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Rex Allen Cobb — Funeral service, 2 p.m. today at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home. Burial, Newport Cemetery. Visitation, noon to 2 p.m. Bessie I. Heslop — Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday at McClure-Shafer-Lankford Funeral Home. Burial, East Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation, 9-11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Karolyn Diane Morris — Visitation, 4-8 p.m. today, at Roberts Funeral Home, 27880 St. Rt. 7, Marietta. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Barbara Helen Quigley — Celebration of Life, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, at the Rusty Bucket, located at 180 Market St., New ...

Rex Allen Cobb

Rex Allen Cobb, 75, of Coal Run, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. He was born February 25, 1950, in Coal Run a son of John William Cobb and Lillian Twila Simon Cobb. He was employed in the kitchen at the Lafayette Hotel and attended Coal Run Church of Christ. Rex is survived by his brother, John W. Cobb of Belpre and 8 nieces and nephews: Michelle (Richard) McAtee, Jackie Starkey, Shawn Farnsworth, Tammy Cobb, Ruby Johns, Charles (Danny) Torrez, Frankie (Janice) Cobb and Roberta Fisher, several great-great nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, ...

Bessie I. Heslop

Bessie I. Heslop, 91, of Newport, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at Harmar Place Extended Care. She was born on February 17, 1935, in Lawrence Twp, the daughter of Benjamin and Mabel Oliver. Bessie was a homemaker who enjoyed embroidery, sewing and gardening, volunteering with the Newport Food Pantry, working on Lower Newport Election Board, and was a member of Moss Run Community Church after being a member of No. 9 Community Church for 45 years. On September 7, 1958, she married Ralph W. Heslop who preceded her to Heaven along with her parents, a sister Fay Beardmore, 1 ...

Kenneth Earl Hillberry

Kenneth Earl Hillberry, 73, of Belpre, passed away March 3, 2026, at the Marietta Memorial Hospital. There will be no services at this time. Arrangements have been entrusted to Leavitt Funeral Home, Belpre.

Karolyn Diane Morris

Karolyn Diane Morris, 61, of Whipple, passed away March 2, 2026, at Marietta Memorial Hospital. Visitation, 4-8 p.m. Friday, at Roberts Funeral Home, 27880 State Route 7, Marietta. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Barbara Helen Quigley

Our deeply loved family member and friend, passed away on February 14, 2026, following a brief but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Barb, the daughter of James and Mary Quigley, was born in Marietta, Ohio — the river town she cherished and returned to throughout her life. From ...