Ralph Boggs, 87

Ralph Boggs, 87 of Load, Ky. died Sunday Sept. 9, 2012, at the South Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born Aug. 20, 1925, in Sunfish, Ky . (Edmonson County, Ky.), a son of the late John Boggs and Gertrude Higgs Boggs. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, at Morton Funeral Home in South Shore with Robert Bond officiating. Burial will be in Quillen Cemetery.

Helen Sharp, 76

Helen V. Sharp, 76, of Minford, died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. Arrangements are pending at Erwin-Dodson-Allen Funeral Home in Minford.

Virgil McCarty, 80

Virgil Burnice McCarty, 80 of Aid, Ohio died Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at the Mt. Pleasant Old Baptist Church with Larry Casteel and Kelly Stapleton officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Pleasant Old Baptist Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Phillips Funeral Home in Ironton. and one hour prior to the service at the church.

Dean Fischer, 43

Dean Herbert Fischer, 43, of Waverly, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Graveside services will be held 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at the White Oak Cemetery on Beavers Ridge Road. Arrangements are under the direction of the Boyer Funeral Home in Waverly, Ohio.

Joe Everman Stapleton, 88

Joe Everman Stapleton, 88, of Grayson passed away Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, at Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, Sept. 14, at 1 p.m. with Lewis Davis officiating. Interment will follow at Everman Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13 at the funeral home.