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Eddie Ray Emerick - Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home. Burial, East Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation, 9-11 a.m. Friday. Roger A. Moncrief - Visitation, 11.m.-12:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at Barlow Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home. Full military rites, 1 p.m. at Barlow Central Cemetery.

Eddie Ray Emerick

Eddie Ray Emerick, 71, of Marietta, passed away at 5:21 a.m., Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at the home of his son. He was born on June 8, 1954, in Marietta, a son of George Emerick and Joan Berry Emerick. Eddie retired from the Marietta School System as a custodian at Phillips School. He is survived by his former wife and the mother of his children, Rhonda Sarver of Marietta. Also surviving are 2 sons and a daughter, Erica (J. R.) Buskirk of Kansas, Jeremy (Nancy) Emerick of Belpre and Brian Emerick of Marietta; 5 grandchildren: Kaylee, Jeremy, Courtney, Connor and Liam; brothers: ...

Roger A. Moncrief

Roger A. Moncrief, 80, of Jacksonville, Fla., died Nov. 16, 2025. Visitation, 11.m.-12:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at BARLOW CHAPEL OF CAWLEY & PEOPLES FUNERAL HOME.Full military rites, 1 p.m. at Barlow Central Cemetery. www.CawleyandPeoples .com.

Patricia Louise (Patty Lou) Shaffer

Patricia Louise (Patty Lou) Shaffer (Gentry), 69 years young, passed away, peacefully, in her sleep, November 20th, 2025. She loved to listen to music, sing, laugh at jokes, do crossword puzzles, play games, go to garage sales, decorate, care for her mother and be a mom herself. She worked for ...

Frank Russell Thomas

Frank Russell Thomas, 80, of Parkersburg, passed away Nov. 23, 2025, at his residence in Parkersburg. Memorial service at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to Leavitt Funeral Home, Belpre. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.LeavittFuneralHome.com.

Jane Anne Tumas-Serna

Jane Anne Tumas-Serna, 82, of Marietta, made her final journey, Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at Marietta Memorial Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Jane was born December 21, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of the late John Thomas and Anne Norkus Thomas. She studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and philosophy at the University of Illinois, and later at the University of Missouri, where she met her husband, Manuel Antonio Serna-Maytorena. Jane and Antonio moved to Athens, Ohio in 1966, where they were both professors at Ohio University. She received her MFA in ...