Obituaries

Jul 26, 2018

Glenn A. Cain, 88, of Belmont, Ohio passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born on June 2, 1930 in Belmont, Ohio, a son of the late Emery Cain and Lessie Wilson Cain. Glenn was a lifelong dairy farmer, spending the best days of his life working the family farm. He remained active in...

Jul 25, 2018

Doris Lee (Pekari) Hissom Brown, 89, of Barnesville passed away on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at Emerald Pointe Nursing and Rehab Center in Barnesville.  Doris was born on October 27, 1928 in Barnesville to the late Charles Pekari and Helen (Rooks) Mick.

Doris attended Barnesville Schools and was a member of the Barnesville First United Methodist Church. ...

Jul 21, 2018

David K. Wells, 79, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at Astoria Place of Barnesville. He was born on August 6, 1938 in Jerusalem, Ohio to the late Dory and Florence (Murphy) Wells. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brother, Myron Wells; and first wife, Virginia (Wesley) Wells. David is...

Jul 17, 2018

Charles Lewis Sells, 78, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at his daughter, Trina's home in Zanesville, Ohio. He was born on November 7, 1939 in Belmont, Ohio to the late Charles Truman "Abe" and Bernice Cornelia (Gallagher) Sells. He attended schools in Barnesville, graduating in the class of 1957 from Barnesville High School....

Jul 14, 2018

Carl Nathan Smith, 87, of Barnesville, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at the Cleveland Clinic following a valiant battle with leukemia. Carl was born October 12, 1930 on the family farm in Adena, OH, son of Albert and Elizabeth Smith. He was a 1948 graduate of Olney Friends School in Barnesville, a Quaker by faith...

Jul 7, 2018

Harold D. Hickenbottom, 79, of Barnesville passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2018 in Barnesville.  Harold was born on January 31, 1939 in Somerton, Ohio to the late Ross and Wilma "Tillie" (Montgomery) Hickenbottom.

Harold was a veteran of the United States Army.  He was a member of the Somerton Church of Christ and a 1957 graduate...

Jul 3, 2018

Glenn Freeman McCort, 88, of Barnesville passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at his home.  Glenn was born in Belmont County on June 27, 1930 to the late Guy Raymond and Maggie M. (Bunting) McCort.

Glenn was a member of the Sandy Ridge Church of Christ.  He was retired from Consolidated Coal Company.  After he retired,...

Jul 2, 2018

Joyce F. Brownfield, 77, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away on Monday, July 2, 2018 at Emerald Pointe Nursing and Rehab. She was born on April 15, 1941 in Barnesville, Ohio to the late Victor Clayton and Myrtle Ellen (Wylie) Rowley. She loved her family and watching her grandchildren and great-grandchildren grow up. Joyce and Woody were former owners of...

Jun 29, 2018

Loucetta Johnson, 103, of Somerton, Ohio passed away on Friday, June 29, 2018 at Arbors at Woodsfield. She was born on January 30, 1915 in Woodsfield, Ohio to the late William and Della (Stephen) Landefeld. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William "Russell" Johnson on February 14, 1985; a son, Fred Johnson...

Jun 28, 2018

Steve "Easy" Whitacre, age 60, of Barnesville, Ohio, died peacefully on June 28, 2018 at Cleveland Clinic's Akron General Justin T. Rogers Hospice Care Centerin Akron, Ohio.

Born October 7, 1957 in Barnesville, Ohio, he was the son of the late Donald Whitacre and Betty Shepherd Whitacre. Steve was a 1976 graduate of Barnesville High School and...

Jun 26, 2018

Viola Rosemary Craft, 81, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at Summit Acres Nursing Home in Caldwell. She was born on September 14, 1936 in Canton, Ohio to the late Carl C. and Hazel E. (Uebing) Griffith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert C. Craft, Sr. on...

Jun 24, 2018

Beverly Mann Shores, 81, of Cincinnati, Ohio passed away on Sunday, June 24, 2018 at Hospice of Cincinnati Blue Ash. Beverly was born on August 24, 1936 in Durham, NC to Glenn Edward (Ted) Mann and Peggy Lavinder Mann. She was the first born.

She graduated from Duke University in 1958  and was a life long supporter...

Jun 22, 2018

Richard K. Wesley, 58, of Bellaire, Ohio passed away on Friday, June 22, 2018 at Ohio Valley Medical Center. He was born on October 12, 1959 in Cambridge, Ohio to Pat Wesley and the late Robert L. Wesley. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Heather Dawn Wesley; a granddaughter, Kyra McGuire; and...

Jun 20, 2018

Catherine Newton Naylor, 100, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at Astoria Place of Barnesville. She was born on October 10, 1917 in Cumberland, Ohio to the late Harry Weldon and Bessie Jane (Allison) Collins. Catherine graduated from Cumberland High School and Bliss Business College in Columbus, Ohio. In 1942, she was married to Bernard...

Jun 19, 2018

Evangeline Sue Terrett, 57, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at her home. She was born on September 12, 1960 in Dover, Ohio to the late Fred Eugene and Maureen Virginia (Burdette) Wilson. Sue was a 1978 graduate of Timken High School and in 1983 obtained a Bachelors of Pharmacy degree at Ohio Northern University,...

Jun 16, 2018

On Saturday, June 16, 2018, the day after her 94th birthday, Agnes Louise Amos Timmons sprinted to her sweet victory in Christ and joined her husband Kenny in Heaven.  The sadness of her passing is offset by the certainty that her championship season was complete and that no one, but NO ONE, could have wrung more life out of...

Jun 5, 2018

Douglass Knox, II, 61, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at Astoria Place of Barnesville. He was born on November 13, 1956 in Pittsburgh to Douglass Knox, I of Claysville, Pennsylvania and Joann (Burchard) Knox of Oglebay, West Virginia. Douglass was a auditor, certified fraud examiner and a CPA for the State of Ohio. Douglass...

Jun 3, 2018

Larry Nelson Detling, 78, of Somerton, Ohio passed away on Sunday, June 3, 2018 at Barnesville Hospital. He was born in Somerton on December 22, 1939 to the late Ernest Earl and Olive Pearl (Smith) Detling. He was a member of Pleasant Ridge United Methodist Church where he was a trustee. He was a member of the Barnesville Masonic...

May 26, 2018

Ron G. Wharton, 71, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at his home. He was born on August 5,1946 in Barnesville to the late Willis T. and Margaret M. (Lucas) Wharton. Ron was a 1964 graduate of Barnesville High School and a 1969 of David Lipscomb College in Nashville, Tennessee. He retired in 2000 after...

May 19, 2018

Brian D. Smith, 55, of Des Moines, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, May 19, 2018, at Mercy Medical Center. He was born on June 29, 1962, to the late David C. Smith and Paulette S. Smith (Hickman) of Quaker City, Ohio. Brian was a 1981 graduate of Buckeye Trail High School. He was employed as an over- the- road...