OBITUARIES

William Russell "Russ" Alexander Sr
May 10, 2012
William R. "Russ" Alexander Sr., 93, of Chillicothe, died at 3:48 p.m. on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Valley View Alzheimer's Care Center, Frankfort. He was born in Ross County on December 24, 1918, the son of the late Adam and Margaret Cecilia Yoho Alexander. On October 15, 1937 he married the former Mary Bennett who preceded him in death...

Doris Marie Justice
May 8, 2012
Doris Marie Justice, 90, of Frankfort, died at 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Vineyards at Concord. She was born on February 2, 1922, in Scioto County, OH, the daughter of the late John and Doris Browne Crabtree. On March 20, 1941 she married Edward E. Justice who preceded her in death on November 13, 1972. She is...
Daniel A. Thompson
May 6, 2012
Daniel A. Thompson, 86, of Greenfield, died at 4:19 p.m., Sunday, May 6, 2012 at Hearth and Care, Greenfield. He was born February 3, 1926 in Hillsboro, KY, the son of the late Irvin and Lilly Jamison Thompson. He married the former rebecca Hill on June 25, 1948 and she preceded him in death on October 19, 2005. He is...
Flora M. "Flo" Ritter
May 4, 2012
Flora M. "Flo" Ritter, 61, of Greenfield, died Friday. May 4, 2012 at Mt. Carmel West Medical Center, Columbus. She was born on January 13, 1951 in Ross County, daughter of the late James Perry and Nellie Mae Skaggs Louk. On August 31, 1984 she married Donald J. Ritter, Sr. who survives. She is survived by her children; Mark Lewis...

Lafayette "Lafe" Downing
May 2, 2012
Lafayette "Lafe" Downing, 61, of Bourneville, died at 2:15 a.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at home. He was born in Clarksburg, OH on January 6, 1951, the son of the late Austin Gene and Mary B. Daugherty Downing. He is survived by his mother, Mary Downing of Chillicothe, his children; Lafayette and Gus, his companion, Kathy, their grandchildren; Harley,...
David Wayne Silcott
May 1, 2012
David W. Silcott, 87, of Chillicothe, died at 9:57 p.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Mt. Carmel West Medical Center, Columbus. He was born in Fayette Co., on August 27, 1924, the son of the late Thomas and Maud Williams Silcott. In February of 1950 he married the former Mary Jane DeWitt who preceded him in death on July...

Pauline Alberta Ater
Apr 30, 2012
Pauline A. Ater, 86, of Clarksburg, died on Monday, April 30, 2012 at Vineyards of Concord, Frankfort. She was born on August 7, 1925 in Washington CH, the daughter of the late Isaac and Ruth Keaton Lucas. On August 18, 1946 she married Frank A. Ater, who survives. Also surviving is her brother; Ronnie (Peggy) Lucas of Frankfort. She was...
Frances Ann Sims
Apr 29, 2012
Frances A. Sims, 74, of Chillicothe, died at 4:20 PM on Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Kindred Transitional Care & Rehabilitation Center, Chillicothe. She was born on August 3, 1937 in Chillicothe, the daughter of the late Martin Monroe and Marie Loel Tinker Sr. On June 1, 1963 she married Richard D. Sims, who preceded her in death on January...

Pauline Cartwright Crabtree
Apr 29, 2012
Pauline Cartwright Crabtree, 85, of Greenfield, died at 8:40 a.m., Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Hearth and Care, Greenfield. She was born on June 26, 1926 in Sabina, the daughter of the late Warner and Amy Newland Woodruff. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ora B. Cartwright and her second husband, Robert Crabtree. She is survived by...
Austin Tyler "Gump" Smith
Apr 29, 2012
Austin Tyler "Gump" Smith 22, of Bainbridge died Sunday, April 29, 2012. He was born November 25, 1989 in Highland County the son of Rex A. Smith and Kimberly L. Cantrell Smith. In addition to his parents he is survived by his stepfather, Bill Hallam; fiancAC., Caitlin Rene Reynolds; an unborn son, Mason Tyler Smith, who is due in July;...

Robert L. "Bobby" Haddox Jr
Apr 27, 2012
Robert L."Bobby" Haddox, Jr. 48 of Waverly died Friday, April 27, 2012 unexpectedly at his home. He was born January 10, 1964 in Circleville the son of Robert and Patricia Burke Haddox. He was preceded in death by his mother. Bobby is survived by his father and stepmother, Robert and Oma Haddox; daughters, Destiny and Robyn Haddox of CA; sisters,...

Carl Albert Mahaney
Apr 26, 2012
Carl A. Mahaney, 78, of Frankfort, died on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. He was born on January 5, 1934 in Campbell County, Kentucky, the son of the late Leighton and Olio Hoess Mahaney. On June 4, 1988 he married the former Jean O'Hara who survives. Also surviving are his children; Carla (Ron) Silverstein, Pam (Lee)...

Margaret L. Reno
Apr 25, 2012
Margaret L. Reno, 85, of Washington Court House, died Wednesday. April 25, 2012. She was born on March 17, 1927 in Fayette County, daughter of the late Harlan E. and Leota Penrod Jinks. She was united in marriage to the late Ervin L. Reno, Sr. on August 23, 1947 and he preceded her in death on November 11, 1995. She...

David Walter Mitchell
Apr 23, 2012
David Walter Mitchell 71, of Bainbridge died Monday, April 23, 2012 at his home, surrounded by family and friends, following a two-year battle with cancer. He was born March 24, 1941 in Bainbridge, the son of the late James Weldon and Hazel Marie Whitcomb Mitchell. On July 1, 1978 he married the former Debra A. Saunders, who survives. Dave is...

Hollis Tromo Ellison
Apr 22, 2012
Hollis T. Ellison, 88, of New Holland, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at the VA Medical Center, Chillicothe. He was born on May 2, 1923 in Somerset KY, the son of the late Tromo and Lucy Helen Gosser Ellison. On October 11, 1953, he married the former Barbara Ater, who survives. Also surviving are his son Mark and his wife...

Lowell Phillip "Speed" Pollock
Apr 14, 2012
Lowell P. "Speed" Pollock 88 of South Salem died 8:05 pm Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe. He was born July 23, 1923 in Ross County the son of the late Lowell and Georgia Ann Mick Pollock. On May 24, 1950 he married Doris M. Atwood Pollock, who survives. Speed is also survived by his three...

Shirley Louise Jenkins
Apr 12, 2012
Shirley L. Jenkins 67 of Cynthiana died Thursday, April 12, 2012 peacefully at her home. She was born November 24, 1944 in Highland County the daughter of the late Clay and Lucy Ann Gibson. She is survived by her husband, John Jenkins, whom she married in 1994; daughters, Becky (Donnie) Rose of Bainbridge and Tracy (Denny) Swayne of Peebles; step...
Gracie Belle Long
Apr 8, 2012
Our Loving Mother, Gracie Belle Long, 91 of Bainbridge formerly of Black Run Rd. went home to be with the Lord Sunday, April 8, 2012 at Maple View Manor, Bainbridge. She was born April 15, 1920 in Ross County, the daughter of the late John and Edna Mae Grubb Chaney. On March 1, 1940 she married Kenneth L. "Jack" Long...

John Edward Knisley
Apr 6, 2012
John Edward Knisley 52 of Peebles died Friday, April 6, 2012 at his residence, following an extended illness. He was born July 28, 1959 in Greenfield the son of Charles Edward Knisley and Norma Faye Knisley Lampen. On March 21, 1993 he married Sandra E. Martin Knisley, who survives. Also surviving are his parents, Eddie Knisley of Springfield and Norma...

Coy Douglas Adams
Apr 3, 2012
Coy Douglas Adams, the infant son of Roy Adams and Stephanie Lazar of South Salem, was stillborn April 3, 2012 at Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe. In addition to his parents Coy is survived by a sister, Racine Grim; grandparents, David and Debra Lazar and Hank and Janet Adams; great grandfather, Emmitt Hamlin, Sr.; aunts, Bobbie (Jerry) Way, April Lazar,...
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