Daily Archives: December 20, 2021

Andrew “Andy” Duffy

Andrew F. “Andy” Duffy, age 68, of Wellston passed away Saturday, December 18, 2021, at the Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis, Ohio. He was born September 19, 1953, in Wellston, Ohio, son of the late Ambrose Emerson Duffy and Clara Martin Duffy Cheatwood. Andy was a coal miner for 27 years and eventually retired from… Read More »

Richard Smith

Richard R. Smith, age 81, of Jackson, Ohio, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2021, at the Jenkins Community Care in Wellston. He was born March 12, 1940, to the late Russell R. Smith and Zona Burtenshaw Smith.  Richard, or Dick, as he was known on a construction site, was passionate about his work, serving as… Read More »

Travis Strnad

Kind. Considerate. Loving. Caring. These are but a few words that describe Travis Lynn Strnad, 79, of Wellston, who passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2021, at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. He was born on March 20, 1942, in Wagner, Oklahoma, son of the late Travis B. and Myrtle (Carney)… Read More »

Owen Adkins

Owen Russell Adkins, 66, of Oak Hill passed away Saturday, December 18, 2021, at the Holzer Medical Center of Gallipolis. He was born August 28, 1955, in Oak Hill, Ohio to the late Billy Joe Adkins and Margaret Ellen Gray Adkins. He was retired from the Ohio State Highway Patrol after working for 30 years.… Read More »

Robert Peterson

Robert Wayne Peterson, age 91, of Jackson, passed away Friday, December 17, 2021, at the Holzer Medical Center in Jackson, Ohio. He was born in the beginning of the Great Depression on March 21, 1930, in Hammond, Indiana to the late Oscar and Mabel (Ludders) Peterson. Bob spent his boyhood summers working on his grandmother’s farm. He… Read More »

Richard Hughes

Richard E. Hughes, age 70, currently from Wilkesville, Ohio, formerly of Oak Hill, Ohio passed away on Friday, December 17, 2021, at 5:30 a.m. at Ohio State University James Cancer Center Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born October 31, 1951, in Oak Hill to the late William Hughes, Sr. and Helen (Vititoe) Hughes.  In… Read More »