Obituaries

Mar 7, 2020

Wyndal Elkin Staggs, age 86 of Hamersville, Ohio died Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Villa Georgetown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a former councilman, mayor and chief of police in the village of Hamersville, Ohio. Mr. Staggs was retired from Cincinnati Milacron after forty-three years of service and was a member of the Hamersville...

Mar 6, 2020

George Allen Gallagher, age 82 of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, March 6, 2020 at Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. Mr. Gallagher was a horse trainer. He was born January 6, 1938 in Brown County, Ohio the son of the late Hugh and Ruth (Belt) Gallagher. He was also preceded in death by three brothers – Charles, John and...

Mar 1, 2020

James L. “Jim” Frost, Jr., age 74 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, March 1, 2020 at his residence. He was retired from the State of Ohio Highway Department. Jim was born July 22, 1945 the son of the late James L. “Jack” and Florence (Payne) Frost, Sr. He was also preceded in death by his wife – Mary H....

Feb 28, 2020

Denise K. Prather, age 65 of Higginsport, Ohio, died Friday, February 28, 2020 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio.  She was retired from Brown County Child Support and was a member of the Grace Baptist Church in Higginsport, Ohio.  Mrs. Prather was born April 11, 1954 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of Freddie...

Feb 26, 2020

Edna Mae Bradford, age 90 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at the Hospice of Hope at Kenton Pointe in Maysville, Kentucky. She was a homemaker, bookkeeper for Bradford’s Used Cars, farmer and loved puzzle books, gardening, sewing, NASCAR and spending time with her family. Edna was born February 5, 1930 in Edenton, Ohio the youngest of...

Feb 25, 2020

Gabe Farrell, age 82 of Hamersville, Ohio died Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at the Arden Courts of Anderson in Anderson Township, Ohio. He was a retired auto worker for General Motors and loved the outdoors. Gabe was part of a large extended family whom he loved dearly and a Christian man who served the Lord faithfully. He was born...

Feb 25, 2020

More than a century after her birth, Martha June Scott Walton died Tuesday evening, February 25, 2020, at the Ohio Valley Manor. She was 103. June was born June 14, 1916, in Adams County, Ohio, to the late Frank Ransom and Cora Lee Scott.  She was a graduate of Manchester High School. She married the late Wilson Walton in...

Feb 25, 2020

Norma (Frodge) Carpenter, age 85 years, passed away from this temporary home and into her eternal home on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 6:45 a.m. at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati.   Mrs. Carpenter lived most of her life in the Ripley community, where she was well-known and respected as a kind and generous lady.  She was born in Higginsport, Ohio...

Feb 23, 2020

Betty Anna (Scott) Donohoo, age 98 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, February 23, 2020 at her residence. She graduated from Georgetown High School in 1939 and then continued her education at the University of Cincinnati where she was a member of the Tri Delta Sorority and a graduate of the college of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP). Betty...

Feb 22, 2020

Daryl Edwin Stansberry, age 83 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, February 22, 2020 at the Hospice of Cincinnati East in Anderson Township, Ohio. He was a carpenter and the owner and general contractor of Stansberry and Stansberry.  Daryl was a member of the Fairview Church near Georgetown, Ohio where he enjoyed singing in the church choir.  He was an...

Feb 19, 2020

William “Bill” Joseph Gundrum, Sr., age 94 of Mt.Orab, Ohio died Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at his residence. He was retired from the Miller Shoe Company in Cincinnati, Ohio after 40+ years of service, was a farmer and worked on his farm until he was 80 years old raising pigs, cattle, horses, goats and chickens and a United States...

Feb 19, 2020

Irene Janet Shinkle, age 79 of Higginsport, Ohio died Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at the Locust Ridge Nursing Home in Williamsburg, Ohio. She was a homemaker, waitress and a former Kroger cashier. She was born September 4, 1940 the daughter of the late William and Katherine (Gerlach) Burson. She was also preceded in death by her husband Joseph Shinkle....

Feb 14, 2020

Ruth Elizabeth Liggett, age 101 of Hamersville, Ohio died Friday, February 14, 2020 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ. She was born March 15, 1918 in Brooksville, Kentucky the daughter of the late John Thornton and Katherine (Welte) McCracken. She was also preceded in...

Feb 12, 2020

Michael Patrick Cook, age 52 of Aberdeen, Ohio, died Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at the Mercy Mt. Orab Medical Center in Mt. Orab, Ohio.  He was a United States Marine Corps Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm combat Veteran and a member of the DAV.  He was a security supervisor/officer at the Cincinnati Milacron plants in Mt. Orab and...

Feb 8, 2020

Phyllis Jean Hale, age 85 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Villa Georgetown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Hale was a homemaker and was an animal lover. She was born September 19, 1934 in Ironton, Ohio the daughter of the late Lawson and Stella (Munyon) Martin. She was also preceded in death by...

Feb 6, 2020

Gerald Sherwood Renshaw, age 85 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, February 6, 2020 at the Villa Georgetown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Renshaw was a professional land surveyor and owner of Renshaw Surveying. He was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Dayton, Ohio and a United States Navy veteran. Mr. Renshaw was born April...

Feb 4, 2020

Patty Mills, age 64 of Verona, Kentucky and formerly of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at her residence. She was a retired teacher. Patty was born February 12, 1955 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of the late Harold Edward and Dorothy (Huron) Mills.

Ms. Mills is survived by one brother – Terry L. Mills and...

Jan 31, 2020

Thomas Earl Breeze, age 62 of Manchester, Ohio, died Friday, January 31, 2020 at the Hospice of Hope Care Center at Kenton Pointe in Maysville, Kentucky.  He was a warehouse worker.  Mr. Breeze was born March 6, 1957 in Ripley, Ohio the son of the late James Earl Breeze and Alma Ruth Newland.  He was also preceded in death...

Jan 29, 2020

Landon Eugene McManis, age 79 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at Anderson Mercy Hospital in Anderson Township, Ohio. He was a retired teacher for the Western Brown Local School District in Mt. Orab, Ohio. Mr. McManis was born August 7, 1940 in Mt. Vernon, Ohio the son of the late Carl and Pearl (Smith) McManis....

Jan 29, 2020

Lizzie Kirby, 85 of Williamsburg, Ohio died Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at Hospice of Cincinnati East in Anderson Township, Ohio. She was a direct care aid for Pine Ridge Pine Village Residential Homes, Inc. Lizzie was born March 13, 1934 in Barboursville, Kentucky the daughter of the late James L. and Mary Ellen Hinkle. Besides her parents, she was...