Obituaries

Sep 7, 2007

Richard Lee Cooper, age 96 of Springfield, Ohio, died Friday, September 7, 2007 at the Heartland of Springfield Retirement Home in Springfield, Ohio. He was a retired truck driver for Standard Oil. Mr. Cooper was born on August 6, 1911 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of the late J. Lee and Lulu (Lawrie) Cooper. He was...

Aug 29, 2007

Diana Joyce Koenig, age 57 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at the University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a registered nurse. Mrs. Koenig was born on September 8, 1949 in Logan, West Virginia the daughter of the late Charles William and Esla Lola (Stepp) Bradley. She was also preceded in death by...

Aug 24, 2007

Virginia Swartz Mann, age 76 of Russellville, Ohio, died Friday, August 24, 2007 at Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a homemaker, a member of the Hamersville Church of Christ and the Carey Bavis #180 Auxiliary in Georgetown, Ohio. Virginia was born on August 22, 1931 in Felicity, Ohio the daughter of the...

Aug 24, 2007

Jody Lynn Patten, age 23 of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, August 24, 2007 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio after a motorcycle accident on Yockey Road near Russellville, Ohio. She was an aide with G&D Alternative Living in Sardinia, Ohio. Jody was born on Januaruy 11, 1984 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of...

Aug 23, 2007

James A. Yates, Jr., age 67 of Ripley, OH and formerly of Troy, NY, died Thursday, August 23, 2007 at Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville, KY. He was retired from Energy Corporation in New Orleans, LA. Mr. Yates was a member of The First Presbyterian Church in Ripley, OH. He was also a member of The Tennessee...

Aug 21, 2007

Martha T. Watson, age 89 of Hamersville, Ohio died Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at the Hospice of Cincinnati East in Anderson Township. Mrs. Watson was a homemaker and a member of the Mt. Nebo United Methodist Church in Hamersville, Ohio. She was born on December 28, 1917 in Harrison County, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Ashford and...

Aug 20, 2007

Mildred Elizabeth Wiederholt Teeter, age 74, died Monday, August 20, 2007 in Montgomery City, MO. She was born November 22, 1932 to Edward and Rose Miller Wiederholt. Mildred graduated from Jefferson High School at Conception Junction, MO. She married Elwood Teeter in 1958 in the courthouse in Bethany, MO. Eleven years later they had their church wedding. They...

Aug 19, 2007

Mark Anthony McKinzie, age 27 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Sunday, August 19, 2007 at University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He worked in landscaping. Mark was born on July 11, 1980 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of Michael Lee and Judy Gail (Cowdrey) McKinzie.

In addition to his parents, Mark is survived by his wife of 2...

Aug 19, 2007

Mr. Charles David Sharp, age 88 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Sunday, August 19, 2007 at The Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio. He was a U.S. Army WW II Veteran. Mr. Sharp worked at The News Democrat for forty eight years and served as Editor for most of that time. He also owned The...

Aug 18, 2007

Mrs. Clara Lee Chapman, age 93 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday, August 18, 2007 at The Villa Georgetown Nursing Home in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a clerk for Kroger for many years. She was born on May 15, 1913 in Levanna, Ohio the daughter of the late Ethelbert and Adelia (Heinz) Kautz. She was also preceded in death...

Aug 17, 2007

Mr. Wilgus Herald, age 89 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Friday, August 17, 2007 at Brown Co. General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. He had been a resident at The Villa Georgetown Nursing Home since September 2005. Mr. Herald was born on January 11, 1918 the son of the late Sam H. and Rutha (Raleigh) Herald. Mr. Herald was also...

Aug 13, 2007

Donald Lee Kimball, age 61 of Aberdeen, Ohio died Monday, August 13, 2007 at the Meadowview Regional Hospital in Maysville, Kentucky. Mr. Kimball was the former owner of the Village Inn in Georgetown, Ohio and the Riviera in Ripley, Ohio. He was born on August 24, 1945 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of Clair and Mary (Kearns) Kimball...

Aug 12, 2007

Riley Nicole Gross, stillborn infant daughter of Richard Gross of Fairfield, Ohio and Ashley Yazell of Ripley, Ohio was stillborn August 12, 2007 at the Meadowview Regional Hospital in Maysville, Kentucky.

Besides her parents, she is survived by her maternal grandparents - Kenneth and Paula Yazell of Ripley, Ohio; paternal grandparents - Randall Glenn...

Aug 12, 2007

Cecil D. Gilliam, age 82 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, August 12, 2007 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Gilliam was retired from General Motors, a member of the U.A.W. and served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War. He was born on January 31, 1925 in Pennington...

Aug 6, 2007

Callie May Brooks, age 76 of Ripley, Ohio died Monday, August 6, 2007 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Brooks was a member of the First Baptist Church in Ripley, Ohio. She was born on September 9, 1930 the daughter of the late Booker and Elizabeth (Smith) Richmond. She was also preceded...

Aug 5, 2007

Jeannine A. Warren, age 77 of Bethel, Ohio died Sunday, August 5, 2007 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a 1947 graduate of the Bethel-Tate High School, a member of the Hamersville Church of Christ and was retired as secretary to the treasurer of the U.S. Grant Vocational School in Bethel, Ohio. Mrs....

Aug 2, 2007

Lloyd Edward (Chub) Hammond,Sr., age 73 of Hamersville, Ohio died Thursday, August 2, 2007 at the University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Hammond was a construction superintendent, a member of the New Harmony F&AM Lodge # 435 and a member of the Hamersville Baptist Church. He was born on June 12, 1934 in Chillicothe, Ohio the son of...

Jul 31, 2007

Mrs. Lela Josephine (Morris) Bowen, age 83 of Silver Spring, Maryland and formerly of Ripley, Ohio, died Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at The Aspenwood Senior Living Community in Silver Spring, Maryland. She was a member of The Centenary United Methodist Church in Ripley, Ohio, she served as Secretary and President of United Methodist Women and the Ripley Women's...

Jul 29, 2007

Lowell (Tom) Teeters, age 66 of Winchester, Ohio died Sunday, July 29, 2007 at his residence. He was a retired engineer for U.S. Shoe in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Teeters was born on November 4, 1940 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of the late Jess and Iola (Walker) Teeters. He was also preceded in death by three...

Jul 28, 2007

Stella Mae Paul, age 96 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, July 28, 2007 at the Meadowwood Nursing Home in Georgetown, Ohio. She was retired from the Brown County General Hospital and was a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ. Mrs. Paul was born on January 28, 1911 in Ripley, Ohio the daughter of the late...