Obituaries

John Bedway
Jul 8, 2007
John Andrew Bedway, 86, retired president of Bedway Coal Company and a longtime community leader, died July 8, 2007 at Harrison Community Hospital. His wife and five children were with him. Mr. Bedway was born in Adena, Ohio on November 30, 1920, one of nine children of George and Mary Bedway, immigrants from Tourza, Lebanon who owned a grocery store...

Tom Edwards
Jul 7, 2007
Tom Edwards, 79, passed peacefully, Saturday, July 7, 2007 at his home in New Athens, Ohio. He was born March 30, 1928 in New Athens, the son of Norval and Beatrice Swindell Edwards. Tom supported the New Athens United Methodist Church and the New Athens Volunteer Fire Department; he was a member of the United Mine Workers of America having...

Marion Smith
Jun 30, 2007
Marion William ''Bud'' Smith, 86, of New Athens, died Saturday, June 30, 2007 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, Ohio. He was born June 2, 1921 near Germano, Ohio, a son of the late J.H. and Jessie Hoobler Smith. He was a Presbyterian, and an Army Air Corps Veteran of WW II. He was a retiree of Consolidation Coal Company...

Martha Paige
Jun 28, 2007
Martha Jane Paige, 89, of Carrollton, Ohio, formerly of Cadiz, Ohio, died Thursday, June 28, 2007 at the Carroll Health Care Center, Carrollton. She was born April 5, 1918 in Bridgeport, WV, a daughter of the late Arlis Earl and Virchie Childers McIntyre. She was a member of the First Apostolic Church of Cadiz, and was a retired restaurant employee....

Gloria Mccleary
Jun 23, 2007
Gloria McCleary, 52, of Holloway, died suddenly Satruday, June 23, 2007 at home. She was born March 31, 1955, a daughter of the late William Stoneking and Arvanna Able Stoneking Goodrich. She was a private duty Nurses Aid. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her step-father, Wilbert Goodrich. Surviving are her husband, William McCleary; two...

Barbara Mckeen
Jun 19, 2007
Barbara McKeen, 74, Cadiz, Ohio died Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. She was born February 5, 1933 in Belmont, Ohio a daughter of the late Lawrence and Esther Wade Blake. ''Bobbie'' as she was fondly nick-named, loved nothing more than working in her flower garden and spending time with her family. She was preceded in...

Dwayne West
Jun 10, 2007
Dwayne P. ''Mouse'' West, 48, Cadiz, died Sunday, June 10, 2007 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, Ohio. Mouse was born August 18, 1958 in Cadiz, Ohio a son of the late Wayne Lewis and Rosetta Hython West of Steubenville, Ohio. Mouse was preceded in death by his stepfather who raised him, James Austin West, Sr. Mouse had a passion...

Phyllis Donoghue
Jun 2, 2007
CADIZ, OH - PHYLLIS Elaine Dickerson RANKIN DONOGHUE, 77, of Cadiz, Ohio died Saturday, June 2 in Rochester NY while being cared for by her daughters, their families and friends during her lengthy battle with cancer. Phyllis was born Dec. 10, 1929 in Cadiz OH, the eldest child and only daughter of John (Jack) Dickerson and Marjorie Dunlap Dickerson, both...

Edward Cole
May 28, 2007
Edward Thomas Cole, 93, Cadiz, Ohio, died Monday, May 28, 2007 at Carriage Inn of Cadiz. He was born October 15, 1913 at Means, Ohio a son of the late Edward T. And Anna Whitmore Cole. He was a graduate of Jewett High School class of 1932. He worked at Powhatan Coal Company and retired from Consolidation Coal Company in...

Orville Cunningham
May 27, 2007
Orville B. (Sonny) Cunningham, 70, Cadiz, died Sunday, May 27, 2007 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. Sonny was born January 12, 1937 in Kenwood, Ohio a son of the late Bland and Bessie Dowdle Cunningham. Sonny was a telographer for the railroad with over 30 years of service. Sonny was preceded in death in addition to his parents, by...

Bonnie Eberhart
May 24, 2007
Bonnie L. Eberhart, 66, of Cadiz, died Thursday, May 24, 2007 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born April 17, 1941 in Uhrichsville, Ohio, a daughter of the late John and Florence Goshorn Davis. She attended the New Athens United Methodist Church, and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers...

Lester Mcelwee
May 17, 2007
Lester, J. McElwee, 89, of Cadiz, formerly of Cambridge, died Thursday, May 17, 2007 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. He was born March 6, 1918 at the family farm home in the Salt Fork area of Guernsey County, a son of the late Judson and Elizabeth McElwee. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...

Mary Raber
May 17, 2007
Mary V. Raber, 79, Hopedale, died Thursday, May 17, 2007 at Gables Care Center, Hopedale, Ohio. She was born August 10, 1927 in Bloomingdale, Ohio the youngest of 12 children to the late James and Clara Belle Harris Cline. She was retired from Harrison Hills City School District after 17 years as a cook at Cadiz High School and Hopedale...

Naomi Graham
May 12, 2007
Naomi Ruth ''Dolly'' Graham, 86, New Athens, died Saturday, May 12, 2007 at her home. She was born December 21, 1920 in Centralia, West Virginia a daughter of the late David and Ruth Coberly Skidmore. Dolly was a Protestant by faith, a homemaker, crocheted, a seamstress and was a avid reader. Dolly was preceded in death in addition to her...

Harold Barnhart
May 12, 2007
Harold ''Pete'' Barnhart, 52, Cadiz, died Saturday, May 12, 2007 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. Pete was born May 25, 1954 in Hopedale, Ohio a son of the late Eugene Barnhart and Patricia Carlon Rose. Pete was a member of the Hopedale Church of Christ and the Huskie Booster Club. Pete worked in the parts department of Ohio Cat,...

Dorothy Applegarth
May 7, 2007
Dorothy E. Applegarth, 90, Jewett, Ohio formerly of New Athens, Ohio, died Monday, May 7, 2007 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. She was born April 9, 1917 in Jacksonville, Ohio a daughter of the late Clyde and Lena Faust Edwards. She was a mail carrier in New Athens area and a retired bus driver for New Athens Schools. She...

Robert Nelson
May 2, 2007
Herbert Nelson, 74, of Cadiz, formerly of California, died Wednesday, May, 2, 2007 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. He was born June 5, 1932 in California. He was preceded in death by his wife, Cora Belle LeMasters Nelson on April 9, 2007. He served in the United States Marines. Surviving are a brother, Robert (Gene) Nelson of San Jose,...

Wanda Enright
Apr 26, 2007
Wanda E. Enright, 80, Cadiz, died Thursday, April 26, 2007 at Sienna Point Nursing Home, Adena, Ohio. She was born Mary 8, 1926 in Chester, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Merle Reynolds Goodwin. She was a retired operator. She is survived by two daughters, Nancy Bove and Ellen Lucas, both of Cadiz; four grandchildren; two step-sisters; and a...

Mary Rogers
Apr 24, 2007
Mary Lenora Rogers, 74, Steubenville, formerly of Cadiz, died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at McDowell Home, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born December 31, 1932 in Cadiz, Ohio a daughter of the late Carson and Mildred Huff Rogers. She was a member of Asbury Chapel United Methodist Church near Cadiz. She is survived by a brother Harold Rogers and his wife...

William Ross
Apr 20, 2007
William F. Ross William F. Ross, 52, of Cadiz, formerly of Jewett, died Friday, April 20, 2007 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, Ohio. He was born April 5, 1955 in Wheeling, WV, a son of William and Delores Bolitho Ross of Jewett. He was a Machinist for Excel Mining Systems in Cadiz and enjoyed drawing as a hobby. He...