Evelyn Jean Artrip
Wheelersburg-Evelyn Jean Artrip, 90, of Wheelersburg passed away Thursday, December 14, 2017 at SOMC Hospice in Portsmouth, Ohio. Evelyn was born August 25, 1927 in Louisa, KY to the late Anderson and Viola Hayes Adams. She owned Evelyn’s Beauty Shop, where she worked as a hair dresser. She was a member of Rubyville Community Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Artrip, June 27, 2004, whom she married January 16, 1946 in Greenup, KY. She was also preceded in death by four brothers, Clyde, Lloyd, Billy and Albert Adams; and two sisters, Kathleen Leadingham and Virginia Percell. Evelyn is survived by two sons, Homer Artrip and Bill Artrip; a daughter, Deborah Skeans; a brother, Dexter Adams; a sister, Phyllis Cremeans; eight grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 am Monday, December 18, 2017 at Harrison-Pyles Funeral Home in Wheelersburg with Pastor Calvin Ray Evans and Pastor Brian Baer officiating with interment to follow in Vernon Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral 6:00-8:00 pm Sunday, December 17, 2017 and one hour before the service on Monday. Condolences to the family may be made at www.harrison-pyles .com.
