Ella Mae Karnes, 86, of Greenfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 at the Highland District Hospital.

Hobert A. Blevins, Sr., 78, of Hillsboro, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.

Irma M. Ingles, 78, of Wilmington , formerly of the Highland County area, died Saturday evening, Dec. 31, 2011 at the Hospice of Butler and Warren County in Franklin.

Dean Messick Waddell, 90, of Mount Dora, Fla., passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 at his home.

Steven B. Meyers, 54, of Greenfield, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 at Adena Greenfield Medical Center.

James Vernon Huffman, 71, of Florence, Miss., died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 at his residence.

Nellie E. McClain, 97, of Bainbridge, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at Hearth and Care, Greenfield.

Joan M. Adkins, 79, of Leesburg, passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 at Edgewood Manor of Greenfield.

James Edwin Walker, 71, of Hillsboro, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Chillicothe.

Betty R. Craft, 91, of Hillsboro, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 at Heartland of Hillsboro.

Shaynea Elaine Wise, 44, of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton.

Nellie M. Cross, 94, of Greenfield, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 at Hearth and Care Rehabilitation and Nursing.

Brayden Shane Fenner, 1 month, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2011 at his home.

Edward M. “Soapy” Wills, 86, of Wolcott, Connecticut, formerly of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at the St. Mary’s Hospital in Wolcott.

Evelyn Hedges Mattox, 88, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 at Clermont Mercy Hospital.