Marvin Roger Sonny Davis 89 of Portsmouth passed away on Saturday October 18 2025 at the SOMC Hospice Center. He was born on March 18 1936 in New Boston a son of the late Agnes McPhail Chafin and Robert Davis. A 1954 Glenwood High School graduate Sonny joined the Air Force and was honorably discharg...
Melissa Ellen Lee Manning Dillon 87 of Portsmouth passed away on Thursday October 16 2025 at the SOMC Hospice Center. She was born in Ohio on June 18 1938. A homemaker Lee devoted herself to the care of her son Shawn following an accident that left him paralyzed. She had attended Portsmouth High Sch...
James Albert Elliott 84 of Portsmouth passed away on Friday October 17 2025 at the SOMC Hospice Center. Jim was born on July 13 1941 in Portsmouth to the late Maurice Ralph and Martha W. Burkhardt Elliott. Jim was a 1959 graduate of Portsmouth High School and a member of Cornerstone Methodist Church...
Robert Luther Fraley 89 of New Boston and formerly of West Portsmouth passed away on Monday October 13 2025 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born in Rarden on September 4 1936 he was the son of the late David and Grace Margaret Kouns Fraley. After graduating from Wheelersburg High School in 1954 Bob...
Michael Van Swearingen 89 of Portsmouth passed away on Thursday October 9 2025 at Hill View. Mike was born on July 17 1936 in Portsmouth a son of the late John Lawrence and Hilda Mae Welty Swearingen. A 1954 Portsmouth High School graduate Mike was an ardent Trojan basketball and football fan. He wa...
Denise Yvette Elizabeth Potter Bell 79 of Portsmouth died Saturday October 18 2025 at SOMC Hospice following a extended illness. She was born on April 13 1946 in Liege Belgium to the late Homer Potter and Jenny DuPont Thompson. Denise is survived by her husband Charles "Fred" Bell with whom she just...
Beverly Jane Kessinger 82 of Friendship died Wednesday October 1 2025 at SOMC Hospice in Portsmouth. She was born July 20 1943 in Portsmouth to the late Adrian and Mary Ware Kessinger. Beverly was a Unit Clerk at Southern Ohio Medical Center on 3West where she met some dear friends who still met for...
Timothy Eugene Coldiron 55 of Wheelersburg died Wednesday September 24 2025 at SOMC Hospice. He was born May 5 1970 in Portsmouth to the late Harry and Betty Cummings Coldiron. Most people know Tim by delivering their Giovannis pizza in Wheelersburg where he worked for over 20 years or at the flea m...
Leatha S. Queen 67 of Rosemount died Thursday September 25 2025 at SOMC Hospice of Portsmouth. She was preceded in death by her husband Walter Queen Sr. and her father Richard R.T Lemaster. She was a graduate of Portsmouth West VoTech High School. She was a retired rural mail carrier inWheelersburg...
Sarah Catherine Stone 36 of Portsmouth died Monday September 15 2025. She was born February 21 1989 in Portsmouth to Hayse Lowe and the late Redanna Stone Blevins. Sarah was a graduate of Sciotoville East High School class of 2007 she was a free spirit who loved to draw loved to listen to rock music...