John Smith, 85

John Henry Smith, 85, of Piketon, died Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. Services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at Cotties Corner Church, Piketon. Interment will follow at Cotties Corner Cemetery, Piketon. Friends may call at the Howe Wheeler Boyer Hornback Funeral Home in Piketon from 4 ­ to 8 p.m. on Sunday and one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday.

Kathy Lawless, 57

Kathy Jo Lawless, 57, of Ironton, died Oct. 5, 2012, at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Services will be 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at Tracy Brammer-Monroe Funeral Home in Ironton. Interment will follow in Woodland Cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 11 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home.

Henry Cropper, 78

Henry Dee Cropper, 78, of Vanceburg, Ky., died Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, in St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead, Ky. A private Funeral services will be conducted at the convince of the family, with interment following at the Bethel Cemetery in Ribolt, Ky. Dickerson Funeral Home in Vanceburg, Kentucky, is in charge of all arrangements.