Obituaries

Jeffrey Smith
Apr 5, 2016
Jeffrey Lee Smith, 58, of Newcomerstown, died Tuesday at his home. He was born June 14, 1957 in Wheeling, WV, a son of Willard L. and Helen G. Persons Smith of Moorefield. Jeff was a retired construction worker from US Lindsay in Dallas, Texas and a Methodist by faith. He enjoyed fishing, the outdoors, and his construction work, which he...
Belinda Coffman
Mar 31, 2016
Belinda Marie Coffman, 65, of Cadiz, died Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. She was born May 23, 1950 in Wheeling, WV, a daughter of the late William Stephens and the late Hannah Louise Sponhaltz Stephens Carpenter. Belinda retired after 25 years as a teacher at the MRDD centers in Cadiz and Lodi, Ohio. She...

Raymond Delloma
Mar 25, 2016
Raymond Delloma, 76, of Jewett, died peacefully at his home on Friday, March 25, 2016. He was born May 18, 1939 in Bloomingdale, Ohio, the youngest son of the twelve children of the late Marion and Sallie Vaughn Delloma. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Arvella Hoobler Maffitt Delloma in 2008; a son-in-law,...

James Bethel
Mar 17, 2016
James Bethel, 55, of Cadiz, died Thursday at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born November 29, 1960, a son of the late Kenneth Bethel and the late Emma Virginia McIntyre Bethel Flaherty. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Joseph Bethel and his step-father, James Flaherty. Surviving are three brothers, Robert Flaherty of...

David Baker
Mar 17, 2016
David William Baker, 65 of Cadiz, died Thursday, March 17, 2016 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Dave was born June 1, 1950 in Wheeling, WV a son of Virginia M. Slates Baker of Cadiz and the late John J. Baker. Dave was a member of the UMWA having worked for Consol, was a member of the Cadiz...

Evelyn Bryan
Mar 15, 2016
Evelyn Bryan, 97 of Cadiz passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. She was born October 16, 1918 in Jewett, Ohio a daughter of the late Walter and Mildred Brennan Jones. She was a former time keeper for the former Y&O Coal Company and owned the J&E Laundromat in Cadiz. She was a member of...

Eugene Smith
Mar 14, 2016
Eugene "Gene" Smith, 84 of New Athens went to his final rest Monday, March 14, 2016 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. He was born May 18, 1931 in Georgetown, Ohio a son of the late Cora Smith. Gene was retired from Consol, a member of United Mine Workers of America, former Boy Scout Leader, lifetime member of New Athens...

Belinda Edwards
Mar 6, 2016
Belinda "Linda" L. Edwards, 68, of Cadiz, died Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Harrison Community Hospital in Cadiz. She was born September 20, 1947 in Wheeling, WV, a daughter of the late Dale Otto and Mary Bailey Kellar. Linda loved to cook. She was a cook for thirty years, having worked for Piergallini Catering, the Tappan Marina and the Harrison...

Anna Neff
Mar 1, 2016
Anna Jean Neff, 77, of Cadiz, Ohio, formerly of Colliers, WV, died Monday at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. She was born April 25, 1938 near Cadiz in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Dale Otto and Mary Bailey Kellar. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death her husband, Dana Robert Neff in 2015...

Lailah Basnett
Feb 28, 2016
Lailah V. Basnett, 65, of Kissimmee, Florida died Sunday, February 28, 2016 in Florida Hospital, Kissimmee. She was born December 3, 1950 in Bulacan, Phillipines a daughter of the late Felix and Noren Falcon Benedictos. She was a retired Logistics officer for the state government and a member of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Kissimmee where she served on the...

Marjorie Blake
Feb 11, 2016
Marjorie M. Blake, 85, of Cadiz, formerly of Freeport, died Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Valley Hospice Care Center, North in Steubenville. She was born October 10, 1930 in Tippecanoe, Ohio, a daughter of the late Clyde and Tacy Smith Jenkins. Mrs. Blake was a retired Nurses Aid at the Harrison County Home and was a Presbyterian by faith. In...

Regina Cunningham
Feb 5, 2016
Regina J. Cunningham, 87 of Kenwood, died Friday, February 05, 2016 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born October 21, 1928 in Florence, Ohio a daughter of the late Joseph and Ruth Bowen Yeater. Mrs. Cunningham was a homemaker and attended the First Church of God in Cadiz. She served in the WACs during WW II, was...

Gertrude Rogers
Jan 24, 2016
Gertrude V. "Gert" Rogers, 75 of Cadiz, died Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. She was born August 26, 1940 in New Athens, a daughter of the late Thomas A. and Wilma Lucas Keyser. She was a member of the New Athens UMC, an avid Facebook user and the retired superintendent of the Harrison County Home....

Ronald Bland
Jan 18, 2016
Ronald Eugene Bland, 73 of Cadiz, died Monday, January 18, 2016 at Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, Ohio. He was born February 5, 1942 in New Rumley, Oho a son of the late George and Bernice Mattern Bland. He was a former coal miner at Consol Franklin HIghwall Mine and retired steel worker from American Steel Foundaries in Alliance,...

Homer Smith
Jan 17, 2016
Homer Guy "Butch" Smith, Jr., 64, of Las Vegas, Nevada, formerly of Cadiz, Ohio, died Sunday, January 17, 2016 in Las Vegas. He was born April 9, 1951 in Wheeling, WV, a son of the late Homer Guy Smith, Sr. and the late Lydia West Smith Mallory. Butch was affiliated with St. James A.M.E. Church when he was in Cadiz....

Curtis Bauer
Jan 16, 2016
Curtis Alan Bauer, 43, of Alliance, OH, formerly of Cadiz, OH, died Friday evening, the result of an automobile accident. He was born March 3, 1972 in Wheeling, WV, a son of Dennis and Suzanne Daugherty Bauer of Cadiz. Curtis worked at Allied Heating and Cooling as an HVAC Technician in Mansfield, Ohio. He was a former employee of Harrison...

Eva Liggett
Jan 13, 2016
Eva Lee Liggett, 89, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at Harrison Community Hospital. She was born May 10, 1926 in Preston County, WV, a daughter of the late Willis and Lesta Butcher Davis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Ross Liggett; a son, Terry Liggett; a sister, Alma Howes; a...

Keith Mcdowell
Jan 13, 2016
Keith M. McDowell, 64, of Zanesville, formerly of Cadiz, died Wednesday, January 13, 2016. He was born June 17, 1951. Private services will be held at the convenience of the family at Clark-Kirkland Funeral Home, Cadiz.

Donald Watson
Jan 4, 2016
Donald C. Watson, 85, of New Athens, died Monday, January 04, 2016 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born October 17, 1930 in New Athens, a son of the late James W. and Gussie Cannon Watson. Don was the former owner/operator of the Sinclair Service Station in New Athens. He was a mechanic at the Consolidation Coal Co. Lower Garage; and...

Doris Brown
Dec 19, 2015
Doris M. Brown, 80, of Deersville Ridge, Cadiz, died Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Hospice House in New Philadelphia. She was born January 6, 1935, a daughter of the late Thomas "Tony" Millinger and Ruth Abel Palmer. Mrs. Brown was a member of the Hanover United Methodist Church and its United Methodist Women's Club. She was a retired District Program...