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Connie Ledwell (1937-2004)

Constance Harriet Welcher Ledwell (1937-2004) was born to Earl and Jean Welcher. At Washington High School she participated in choir,...

Mary Frances Walker Furlow (1923—2021)

Mary Frances Walker Furlow (1923—2021) was born in Ramer, Alabama. The Walker Family moved to Massillon, Ohio, to escape prejudice in...

Esther Bryant

Esther Bryant is a graduate of Washington High School in Massillon. She attended Kent State University and later decided on a career in...

Beatrice Myricks Mitchell

Beatrice Myricks Mitchell, known in the entertainment world as Delilah in the group "Samson and Delilah" was born and raised in...

Saundra Mitchal (1949-2021)

Saundra Mitchal (1949-2021) was born in Massillon, Ohio, to the late Betty J. Brown and the late Clyde R. Mitchal. She was a 1967...

Kelly A. Bodiford-Banks

Kelly A. Bodiford-Banks is a Washington High School graduate of the class of 1988. She lettered in both basketball and track, and threw...

Helen Poole

Helen Louise Shell Poole attended the Erma Lee Beauty School and Barber College in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated with honors in July...

Jimmel Stinson (1971-2021)

From his obituary. Click here for the Rhoden Memorial Home page. Jimmel was born to Jim and Clora Stinson in Massillon, Ohio on May 28,...

Edna Elliott (1934-1997)

Edna Elliott was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, in 1934 to Ned C. Elliott (1915-1971) and Katherine Anderson Elliott (1916-1993)....

Willa Mae Evans

Willa Mae Evans, age 96, died peacefully on November 18, 2017 at Manor Care of Marietta, Georgia. Born Willimae Dumas on June 5, 1921 in...

Willie Longshore

Mr. Willie Longshore graduated from Washington High School in 1952, participating in both football and basketball and upon graduation was...

Marva L. Bell Jones Dodson

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

Brenda McDew Robinson (1942-2002)

Ms. Rob (as her students affectionately referred to her) Brenda McDew Robinson (1942-2002) graduated from Washington High School in 1960....

Louie Evans (1912-1999)

Founding member of Massillon's Urban League in 1936 Recognized as one of the "10 Great Leaders of the Massillon area in 1980" by Mayor...