Obituaries

Dec 30, 2015

Charles Thomas Meadows, Jr., age 80 of Ripley, Ohio, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley.  He was retired from the former U.S. Shoe Factory in Ripley.  He was also a farmer, an avid hunter and a member of the Ripley Church of Christ.  Mr. Meadows was born January 17,...

Dec 30, 2015

Doris M. Gaither, age 86 of Ripley, Ohio, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Meadowview Regional Hospital in Maysville, Kentucky.  She was a homemaker and a member of St. Michael Catholic Church in Ripley.  Mrs. Gaither was born October 10, 1929 in Brown County, Ohio the daughter of the late Albert and Marie (Pepper) Gast.  She was also preceded...

Dec 29, 2015

Helen Phyrne Pierson, age 66 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at the Villa Georgetown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a print tech at Huhtamaki Plastics. Helen was born October 31, 1949 in Hillsboro, Ohio the daughter of the late Norman and Margaret (Evans) Etienne. Besides her parents, she was also preceded...

Dec 25, 2015

Sheila Ann Watson, age 74 of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, December 25, 2015 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Sheila was born July 5, 1941 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of the late Russell and Frances (McGhehey) Sentney. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of nearly fifty-two years – Gayle Watson in 2010...

Dec 19, 2015

Olive Frances Shafer, age 90 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, December 19, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Shafer was a graduate of Wilmington College and was a teacher for thirty-five years in the Mowrystown, Russellville, Sardinia and Georgetown schools. She was a member of the Fairview Church and an avid quilter. She was born June 3, 1925 in Adams...

Dec 18, 2015

Lawrence Emerson Mosley, age 86 of Ripley, Ohio died Friday, December 18, 2015 at the Villa Georgetown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Mosley was a retired foreman  for the US Shoe Corporation. He was born January 25, 1929 in Crothersville, Indiana the son of the late John Emerson and Freda (Chandler) Mosley. He was also preceded...

Dec 16, 2015

Trisha Jamielee Williams, age 32 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, December 16, 2015 in an auto accident in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a homemaker. Trisha was born March 6, 1983 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of Ralph and Sandra (Smith) Harris of Georgetown, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her grandmothers – Patricia Smith and Carolyn Bedel.

Dec 15, 2015

Justin Michael Padgett, age 42 of Mt.Orab, Ohio died Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at his residence. He was a union carpenter and a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Justin was born January 16, 1973 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of Caryl Sue (Cox) Creighton of Danville, Kentucky and the late Morris Jerome Padgett....

Dec 12, 2015

Jeanette (Miller) Day was born into this world on February 24, 1922 and she passed from this life on December 12, 2015.  Jean was born and raised and lived nearly all of her life in Mt. Orab,  Ohio. She is preceded in death by her Mother and Father, Estellene (Rich) Miller and Charles Miller, her brothers, Clair Miller and...

Dec 11, 2015

Janice Lynn Fleig, age 75 of Lexington, Kentucky, died Friday, December 11, 2015 at her sister’s residence near Hamersville, Ohio.  She was a retired medical technologist from the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington and a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Lexington.  Ms. Fleig was born October 9, 1940 in Augusta, Kentucky the daughter of...

Dec 11, 2015

Nadine Irvin, age 80 of Hamersville, Ohio, died Friday, December 11, 2015 at her residence. She was retired from the Ford Motor Company and a member of the Mt. Nebo United Methodist Church near Hamersville, Ohio. Mrs. Irvin was an avid gardener and was well known for her flower gardens. She made beautiful hand sewn quilts and especially enjoyed...

Dec 7, 2015

Stanley Gerald Gould, age 76 of Chillicothe, Ohio formerly of Tracy Road in Sardinia, Ohio died Monday, December 7, 2015 at Hospice of Cincinnati Blue Ash in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a self-employed taxidermist, former president of the Ohio Taxidermy Association for over ten years and a member of the Turkey Federation.  Stanley was born December 19, 1938 in...

Dec 4, 2015

Amber Christine Herbert, age 22 of Batavia, Ohio died Friday December 4, 2015 at her residence. She was a Cosmetologist. Amber was born September 17, 1993 in Safford, Arizona the daughter of Ryan Herbert of Phoenix, Arizona and the late Dustie Lynn Cassady. Besides her mother, she was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather – Leon Cassady, Jr.,...

Dec 4, 2015

Mary Jean Reetz, age 71 of Ripley, Ohio died Friday, December 4, 2015 at the Hospice of Hope Care Center at Kenton Pointe in Maysville, Kentucky. She was a legal secretary and a member of St. Michael Catholic Church in Ripley, Ohio. Mrs. Reetz was born April 22, 1944 in Ripley, Ohio the daughter of...

Dec 2, 2015

James Robert Blanton, age 41 of Mt.Orab, Ohio died Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at his residence. He was born June 27, 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of the late Robert Paul and JoAnn (Longhauser) Blanton. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one granddaughter – Aubrey Bravard, one brother – Gary Blanton and father-in-law – George...

Nov 30, 2015

Nancy Arlene King, age 64 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, November 30, 2015 at the Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville, Kentucky. She was a homemaker and member of the West Fork Baptist Church in Georgetown, Ohio. Nancy was born November 1, 1951 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of the late Richard Arlin and Marjorie Mae (Whisman) McIntosh. Besides...

Nov 29, 2015

Ronald Lee Berry, age 71 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, November 29, 2015 at his residence. He was retired from Cincinnati Milacron after thirty-five years of service, a farmer, a United States Vietnam War Air Force veteran and worked for the Village of Georgetown and ABC Tire in Georgetown, Ohio.  Ronald was born June 28, 1944 in Brown County,...

Nov 28, 2015

Christopher Jerad Todd Prather, age 28 of Higginsport, Ohio died Saturday, November 28, 2015 at his residence. He was a roofer for Holland Roofing. Christopher was born February 3, 1987 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of Chris Prather of Utopia, Ohio and Della Cox of Felicity, Ohio.

Christopher is survived by his father...

Nov 27, 2015

Jimmy Ernest Gast, age 76 of Williamsburg, Ohio, died Friday, November 27, 2015 at his residence.  He was a retired Special Projects Engineer from DP&L, a veteran of the United States Army, a member of the Shriners, a member of the Masons and a member of the Lions Club.  Mr. Gast was born December 4, 1938 in Brown County,...

Nov 26, 2015

Delbert Dean Manley, age 80 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, November 26, 2015 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. Mr. Manley was the owner of the Town and Country Tavern in Ripley, Ohio for the past thirty years. He was a United States Army veteran, a member of the Courts-Fussnecker American Legion Post...