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OBITUARIES Martha B. Higby Martha B. Higby of Inglewood, Calif., died Thursday, Sept. 30, at Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital. She was 98. Born Martha Louise Brooks at Whitehall Farm on Aug. 14, 1906, she was the seventh of eight children of Jackson and Elizabeth (Kitty) Todd Brooks. A 1924 graduate of East High School in Xenia, she was employed as a domestic worker, a cook in the public school system and retired from Clark Trade Technical College as a member of the custodial staff. She was a longstanding active member and gifted pianist of both the First Baptist Church in Yellow Springs and the Second Missionary Baptist Church in Springfield, where she also participated in the Queen Esther Bible Club and the Senior Choir. She always had a pleasant smile and was well-known and admired for her faith, talent and spirited giving. In Yellow Springs she played for community events and vocal choral groups, as well as for commencement exercises at Clark Trade Technical College. She was a talented seamstress and often modeled her own creations in church and community fashion shows. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Shelly Blackman Sr., and her second husband, Ora Higby. She is survived by her children, Betty Blackman and David Edward Blackman, both of Inglewood, Calif., and Shelly Blackman Jr. of Bonita Springs, Fla.; stepchildren, Marguerite Wesley of Hansford, Calif., and Bennie Higby of Cleveland; eight grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. Her body will be shipped to the Porter-Qualls Funeral Home. Services will be held Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 11 a.m., at Second Missionary Baptist Church. She will be buried in Glen Forest Cemetery, near the house in which she was born. Edwin Markeson Edwin G. Markeson of Cedarville died peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at Greene Memorial Hospital. He was 78. He was born in Columbus on April 3, 1926, the son of John M. and Isabel (Britton) Markeson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving during World War II. He received a B.A. from Otterbein College and was the first person to graduate from Antioch College with a master’s degree. He began teaching in 1950 in the Cedar Cliff Local School District, transferred to Springfield High School in 1955 and retired from North High School in 1979. He was active in the Cedarville High School Booster Club, the Cedarville Fire Department and the Boy Scouts. He was a member of the American Legion Post of Cedarville and he served on Cedarville’s Village Council. He is survived by his wife, Pauline (Schultz) Markeson; their children, Linda and Carl Henry, Janice and Mark Corry, Nancy and Don Remus and David and Barb Markeson; grandchildren, Bill Henry, Mindy and Ben Graham, Shawn and Matt Corry, Sarah and Matt Stevenson, Michael and Kate Markeson and Jim Remus; great-grandchildren Morgan, Taylor and Gunner Henry, Hannah Markeson and Austin Graham; one sister, C.B. Riling; and brothers and sisters-in-law. Graveside services were held Saturday, Oct. 2, at the North Cemetery in Cedarville, with burial to follow. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Cedarville Fire Department or to Hospice of Dayton, 324 Wilmington Avenue, Dayton 45420. Richard Tankersley Major (Ret.) Richard Kent Tankersley of Springfield died Tuesday, Sept. 28. He was 56. He was born Dec. 19, 1947, in Dayton, the son of John W. and Barbara Jane (Wolfe) Tankersley. He graduated from Fairborn High School, earned a bachelor of arts degree from Miami University and master of arts degrees from Central Michigan University, the University of Dayton and the Army Command and General Staff’s College in Kansas. He was an honored and decorated Marine Corps Rotary and Fixed Wing Pilot and Infantry Officer. He served as the assistant principal at Belmont High School in Dayton. He was a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Yellow Springs. He was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his wife, Cathleen; his mother, Barbara Tankersley of Fairborn; children, Tracy M. and Michael Thurman of Cheraw, S.C., Carrie M. Tankersley and her fiancé, Casey Lovegrove of Columbia, S.C., Sara J. Tankersley, Columbia, Emily C. Tankersley of Springfield, Kaitlyn T. Tankersley of Springfield, Aaron D. and Sarah Tankersley of Columbia, Tad W. and Sherry Tankersley of Cheraw, and Cody W. Tankersley of Springfield; grandchildren, Rylie, Cooper, Karlee and Bridget; and siblings, Cynthia Ann and Terry Miller of Pitchin, Brenda Lee and Wilson N. Thoele of Huber Heights, Rhonda Gail Horne of Kettering, Sheila Lynn and Douglas Miller of Xenia, Linda Sue Edwards of Fairborn, Kevin Drew and Susan Tankersley of Maxwell, Iowa. A memorial service was held at Belmont High School on Thursday, Sept. 30, followed by interment at the National Cemetery in Quantico, Va. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made c/o Wright-Patt Credit Union, 2455 Executive Park Blvd., Dayton 45431. Correction Because of a production error, the obituary for Frederick M. Hinton in last week's print edition was inadvertently replaced with a different obituary that was published two weeks ago. The full text of Mr. Hinton’s obituary appears below: Frederick Hinton Mr. Hinton retired from Navistar with 48 years of service. He was a noble and stalwart man to all who knew him. He was preceded in death by his parents, William McKinley Hinton and Fredericka (Glascoe) Hinton; father-in-law David Hill Sr.; a sister, Lolo Daniels; and a son-in-law, Howard Hardiman. He is survived by his wife, Laura Hinton; children and their spouses, Frederick Michael and Pam Hinton, Terrie L. and Allan Godsey, Iris G. and Arthur Crowe, and Christy Hardiman, all of Springfield, Kyle T. and Gloria Hinton, Paul and Lori Embry, all of Columbus, and William and Debra Embry of Snelville, Ga.; one brother and sister-in-law, William and Lynette Hinton of Yellow Springs; sister, Bertha Cheatham of Las Vegas; mother-in-law, Mary E. Hall of Springfield; the mother of his children, Marclene Bass-Hinton; sister-in-law, Loretta Thompson; five brothers-in-law and their wives, David and Evelyn Hill Jr. of Yellow Springs, Robert and Beatrice Hill, William L. Hill, Louis and Marva Hill and Itan Bass, all of Springfield; 17 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews and cousins. A funeral service was held Monday, Sept. 27, at the St. John Missionary Baptist Church, with burial following at Ferncliff Cemetery. Memorial service for Robert Hammond A memorial service for Robert D. Hammond of Yellow Springs will be held Saturday, Oct. 9, 2 p.m., at the Faith Community United Methodist Church on Country Club Drive in Xenia. Robert died on Sept. 11, 2004. The family invites all of his friends to come and remember his life. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Friends Care Community or the National Kidney Foundation. |
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