All Obituaries

Polly Irene Griffith, 47, of Woodsfield, Ohio passed away peacefully Saturday November 16, 2019 at Liza’s Place in Wheeling, West Virginia. She was born June 1, 1972 in Millersburg, Ohio a daughter of Frankie S. Donohue and the late Geneva S. Miller Donohue. Polly was a graduate of Black River High School in Sullivan, Ohio, graduate of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio and also a graduate of UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her first career was as a...

Karen Yoss Baker Harper, 73, of Woodsfield, Ohio a loving wife, mother and grandmother passed away on Wednesday November 13, 2019 at her home.  She was born in Woodsfield, Ohio on September 2, 1946, a daughter of the late Wilbur Yoss and Kathleen Haren Yoss. Karen graduated from Woodsfield High School and Ohio University. She was a retired school teacher for SOLSD of 23 years. Karen was a lifelong, faithful, and active member of St. Paul’s UCC of Woodsfield. She was a very...

Ronald C. Huffman, 74, of Woodsfield, Ohio passed away peacefully at his home Sunday October 27, 2019.  He was born in Woodsfield July 22, 1945 a son of the late Charles & Ruth Norris Huffman. He was a retired Coal Miner and a US Army Veteran.  Ron was an outdoorsman and an avid fisherman, but his best times spent were being called PapPap. Preceded in death by his wife Billie Jean Huffman who he married in 1968, one sister Beverly Marmie, and one brother Wayne Huffman. He is...

Sara M. Craig, 99, of Woodsfield, Ohio passed away Saturday October 26, 2019 at the Monroe County Care Center.  She was born at Round Bottom, Ohio August 19, 1920 a daughter of the late Eugene and Clydia Minder Reef. She owned and operated the Round Bottom General Store, and also owned and operated the Skyline Drive Inn.  She was a protestant by faith.  Preceded in death by her husband Virgil Craig, one daughter Carol Shafer Jones, brothers Woody Reef, Bud Lallathin, and...

Edith Leah Bates Brown, 96, of Woodsfield, Ohio passed away Wednesday October 23, 2019 at the Monroe County Care Center.  She was born on the family farm south of Woodsfield March 6, 1923 a daughter of the late Richard Bates and Leona Daugherty Bates.  She was a member of the Woodsfield Church of Christ.  Edith retired from the Monroe County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service – ASCS (now Farm Service Agency) in Woodsfield. Preceded in death by her...

Vicki Irene Harmon, 56, of Louisville, Kentucky formerly of Woodsfield passed away October 15, 2019 at her home.  She was born in Wheeling, West Virginia November 20, 1962 a daughter of JoAnn Harmon of Woodsfield, and the late Donald B. Harmon. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Woodsfield. In addition to her mother she is survived by her brother Gus (Denise) Harmon of Tyler, Texas, her sister Ann (Buck) Chewning of Woodsfield, nieces Leslie Chewning, and Sarah Harmon,...

Robert J. Prickett, 85 of Woodsfield, Ohio passed away Friday October 11, 2019 at the Monroe County Care Center.  He was born June 12, 1934 in Baxter, West Virginia a son of the late William and Flota Wright Prickett. He was retired from Conalco having worked in the cast house.  He was an US Airforce veteran during the Korean War, and a member of the V.F.W. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a son-in-law Donald Cline and a brother Bill Prickett. He is...

Rev. William G. Graham of Woodsfield, Ohio passed away Friday August 23, 2019 at Marietta Memorial Hospital.  He was born in Cambridge, Ohio April 20, 1935 a son of the late Ora and Iona Moore Graham. He was an ordained Minister with the Church of the Nazarene having Ministered at Woodsfield, Barnesville, Bethesda, Martins Ferry, Louisville, Windom, and Cannon Hill, Ohio and Portage, Pennsylvania.   Rev. Graham helped establish the Cowboy Church, and was a reserve...

Jane A. Kinsey, 59 of New Matamoras, Ohio passed away Friday August 16, 2019 at Ruby Memorial Hospital Morgantown, West Virginia.  She was born October 7, 1959 in Marietta, Ohio a daughter of the late Jack and Jenena Beaver Amos.  Jane retired after 38 years as a registered nurse, and attended the Brownsville Church of Christ.  She is survived by her husband  David Kinsey of New Matamoras, two sons Christopher (Cassie) Kinsey of Proctor, West Virginia, and Matthew...

Richard (Dick) W. Libby, 83, of Woodsfield, Ohio passed away on August 1, 2019 at his home.  Richard was born on October 9, 1935 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, a son of the late William and Mozarta Libby. Preceded in death by his beloved wife, Judy of 57 years on April 7, 2017. Dick worked at the Aluminum Rolling Mill in Hannibal, Ohio for 28 years prior to his retirement, after moving with his family to Woodsfield in 1963. He is survived by a son Rich (Jeannie) Libby of Villa...