John Melton, 60

John T. Melton, 60, of Wheelersburg, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, at SOMC. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ralph F. Scott Funeral Home in Portsmouth.

Georgia Shipley, 91

Georgia Shipley, 91, of Ironton, Ohio died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, at Jolin Health Center, Ironton, Ohio. Funeral Arrangements are pending at the Tracy Brammer–Monroe Funeral Home.

Ruth Edwards, 87

Ruth Lucille (Davis) Edwards, 87, of Easter Drive, Portsmouth, Ohio died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, at Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth. Graveside services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at the Bailey Chapel Cemetery at Piketon. Arrangements are under the direction of the Howe Wheeler Boyer Hornback Funeral Home in Piketon.

Charles Dempsey Mullins

Charles Dempsey Mullins died Aug. 19, 2012, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, Ky. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, Aug. 22, at 1 p.m. at Sparks Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Bethel Cemetery. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Brenda Jones Adkins, 70

Brenda (Jones) Adkins, age 70, of Vinton, formerly of Oak Hill, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2012. A celebration of life was held at the Lewis-Gillum Funeral Home in Oak Hill.

Roy Arthur, 90

Roy W. Arthur, 90, of Paulden, Ariz., formerly of Sciotoville, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012 in Prescott, Ariz. Heritage Memory Mortuary 131 Grove Ave. Prescott, Ariz. is in charge of arrangements.