“A former Portsmouth resident, John O. Royal, 72 of Cedarville Route 2, died Monday in a Xenia hospital.”
“A native of Greenup County, Kentucky, he was a member of the South Shore Church of Christ. He was a retired employee of the Detroit Steel Corporation in New Boston.”
“Surviving are his wife Hattie; three daughters, Mrs. Opal Gregory of West Portsmouth, Mrs. Lorraine Yates of Jeffersontown, Kentucky, and Mrs. Kathleen Spencer of Cedarville; a son, Leroy of Lorain, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Ruby Fannin of Dayton.”
“Funeral services are to be held at 10:30 AM Thursday at the Jackson, Lytle and Coffman Funeral Home in Yellow Springs. Burial is to be in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Fullerton, Kentucky.”
“Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 2 to 4 PM and from 7 to 9 PM.”1
