As part of an ongoing project, the obituaries of the Portsmouth Times have been indexed. They are listed by year, then alphabetized by surname. The name is sometimes listed on more than one date, as the index reflects the number of times the person is listed in the newspaper. The first listing may be only a death notice, whereas the following listing may be the obituary.
The index is to assist in finding the dates that an obituary appeared or if an obituary did not appear in the Portsmouth Times. The obituaries are listed by the name the newspaper published, so keep in mind the possible errors in spelling. If an obituary of a woman identified her only by her husband, an effort was made to find her actual name. Please keep in mind that these are only indexes.
All obituary index PDF documents are text-searchable.
Born Leonard Franklin Slye on November 5, 1911 in Cincinnati, a son of Andrew Earlin and Mattie Womack Slye, Roy Rogers spent his formative years in Scioto County, Ohio. Originally from Portsmouth, Andrew brought his family back to Portsmouth on a house boat when Leonard was only one year old. Leonard attended Union Street School until his father purchased land in Rush Township on Duck Run Road. Leonard attended McDermott High School until his sophomore year when his family moved back to Cincinnati, where his father worked in a shoe factory. During 1930-31, Leonard moved to California and onto fame as one of America's cowboy heroes. Portsmouth's local hero is remembered through his many visits, a mural on Portsmouth's floodwall, a star on the floodwall signed by Roy, a downtown esplanade and a county road named for him. Roy's homestead still stands as a reminder of Portsmouth's own. These photos are used with permission from the Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center.
