Obituaries
Eric Garvin
Mar 1, 2015
Eric Joseph "E.J." Garvin, 38, of New Athens , died Sunday, March 1, 2015 at his home. He was born August 9, 1976 in Bellaire, Ohio the son of Richard Garvin of New Athens and Kathy Fulton Garvin of Louisville, Ohio. E.J. was a surveyor at Hamilton and Associates in Flushing. He was an avid fisherman, liked camping, playing the...

Raymond Brooks
Feb 23, 2015
Raymond M. "Sonny" Brooks, 76, of Cadiz, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 23, 2015 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville, Ohio. He was born September 5, 1938 in Cadiz, Ohio a son of the late Raymond Russell and Anna Jackson Brooks. Sonny was a retired employee of Y & O Nelms #2 Mine and...

Rodney Freeman
Feb 17, 2015
Rodney L. Freeman, 57, of Cadiz, died Tuesday at East Ohio Regional Hospital following a long illness. He was born January 17, 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio, a son of the late Samuel and Betty Jean Freeman. Surviving are his wife Sandra Blanchard Stewart Taylor Freeman; two daughters, Rodericka Johnson of Columbus and Ronnica Freeman of Cleveland; step-children, Shawn Stewart of...

Rachel Burgins
Feb 16, 2015
Rachel Lee Burgins, 43, of Hopedale, formerly of Cadiz, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 16, 2015 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born September 5, 1971 in Martins Ferry, a daughter of Benjamin Burgins and the late Jeanette P. Banks Burgins. Rachel was a Phlebotomist, having worked at Trinity Medical Center, West...

Mary Chaney
Feb 15, 2015
Mary Lou Chaney, 82, of Hopedale, died Sunday at the Harrison County Home, Cadiz, following a long illness. She was born March 1, 1932 in Hopedale, a daughter of the late John and Martha Martin Elliott. Mary Lou was a member of the Hopedale Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed puzzle books and deer watching. In addition to her parents, she was...

Franklin Branson
Feb 12, 2015
Franklin Lewis Branson, III, 58, of Cadiz, died Thursday, February 12, 2015 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. A memorial service will be held Saturday February 21, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at the Pilgrim Rest Jesus Church in Bellaire with Rev. Robert Ellsworth officiating. Service Saturday, February 21, 2015 3:00 PM Pilgrim Rest Jesus Church 3501 Monroe St. Bellaire...

Phyllis Mckibben
Feb 9, 2015
Phyllis Gene McKibben, 84, of Cadiz, died Monday February 9, 2015 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. She was born October 14, 1930 in Wadsworth, Ohio, a daughter of the late Leslie Casper and Mary Ellen Holbert Hildreth. Mrs. McKibben was an active member of Rankin United Methodist Church and a Care Giver. She enjoyed square dancing and writing for...

Samuel Sliva
Feb 6, 2015
Samuel R. Sliva, 82, of Cadiz, died Friday, February 06, 2015 at Gables Care Center, Hopedale, Ohio. Sam was born December 2, 1932 in Adena, Ohio a son of the late Joseph and Julia Dulkowski Sliva Sam was retired from Consolidation Coal Company, a member of St. Teresa Catholic Church in Cadiz; a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served...

Benjamin Rice
Jan 25, 2015
Benjamin Rice, 85, of Pittsburgh, PA, died Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, WV. He was born June 25, 1929 in Cordova, AK, a son of the late John and Ann Caseroff Rice. Mr. Rice was a member and volunteer of Valley View Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh and a retired groundskeeper at the University of...
John Ford
Jan 24, 2015
John Edwin Ford, 93, of Cadiz, passed away on Saturday, Jan 24, at the Harrison Community Hospital after a brief illness. Born January 10, 1922, in Doddridge County, West Virginia to Lily Gay (Conwell) and John Samuel Ford, John Edwin, along with his four brothers and five sisters, spent his youth on the family farm tending crops, hunting squirrel, and...

Sharon Decaminada
Jan 23, 2015
Sharon L. DeCaminada, 65, of Hopedale, died Friday, January 23, 2015 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born October 6, 1949 in Steubenville, a daughter of the late David and Anna Leone DeCaminada. Sharon attended the Hopedale Church of Christ and was a Secretary at Polen Insurance Agency and the Cadiz Insurance Agency. She was an avid knitter, collected...

Thelma Ramsey
Jan 14, 2015
Thelma A. Ramsey, 83 of New Athens, died January 14, 2015 at her home. She was born October 7, 1931 in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio a daughter of the late Clark O. Adams and Carrie Simpson Adams Barrett. Thelma was a retired employee of Harrison Community Hospital and attended the House of the Shepherd in New Athens. In addition...

Rodney Vernon
Jan 13, 2015
Rodney James Vernon, 61, of Cadiz, formerly of Adena, died Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. He was born September 10, 1953 in River Rouge, MI, a son of the late Charles Daniel and Neila June Lewis Vernon. Rodney was a self employed master plasterer and was Methodist by faith. He was a member of...

Beverly Henderson
Jan 12, 2015
Jean Henderson, 79, of New Athens, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 12, 2015. She was born February 6, 1935 in Parkersburg, WV; she was the daughter of Joseph M. Garvin and Alma Drain. She was a member of the New Athens Presbyterian Church, where she served as an elder. She was a 1954 graduate of Cadiz...

Roger Davis
Jan 7, 2015
Roger William Davis, 88, of Cadiz died Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at his home. He was born November 19, 1926 in Somerton, Ohio a son of the late William and Goldie Mae Saffell Davis. He served in the Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater from 1944-1946. He worked for Consol for 34 years, retiring as the Assistant Superintendent of Reclamation....
Donald Grim, Jr.
Jan 1, 2015
Donnie Grim, Jr., 64, of Cadiz, died Thursday, January 1, 2015 at Valley Hospice Care Center, North in Steubenville. He was born March 28, 1950 in Canton, Ohio, a son of the late Donald E. Grim, Sr. and Renee Alice Dulkoski Grim. Donnie was a former employee of Y. & O. Coal Company and a was a member of Bethel...
Delmas Davis
Dec 26, 2014
Delmas Lee Davis (Junior), 53, of Cadiz, died Friday at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born January 13, 1961 in Hawthorne, CA, a son of Delmas Davis of Cadiz and Arlene Marsh Davis Lamp of Utah. Del was an owner and operator of 4D's Trucking and a member of the Cadiz Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. He was...

Norma Kimmel
Dec 23, 2014
Norma June Kimmel, 83, of New Philadelphia, formerly of Cadiz, died Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Amberwood Manor Nursing Home, New Philadelphia. She was born January 22, 1931 in Hopedale, a daughter of the late Fred and Clara Hall Richards. Norma was a former employee of the Scio Pottery and Belmont College North Center. She was a member of the...

Martha Heavilin
Dec 23, 2014
Martha Wehrs Heavilin, 78, of Cadiz died Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Harrison Community Hospital in Cadiz. She was born March 31, 1936 in West Jefferson, Ohio a daughter of the late Thurman and Thelma Parthemore Wehrs. She was a farmer, a member of Asbury Chapel UMC and the Harrison County Farm Bureau and very active in the Harrison County...

Eugene Raber
Dec 18, 2014
Eugene L. Raber, 87, of Hopedale, died Thursday, December 18, 2014 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. He was born June 27, 1927 in Wintersville, the eldest of four children to the late Leslie and Gladys Dawson Raber. Mr. Raber was retired from Harrison Hills City School District after 27 1/2 years as Head Custodian, Bus Coordinator, and School...