Obituaries

Aug 1, 2010

Thomas David Tumbleson, age 66 of Aberdeen, Ohio, died Sunday, August 1, 2010 at his residence. He was a retired custodian from St. Michaels School and Church and also a former bus driver for the R-U-L-H School District. Mr. Tumbleson was a United States Marine Corp. Vietnam War Veteran, past commander of the Brown Co. American Legion, past...

Jul 31, 2010

Lucille Graves, age 82 of Sardinia, Ohio, died Saturday, July 31, 2010 at Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a member of the Russellville Chapter of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Graves was born November 10, 1927 in Clarendon, Arkansas the daughter of the late McKinley and Nellie (Deavers) Crosson. She was also...

Jul 30, 2010

Mary Ann Cornelius, age 74 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Friday, July 30, 2010 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was retired from the Diamond International Paper Co. in Norwood, Ohio. Mrs. Cornelius was born September 14, 1935 in Ripley, Ohio, the daughter of the late Johnson and Margaret (Bruist) Lightner. She was also preceded in death by...

Jul 29, 2010

Marjorie J. Purdy, age 100 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the Meadowwood Care and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a homemaker. Marjorie was born May 5, 1910 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of the late Alva and Ada (Hanselman) Johnson. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband -...

Jul 28, 2010

Dorothy Mae Baker, age 89 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at the Villa Georgetown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a retired sewing machine operator for Keepfit Surgical Appliances in Ripley, Ohio. Dorothy was born June 18, 1921 in New Richmond, Ohio the daughter of the late Charles R. and Florence Mae...

Jul 25, 2010

Flora Mae Bruist, age 97 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, July 25, 2010 at the Meadowwood Care and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Bruist was a homemaker and a member of the Apple Street Christian Holiness Church. She was born on May 11, 1913 in Flemingsburg, Kentucky the daughter of the late Tom and Maude (Rice) Stacy....

Jul 24, 2010

Robert Preston "Van" Vandawalker, age 89 of Mt.Orab, Ohio died Saturday, July 24, at the Villa Georgetown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was an expert rifleman for the United States Marine Corp and a WW II veteran, the 1960 Midwest Road Racing Champion of the U.S. and a retired Sales Manager for the Liggett and...

Jul 15, 2010

Billy Mack Connor, age 84 of Feesburg, Ohio died Thursday, July 15, 2010 at his home. He was a retired carpenter for the Local Union # 2, a United States WW II Army veteran and a Charter Member of the VFW Post #7496 in Felicity, Ohio. Billy Mack was born May 14, 1926 in Augusta, Kentucky the son...

Jul 12, 2010

Albert Earl "TV Al" Catron, Jr., age 79 of Aberdeen, Ohio and formerly of Ripley, Ohio, died Monday, July 12, 2010 at Pioneer Trace Nursing Home in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. He was a United States Marine Corp. Korean War Veteran. After serving in the Marine Corp., Al worked as a civilian for the Department of the Army as a...

Jul 6, 2010

Richard Leslie, Sr. age 92 of Georgetown, Ohio died July 6, 2010 at the Adams County Medical Center in Seaman, Ohio. He was the owner of the former Old Town Furniture Store and Leslie's CafAC. in Georgetown, Ohio and a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ. Richard was born June 30, 1918 in Georgetown, Ohio the son...

Jul 4, 2010

Lovell L. "Mousey" Manley, age 68 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, July 4, 2010 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a retired mechanic for Owen Chevrolet Oldsmobile, Becraft Automotive, and also Foley Construction. He was born in Lewis County, Kentucky December 30, 1941 son of the late Larry and Lottie (Polley) Manley. Besides...

Jul 1, 2010

Liam Bradley Schadle, infant son of Zane and Kami (Finley) Schadle of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, July 1, 2010 at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born June 20, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Liam was preceded in death by one sister - Ashlyn Elaine Schadle in 2007.

Besides his parents, Liam...

Jun 28, 2010

Idella F. Bauer, age 80 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, June 28, 2010 at her residence. She was a retired clerk for the Village of Georgetown, the Brown County Common Pleas Court and the clerical department of the Brown County General Hospital. She also was a member of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church and the Brown County Democrat Club....

Jun 24, 2010

Joe H. Holloway, Jr., age 84 of Hamersville, Ohio died Thursday, June 24, 2010 at the Meadowwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a farmer. Jr. was born February 9, 1926 in Hamersville, Ohio the son of the late Joe H. and Edna (Powell) Holloway, Sr.

Mr. Holloway is survived by two step-sisters...

Jun 16, 2010

Virginia Dorothy Baker, age 98 of Conyers, Georgia formerly of Georgetown, Fairborn and Beavercreek, Ohio and Snellville, Georgia died Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at the Westbury Health and Rehab of Conyers in Conyers, Georgia. She was a great cook, loving mother and wonderful wife, a member of the Snellville Baptist Church in Snellville, Georgia where she was a...

Jun 16, 2010

Floyd W. Brookbank, age 92 of Ripley, Ohio died Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at the Ohio Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio. He was born May 12, 1918 in Higginsport, Ohio the son of the late Floyd William and Estella (Moore) Brookbank. Floyd graduated from Higginsport High School in 1936, Miami University in 1940 and the...

Jun 13, 2010

Stanley F. Bloyer, age 93 of Ripley, Ohio, died Sunday, June 13, 2010 at Adams County Regional Medical Center in Seaman, Ohio. He was born August 8, 1916 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Stanley and Cathryn (Miller) Bloyer.

Mr. Bloyer retired as the chief engineer and national sales manager for Gloucester Engineering Corporation...

Jun 8, 2010

Frieda Gladys Kirker, age 95 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, June 8, 2010 at the Meadowwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a cook for the Ripley Union Lewis Huntington School District and a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ. Frieda was born March 26, 1915 in Ripley, Ohio the daughter of the late...

May 31, 2010

Anna Elizabeth Bennett, age 83 of Georgetown, Ohio formerly of Ripley, Ohio died Saturday, May 31, 2010 at the Meadowwood Care and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. She was born July 22, 1926 in Ashland, Kentucky the daughter of the late Jesse and Ella Blanche (Baber) Ferguson. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband...

May 29, 2010

Donald Edward Drew, age 67 of Hamersville, Ohio died Saturday, May 29, 2010 at Hospice of Cincinnati - East in Anderson Township. He worked in maintenance for the Bethel Tate School District in Bethel, Ohio. Don was born May 10, 1943 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of Clara (Gibson) Drew of Cincinnati, Ohio and the late Edward Drew....