Obituaries in Portsmouth, OH

Suree Nicole Burns 40 of Portsmouth passed away on Saturday January 17 2026 at SOMC. She was born on December 14 1985 in Portsmouth the daughter of Lisa Marie Burns GentryNewton who survives and the late Eugene Leonard Johnson. Suree attended Portsmouth High School and she was a Christian. She was v...

Michael Joseph Carty 70 of Portsmouth passed away on Thursday January 22 2026 at his home. He was born on April 3 1955 in Huntington WV to the late Robert Joseph and Floreine Mae Massie Carty. Mike was a welder having worked in Columbus and he was a 1973 graduate of Portsmouth High School and the Sc...

Delmus Reubin Smith 91 of Portsmouth passed away on January 25 2026 at the SOMC Hospice Center. He was born on December 12 1934 in Portsmouth to the late Olla Mae Smith Cook. Delmus was a member of Pleasant Green Baptist Church and he had worked as a meter reader for AEP for 35 years. He married the...

Thomas Wayne Perry 68 of Lucasville a longtime West Portsmouth resident passed away on Tuesday January 27 2026 at home surrounded by his family. Tom was born in Portsmouth on October 15 1957 a son of the late Walter Eugene and Helen Louise McMaster Perry. Tom concluded his career as the Line Crew Su...

Danny Hall Daniels 67 of Portsmouth passed away on Monday January 26 2026 at the SOMC Hospice Center. He was born on August 30 1958 in Portsmouth a son of the late Ulysses S. Grant Bus Daniels and Mildred Josephine Ferguson Daniels. Danny was a 1977 graduate of Northwest High School and he enjoyed S...

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...

John Oakley 75 of Portsmouth died Saturday January 18 2026 after a short illness. He was born March 9 1950 to parents Rass and Frances Oakley. John worked for 22 years as Superintendent of Scioto County Board of Development Disabilities retiring in 2005. In addition to his parents John was preceded ...

William Pendleton 68 of Portsmouth died Saturday January 3 2026 at SOMC Hospice. He was born October 17 1957 in Delaware OH to the late George Pendleton and Virginia Gullett Colter. Bill was a huge Ohio State Buckeye fan was always known as a jokester and he loved his family deeply. In addition to h...

Ronald Eugene Simon 96 of Columbus formerly of Minford went to be with the Lord on Monday December 15 2025 at Mother Angeline McCrory Manor in Columbus. He was born in Scioto County on November 22 1929 to the late Henry and Bertha Simon. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wif...

William Lee Jayce Swords 26 of West Portsmouth died Tuesday December 23 2025. He was born April 19 1999 in Portsmouth to Grant Swords and the late Jodie Sparks. Jayce loved to hunt fish and ride 4wheelers. He was a bighearted guy and would do anything to help anyone. He loved to be a jokester and co...

Jamie Lynn Robinson 49 of Vanceburg KY passed away at her home on January 5 2026 after an extended illness. She was born on January 30 1976 to the late Earnest and Betty Rickett of Quincy KY. She was the mother of two surviving children Taylor Tyler Corns of Vanceburg KY and Anthony Tannor Robinson ...

Richard G. DickDilts93 beloved father grandfather met his Savior Jesus Christ on December 22 2025 at Southern Ohio Medical Center Hospice. He was born on June 8 1932 in San Antonio Texas to the late Dorothy Greenwell and Paul Eugene Dilts. Dick attended TexasA M and Ohio Northern University where ...