OBITUARIES

Wanda Jean Dunaway

Wanda Jean Dunaway

Sep 28, 2014

Wanda Jean Dunaway 46 of Bainbridge died 12:25 pm Sunday, September 28, 2014 at her home. She was born March 8, 1968 in Portsmouth, Ohio the daughter of Oscar and Clara Miller Williams. On July 14, 2007 she married James E. Dunaway. In addition to her parents and husband she is survived by a sister, Beverly (David) O'Brien; and special...

Stan Patrick Matson

Stan Patrick Matson

Sep 27, 2014

Stan Patrick Matson 48 of Bainbridge died 9:10 pm Saturday, September 27, 2014 at his home. He was born May 6, 1966 in Fayette County to the late James Matson and Ethel Payne Beverly. He is survived by his wife Sherri Lynn Walls Detty Matson; three children, Brittany (Johnny) Price, Berman Caleb (Emma) Detty and Gabrielle Detty and fiancAC. Chris...

Ryan David Wilson

Ryan David Wilson

Sep 25, 2014

Ryan D. Wilson 48 of Knockemstiff passed away unexpectedly September 25, 2014 at his home. He was born April 4, 1966 to Norma Jean King Wilson and the late David Wilson. Also surviving are his children, Tyler James Wilson of Chillicothe and Ashley Wilson of Frankfort; brothers, Gary Wilson of Bainbridge and Ron Wilson of Chillicothe and several nieces and...

Chad Eugene Chaney

Chad Eugene Chaney

Sep 25, 2014

Chad Eugene Chaney 50 of Bourneville died Thursday, September 25, 2014 at Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe. He was born November 9, 1963 in Highland county the son of Eugene and Judith A. Blakeman Frasure and the late Chester E. Chaney. He is also survived by his soul mate, Marsha Driggs; children, Chase Eugene and Colt Eric Chaney; grandchildren, Christian...

Darlene Faye McCain

Darlene Faye McCain

Sep 25, 2014

Darlene Faye McCain, 86, of Greenfield, died peacefully and unexpectedly Thursday evening, Sept. 25, 2014 at her home. She was born in Scioto County on Sept. 1, 1928, the daughter of the late George A. and Ethel Smith Montavon. She is survived by several cousins and close friends including Megan and Mary Montavon, Makenzie, Malea, Kenny, Bryan Cockerill and Bryan...

Mary Bell Downing

Mary Bell Downing

Sep 24, 2014

Mary Bell Downing, 85, of Clarksburg, died at 2:56 p.m. on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at Westmoreland Place, Chillicothe. She was born on October 30, 1928 in Springfield OH, the daughter of the late Mitchell and Frances Wilburn Daugherty. On March 17, 1945 she married Gene Downing, who preceded her in death on Feb. 28, 1985. Surviving are her children,...

M. Deane Carter

M. Deane Carter

Sep 22, 2014

M. Deane Carter, 93, of Frankfort, died at 12:30a.m. on Monday, September 22, 2014, at his home. He was born on October 5, 1920 in Highland County OH, the son of the late Charles H. and Helen Brown Carter. His wife, the former Martha Pugh, was the mother of his children and she preceded him in death. On December 18,...

David Michael "Mike" Haas

David Michael "Mike" Haas

Sep 21, 2014

D. Michael (Mike) Haas, 68 of Bainbridge, Ohio passed away Sunday, September 21, 2014 at Highland District Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio and raised in Bainbridge by his parents, Robert and Virginia (Chambliss) Haas. He was preceded in death by his wife, Diane Ramey Haas in 2000. Mike graduated from Paint Valley High School...

Joe B. Coffman

Joe B. Coffman

Sep 21, 2014

Joe B. Coffman 73, of Delaware died 3:45 pm Sunday, September 21, 2014 at the Kobacker House, Columbus. He was born August 11, 1941 in Missouri the son of the late Lorryn and Vesta Young Coffman. On August 25, 1990 he married Heidi M. Siddons, who survives. He is also survived by a daughter, Teresa (Dean) Darling of Conway, Arkansas;...

Ralph Campbell

Ralph Campbell

Sep 20, 2014

Ralph Campbell 93, of Bainbridge died 5:40 am Saturday, September 20, 2014. He was born November 28, 1920 in Ross County the son of the late Thomas and Christena Rhoads Campbell. On April 23, 1948 he married Mary Martha "Toot" Herdman who died December 3, 1994. Ralph later married Helen "Butler" Rhodes, who survives. He is also survived by a...

Clotean Copper

Clotean Copper

Sep 20, 2014

Clotean Copper, 81, of Chillicothe died on Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 9:45 a.m. in Traditions of Chillicothe. She was born on June 22, 1933 in Lewis County, KY, the daughter of the late King C. and Lucinda Ginn Horsley. On December 15, 1951 she married Richard Copper and he preceded her in death on June 13, 1987. She is...

Sarina Paige "Ree" Knisley

Sarina Paige "Ree" Knisley

Sep 18, 2014

Sarina Paige "Ree" Knisley, 13 of Columbus passed away Thursday, September 18, 2014. She is survived by her father, Daniel Wayne Knisley of Michigan; mother, Veronica Snell of Columbus; sisters, Andrea Knisley and Liberty Snell; brothers, Tyler and Spencer Silverthorn and Elijah Knisley; grandparents, Daniel and Macie Knisley, Arthur "Buck" McWhorter, Otis and Candace Coldren III; great-grandparents, Janet Cole and...

Jo Ann Hawkins

Jo Ann Hawkins

Sep 14, 2014

Jo Ann Hawkins, 80, of Chillicothe, died at 9:40 p.m. on Sunday, September 14, 2014 at Traditions of Chillicothe. She was born on November 7, 1933 in Ross County the daughter of the late Homer and Mary Ann Willis Bowdle, Sr.. On December 16, 1950 she married George H. Hawkins and he preceded her in death on January 5, 1994....

Barbara Lee Sutherland

Barbara Lee Sutherland

Sep 7, 2014

Barbara Lee Sutherland (Hardgrow), 79, departed this life surrounded by loving family on Sunday, September 7, 2014, at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, MA. Her death was of natural causes. She was born on January 8, 1935, in Cincinnati, Ohio to Harold Davis, Sr., and Mabel E. Byrd Hardgrow. She was preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband Sylvester...

Theresa Kay "Tuss" Compher

Theresa Kay "Tuss" Compher

Sep 2, 2014

Theresa K. "Tuss" Compher 67 of Frankfort died 11:22 am Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus. She was born March 6, 1947 in Bainbridge the daughter of the late Thomas "Bull" and Dolly Marie Tackett Wurzbach. On September 14, 1964 she married Ronald Roy Compher, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Rene...

Bessie Mae Clements

Bessie Mae Clements

Aug 31, 2014

Bessie Mae Clements 96, of Bainbridge died 5:50 pm Sunday, August 31, 2014 at Traditions of Chillicothe. She was born May 28, 1918 in Greenup, KY the daughter of the late Oscar Adkins and Ellen (Griffith) Adkins Evans Holbert. On March 26, 1936 she married Clyde W. Clements who died September 5, 1986. She was also preceded in death by...

Andrew B. "Andy" Hurley

Andrew B. "Andy" Hurley

Aug 29, 2014

Andrew B. "Andy" Hurley, 53, of Greenfield, died at 5:25 p.m. on Friday, August 29, 2014 at his home following a lingering illness. He was born on June 28, 1961 in Knockemstiff, the son of the late Charles W. and Ruth I. Johnson Hurley. On April 15, 1987, he married the former Loretta Beatty who survives. Also surviving are two...

Loren K. Goen

Loren K. Goen

Aug 26, 2014

Loren K. Goen, 92, of Columbus, formerly of Frankfort, died at 6:35 p.m. on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at the Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. He was born on March 31, 1922 in Frankfort the son of the late Charles and Sadie Loel Goen. On November 2, 1948 he married the former Daphness I. Whitt and she preceded him in death...

Ruby Evelyn Merrick

Ruby Evelyn Merrick

Aug 21, 2014

Ruby E. Merrick, 94, of Clarksburg, died at 10:33 p.m. on Thursday, August 21, 2014 at the Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe. She was born on February 26, 1920 in Wayne County, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Thomas and Minnie Jarrels Harmon. On July 6, 1937 she married Doffie "D.C." Merrick and he preceded her in death on...

Bennie Ray Mason

Bennie Ray Mason

Aug 20, 2014

Bennie Ray Mason 59 of Bainbridge, OH passed away August 20, 2014 after a brief illness. He was born October 20, 1954 in Greenfield, OH to Dale and Anna Mae (Knapp) Mason. On September 12, 2013 he married Kathy (Stanley) Mason, who survives. He is also survived by his son Jeremy (Beth) Mason; two granddaughters, Ashtin and Sasha Mason (whom...