FREDERICKTOWN -- Robert Virgil "Bob"Ackerman, 73, of Mount Gilead Road, Fredericktown, passed away Monday morning, May 26, 2008, at the Knox Community Hospital in Mount Vernon.

MOUNT VERNON -- Ruth Ball, 97, of Mount Vernon went to be with her Lord and Monday, May 26, 2008, at Westminster-Thurber Retirement Community in Columbus.

MOUNT VERNON -- David P. Butler, 69, of Mount Vernon, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at his residence following an extended battle with cancer.

MOUNT VERNON -- Rebecca "Becky"Hinkle, 45, of Spruce Street, Mount Vernon, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2008, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

SUNBURY -- Margaret "Darlene"Kean, 69, of Sunbury died at home, Tuesday afternoon, May 27, 2008.

LEXINGTON -- Geneva L. Snell, 96, of Lexington, formerly of Fredericktown, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at the Lexington Court Care Center in Lexington.