Obituaries

Jul 4, 2004

Eugene Arthur Hamblin Brooks, age 72 of Ripley, Ohio died Sunday, July 4, 2004 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Brooks attended Germantown Elementary School and was a graduate of John G. Fee High School. He had been employed at General Electric and General Motors. Mr. Brooks was a member of the Augusta Methodist...

Jul 1, 2004

Mrs. Frances Virginia Metzger, age 79, of Milford, Ohio formerly of West Union, Ohio died Thursday, July 1, 2004 at the Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Metzger was a homemaker, enjoyed doing volunteer work with the senior citizens in and around Brown County, Ohio and was a member of the Little Chapel Ministry in Milford, Ohio....

Jun 27, 2004

Bernice Neu, age 87 of Hamersville, Ohio died Sunday, June 27, 2004 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio.  Mrs. Neu was a homemaker and a member of the Bible Chapel United Church of Christ in Hamersville, Ohio.  She was born November 10, 1916 in Scott Township in Brown County, Ohio the daughter of...

Jun 24, 2004

Harold Lee Neu, age 77, of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, June 24, 2004 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Neu was the former owner of Richards Supermarket in Ripley, Ohio, was a member of the Eastern Brown Board of Education for 28 years, a member, Elder and treasurer of the Russellville Church of Christ...

Jun 24, 2004

Elinor Ilene Williams, age 89 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, June 24, 2004 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. Mrs. Williams was a bank teller for many years with the former Peoples National Bank and then the National Bank & Trust in Georgetown, Ohio and was a member of the...

Jun 24, 2004

Mrs. Eleanor H. Hornsby, age 70, of Higginsport, Ohio died Thursday, June 24, 2004 at Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. She was employed by the U.S. Shoe Corporation for thirty-six years and was a member of the Higginsport Christian Church. Mrs. Hornsby was born on May 27, 1934 in Mason County, Kentucky the daughter of the late...

Jun 24, 2004

Shirley Ann Lassen Hiler, age 57, of New Richmond, Ohio formerly of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, June 24, 2004 at the Hospice of Cincinnati in Blue Ash, Ohio. Mrs. Hiler was a homemaker. She was born in Hillsboro, Ohio on July 17, 1946 the daughter of the late Calvin R. and Helen (Bechtold) Young. She was also preceded...

Jun 17, 2004

Florine Oldham, age 95 of Williamsburg, Ohio, formerly of Brown County, Ohio died Thursday, June 17, 2004 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. Mrs. Oldham was a teacher, beautician and a member of the Batavia Church of Christ. She was born on November 23, 1908 in Brooksville, Kentucky the daughter of the late Clarence and Lizzie...

Jun 17, 2004

Ada DeWees Hauck, age 96, of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, June 17, 2004 at the Meadowwood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Hauck was a clerk for theBrown County Selective Service System, a member of the Order of Eastern Star and the Georgetown Presbyterian Church. She was born on April 21, 1908 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of...

Jun 15, 2004

Raymond T. (Sam Buck) Sims, Jr., of Ripley, Ohio died Tuesday, June 15, 2004 at his residence. He was a bartender and a handyman. Mr. Sims was born August 1, 1958 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of Raymond T. Sims, Sr. of Ripley, Ohio and Shirley (Linville) Sims of Ripley, Ohio.

Mr. Sims is...

Jun 14, 2004

Mrs. Gretchen J. Cook, age 66, of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, June 14, 2004 at her residence. Mrs. Cook was a retired teacher from the Bethel-Tate school district. She received her Bachelor's Degree in education from Bowling Green State University and her Master's Degree from the University of Cincinnati. She was also a member of the Georgetown Baptist...

Jun 6, 2004

Mrs. Velma Moore, age 82, of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, June 6, 2004 at the Villa Georgetown Nursing Home in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Moore as a homemaker and a member of the New Burlington Baptist Church in Mt. Healthy, Ohio. She was born on June 10, 1921 the daughter of the late John and Mary Ann (Moore) Bradley....

Jun 5, 2004

Mr. Henry Francis McKinley, age 87, of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, June 5, 2004 at the Meadowwood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. McKinley was a retired pharmacist from Donohoo's Pharmacy. He was also a member of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church and former elder, former member of the Georgetown Town Council, member of the Brown County Fairboard, 4H...

May 18, 2004

Mr. Cecil Adkins, age 67, of Ripley, Ohio died Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Adkins was retired, after 20 years of service, from the United States Air Force where he attained the rank of Tec. Sgt. He was also a Vietnam War veteran. While serving in the Air Force, he...

May 17, 2004

Mrs. Margaret Catherine Castle, age 87, of Aberdeen, Ohio died Monday, May 17, 2004 at the Villa Georgetown Nursing Home in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Castle was a homemaker and a member of the Grace Church in Washington, Kentucky and she also attended the Ripley Church of the Nazarene. She was born October 8, 1916 in Lewis County, Kentucky...

May 9, 2004

Mr. Luther Rash, age 88, of Milford, Ohio died Sunday, May 9, 2004 at The Arbors Nursing Home in Milford, Ohio. Mr. Rash was retired from the Cincinnati Tool Company and was a member of the Madeira Church of Christ. He was born on October 14, 1915 in Orangeburg, Kentucky the son of the late James Taylor and...

May 5, 2004

Mrs. Agnes Marie Cooper, age 75, of Aberdeen, Ohio died Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. She was employed with the Hospice of Home Care as a certified nursing assistant, was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Maysville, Kentucky and the Altar Society. Mrs. Cooper was born...

May 4, 2004

Mrs. Hestel Faye Haitz, age 93, of Ripley, Ohio died Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Haitz was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church in Ripley, Ohio, the Brown County Historical Society and an active member of the Ripley Riverview Garden Club. She was born on April...

Apr 27, 2004

Mrs. Nellie Mae Hayslip, age 87, of Russellville, Ohio died Tuesday, April 27, 2004 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Hayslip was a homemaker. She was born in Hamersville, Ohio on January 13, 1917 the daughter of the late William Edward and Ina Mae (Carter) Marks.

Mrs. Hayslip is survived by her...

Apr 25, 2004

Louis A. Klinker, age 101, of Ripley, Ohio died Sunday, April 25, 2004 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. Along with his father and brother, Mr. Klinker owned and operated the Klinker Tobacco Company in Ripley. He also owned and operated the West End Grocery and was a farmer in Ripley for...