Obituaries

Betty Neu, 52 of Columbus, OH., passed away Wednesday August 7, 2024 at OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, OH. She was born in Portsmouth, OH., September 7, 1971 a daughter of the late Robert and Carolyn Collins Neu. Left behind to cherish her memory are one brother, James Neu and one sister, Diana Jenkins…

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Dorothy M Clark, on August 3, 2024, in West Portsmouth, at the age of 95. Dorothy was born in Louisville, KY, on March 8, 1929, to the late Woodford and Anna (Nee Davis) Clark. She dedicated her life to education and was a beloved…

Jack McGlone, 87, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 and was preceded in death by his parents, Epp and Hazel (Harris) McGlone, and an infant sister, Wilma Ann. A 1954 graduate of East High School, he was a faithful and active member of Wheelersburg Church of Christ. He started his…

Sara “Bibby” Slack, 90, of Wheelersburg, went to be with her Savior from Grant Medical Center in Columbus on August 9, 2024. Born on September 12, 1933, in Greenup County, KY, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Naomi Jordan Floyd. Sara was a lifetime member of Union Free Will Baptist Church and…

Beatrice “Mawmaw Bea” Bates, 85, of Wheelersburg passed away Thursday, July 18, 2024 at Concord Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Beatrice was born July 28, 1938 in Lyra, Ohio to the late Heber Burke and Evelyn Jones Burke. She was a homemaker and helped her husband in his scrape business. She was a graduate of South…

Ronald Lewis Nichols, 86, of Wheelersburg, passed away on Friday, July 19, 2024 in Moab, UT while doing one of his favorite things – traveling with his beloved wife, sister, and brother-in-law. Ron was born on October 25, 1937, in McGuffey, OH, the son of the late Rev. Lewis Emery and Mary Esther Jarvis Nichols.…

Rebecca Marie Ratliff, 63, of Portsmouth, passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2024, at SOMC. She was born on November 2, 1960, in Ironton, the daughter of the late Walter Andrew and Faye Hackworth Destocki, Sr. Becky married Charles Stephen “Steve” Ratliff in Franklin Furnace on July 15, 1983. The couple had been married for…

LouAnn Blair, 69, of Portsmouth, passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at the Sanctuary of the Ohio Valley in Ironton. She was born on June 12, 1955, in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Luther ‘Jay’ and Kathleen Jean Newsome Middleton. A 1973 graduate of Portsmouth High School, she married William ‘Bill’ Berlin Blair…

Ernest Russell Polley, age 96, of Mount Vernon, OH and former resident of Portsmouth, passed on to be with his beloved wife Jeanette on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at The Ohio Eastern Star Home where he will be greatly missed.  An Army veteran of the Korean War, he received a Bronze Star Medal for bravery, the…