Southside High Alumni Obituaries

A true workingclass Pittsburgh girl she was born on May 10 1930 to firstgeneration Eastern European immigrants Joseph and Mary Nemeth and along with her brother William resided in Southside and Hazelwood before moving to the South Hills where she lived for most of her life. After graduating from Tay...

Sharon Darveaux 81 of Falls City NE passed away January 10 2026 at Falls City. She was born November 1 1944 at Falls City to Roy and Maxine Grady Murphy Sr. She married Ron Wissman in April of 1963 at Falls City and they were later divorced. She married Raphael Darveaux in October of 1989 at Falls C...

Gertrude Ann Samhuber 101 of North Port Florida formerly of Patton passed away Wednesday September 10 2025. She was born in Patton the daughter of the late Adam and Minnie Ziros Smith. Ann was twice married first to George Blankenhorn on November 8 1947 and he preceded her in death on March 19 1990...

Funeral Services for Betsy A. Wills Graben, age 88, of Lineville will be held on Saturday January 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM at Barfield Baptist Church with Bro. David Holcombe and Bro. John Howell officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Graben will lie in state at Barfield Baptist...

Ralph V. Morford age 71 of Rock Hill South Carolina passed away peacefully on Sunday January 25 2026 at the Patrick House with his wife by his side. Ralph was born on August 12 1954 in Iola Kansas to Ralph V. and Clara R. Hamilton Morford. He was raised in Shawnee Kansas and graduated from Shawnee M...

Catherine Luciel Crocker Bolden lovingly known to family and friends as Cathy Suzi and Bolden was born on October 14 1958 and peacefully entered eternal rest on December 29 2025. A graduate of Sussex Central High School Class of 1977 she began her lifes work in service to others by earning her Nursi...

On Tuesday July 15 2025 TaShawn Antonio Harris closed his eyes in death at VCU Medical Trauma Center. He graduated from Sussex Central High School in May 2024. He was a Beautiful person and was definitely the apple of our eyes. He enjoyed eating cooking drawing listening to music and riding his bike...

Sara Ann Nichols age 73 of South Hill VA passed away Wednesday January 21 2026 at Twin Lakes Rehabilitation and Nursing Home. Ann was born December 26 1952 to the late Ocie and Dorothy Dot Nichols. In addition to her parents she is predeceased by her sister Betty Nichols. Anns surviving family incl...

Our beloved Mary Phillips entered into rest on December 18 2025 at the age of 72. Mary was born on November 27 1953 in Lee High Arkansas to Edward Phillips and Emma Lou Foster. She was educated in Memphis Tennessee and graduated from Southside High School. She married at the age of 17 and was a fait...

Martese Sherrell Gee entered into eternal rest on Friday January 30 2026 at her home in Chesterfield Virginia just one month after celebrating her 52nd birthday. She was born to the late Angelor Gee Salih and Michael Howard and was baptized at Zion Baptist Church in Petersburg Virginia. She was trul...

Raymond was born on January 24 1953 in San Antonio Texas to Raymond and Evelyn Persyn. He graduated from Southside High School in San Antonio in 1971. A lifelong resident of the San Antonio area he worked 28 years for HEB and then another 15 years for the Medina Valley ISD. He was a dedicated employ...

Scott Alan Jorgensen died February 1st 2026 at Good Samaritan Prairie Creek Memory Care Facility in Sioux Falls SD with his family by his side. He was 65. Scott was born in Watertown SD on November 26th 1960 to Merlin and Marlene Payson Jorgensen. As a small child his family moved to Sioux Falls whe...

To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven a time to be born and a time to die. We saw you folding like a flower. We prayed to God to let you stay. We nursed you with tender kindness until God called you away. In the morning hours of Monday January 26 2026 Our Lord ...

Veronica JoAnne Lewis was born on Monday September 27th 1954 in Emporia Virginia to the late Evelyn Phillips and Walter L. Phillips Sr. She peacefully transitioned to her heavenly home on Thursday January 1st 2026. Affectionately known as JoAnne by all who loved her she was a woman of quiet strength...

Evelene "Dada" Brooks Witcher was born on July 26 1948 in Cumberland Virginia to Helen Brooks and Samuel Crump Sr. Evelene earned her education in Cumberland County Virginia. She accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized and joined Rocky Mount Baptist Church where she remained a faithful memb...

“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”Jeffrey Daniel Orndorff, 74, of Morgantown, WV died in his home surrounded by family on August 23 after 11 years of battling Parkinson’s Disease. He was born in Winchester, VA on September 14, 1950 to Daniel Davis Orndorff and J...

Kay Ellen Gygax age 80 of Point Pleasant WV passed away on Thursday December 18 2025 at Rivers Health Center in Point Pleasant WV. Kay was born March 9 1945 in Gallipolis OH to the late William H. Gygax and Hilda Mae Wartenburg Gygax. She was a 1963 graduate of Point Pleasant High School and went on...

Jean Joyce Shepherd Hays was born on December 13 1939 to Louise and Floyd Shepherd in La Crosse Wisconsin. She graduated from Central High School in La Crosse Wisconsin in 1957. She was united in marriage in 1960 to Stanley Bruce Hays and together they had three children Bill Sue Unfred of Oregon Ci...

Dimple Flowers Turner 90 of Hopkinsville KY died at 1153 p.m. Monday June 16 2025 at Brookdale Senior Living in Clarksville TN. Local arrangements will include a visitation Saturday June 21 2025 from 430 700 p.m. at Southside Church of Christ in Hopkinsville. Hughart Beard Giles Funeral Home is in ...

Imogene Jean Marie McDaniel a lifelong resident of Natchez MS died peacefully on January 7 2026 at her home surrounded by family and caregivers. Jean was born on June 23 1949 as the first child of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Davis of Natchez. She attended South Natchez High School and went on to work in ret...

Myron Leon Jeter58 of Lusbv MD passed away in the early morning hours of October 13 2025 at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington DC . Myron was born April 4 1967 Prince Edward County VA at Southside Hospital to the late James Leon Jeter and Bettie Jean Eanes Jeter. At an early age Myron join...

Florine G. Yates Shelton 80 of Blackstone Virginia entered eternal rest on Thursday December 18 2025 when God dispatched His angels to retrieve her from her earthly home to come to her eternal home in heaven on high. Florine was born on October 24 1945. She was the daughter of the late James Edward ...

It is with shattered hearts overwhelming sorrow and endless tears as the Jimenez and Trevino Families share the untimely and heartbreaking passing of their beloved son brother grandson and precious angel Ryan Jay Jimenez who at the loving age of 20 was called home by Our Heavenly Father in Heaven on...

Karen Kay Krein Jassman age 72 passed away at Banner Wyoming Medical Center in Casper on Friday January 30 2026. Karen was born on July 29 1953 in Bismarck North Dakota to Gust and Alma Krein. The ninth of twelve children she lived on the family farm in Tuttle North Dakota until May 1962 when the fa...

Larry Allen Hearn of Fort Smith Arkansas passed away Thursday January 22 2026 at Methodist Village Senior Living in Fort Smith. He was born on November 20 1950 in Fort Smith to the late Curtis Hearn and Nina Carolyn Keller Hearn. He was 75 years old. Larry was a graduate of Southside High School in ...

Ms. Latoya Renee Stewart 37 passed away peacefully on December 13 2025. She was born on August 17 1988. Latoya attended Southwest High School where she was an active cheerleader and graduated in 2006. She grew up as a curious and sweet girl the apple of her mothers eye. Latoya loved the color pink e...

Mr. Ralph Edward Williamson also known as our PAPA BEAR departed this earthly life on Wednesday December 31 2025. He was born on August 20 1934 in High Point NC to the late Ralph William Williamson and Virginia Dare Harris Williamson. In addition to his parents he was proceeded in death by his wife ...

Max Macgyver Ingram 86 passed away peacefully at home on December 31 2025. He was born on October 9 1939 in Lilesville NC to the late Sylvester and Eria Ingram. Max was preceded in death by his beloved wife Josephine his brothers Javester Charles Ingram and Ernest Wall. As a young man Max moved to H...

William Logan Whichard age 33 a resident of Snow Hill died Wednesday January 14 2026 at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville NC. Logan was born on July 23 1992 in Pitt County to William Henry Whichard III and Tammy Lynne Gaskins. He was a graduate of Southside High School. On March 7 2025 he marr...

Louis Peck Perkins 90 passed away on Friday December 12 2025 in an assisted living facility. Peck was born in Deland Florida on Feb 27 1935 son to the late Lawrence A. Perkins and Louise Handlee Perkins. He will be missed by his family friends and neighbors. Peck graduated from Deland High School at...