Skip to content

Cynthia Anne Pearce

Cynthia Anne Pearce, 75, of Lucasville, passed away Monday, November 24, 2025 at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. She was born March 6, 1950 in Milford, Connecticut, a daughter of the late John B. and Catherine Knorr Prestin. Cynthia was a Milford High School graduate and retired bookkeeper. Cynthia is survived by her son,…

Read More

Edith Blanton Bittinger

Edith Blanton Bittinger, 78, of Portsmouth, a former Lucasville resident, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2025 at SOMC Hospice. She was born September 26, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland, a daughter of the late Harmon Lee and Grace Johnson Bittinger. Edith was a homemaker and enjoyed painting and her flower garden. She was also preceded in…

Read More

Herbert Wesley Shear

Herbert Wesley Shear, 89, of Piketon, Ohio passed away November 22, 2025 at SOMC Hospice in Portsmouth, Ohio. He was born November 7, 1936 in Jackson County, Ohio to the late Harold Wesley and Pauline Jayne Shear.  On December 28, 1957 he was united in marriage to Marie Jenkins Shear who survives.  Also surviving are…

Read More

Edith Blanton

  Edith Blanton Bittinger, 78, of Portsmouth, a former Lucasville resident, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2025 at SOMC Hospice. She was born September 26, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland, a daughter of the late Harmon Lee and Grace Johnson Bittinger. Edith was a homemaker and enjoyed painting and her flower garden. She was also preceded…

Read More

Ada Marie Stamper

Ada Marie Stamper, 81 passed away peacefully on November 21, 2025 surrounded by her family. She was born on April 15, 1944 in Portsmouth, Ohio to the late Clyde and Betty (Howard) Jamison. On December 29, 1962 she married the love of her life Carl Stamper who preceded her in death on July 31, 2019.…

Read More

Paul Leo Morrissette, Jr.

Paul Leo Morrissette, Jr., 42, of West Portsmouth, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2025 at OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. He was born November 29, 1982 in Van Buren, Arkansas, a son of Patricia (Hay) Morrissette and the late Paul Leo Morrissette, Sr. He was a 2001 graduate of South Webster High School, and…

Read More

Tona Susan Holcomb

Tona Susan Holcomb, 62, of Lucasville, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2025, at OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. She was born December 27, 1962 in Columbus, Ohio, a daughter of the late Ernest Raymond Parks Jr. and Audrey Belle Cross Parks. Tona was a homemaker, a loving mother and grandmother, and of the Christian…

Read More

Ronald Douglas Sowards Jr.

Ronald Douglas Sowards Jr., age 58, passed away on November 17, 2025, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Ronald was born on August 9, 1967, in Princeton, Illinois, to Ronald Douglas Sowards Sr. and Sadie Marie Walters Sowards. He graduated from high school and continued his education at Hyles–Anderson College and Tennessee Temple University, completing three years of…

Read More

Glennis Ray Gambill

Glennis Ray Gambill, 84, of Wheelersburg, passed away Tuesday November 18, 2025. He was born July 22, 1941 in Portsmouth, a son of the late Harry and Delia Johnson Gambill. He was formerly Director of the Maintenance Department at Community Action from 1977 to 2022. He loved to read Western novels, work on cars and…

Read More

Harold G. Hoffer,

Harold G. Hoffer, 69, of McDermott, passed through the gates of Heaven surrounded by his family on Monday, November 17, 2025 at his residence. He was born December 16, 1955 in Portsmouth, a son of the late Harold and Ruth Tracy Hoffer. Harold was a 1974 Northwest High School graduate, and a veteran of the…

Read More