OBITUARIES

Nov 21, 2019

Nov 18, 2019

Jon E. Smith, 73, of Frankfort, died at 11:50 p.m. on Monday, November 18, 2019, at Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe. He was born on December 11, 1945 in Chillicothe, the son of the late Emmett Ray and Frances Anderson Smith. On August 18, 1973, he married the former Judith A. Adams, who survives.

In addition to his wife Judy,...

Nov 16, 2019

 Vandle Jay Montgomery 83 of Bainbridge died Saturday, November 16, 2019 at his home. He was born December 30, 1935 in Magoffin County, KY the son of the late Lee and Nellie Risner Montgomery.

He is survived by his children, Janet Sue Montgomery and Jeff Montgomery; stepchildren, Kevin Hall and Kay Purdum; granddaughter, Isis Fuki and step granddaughter, Ashley Hall;...

Nov 15, 2019

Robert L. “Mouse” Moats, 81, of Frankfort, died on Friday, November 15, 2019 at St. Catherine’s Manor of Washington Court House. He was born on Tuesday, July 26, 1938 in Washington C.H., the son of the late Robert G. and Vada Eubanks Moats. In June of 1979 he married the former Mary Alice Aills and she preceded him in death...

Nov 15, 2019

Nov 14, 2019

Judith A. “Judy” Adams, 66, of Frankfort, died unexpectedly on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at Grant Medical Center, Columbus. She was born on September 10, 1953 in Ross County, the daughter of the late Dr. Ernest B. and Margaret Marie Ward Cutlip. On April 13, 1987 she married John J. Adams, who survives.

In addition to her husband, Judy is...

Nov 14, 2019

Nov 13, 2019

Genevieve D. “Genny” Junk, 91, of Frankfort, died peacefully on Wednesday, November 13, 2019. She was born on August 27, 1928, the daughter of the late Roy and Ruth Dawson Jones. On November 28, 1954 she married James F. Junk who preceded her in death on March 23, 1982.

 

She is survived by her son, Russell (Joda) Junk and...

Nov 13, 2019

Cynthia (Smith) Montgomery 67 of Bainbridge passed from this life Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at her residence. She was born October 15, 1952 in Ross County the daughter of the late Joseph and Rosalie (Cowman) Smith.

She is survived by her daughters, Patty (Hal) Smith and Jessie Benner (Chris Manuel); grandchildren, Wyatt Pooler, Anna Smith, Adam Smith, Alex and Aaron...

Nov 13, 2019

Debra Sue Howard, 57, of Greenfield, died unexpectedly on Wednesday morning, November 13, 2019 at Edgewood Manor of Greenfield. She was born on Friday, July 13, 1962 in Washington C.H., OH, a daughter of the late Richard and Betty Shields Harris. 

She is survived by her husband, Rick L. Howard of Greenfield, one daughter, Shelly (Jason) Douglas of Chillicothe, three...

Nov 10, 2019

Kathy L. Forcum, 62, of Chillicothe, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2019, at her home in Kinnikinnick. She was born in Chillicothe on Friday, June 7, 1957 a daughter of J. Everette and Ethel Walls Carroll. Her mother, Ethel Carroll, survives and lives in Clarksburg.

She is survived by her husband, Robert L. Forcum, Jr., one daughter, Amanda Hutchinson,...

Nov 7, 2019

Craig Eugene White 61 of Hillsboro, passed from this life Thursday, November 7, 2019 at his home. He was born November 4, 1958 in Ross County the son of Sandra S. Young and the late Walter E. Gray. On February 25, 1978 he married his loving wife Debra K. Morris White. Together they shared four daughters, Heather Lynn White, Bethany...

Nov 5, 2019

Nov 1, 2019

Leah Ann Adkins Mitchell 68 of Bainbridge past from this life Friday, November 1, 2019 at her residence. She was born December 11, 1950  the daughter of the late Estil and Lola Faye (Sparks) Adkins.

Graveside services will be held 11 am Tuesday, November 12, 2019 in the Bainbridge Cemetery. The SMITH-MOORE-EBRIGHT Funeral Home of Bainbridge is serving the family.

Oct 30, 2019

Billy Jordan, age 84 of Bainbridge, Ohio passed away surrounded by family, on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at the Adena Medical Center Greenfield, Ohio.  Bill was born to Joseph H Jordan and Faye Edna (Litteral) Jordan in 1935.  Bill married Ada Margaret Stultz in 1953.  

Bill was a long-time self-employed trucker, logger, and owner of Jordan Auto and Truck sales...

Oct 27, 2019

Alexander Luke Russell Lawhorn, was born, and passed away, on Sunday, October 27, 2019, at Berger Hospital, Circleville. His loving parents, Jarod A. and Autumn A. Osborne Lawhorn of Chillicothe, survive.

 

In addition to his parents, Alexander is survived by three sisters, Maecee Lawhorn, Annabelle Osborne, and Ava Park, paternal grandmother Julia Parks of Chillicothe, maternal grandfather Russell Osborne...

Oct 27, 2019

Dorothy Loraine Ison 93 of Cynthiana passed from this life 5:38 am Sunday, October 27, 2019 at Bell’s Garden, Hillsboro. She was born October 31, 1925 in Morgan County, KY the daughter of the late Maxie Mae Brown. On May 12, 1945 she married Estil Ison, who passed from this life September 14, 2002.

She is survived by her children...

Oct 26, 2019

Robert “Bob” Johnson, 73, of Greenfield, died at 11:26 a.m. on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at his home. He was born on Thursday, February 28, 1946 in Ross County, the son of the late Edgar and Rena Spicer Johnson.

Bob is survived by his wife, the former Dixie B. Miller who he married on October 31, 1973. He is also...

Oct 22, 2019

Norma F. (Everhart) Depoy 86 of Bainbridge passed from this life 1:53 pm Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe. She was born June 29, 1933 in Ross County the daughter of the late Clarence “Ersa” and Lenora (Yoakem) Everhart. On January 24,1953 she married James Franklin Depoy who passed from this life July 12, 2000.

Norma...

Oct 22, 2019

Nancy J. Sherrick, 69, of Clarksburg, died at 7:55 a.m. on October 22, 2019, at her home. She was born on December 20, 1949, in Ross County, the daughter of the ate Ralph Wendell and Mildred Cook Carroll. On October 13, 1972, she married Thomas M. Sherrick who survives.

 

In addition to her husband who loved her very dearly,...