All Obituaries

David William Fox, 74, of Racine, the East Letart Community, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 17, 2021 in the Holzer Meigs Emergency Department in Pomeroy. Born January 2, 1947 in Newark, Ohio he was the son of the late William E. and Hazel Virginia Shane Fox. He retired from the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Services as the Meigs County Director. He was a 1970 Ohio University graduate.  He was a member of the East Letart United Methodist Church, and currently...

Ralph Larry O’Brien, 83 of Racine, Letart Falls Community, passed away at 9:45 p.m. on Monday, July 12, 2021 at his residence. Born November 24, 1937, in Alfred, Ohio he was the son of the late Rex and Mary Swartz O’Brien. He retired after 32 years of services as a crane operator for Kaiser Aluminum in Ravenswood, WV., He was a Master Mason of the Pomeroy Racine Lodge #164 F. &. M. of Ohio. He enjoyed farming and he will always be known for his quirky statements and sayings....

Larry Douglas Stover, 78, of Syracuse, passed away, at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at his residence. Born August 7, 1942 in Corpus Christi, Texas he was the son of the late Walter Douglas Stover and Inez Kemp Cleveland. He was a retied owner operator of LDS Heating and Cooling. He was a United States Army Veteran and a member of the Don Gentile Post #532 of the American Legion in Columbus, Ohio. He is survived by his children, Connie Fulks, of Columbus, Angela (Brian) Newman, of...

Brian Keith Smeck, 61, Antiquity community, passed away at 11:35 A.M. Friday, June 25, 2021 in the Holzer Meigs Emergency Department. We have lost a loving husband, son, father, brother and grandfather who loved his family dearly. His sons always knew they could come to him for life advice or help with their projects. He did everything in his power to care for his family and loved ones in every way he could. Brian was born in Lancaster, Ohio on September 19, 1959. He was raised in Pataskala,...

Arthur T. Warner, 91, Tornado Road, Racine, passed away at 1:10 P.M Friday, June 25, 2021, in the Abbyshire Place Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Bidwell. Born May 28, 1930 in the Letart Falls community he was the son of the late Homer H. and Etha J. Edwards Warner. Arthur retired after 32 years of service as an assistance foil mill operator at the Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Company. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant....

Paul Nicholas “Nick” Dingess, 64, of Gallipolis, passed away, on Monday, June 21, 2021 at his residence. Born January 13, 1957 he was the son of the late Lena Wheatley and Paul “Gam” Dingess who survives in Gallipolis. He retired after 30 plus years of services as an electrician from the Kyger Creek Power Plant. He was a 1975 graduate of Gallia Academy High school and was an avid guitar player. In addition to his father, he is survived by his wife, Sherry Scott...

James Alfred Will, 79, of Pomeroy, passed away, at 11:52 p.m. on Friday, June 18, 2021. In the Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Born February 27, 1942 in Canton, Ohio he was the son of the late Harold and Erma White Will. He was a retired laborer. He is survived by his wife, Carol Edwards Will, whom he married on December 24, 1968, in Mason County, West Virginia, children, Jody (Rusty) Capehart, of Pomeroy, and Jim (Julie) Will, of Minersville, grandchildren, Tiffany...

Bonnie Pierce, 77, of Bidwell, passed away, at 12:26 p.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2021 in the Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, Columbus. Born April 10, 1944 in Cabell County, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late McKinley and Eldora Call Clark. She was a retired deputy sheriff for the Gallia County Sherriff Department. She is survived by her husband, Stephen Pierce, whom she married on June 25, 1994 in Gallipolis, children, Peggy Dufur, of Mesa, AZ., Richard...

Charles E. Masters Sr., 82, Mill Creek Road, Gallipolis, passed away at 5:02 P.M. Friday, June 4, 2021, in the Emergency Department at the Holzer Medical Center. Born September 30, 1938 in Cheshire, Ohio he was the son of the late Elbert Osborne Master. He was retired from Jim Mink Enterprises. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Roberta Rutherford Masters, whom he married March 5, 1959 in Gallipolis, Ohio and three daughters, Cheryl (Charles) Sammut, of Patriot, Ohio, Tina Hendricks, of...

 Carla D. Finnicum, 57, of Gallipolis, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on May 31, 2021 surrounded by her family at her residence. Carla was a devoted mother and loving wife who put the love of God and family before all else.  Born June 2, 1963, in Gallipolis, she was the daughter of the late Carl Cheney and Sara (Baird) Cheney who survives in Gallipolis. Over the years she attended the Church of God and Elizabeth Chapel. She started her career at G.C. Murphy...

Joseph Allen Thompson, 60, of Bidwell, passed away, unexpectedly, on Friday, May 28, 2021 in the Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. Born February 21, 1961 in New London, Connecticut he was the son of the late Joseph Lynn and Dorthy Theresa Matuezwicz Thompson. He was an over the road owner operator truck driver for Cardinal Transport and a 1980 graduate of Buckeye Hills Career Center. He is survived by his wife, Judy Northup, sons, Kevin (Chelsea) Thompson, of Charleston, WV., and J.D....

Danny Ray Jones, 71, Jackson, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly at 3:24 A.M. Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in the Holzer Medical Center in Jackson. Born November 15, 1949 in Pineville, Kentucky he was the son of the late Caleb and Lula Mahan Jones. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his brothers, H.C. Jones, Donnie Jones, Fred Jones and C.B. Jones and also by a sister, Eula Mayne. Danny loved spending time with his family and watching his grandchildren grow and play. Danny...

Robert R. Harden, 80, Racine, passed away at 4:30 A.M. Monday, May 17, 2021, in the WVU Medicine-Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Born November 22, 1940 in Syracuse, Ohio he was the son of the late Morris and Dorothy Neigler Harden. Bob retired as a master welder in 2000 from the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation Kyger Creek Power plant after 33 years of service. Bob was a veteran of the U.S. Navy having served from 1958-1966. He was a member of the Morning Star...

Bobby “Bob” Bailey, 85, of Vinton, passed away, on Sunday, May 16, 2021 at his residence. Born on February 10, 1936, in Cabell County, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Okey and Anna M. Saul Bailey. He was an over the road truck driver for Foster’s Trucking, a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local # 413 in Columbus, a Master Mason of the Vinton Lodge #131 Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio, and also a 32nd Degree Master Mason, of the Valley of...

Sarah M. Stanley, 40, of Morgantown, West Virginia and formerly of Parkersburg West Virginia, passed away on Sunday, May 16, 2021 at her mother’s Morgantown residence. Born April 9, 1981, in Gallipolis, Ohio she was the daughter of Jeffrey Steele of Gallipolis, and Maureen Elizabeth Jacobs (John) Horne, who survive in Morgantown. She was a former supervisor for S.W. Resources and a member of The One Church, Parkersburg. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her daughter,...

David A. Phillips, 80, of Clay Township, Gallipolis, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at 9:33  P.M. Monday, May 10, 2021, in the Abbyshire Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Dave was born on February 28, 1941 in Huntington, West Virginia to the late Dave Ross and Nancy Travis Phillips Sublett. He was a member of the Addison Freewill Baptist Church and attended the Macedonia Community Church as well. He sang gospel music most of his life and pastored in his...

Philip Andrew Hill, 71, of Syracuse, passed away, at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at his residence. Born July 27, 1949, in Pomeroy, he was the son of late Etta Mae Shields and Robert “Bob” C. Hill, who survives in Middleport. He was a retired coal miner for the Southern Ohio Coal Company. He was a member and past master of the Pomeroy/Racine Lodge #164 Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio, a member of the Pomeroy Fraternal order of Eagles Aerie 2171, the Syracuse Community...

Steven Dyer, 27, of Bidwell, passed away on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at his residence. Born June 22, 1993 in Columbus, Ohio he was the son of the Late William James Dyer, III, and Teresa Grubb (Elliott) Perry, who survive in Oak Hill, Ohio. He was a Bee Keeper of the Oak Hill Bee Farm. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his brother, William “Jimmy” Dyer, IV, a sister, Brittney Dyer, both of Oak Hill, his maternal grandmother, Delores “Gerri” Grubb,...

  Roger Dale Morgan, 73, of Gallipolis, passed away, on Thursday, April 16, 2021 at his sister’s Circleville, Ohio, residence. Born October 7, 1947, in Columbus, Ohio he was the son of the late Charles Morgan and Mary V. Russell Lawson. He was a retired auto mechanic and he loved to fish. Interment will be at the convenience of the family in Miller Cemetery, in Morgan Township. The Cremeens-King Funeral Home, locally owned and operated at 75 Grape St. is entrusted with the...

James Fredrick Duty, 55, of Gallipolis, passed away on April 13, 2021 at his residence. Born June 24 1965 in Columbus, Ohio he was the son of the late James Duty and Janet Boysel. He worked for Totals Tree Service. He is survived by a son, Aaron Duty, of Wellston, Oh., a stepson, Bobby Gullett, of Gallipolis, five grandchildren, Drake Duty, Charlie Duty, A.J. Chapman, Jordan Chapman, and Tierra Pierce. Two brothers, Kellis (Johnni Harper) Duty, of Hartford, WV., and Shawn Duty, of...