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JO ANN TAGGART, 55, of Madison, Ind., died Friday. Graveside services: Noon Tuesday, Richwood, Ky., Cemetery. Visitation: 9:30-10:30 a.m. EST Tuesday at Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison.
Date of announcement: 07-26-1999
GENEVIEVE P. WEBB, 96, of Dillsboro, Ind., died Friday. Services: 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Ulrich-Filter Funeral Home, Dillsboro. Visitation: 6-8 EDT tonight.
Date of announcement: 07-26-1999
Bill Holiday, dedicated to Kiwanis park
Bill Holiday, 70, of Green Township, who had hoped to help make the planned West Fork Fantasy Park a reality, died Saturday as he was setting up a booth for the Kiwanis Club to promote the playground for children.
Relatives said Mr. Holiday's dream was to see the Green Township park completed.
Mr. Holiday, who retired as a Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. customer representative in 1989 after 38 years, served two terms as president of the White Oak-Monfort Heights Kiwanis Club.
He also was the club's cruise director and chaired many club activities during his 32 years of membership. The Navy veteran of the 
Korean War was a member of the Home Builders Association, the Jaycees and Junior Achievement, where he was voted outstanding advisor in 1969. He was a past board member of the Eagles Lake Condo Association and a Kentucky Colonel.
He leaves his wife, Nancy; daughters Leslie Naber and Patty Doran; sons Jeffrey and Tom; brothers Bob and Paul; sister, Joan Heist; and eight grandchildren.
Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today at Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home, Groesbeck. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at White Oak Christian Church. Memorials: White Oak-Monfort Heights Kiwanis Foundation for West Fork Fantasy Park.
Date of announcement: 07-27-1999
Laurie McCloy, courage marked cancer fight
Laurie McCloy, 46, of West Chester, was a strong and determined woman.
Mrs. McCloy was diagnosed and treated for cancer five years ago. Two years later, though, the cancer came back and spread.
She died Sunday at Hospice of Cincinnati from a recurrence of breast cancer.
"But my mother never gave up, and she never complained," said her daughter, Erin McCloy, 20.
"She was very involved with Bosom Buddies (a breast cancer support group). They were a support system for each other, wonderful and very determined women, like my mother."
Mrs. McCloy collected crystals and geodes, which she used, along with other materials, to make jewelry. She and a partner sold the jewelry through a small business called Natural Avenues.
She also worked as a volunteer for the Hamilton County Park District, involved in projects from feeding birds to counting butterflies, her daughter recalled.
"She was a good friend to people and to all of God's creatures," said Kathy Hinger, a friend.
Mrs. McCloy devoted much time to her children's activities. She was an active member of the Lakota Band Boosters and worked for the Lakota School District levy. She was a Girl Scout leader for several years.
She also leaves her husband of 21 years, John McCloy; son, Colin, 14; and her mother; Beverly Longfellow of Madisonville.
Services: 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Spring Grove Cemetery Chapel. Arrangements: Hodapp Funeral Home. Memorials: Nature Conservancy or the Wellness Community in Cincinnati.
Date of announcement: 07-27-1999
LOIS E. ARMSTRONG, 79, of Walnut Hills, died Friday. She was an assembler. Arrangements were through Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 07-27-1999
TERRANCE E. JACKSON, 41, of Mount Auburn, died Monday. He was a security officer. Services: noon Friday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-27-1999
LORRAINE LONGMIRE, 45, of Roselawn, died Saturday. Ms. Longmire was an instructor assistant for the Cincinnati schools. Services: 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at New Life Outreach Church, Bond Hill. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills.
Date of announcement: 07-27-1999
LORENA SCHULER MELVIN, 85, of Felicity, Ohio, died Saturday. Arrangements were through Charles H. McIntyre Funeral Home, Felicity.
Date of announcement: 07-27-1999
Shirley H. Bryant, medical scientist
Shirley H. Bryant, 74, a University of Cincinnati researcher and professor of cell biophysics and pharmacology for 44 years, died July 20.
The Hyde Park resident was pioneer in causes and treatments in hereditary muscle disorders, his career spanned nearly half a century.
"Shirley was a scholar's scholar," recalled Earl Wallick, UC pharmacology professor. "His depth of understanding on just about any subject from jazz to biophysics was extraordinary."
In the medical community, he is perhaps best-known for discovering the cause of myotonia congenita, a hereditary muscular dystrophy characterized by a failure of voluntary muscles to relax.
He also made significant contributions to the use of the drug dantrolene in relieving potentially fatal symptoms of malignant hyperthermia, a genetic muscle disorder, triggered by the use of general anesthesia. The mortality rate for malignant hyperthermia has been cut from 80 percent to 5 percent since Bryant's discovery.
The Pittsfield, Mass., native moved to Cincinnati in 1955. A 1948 Aurora University graduate with a bachelor's degree in biology and physics, Dr. Bryant won an Atomic Energy Commission Fellowship to study biophysics at the University of Chicago, where he earned a doctorate in 1954.
He leaves his wife, Barbara; daughters, Elizabeth Bryant and Dr. Diana Bryant of Long Beach, Calif.; son James Bryant of San Pedro, Calif.; and two grandsons.
Memorials: University of Cincinnati Foundation-Shirley H. Bryant Memorial Fund.
Date of announcement: 07-28-1999
Myrtle Mae Pompilio, of restaurant family
Myrtle Mae Pompilio, a member of the family that founded Pompilio's Restaurant in Newport, died Monday.
Mrs. Pompilio's late husband, Daniel J. Pompilio, was a son of the founders of the restaurant, which opened in 1933 and remains a popular area restaurant. The Pompilios ran the restaurant until 1982, when the three sons, including Mrs. Pompilio's husband, retired and sold it.
A community landmark, Pompilio's gained national fame when used as a location for the Oscar- winning film "Rain Man."
Mrs. Pompilio, 76, of Wilder, Ky., was a homemaker and a member of the Over 55 Club at St. Thomas Church in Fort Thomas. She was a former Girl Scout leader.
She leaves a son, Daniel J. Pompilio; daughters, Sandra Crawford, Kathleen Eggerding and Karen Gassmann; and seven grandchildren.
Arrangements were through Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas.
Date of announcement: 07-28-1999
CHARLES VERNON GROPPENBACHER, 92, of Sardinia, Ohio, died Monday. He operated the old Verne's Variety Store. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Beam-Fender Funeral Home, Sardinia. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-28-1999
TERRANCE E. JACKSON, 41, of Mount Auburn, died Monday. He was a security officer. Services: noon Friday at First Church of God, Corryville. Visitation: 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 07-28-1999
HAROLD MAGELY JR., 60, of Sardinia, Ohio, died Monday. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at the Beam-Fender Funeral Home, Sardinia. Visitation: noon Saturday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-28-1999
Kenneth D. Reuter, worked at probate court
Kenneth D. Reuter, 68, a deputy clerk with the Hamilton County Probate Court, died Friday at Hospice of Cincinnati.
Mr. Reuter, of Dayton, Ky., had recently earned an associate of arts degree from Xavier University.
Services: noon today at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Dayton. Memorials: Gertrude LaWarre & Alfred Reuter Humanities Fund, Berea College; or Xavier University.
Date of announcement: 07-29-1999
IMON CYPRESS, 48, of Norwood, died Saturday. Services: 6:30 p.m. Friday at Johnson Brown Funeral Home, Bond Hill.
Date of announcement: 07-29-1999
HENRY GARFIELD, 97, of Walnut Hills, died Tuesday. He was a stationary fireman with Cincinnati Advertising Co. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Allen Temple A.M.E. Church, Avondale. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements: Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 07-29-1999
JOHNNY GOSS, 47, of Over-the-Rhine, died Monday. Services: noon Friday at Johnson Brown Funeral Home, Bond Hill. Visitation: 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-29-1999
ERSALINE C. LINSKY, 91, of Cincinnati, formerly of North Vernon, Ind., died July 23. She was a legal secretary. Services: 11 a.m. EST Saturday at Vernon Cemetery, Vernon, Ind. Arrangements: Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home, North Vernon. Memorials: Llanfair Retirement Community Life Care Fund.
Date of announcement: 07-29-1999
CLARA E. NEAL, 78, of Mount Orab, Ohio, died Tuesday. She was a homemaker. Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday at Thompson-Stevens Funeral Home, Mount Orab. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Date of announcement: 07-29-1999
CLARENCE W. PATTERSON JR., 53, of Walnut Hills, died Saturday. He was a clerk for the University of Cincinnati. Arrangements were through Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home.
Date of announcement: 07-29-1999
ORRIS W . PETE RIVERS, 70, of Madison, Ind., died Monday. He was a retired photographer for Jefferson Proving Ground. Services: 2 p.m. EST Friday at Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home, Madison. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. EST today at the funeral home. Memorials: American Lung Association.
Date of announcement: 07-29-1999
RUBY D. WILLIAMS, 89, of Avondale, died July 26. She was a homemaker. Services: noon Monday at Thompson, Hall and Jordan Funeral Home, Walnut Hills. Visitation: 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Date of announcement: 07-29-1999
'Johnny Dollar' Wooten, musician
Self-taught musician John "Johnny Dollar" Wooten, who played with famed musicians Bootsy Collins and James Brown, was found dead Sunday at his home in Mount Auburn. He was 54.
The Hamilton County Coroner's office is investigating the possibility that his death was heat-related, but officials said he also had heart disease. An official cause of death won't be available for about two weeks when toxicology tests are completed.
Mr. Wooten was organist for New Emmanuel Baptist Church. His sister, Alberta McKenzie, said her brother was found Sunday on his front porch by church members who became worried when he didn't arrive at church.
"He played piano and organ and was a great singer," she said. "He used to play in all the bands around the city. He never stopped. ... He'd have everybody dancing.
"I will remember how loved he really was and how anybody he met, they loved him," his sister said.
Mr. Wooten taught himself how to play piano, she said, beginning at the age of 10. He was a graduate of North College Hill High School.
Mr. Wooten is also survived by a son, John Troy Wooten, sisters Rosemary Darby, Grace Evans, Laura Crawford; and a brother, Jonathan Wooten.
Visitation is today, 6 to 7 p.m. at New Emmanuel Baptist Church, 2316 Florence Ave. Funeral service: 7 p.m. at the church.
Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Date of announcement: 07-30-1999
