Monthly Archives: November 2015

Margaret Virgene Wolfe

Margaret Virgene Wolfe, age 83, a lifelong resident of Wellston, passed away Monday, November 16, 2015 at the Edgewood Manor of Wellston. She was born September 26, 1932 to the late Earl Francis Clark and Letha Thelma Salmans Clark. Virgene was a 1950 graduate of Wellston High School and was also a graduate of the… Read More »

June K. Thurston

June K. Thurston, age 68, of Jackson, Ohio, formerly of Oak Hill, Ohio, passed away peacefully at home Sunday, November 15, 2015. She was born in Oak Hill, Ohio on July 25, 1947 to the late Orville and Flossie (Crabtree) Radabaugh. June was a 1966 graduate of Oak Hill High School and was retired from… Read More »

Phyllis J. Jayjohn

Phyllis J. Jayjohn, age 77, of Wellston, passed away Friday, November 13, 2015 at the Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis, Ohio. She was born August 11, 1938 in Logan, W.Va., the daughter of the late Herbert Browning and Esta Bertha Fraley Finn and Robert Finn. Phyllis was a former tutor for GED students at the… Read More »

Paul R. Stumbo

Paul R. Stumbo, age 64, of Oak Hill, Ohio, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2015 at Edgewood Manor of Wellston. He was born in Gallipolis, Ohio on March 27, 1951 to the late Thomas and Mary (Wolfe) Stumbo. He was a former maintenance worker at Buckeye Hills and a long-time member of Madison-Jefferson Fire Department.… Read More »

Jerry Dale Downard

Jerry Dale Downard, age 60, of Wellston, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, November 14, 2015, at the Holzer Medical Center ER in Jackson, Ohio. He was born January 4, 1955 in Logan, Ohio to the late Dale P. and Virginia J. Collins Downard. Jerry Dale was employed as a truck driver for A&K Ready Mix and… Read More »

Donna (Martin) Finnicum

Donna D. (Martin) Finnicum, age 81, passed away at the National Church Residences Bristol Village in Waverly, Ohio on Saturday, November 14, 2015. She was born on May 18, 1934 in Jackson County, Ohio to the late Howard and Blanche (Damron) Martin. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jay A. Finnicum, a brother, Carl… Read More »

Sonny Allen

Sonny Allen, 80, of Wellston, passed away on Sunday evening, November 8, 2015, at Holzer Medical Center-Jackson. He was born in Wellston, Ohio, on March 24, 1935, to the late Ark B. Allen and Viola Deal Allen. He was a former resident of Chillicothe, Ohio, where he was one of the first employees of the… Read More »

Clarence E. “Gene” Welch

Clarence Eugene “Gene” Welch, age 75, of Oak Hill, Ohio, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, November 7, 2015 surrounded by his family at home after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Gene was born in Oak Hill, Ohio on April 4, 1940 to the late Clarence Welch and Mollie (Nichols)… Read More »

Richard Lee Wilson

Richard Lee Wilson, age 48, of Pyro, passed away on Friday, November 6, 2015 at his home. Richard was the son of Harold and Betty (Brown) Wilson. He was born in Oak Hill on September 9, 1967. He is preceded in death by his mother, Betty Wilson; his grandparents, Harry and Grace Wilson and Anderson… Read More »

Patrick “Pat” Bailey

Rev. Patrick “Pat” Bailey, age 67, of Jackson, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, surrounded by his family. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio on November 13, 1947 to the late Hersel and Kathren (Prater) Bailey.Besides his parents, preceding him in death were his brothers Philip Bailey and Paul Livingston, and… Read More »

Sara Kay Nettles

Sara Kay Nettles, 75, of Jackson, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday morning, November 3, 2015, at Edgewood Manor of Wellston. She was born in Wellston on February 15, 1940, to the late George and Elizabeth Dunfee Malone. She was a graduate of Wellston High School. She married her late husband, Richard Nettles (died Feb. 10,… Read More »

Wilson H. Detty

Wilson H. Detty, Sr., age 89 of Jackson, passed away at his residence on Saturday, October 31, 2015. He was born in Ray, Ohio on August 30, 1926, to the late Charles W. and Edna (Byron) Detty. Surviving are his wife, Janice (Copley) Detty; son, Wilson Detty, Jr.; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and daughter-in-law, Nancy… Read More »

William C. Lantz

Calling hours for William C. Lantz, 73, of Utica, OH, will be held 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at Law-Baker Funeral Home, 34 N. Main St., Utica. The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, November 5, 2015 at the funeral home with Mark McDaniel officiating followed by a… Read More »

William Robert Tobert

William Robert Tobert, age 83, of Oak Hill, Ohio passed away Sunday, November 1, 2015 at Heartland of Jackson. Calling hours will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2015 from 2-3pm at the Lewis & Gillum Funeral Home of Oak Hill, Ohio. Graveside services will then be held at Horeb Cemetery at 3:30pm with Rev.… Read More »