Gordon R. Hesson

Gordon Ray Hesson, 61, a resident of Heartland of Marietta, formerly of Charles Street, Newport, passed away on Wednesday, November 26, 2008, at Marietta Memorial Hospital.

He was born in Newport on September 29, 1947, to Charles F. and Betty Barnhouse Hesson.  Gordon graduated from Newport High School and Salem College in Salem, WV.   He also attended Ohio State and Marietta College.  He taught Junior High classes for 30 years at Caldwell Exempt Village Schools.  Gordon enjoyed model trains, woodworking, weather watching and astronomy.  He was a member of the Newport United Methodist Church, State Retirement System of Ohio and the Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club of Parkersburg, WV.

Gordon is survived by his sister, Patsy Jean Brilliant and her husband, Don, of Newport, niece, Susan Little, and her husband, Kevin of Newport.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 1st, at 2:00 pm at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home with Pastor Byron Bufkin officiating.  Burial will be in Newport Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home after 6:00 pm on Saturday until the hour of the service.  Family will be present on Saturday from 6 until 8 and on Sunday from 2 until 4 and 6 until 8.