Wanda Lee Williams
Wanda Lee Williams, 69, of Marietta, passed away Sept. 19, 2024, at Marietta Memorial Hospital. A private cremation will take place at Mid-Ohio Valley Cremation Society.
Funerals
BLAIR, Violet Fay Putnam – Today 11 a.m., Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home. Burial in Salem Township Cemetery. HOFFMANN, Ruth Ann (Huck) – Sept. 30 noon, St. Michael’s Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. ROBINSON, James Thomas – Tuesday 1 p.m., Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home. Burial in Salem Township Cemetery. Burial in Riverview Cemetery with full military honors. Visitation for two hours prior to services on Tuesday. TRIPPETT, Joy E. – Sept. 29, 1-4 p.m., Williamstown Women’s Club, 112 West Seventh St.
Mercury Morris, part of Dolphins’ two Super Bowl wins and their perfect season, dies at 77
GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Eugene “Mercury” Morris, who starred for the unbeaten 1972 Miami Dolphins as part of a star-studded backfield and helped the team win two Super Bowl titles, has died, the team said Sunday. Morris, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, was 77. In a statement, his family ...
Dick Moss, the lawyer who won free agency for baseball players, dies at age 93
NEW YORK (AP) — Dick Moss, the lawyer who won the arbitration case that created free agency for baseball players and revolutionized pay for professional athletes, has died. He was 93. Moss died Saturday at an assisted-living residence in Santa Monica, California, the Major League Baseball ...
Violet Fay Putnam Blair
Violet Fay Putnam Blair was lovingly embraced in the arms of her Lord and Savior early Friday, September 20, 2024, after a brief illness. She was born September 29, 1932, in Parkersburg, WV to the late Roy Lee and Lottie Elizabeth Wilson Putnam. On January 29, 1976, she married the late ...
Ina G. (Furr) Brookover
Ina G. (Furr) Brookover, 86, of Vincent, Ohio, died at her residence on September 15, 2024. She was born at Glenville, WV on March 20, 1938, and was the daughter of the late Brooks W. Furr and Leo (Edwards) Furr Jones. She was a graduate of Parkersburg High School and Washington State College. She had been a member of the Barlow Presbyterian Church and was co-owner of Brookover Trucking & Excavation. She retired from Quaker State Corporation and the PM Company. She had also been treasurer and board member of Westminster Preschool. Survivors include her husband of 67 years, James R. ...