All Obituaries

    Sandra Ann Douthat, 79, of Portsmouth, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2022, in Portsmouth surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 31, 1943, in Portsmouth, VA, a daughter of the late Gladstone Warren and Ruby Jewell Palmer Hammond.    On August 1, 1964, Sandy married her high school sweetheart Jerry Leroy Douthat in Portsmouth, OH. The couple had been happily married for 46 years at the time of his death on February 26, 2007.    Sandy was...

      Jaime Kristen “Kris” Sinclair, 43, of Del Valle, TX, a Portsmouth native, passed away Sunday, October 16, 2022 at her home.  She was born to April 8, 1979, in Portsmouth to James G. and Sandra D. Newman Sinclair, who survive.    Kris attended Ohio University–Ironton and completed real estate coursework at Hondros College in Columbus. She worked as an assistant at Sinclair Real Estate and had been an active member of All Saints...

  William Roger “Bill” Thacker Jr. of Mason passed away in Caldwell, Ohio at the age of 52. He was born August 2, 1970 in Portsmouth, a son of William R. Thacker Sr., who survives, and the late Diana Lee Vinson Michael. Bill graduated from Wheelersburg High School in 1988. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and a Master’s Degree in Statistics, both from Ohio University. A self-employed Information Technology Consultant, he had...

   H. David Scott, 87, of Portsmouth, has been reunited with his beloved wife, Mary Ann. David passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at the SOMC Hospice Center surrounded by family. He was born in Portsmouth on March 21, 1935, the eldest son of the late Ralph Frederick and Charlotte Louise Asche Scott.    David retired after serving 26 years with the Portsmouth Police Department where he worked as the Head Desk Sergeant. Following retirement, he returned to his...

    Jeanette Polley, 89, of Apple Valley, passed away peacefully at her home Tuesday, November 15, 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer. Jeanette retired from Southern Ohio Medical Center where she was supervisor in the billing department.  Preceding her in death was her mother, Dorothy Wilcox Shaw, and a nephew Michael Feazell. Surviving is the love of her life for 75 years, Ernest Russell Polley; sisters, Glenda Mack of Cincinnati and Katherine (Fred) Sammons of...

   Minnie Jane Abdon, 99, of Portsmouth, passed away Friday, November 11, 2022, at Portsmouth Health & Rehab. She was born in Rarden on August 19, 1923, a daughter of the late Charles Franklin and Ella Mae Hoffer Moore.    A 42-year employee of the former Mitchellace, Inc., Minnie attended First Church of God in New Boston.    She married Leroy Abdon on November 16, 1963, in Portsmouth, and he preceded her in death October 29, 2020.   Surviving is a...

       Jack Eugene Davis, 73, of Mansfield, a former Lucasville resident, passed away Friday, November 11, 2022, at Lexington Court Care Center in Lexington, OH. Jack was born June 25, 1949, in Portsmouth, a son of the late Woodrow Leon and Jean Ann Scott Davis.    Jack was a 1969 graduate of Northwest High School and he attended sight-saving classes at the former Scudder School. He received a degree in Business Enterprise from Columbus State Community...

   Norma Jean Diles, 82, of Chillicothe, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2022, at Westmoreland Nursing Home in Chillicothe. She was born December 11, 1939 in Harrison Twp. Scioto County, OH, a daughter of the late Walter Marion and Hazel Porter Jarrells.    Jean was a 1957 graduate of Minford High School and of the Baptist faith. Along with her husband, Alva, she was co-owner of the former Christy’s, Big Top Malt Shop and Jim’s Dairyland. Jean had also...

   Marsha Gay Hurley, 60, of Wheelersburg, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at SOMC. She was born January 6, 1962, in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Wayne Harmon and Mildred Jean Reed Parsons.    Along with her husband, Paul, Marsha co-owned the family business, Hurley Electric. She devoted herself to her grandchildren and in her free time, she enjoyed crafting, cooking and decorating her home, which earned her the nickname “Marsha...

   John Dent Rowson, 82, of Portsmouth, passed away Monday, October 31, 2022 at SOMC. He was born March 5, 1940, in Portsmouth, a son of the late John Dent and Lillian E. Wilson Rowson.    A 1958 graduate of Portsmouth High School, John graduated from the X-Ray Technology program of Cincinnati General Hospital. He worked briefly for the former Empire-Detroit Steel Corp. and had served in the Army National Guard. He worked for many years at Southern Ohio Medical Center as...