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Liberty Township ¯ Pontius Farms of SE Ohio LLC to Pontius Farms of SE Ohio LLC et al, Pontius Road, land, Warranty Deed Ludlow Township ¯ George A. Michael et al to Raymond J. Powers and Joseph L. Clutter, Wilson Run Road, $25,800, land and building, Warranty Deed ¯ Peter Andrew Bowersock to Phyllis L. Bowersock, State Route 260, land and building, Quit Claim ¯ Secret Tree LLC to Michael Stevano, Wilson Run Road, land and building, Warranty Deed Marietta Corporation ¯ Jay D. and Joyce A. Thompson to Amanda Parsons, Sandhill Road, $200,000, land and building, Warranty ...

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Ohio State Patrol ∫ Pablo Dominguez, 37, of 428 1/2 Front St., Marietta, was driving a 2012 Honda Accord eastbound on Greene Street in Marietta on Oct. 5 when he failed to stop at a red light and struck a 2019 Ford Transit cargo van driven by Diana R. Heiss, 1770 Michaelis Road, Marietta, who was making a left turn. Dominguez was charged with ignoring a red light signal. ∫ Everett Patrick Rooney, 66, of 10734 N. Ohio 60 NW, McConnelsville, was driving a 2013 Harley Davidson Street Glide motorcycle westbound on Ohio 78 in Malta Township Oct. 5 when he struck a 1999 Mercury Grand ...

Marguerite Gertrude (Luke) Cox

Marguerite (Midge) Luke Cox passed away on Oct. 6, 2022 at the age of 103 in Lakeland, FL. She was born on March 28, 1919, daughter to Mary and Guy Luke in Boston, MA. She grew up in Boston, attended Boston public schools and was a graduate of Boston State Teachers College. She taught for two years in the Boston Public schools. On Dec. 30, 1942 she married Gene Cox at which time she was no longer able to continue teaching. It was against the law for a married woman to be a teacher in the Boston public school system. Midge and Gene moved to Holbrok, MA, in 1954 where they would ...

Betty Jo Farnsworth

Betty Jo Farnsworth, 70, of Marietta, died October 4, 2022 at the Marietta Memorial Hospital. Betty was born August 10, 1952 in Marietta, and was the daughter of the late Clarence Elmer and Betty Rosetta Kuhn Brooks. Betty had worked as a custodian for Lawrence School in Dart, OH. Betty loved her dogs. She enjoyed gardening, her flowers, raising chickens, sewing and beadwork jewelry. Betty is survived by her sons Ricky Brooks (Nicole) and Earl Farnsworth (Abby), brother Clarence Brooks Jr. and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by ...

Mary Lou Horner

Mary Lou Horner, 91, of Belpre, passed away October 9, 2022 at Belpre Landing. Arrangements have been entrusted to Leavitt Funeral Home, Belpre.

Donald Lamar Davis

Donald Lamar Davis, 97, of Belpre, died Sept. 24, 2022, at the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky, OH. A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, at the Leavitt Funeral Home, Belpre. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery Belpre. Visitation will be from 10 - 11 a.m. Friday.