Wheelersburg High School Kentucky Alumni Obituaries

Jeffery Wayne Towell 67 of Wheelersburg passed away at Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland KY on Sunday February 15 2026. He was born on June 5 1958 in Portsmouth the son of Elwood Horace Towell and Betty June Riffe Culp. A 1978 graduate of Glenwood High School Jeff was a retired privateduty n...

Michelle Joanne Cobb 50 of Columbus passed away at her home on February 5 2026. She was born at St.Marys in Columbus on March 14 1975 a daughter of the late Karen Sue Quinn Scott and Joseph Alan Hoskins who survives. Michelle was a 1993 graduate of Westerville South High School and she received a Ba...

Anita Carol Williams 84 of West Portsmouth passed away on Saturday February 7 2026 at SOMC. She was born on February 3 1942 in Portsmouth the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson A.J. and Violet Glispie Maxie. She married Larry Randall Williams in Portsmouth on August 20 1960 in Portsmouth. He preced...

Evelyn Yvonne Benedict 86 of Marysville passed away Thursday afternoon December 18 2025 at Memorial Hospital after months of failing health. One of seven children Evelyn was born October 26 1939 at home in Mt. Victory to James Garrett and Eva Irene Fields Oberdier. After graduating from Richwood Hig...

Ashley Nicole Cordell 36 of Lashmeet passed away on Sunday November 16 2025 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born April 5 1989 in Princeton she was the daughter of Deborah Cordell Coomes and her husband and stepfather to Ashley Willie Coomes of Lashmeet and the late Daniel Stroupe. In addition to he...

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...

Genevieve Elaine Jenny Toombs 98 of Portsmouth passed away on Friday November 14 2025 at The Courtyard at Wheelersburg. She was born on March 20 1927 in Peoria IL to the late John Beath and Mary Loucille Wisner Tetlow. A graduate of Columbus North High School Jenny earned a Bachelors in Education fr...

George Raymond Walton 86 of Wheelersburg a longtime Portsmouth resident passed away on Sunday December 7 2025 at The Courtyard at Wheelersburg. He was born on June 13 1939 in Wellston a son of the late Everett Isam and Lucille Thelma Wetzel Walton. Following his graduation from Wellston High School ...

Sharon Elaine Kimbler 75 of Portsmouth passed away at her home. She was born in Portsmouth on November 3 1950 to the late Charles and Emma Mae Clark Fulk Sr. A graduate of Oak Hill High School Sharon married Johnny Eugene Kimbler in Eifort on December 22 1972. The couple had been married for 31 year...

Roselyn I. Heslep 89 of Portsmouth passed away on Thursday January 15 at Hill View. She was born on October 11 1936 in Mullens WV to the late George Vernon Jack and Mabel Elizabeth Brown Duncan. A 15year volunteer for the Portsmouth River Days Festival Roselyn was wellknown for running the Miss Rive...

Born on January 7 1948 in Sciotodale Ohio his faithful life was a concerted search to answer a divine call. Jay dedicated himself to service education and social justice. His spiritual journey began in childhood reading the story of young Samuel who struggled to discern the Lords voice. This became ...