Obituaries

Dec 28, 2009

Tiffany Kaye Rhoads, age 19 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, December 28, 2009 in a house fire in Russellville, Ohio. She was a 2009 graduate of Georgetown Exempted Village High School and was attending the University of Cincinnati Clermont College. Tiffany was born on November 14, 1990 in Hillsboro, Ohio the daughter of Tim and Penny (Applegate) Rhoads...

Dec 28, 2009

Alma Louise Riley, age 85 of Georgetown, Ohio went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 28, 2009 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio. She was a retired homemaker, an avid golfer and made her first hole-in-one on July 10, 1968 when she received news that her first grandchild had been...

Dec 22, 2009

Patricia Elaine Renshaw, age 73 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio. She was a secretary for Renshaw Land Surveying in Georgetown, Ohio. Patricia was born January 7, 1936 in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Elroy Jacob and Helen Mae (Schlosser) Chrowl.

Dec 19, 2009

Robert Edward Pickett, Sr., age 73 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday, December 19, 2009 at Meadowwood Nursing Home in Georgetown, Ohio. He was born November 28, 1936 in Loveland, Colorado, the son of the late Wilford and Nancy (Patterson) Pickett.

Mr. Pickett is survived by two daughters - Susan R. Wessel of Fayetteville, Ohio and Terri...

Dec 15, 2009

Diana Lynn Walker, age 64 of New Vienna, Ohio, went to be with the Lord unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro, Ohio. She was born on January 31, 1945 in Maysville, KY. the daughter of the late Robert Edwin and Lena D. Walker. She was also preceded in death by one brother,...

Dec 10, 2009

John Blake Hedges, age 87 of Ripley, Ohio died Thursday, December 10, 2009 at the University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a retired mechanic and owner of the Day and Night Garage in Ripley, Ohio, a World War II Army veteran and a member of the Courts - Fussnecker American Legion Post #367. Mr. Hedges was born...

Dec 10, 2009

Junia Kennedy Tyler, age 97 of Ripley, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley. She was born on June 22, 1912 in Feesburg, Ohio the daughter of the late Charles R. and Hattie Kennedy.

Junia married Dr, George P. Tyler on May 4, 1942....

Dec 8, 2009

William "Bill" Wallace Ferguson, age 65 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at his residence. He was retired from the Western Brown School District as a custodian at the Hamersville Elementary School after twenty years. He was born July 11, 1944 in Champaign County, Ohio, the son of the late Tommy and Thursa (Stevens) Ferguson. Besides...

Dec 5, 2009

Elmer O. "Bud" Adams, Jr., age 83 of Ripley, Ohio, died Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. He hauled coal for the former Brookbank's in Ripley,drove a cab for the former Larry's Taxi in Ripley for many years, worked in the tobacco warehouses in Ripley, worked in highway construction and was a...

Dec 5, 2009

Evelyn Mae Ernst, age 66 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, December 5, 2009 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a homemaker. Evelyn was born on September 27, 1943 in Flemingsburg, Kentucky the daughter of the late Harold C. and Frances Mae (Vice) Wagoner.

Mrs. Ernst is survived by her...

Dec 4, 2009

Mrs. Eva Mae Schmidt, age 90 of Ripley, Ohio died Friday, December 4, 2009 at Sunshine Residential Home in Mt. Orab, Ohio. She was retired from the former U.S. Shoe Factory in Ripley, a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Ripley and a fifty year member of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Schmidt was born May 15, 1919...

Nov 28, 2009

Wilbur Francis Pollitt, age 86 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday, November 28, 2009 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was retired from the Keebler Company, a United States Army veteran serving in WW II, where he received a Bronze Star, Purple Heart, POW Metal, Good Conduct Metal, American Defense Service Metal, European African Middle Eastern Metal,...

Nov 26, 2009

Jean Beyersdorfer, age 86 of Cincinnati, Ohio formerly of the Shinkles Ridge Community died Thursday, November 26, 2009 at the Hospice of Cincinnati East in Anderson Township. She was a registered nurse for the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, she served in the United States Army during WW II as a nurse and Second Lieutenant and a member...

Nov 6, 2009

Gerald "Jerry" H. Cooper, age 63 of Hamersville, Ohio died Friday, November 6, 2009 at the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. He owned his own construction company and after his retirement he spent most of his time volunteering at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a member of the Mt.Orab Bible Baptist Church and...

Nov 5, 2009

Ray Warren Denniston, age 85 of Higginsport, Ohio died Thursday, November 5, 2009 at his residence. He was an engineer for the Ford Motor Company in Sharonville, Ohio until his retirement in 1980 as well as a United States Navy WWII veteran and a member of the American Legion Post #224 in Felicity, Ohio. Ray was born on...

Nov 3, 2009

John Thomas Jones, age 58 of Hamersville, Ohio died Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at his residence. He was a maintenance supervisor for the Forest Hills School District. John was born on May 30, 1951 in Brown County, Ohio the son of Delmor Thomas and Mabel Ilene (Poole) Jones of Russellville, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his...

Nov 1, 2009

Buford Mitchell Vineyard, Jr. age 62 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, November 1, 2009 at the Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a social worker and a United States Army Vietnam War veteran. Mitch was born on April 6, 1947 in Atlanta, Georgia the son of the late Buford M. and Rosa (Lawson) Vineyard,...

Oct 31, 2009

Robert Lee Lockard, age 77 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, October 31, 2009 at his residence. He manufactured Environmental Testing Chambers for the Cincinnati Sub Zero Company until his retirement, after 35 years of service and was a United States Korean War Navy Veteran. Robert was born February 4, 1932 in Chesapeake, Ohio, the son of the late...

Oct 31, 2009

Angel Faith Hope Chirco, infant daughter of Joseph A. and Tabitha R. Chirco of Mt. Orab, Ohio, was stillborn on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to her parents, she is survived by paternal grandparents, Joseph and Barbara Chirco of Ripley, Ohio; maternal grandparents, Duwayne and Pamela Rideout of Stout, Ohio; two...

Oct 21, 2009

Lillian L. Wright, age 96 of Ripley, Ohio, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley. She was a member of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church near Aberdeen, Ohio. Ms. Wright was born August 5, 1913 in Aberdeen, Ohio, the daughter of the late Jessie L. and Mary D. (Perry)...