KENNETH BLAINE. RALPH, AGE 92, VINTON, OHIO, PASSED AWAY TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2004, AT JENKINS MEMORIAL HEALTH FACILITY, WELLSTON, OH. HE WAS BORN MARCH 27, 1912 AT CHESHIRE, SON OF THE LATE J. BLAINE AND C. EDITH HIX RALPH. HE RETIRED FROM THE GALLIPOLIS DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER AND HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE OLD KYGER FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, CHESHIRE
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SECOND WIFE, LEONA ROUSH WHITT RALPH, WHOM HE MARRIED DECEMBER 8, 1984, AT GALLIPOLIS, OHIO. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY:
ONE SON:
KENNETH (SHARON) RALPH JR., PICKERINGTON, OH
THREE DAUGHTERS:
BETTY (RAY) RUPE, WINTER PARK, FL
JOYCE (CLIFFORD) BRYANT, HEWITT, TX
VIVIAN (LAWRENCE) CURFMAN, RAY, OH
ONE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW:
MARJORIE RALPH, NEW CUMBERLAND, WV
TWO STEPSONS:
HAROLD WHITT, GALLIPOLIS, OH
JOHN WHITT, ENOSBURG, VT
ONE STEPDAUGHTER:
KAY HOCKMAN, CHESHIRE, OH
SIX GRANDSONS, SIX GRANDDAUGHTERS, 14 GREAT GRANDSONS, 10 GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS, 2 GREAT-GREAT GRANDSONS, 2 GREAT-GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS AND SEVERAL STEP GRANDCHILDREN AND STEP-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
ONE SISTER:
VIRGINIA RALPH, CHESHIRE, OH
SISTER IN-LAWS
ESTELL RALPH, PATASKALA
LYLEAN RALPH, TOLEDO
SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FIRST WIFE OF 51 YEARS, BESSIE MARIE FIFE RALPH; A SON, MARVIN L. RALPH; STEPSON, CHARLES WHITT; FOUR BROTHERS, JAMES, FOREST, LAWRENCE AND WESLEY RALPH; TWO SISTERS, GLADYS RALPH, LUCILLE RUPE, AND AN INFANT SIBLING; ONE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER AND ONE GREAT GRANDSON.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 1: 00 P.M. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2004 IN THE OLD KYGER FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH, CHESHIRE WITH REV. BOB THOMPSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT GRAVEL HILL CEMETERY, CHESHIRE, OH. THE BODY WILL LIE IN STATE ONE HOUR PRIOR TO SERVICE. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE MCCOY-MOORE FUNERAL HOME, WETHERHOLT CHAPEL, GALLIPOLIS, THURSDAY, 2:00-4:00 P.M. AND 7:00 -9:00 P.M.. CONDOLENCES MAY BE EMAILED TO mccoymoore@charter.net or www.timeformemory.com/mm.
