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Funeral Services

Ernest Junior Ball - Graveside service, 11 a.m. today, Sunset Hills Burial Park, Canton. Larry Keith Sulfridge - Memorial service, noon Friday, October 23, 2026, at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Belpre. Visitation, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Raymond C. “Rusty” Walters - Visitation, 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, McVay- Perkins Funeral Home. Funeral Liturgy with Mass, 10 a.m. Thursday, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Fulda. Veteran’s graveside service at St. Mary’s Parish Cemetery.

Wade Thomas Carter

Wade Thomas Carter, 67, of Marietta, passed away Oct. 9, 2026 in Marietta. Arrangements have been entrusted to Mid-Ohio Valley Cremation Society.

Raymond C. “Rusty” Walters

Raymond C. “Rusty” Walters, 77, of Caldwell, Ohio, passed away Oct. 11, 2026, at Highland Oaks Health Center, McConnelsville. Visitation, 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at McVay- Perkins Funeral Home. Funeral Liturgy with Mass, 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Fulda. Veteran’s graveside service at St. Mary’s Parish Cemetery.

Funeral Services

Thomas “Tom” Fouss – Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home. Burial, with military honors, Salem Township Cemetery. Cathy Lynn Greenlees – Celebration of Life, 2 p.m. Oct. 17, Wrangler Tavern, Whipple. Conard Alton Mace – Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Roberts Funeral Home, Marietta. Burial, Grandview Cemetery. Linda Sue Perine – Funeral, 11 a.m. today, McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home, Marietta, with burial following in Shiloh Cemetery. Visitation 9-11 a.m. today.

Ernest Junior Ball

Ernest Junior Ball, 92, of Canton died Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, at Altercare Summit Acres in Caldwell. A graveside service will be observed 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sunset Hills Burial Park in Canton. McVay-Perkins Funeral Home, Caldwell, in charge of arrangements.

Marilyn M. Ball

Marilyn M. Ball, 86, of Canton, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, at Altercare Summit Acres in Caldwell. Services are 1 p.m. Tuesday at the McVay-Perkins Funeral Home, Caldwell. Visitation is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will follow at Dudley Cemetery.