Obituaries for 2023
A look back on the loved ones we have lost in the past year.
January
Betty Rae McDonald Wamsley, 92; Tammy Lynn Wratchford, 48; Emma Jean Bonner Holler, 89; Darrell Lynn Heckler, 78; Thelma Moore Dillon, 93; Dr. Roy A. Moss, 87; James W. “Butchie” Long, Jr., 66; Carolyn Sue Phillips Roy, 66; Ruth Ann smith, 59; David J. Orr, 79; Bessie Jane Sell, 91; Rev. Dr. Donna Andes, 92; Rosetta Gertrude Frymyer Phillips, 80; James M. Morvay, 81; Sandra Sue Graville, 74; Ellen Frances Arnold, 101; Brenda Sue Isner Shaffer, 72; Philip Craig Steyer, 84.
February
Clyde Franklin “Hank” Nestor, 88; James :Jim: Berton Bava, 72; Earl Richard Vest, 90; Denzil Roy Keller, Sr., 85; Olivia Lucille Kisamore Stone, 76; Jeffrey Mark Hebb, 53; Amy Louise Harman Teter, 73; Alain Kieny, 75; Brother Robert Wheeler, 74; Bernettie Jean Nestor, 68; Charles “Chuck” R. Paugh, Jr., 64; Iris “Jean” Simmons Loughry, 81.
March
Paul R. Mateer, Jr., 90; David Andrew Bonner, 74; Mary Elizabeth Knotts Watring, 95; Roger Lee Collett, 78; Vincent Geroski, 78; Dirk Leon Pritt, 60; Keith W. Jones, Sr., 77; Jack Don Swearingen, Sr., 93; Ruby Virginia (Adams) Froman, 85; Terry Lynn Cummings, Sr., 80.
April
Martha Ann Freet Frymyer, 70; Anthony “Tony” Salvatore DiBacco, 100; Pamela Charlene Kerr Eye, 74; Vonda Wyona Bohon Phillips, 85; Olive “Marie” Shaffer Poling, 90; Barbara Ann Lipscomb Johnson, 64; Edward “Ed” Lee Tennett, Jr., 65;Chester F. Stanley. 72; Sarah Ruth Hedrick Bonner, 98; Patricia Lucille Ball Worles, 70; Janet Lee Simmons Summerfield, 72; Mary Virginia “Gin” Winters, 93; Lewis Ray “Louie” Fortney, 73; Gary Ray Poling, 63; Marsha Lee Smith Mick, 79; Robert Francis Rollenhagen, 77.
May
Mabel Pauline William Hovatter, 86; Robert Martin Barnes, 82; Harold Fike, 83; Sylvia May Moyers, 74; Clarence Russel “Beanie” Bolinger, Jr., 77; Linda J. Shupp, 77; Thomas Ray “Tom” Wratchford, 75; Linda M. Humphrey Scott, 72; Theodore “Ted” Meredith Wolfe, Sr., 97, Sarah Thompson Fletcher, 80; Carl Eugene Lipscomb, 71; Gary Means, 68; Tina Louise Lansberry Heckler, 55; Carroll Silas Roy, 87.
June
Ruth Louise Bonner, 87; Norman Wade Bonner, 87; William Robert McCoy, Sr., 85; William Edward Simmons, Sr., 85; Raymond Joseph Foster, 76; Eva Marie Rudy, 86; John Jeffery Rhoades, Sr., 62; Ruth Collins Hinkle, 96; Kimberly “Kimmie” Marie Clements, 43.
July
Wilson R. Jones, 83; Betty Lee Snyder Bonner, 88; Joyce Lee Rosier Hovatter, 62; James June Carr, 92; Jerry Brant Flanagan, 77; Bernard “Pete” Allen Tompkins, 63.
August
Sharon Lee Smallwood Wimer, 75; Thelma Flanagan, 81; Janice Marie Harr, 79; Sharon Ellen Teter Simmons, 82.
September
Hugh Carson Bright, 75; Joseph Michael “Joe” Nelson, 45; Gary Lee Kisner, 73; Jacqueline “Jackie” Margaret Evick Stevens, 85; Jack William “Bill” Miller, 84; Samuel Bruce Owens, 88; Randy Ray Cale, 58; Kendra Raney Kalar, 17; Hallie M. Oxley, Sr., 79; Joseph Allen Parsons, 62; Lewis Keith Smith, 84’
October
Karen Sentra Schurman Peterson, 76; John Charles DePollo, 92; William Dean “Bill” Day, 85; Betty Lou Lowther Humphrey, ?; Ronald “Ace” Allen Moore, 83; Marcella Jean Gilbert Seaman, 71; William B. Good, 68; Ira S. Miller, 106.
November
Leota Annis Plum Knotts Parsons, 96; Edward Joseph Bropst, Jr., 74; Fred Dale Jones, I, 79; Jerry Edwin Hauser, 81; Harry Truman Reed, 78; Eric Glenn Poling, 54; Katya Elizabeth Pase Moreno, 29; Virginia Mae Hovatter Nestor, 94.
December
Edna Arbutice “Beauty” Harper Myers, 82; David Michael Wilfong, 74; Bearldean Jane Moats Evans, 88; Joseph Daniel Henry, Jr., 82; Laura Jean Howell Hunt, 60; Harold Otto Gooden, Sr., 77; Allen “Power Wagon” Crossland, 79; Paul William “Coon” Sponaugle, 86; Sandra “Sandy” Jean Helmick Mason, 78; Rhonda Lea Kidwell Clem, 64.
