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Kevin L. Wears

Kevin L. Wears, 59, of Watertown, Ohio, died on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. He was born on October 19, 1963, in Pomeroy, Ohio and graduated from Warren High School in 1983. He had been a truck driver for many years and had also been in the logging business. Kevin was an outdoorsman and loved riding 4 wheelers and side by sides, loved to drive trucks and enjoyed bringing firewood to the house for the winter. He also loved spending time with his friends and his family. He was married on February 18, 2005 to Bernadette Schwendeman Miller Wears who ...

Police reports

Ohio State Highway Patrol ¯ Michael L. Perry, 34, of 109 Cornerstone Dr., Marietta, driving a 2011 Nissan Maxima Oct. 20, was eastbound on Marietta Township Road 1420 when he stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Washington County Road 20. A 2013 Ford E-450 transit bus owned by B and L Agency of Ohio 821, Marietta, and driven by Allen J. Thieman, 54, of 110 High St., Marietta, was traveling north on Washington County 20 and turned left onto Marietta Township 1420. Perry failed to yield the right of way at the stop sign and struck the bus at an angle. He was charged with failing ...

Property transfers

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 ...

Police records

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 ...