Shane La’Mar Harris
Shane La’Mar Harris aka (Wispers 25) age 39, of Portsmouth, OH, went home to be with the Lord on July 30, 2025 at SOMC Hospice in Portsmouth Ohio. Shane believed in Jesus Christ as his Lord. Shane also believed in GOD word: “To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.”…
Read MoreJerry Allen Creech, Sr.
Jerry Allen Creech Sr., 77, of Russells Point, Ohio, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2025, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born September 17, 1947 in Ironton, a son of the late Carroll Leo Creech and Roberta Hitchcock Creech. He was a 1965 Eastern High School graduate and former construction worker and…
Read MorePrudence Ruth West
Prudence Ruth West, age 82, of Portsmouth, died Thursday, July 24, 2025, at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on June 4, 1943, in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Emmett Robert West, Sr. and Jean Hartley West. Prudence was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church, where she was a choir member…
Read MoreShirley Jean (Abernathy) Hackworth
Shirley Jean (Abernathy) Hackworth, 89, of Franklin Furnace, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at Southern Ohio Medical Center Hospice in Portsmouth, Ohio. Shirley was born August 21, 1935, in Greenup County, Kentucky, daughter of Lawrence D. and Maggie Abernathy. She married Delbert “Frank” Hackworth in 1955, and he survives her. She was…
Read MorePatricia Ann (Maynard) Robinson
Patricia Ann (Maynard) Robinson, born on May 30th, 1952, went to be with the Lord on July 24th, 2025. She was surrounded by family. She lived in McDermott, Ohio and was formerly from South Portsmouth, Kentucky. Today we celebrate her life. She was married to her best friend and husband, Boyd Robinson, for 37 years.…
Read MoreWanda F. Bender
Wanda F. Bender, 94, of Portsmouth, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, July 24, 2025, at Buckeye Forest, Rosemount Pavilion Nursing Home in Portsmouth, Ohio. She was born on January 27, 1931, in Portsmouth, Ohio, to the late Walter and Ruby Mead. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph…
Read MoreKaitlyn Nicole Murphy
Kaitlyn Nicole Murphy, 22 of Newcomerstown, died Thursday, July 24, 2025 in Ft Wayne Indiana as a result of a car accident. She was born December 22, 2002 in Georgetown, Ohio to Timothy and Autumn Conley Murphy. Kaitlyn was a Caregiver. She loved Art, reading, writing and listening to music. She also loved animals especially…
Read MoreGary Lee Meade
Gary Lee Meade, age 70, of West Portsmouth, passed away peacefully at his home on July 21, 2025. He was born on June 9, 1955, to the late David Lee and Phyllis Adams Meade, and was a proud lifelong resident of Scioto County. He is survived by his brother, Danny Lee Meade; his nephew, Tyler…
Read MoreLilly Ann Howard Elliott
Lilly Ann Howard Elliott, 53 of Portsmouth, died Monday, July 21, 2025 at her home. She was born August 9, 1971 in Portsmouth to the late Bill Howard and Goldie Stevens Howard who survives. Along with her father she was preceded in death by a brother, Simon Howard, a sister Kathy Howard and mother-in-law Mary…
Read MoreLeroy Slusher
Leroy Slusher, 89, of Minford, Ohio went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, July 27, 2025 at SOMC Hospice. He was born in Salyersville, Kentucky on March 20, 1936 to the late Burie and Louise Slusher and attended Old Philadelphia Tabernacle Church in Minford. Leroy was a Carpenter, and worked for Dial Construction…
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