All Obituaries

Ellis G. Hines, 95 of Woodsfield, Ohio passed away Thursday May 23, 2019 at Brandy Woods Assisted Living Woodsfield, Ohio.  He was born March 11, 1924 at Ethol, Monroe County, Ohio a son of the late Clement Hines and Margaret Jane Winland Hines.   Ellis married Vera L. McGarry on February 27, 1943. He was an US Navy veteran serving in WWII for 2 years in the pacific and 1 year on the Atlantic. After being discharged in 1945, he returned to Canton, Ohio where he pumped gas for...

Doris R. Latimer of Woodsfield, Ohio passed away Friday May 17, 2019 at the Arbors at Woodsfield.  She was born in Monroe County Ohio a daughter of the late Frank and Thelma Steed Amos.   Doris was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Woodsfield.  She was an ardent supporter of Monroe County Athletics and the youth of our community.  She was the Monroe County and Monroe County Court House news correspondent for the Time Leader newspaper. She also enjoyed...

Eloise M. Lemon, 88 of Sardis, Ohio passed away Friday May 17, 2019 at the Monroe County Care Center.  She was born May 27, 1930 at Sardis, Ohio a daughter of the late George Wesley and Maude Eisenbarth Riggenbach.   She was a member of the Unity Baptist Church.   Preceded in death by her husband Fleet Lemon Jr.   She is survived by her son Larry (Sonja) Riggenbach of Sardis, Ohio   Private graveside services were held at the Antioch Cemetery Antioch,...

On May 6th 2019 Alan Lee Hamilton passed from this world into the arms of his Heavenly Father. Alan was born on April 9, 1941 at his family‘s home on Adams Avenue in Woodsfield, Ohio. Alan was a graduate of Woodsfield High School and joined the Army shortly there after. He finished twenty five years as a Wildlife Investigator with the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources. He then became Facilities Manager at The Wilds in Cumberland, OH. While in the Muskingum County area Alan and his wife,...

Annette June Dunn Nippert Mobley entered into rest on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Gibsonia, PA. She was born October 27, 1940. She was privileged to be the daughter of the late Homer Kester and Elsie Belle Fagert Dunn of Sardis, Ohio. Annette graduated from River High School in 1958. She attended Ohio University and graduated in 1962. Following a year in Cleveland, she returned to Monroe County and began her long history of teaching. On June 10,...

Phyllis Alice Talbott, 84, of Sardis, Ohio passed away Tuesday April 23, 2019 at the Ohio Valley Medical Center.  She was born in Paden City, West Virginia January 31, 1935 a daughter of the late Ralph Henthorn and Ruby Billiter Henthorn. Phyllis was a member of the Brownsville Church of Christ, and was a former Jackson Township Clerk.  She loved painting, making ceramics and was a volunteer at Midway Community Center. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...

Mary E. Lyman, 86, of Barnesville, formerly of Clarington, Ohio passed away Monday April 22, 2019 at Emerald Point Barnesville, Ohio.  She was born January 22, 1933 at Paden City, West Virginia a daughter of the late Clovis, and Della Virginia Henthorn Miller.  Mary retired from the Woodsfield IGA, and served in the United States Marine Corps.  Preceded in death by her son Larry D. Lyman. She is survived by her daughter Joy (Matt) Dillon of Barnesville, four grandchildren...

Mary Ann Yoho, 78, of Woodsfield, Ohio passed away Thursday April 18, 2019 at Barnesville Hospital.  She was born in Monroe County Ohio February 21, 1941 a daughter of the late John R. Stephens and Mildred “Marie” Nalley Stephens.   She was a former employee of Riesbeck’s Food Market at Woodsfield working in the deli and as a meat cutter. She enjoyed being social and was an avid bingo player. She loved being part of a big family and spending time with...

Kathy S. Knowlton, 58, of Woodsfield, Ohio passed away Wednesday April 17, 2019 at Wheeling Hospital Wheeling, West Virginia.  She was born in Florida November 9, 1960 a daughter of the late Dalton Foster and Elizabeth Widrick Foster. Preceded in death by her husband Ronald Wayne Knowlton Sr.- March 27, 2017. She is survived by several brothers and sisters. Friends received from 4 until time of service at 8 p.m. Friday at Bauer-Turner Funeral Home, 100 S. Paul St., Woodsfield, Ohio...

Delven Devore passed away peacefully on April 7, 2019, at Westwood Place at 99 years of age. He was born at the beginning of the Roaring 1920’s in a log house at the end of a county road between SR 26 and the Little Muskingum River. That house is now the last house on the road and is still standing. Dr. R. H. Latta rode a horse to the house for the delivery, and also delivered another baby, Ethel Foraker Sloan the same day. He was the only child of Forrest Devore and Rosa Devore and...