ACKISON

IRONTON — Charles Donald “Donny” Ackison, 50, of Ironton, the husband of Jennifer Harbolt Ackison, passed away Saturday March 2, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013, at Phillips Funeral Home, 1004 South Seventh Street in Ironton. Interment will follow in Lawrence Furnace Cemetery and visitation will be Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

HOOK

DAYTON — Grace Hook, 92, of Dayton, Ohio, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013, at the Dayview Care Center in New Carlisle, Ohio. Graveside services will be held Thursday, March 7, 2013, at noon at the West Union Village Cemetery. Thompson-Meeker Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

PHERSON

PIKETON — Rebecca Marie Pherson, 57, of Piketon, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio. There are no services scheduled. Arrangements are under the direction of the Boyer Funeral Home in Waverly.

WALLETTE

WAVERLY — Melody R. Wallette, 57, of Waverly, Ohio, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, Ohio. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the Botkin Funeral Home in Waverly. Interment will follow in Waverly Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

BRADSHAW

LUCASVILLE — Ralph Bradshaw, 92, of Lucasville, died Monday, March 4, 2013, at SOMC Hospice. Arrangements are pending at the McKinley Funeral Home in Lucasville.

ELLIS

LUCASVILLE — Don Ellis, 81, of Lucasville, died Monday, March 4, 2013, at SOMC Hospice. Arrangements are pending a the McKinley Funeral Home in Lucasville.

VULGAMORE

BURLINGTON — Kenneth Dale Vulgamore, 82, formerly of Burlington, Ohio, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, Huntington, W.Va. Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at the Bailey Chapel Cemetery in Piketon, Ohio.

WILSON

WILLOW WOOD — Eldon R. Wilson, 94, of Willow Wood, Ohio passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Sunset Nursing Home in Coal Grove, Ohio. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Phillips Funeral Home, 1004 South Seventh Street in Ironton. Interment will follow in Wilgus-Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

MARING

PORTSMOUTH — Cathy Jane Maring, 56, of Portsmouth, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Bridgeport Health Center in Portsmouth. Arrangements are at the convenience of the family and under the direction of Melcher Funeral Home in Portsmouth.

SIMPSON

OAK HILL — Lonnie Eugene Simpson, 58, of Oak Hill, the husband of Karla Jane Simpson, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013. Funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013, at Lewis-Gillum Funeral Home of Oak Hill. Interment will follow in Gallia Baptist Cemetery. Visitation is Thursday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the funeral home.

CANTER

OAK HILL — James (Jim) E. Canter, 89, of Oak Hill passed away March 3, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Lewis-Gillum Funeral Home in Oak Hill. Interment is in C.M. Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at the funeral home.