Obituaries

Nov 2, 2005

Dorothy Rose Kerr, age 73 of Ripley, Ohio died Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Kerr was retired from PCP Champion in Ripley, Ohio after forty-eight years of service. She was born on September 2, 1932 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of the late Arthur and Fern (Watson) Starks. She...

Nov 1, 2005

Mr. Leon Small, age 82 of Ripley, Ohio, died Tuesday, November 1, 2005 at his residence near Ripley, Ohio. He was a retired supervisor from General Motors. Mr. Small was born in Inez, KY. on September 27, 1923 the son of the late Lewis and Maudie (Deboard) Small. He was also preceded in death by one...

Oct 31, 2005

Charles W. Cantrell, age 79 of Ripley, Ohio died Monday, October 31, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Cantrell was a retired supervisor with the cotton mill in Maysville, Kentucky and a member of the Ripley Church of the Nazarene. He was born on May 5, 1926 in Paris, Kentucky the son of the late James S....

Oct 29, 2005

Donald Leroy Hall, age 74 of Leesburg, Ohio died Saturday, October 29, 2005 at The Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro, Ohio. He was a United States Marine Corp. Korean War Veteran and a member of The DAV. He was born on April 6, 1931 in Levanna, Ohio the son of the late Carl Phillip and Gertrude...

Oct 26, 2005

Harold Roy Bohl, age 89 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Bohl was a farmer and a member of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church. He was born on April 13, 1916 in Mt. Orab, Ohio the son of the late Albert and Minnie (Hanselman) Bohl. He was...

Oct 24, 2005

Mary Kathryn Newberry, age 56, of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, October 24, 2005 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Newberry was a homemaker. She was born on December 24, 1948 in Brown County, Ohio the daughter of the late William J. and Flora (Brown) White.

Mrs. Newberry is survived by...

Oct 23, 2005

Archie L. Smith, age 81, of Higginsport, Ohio died Sunday, October 23, 2005 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Smith was a Welder and a World War II Army veteran. He was born in Letcher County, Kentucky on March 30, 1924 the son of the late Ralph and Cordelia (Mullins) Smith. He...

Oct 23, 2005

Frank N. Holton, age 86 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, October 23, 2005 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Holton was a retired Army veteran, serving in World War II, the Korean War and the Viet Nam War. After his military career he was employed by the Department of Defense. Mr. Holton...

Oct 20, 2005

Audrey Laverne Boone, age 45, of Ripley, Ohio died Thursday, October 20, 2005 at the University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ms. Boone was born in Georgetown, Ohio on May 4, 1960 the daughter of Leonard and Helen (Shields) Highfield.

Ms. Boone is survived by her parents, Leonard and Helen Highfield of Ripley, Ohio; two...

Oct 19, 2005

Carl N. Fite, age 71, of Hamersville, Ohio died Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Fite was retired from the Jefferson-Smurfit Company. He was born in Bethel, Ohio on February 12, 1934 the son of the late Franklin William and Elizabeth (Shafer) Fite. He was also preceded in...

Oct 17, 2005

Michael D. Haitz, age 56, of Ripley, Ohio died Monday, October 17, 2005 at his residence after a long illness. Mr. Haitz was a 30 year employee of Dayton Power & Light before his illness. He was also known for his love of cars and friends. He was born in Brown County, Ohio on September 30,...

Oct 14, 2005

Mrs. Mary Y. Black, age 82 of Ripley, Ohio died Friday October 14 at Brown Co. General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a member of The First Presbyterian Church in Ripley, Ohio and was retired from The U.S. Shoe Co., where she worked as a Floor Lady in the fitting room. She was born on March 18,...

Oct 12, 2005

Mrs. Beulah Blanche Maynard, age 86 of Hillsboro, Ohio, formerly of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at the Laurels of Hillsboro in Hillsboro, Ohio. Mrs. Maynard was a retired nurses aid at the Brown County General Hospital and a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ. She was born on May 17, 1919 in...

Oct 12, 2005

Mrs. Gertrude Evelyn Boone, age 92 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at the Villa Georgetown in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a homemaker, a member of the Georgetown Church of the Nazarene and attended the Apple Street Christian Church in Georgetown, Ohio. She was born on September 14, 1913 in Brown County, Ohio the...

Oct 12, 2005

Mrs. Joyce Lucille Prather, age 70, of Higginsport, Ohio died Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Prather was a homemaker. She was born in Brown County, Ohio on February 2, 1935 the daughter of the late Henry and Mabel (Flora) Hiser. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Roy Prather, two sisters...

Oct 8, 2005

George W. Bradford, age 87, of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, October 8, 2005 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Bradford was self employed, was a World War II Army veteran, a member of the Carey-Bavis American Legion Post #180 in Georgetown, Ohio and the V.F.W. Post #9772 in Mt. Orab, Ohio. He was born...

Oct 7, 2005

Mrs. Clara Florence Brown, age 89, of Hamersville, Ohio died Friday, October 7, 2005 at the Batavia Nursing Care and Convalescent in Batavia, Ohio. Mrs. Brown was a homemaker. She was born in Hamersville, Ohio on February 16, 1916 the daughter of the late Lewis and Louise (Hendrick) Adamson. She was also preceded n death by...

Oct 7, 2005

Lawrence William Gaskin, age 80, of Feesburg, Ohio died Friday, October 7, 2005 at the Meadowwood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Gaskin was a truck driver. He was born in Hamersville, Ohio on February 6, 1925 the son of the late Tom and Viola (nee McKinney) Gaskin. He was also preceded in death by two...

Oct 7, 2005

Mrs. Margaret J. Shepherd, age 64, of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, October 7, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Shepherd worked at the Georgetown Nursing Home for 20 years and then the Villa Georgetown Nursing Home for 14 years. She was born in Brown County, Ohio on November 10, 1940 the daughter of the late Talbert Earl and Hazel...

Sep 30, 2005

James Brandon Niesen, age 21, of Hamersville, Ohio died Friday, September 30, 2005 in an automobile accident near his home. Mr. Niesen was a steel worker and a Navy veteran. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 14, 1983 the son of Roxanne (Thomas) Niesen.

Mr. Niesen is survived by his wife, Alicia...