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    Richard Alan Gothard, 
    52, of Ironton, Ohio, passed away after an extended illness on Tuesday, 
    March 13, 2012, at home. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 pm Thursday 
    at the Resurrection Hope United Methodist Church, 7th and Wyanoke Streets in 
    Ironton, Ohio, by Pastors Todd Wallace and Randy Tate. He was born April 17, 
    1959, the son of the late Glendal Richard and Frances Marie Gothard. He was 
    a truck driver for Scioto Block in Ashland, KY. and was a Rock Hill Band 
    Booster, serving as President for one year. Survivors include his wife of 33 
    years, Sharon (Ratliff) Gothard; one son Matthew Alan Gothard; three sisters 
    and brothers in law, Rhonda and Grover Christian, Cindy and Rick McDonie and 
    Sally Bogess and her fiancé Michael, all of Ironton; three brothers in law 
    and their spouses, Phillip and Debra Ratliff of Flatwoods, KY., Paul and 
    Evie Brown of South Point, OH and Jim and Jeanie Johnson of Ironton, OH; one 
    sister in law and her spouse, Mary and Bruce Perry of St. Lucie, Fla. and a 
    host of nieces and nephews. Friends may call from 6 to 8 pm Wednesday at the 
    Reger Funeral Home in Huntington, WV. In lieu of flowers contributions may 
    be made to the Community Hospice Care Center, 1538 Central Ave., Ashland, 
    Ky., 41101. 
    
      
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