County, daughter of the late Arthur L. and Flora M. Nunnemaker McClaskey. Maggie was the widow of the late Glendon Waldron. She retired from Huston’s Nursing Home as a… Read More »
Olen G. McCorkle, age 79, of Hamden, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at his home. He was born May 26, 1932 in Oak Hill, Ohio, the son of the late Carl McCorkle and Ethel Martin McCorkle. Olen was a 1950 graduate of Oak Hill High School. He was a combat veteran of the United… Read More »
Ann Landrum, age 82, formerly of Hillsboro, passed away Friday April 20, 2012 at her home in Sidney, Ohio with her family by her side. She was born August 11, 1929, in the heart of the Red Brush Country in Jackson County Ohio, the daughter of the late Kermit and Helen (Collard) Daugherty. She graduated… Read More »
Verne Richard Rinehart, 83, of Vinton County, passed away Friday, April 20, 2012 at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born September 6, 1928 in Vinton County son of the late Roy and Rethie Hewitt Rinehart. Verne was married to Rosalie Guttermuth-Rinehart, who survives. He graduated as Valedictorian from McArthur High School in… Read More »
Pauline Mae Linton, age 72 of Coalton passed away at her home on Friday, April 20, 2012 after a long illness with cancer. She is preceded in death by parents Garland and Cora (Heading) Sharp; daughter Melinda Mae; one brother, Abe Sharp; granddaughter, Diana Voiles and one sister Margaret Osborne. She is survived by husband… Read More »
Richard W. Stewart, 80, of Chillicothe, died 2:40 a.m. Friday, April 20, 2012 at his residence following a brief illness. He was born October 15, 1931, in Glenroy, Ohio to the late Sherman “Pat” and Mary Alice Nichols Stewart. Surviving are children, Robert (Anne) Stewart, of Grove City, Wes (Joely) Stewart, of Surfside, TX, Phillip… Read More »