Obituaries

Oct 11, 2009

Gerald M. Mitchell, age 82 of Ripley, Ohio, died Sunday, October 11, 2009 at his residence. He was a U.S. Army WW II Veteran, a farmer, a retired construction operating engineer, a member of Union Local #181 and a member of the Courts Fussnecker American Legion Post #367 of Ripley, Ohio. Mr. Mitchell was born April 30 1927...

Oct 10, 2009

Joseph William (Bill) Fauth, Jr., age 64 of Ripley, Ohio, died Saturday, October 10, 2009 at University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a farmer, a former bus driver for Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Schools, a U.S. Air Force Reserve Veteran, a former member and secretary of the Brown Co. Fair Board, a former member of the Byrd Township Fire Dept.,...

Oct 9, 2009

Rev. Jesse E. McKinzie, age 76 of Felicity, Ohio died Friday, October 9, 2009 at Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. He was the current minister at the Apple Street Christian Church in Georgetown, Ohio and has been the minister there for over thirty-four years. He was also self-employed in construction. Rev. McKinzie was born October 5,...

Oct 5, 2009

Opal Webster Florence (nee Kabler), age 92 of Ripley, Ohio, met her savior on Monday, October 5, 2009 at her residence. She was retired from the U.S. Shoe Co. after 46 years of service, was a life long member of the Ripley Church of Christ and a charter member of the DAV unit #90 of Ripley, Ohio. Mrs....

Oct 2, 2009

Terry Lee Minton, age 53 of Ripley, Ohio, died Friday, October 2, 2009 at his residence. He was a United States Army Vietnam War Veteran where he served in the 82nd Airborne. He was born December 20, 1955 in Georgetown, Ohio, the son of the late Margene (Minton) Doyle.

Terry is survived by his step-father, Oscar...

Oct 1, 2009

Charles Joseph Riddle, age 75 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, October 1, 2009 at Adams County Regional Hospital. He was a retired auto maintenance employee for the city of Norwood. Charles was born on February 10, 1934 the son of the late Charles and Bessie Marie (Jackson) Riddle. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his...

Sep 24, 2009

Andrew "Andy" J. Eubanks, Sr., age 61 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, September 24, 2009 at the Meadowwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a heavy equipment operator. Andy was born on January 10, 1948 in Terrace Park, Ohio the son of the late James and Albie (Thompson) Eubanks. Besides his parents, he was preceded...

Sep 24, 2009

Norma Jean Haitz, age 62 of Ripley, Ohio, died Thursday, September 24, 2009 at her residence. She was a Head Cook for Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington School District and a member of the Ripley Church of the Nazarene. She was born on December 12, 1946 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of the late Joe R. and Nettie Pearl (Vaughn) Quinlan. She...

Sep 22, 2009

James "Jimmy" Albert Poe, age 64 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at the Christ Hospital in the Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a member of the Mt.Orab Bible Baptist Church in Mt.Orab, Ohio. Jimmy was born on July 11, 1945 in Mayslick, Kentucky the son of the late Jasper and Mamie (Tucker) Poe. Besides his parents,...

Sep 21, 2009

Inez R. Marriott, age 89 of Higginsport, Ohio died Monday, September 21, 2009 at the Meadowview Regional Hospital in Maysville, Kentucky. Mrs. Marriott was a 1938 graduate of Hamersville High School and an Army WAC in the Hospital Corps during World War II. She retired as an assistant cashier of the Citizens Bank of Higginsport in 1985 after...

Sep 19, 2009

Alick Adrian Hartley, age 43 of Cincinnati, Ohio, formerly of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, September 19, 2009 at the University Of Cincinnati Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a welder, a member of the Immanuel United Christian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio where he volunteered most of his time working with the homeless and the church food bank and...

Sep 18, 2009

Ronald Joseph Polley, age 75, of Georgetown, Ohio and formerly of Ripley, Ohio, died Friday, September 18, 2009 at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born on June 28, 1934 in Lewis Co., Kentucky the son of the late Forest (Bob) and Leota (Hampton) Polley.

Mr. Polley is survived by two sisters - Ruth Dilworth...

Sep 17, 2009

Nathan G. "Pete" Martin, age 76 of Pleasant Plain, Ohio, formerly of Ripley, Ohio died Thursday, September 17, 2009 at the Hospice of Cincinnati in Blue Ash, Ohio. He worked in construction and was a United States Army Korean War veteran. Pete was born November 5, 1932 in Ripley, Ohio, the son of the late Glen and Lucille...

Sep 17, 2009

Mrs. Ora Belle Jackson, age 91 of Ripley, Ohio, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 17, 2009, at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio. She was a homemaker, a member of The Beebe Chapel CME Church in Ripley, where she served as president of the Missionary Society, a member of...

Sep 15, 2009

Jerry Martin Smith, age 61 of Hamersville, Ohio died Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a United States Army Vietnam veteran and a retired police officer for the Georgetown Police Department. Jerry was born May 15, 1948 in Georgetown, Ohio, the son of the late Homer and Mary (Adams)...

Sep 11, 2009

Alice Ocie Carpenter, age 82 of New Vienna, Ohio, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, September 11, 2009 at Continental Manor Nursing Home in Blanchester, Ohio. Mrs. Carpenter was born November 25, 1926 to the late James and Georgan Fryman on Brushy Creek in Smile, Kentucky. She was also preceded in death by...

Sep 10, 2009

Bill Kattine, age 85 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, September 10, 2009 at the Villa Georgetown in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a farmer, a retired employee of the Inmont Corporation in Cincinnati, Ohio and a United States Navy World War II veteran serving on the USS Birmingham. Bill was born on November 10, 1923 in Georgetown, Ohio the...

Sep 7, 2009

Mrs. Ruth Jeanette Riddle, age 89 of Ypsilanti, Michigan and formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio, died Monday, September 7, 2009 at Arbor Hospice in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1991, Ronald C. Riddle; and two brothers - Wendell and Frank Ellis Smith.

Mrs. Riddle is survived by three daughters -...

Sep 5, 2009

Melvina Penny, age 95 of Ripley, Ohio died Saturday, September 5, 2009 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eastern Stars and the Church of Christ in Ripley, Ohio. Melvina was born May 31, 1914 in Manchester, Ohio, the daughter of...

Sep 5, 2009

June Carol McKinney, age 74 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday, September 5, 2009 at her residence. She was retired from the Georgetown Sundry Store in Georgetown, Ohio. June was born on August 31, 1935 in Feesburg, Ohio, the daughter of the late Earl and Amy (Scott) Warren. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by five brothers...