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CIRCLEVILLE DEMOCRAT AND WATCHMAN NEWSPAPER
Friday October 14, 1894 Mrs. Jeannette SHANNON, widow of Neal
SHANNON, died in Harrison Township, near Duvall, 4 inst, in her 88th
year. Her maiden name was BLACKWOOD, was born near Belfast, Ireland,
April 3, 1807, was married to Neal SHANNON, and a few years
thereafter came to Canada, and from there to Pickaway County. She
was the mother of sixteen children, ten of whom survive her. She
also leaves 83 grandchildren, 72 great grandchildren and two great
great grandchildren. Her husband died in 1882. She was a member of
church for over fifty years. Her remains were interred in the
Lithopolis cemetery, six of her grandsons acting as pallbearers. |
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CIRCLEVILLE HERALD
Raleigh Spradlin, 80, of Circleville died Monday, Sept. 29,
2003, at Logan Elm Healthcare Center. He was born Feb. 23, 1923, in
Portsmouth, son of the late Willie T. and Dora (Music) Spradlin. He
was the former owner of Raleigh Spradlin Gravel Company. He is
preceded in death by his parents; wife, Helen L. (Seymour) Spradlin;
one son, James Edward Spradlin; brother, Burlie Spradlin; sisters,
Alma Suhre, Daisy Robinson, Eva Speicher and Ruth Wilson. He is
survived by his children, Sharon (Bob) Robertson, of El Paso, Texas,
Daniel (A.J.) Spradlin of Newark and Joy (Sam) Miller of
Chillicothe; 12 grandchildren; six step- grandchildren; 16
great-grandchildren; 10 step-great- grandchildren; brother, Clarence
(Ernestine) Spradlin of Johnstown; sisters, Rosa (Ralph) Conley of
Circleville and Flora Murphy of South Bloomfield; special pet dog,
“Cocoa.” Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3,
2003, in the chapel of the Defenbaugh-Wise-Schoedinger Funeral Home,
151 E. Main St., Circleville with the Rev. John DeMint and the Rev.
John Cooper officiating. Interment to follow at Jackson Township
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at
the funeral home. Friends may make contributions to the Logan Elm
Resident’s Council, 370 Tarlton Rd., Circleville, Ohio 43113 or the
charity of their choice in his memory. Special thanks to the staff
of Logan Elm Healthcare, aides on D Hall, especially Melissa and
“Junior” for their loving care. |
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