All Obituaries

   Jerry Lee Ginn, 73, of Portsmouth, passed away Friday, January 18, 2019 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born February 4, 1945 in Portsmouth, a son of the late Lowell Elton and Carol Jean Poole Ginn.    Jerry retired from AEP after 42 years of service as an engineer and he was a 1963 Clay High School graduate. A Vietnam era Navy veteran, he was a member of the James Dickey Post American Legion.    Surviving are his beloved wife, Linda Kay Monroe...

     Douglas Duane Workman, 58, of Portsmouth, died Monday, December 17, 2018 at the SOMC Hospice Center He was born March 28, 1960 in Portsmouth, a son of Carolyn Ruth Ishmael Fenton and Thomas Duane Workman.    A 1979 graduate of PHS, Doug served in the Army Reserves and attended Cornerstone United Methodist Church. He was proud of his 32 years of work as an optician for Dr. Clyde Fenton in Portsmouth, giving the gift of sight to 128,000 individuals. Doug...

   Betty Jane Boyle, 77, of Centerville, a former Portsmouth resident, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018 at her home. She was born May 26, 1941 in Lewis County, KY, a daughter of the late Gilbert and Norene Underwood Basford.    Betty was a 1960 Portsmouth West High School graduate and of the Methodist faith. She worked as General Manager for the former Rosemount Ponderosa and she was a 50-year Order of Eastern Star member.    She was preceded in death...

   Roberta Maurine Nickles, 83, of Portsmouth, passed away surrounded by her loving family at the SOMC Hospice Center. She was born August 19, 1935 in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Harold Wayne and Beatrice Louise Everman Hammond.    A 1953 PHS graduate, early in her career she was employed at H&R Block and then she founded Roberta’s Tax Service. She was loved and respected by the many clients she helped by preparing taxes throughout the years....

   Jack Eugene Freeland, 86, of Portsmouth, passed away Friday, Dec.14, 2018 at Advanced 360. He was born Jan. 26, 1932 in Portsmouth, a son of the late Oreland Clifton Freeland and Gertrude Katherine Licht Freeland Fry.    Jack was of the Presbyterian faith and a 1949 PHS graduate. He was a Korean War Air Force veteran, having earned the Korean Service Medal with two Battle Service Stars and the United Nations Service Medal. Jack enjoyed tinkering with electronics and...

   Hortense Yvonne Hairston, 95, of Portsmouth, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at Hill View Health Care in Portsmouth. She was born June 2, 1923 in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Russell Cardell and Genevieve Vivian Cornute Williams.    Hortense was a member of Allen Chapel AME Church and a 1941 graduate of Portsmouth High School. She attended Ohio University-Portsmouth and did further studies at The Ohio State University. A retired teacher for...

                        Alfred Henry “J.J.” Johnson, 68, of Portsmouth, passed away Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 at Cornerstone Hospital in Huntington, WV.  He was born Sept. 8, 1950 in Cleveland to the late Alfred and Dolores Gomez Johnson, Sr.    J.J. had worked as a corrections officer at SOCF and had attended Living Faith Temple. A Vietnam War Army veteran, he earned the National Defense Service...

  Jill E. Smith      Jill Elaine Smith, 63, of Portsmouth, passed away at her home on Thursday, December 6, 2018. She was born December 8, 1954 in Portsmouth, a daughter of Delmus R. and Janice Louise Nichols Smith, who survive.    Jill was a 1973 PHS graduate and of the Baptist faith. Upbeat and caring, she was a family oriented woman who loved books and her cats.     Surviving are her parents, Delmus and Janice Smith of Portsmouth; two...

         Johnnie Charles Hisle, 78, of Portsmouth, passed away Monday, December 3, 2018 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born December 29, 1939 in Portsmouth, a son of the late Henry Hisle and Elsie Clyde Moody Potts.    Johnnie was a member of Laborers Local 83 and a former Scioto County Sheriff’s Office Special Deputy. He had attended Pleasant Green Baptist Church and Portsmouth City Schools where he was a stand-out athlete before joining...

     Margaret Anne Oakes Maier, 75, died Monday, November 19, 2018, at Hill View Retirement Center in Portsmouth. Margaret was born on November 9, 1943, in Wheelersburg, Ohio to the late Lowell and Anna Briggs Oakes. She was married on January 24, 1973 to the late Reverend Martin Eugene Maier at St. John Lutheran Church.    Margaret was a graduate of Green High School in the Class of 1961. She graduated from Rio Grande College of Education in the Class of 1965. She...