Daily Archives: September 10, 2012

Johnnie F. Collins

Johnnie F. Collins, age 75, of Wellston, Oh., passed from this life into his Heavenly home on Sunday, September 9, 2012 at the Holzer Medical Center ER in Jackson, Oh. He was born September 12, 1936 in Maysville, Kentucky, where he resided most of his life, to the late Harvey Duke Collins and Dorthea Godbey… Read More »

Cindy L. Scarberry Goheen

Cindy L. Scarberry Goheen, age 48, of Wellston, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2012, at her home. She was born January 4, 1964 in Oak Hill, Ohio, the daughter of the late Edgar S. Scarberry and Mona J. Willis Scarberry. Cindy was an employee of Buckeye Community Services and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother… Read More »

The Silver Bridge Disaster of 1967

The people along the Ohio River near the town of Point Pleasant, WV, had long wished for a bridge. The river was not overly wide, but reaching the other side was difficult and sometimes impossible. In 1927 the area’s prayers seemed to be answered when construction of a bridge between Point Pleasant, WV and Kanauga,… Read More »