All Obituaries

    George R. Barnette, 80, Gallipolis, went to be with the Lord with his loving family by his bedside at 3:15 A.M. Saturday, September 11, 2021 at his Clay Township home. Born October 29, 1940 in Mason County, West Virginia he was the son of the late Willard W. and Myrtle Isabelle Hoschar Barnette. George was a proud 1958 graduate of the Point Pleasant High School and was a maintenance millwright at the Pechiney Rolled Products in Ravenswood, W. Va., retiring in 1999 after more...

Ruby Mae Bowens, 82, Hannan Trace Road, Crown City, passed away at 3:10 A.M. Sunday, September 5, 2021, in the Holzer Medical Center. Born November 20, 1938 in Louisa, Kentucky she was the daughter of the late Alan Pauley Moore Dalton. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She married George Bowens Jr. on September 7, 1973 in Columbus, Ohio and he survives as does two children, Chrystal Watson, of Crown City and Barbara (Carl) Fillinger, of Crown City and five grandchildren. Also...

Donald E. Scott, 85, of Mount Sterling, Ohio, passed away, at 5:29 pm on Sunday, August 29, 2021 in the Mount Carmel Hospital, Grove City. Born October 22, 1935 in Cheshire, he was the son of the late Charles Scott and Isis Fern Petters Scott. He was a retired parts manager for Cummins Diesel in Hillard, Ohio. He also served in the United States Army. He is survived by his children, Debra Mink, of Mount Sterling, Larry (Cindy) Scott Sr., of Mount Sterling, and Sherry Dingess, of Gallipolis,...

Mary Catherine DiSantis, 84, of Bidwell, passed away, at 11:10 a.m. on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at her residence. Born December 28, 1936, in Minnie, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Jonnie Daniels Meek. She was a retired elementary school teacher for the Thomas Jefferson Public School, in Chicago, Illinois. She received her bachelor’s degree in 1989 from Concordia University Chicago, in River Forest, Illinois . She was a former member of the Trinity Baptist Church,...

Anna Marie Wolfe, 72, of Racine, passed away, at 4:48 p.m. on Sunday, August 8, 2021 in the Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Born September 21, 1948, in Hartford, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late Clyde Russell and Icie Marie Birchfield Tucker. He was a homemaker and a member of the Mount Moriah Church of God. She is survived by her husband, Phillip Wilson Wolfe, whom she married on September 12, 1965 in Letart Falls, children, Joseph (Betty Ann) Wolfe, of Racine,...

Andrea Rae Smith, 47, of Racine, passed away, unexpectedly at 2:55 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 in the Holzer Meigs Emergency Department, Pomeroy. Born August 6, 1973 in Gallipolis she was the daughter of Pamela Sylvester Theiss who survives in Syracuse and Thomas (Sheila) Theiss, who survives in Racine. She was a 1991 Southern High School graduate. She was a former X-ray Technician at Grant Hospital in Columbus, and Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant, West Virginia and most...

John “Johnny” A. Doucet, Jr. of Middleport, passed away, at 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at his residence. Born September 2, 1965 in Chalmette, Louisiana he was the son of John A and Anna Bertrand Doucet, Sr., who survive in Opelousas, Louisiana. He was a carpenter and was of the Catholic faith. In addition to his parents he is survived of his wife of thirty years, Shauna Tackett Doucet, whom he married on May 11, 1991, in Rutland, children, William “Bill”...

Ann Sayre Wiles, 70, of Racine, passed away, at 8:49 a.m. on Sunday, July 25, 2021 at the Arbor’s Nursing Home, Pomeroy, Ohio, with her family by her side. She was born on June 13, 1951 in Pomeroy, Ohio to the late Otis Sayre and Emma Jane Jividen McClintock. She lived in Racine, with her husband Larry Joe Wiles for a blessed 51 years of marriage. Ann worked as a nurse at the Overbrook Nursing Home, in Middleport, and the Veterans Hospital, In Pomeroy. She was involved and active in...

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...