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L.E. “Gene” Ginn, 65, of Bellefontaine, went to be with the Lord at 11:09 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at OSU Wexner Medical Center, Columbus. He was born in Bellefontaine on May 10, 1953, to the late Leslie E. Ginn and Mary Elizabeth Brugh Cummings.
He also was preceded in death by a brother, Frank “Mike” Ginn.
On Jan. 25, 1980, he married the former, Angela Lattimer and she survives. He also is survived by sons, Jesse Ginn and Chad Ginn; daughters, Amber (Matt) Nease, Andrea (Scott) Striggow and Ashley (Bart) Patterson; grandchildren, Hayden and Holden Nease, Allyson and Kierce Ginn, Milo and Finn Patterson, Landyn and Blake Ginn, and Nora and Marcie Striggow; siblings, Margaret E. (Oral) Prater, Thomas H. (Elizabeth) Ginn, Janie M. (Gary) Payne and Teresa L. (Jack) Watts; and several nieces and nephews.
Gene attended Logan Hills Schools and Bellefontaine High School. He was “street smart” and had an entrepreneurial spirit from the time he was a kid. He opened and succeeded many small businesses in Bellefontaine and West Liberty. Gene worked on the railroad, owned Ginn’s Construction, which built retaining walls at Indian Lake, owned Russells Point Auto, Liberty Motors, Marysville Motors, Hi Point Motors, Car World and most recently TP Lanes. He was a member of the Hilliker YMCA. His hobbies were racing at Shady Bowl and golfing. He loved going out to dinner, spending time at their home in Florida and watching his grandkids’ events. He was such a wonderful and giving man, husband, father and papaw. He was deeply adored and will be missed by all who knew him.
Visitation is from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, July 1, at the First Church of God, 1000 E. Brown Ave., Bellefontaine, where a funeral service begins at 11 a.m. Monday, July 2. Burial follows in the Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Gene gave the ultimate gift of being an organ and tissue donor.
Funeral arrangements are in care of Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Bellefontaine. Express con- dolences at www.edsfh.com.