Virginia Summerlin Chapman
Apr 25, 2020
Virginia Summerlin Chapman, 98, of Portsmouth, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2020, from natural causes at Bridgeport Nursing Home. She was born October 18, 1921, in Goldsboro, North Carolina and was the daughter of the late Lamuel and Lucy Butts Summerlin. She graduated from Goldsboro High School in 1938. In 1943 she married Lou Chapman of Portsmouth at First Baptist...
Dean nelson Johnson
Apr 24, 2020
Dean Nelson Johnson, 56, of Portsmouth, died Friday, April 24, 2020, at home. He was born May 21, 1963, in Portsmouth, a son of the late Ralph S. Johnson and Evelyn E. Ratlicff Johnson. He is survived by one brother, Thomas Johnson, of Portsmouth; a sister and brother in law, Patty Miller (Danny), of Portsmouth and many nieces and nephews....
Ralph L Phillips
Apr 22, 2020
Ralph "Chip" Phillips, 78, of Stout, died Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at SOMC Hospice. He was born May 20, 1941, in Columbus, a son of the late Ralph Phillips and Alice Brobst Phillips. He was married September 25, 1959, in Greenup, to Lelia Lytten Phillips, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Rick Phillips and wife Sonya, of Kansas City,...
Margaret Francis Mohr
Mar 25, 2020
Margaret Francis Mohr, 90, of Portsmouth, died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at Hillview Retirement Center. She was born October 4, 1929, in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Lawrence Joseph Wagner and Clara Marie Chinn Wagner. She was married May 8, 1954, at Holy Redeemer Church to Julian Adam Mohr, who preceded her in death...
Norma Jean Grey
Mar 20, 2020
It is with great sadness that the family of Norma Jean Gray announces her passing after a long illness on March 20th at the age of 89 years. Born in Portsmouth, Ohio she was the daughter of the late Harvey Jacob and Mary Louise (McGlothlin) Kuhn. She is predeceased by her husband of 63 years, David Lewis Gray, and her...
Martha L Goodballet
Feb 28, 2020
Martha L. Goodballet, 77, of Portsmouth, died Friday, February 28, 2020, at SOMC Hospice. She was born March 21, 1942, in McKeesport, PA, the daughter of the late Clifford Troup and Enid Morris Troup. She attended Valley United Methodist Church, and was a member of Scioto Christian Ministry, and was retired from the Boy Scouts of America. She is survived...
Robert Dwight Wetzel
Feb 28, 2020
Robert Dwight Wetzel, 50, of Portsmouth, born August 29, 1969 in Ironton and died February 28, 2020, at SOMC. He was a 1988 graduate of Portsmouth High School and was a veteran of the United States Navy. He is survived by his mother, Helen Kyle, of Portsmouth, and his father, Phillip Berger, Sr., of Spring Hill, Fla. He is also...
Wanda Ruth Ratcliff
Feb 22, 2020
Wanda Ruth Ratcliff, 89, of Portsmouth, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2020, at SOMC Hospice. She was born April 12, 1930, in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Clyde Ingles and Dorothy Cantrell Ingles. She was married to Donald Earl Ratcliff, Sr., who preceded her in death July 15, 1992. Surviving are three sons, Donald Earl Ratcliff, Jr (Fernande), of...
William Frances Lee Apel
Feb 20, 2020
With the final notes of Louie Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald’s version of “Stars Fell on Alabama” playing in the background, William Francis Lee (Bill) Apel died on December 9, 2019 at the SOMC Hospice Center. Bill was born on October 4, 1930, in Portsmouth, and was the last surviving child of the late Otto F. Apel Sr. and Claudia McCurdy...
Joseph Warren Hubbard
Feb 19, 2020
Joseph Warren Hubbard, 98, of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, died December 25, 2019 in Torrence, California. He was born March 2, 1921, in Portsmouth, a son of the late Alva Warren Hubbard and Augusta Kegley Hubbard. He was a Nuclear Physicist, a graduate of Portsmouth High School and John Carrol University in Cleveland, and served in the US Army Air...
Charles E Evans
Feb 18, 2020
Charles E. Evans, 65, of Wheelersburg, died Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born June 20, 1954, in Portsmouth, a son of the late James E. Evans and Madeline Whitt Evans. He was a former Track Foreman with NS Railroad and a member of Western Sun Masonic Lodge in Wheelersburg. Survivors include his son, James...
Alisa Kathryn Davenport
Feb 15, 2020
Alisa Kathryn Davenport, 51, of Franklin Furnace, died Saturday, February 15, 2020, at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born February 14, 1969, in Portsmouth, a daughter of Neville Trimble, of Portsmouth, and the late Suzanne Pittenger Trimble. She was a 1987 graduate of Elida High School, attended Waverly High School, Ohio State University where she obtained a Bachelor’s degree...
Arlene Janet Craycraft
Feb 9, 2020
Arlene Janet Craycraft, 87, of Portsmouth, died Sunday, February 9, 2020, at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born May 22, 1932, in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Lafe and Polly Fraley. She was married to Harold R. Craycraft, who preceded her in death. She is survived by one daughter, Linda (Paul) Myers, of Fairborn, Ohio; two sons, Steve...
Jason Douglas Schuman
Feb 5, 2020
Jason Douglas Schuman, 41, of McDermott, died Wednesday, February 5, 2020, at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born June 23, 1978, in Portsmouth, a son of Pamela M. Mains-Murphy, of McDermott, and the late Steven Schuman. Also surviving are his wife, Sarah Ann Schuman, of Portsmouth, two sons, Gage Altman-Schuman of McDermott; Jacob Schuman, of McDermott; two daughters, Kati...
Richard Matthew Meeker
Jan 29, 2020
Richard Matthew Meeker, 57, of West Portsmouth, died Wednesday, January 29, 2020, at home. He was born November 14, 1962, in Portsmouth, a son of the late Richard Meeker and Phyllis Frasher Meeker, of West Portsmouth. He was a Navy Veteran and was employed as an Electrician at the VA Medical Center in Chillicothe. He is survived by two sons,...
Jo Ann Fields
Jan 22, 2020
Jo Ann Fields, 76, of Portsmouth, passed in peace January 22, 2020 at SOMC Hospice. She is survived by her daughters Pamela (Fields) Burchett of Portsmouth and Debra (K,eith) Blevins of West Portsmouth. She is also survived by her brother Paul (Darlene) Shively of Chilliothe and one sister in law, Loretta Shively of Wheelersburg, and several nieces and nephews. She...
Patricia K. Hamilton
Jan 22, 2020
Patricia Hamilton, born May 30, 1943, passed away at Southern Ohio Medical Center, on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at the age of 76. Pat was born Patricia Kay Baughman, in Painesville, OH. The daughter of Howard and Julia (Cooper) Baughman, she graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1961 and earned her B.A. in Elementary Education from Miami University in 1965,...
Richard Paul Bays
Jan 22, 2020
Richard Paul Bays, 64, of Wheelersburg, died January 22, 2020. He was born February 24, 1955, in Portsmouth, the son of the late George T. Bays and Evelyn Stratton Bays. He attended Wheelersburg United Methodist Church. He is survived by his nephew, Aaron Bays (Heather),of Franklin Furnace. Graveside services will be held 11:00 A.M. Friday, February 28, 2020, at Sunset...
Barbara Jean Sperry
Jan 18, 2020
Barbara Jean Sperry, 52, of Portsmouth, died Saturday, January 18, 2020, at Rosemount Pavilion. She was born August 8, 1967, in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Gerald Evans and Lola Duncan Evans. She is survived by one daughter, Michele Renee Leport, of Portsmouth; two granddaughters, Kim Lawson and husband Chick, of Lucasville; Gina Sarajlic and husband Saro, of Portsmouth;...
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