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Biographies


Ann Lowery Lightfoot (1928-2024)
Ann Lowery Lightfoot, 95, of Massillon, Ohio, passed away on February 20, 2024 after a long illness. Ann was born in Luverne, Alabama on...
Ella Mitchell
Ella and her sister Thelma would go to work with their mother, emptying trash cans at Massillon City Hospital. She witnessed patients...
Dr. Raymond Ballinger (1902-1979)
Dr. Raymond Ballinger (1902-1979) was a doctor in Massillon for more than 30 years with an office at 18 South Erie Street. Dr. Ballinger...
Dr. Phyllis Furlow Holmes
We had the privilege in 2022 to interview Dr. Phyllis Furlow Holmes during her visit to Massillon to celebrate the posthumous 99th...
Minnie Burke Traylor (1941-1997)
Minnie Burke Traylor (1941-1997) was the daughter of Charles and Mary Earley Burke, Minnie graduated from Washington High School in 1959....
Evelyn Provitt (1930-2020)
Evelyn Provitt (1930-2020) was born in Massillon to Alfonse and Lucresie Provitt. She grew up on 13th Street SE with her two brothers and...


Marva L. Bell Jones Dodson
Professional Aultman Hospital Operating Room Nurse (1964-1970) Canton Orthopaedics, Inc. Office Nurse (1970-1991) Massillon City Schools...
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