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HELEN MAE MEFFORD, 86, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday. She was retired from Brown County Hospital. Mass: 9 a.m. Wednesday at St. George Church, Georgetown. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown.
Date of announcement: 07-21-1997
JOYCE ANN SIMMONS, 48, of Cumminsville, died Thursday. Services: 7 p.m. today at First Baptist Church, Cumminsville. Visitation: 6 p.m. today at the church. Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 07-21-1997
LONNIE W. COMBS, 64, of Mt. Orab, Ohio, died Monday. He was a meat cutter. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Beam-Fender Funeral Home, Sardinia, Ohio. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: Mt. Orab Bible Baptist Church.
Date of announcement: 07-22-1997
JAMES JAMISON SR., 79, of Columbia Township, died Friday. Mr. Jamison worked for Machine Tools Co. Services: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Rockdale Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Silverton.
Date of announcement: 07-22-1997
LUTHER DOUGLAS JENKINS, 69, of Madisonville, died July 17. Mr. Jenkins was a baker for Klosterman's. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Greater Liberty Baptist Church, Madisonville. Visitation: 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 07-22-1997
CLARA "GRANNY" LEWIS, 74, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., died Sunday. She was a homemaker. Services: 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday at Rullman Funeral Home, Aurora, Ind. Visitation: noon EDT Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-22-1997
BERNARD PINSTON SR., 84, of Madisonville, died Sunday. He worked for Ford Motor Co. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-22-1997
MATTIE K. SAYLEE, 47, of Cumminsville, died Friday. She was a clerk with the FreeStore/FoodBank. Services: noon Wednesday at Rose Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Avondale. Visitation: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 07-22-1997
ALVIN R. WHITHAM, 58, of Dillsboro, Ind., died Monday. Mr. Whitham worked for Monsanto. Services: 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday at Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Dillsboro. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EDT today at Ulrich Filter Funeral Home, Dillsboro. Memorials: Hopewell Presbyterian Church or charity of donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 07-22-1997
GE retiree Robert Stephens put family first
Robert D. Stephens, a retired engineer with General Electric, was a quiet, humble man who took care of his family.
"He kind of stayed in the background all the time but he was always there," said his daughter, Lola Knauer of Cleveland. "He could be counted upon by family, friends and neighbors, too, to just be there. He didn't win the Boston Marathon or anything, but he was just faithful in doing his duty as husband, father and provider."
Mr. Stephens, 78, of Cold Spring, Ky., died Monday. He was a member of Main Street Baptist Church, Alexandria, Ky., VFW Post 3205, Alexandria, Alexandria Lodge 152 F&AM, Scottish Rite, Covington, and Syrian Temple, Cincinnati. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
He also leaves his wife of 55 years, Allie L. Stephens; a sister, Lola Baber of Covington; and two grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Radel Funeral Home, Highland Heights, Ky. Visitation: 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-23-1997
NOLA RICHEY, 100, of Ripley, Ohio, died Monday. She was a homemaker. Services: 2 p.m. Friday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown, Ohio. Visitation: 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: Charity of donor's choice.
Date of announcement: 07-23-1997
JAMES B. "J.B." TILLEY, 69, of Crown Point, Ind., formerly of Vevay, Ind., died July 18. He was a retired executive with IBM and Consolidated Foods Corp. Services: 11 a.m. EST Aug. 23 at Vevay Cemetery. Arrangements: Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay.
Date of announcement: 07-23-1997
Rev. Donald A. Tenoever, teacher
The Rev. Donald A. Tenoever, 70, a priest and teacher in Greater Cincinnati, died Monday from complications following brain surgery.
Father Tenoever was pastor of St. Joseph Church in North Bend until his retirement in 1994. He had served as pastor of St. Louis Church, downtown, and associate pastor of St. Boniface Church, Northside. He also had taught at Purcell High School and the former DePorres High School.
Most of Father Tenoever's was spent at St. Gregory Seminary, where he taught from 1959 to 1980.
"One has only to think of his work on the restoration of the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, for example, in order to realize that the epitaph . . . could be ascribed to him: "Lector si monumentum requiris, circumspice.' (Reader, if you seek a monument, look around you)," said Rev. Christopher R. Armstrong, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
"For my part, I will remember Don as a good priest, an engaging college seminary professor, a great cook, and a dear friend."
Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, downtown. Visitation: 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the cathedral. Arrangements: Argo-Bolton and Lunsford Funeral Home, Cleves.
Date of announcement: 07-24-1997
VICTORIA ALLEN, 81, of Forest Park died Sunday. Ms. Allen was a homemaker. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Lockland. Visitation: noon Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-24-1997
DOROTHY CAROLYN WALSH BANKEMPER, 81, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Wednesday. Ms. Bankemper was a crossing guard for the Georgetown schools. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Visitation: noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-24-1997
PAUL R. BRICKNER, 87, of West Harrison, Ind., died Tuesday. Mass: 11 a.m. EDT Friday at St. John the Baptist Church, Harrison. Arrangements: Andres-Wuestefeld Funeral Home, Dover, Ind. Memorials: Hospice of Southeastern Indiana or American Heart Association.
Date of announcement: 07-24-1997
ARVIE EDWARD JENKINS, 21, of Woodlawn, died Sunday. He was a student. Services: 1 p.m. Saturday at Christ Emmanuel Christian Fellowship, Avondale. Visitation: noon Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Hall-Jordan Funeral Home, Lockland.
Date of announcement: 07-24-1997
UTHA C. KARR, 89, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., formerly of Aurora, died Tuesday. He worked for Beyer's Pharmacy. Services: 11 a.m. EDT Friday at Filter Funeral Home, Aurora. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EDT today at the funeral home. Memorials: Aurora Life Squad or First United Methodist Church of Aurora.
Date of announcement: 07-24-1997
JAMES LEE PARKS JR., son of James Lee Sr. and Angel Gardner Parks of Dupont, Ind., was stillborn Tuesday. Services: 3 p.m. EST Friday at Grandview Cemetery Chapel, Madison, Ind. Memorials: to the family, in care of Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay, Ind.
Date of announcement: 07-24-1997
GWEN "GRANNY" WEATHERSPOON, 76, of Mt. Orab, Ohio, died Tuesday. Ms. Weatherspoon was retired from U.S. Playing Card. Services: 1 p.m. Friday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home. Visitation: noon Friday at the funeral home. Memorials: Kidney Foundation.
Date of announcement: 07-24-1997
Dewey Ables Jr., businessman
Dewey Ables Jr., 71, of Glendale, died Monday at his home. A native of Meridian, Miss., he had been a resident of the Hamilton, Ohio, and Glendale areas for 42 years.
Mr. Ables was a barber, formerly with the Ables and Gleaves Barber Shop in Hamilton. In 1970, he and his wife, Eleanor Ruth Ables, founded the Ables Beauty and Barber Supply Co., which became one of the largest suppliers in southern Ohio. The couple operated stores in Pleasant Ridge, Lockland and North College Hill.
A person with a strong entrepreneurial spirit, Mr. Ables became a role model for many in the community, and was philanthropic in his church and community.
When illness forced him to retire from his business, Mr. Ables donated a van to St. Phillip CME Church in Hamilton.
Mr. Ables was a member of the church, a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and was affiliated with the Better Business Bureau of Cincinnati. He was active in the Lockland Business Association and the Meridianites of Cincinnati. Mr. Ables was also a former maintenance man with the Hamilton Board of Education and Wilson School.
Survivors include his wife; a brother, Charles R. Ables of Atlanta; and a sister, Bernice Ables James of Southfield, Mich.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Green-Hall and Jordan Chape, Hamilton.
Date of announcement: 07-25-1997
CHARLES GULLEY, 78, of Lawrenceburg, died Wednesday. Services: 1 p.m. EDT Saturday at Fitch-Denney Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg. Visitation: 11 a.m. until time of services Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials: to the family.
Date of announcement: 07-25-1997
