Monthly Archives: January 2019

Gerald Leo Byers

Gerald Leo Byers, 93, of Londonderry, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born July 8, 1925 in Jackson County, Ohio, son of the late Edward Byers and Una Remy Goodrich. Gerald was married for 73 years to Virginia Mae Herron Byers, who survives. He formerly worked… Read More »

Richard “Dick” L. Doty

Richard “Dick” L. Doty, age 75, of Jackson, Ohio, passed away Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston. He was born April 21, 1943 to the late Harold and Esther Doty. Dick was a graduate of Portsmouth West High School and was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked at… Read More »

Marjorie Ann Manion Sickles

Marjorie Ann Manion Sickles was born in Ray, Ohio March 16, 1952, the second child to the late Neal and Opal Manion. She attended Jackson High School where she met Charles Raymond Sickles, whom she wed on Feb. 8, 1969. Together they raised three children, Charlie, Penny and Joe. Margie was a member of Faith… Read More »

Joan (Joanie) Yuenger Call

Joan (Joanie) Yuenger Call, age 89, of Jackson, passed away peacefully at home Sunday, January 13, 2019. She was born June 29, 1929 in Portsmouth, Ohio to the late Ralph and Lennis (Beekman) Yuenger. She was a graduate of Portsmouth High School where she was “Miss Trojan” 1948. She was involved with many organizations in… Read More »

Carl E. “Gene” Armstrong

Carl E. “Gene” Armstrong, 74, of Jackson and formerly of Charleston, South Carolina and Georgetown, South Carolina, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019 at Heartland of Jackson. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina on Jan. 17, 1944 to the late Eugene and Mary (Clemmons) Armstrong. In addition to his parents, he was preceded… Read More »

Chad Richard Willis

Chad Richard Willis, age 52, of Jackson, passed away on Jan. 11, 2019 at SOMC Hospice in Portsmouth, Ohio. He was born in Gallipolis, Ohio on July 14, 1966 to the late Glenn “Bud” Willis and Pam Steele, who survives. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his three children, Laura (Josh) Jeffers… Read More »

Larry Lee Johnson

Larry Lee Johnson, age 61, of Wellston, passed away Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 at his home. He was born May 2, 1957 in Upper Sandusky, Ohio to the late James A. Johnson and Treva Josephine Hites Johnson. Larry loved to listen to country music, and he also enjoyed fishing, coloring and spending time with his… Read More »

James Raymond “Jim” Frisby

James Raymond “Jim” Frisby, age 55, of Wellston, passed away Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019 at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He was born May 2, 1963, son of the late Harold Richard Frisby and Alice May Shotts Frisby. Jim was a former employee of Seymour Logging. He is survived by… Read More »

Sherry Lynn (Caldwell) McDaniel

Sherry Lynn (Caldwell) McDaniel, age 55, of Jackson, passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 18, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born Jan. 23, 1963 in Oak Hill, Ohio to the late Earl Caldwell, Sr., and Eleanor (McKinnis) Caldwell, who survives. She is survived by her best friends – her husband Ricky Dale McDaniel and… Read More »

Paul C. Barlow

Paul C. Barlow, age 76, of Zaleski, passed away peacefully at his home, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, surrounded by his family. He was born Feb. 26, 1942 in Wellston, Ohio, to the late John Wesley Barlow and Elsie Ruth Rowland Barlow. Paul was a former heavy equipment operator and at the time of his passing,… Read More »

Loretta Fay Robinson

Loretta Fay Robinson, age 88, of Coalton, passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 at her home. She was born June 9, 1930 in Clothier, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Sidney J. McNeely and Mamie Elizabeth Warner McNeely. Loretta was a loving homemaker who loved to play bingo and enjoyed taking good care of… Read More »

Sullivan Rye Tomblin

Sullivan Rye Tomblin was a gift, lent to us by a gracious God. He was born into our earthly realm on Jan. 5, 2017. Precisely two years later on Jan. 5, 2019, God summoned him back to his heavenly home to be born whole again, to live perfectly in eternal bliss. In the brief time… Read More »

Pauline Brown

Pauline Brown, age 73, of Jackson, passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 at the home of her daughter in Jackson. She was born Oct. 9, 1945 in Coalton, Ohio, daughter of the late Russell and Cora Denny. Pauline was a former employee of both Banquet Foods and Kuppenheimer Manufacturing. She enjoyed reading the Bible, watching… Read More »

Gladia P. Ridge

Gladia P. Ridge, age 92, of Wellston, passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston. She was born Oct. 31, 1926 in Cheshire, Ohio to the late Bennett Little and Edna Morris Little. Gladia was a 1944 graduate of Cheshire High School and continued her education by attending cosmetology… Read More »

Alvin Lee Travis

Alvin Lee Travis, age 70, of Jackson, Ohio, passed away Jan. 6, 2019 at his residence. He was born Dec. 7th, 1948 in Ashland, Kentucky to the late Leroy and Edna Travis. Al was a member of The Eagles of Chillicothe, the Moose in Jackson, and IBEW Local #495. He is survived by his children:… Read More »