Rex Allen Cobb — Funeral service, 2 p.m. today at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home. Burial, Newport Cemetery. Visitation, noon to 2 p.m. Bessie I. Heslop — Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday at McClure-Shafer-Lankford Funeral Home. Burial, East Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation, 9-11 a.m. ...

Ella Rose Weckbacher, 76, of Beverly, died on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at her home. She was born on April 17, 1949, in Bluefield, WV, daughter of Reefer Curry and Mary Emelene Justice Curry. She had been a Secretary and Receptionist most of her life. Rose was a member of the Beverly Baptist ...

Bessie I. Heslop, 91, of Newport, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at Harmar Place Extended Care. She was born on February 17, 1935, in Lawrence Twp, the daughter of Benjamin and Mabel Oliver. Bessie was a homemaker who enjoyed embroidery, sewing and gardening, volunteering with the ...

Rex Allen Cobb, 75, of Coal Run, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. He was born February 25, 1950, in Coal Run a son of John William Cobb and Lillian Twila Simon Cobb. He was employed in the kitchen at the Lafayette Hotel and attended Coal Run Church of Christ. Rex is survived ...

Kenneth Earl Hillberry, 73, of Belpre, passed away March 3, 2026, at the Marietta Memorial Hospital. There will be no services at this time. Arrangements have been entrusted to Leavitt Funeral Home, Belpre.

Neil Halden Wagner, 83, of Lowell, OH, passed away March 1, 2026. He was born April 20, 1942, to Bernard C. and Carol (Knoch) Wagner. He graduated from Fort Frye High in 1960. He attended Jackson Manpower Center after being honorably discharged from Fort Knox USN Army Armor Tank Control ...