All Obituaries

Carol Edith Gay, age 78, of 71219 Hendrysburg-Freeport Road, Piedmont died at11:45 p.m. Sunday, December 2, 2018 in Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, West Virginia. She was born June 29, 1940 in Midland, Michigan to the late Leo Champine and Anna Razney. Carol was a 1958 graduate of Midland High School in Michigan and continued her education at Belmont Tech College, St. Clairsville, Ohio where she received an associate’s degree in business administration. She work for NCR in Cambridge as...

          Robert Joseph Stewart, age 83, of Cadiz, formerly of Holloway, died at 2:44 p.m. Tuesday, November 27, 2018 in Carriage Inn of Cadiz.           Born January 2, 1935 in Deton, Kentucky, he was a son of the late Carl M. Stewart and Margaret Young Stewart.           He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and he drove truck for various coal...

Frederick Erwin Blair, age 85, of West Chester / Tippecanoe passed from this world into God’s arms at 7:51 p.m.  Wednesday, November 7, 2018 in the Truman House Community Hospice, New Philadelphia, Ohio. Fred was born October 12, 1933 in Rainelle, West Virginia. He was a son of the late Lazarus Hobart Blair and Mabel Adridge Patterson Blair. He was a graduate of Rainelle High School in 1952. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving his country from 1953 to 1956. Fred...

Larry Raymond Curnutte, age 31, died at 6:43 p.m. Sunday, November 4, 2018 at his home in Freeport. Born February 1, 1987 in Columbus, Ohio he was a son of Danny R Curnutte of Stout, Ohio and Donna Fritter of Freeport.  In 2006 Larry graduated from Harrison Central High School and Belmont-Harrison JVS where he studied auto collision repair. Larry had worked for several area auto body shops and continued his training by attending Sherwin-Williams Painting School in Atlanta, Georgia. He...

Ross Franklin Best, Jr., age 80, of 907 North 1st Street, Dennison died at 8:20 p.m. Saturday, October 27, 2018 in Aultman Hospital, Canton, Ohio.  Born in June 29, 1938 in Dennison, Ohio to the late Ross Franklin Best, Sr. and Helen Christine Coverdale. Ross was a United States Army veteran, serving eleven years from 1955 to 1966 stationed in Germany. He worked for Briggs and Turvis of Dennison where he was a welder rebuilding railroad cars and retired with a medical disability. He...

Susan Ann Redden, age 75, died peacefully in her home in Deersville at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, October 20, 2018. Born April 16, 1943 in Hagerstown, Maryland to the late Pauline Pavlicko. Susan was deeply religious, loved her cats. Surviving are a son, H. Michael Redden of Parma, a daughter, Deborah (Bernard) Konanec of North Ridgeville, seven grandchildren: Michael Redden Bulkoski, Elizabeth Konanec Perry, Arielle Davis, Miranda Redden, Jeremy Redden, Mitchell Redden, and Aaron Donahue; and...

William Paul Edmunds, age 86, of 72218 Freeport Road, Piedmont died at 11:35 a.m. Saturday, October 20, 2018 in Southeastern Medical Center, Cambridge. He was born October 12, 1932 in Daisytown, Pennsylvania to the late Edwin Paul Edmunds and Sofia Shipenka Edmunds. Bill was a US Navy veteran. He was employed by the Ford Company in Cleveland as a finisher for thirty years. He enjoyed hunting. Surviving is his wife of seven years, Margaret Ann Williams Edmunds; three children: Barbara of...

Boyd Hall Jr, age 88, of Piedmont, passed away on Wednesday, Oct 3, 2018 in Cambridge with his family by his side.  He was born July 9, 1930 in Freeport to the late Hazel Kent Hall and Boyd Hall Sr. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Inez Joanne Murphy Hall, his daughter Corella Green of Denver, CO, his son George Hall of Scio, OH; five grandchildren: Alexandra Green of Seattle, WA, Rochelle Green of Salt Lake City, UT, Andrew Hall of Scio, OH, Kyle Hall of New Philadelphia,...

         James Alan Cost, age 78, of 81788 Lovers Lane, Tippecanoe, Ohio died at 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 25, 2018 in Community Hospice Truman House, New Philadelphia, Ohio.           Born March 8, 1940 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, he was a son of the late Clarence Edgar Cost and Audrey Stringer Cost.           He graduated from Warren Consolidated High School in...

Norman “Foxy” Fox, age 82, of Freeport passed away unexpectedly at his hardware store on Monday, September 17, 2018. Norm was born April 2, 1936 in Shepherdstown, Belmont County, Ohio to the late Ralph Edward Fox and Thelma Marie Weir Fox. Foxy married the love of his life, Shirley Ann Abel on November 28, 1953 and graduated from St. Clairsville High School  in 1954. Also surviving are three children: Bryan (Tammy) Fox of New Athens, Debra (Mike) Wilden of Myrtle Beach,...