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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1967

Page

5

Area Death Notices read in Ohio town obituary roundup

A collection of death notices from Athens, Albany, Point Pleasant, Parkersburg, Logan, Pomeroy, Minersville, Lancaster, and Athens County honors residents including Jesse K Vickers, Flora Bolton, Lottie A McClung, Benjamin Harrison Long, Harry Justin Runnion, William Sayre, Fanny M Sines, Dorothy Charlotte Fisher, and others. Surviving spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren are listed. funeral arrangements and burial sites are given for each case. The notices cover WWI veteran Vickers, local farmers, businessmen, teachers, and long-time residents with details on service times and locations.

Point Pleasant Benjamin Harrison Long Apple Grove Pleasant Valley Hospital William and Victoria Duncan) Long Worthy Long Sophia Casey Caroll Ohio Julia Casey Huntington Lena Bateman Ophia Morgan Delaware Mohr-Stevens Funeral Home Robert Dunn Long Cemetery

Earl E. Henry Sr. Mason dies at 56 in home

Earl E. Henry Sr. 56 a Mason businessman and former Mason mayor and deputy sheriff died at home Sunday of a heart attack. He led Orchard Coal Co. and was survived by Edna his widow three sons Earl Jr Herman Joe two daughters Shirley and Janice a sister and 10 grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday Foglesong Funeral Home with burial in Kirkland Memorial Gardens.

Athens Jesse K. Vickers Fish Memorial Hospital DeLand Fla McBee France Field Artillery Catherine Weller Vickers John Jack Thelma Samuel B Mary) Erskine Lankford Funeral Home Lancaster Herbert Calentine Athens County Lancaster Fairfield Hospital May Carlos Delbert Marion Walter Sweazy Nelsonville John Joes Carroll John Brown Louise Snyder Gus Naaman Amesville Floyd Brown Circleville George Dailey Dayton Arthur Littler Sheridan Pilgrim Holiness Church Dallas Ford Floral Hills Memory Gardens Ray Wise Ervie J. Swift Sheltering Arms Hospital Meigs County Ervin Mary Swift Swift Hattie Dale Dana Middleport Arthur Clark Columbus Dwight Gaskill Cuyahoga Falls Sherry Swift Newell W. Va Lillian Forrester Hughes Funeral Home Harold Holmes Alexander Cemetery Earl E. Henry Sr Mason Mason County The Orchard Coal Co Clifton Darius and Evelyn Ervin) Henry Edna Earl Henry Jr Point Pleasant Herman Laurel Bay S. C Joe Patriot Shirley Hood Janice Henry John Taylor Foglesong Funeral Home Howard Killingsworth Marvan Frame Kirkland Memorial Gardens

Funeral Set Wednesday for Colum bus Slain Former Athens Countian

Funeral services are planned for Wednesday for Leola F. Baker formerly Leola Waderker of Athens County who was strangled to death Saturday in her Columbus home. Ex-husband William Michael Baker, 39, faces first degree murder charges. Baker had been divorced last week. Baker previously served time in a Marysville reform school for manslaughter in a 1959 death. Burial at Barnett Ridge Cemetery after services at Barnett Ridge Methodist Church.

Albany Flora Bolton Athens County Bigony Funeral P. M. Alden Castor Cemetery Point Pleasant Chapman Huntington Lottie A. McClung McClung St. Mary’s Hospital Mabel Springer Tressie Booker South Charleston Anna Cater Oak Hill Ocie Ackert Jamestown N. Y Martha Morris Clearwater Fla Windsor McCutcheon Sunset Cemetery Rickwood Josephine G Mary Margaret Pierce Columbus Margaret Rush Logan Samuel Sanderson Parma Heights Clifford Roberts Funeral Home R. B. Wilson Oak Grove Cemetery Dorothy Charlotte Fisher Henderson Holzer Hospital Mason County William and Effie Hogsett Roy Fisher Sue Dyer Jeffersonville Indiana Sandra K. Fisher Winna Lee Bonecutter W. Va Dixie Lee Lilly Coolville John Edith) Humphrey Springfield Community Hospital Humphrey Bethel Ridge Ohio Eastern Star Springfield Chesterhill Leola F. Baker Leola Waderker Franklin County Sheriff's Deputies William Michael Baker Baker West Virginia Marysville Reformatory Clifford Singer Zanesville Singer Agnes Cattlip Waderker Hillis Waderker Barnett Ridge Methodist Church Ralph Tate Barnett Ridge Cemetery Fawcett-Stone Funeral Home

Powell Rites Held for 68 in Nitro

Funeral services for Lawrence Powell 68 Nitro were held today. He was a Hartford Methodist Church member, retired Viscoe Plant employee, born Letart Mason County. Survived by wife Lavine son Lawrence Nitro four daughters Barbara Powell Mary Ruth Sayre Nedra Brace all Nitro four brothers Lloyd Harley Stanley Rome and two sisters Sarah Austin Marion Ohio and Sarah Shevchenko Millbrae California.

Perry County William Sr Margaret Ann Lawson Sayre The Methodist Church Lawrence Powell Hartford Methodist Church Letart Mason County Lavine Lawrence Nitro Barbara Powell Mary Ruth Sayre Nedra Brace Lloyd Syracuse Ill Harley Clifton Stanley Hartford Rome Huntington Sarah Austin Marion Ohio Sarah Shevchenko Millbrae Calif

River Boat Deckhand Lost in Ohio River Tragedy

Jackie Harmon a 32 year old deckhand from Point Pleasant fell between two barges during a towboat change near Carrollton Kentucky and is presumed drowned. He served in the U S Marine Corps and leaves a widow two daughters a sister and five brothers with his birthplace Point Pleasant listed among surviving relatives.

Point Pleasant Jackie Harmon H. E. Boles Ohio River Carrollton Madison Ind Harmon U. S. Marine Corps Flora (Lyons) Harmon Harry Harmon Shelia Ann Sandra Dee Mildred Garrett Ray George Ed Harmon Paul New Haven Denny Merid Kan

Local Family News and Visits Reach Across States

Radcliff and Barnes announce their son Ralph has arrived in Vietnam after prior service in Turkey and Korea. Billy Pierce Jr enjoyed a week with relatives in Westerville. The Morris family of Berea Ky and Dundas and Albany hosts visited. Barry Sprague vacationed with grandparents in Columbus. Mrs Leitch visited her son Melvin Cottrill and Natalie in Columbus. Maude Holcomb of Point Rock visited sister Ruth Swisher.

L. J. Barnes Columbus Ralph Vietnam Turkey Korea Billy Pierce Jr Bertie Walter Sharon Westerville C. M. Morris Jane Roberta Bonita Berea Emma Pierce Dundas Eva Morris Albany Barry Sprague John Wiseman George Leitch Melvin Cottrill Natalie Maude Holcomb Point Rock Ruth Swisher

Red Guards Threaten Innocents In China War Talk

An embedded report from Beijing describes Red Guards mobilizing mass hysteria as ordinary people fear being victims. The writer notes youths flooding Shanghai streets, hotel conditions for foreigners, and pervasive Maoist propaganda in schools and public life.

Red Guards Yane- Cheng

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Lottie McClung Benjamin H. Long Harry J. Runnion Parkersburg Harry Justin Runnion Vienna Camden Clark Memorial Hospital Lottridge Milo and Anna J. Eliot Runnion First EUB Church Portersfield Torch Dora Radcliffe) Runnion Harry Jr Henry Elton McCoy Marilyn Runnion Steven Gaines Myrtle Runnion L. T R. J. Runnion Sarah Person Lucy (Green) Runnion Leavitt Funeral Home Rockland Cemetery Belpre William Sayre Front St Hocking Valley Community Hospital Fannie M. Sines Pomeroy Fanny M. Sines Racine Veterans Memorial Hospital Dewey Fort Worth Tex Barbara Smith Sylvia Lines Wellsville Oscar Ewing Funeral Home Letart Falls Cemetery Dorothy C. Fisher Dana Hamm Minersville Hamm St. John Lutheran Church Meigs County Farm Bureau Carrie Virgil Samuel Michaels Dora Hamm St. John’s Lutheran Church Joseph Kraley St. John's Lutheran Church Livie J. Swift Edith Humphrey Twyla Knoles Stanley Fairborn White Funeral Home Earl Russell Bethel Cemetery Albany Obs Stover Services Rex Anderson Stover Ameagle Mr. Stover Louise Layton Home Savings & Loan Association Association East Washington Street City Hall Nitro — Funeral Services Radcliff Red Guard China Mao Tse-tung Mao Tsetung Mao Motor Trend Mercury Cougar Car Business Motor Trend Cougar Mercury Top Cat Lincoln RAY. Riggs, Inc N. Court St Athens, Ohio
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