Melcher Hammer Funeral Home

Duane Lee Rigsby, 52, of Portsmouth, passed away on April 27, 2022, at Hospice of Central Ohio at Ohio State University Medical Center after a long battle with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. was a member of St. Mary 's Catholic Church. Duane was born to LeRoy and Mary Jones Rigsby. He was a graduate of Eastern High School in the class of 1988. He graduated with his Associate Degree in Forestry Management from Hocking Technical College in 1990 along with his best friend since the 5 th grade, Dean Rapp. They started their careers with The Ohio State University South Centers in Piketon, Ohio after graduation. He worked in the agricultural field before rewriting his own job description after teaching...

Elizabeth A. Harpole, 85, of Portsmouth, joined her husband James Mack Harpole Jr. and her eldest son Michael James Harpole in eternal peace Thursday, October 24, 2019, at Hillview Retirement Center. She was born March 16,1933, in Logan County, WV to the late Stanley and Anna (Sorzo) Speich. Elizabeth was a life-long devout Catholic and a faithful member of St. Christopher Catholic Church in Pontotoc, MS. She is survived by her son Stanley Harpole and his family, wife Teresa, a grandson, James Edward Harpole, and her great-grandsons Jimmy Marlyn Harpole and Oscar Wyatt Harpole. She also leaves behind her beloved granddaughter Christian Harpole Malley and her family, husband Stuart and...