Portsmouth Times, Monday, Feb. 29, 1932
David S.
Underwood
David Simpson Underwood died
Sunday at 9:15 a.m. at his home in Quincy, KY. He was 45 years of age and is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Leona Huff Underwood and three children, Jesse,
Lorene and Ralph. One brother, J. O. Underwood, Herman, Minn., also survives. He
was formerly an employe of the Wheeling Steel Corp., Portsmouth. Funeral
services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Quincy M. E. church where he
was a faithful member. Rev. W. H. Muncie in charge and burial in Quincy
cemetery, [unreadable] J. H. Morton and son Fullerton, Ky., in charge.
The Lewis County Herald, December 5, 1984
Mrs. Lena
Utt
Graveside services for Mrs. Lena Utt
were held Monday, December 3, 1984 at 1 p.m. at the Morgan Cemetery. The Rev.
Howard Wilson officiated. Dickerson funeral Home in Vanceburg was in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Utt, 94, a former resident of
Head of Grassy, died Thursday, November 29, 1984 at a Tampa nursing home in
Tampa, Florida.
Mrs. Utt was born March 31, 1890, a
daughter of the late Taylor and Sena Orcutt Stamper of Lewis County. She was the
wife of the late Elmer J. Utt.
Survivors include a
son, Donald E. Utt, Sr., of Tampa; six grandchildren and several great
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son,
Wilburt Utt, and two brothers Joe and Tommie Stamper.
Portsmouth Times, Monday, Dec. 30, 1963
Mrs. Clyde Van
Bibber
Mrs. Angela Lewis Van
Bibber, 32, of Lynn, Ky., died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at King’s
Daughter’s Hospital at Ashland. She was the wife of Clyde Van
Bibber.
Born in Lewis County, Ky., July 29, 1931,
she was a daughter of Fred and Grace Felty Lewis.
Surviving are her parents who reside at Firebrick, Ky., her husband; a son Clyde
and a daughter Sharon Sue, both at home; and three brothers, Douglas, Dale and
Troy, all of Firebrick.
She was preceded in death by
two brothers.
Mrs. Van Bibber was a member of Order
of Eastern Star in South Shore.
Funeral services are
to be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Roberson Funeral Home, with burial in Mt. Zion
Cemetery. Rev. M. G. Moyer is to officiate.
Friends
may call at the funeral home. Eastern Star services are to be at 7:30 tonight at
the funeral home.
Portsmouth Times, Thursday, March 15, 1945
Mrs. Anna
VanBibber
Greenup , March 15 -- Mrs. Anna
VanBibber, 79, widow of the late L. M. VanBibber, died today at 4 a.m. at the
home of a son, Amos, at South Ashland where she had been for the last two
weeks.
Beside the son at whose home she died, Mrs.
VanBibber is survived by these children: Ferris, Morris and Mrs. Bess Kendall,
all of Greenup, Cyrus of Argone rd. Portsmouth, Raymond of Washington, D.C.,
Mrs. Eunice Slater of Williamson, W Va., Vernon and Mrs. Ruth Garvey of Warnock,
Miss Louise VanBibber at home.
Funeral services will
be held at Warnock Sunday at 1 p.m. Rev. Ned Waring of Sciotoville officiating
with burial in the Van Bibber cemetery under the direction of Stapf-Mitchell
Funeral home.
Portsmouth Daily Times, Monday, May 7,
1984
VanBibber
South Portsmouth, Ky. -- Mrs.
Avis English Van Bibber, 86, of South Portsmouth, died Saturday
at Scioto Memorial Hospital in Portsmouth, Ohio, after a long
illness.
A Greenup County native and a longtime
member of South Portsmouth Methodist Church, she was a former Greenup County
school teacher.
Preceded in death by her husband,
Rev. Morton VanBibber, in 1973, she is survived by six sons, Earl, Ray, Harold
and Dale, all of South Portsmouth, Morton W. of Dayton, Ohio, and Claude of
Portsmouth; two daughters, Hazel Trimble of South Portsmouth, and Avis Tolliver
of Pontiac, Mich; a brother, Owen English of Portsmouth; a sister Margaret
Locklin of South Portsmouth; 26 grandchildren and 27
great-grandchildren.
Services are planned at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, at Roberson Funeral Home at South Shore, with interment in Collier
Memorial Gardens.
Portsmouth Daily Times, Monday, Feb. 9,
1981
VanBibber
Carl L.
VanBibber, 75, of Sciotoville Rt. 4, died Tuesday, at Mercy
Hospital.
A native of Greenup County, Ky., and a
retired section foreman for the Baltimore & Ohio Railway, he was a member of
the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees.
Surviving are his wife, Goldie Marie Thompson VanBibber; two daughters, Mrs.
Norma Murphy of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Carol Crabtree of Lucasville,
Rt. 1; a brother Timothy VanBibber of Quincy, Ky.; six grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Services are planned at 2 p.m.
Friday at Don Wolfe Funeral Home in Sciotoville with Rev. Robert Ryder
officiating and burial in Floral Hills Memory
Garden.
Friends may call at the Funeral home from 6
to 9 p.m. tonight and 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
Portsmouth Daily Times, Monday, March 6,
1989
VanBibber
Mrs. Cassie Kiser Van
Bibber, 92, of Louisville, Ky., died Sunday at a hospital there after
an extended illness.
A native of Carter County Ky.,
she was of the Baptist faith.
Preceded in death by
her husband, William M. VanBibber, in 1951; she is survived by several nieces
and nephew.
Service is 1 p.m. Tuesday at Roberson
Funeral Home in South Shore, Ky., with the Rev. Jim Foster officiating, and
interment in Corns Cemetery at Greenup, Ky.
Friends
may call at the funeral home from 4 to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until the
service Tuesday.
Portsmouth Times, Tuesday, Aug. 20 1946
C. W. Van
Bibber
Charles Wesley Van Bibber,
77, retired minister of the Christian church, died of jaundice, early this
morning at his home in Bennett, Ky.
He is survived
by his wife, Telitha, and his surviving children, H. W. Van Bibber of
Sciotoville, M. A. of Sought Portsmouth, William of Greenup, Mrs. Matilda Hall
of Warnock, Ky., Mrs. Lola Carter of Nicholasville, Ky., Mrs. Martha Hamilton of
Carey’s Run, Charles Jr. of the U. S. army, stationed at Ft. Dix, N. J, Marie
Versal and Louise of Portsmouth, Edith and Robert at home and two brothers, John
of Quincy and Harve of Lansing, Mich.
The funeral
will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Felty cemetery with burial under direction of
Morton funeral home.
[Editor’s Note: There should be a comma between
Marie and Versal. They are separate people. The Adkins – Corns Cemetery must
have been named the Felty Cemetery at one time. It is now known as the Adkins –
Corns Cemetery; bel]
Ashland Daily Independent, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1938
VAN BIBBER YOUTH DIES IN HAWAII [Chester
Carl Van Bibber]
Greenup, Ky., Nov. 8. –
Mr. and Mrs. Ferris Van Bibber of Greenup were notified last night that their
son Carl Van Bibber, 24, had died at 3:55 o’clock yesterday afternoon in
Honolulu, H. I. Death was due to pneumonia which developed after a spinal injury
suffered while he was playing football Friday.
Mr.
Van Bibber, a private, was stationed in Hawaii with the U. S.
Army.
He was a member of the 1934 class at Greenup
high school and formerly was a star halfback and track athlete at Greenup
high.
The body will be brought here for
burial.
He leaves his parents and two brothers,
Charles, who is a member of the U. S. aviation corps in Hawaii, and Homer, who
is stationed at Fort Thomas, Ky.
Portsmouth Daily Times, Wednesday, March 7, 2001
Rev. Claude
VanBibber
Reverend Claude C. VanBibber, 71,
of Portsmouth, went to be with his heavenly father, Tuesday, March 6, 2001. Born
Oct. 2, 1929, he is survived by his wife of 46 years, Lovell (Arthur) VanBibber;
two sons and daughters-in-law, David and Tammi VanBibber and Dwight and
Christine VanBibber of Florida; and one daughter and son-in-law, Ruthie and
Steve Haffner of Portsmouth. He is preceded in death by his parents, Reverend
Morton and Avis (English) VanBibber; three brothers, Earl, Paul and Dale
VanBibber; one sister, Ruth Eleanor VanBibber; and a sister-in-law, Mary Jo
French. He is survived by one grandson, Craig Miller of Portsmouth and four
granddaughters, Heather Haffner of Portsmouth and Stephanie, Elizabeth and
Melissa VanBibber, all of Florida. Surviving are two sisters and
brothers-in-law, Hazel and Neville Trimble of South Portsmouth, Ky., and Avis
and Homer Tolliver of Michigan; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Morton and
Betty Van Bibber of Dayton, Ray and Janet VanBibber of South Portsmouth and
Harold and Sharon VanBibber of Florida; sisters-in-law, Charlotte and Janie
VanBibber of South Portsmouth and Juanita Van Bibber of North Carolina; and one
brother and sister-in-law, David and Sharon Arthur of Mansfield. He is also
survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Reverend VanBibber was Pastor of Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church in Ewing,
Ky., and a local businessman. He was owner of VanBibber Realty, retried from
Cyclops Steel Corporation and served in the Korean conflict as a Corporal in the
U.S. Army. He received his Bachelor of Theology Degree from International
Seminary and attended Berea Bible College, Ohio University and Shawnee State
University. He also served as Lay Minister in various churches in the tri-state
area and also enjoyed a music ministry. A 1948 graduate of South Portsmouth High
School, he held a great love and devotion for his family and was very much loved
and respected. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather and will be
remembered for his gentle nature and kindness to all who knew him. The family’s
favorite charities are the Diabetes Foundation and the American Cancer
Society.
Visitation will be at Roberson Funeral Home
in South Shore, Ky., from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. until the
funeral hour Thursday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the
funeral home, with Rev. James Loy officiating. Burial will be at Collier
Memorial Gardens, with Military graveside services by the James L. Flannery
American Legion Post 276.
Portsmouth Daily Times, Saturday, Sept. 22, 1900
HIS NECK BROKEN
[Cyrus Van Bibber]
Fatal Fall of
Clink Vanbibber at Greenup, Ky.Greenup, Ky., Sept. Sept.
20—Clink Vanbibber, aged 75, fell out of an apple tree at his home on Hood’s Run
and broke his neck this morning. He was deputy sheriff of this county back in
the 40’s and when the town got its name as Hangtown for hanging so many
people.
Portsmouth Times, Wednesday Mar. 20, 1957
Cyrus Van
Bibber
Cyrus Bennett Van Bibber,
60, of 2417 Argonne Rd., died at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mercy Hospital where he
had been a patient since Sunday.
Born Sept. 39
(sic), 1894, in Warnock, Ky., he was a son of LaMard and Annie Laurie Hill Van
Bibber. Mr. Van Bibber had been a Portsmouth resident 34
years..
He was an employee of the Midland Grocery
Co., for 20 years. Mr. Van Bibber was married in 1920 to Lorena
Warnock.
Surviving, in addition to his wife are two
daughters, Mr. Howard Warren, 1208 22nd St. and Mrs. Leonard Sluss of Ashland,
Ky.; a son Eugene of Cincinnati; three sisters, Mrs. Owen Kendall of Greenup,
Mrs. Arthur Garvey of Warnock, Ky., and Mrs. Ben Slater or Williamson, W. Va.;
six brothers, Vernon of Warnock, Maruice of Lynn, Fred of Columbus, Ferris of
Greenup, Amos of Ashland and Raymond of Washington, D.C, and four
grandchildren.
Mr. Van Bibber was preceded in death
by his parents, two brothers and a sister.
Services
will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Brock Funeral Home, with Rev. W. D. Brock
officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Burial Park.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7
tonight.
Portsmouth Daily Times, Monday, Nov. 30,
1987
VanBibber
Dale VanBibber,
43, of South Portsmouth (Ky.) Route 1, died Saturday at Mercy Hospital after an
apparent heart attack.
A native of Greenup Co., Ky.,
he was owner-operator of Devco Pools at South
Portsmouth.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Janie
Tucker VanBibber; two sons, Christopher Dale and Jeffrey David, and a daughter,
Julie Lee, all at home; five brothers, Earl, Ray, and Harold, all of South
Portsmouth, Morton of Dayton, and Claude of Portsmouth; and two sisters, Mrs.
Hazel Trimble of South Portsmouth and Mrs. Avis Tolliver of Pontiac,
Mich.
Service is at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Roberson
Funeral Home in South Shore, Ky., with Rev. Kenny Fox officiating, and interment
in Collier Memorial Gardens.
Friends may call at the
funeral home from 2 to 9 p.m. today, and until the funeral hour Tuesday. The
family’s favorite charity is the Greater Cincinnati, Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation, 1720 Section Road, Suit 103, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237.
Ashland Daily Independent, Nov. 2, 2002
Dora VanBibber
1921-2002
Dora Etta VanBibber, 81, of
Portsmouth, Ohio, formerly of Quincy, died Friday, Nov. 1, in Deacones Hospital
in Cincinnati.
Mrs. VanBibber was born Jan. 4,
1921, in Boyd County.
Her husband, Timothy
VanBibber, preceded her in death.
Funeral will be 1
p.m. Monday at Roberson Funeral Home in South Shore, with minister Garold Vaughn
officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery at Quincy.
Friends may call 6-9 p.m. today and 10 a.m. until
time of funeral Monday at the funeral home.
Portsmouth Daily Times, Monday, May 28, 1990
VanBibber
Earl Wesley Van Bibber, 68, of South Portsmouth, Ky., died
Sunday, May27, 1990, at Scioto Memorial Hospital after a long
illness.
A son of the late Rev. Morton and Avis
Engish VanBibber, born Nov. 3, 1921, in Portsmouth, he was retired from
Western-Southern Life Insurance Co., and was a World War II Army Air Force
veteran, a member and past master of Harrison-Fullerton, (Ky.) Masonic Lodge, a
member and elder of South Portsmouth Christian Church, a Kentucky colonel, and a
member of Portsmouth Carpenters Union Local.
Surviving are his wife, Charlotte Redder VanBibber; two daughters, Karen Walburn
of Sciotoville and LeaAnn Van Bibber of South Portsmouth; four brothers, Morton
VanBibber of Dayton, Claude VanBibber of Portsmouth, and Ray VanBibber and
Harold VanBibber, both of South Portsmouth; two sisters, Hazel Timble of South
Portsmouth and Avis Tolliver of Pontiac, Mich.; and a
grandson.
Service is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Roberson
Funeral Home in South Shore, Ky., with the Rev. Harley Johnson and the Rev.
Vernon Oakley officiating, and interment in Siloam Cemetery at South Shore Route
1 with Military graveside rites by James L. Flannery Post American
Legion.
Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday
and from 9 a.m. until the service Wednesday at the funeral home, where a Masonic
service is planned at 7:30 Tuesday.
Portsmouth Daily Times, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 1916
Mrs. Emma Van
Bibber
Mrs. Emma Van Bibber, aged 36 years,
wife of Charles Van Bibber, a Brushart, Lewis county, Ky., farmer, died at
Hempstead hospital Tuesday morning at two o’clock from the effects of a surgical
operation she underwent Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Van
Bibber was admitted to the hospital Saturday noon.. She was taken ill with
typhoid fever several weeks ago, later developing abscess of the
kidney.
Mrs. Van Bibber was a daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lowder of Quincy, Ky., who died suddenly within a few hours
of each other last April a year ago. She was married to Mr. Van Bibber 28 years
ago. She leaves seven children: Harrison, Morton, William, Matilda, Bessie and
Lola, at home and Mrs. Martha Hall, of Tygart Valley. Surviving brothers and
sisters are: J. D., H. W. and A. M. Lowder of Quincy and George Lowder, who is
in the U. S. regular army and stationed at Fort Douglass, Arizona, Mrs. Matilda
Felty of Tygart Valley and Mrs. Mary Willis of Garrison,
Kentucky.
Mrs. Van Bibber was a member of the
Christian church.
The remains were shipped over the
C. & O. Tuesday afternoon to Brushart, where the funeral will take place
Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock.
[Editor’s Note: Charles Wesley Van Bibber
and Emma Lowder were married on 25 December 1889, Greenup Co., KY and she was 42
years of age, not 36; bel]
Portsmouth Daily Times, Monday, May 28,
1990
VanBibber
Mrs. Goldie Mae Thompson
VanBibber, 79, of Sciotoville, Ohio 140, died Thursday at Scioto
Memorial Hospital.
A native of Wellston, and a
member of the International Pentecostal Church of Christ, she was preceded in
death by her husband, Carl Luther VanBibber, Aug. 4,
1981.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Jean Murphy
of Columbus and Mrs. Carol Crabtree of Arlington, Texas; a sister Mrs. Ruth
Tipton of Colonial Heights, Va.; six grandchildren; and eight
great-grandchildren.
Service is 2 p.m. Sunday at Don
Wolfe Funeral Home in Sciotoville, with the Rev. Gary L. Shonkwiler officiating
and interment in Floral Hills Memory Garden.
Friends
may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, and from
noon until the service Sunday.
Portsmouth Times, Thursday, July 13, 1967
Harrison
VanBibber
Harrison W. VanBibber,
76, of 2129 Mabert Rd., was pronounced dead on arrival at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday
at Mercy Hospital, following an apparent heart
attack.
A native of Greenup County, Ky., he was a
retired Detroit Steel Corp. employe, and a member of Southern Baptist
Church.
Surviving are his widow, Nettie Williams
VanBibber; two sons, Cebert of Sciotoville and Harrison Jr. of Cincinnati; a
brother, Morton of South Portsmouth; two half brothers, Jim of Dayton, and
Charles of Mountain View, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Matilda Hall, 1221 Ninth St.,
and Mrs. Martha Hamilton of West Portsmouth; two half sisters, Miss Versel
VanBibber of Quincy, Ky., and Mrs. Louise Bloomer of Sciotodale; seven
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services
are to be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Daehler Funeral Home, with Rev. Otis Holmes
officiating. Burial is to be in Memorial Burial Park.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7
tonight.
Hazel Van Bibber - See Hazel Trimble (Mrs. James Neville Trimble)
Portsmouth Times, Friday, Feb. 8, 1946
Irma Louise Van
Bibber
Greenup, Feb. 8 – Miss Irma Louise
Van Bibber, 33, daughter of the late L. M. and Anna Van Bibber, died at her home
last night in Warnock following a two weeks illness.
Surviving are these brothers and sisters; Mrs. Bess Kendall of Greenup, Silas of
Portsmouth, Morris of Lynn, Fred of Columbus, Amos of Ashland, Ferris of
Williamson, W. Va., Raymond of Washington, D.C., and Vernon of
Warnock.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.
Saturday at the home with Rev. E. T. Waring of Sciotoville officiating. Burial
will be in the home cemetery under the Direction of Stapf & Mitchell.
Portsmouth Times, Friday, February, 3, 1950
Mrs. John
VanBibber
Funeral services for Mrs. Janey
Melissa VanBibber, 71, will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at Quincy
Christian Church. Rev. Karl Chapman is to officiate.
Mrs. VanBibber died Thursday at 10 a.m. at the home of a son, William Shepherd
of Load. She was a lifelong resident of Greenup and Lewis Counties, Ky. In 1901
she was married to Wilson Shepherd who preceded her in
death.
She is survived by her husband, John
VanBibber; six children, Mrs. Mae Watkins of Urbana, Mrs. Nellie Bradley of Tipp
City, Carman Shepherd of New Boston, William of Load, Mrs. Ruth Stephens of
Argillite, Mrs. Inez Stanley of Wheelersburg; 37 grandchildren and 11
great-grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters.
Burial will be in Quincy Cemetery under the direction of Roberson Funeral Home.
The body is at the home of William Shepherd of Load.
Portsmouth Times, Monday, September 18, 1950
John W.
VanBibber
Vanceburg, Sept, 18 – Funeral services for
John Wesley VanBibber, 73, who died at his home at Quincy
Saturday at 6 p.m. will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Quincy Methodist Church.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery under the direction of Plummer Funeral
Home.
The body will remain at the residence until
the funeral hour.
Mr. VanBibber died of acute
indigestion after an illness of a few hours.
He was
born in Greenup County March 10, 1877, a son of James and Polly VanBibber. A
retired farmer he leaves these children; Mrs. Pearl Jacobs of Springfield, Carl
Van Bibber and Mrs. Rosie Fisher of Portsmouth, Timothy of Quincy and Mrs. Emma
Bloomfield of Garrison.
His first wife, Mrs. Polly
Jane VanBibber passed away 28 years ago. The second wife, Mrs. Janie VanBibber,
passed away last February.
Surviving are a brother,
Harve of Michigan, and a sister Mrs. Mary Colley of Garrison.
Ashland Daily Independent, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1929
L. M.
VANBIBBER, WELL KNOWN IN GREENUP PASSES
Was One Of the County’s
Prominent Farmers
HAD HEART ATTACK
Greenup, Ky.,
Aug. 21 – The entire community here was shocked to learn of the death of L. M.
Vanbibber, 70, one of Greenup county’s most prominent farmers, who passed away
at his home at Hoods, Ky., late yesterday afternoon after an illness of only two
days. During his lifetime, Mr. Vanbibber had enjoyed the blessing of unusually
good health, being an active farmer and business man for many years here in this
county. His untimely death was attributed to a heart attack, which he suffered
two days ago.
Mr. Vanbibber has held two public
offices in Greenup county that of tax assessor and commissioner, both of which
he filled with much ability and business integrity and during his political
career and in private live was an ardent supporter of the democratic party. He
was a devoted father to his family of ten children; all of whom survive to mourn
his death, and a devout and active member of the Methodist
church.
In addition to his grief stricken wife, Mrs.
Anna Hill Vanbibber and his children, he is survived by numerous other relatives
and a legion of friends and acquaintances who will deeply regret his death, for
he was known throughout this county for his friendly manner and happy
disposition, making friends with whomever he came in
contact.
Funeral services will be held form the
Vanbibber home on Tygarts Creek at Hoods, Thursday afternoon at one-thirty with
the Rev. W. M. A. Oakes officiating. He is survived by his wife, seven sons and
three daughters. They are: Mrs. Owen Kendall of Greenup, Mrs. Arthur Garvey of
Warnock; Mrs. Ben Slater of Chatteroy, W. Va.; Morris of Hoods; Ferris of
Oliver; Amos of Ashland; Cyrus of Portsmouth, O.; Fred of Columbus, O.; Raymond
of Ashland and Louise at home.
Portsmouth Daily Times, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1975
Van
Bibber
Mrs. Lorena May Van Bibber,
74 of 2417 Argonne Rd., died at 4:45 a.m. today in Elmwood Village Nursing Home
in Ashland, Ky.
Mrs. Van Bibber, a native of Greenup
County, Ky., was the widow of Cyrus Van Bibber who died in
1957.
She was a member of First Christian
Church.
Surviving are a son, Eugene Van Bibber of
Cincinnati; two daughters, Mrs. Leonard Sluss of Ashland, Ky., and Mrs. Howard
Warren, 2916 Willow Way; a brother, Will Warnock of London, Ohio; two sisters,
Miss Fay Warnock 2417 Argonne Rd.., and Mrs. Sally Finney of Columbus, and five
grandchildren.
Arrangements are pending at
Windel-Howland Funeral Home.
Marsha Manilla Van Bibber - See Marsha Manilla Pickren (Mrs. Fred Pickren)
Portsmouth Times, Monday, May 7, 1974
Mrs. Minnie
Vanbibber
Greenup, Ky. --
Mrs. Minnie Bold Vanbibber, 84 of Whetstone Rd., died Sunday
night at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital near
Russell.
She was a member of Greenup Christian
Church and made her home with Thurman Darby, a
son-in-law.
Arrangements are pending at he J. B.
Wright Funeral home in Greenup.
Portsmouth Times, Tuesday, July 3, 1973
Rev. Morton
VanBibber
Rev. Morton Van Bibber,
80, of South Shore, was dead on arrival at Scioto Memorial Hospital at 9:10 p.m.
Monday.
The Burshart (sic.), Ky. native was a
veteran of Word War I and a retired Methodist Minister, having served in Eastern
Kentucky for more than 40 years.
Surviving are his
wife, Avis English Van Bibber; six sons, Earl, Ray, Harold and Dale all of South
Portsmouth, Morton W. of Dayton and Claude of Portsmouth; two daughters, Mrs.
Hazel Trimble and Mrs. Avis Tolliver, both of South Portsmouth; two sisters,
Mrs. Matilda Hall of Portsmouth and Mrs. Martha Hamilton of West Portsmouth; two
half-sisters, Mrs. Martha Hamilton of West Portsmouth (sic.); two half-sisters
Mrs. Lousie Bloomer of Wheelersburg and Miss Versal Van Bibber of Portsmouth;
two half- brothers, James Van Bibber of Dayton and Charles Van Bibber of
Mountain View, Mo. and his stepmother, Mrs. Talitha Van Bibber of
Wheelersburg.
Services are to be held at 1 p.m.
Thursday at South Shore First Methodist Church with Rev. O. P. Smith and Ron
Masters officiating. Interment is to be in Collier Memorial Gardens.
Portsmouth Daily Times, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 1999
Myrtle
VanBibber
Myrtle Marie Nickell
VanBibber, 82, of Delaware, Ohio, died Sunday, Oct. 17, 1999, at
home.
She was born Jan. 7, 1917, in South
Portsmouth, Ky., a daughter of the late Herbert and Mattie Dooley Nickel. She
was a homemaker and a member of Lake Street Church of God in Delaware,
Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her husband
Cebert VanBibber in 1975. Surviving are three sons, John VanBibber of Delaware,
Jack VanBibber of Columbus and Jim VanBibber of Whitehall; two daughters, Dr.
Imogene Waddell of Munroe Falls and Jill Winston of Marysville; one half
brother, Dr. Herbert Nickell of Wheelersburg; 11 grandchildren; and several
great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death
by one grandson.
Services will be held at 9:30 a.m.
Thursday at Bennett, Brown and Rodman Funeral Home, 92 North Sandusky St.,
Delaware, with the Rev. Dan Maurer officiating, and graveside services at 2 p.m.
Thursday at Memorial Burial Park in Wheelersburg.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Portsmouth Daily Times, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1980
Van
Bibber
Mrs. Nettie J. Van Bibber,
83, of Cincinnati, formerly of New Boston, died Thursday at a Cincinnati
hospital after a long illness.
A native of Greenup
County, Ky., and preceded in death by her husband, Harrison W. in 1967, she was
a member of Portsmouth Baptist Church.
Surviving are
a son Harrison W. Jr. of Cincinnati; seven grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
Services are planned at 1 p.m.
Monday at Roberson Funeral Home in South Shore, Ky., with Pastor Oscar L. Perry
officiating, and interment in Memorial Burial Park.
Friends my call at the funeral home from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 9
a.m. until the time of services Monday.
Rosa Van Bibber - See Rosa VanBibber Fisher (Mrs. Isaac L. Fisher)
Rebecca Van Bibber - See Rebecca Smith (Mrs. Benjamin Preston Smith)
The Greenup News, Friday, Sept. 4, 1953
Thomas Vanbibber
Pioneer Resident, Claimed in Texas
Word has been
received by relatives here of the death of Thomas Van Bibber, 85, of King's
Mills, Texas.
A native of Greenup County, he was the
last member of the "Klink" Van Bibber family, one of the early settlers of the
country.
He left Kentucky with his family in
1905.
Mr. Van Bibber's wife preceded him in death
and he lived with his son, Howard Van Bibber of King's
Mills.
Other survivors include several nieces and
nephews in Greenup County.
Portsmouth Times, Thursday, July 8, 1971
VanBibber
Quincy, Ky. – Services for Timothy
VanBibber, 73, of Quincy, who died Tuesday night, at Mercy Hospital in
Portsmouth are planned at 2 p.m. Friday at Roberson Funeral Home in South
Shore.
A Greenup County native, he was a retired
construction worker.
Surviving are his wife, Dora
Shepherd VanBibber; a daughter, Irene Bryan of Cincinnati, Ohio; three
grandchildren and a great grandchild.
Gary Vaughn,
minister, is to officiate at services, with burial in Sunset
Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from
2 to 9 p.m. today, and until the hour of services Friday.
Portsmouth Times, Mar. 29, 1976
Vanbibber
Greenup Ky. - Services for Vernon Merrill Vanbibber, 67 of
Load, are to be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Antioch Christian Church of which
he was a member.
Vanbibber, a farmer and native of
Greenup County, died Saturday after suffering an apparent heart attack at
home.
Surviving are his wife, Edna Meadows
Vanbibber; a son Ralph of Melbourne, Fla.; a brother, Amos of Ashland; two
sisters, Mrs. Ruth Garvey of Vanceburg and Mrs. Bess Kendall of Raceland; two
grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Ezra
Williams, minister is to officiate at services. Burial is to be in Bellefonte
Memorial Gardens.
Friends may call at J. B. Wright
Funeral Home at Greenup after 5 p.m. today. The body is to be taken to the
church an hour before services Tuesday.
Portsmouth Times, August 7,
1984
VanBibber
Versal VanBibber,
62, of Science Hill, Ky., died early today at a nursing home
there.
A former Portsmouth resident, she was a
member of the Church of Christ.
Surviving is a
sister, Louise Bloomer of Knoxville, Tenn.
Services
are planned at 9: 30 a.m. Thursday at Morris and Histope Funeral Home at Science
Hill, with the Rev. Danny Durroughs officiating.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Portsmouth Times, Saturday, May 12, 1952
William M.
VanBibber
Greenup, May 12 – Funeral
services will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at Greenup Baptist Church for William
McKinley VanBibber, 57, of Riverton, who was found dead of a shotgun wound near
his home about 12:30 p.m. Friday.
The coroner said
the wound was self-inflicted.
The body will be moved
to the residence at 5 p.m. today and will remain there until the funeral hour.
Masonic rites will be held and Rev. Hillis Spurlock will officiate. Burial will
be in Corn Cemetery at Little Leatherwood.
Surviving
are his wife, Cassie, a nephew, Gene Webb of Boston, Mass., and a niece Louise
Sweeney of Columbus, both reared in the VanBibber home; four brothers, Mort of
South Portsmouth, Harrison of Oak Hill, O., Charles and James in Missouri and
six sisters, Mrs. Matilda Hall of Warnock, Mrs. Lola Carter of Lexington, Mrs.
Martha Skaggs, Mrs. Edith Vercil and Mrs. Louise Bloomer all of Portsmouth, and
Mrs. Marie Hillard of Cleveland.
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