Stover, Holly P.

Passed: 1967-10-26

Age: 70

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1967-11-01

Information: HOLLY STOVER FOUND DEAD - Holly P. Stover, 70 - year old Ripley resident, was found dead in his bed Thursday afternoon at his rooms in the McGraw home on West Main street.  Dr. Ernesto Josef was the acting coroner in the case and ruled death had resulted from natural causes.  He was born Feb. 4, 1897, a son of Andrew George and Minnie Sullivan Stover.  He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Baptist Church.  Survivors are two sons, Edgar and Russell Holly Stover of Bedford, Ohio; eight daughters, Mrs. Belle Raines, Mrs. Thelma Snyder and Carolyn Stover, all of Bedford, Ohio, Mrs. Betty Faye Merrical of Millwood, Mrs. Agnes White of Ripley, Mrs. Louise Easter of Evans, Mrs. Mary Depue of Elizabeth and Mrs. Hazel Baker of Cottageville; 3 sisters, Nellie Cain of Pt. Pleasant, Mrs. Lillie Robinson and Beulah Stover of Columbus; four brothers, Charles Stover of Flat Rock, Clarence of Akron and Henry and Otie, both of Columbus; 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  He was a retired employee of the JCo Lumber Company in Ripley.  The funeral service was held Sunday at the Otterbein church with Rev. Armour Sayre and Rev. Wayne Hinzman officiating and burial with the Casto funeral directors in charge was in the Otterbein cemetery.