Ripley High School Alumni Obituaries

Freddie Allen Fred Greathouse 82 of Spencer passed away Friday December 5 2025 at Hubbard Hospice House Charleston. He was born December 3 1943 at Spencer the son of the late Ewell Simmons and Nola Mae Starcher Greathouse. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by brothers Bernard Charl...

Anna Agnes Sayre King 97 of Evans WV passed away December 11 2025 in Ravenswood Care Center following an extended illness. She was born June 7 1928 in Evans WV a daughter of the late Chris Coe and Mary Lena Miller Sayre. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Samuel J. K...

Alex Stanley Bain 56 of Great Cacapon WV formerly of Jackson County WV passed away November 9 2025. He was born July 26 1969 in Parkersburg WV a son of the late Ralph Stanley and Patricia Ann Hopkins Bain. He was a 1987 graduate of Ripley High School and a graduate of AldersonBroaddus University. He...

Shirley Marie Sayre Southall 76 of Ripley WV passed away November 6 2025 at her home following an extended illness. She was born February 19 1949 a daughter of the late Holly W. and Hazel May Hughes Sayre. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Lakin Southall sons Todd a...

James Dee J.D. Crawford 75 of Evans WV passed away November 23 2025 in Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Division following an extended illness. He was born July 30 1950 in Spencer WV a son of the late Berlin and Garnett Eileen Tanner Crawford. He was a graduate of Ripley High School. He was a...

Roger Dale Hinzman 52 of Ravenswood WV passed away January 27 2026 at his home following a sudden illness. He was born August 2 1973 in Ripley a son of Norma Jean Armstrong Fox of Ravenswood and Carroll R. Hinzman. He was a graduate of Ravenswood High School and a former employee of J CO Lumber and ...

Carolyn Sue Tolley Hill 79 of Ripley WV passed away November 8 2025 in Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg WV following an extended illness. She was born September 21 1946 in Nitro WV a daughter of the late Raymond Harmon and Lura Parsons Tolley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in de...

age 45 left his earthly home on Monday January 12 2026 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 25 1980 in Harrisonburg VA the son of Mary Susan Duley and Reginald Dannie Kimble of Upper Tract WV. DJ was a 1999 graduate of Pendleton County Middle High School. He was an avid s...

Mozetta Love Dye Youngers age 90 of Merkel Texas passed away on January 20 2026 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene Texas. Mozetta was born in Anson Texas on May 18 1935 to Joseph and Ruthie Key Love. She started school at Anson Jones Elementary. She graduated from Anson High School in 1954. She m...

Becky Cantu, 77, of Columbus, Texas, peacefully passed away on January 29, 2026 in Austin, Texas surrounded by loved ones.She was born on October 26, 1948, to Frank and Esther (Gonzales) Pulido in Columbus, Texas. Becky graduated from St. Anthony’s Catholic School in 1962 and Bishop Forest High Scho...

Mark L. Christenson age 77 of Lake Mills Wisconsin passed away on January 28 2026 surrounded by those who loved him. Mark was a devoted husband and father a skilled engineer and a lifelong farmer whose determination work ethic and integrity defined his life. As a graduate of Big Foot High School Mar...

Crystal Jean Hafenstein a beloved wife mother grandmother and friend passed away on December 5 2025 in Lake Mills WI. She was born on March 20 1930 to Arnold and Violet Behling of Watertown and graduated from Watertown High School in 1948. Crystal met the love of her life Harold Hafenstein of Lake M...

at Clover Manor in Auburn where he lived with his wife Judy. He passed with loved ones by his side. 1941 to Paul and Wilma ConantBoothby. He graduated from Edward Little High School in 1959. On July 29 1960 he married Judith A. CarverBoothby. Together they became parents to Debra Debbie and Michael ...

Glenn Gilmore was born to the late Gwendolyn ChestnutGilmore and the late Pastor D.R. Gilmore in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. He peacefully departed this life on Wednesday October 29 2025. Tony was educated in the Harrisburg School District and was a proud graduate of William Penn High School where he f...

Cynthia Elizabeth Powell passed peacefully from this life on November 14 2025 at the age of 79. Cindy was the daughter of the late Charles Ramsdell and Marguerita Burr Powell Ellis. She is survived by her sister Natalie and her longtime friend Rita Brillinger. A graduate of Georgetown High School in...

Ora Belle Summar Queen departed this life on Monday January 2 2026 at Lauderdale Community Hospital in Ripley Tennessee. She was born in the Marys Chapel Community on January 9 1937 to the late Elisha Belle Summar and Ora Louise Criner Summar. Visitation for Mrs. Queen will be Thursday February 5 at...

George Randal Meadows 71 of Ripley passed away Friday January 30 2026 at Lauderdale Community Hospital. Visitation will be held from 5 until 8 PM Sunday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley. Funeral services will be 2 PM Monday at Garner Funeral Home with interment to follow in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Mr...

Jean Rust Meacham 76 of Ripley peacefully passed on Friday November 28 2025 at her home surrounded by family. A memorial service will be held at Ripley First United Methodist Church on Sunday November 30th. Visitation will be from 200 400 pm with services immediately following. Lovingly known as Mo...

LCDR B J(Jere) Taylor, Jr. USN (Ret.), 87, passed away peacefully on January 28, 2026, surrounded by his beloved sisters at Baptist Reynolds Hospice House in Collierville, TN. Born in Brownsville, TN to the late BJ Taylor and Polly Halliburton Taylor, he grew up in Ripley, TN where he graduated from...

Mr. John Richard Krumm was born April 18 1951 and raised in beautiful Hawaii. He is predeceased in death by his parents John Krumm and Lillian Hoffman Krumm. After graduating high school John enlisted in the U.S. Army and proudly served in the Vietnam War. He was very proud of his service to this co...

A Memorial Service for Ronald K. Berg will be held on Friday October 31 2025 at 100PM at Helgeson Funeral Home in Baudette MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment to follow at Elm Park Cemetery in Baudette. Ronald Carl Berg eighteen year resident of L...

Judith Diane Williams lovingly known as Diane passed away on January 30 2026 in Springfield MO at the age of 76. Diane was born on May 16 1949 in Tippah County MS. Diane was the daughter of George F. Graves and Mary Louise Edge Graves. After graduating from Ripley High School she began working and b...

SOUTH PARIS- Charles E. Gowell, 89, of South Paris, passed away on Friday, January 9, 2026 at the Hospice House in Auburn. He was born in Norway, son of Dwight and Flora (Johnson) Gowell on July 21, 1936.He attended Paris High School. He worked for a short time at Portland Pipe Line, and in the woo...

Mary A. Daily age 86 completed the journey to her eternal home October 16 2025. She is now at peace with the Lord. Mary was a loving person of great faith loyal kind and generous of heart and spirit. For her daughter and caregiver Catherine the loss is immeasurable. Mary will be greatly missed by he...

Will Holtkamp age 60 of Astoria Illinois passed away at 145 pm Monday June 1 2020 at his home. He was born on June 19 1959 in Macomb Illinois the son of Wayne and Rosalie Ralston Holtkamp. He was an over the road trucker that had a beautiful voice and loved country and western music as well as old ...

MIke E. Shawgo age 64 of Astoria passed away at 1258 am on Sunday January 24 2016 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago IL. He was born on July 6 1951 in Canton a son of Max and Thelma Loughary Shawgo. He married Marilyn Hammond on May 29 1990 in Astoria. She survives. Also surviving are f...

Maysville- Ruby Jane Langfels Lang, 93, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 29, 2025, at Ohio Valley Manor, Ripley, OH.Mrs. Lang was born January 5, 1932, in Paris, KY, to the late Michael Lawrence and Georgia Glover Langfels. She was a graduate of Paris High School in 1950, a member of St. P...

Today we gather to Celebrate the Life of Tommy Ray Storey.Tommy was born March 6 1958 to the late Joe David Storey and Josephine Carruth Storey in Tippah County MS.He departed this life on December 4 2025 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in New Albany MS.God saw Tommy growing weary and granted him rest....

Pallas "Trina" Ashford passed away peacefully on December 10 2025 at TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville Tennessee. Trina was raised in Ripley Mississippi where she attended school and graduated from Ripley High School. Driven by a passion for care she furthered her education at Northeast...

Tom Jackson Jr. was born into this life on December 14th 1953 to Tom Jackson and Aggie Lee Simmons in Ripley MS. He had three brothers Charles Ray and Marvin Jackson. He had one sister Delonida Jackson. He was raised by his beloved grandmother Mary Simmons. He attended Ripley High School and worked ...