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EDITORIAL: What is the truth for those associated with BTC or Is the truth out there?
EDITORIAL BY JOHN ESTRIDGE Today we are going to play a new game. The purpose of this game is to find out if anyone affiliated with Brookville Town Council has at any time in their respective lives told the truth. And if they have told the truth sometime somewhere, which story may or may not …
Obituary for Deborah “Deb” Jane Andrews
DEBORAH “DEB” JANE ANDREWS Deborah “Deb” Jane Andrews, 70 years old of Brookville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 30, 2021. She was born December 28, 1950. At a chance meeting at Frisch’s in Harrison, Ohio, Deb met the love of her life, Bob. They married on July 25, 1970. Together, they enjoyed traveling the United …
Obituary for Nina Ellen (Johnson) Fineis
NINA ELLEN (JOHNSON) FINEIS Nina Ellen (Johnson) Fineis, 84, of Cincinnati, passed away September 29, 2021. She was born on June 15, 1937, to James and Aleta (Weir) Johnson in Lansing, Michigan. Nina loved to spend her free time reading and gardening. Not only was she passionate about flowers and landscaping, but she was also …
Obituary for Fairy Clark Young (complete)
FAIRY CLARK YOUNG Fairy Clark Young, 88, of Brownsville, died on September 27, 2021, after a brief illness at Reid Health in Richmond. Fairy was born to Bradly and Emily (Ramsey) Clark on June 1, 1933, in Foxtown, Kentucky. Fairy was married to James Young in 1951, and they spent 35 wonderful years together. She …
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Obituary for Claydine Elizabeth Wright
CLAYDINE ELIZABETH WRIGHT Claydine Elizabeth Wright, 65, of Huntington, died Sunday, September 26, 2021, as a result of a traffic accident. Claydine was born in Connersville, to Clay Wade and Betty Louis Pio Wright on September 17, 1956. She attended Short High School in Liberty. Claydine was a self-made worker rising through the ranks in …
Obituary for Flossie McFall
FLOSSIE MCFALL Flossie McFall 91, of Connersville passed away on September 30, 2021. She was born on September 23, 1930, to the late Elijah Wicker, and Mary Dunn (Johnson) Wicker. Flossie graduated from Orange County High School in 1948, and later married her husband Emerson McFall Jr. on September 13,1953. They were married for 39 …
Obituary for Theresa Marie Hounchell
THERESA MARIE HOUNCHELL Theresa Marie Hounchell, 70, of Connersville, passed away Sunday night, September 26, 2021, at Reid Health, Richmond. She was born November 25, 1950, in Connersville, one of nine children of Russell and Rita Risch Wiley, and she was a 1968 graduate of Connersville High School. She received her cosmetology training from the …
Obituary for Orahdell Workman (complete)
ORAHDELL WORKMAN Orahdell Workman, age 81, of Brookville, died Thursday, September 30, 2021, at McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Ohio. Born March 16, 1940, in Breathitt County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Seldon and Ida B. (Hammock) Lockard. On January 28, 1958, she was united in marriage to Gene Workman, and …
Obituary for Myron Leroy Prifogle
MYRON LEROY PRIFOGLE Myron Leroy Prifogle, devoted father of Laura (Charlie) Buchert and Lynne (Bill) Robinson. Loving grandfather of Jordan (Andrew) Nichols, Sarah (Haithem Tlili) Wisler, Dylan Epperson, and Amanda Wisler. Great-grandfather of Mackenzie Nichols. Dear brother of Shirley (late Pete) Levi, Phyllis (David) Ellis, and the late Marvin (Becky) Prifogle. He also leaves behind …