All Obituaries

     James Edward Gregory, 79, of Beverly, Ohio, passed away on Monday, October 14, 2019 at Marietta Memorial Hospital. He was born on December 28, 1939 son of Sanford and Bernetta Heiss Gregory. He graduated from Marietta High School in 1958 and served in the US Army. He retired from Solvay Specialty Polymers in Marietta in 1996. James was an active member of the Boy Scouts of America, American Legion Post 750 at Lowell, Mt. Moriah Lodge #37, Washington County Scottish...

     Deborah (Debbie) Lynn McCutcheon, 64 of Waterford, Ohio was welcomed into her heavenly home on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 . Debbie was born on February 8, 1955 in Marietta, Ohio daughter of the late Carl and Betty Bone Darnell of Devola. She graduated from Marietta High School in 1973. She worked for Moores’s Lumber and later for AEP Muskingum River Plant from which she retired in 2012. She attended the Church of the Nazarene in Waterford where she was...

     Lloyd Lee Jeffers, 62, of Waterford, Ohio, died on Monday, September 16, 2019 at Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus. He was born on August 7, 1957 in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of Robert L. Jeffers and Alice Joanne Colmer. He was employed at Air Heater and Seal Company in Waterford as a welder and fabricator. He graduated from Fort Frye High School and served his county in the US Army. He is survived by a son, Donnie Jeffers of Hackney; two daughters, Joanna...

     Roy W. Francis, 81, of Dexter City, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019 at Camden Clark Medical Center. He was born November 25, 1937 in Marietta to George “Todd” and Frances Jones Francis. He was a meat cutter at Cloverdale and Sandy Creek Farms and was a member of the Dungannon United Methodist Church. On March 3, 1956 he married Jeanette Kelley who preceded him in death on September 23, 1985. To this union was born one son, Kenneth (April)...

     Emily D. Francis, 86, of Beverly, Ohio, died on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at Muskingum Skilled Nursing and Rehab. She was born on November 7, 1932 in Lowell, Ohio, daughter of James W. and Edith Mallett Way. She had worked in Dr. Victor Whitacre’s office in Beverly for 40 years. She graduated from Beverly High School in 1950. Emily was a longtime member and pianist at the Mt. Olive Community Church. She loved her dogs and cats and in her earlier years she...

     Helen Louise Huck, 83, of Waterford, Ohio passed away at Marietta Memorial Hospital on Sunday, September 8, 2019. She was born on May 1, 1936 in Lowell, to the late Walter W. and Thelma L. Statts Schimmel of Lowell, Ohio. She graduated from Lowell High School in 1954. She married Joseph L. Huck on October 25, 1955. She worked for Joe Huck Contractor Inc. as a secretary for 41 years. She was a member of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church. Her greatest joy was her...

     Dean Harper Bloxham, 65, of Waterford, Ohio, died on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He was born on December 12, 1953 in Bethesda, Maryland, son of William R. and Lorene J. Harper Bloxham. Dean graduated from Waterford High School in 1972. He was employed at the American Legion Auxiliary in Zanesville as Buckeye Girls State Coordinator. He was married in 1985 to Lyvonna Diane Morris Bloxham who died on August 11, 2016. He is...

     Michael Lee Rucker, 63, of Harrison, Ohio, died on Monday, August 26, 2019 in Harrison in a fatal car accident. He was born in Marietta, Ohio on December 11, 1955 and was the son of Mike and Louise Yoho Rucker of Stockport, Ohio, formally of Hackney. Michael was a 1974 graduate of Fort Frye High School and graduated from Ohio University in 1978. He also studied church growth and received a Master’s Degree in Divinity at Cincinnati Bible Seminary. Michael served...

     Gregory Lee King, 61, of Belpre, Ohio, died on Saturday, August 24, 2019 at his home. He was born May 13, 1958 in Marietta, Ohio, son of Delbert L. King and Brenda G. Zumbro Brown. He graduated from Waterford High School in 1976. He had been a floral designer for Obermeyer’s Florist in Parkersburg for several years and been a manager of Hardees in Belpre. He was an avid sports fan, especially for the Waterford Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes and the Cincinnati...

     Kimberly Sue Donahue, 60, of Marietta, Ohio, died on Monday, August 19, 2019 at her home. She was born on September 12, 1958 in Marietta, Ohio, daughter of Cecil E. and Marilyn J. Angle Donahue. She had worked as a nurses aid for several years. She is survived by a sister, Cecilia Armstrong and husband Noah of Waterford; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Sherri Cain ; and two brothers, Jeffery Donahue and Bradley...