Wellston High School Ohio Alumni Obituaries

Helen was born July 11 1935 in Meigs County Ohio to the late Everett and Hazel Morris Meeks. Meeks and Clair Meeks sister Shirley Kyle brotherinlaw Ernest Kyle and sistersinlaw Carolyn McGrath Helen is survived by a daughter and soninlaw Diana and Greg Pugh of Wellston Ohio and a son Helen was a 195...

Russell Lee Cox age 89 of Wellston passed away Tuesday November 18 2025 at his home. He was born December 8 1935 in Portsmouth Ohio son of the late Samuel H. Cox and Florence E. Zornes Cox. Russ graduated from Portsmouth West High School in 1953 and attended Ohio University. He was a member of the A...

Dean Arthur Pittenger age 74 of Wellston passed away unexpectedly Saturday December 27 2025 at his home. He was born March 8 1951 in Portsmouth Ohio to the late Arden Pittenger and Elizabeth Rickabaugh Pittenger. Dean was a 1969 graduate of Wellston High School and went on to graduate from Hocking C...

Raymond C. Ray McManaway age 83 of Wellston passed away Tuesday January 13 2026 at his home. He was born January 12 1943 in Wellston Ohio son of the late Raymond G. McManaway and Dorothy M. Dot Butcher McManaway. Ray graduated from Wellston High School with the class of 1960. He was a retired contra...

Paul Douglas Doug Ousley age 66 of Vinton passed away Tuesday January 13 2026 at his home surrounded by loved ones following a long battle with Huntingtons Disease. He was born April 11 1959 in Wellston Ohio son of the late Leonard Tim Ousley and Mary Agnes Snyder Ousley. Doug graduated from Wellsto...

Wayne Allen Pete Henry age 69 of Wellston passed away unexpectedly Tuesday January 6 2026 at his home. He was born August 29 1956 in Wellston Ohio to William Dwayne Wayne Henry and Mary Marguerite Margie Whiting Henry. Pete as he was known by all was a 1974 graduate of Wellston High School. He was a...

Michael Cecil May age 79 of Zanesville passed away on Monday December 15 2025 at his home. He was born December 29 1945 in Columbus a son of the late Harrison W. Doggie May and Betty Jane Cunningham May. After graduating from Wellston High School Mike took classes at Ohio University and Xavier Unive...

Melanie M. Stanley age 58 of Wellston passed away Tuesday December 30 2025 at her home. She was born October 9 1967 in Gallipolis Ohio to Perry Edward Cardwell and Gladys Ann Lenegar Cardwell. Melanie was valedictorian of the Wellston High School class of 1985. She received both a bachelors degree a...

Kenneth Glen Perkins age 68 of Wellston passed away Tuesday December 9 2025 at his home. He was born November 7 1957 in Baltimore Maryland son of the late Glendon Morris Perkins and Hazel Williams Perkins. Kenny was a 1975 graduate of Wellston High School and later Manpower Training Center with a ce...

Michael Joseph Mike Hoctor age 67 of Wilkesville passed away Thursday January 1 2026 at his home. He was born August 19 1958 in Columbus Ohio to Joseph J. Hoctor and Wanda L. Haywood Six. Mike graduated from Grove City High School with the class of 1976. He was a retired selfemployed truck driver wh...

Dorothy G. Hagerty age 95 of Chillicothe passed away Wednesday January 7 2026 at her home. She was born December 14 1930 in Wellston Ohio to the late Cora Keck Jolly. Dorothys mother passed away when Dorothy was 1 month old and she was raised by her grandparents Sam and Lettie Keck. Dorothy graduate...

Barry Eugene Crabtree age 60 of Wellston passed away Saturday November 22 2025 at his home. He was born August 7 1965 in Gallipolis Ohio. Barry graduated from Oak Hill High School with the class of 1984 and lived a life marked by generosity family devotion and a love for the open road. Barry was a m...

Arthur M. Archie Dummitt age 81 of McArthur passed away Tuesday January 6 2026 at his home. He was born October 29 1944 in Lewis County Kentucky son of the late Samuel L. Dummitt and Mildred P. Lambert Dummitt. Archie graduated from Lewis County High School in Kentucky with the class of 1962. He was...

Robert Matthews Bob Dixon age 77 of Pittsburg Pennsylvania passed away unexpectedly Sunday January 4 2026 at his home. He was born June 22 1948 in Columbus Ohio son of the late Roy E. Dixon and Glenna J. Matthews Dixon. Bob graduated in 1967 from Bellville West High School in Bellview Illinois and l...

Lynne Thompson Darnell age 62 of Wellston passed away Friday December 26 2025 at her home. She was born November 11 1963 in Newark Ohio daughter of the late Larry E. Potter and Barbara C. Brown Potter. Lynne graduated from Wellston High School with the class of 1982 and received a nursing degree fro...

Dorothy E. "Dot" Jenkins age 89 of Hamden passed away Wednesday December 3 2025 at the Holzer Medical Center in Jackson Ohio. She was born March 18 1936 in Puritan Ohio daughter of the late Henry and Ruth Opal Sowards Newman. Dot was a 1953 graduate of Hamden High School. She was a Licensed Practica...

Pamela Gail Ousley Sayers age 62 of Hamden passed away Thursday December 18 2025 at her home following an extended battle with Huntingtons Disease. She is now in Heaven rejoicing with her loved ones who have gone on before her. Pam entered this world on September 7 1963 in Gallipolis Ohio to Gerald ...