Isaac M. Jarvis, age 55, of Wellston, passed away Friday, February 8, 2013, at his residence. He was born August 16, 1957 in Wellston, Ohio to the late Ernest and Verna Jarvis. Ike was a former fence installer for Sears. He is survived by his long-time friend, Marcia Kessler of Wellston; brothers and sisters, Ernest… Read More »
The National Park Service has moved treasures from the Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York Harbor to a federal storage center due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Oct. 29, the hurricane flooded Ellis Island and water filled the basement of the Immigration Museum, which houses the Great Hall where millions of immigrants started their lives in… Read More »
PBS has gathered its African-American history content into one place to help you celebrate Black History Month. Watch programs including Freedom Riders and Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr., take a quiz about milestones in African-American history, get ideas for celebrating the month with kids and more. Applications are being accepted for the 2013 Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial… Read More »
Faye Juanita (Keels) Crump, age 86, of Blackfork, passed away Thursday February 7, 2013 at Heartland of Jackson. She was born July 9, 1926 in Gallia Co. to the late Cash and Katherine (Harris) Keels. She was a proud Native American Indian Woman. She was a member of the Union Baptist Church, she enjoyed traveling… Read More »
Lawrence E. Cline, 71, of Wellston, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2013, at Edgewood Manor of Wellston. The son of Henry and Betty Baumann Cline, he was born October 25, 1941, at Columbus, Ohio. Larry was a veteran of the Marine Corps and was a member of Wellston Post 371 of the American Legion as… Read More »
Sarah J. Keathley Riley age 85 of Beaver, Ohio, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at the Holzer Medical Center of Jackson. She was born January 23, 1928 in Harold, KY to the late Grover and Bertha King Keathley. She was a member of the State Street Church of Christ and… Read More »
Elsie Louise Caudill Hughes was born June 7, 1930, in Scioto County to Curtis and Hulda Smith Caudill and passed away January 19, 2013 in Dayton. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 57 years, Thomas J. Hughes; son Tom, Jr. and daughters, Kathy and Linda. She is survived by sons,… Read More »
Mary Jane Woods, age 72, from Oak Hill passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2013. Mary was born on February 8, 1940 to the late Charles and Clara Canter. Mary is survived by three sons, Steve (Misty) Woods of Oak Hill, Dwight (Lora) Woods of Oak Hill and David (Marci) Woods of Oak Hill; five grandchildren,… Read More »
Larry Ogier, age 75, of Jackson passed away Monday, February 4, 2013 at King’s Daughters Medical Center, Ashland, Kentucky. He was born in Jackson County, Ohio, on January 17, 1938 to the late Ross and Ruth Spriggs Ogier. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a brother, Arden Ogier and two sisters, Lois… Read More »
Earl Leienberger, age 93, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Holzer Assisted Living in Jackson. He was born May 25, 1919 in Cincinnati Ohio to the late Albert and Levina (Scott) Leienberger. He is survived by nieces, Treva Hanseman, Mona Sammons, Sharon (Gordon) Woosley, Kathy (Lamar) Callahan, Jane (Brian) Watters and Cheryl… Read More »
Lillian Lucille Sprague, age 88, of Jackson, passed away on February 4, 2013, at the Four Winds Nursing Facility. She was born on March 8, 1924 in Jackson County, the daughter of the late William J. and Ruth Lucas. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Delbert V. Jones; her second husband, Harold… Read More »
Ernest E. “Ern” Gilliland, age 81, peacefully went to meet the eyes of Jesus January 31, 2013. He was born February 21, 1931 in Jackson, Ohio to the late George Bowens and Melvina Gilliland-Smith. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, cousin and friend to many. He was a former employee of the Globe Furnace,… Read More »
Two indispensable genealogy resources are joining forces, resulting in a win for genealogists wanting to access offline family history materials. FamilySearch and OCLC (the Online Computer Library Center) have reached an agreement to list the holdings of the FamilySearch genealogy catalog in WorldCat, the OCLC’s online search portal to catalogs from 74,000 repositories in more than 70 countries. Under… Read More »