All Obituaries

Wilma Jean Dotson, 92, of Zanesville, Ohio formerly of Crooksville, Arizona and Hendersonville, Tennesee died at 5:57 AM, Saturday, October 16, 2021 at Primrose Retirement Community surrounded by her loving family. She was born September 20, 1929 in Cumberland, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Hobart Fred Higdon and Grace (nee: Creech) Higdon McCurry. Wilma was a homemaker, a very dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend.  Her greatest joy in life was caring for her...

Michael Wayne Phillips, 49, of Crooksville, Ohio died at 8:48 PM, Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at Genesis Hospital in Zanesville from complications of Covid-19. He was born March 12, 1972 in Elyria, the son of the late Dan and Connie (nee: Rhoads) Phillips. Michael was a disabled former employee of Anchor Hocking Co. in Lancaster.  He was an avid sports fan of all Cleveland sports and he enjoyed fishing.  Michael was a devoted family man, a loving husband and dad. Left...

William Darrell Lyons, Sr., 61 of Crooksville died in the afternoon hours of Saturday, October 3, 2021, at Genesis Hospital following a month-long battle with COVID-19. He was born one of four children on December 7, 1959, in Beauty, Kentucky to the late Kennis and Margaret (Maynard) Lyons. Darrell was the family handyman, a tinkerer by trade, he enjoyed fixing cars and anything else he could. He was thrilled by slot machines, always hoping to hit it big one day. Though Darrell had many...

Michael Alonzo Pierce, 78, of Huntington Beach, California, formerly of Walworth, New York and Crooksville, Ohio died on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 in Long Beach, California. He was born February 16, 1943 in Crooksville, the son of the late Franklin and Julia M. (nee: Rambo) Pierce. After graduating from Crooksville High School in the Class of 1961, Mike joined the US Air Force, serving our country and defending our freedom in the tumultuous Viet Nam War.  After leaving his military...

Jimmie Roland Holmes, 63, of Corning, died in the evening hours of Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at Genesis Hospital following complications of COVID-19. He was born one of three children on March 8, 1958, to the late Jimmie L. Holmes and his mother, Wilma (Corp) Holmes. During his working years, Jimmie held several jobs, he was a general mechanic, he worked on the Village of Crooksville Street Department, he had worked for the Value Auto Auction, and he was an over the road truck driver....

David Wayne Pletcher, 69, of Crooksville, Ohio died at 6:40 AM, Monday, September 13, 2021, at SKLD New Lexington Care Center of Stage 4 colon cancer. He was born March 13, 1952, in Zanesville, the son of Roy and Mildred (nee: Cain) Pletcher. David was a retired employee of Higgins Lumber Co. in Roseville where he worked as a truck driver delivering lumber and supplies for 27 years. He had formerly worked at Ferro Alloy Corporation.  He enjoyed being outside tinkering around and he...

Richard Day Young, 83, of Somerset, Ohio died in the morning hours of Monday, September 6, 2021 at Adams Lane Care Center in Zanesville following an extended illness. He was born March 24, 1938 in Crooksville, the eldest son of the late Franklin K. and Bernice (nee: Day) Young. Richard retired after 39 years as a maintenance technician  at Rockwell International in Newark.  He served our country in US Marine Corps, 1956-1962 and U S Army 1962-1964.  Richard was a biblical...

Shirley M. Sturgill, 92, of Zanesville died in the morning hours of August 31, 2021, at Genesis Hospital following a battle with Alzheimer’s Dementia. She was born on August 26, 1929, the only daughter to the late Clarence and Beatrice (Hamilton) Price. Shirley spent her early working years at the Hull and Nelson-McCoy Potteries and went on to work another twenty years as deputy auditor for the Perry County Auditors office, from which she retired.  Her civic and social duties...

Homer Edward Shull, 74, of Crooksville, Ohio died peacefully at his home, the place he loved so much at 10:50 PM, Thursday, August 26, 2021 with his beloved wife by his side after fighting a long, hard battle with cancer. He was born October 24, 1946 in Johnstown, the son of the late Homer and Margaret (nee: Foor) Shull. Homer was retired from Lucent Technologies in Columbus where he was a supervisor.  He was an avid hunter of deer but fishing was his real passion, always working to...

Wilma M. Crowley, 89, of Roseville, Ohio joined her high school sweetheart of 67 years in eternal life on Sunday, August 1st, 2021 at Infinity Hospice in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born July 15, 1932 in Zanesville. A military wife and mother of eight, Wilma was the sweetest woman you could ever know.  She was a decorated volunteer in the Air Force’s Family Services Division, Military Mother of The Year in 1975, an adventurous Girl Scout leader, a volunteer at multiple schools...