Martha Willis

June 12, 1935 — Dec. 3, 2016

Martha L. Willis, 81, of Ironton, passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Kentucky. The Ironton native was born June 12, 1935, a daughter of the late Harrison Martin and Ruth Bowman Martin.
She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Paul Willis, whom she married June 13, 1953.
Martha attended Ironton High School and was a longtime member of the 10th Street/First Tabernacle Church in Ironton. She was first and foremost a wife, mother and grandmother, but was also a former nursing assistant at Bayside Nursing Home in Boston, Massachusetts.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three grandchildren, Austin Thompson, Joseph Thompson II, and Kyzr Willis; five brothers, Jess, Carl, Willard, Marshall and Ralph Martin; and six sisters, Roberta Laber, Mary Morgan, Edith Lunsford, Arlene Crance, Catherine Wikoff and Ann Kelly.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by six children, Paul (Marilyn) Willis Jr., of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Ralph Willis, of Oakland, Maine, Donna (Roger) Thompson, of Ironton, Linda (Timothy) Bishop, of Wareham, Massachusetts, Gary (Laura) Willis, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Debbie (Vincent) Hasenauer, of Ironton; 13 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; one sister, Helen Willis, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and one brother, John Martin, of Sparrow Bush, New York.
Funeral services will be 3 p.m. today at Phillips Funeral Home, Ironton, with the Rev. Aaron Fields officiating. Friends may call from 1 p.m. until the time of the service Wednesday at the funeral home. Donations in memory of Martha Willis can be made to the First Tabernacle Church, 1301 South 10th Street, Ironton, Ohio 45638. To offer condolences to the family, please visit www.phillipsfuneralhome.net.

Shirley Nottingham

Shirley Mae Nottingham, 80, of Proctorville, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia. Funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville. Burial will follow in Rome Cemetery, Proctorville. There will be private family visitation. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.timeformemory.com/hall.

Lance Broughton

Lance Dale Broughton, 67, of Chesapeake, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, at Community Hospice Care Center, Ashland, Kentucky. He is survived by his wife, Donna Broughton. A graveside service will be 1 p.m. Friday at Donel C. Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery, Dunbar, West Virginia, with the Rev. Larry Carey officiating. Schneider Funeral Home, Chesapeake, is in charge of arrangements.

David Lynd

David Lee Lynd, 49, of South Point, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, at Community Hospice Care Center, Ashland, Kentucky. Arrangements are pending at Slack and Wallace Funeral Home, South Point. www.slackandwallace.com.

Alice Simpson

Alice Marie Simpson, 76, of Willow Wood, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia. She is survived by her husband, Collis Simpson. Arrangements are pending at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville.

Michael Johnson

Michael R. Johnson, 63, of Chesapeake, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia. Arrangements are pending at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville.

Leo VanSteenberg

Leo Francis VanSteenberg, 77, of Chesapeake, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia. Arrangements are pending at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville.

Billy Dement

Billy Dement, 56, of Proctorville, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. He is survived by his wife, Sherry Mannon Dement. Arrangements are pending at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville.

Christine Risner

Christine Roxanne Risner, 43, of Flatwoods, Kentucky, died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, in Huntington, West Virginia. A memorial service will be 7 p.m. Friday at Pentecostal Holiness Holiness Tabernacle, Flatwoods, Kentucky, with pastor Lloyd L. Bailey and the Rev. J.E. Smith officiating. Burial will be at Coalton Cemetery, Boyd County, Kentucky. A time of fellowship will be 6 p.m. until the time of the service Friday at the church. Bailey Family Funeral Home, Flatwoods, Kentucky, is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be expressed at www.baileyfamilyfuneralhome.com.

 

Donna Miller

Donna K. Miller, 49, of South Point, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at King’s Daughters Medical Center, Ashland, Kentucky. She is survived by her husband, Glen Miller. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Brown Funeral Chapel, Ironton, with the Rev. Michael Dement officiating. Burial will follow in the Caroline Cemetery. Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the funeral chapel. Her family has entrusted her care to Brown Funeral Chapel, Ironton. www.brownfuneralchapel.org.

James Neff

James G. Neff, 78, of Ironton, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, at Community Hospice Care Center, Ashland, Kentucky. Arrangements are pending at O’Keefe Baker Funeral Home, Ironton.