Obituaries

Douglas Besozzi
May 28, 2006
Douglas David Besozzi, 54, of Cadiz, Ohio, formerly of Lansing, Ohio, left his beloved family on Sunday, May 28, 2006. He was the devoted husband of Cheryl Adams Besozzi whom he married July 10, 1976, and the loving father of their twin daughters, Tiffany and Brandi. He was the son of Anne Kusik Besozzi of Lansing and the late Arch...

Frances Jones
May 25, 2006
Frances L. Jones, 89, Cadiz, died Thursday, May 25, 2006 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. She was born August 19, 1916 in Adena, Ohio a daughter of the late Harley and Margaret Robinson McAfee. She was a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church, Jewett, Ohio and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death in addition to her...

George Conaway
May 18, 2006
George R. Conaway, 81, of Cadiz, formerly of Cherry Valley, died Thursday, May 19, 2006 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. He was born December 24, 1924, a son of the late Mary Hennis. He was a Coal Truck Driver for the Y. & O. Coal Company. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by a brother,...

Tessie Ward
Apr 11, 2006
Tessie L. Ward, 86, New Athens, died Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at the Harrison County Home. She was born December 29, 1919 in Auburn, Indiana a daughter of the late Joseph and Daisy May Gudgeon Lane. She was a member of the House of the Shepherd in New Athens, a former employee of G.M. Plant 6 in Anderson, Indiana and...

Ethel Dandridge
Apr 11, 2006
Ethel Evelyn Dandridge, 79, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at the Christian Nursing Home in Cincinnati. She was born January 20, 1927 in Cadiz, a daughter of the late John and Etta Mae Gross Doubt. Sis was a member of St. James AME Church, where she sang in the Choir and was active on several committees and...

Kathryn Moore
Apr 8, 2006
Kathryn V. Moore, 91, of Cadiz died Saturday, April 8, 2006 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born March 4, 1915 in Cadiz, a daughter of the late Alvin C. and Mary Fox Richards. She was the retired owner and operator of the Richards Printing Shop in Cadiz, and was a member of the First Church of Christ. In...

Albert Hopkins
Apr 3, 2006
Albert Edward Hopkins, 83, of New Athens, Ohio, went home to be with God on Monday, April 3, 2006 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, Ohio with his beloved son, Larry, at his side. He was born July 26, 1922 in Charleston, WV, a son of the late Albert and Helene Baron Hopkins. He was a retired Coal Miner, having...

Phyllis Wallace
Mar 31, 2006
Phyllis Jane Heavilin Wallace, 88, Cadiz, passed away Friday, March 31, 2006 at Trinity Medical Center West, Steubenville, Ohio following a brief illness. She was a member of the Deersville United Methodist Church, the Brushy Fork Homemakers club for numerous years, and served as a 4-H advisor for 56 years. She enjoyed teaching many, many young people how to sew....

Dorothy Joseph
Mar 31, 2006
Dorothy Hoobler Joseph, 92, Jewett, Ohio, died Friday, March 31, 2006 at Gables Care Center, Hopedale, Ohio. She was born March 17, 1914 in Green Township, Harrison County, Ohio a daughter of the late William and Eva Fox Snyder Sizemore Snyder. She was a Methodist by faith; a former member of Ladies Aid at Bethel United Methodist Church; and a...

Dustin Vancamp
Mar 23, 2006
Dustin VanCamp, 23, of Ashburn, VA, died Thursday, March 23, 2006 at the Louden Hospital Center, Leesburg, the result of a traffic accident. He was born October 16, 1982 in Bellaire, Ohio, a son of Kirk and Kim Yanczura VanCamp of Ashburn, Virginia. Dustin was an Adminstrative Assistant for Mark IV Builders in Bethesda, MD; was interested in the Trax...

Janet Adrian
Mar 17, 2006
Janet T. Adrian, 66, Cadiz, died Friday, March 17, 2006 at Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Janet was born July 2, 1939 in Harrison County, Ohio a daughter of the late Franics Wayne and Mary O. Sproull Tarbert. Janet was the retired president of the Equitable Savings and Loan in Cadiz and a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz. She...

Robert Brokaw
Mar 9, 2006
Robert B. Brokaw, 88, Cadiz, died Thursday, March 9, 2006 at his home. Bob was born August 20, 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio a son of the late Robert E. and Martha McBean Brokaw. Bob was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during World War II, the United States Trotters Association,...

Elma Somerville
Feb 27, 2006
Elma Lacey Garvin Somerville of Cadiz, Ohio passed away on Monday, February 27 at Harrison Community Hospital at the age of 91. Lacey was born July 28, 1914 in Bloomingdale, Ohio to Wellington and Mary Hoobler Timmons. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Helen Ferguson; brothers, James and Samuel Timmons; son, George Douglas Somerville, Jr.; and husbands,...

Martha Hines
Feb 26, 2006
Martha Hines, 92, Cadiz, died Sunday, February 26, 2006 at Beacon Pointe, Uhrichsville, Ohio. She was born July 1, 1913 on Gilmore Ridge, Harrison County a daughter of the late Frank W. And Stella Leech Robinson. Martha was a member of Asbury Chapel United Methodist Church, Cadiz; the Eagles Auxiliary #2162, Cadiz; Mt. Vernon Social Club; committee women for the...

Ira Beard, Sr.
Feb 16, 2006
Ira D. Beard, Sr., 80, Jewett, died Thursday February 16, 2006 at Trinity Medical Center West, Steubenville, Ohio. He was born January 16, 1926 in Columbus, Ohio a son of the late John and Vina Beard. He attended the First Church of Christ in Cadiz, a member of the Hopedale American Legion, and was a former truck driver and dozer...

Jacquelyn Busby
Feb 16, 2006
Jacquelyn Ann Banks Busby, 56, of Cadiz, died Thursday, January 16, 2006 at home following a lengthy illness. She was born August 17, 1949 in Cadiz. She was a member of the First Apostolic Church of Cadiz. She was preceded in death by her mother and step-father, Helen Banks Freeman and David Freeman, and by a brother David Michael Freeman....

Robert Worrell
Feb 14, 2006
Robert Lee ''Birdie'' Worrell, 54, Cadiz, died Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at his home. He was born January 2, 1952 in Wheeling, West Virginia a son of Adrian Worrell of Cadiz and the late Mildred Harris Worrell. He attended the Minksville Church of Christ, was a member of the Jefferson County Coonhunters Club, and a veteran of the U.S. Army...

Elizabeth Lee
Feb 13, 2006
Elizabeth Louise Lee, 92, died Sunday, February 12, 2006 at her home in Cadiz. She was born Luisa Giangiacomo on June 17, 1913 at Plum Run (Rhodesdale), Jefferson County, Ohio, the daughter of Abramo and Rosina Pezzopane Giangiacomo, both natives of Onna, Italy. She was a gradutate of St. Clairsville High School, a housewife by occupation, and a member of...

Earle Kimmel
Feb 4, 2006
Earle L. Kimmel, 90, of Jewett, died Saturday, February 4, 2006 at the Harrison County Home, Cadiz. He was born September 22, 1915 in Archer Twp., Harrison County, Ohio, a son of the late Rupert R. and Anna P. Chalfant Kimmel. He was a member of St. James Lutheran Church in Jewett; a graduate of Jewett High School; a member...

Karen Reed
Feb 2, 2006
Karen L. Reed, 55, of Cadiz, died Thursday, February 2, 2006 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born January 6, 1951 in Steubenville, a daughter of Donald and Mary Paulin White of Hopedale, Ohio. She was a Corrections Officer at the Belmont Correction Institution in St. Clairsville, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband, James...