Obituaries

Kealani Brianne Smith passed away unexpectedly on Sunday July 17, 2022 in Morganstown West Virginia at the age of 24 years old.

Kealani Brianne Smith was born on September 25, 1997 at The Ohio State University Hospital.

Kealani was a High School graduate of The Bridgescape Academy. She currently held a warehouse supervisor position with Belcan, where she was praised...

Bishop Forest Rhodes, age 88, was born DeForest Rhodes on April 7, 1934 in Roanoke, Virginia to parents, Emmett S. Rhodes and Beatrice E. Rhodes (Brown). Bishop Forest Rhodes was called to the ministry at the young age of nine years old.

Bishop Rhodes served as a minister at the 8th Avenue Sanctified and Holy Church in Roanoke, Virginia and...

Rodney Lemar Reavish, Jr., age 50, was born July 1, 1972 in Columbus, Ohio at Doctors North. Rodney passed away unexpectedly on July 14, 2022.

He also was known as “Rod”. Rodney loved hanging out with family and friends. He loved dogs, helping when he can cooking and cracking jokes.

Rodney received his GED and took up culinary arts. He...

Herman Pool Jr. departed this life on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at OhioHealth Grant Medical. He was born September 29, 1971, to Annie Mae Pool and Homer Pool Jr.

Jr, went to South High school and enjoyed cooking, music, movies, and working with his hands. He was employed at Jiffy Lube and Fast-N-Clean Car Wash.

Preceded in death by his...

Dan’neka Hope, age 38. Sunrise October 26, 1983 and Sunset July 15, 2022.

Please pray for the family as they prepare the obituary.

Visitation 10:00am and Funeral 11:00am Friday, August 5, 2022 at MARLAN J. GARY FUNERAL HOME, THE CHAPEL OF PEACE NORTH, 2500 Cleveland Ave.

Interment at Evergreen Burial Park.

Patricia A. Saunders was hard working, lovable, kind business savvy woman who at an early age came from Russellville, Alabama with her parents, Lonnie, and Jessie, and two brothers, Charles and Larry.

While growing up on the east side of Columbus, Patricia received Christ as Lord and Savior at Ebenezer Baptist Church and Macedonia Baptist Church.

While in high school...

Christopher Floyd Barrett Meadows, passed away peacefully in his sleep on July 17, 2022. Christopher was born on April 15, 1983. He was known to us all as Chris. He was an honor student graduate of The North Education High School in 2001 in Columbus, Ohio. He relocated to Las Vegas, NV in 2001 after graduating and worked at the...

Dashon Lamar Jaye, age 29. Sunrise July 31, 1992 and Sunset July 19, 2022.

Please revisit this page and pray for the JAYE/TALLEY Family as they write Dashon’s obituary

Visitation 1:00 PM and Funeral 2:00 PM Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at MARLAN J. GARY FUNERAL HOME, THE CHAPEL OF PEACE NORTH 2500 Cleveland Ave.

Interment at Eastlawn Cemetery.

Leonard Fred Lewis, Jr., affectionately known as Len/Lenny, was born in Columbus, OH on January 10, 1965, to parents Leonard and Maxine Lewis.  Len graduated from Marion-Franklin High School in 1983 and enlisted into the United States Navy upon graduation.  He was stationed in Norfolk, VA on the U.S.S. L.Y. Spear.

After being honorably discharged from the Navy, Len enlisted...

Dolores Marie (Barnes) Alvarado was born to her parents Harry Ellsworth Barnes and Ora Mae Barnes in Park Ridge, Kentucky on April 6th, 1937. She was their third child and eldest daughter. Having accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age, Dolores was baptized in 1949 at the Revelation Baptist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio by the...

Raymond Forste Morgan, age 74. Sunrise April 24, 1948 and Sunset July 16, 2022.

Please revisit this page and pray for The Morgan family as they write Raymond’s obituary.

Visitation 10:00 AM and Funeral Service 11:00 AM Monday, July 25, 2022 at MARLAN J. GARY FUNERAL HOME, THE CHAPEL OF PEACE EAST, 5456 E. Livingston Ave. (one block east of...

It is with great sadness that the family of Montez DerSean Rhunda Hagens, announces that he went home to be with the Lord, on Friday July 15, 2022. Montez was born on August 11, 1995, to Monica S. Payne and Karl L. Hagens in Columbus, Ohio. He attended Brookhaven High School and he worked in sales.

Montez loved the Lord....

A Time to be Born Monica Lee Stith, the third of three children, was born to the late Robert Edward Jenkins of Springfield Ohio, and Tosca Lajoise Deppe Jenkins of Cedarville, Ohio on April 26, 1949.

A Time to Learn The family relocated to Columbus, Ohio when Monica was a young girl. She began her education at St. Dominic’s Grade...

Mrs. Dorothy Williams, 77, passed away on July 16, 2022. Dorothy was born on December 25, 1944 in Bessemer, AL to John Weatherspoon and Willie Mae Brown.

Dorothy was the heart and soul of the family and was full of good jokes and laughter.  Her fiery and contagious presence would always light up the room.  She took pride in being...

Ashlee Nicole Petty, 34, passed away on July 13, 2022. Ashlee was born on March 26, 1988 in Columbus, OH to Ralph Majors Jr and Venita Petty.

Ashlee was a graduate of Mansfield Senior High and was a former member of Shiloh Baptist Church.

Ashlee is preceded in death by her father, and maternal grandparents, Mable Petty and Walter Jones;...

Marcus Vance Hodge Jr., age 43. Sunrise February 22, 1979 and Sunset July 14, 2022.

Visitation 1:00 PM and Funeral Service 2:00 PM Thursday, August 4, 2022 at MARLAN J. GARY FUNERAL HOME, THE CHAPEL OF PEACE EAST, 5456 E. Livingston Ave. (one block east of Noe Bixby, turn North on Lonsdale Rd).

Keep the family in your prayers as...

Deborah (Debbie) Lucille Jones Moss was born on March 16, 1951, and transitioned unexpectedly from this life on Tuesday, July 12, 2022.

Debbie has been a mother since her teenage years. She loved and cared for her family up until her transition.  The love and nurturing she showed to her children and grandchildren were unmatched. Her loyalty was to her...