Obituaries

Reatha Cole, 95, of Portsmouth passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at Rosemount Pavilion. She was born December 31, 1928 to the late Chester E. and Letitia (Blakeman) Delph.  Reatha was a faithful member of Twin Valley Baptist Church where she enjoyed singing in the choir.  She formerly worked at Williams Manufacturing Company, Mitchellace Factory…

Eddie Dean Conley went home to be with his Lord and Savior April 23, 2024 at the SOMC Hospice Center. He was born March 11, 1950 to the late Thelma and Ralph Conley of South Shore, Kentucky. He lived a very adventurous life. He retired from the railroad in 1988. He enjoyed taking his grandkids…

Athena Gracelyn Crespo, died Monday April 22, 2024 in Columbus from a liver and heart condition she had since birth. She was the infant daughter of Nakisha Buck and Anthony Crespo of Portsmouth. Athena was born September 25, 2023. Besides her parents, she is survived by 5 brothers, Jerome Slusher, John Slusher, Jiraiya Slusher, Lorenzo…

Larry E. Hammond, 77, of Portsmouth, died Monday, April 15, 2024, in the emergency room at the Southern Ohio Medical Center.  Born on April 29, 1946, in Portsmouth, he was a son of the late Charles Newton and Mary Frances Damron Hammond and formerly employed with the Carpenter’s Union #437. Brother Larry was affiliated with…

Roger L. Bolander passed away Saturday, April 20, 2024 after a two year battle with Lewy Body dementia. He was 86 years old. Roger was born at home in 1937 to his parents, Philip and Edith Hall Bolander, in Slocum Station. A lifelong resident of Wheelersburg, he graduated from Wheelersburg High School in 1956. He…

Connie Darlene Kinney Compton, 85, of Wheelersburg, a former Portsmouth resident, passed away at her home on Saturday, April 20, 2024. She was born on March 31, 1939, in Portsmouth, the daughter of the late John Glen and Lena Rivers Alderman Kinney. Connie retired from Compton’s Family Care Home where she provided residential care for…

Leasa Gaye Patton Howard, 67, of Portsmouth, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2024, at Concord Health & Rehabilitation Center in Wheelersburg. Leasa was born on May 28, 1956, in Portsmouth to Leota Inez Sell Patton, who survives, and the late Woodford Patton. On August 10, 1974, Leasa married Ricky Howard, and they had been…

Peggy Leigh Pendleton Montavon, 70, of West Portsmouth, Ohio, left this earthly home Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at SOMC Hospice Center surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 19, 1953 in Portsmouth, to the late Carl Pendleton & Carolyn Leedy Rice who survives. Along with her father, Peggy was preceded in death by…

Alice Lou Rigsby Summers, 76 of West Portsmouth, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2024 at SOMC Hospice. She was born March 9, 1948 in Mill Branch, Kentucky to the late Homer and Lona (Mammy) Hall Rigsby. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Michael Summers, a brother, Ebbie Rigsby,…

Deborah Serrano, born on August 24, 1956 in Lorain Ohio, has passed away on April 11, 2024 peacefully at her home in Portsmouth Ohio. She is preceded in death by her mother Norma Serrano, father Manuel Serrano, and daughter Stephanie Pinson. Deborah is survived by her son John Edward Pinson II, sister Judy Barrett, brother-in-law…