Obituaries

Sep 28, 2018

Sharon Gail Slack, age 57 of Mt. Orab, Ohio, died Friday, September 28, 2018 at the Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.  She was a Fiscal Officer for the Clermont County Department of Jobs and Family Services for thirty-seven years and a member of the First Baptist Church in Mt. Orab, Ohio.  Mrs. Slack was born...

Sep 25, 2018

Benjamin Alex Nash, age 57 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at the Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville, Kentucky. He was a courier for the former Citizens Bank and attended Ripley Union Lewis Huntington High School. He was a quiet , humble man of God who was always the happiest when he was with his family....

Sep 24, 2018

Barbara Jean Longhauser, age 68 of Williamsburg, Ohio died September 24, 2018 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Longhauser was born April 11, 1950 in Batavia, Ohio the daughter of the late Robert and Viola Jean (Curliss) Blanton. She was also preceded in death by her husband – Glenn E. Longhauser, Sr....

Sep 21, 2018

Dr. Terry F. Thomas, age 60 of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, September 21, 2018 at his residence. He was a Doctor of Chiropractic in his Georgetown, Ohio office for many years. He was a member of the Higginsport Christian Church, a former member of the Ripley Union Lewis Huntington board of education, the Brown County MRDD board, a scuba...

Sep 18, 2018

Ray Calvin Kinnett, age 93 of Batavia, Ohio formerly of Sardinia, Ohio died Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. He was a farmer and a United States WWII Army veteran. Ray was born December 30, 1924 in Jefferson Township, Brown County, Ohio the son of the late Roy and Velda (Purdin) Kinnett. Besides...

Sep 12, 2018

Darrell Theodore “Teddy” Waits, age 86 of Greenbush, Ohio died Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was retired from Blue Flame LP Gas in Mt. Orab, Ohio and a United States Korean War Army veteran. Teddy was born September 5, 1932 in Greenbush, Ohio the son of the late Luther and...

Sep 11, 2018

Ray Leon Butt, Sr., age 95 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, September 11, 2018. Mr. Butt was a graduate of The Ohio State University and was a vocational agriculture teacher for thirty-five years in the Seaman High School and the Georgetown Exempted Village School District. He was a World War II United States Marine veteran and a member of...

Sep 9, 2018

Gordon Keith Neal, age 92 of Hamersville, Ohio died Sunday, September 9, 2018 at his residence. He was retired from the Hughes-Peters Electronic Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, a HAM Operator – call W8YGW, a member of the HARA- Highland Amateur Radio Association, GARC - Grant Amateur Radio Club in Georgetown, Ohio and played the Dog House Bass...

Sep 8, 2018

Betty Jean Haitz, age 54 of Ripley, Ohio died Saturday, September 8, 2018 at Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley inpatient Center in Seaman, Ohio. She was a graduate of Western Brown High School. Other than being a loving mother, Betty held many different jobs with Clyde’s Grocery, PCP, the US Shoe factory and Schwann’s. Betty was born March 31,...

Sep 6, 2018

Freda Frances (Kitz) Ward, age 92 of Georgetown, Ohio went to Heaven, Thursday, September 6, 2018.She was a resident of the Locust Ridge Nursing Home in Williamsburg, Ohio. She was a sixty-eight year member of St. George Catholic Church in Georgetown, Ohio. Freda was born December 12, 1925 in Covington, Kentucky the daughter of the late Fred and Frances...

Sep 5, 2018

Mary Margaret “Peggy” McKinzie, age 59 of Cincinnati, Ohio, died Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at her residence.  She was a registered nurse.  Ms. McKinzie was born December 10, 1958 in Maysville, Kentucky the daughter of the late William F. and Frances Grace (Parker) Goldsberry, Sr..

Ms. McKinzie is survived by four sisters – Patricia Fithen, Martha Fithen,...

Sep 5, 2018

Belva Jane Creager, age 81 of Batavia, Ohio died Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at the Venetian Garden Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Loveland, Ohio. She was a secretary for Boy Scouts of America. Belva was born September 4, 1937 in Garrard, Kentucky the daughter of the late Denis and Lillie (Chadwell) Bowling. Besides her parents, she was preceded in...

Sep 4, 2018

Phyllis Wray Day, age 83 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at the Locust Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Mt. Orab, Ohio. She was a secretary for the Engineering Department for General Electric for 40 years, a member of the Mt. Orab United Methodist Church and loved her cats, reading, shopping, hiking her property and...

Sep 4, 2018

Annetta Jean Day, age 55 of Hamersville, Ohio died Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at the Batavia nursing Care Center in Batavia, Ohio. Annetta was born April 24, 1963 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of the late W. Richard and Georgene (Griffin) Day. She was also preceded in death by one sister – Andrea Adamson.

Annetta is survived...

Sep 3, 2018

Russell Allen Shaw, age 87 of Georgetown, Ohio went to be with his Lord Monday, September 2, 2018 at the Villa Georgetown in Georgetown, Ohio. Russell retired from the Georgetown Exempted Village School District where he served many years as a custodian and bus driver. He was always a quiet man with a big smile. Russell was a member...

Aug 31, 2018

Judy Carol Burson, age 74 of Ripley, Ohio, died Friday, August 31, 2018 at the Hospice of Hope Care Center at Kenton Pointe in Maysville, Kentucky.  She worked at the Fireside Restaurant and the Georgetown Country Inn, until she had her stroke in 2006 and was a member of the West Fork Baptist Church near Georgetown, Ohio.  Ms. Burson...

Aug 30, 2018

John “Roy” Smathers, age 69 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, August 30, 2018 at his residence. Mr. Smathers worked in the steel mill industry and later retired from the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. He was a member of the Trenton Wyandotte Masonic Lodge # 8. Roy was born November 22, 1948 in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky the son of the late...

Aug 29, 2018

Ida Mae Williams, age 93 of Cincinnati, Ohio died Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at the Anderson Mercy Hospital in Anderson Township, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Ida was born April 6, 1925 in Buford, Ohio the daughter of the late Howard and Velma (McMullen) Puckett. Besides her parents, she...

Aug 28, 2018

Joan Weis of Mount Orab, OH passed away on August 28, 2018, at age 86.  She was born Emma Joan Ertel on December 31, 1931 in Culleoka, TN to the late Lee Roy Ertel and Mina (Woolery) Ertel.  She was one of six children who all predeceased her; Jean Lethgo, James Ertel, Jerry Ertel, Janet Kuehlthau, and Judith Carter. ...

Aug 28, 2018

Alma Judith Miller, age 62 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at her residence. She was a bookkeeper for Jeff Wyler Automotive. Alma was born October 24, 1955 in Ohio the daughter of the late Homer Gerald and Elizabeth Jane (Prather) Neal.

Mrs. Miller is survived by two sons – Kevin Stephens and wife...