Obituaries

Richard Lee Swope, Jr

Mar 22, 2009

Richard Lee Swope, Jr., age 48 of Fizzleville, Ohio died Sunday, March 22, 2009 as a result of an airplane accident near his home. He was a Diesel Repair Mechanic for the City of Maysville, Kentucky and R & S Enterprises, which he owned and operated with his wife. He was a member and director of the Brown...

Raymond Morgan Bunton

Mar 19, 2009

Ray M. Bunton, age 79 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, March 19, 2009 at the Georgetown Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a retired United States Korean and VietNam Air Force veteran and a retired transportation superintendent for the University of Cincinnati. Ray was born November 15, 1929 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of the...

Bob D. Kattine

Mar 17, 2009

Bob D. Kattine, age 80 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a farmer and enjoyed flying his airplanes. Bob was born on April 12, 1928 in Georgetown, Ohio, the son of the late Elmer and Roberta (Boehm) Kattine.

Mr. Kattine is...

William Lee Neu

Mar 15, 2009

William Lee Neu, age 64 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, March 15, 2009 at his residence. He was a 1963 graduate of Hamersville High School, a retired truck driver for the Brown County Highway Department, a former employee of Dominos Pizza, the Brown County Sheriff's Office, the Brown County Safety Unit and a member of the Fraternal Order...

Bernice Diane Moore

Mar 15, 2009

Bernice "Bernie" Diane Moore, age 63, of Huntsville, Alabama died Sunday, March 15, 2009 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Bernie was born on June 15, 1945 in Ripley, Ohio, the daughter of Elmer Vernon Lofton of Ripley, Ohio and the late Mildred (Moorehead) Lofton. Besides her mother, she was preceded in death by one son -...

John "Tom" Bennett

Mar 7, 2009

John Thomas "Tom" Bennett, age 86 of Georgetown, Ohio, formerly of Ripley, Ohio, died Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was retired from Milacron, a United States WW II Army Veteran, a member of the American Legion Post #705 and a member and deacon at the First Baptist Church in Ripley, Ohio....

Timothy "Randy" Mckenzie

Mar 7, 2009

Timothy Randall "Randy" McKenzie, age 58 of West Union, Ohio, died Saturday, March 7, 2009 at he residence. He was a boilermaker, a member of the Knights Templar and the Ripley Masonic Lodge F&AM Union #71 and the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite and United States Vietnam Marine veteran. Randy was born on April 16, 1950 in Hamersville, Ohio...

Catherine Naylor

Mar 6, 2009

Catherine Naylor, age 96 of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, March 6, 2009 at Anderson Mercy Hospital in Anderson Township. She was a homemaker and a secretary for Mullinix Insurance and for her husband's company, Naylor Insurance. She was also a past worthy matron and a member of the Order of Eastern Star, faithful attendee of the Mt.Nebo United...

Roger "Red" Foster Swearingen

Mar 6, 2009

Roger "Red" Foster Swearingen, age 59 of Huber Heights, Ohio formerly of Ripley, Ohio, died Friday, March 6, 2009 at the Stein Hospice in Sandusky, Ohio. He was a tool and die maker for Gem City Engineering in Dayton, Ohio, a United States Vietnam Air Force veteran, a member of the Masonic F&AM Lodge #49 in Xenia, Ohio...

Hazel Marie Walker

Mar 4, 2009

Hazel Marie Walker, age 63 of Hamersville, Ohio died Wednesday, March 04, 2009 at her residence. She was a STNA at the Batavia Nursing and Convalescent Home in Batavia, Ohio. Hazel was born on September 20, 1945 in Vanceburg, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Shelby and Florence (Clark) Bloomfield. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death...

Harry E. Dolder

Mar 1, 2009

Harry E. Dolder, age 94 of Circleville, Ohio, died Sunday, March 1, 2009 at Berger Hospital in Circleville. He was born on February 2, 1915.

There will be no services. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery in Ripley, Ohio. Cahall Funeral Home in Ripley is serving the family.

Wendell I. Evans

Mar 1, 2009

Wendell I. Evans, age 93 of Ripley, Ohio, died Sunday, March 1 at Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio surrounded by members of his family. He was born October 13, 1915, near Aberdeen, Ohio, the son of the late John I. and Flora Evans. He had a long and distinguished career at Cincinnati, Milacron as a hydraulics...

Nancy C. Thomas

Feb 28, 2009

Mrs. Nancy C. Thomas, age 73 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday, February 28, 2009 at her residence. She worked in the family business,Thomas Welding and Fertilizer,as a secretary for many years and was a member of The Georgetown Church of Christ. She was also a graduate of Rhenna Bible College in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Mrs. Thomas was born...

Robert C. Daugherty

Feb 27, 2009

Robert C. Daugherty, age 81 of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, February 27, 2009 at his residence. He was a pressman for the News Democrat and the Hillsboro Gazette, a farmer and a member of the Presbyterian Church in Georgetown, Ohio, the Georgetown Masonic Lodge F&AM #72 and the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, Hillsboro Chapter # 40....

James Herman Riley

Feb 23, 2009

James Herman Riley, age 85 of Portsmouth, Ohio died Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a retired postal worker, carpenter and a United States WW II Army Veteran with General Patton's 3rd Army. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans, the American Legion Post #23 and Peerless Post...

Ruby And Austin Planck

Feb 22, 2009

Ruby Ann Planck, age 35 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, February 22, 2009 at her residence. She was an insurance agent for Gross Nickel Insurance Company in Owensville, Ohio. Ruby was born on December 7, 1973 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of James A. and Laura Ann (Souder) Fletcher, Sr. of Georgetown, Ohio. She was preceded in death...

Ruby Beatrice Gast

Feb 21, 2009

Ruby B. Gast, age 76 of Henrico, Virginia, died Saturday, February 21, 2009 at Memorial Regional Medical Center in Mechanicsville, Virginia. She was born on February 14, 1933 in North Carolina the daughter of the late Robert and Leona (Thomas) Calhoun.

Mrs. Gast is survived by her husband, Richard Gast, Sr.; three sons - Garry Heaton,...

Janice Kaye Bowman

Feb 18, 2009

Janice Kaye Bowman, age 43 of Hamersville, Ohio died Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a homemaker. Janice was born on September 24, 1965 in Georgetown, Ohio, the daughter of the late William Albert and Sharon Rosa (Stratton) Longhauser.

Mrs. Bowman is survived by her husband John...

Albert F. Neel

Feb 9, 2009

Albert Francis Neel, age 86 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Monday, February 9, 2009 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a farmer, a United States World War II Army Air Corp Veteran, a member and Elder of the Hamersville Church of Christ and a member of the Hamersville Board of Education, the Farm Bureau,...

Mark Garrett Evans

Feb 9, 2009

Mark Garrett Evans, age 54 of Ripley, Ohio, died Monday February, 9, 2009 at his residence. He owned and operated a painting business in Cincinnati, Ohio before working in the custodial and maintenance department of Mariemont High School in Cincinnati for 23 A½ years. Mark knew and loved the Lord and attended various churches in the Ripley area....