Obituaries

Faye M. Sherman (Frazee), 91, of Sciotoville, passed away on Thursday February 23, 2023 at Hillview Retirement Center. She was born May 31, 1931 in Sciotoville to the late Henry and Melissa (Logan) Frazee. She graduated from Portsmouth East High School, class of 1949. She married Donald R. Sherman on July 25, 1948. Alongside her…

Gail Moore, 86, of Otway, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth. He was born July 17, 1936 at Mt. Joy, Ohio, a son of the late Ora and Hazel McFann Moore. Gail was a retired Highway Construction Superintendent for Jurgensen with 36 years of service and a 1954…

Aaron Matthew Crawford, 49, of Portsmouth, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2023, at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born July 25, 1973, in Portsmouth, a son of Ronald Lee and Phyllis Ann Rayburn Crawford, who survive. Aaron was a former roofer and he had worked as a welder for Worthington Industries and as a…

Carl F. Forbes, 91, of South Shore, Kentucky passed away Feb. 17, 2023 in the Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, Ohio. He was born in Ashland, Kentucky, July 1, 1931, a son of the late Charles H. Forbes and Bertha Campbell Forbes. Carl was a U.S. Air Force Veteran and a long time employee…

Sara Rein Markey was born December 13, 1928 in Buffalo, NY.  A resident of Buffalo until she moved to Attica, NY in December of 1945.  She was a graduate of Attica Central High School in 1947.  She was married in 1949 to Walter Marley who preceded her in death in 2013,  They had three children; Kathleen Marley of Idaho…

Kelly Jo Faulkner, 46, of Portsmouth passed away Friday, February 17, 2023 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.  She was born October 29, 1976 in Portsmouth to the late Walter L. And Judith A. (Andre) Faulkner.  Kelly love watching the Wheelersburg Pirates play football, she also loved to fish and go roller skating.   Kelly is survived…

Mark Thomas Shonkwiler, 58, of Lucasville, died Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at his residence. Born August 7, 1964 in Portsmouth, a son of the late George and Wilma Jane “Wid” (Nance) Shonkwiler, he was a chemical operator for Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth in Piketon.  He was a graduate of Minford High School in the class of 1982 and…

Anthony Eugene Harris II, 50, of Marietta, GA, a former Portsmouth resident, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, February 16, 2023, at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta. Arrangements are pending at the Ralph F. Scott Funeral Home.

Ronald Shawn Sexton, 62, of Portsmouth, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born April 13, 1960, in Portsmouth, a son of Melissa Ellen Manning Dillon, who survives, and the late Ronald Ray Sexton. Shawn was a 1978 Portsmouth High School graduate and gifted athlete. He ran track, played football…