Paul Egbert Tolbert, 75, of Wheelersburg passed away Sunday, July 26, 2020, at SOMC-ER in Portsmouth. Paul was born June 26, 1945, in New Boston, Ohio to the late Charles E. Tolbert and Ruth A. Weaver Tolbert.
He worked as a meat cutter for United Food Workers and belonged to the Amalgamated Food and Commercial Workers Union. He was a member of Crossroad Baptist Church in New Carlisle Ohio.
In addition to his parents, Paul was preceded in death by a daughter, Heather Tolbert Dixon; two brothers, Joseph and Charles, and a sister, Cecelia Turner.
Paul is survived by Paul David and Tammy Tolbert of Auburn, Alabama, Daniel and Kathryn Tolbert of Dayton, Ohio, Emily and Houston Walker of Troy, Ohio; two brothers, Carl David Tolbert and Gerald “BO” Tolbert; two sisters, Rosalie Bradley and Clara Pelfrey; grandchildren, Ellie and Waylon (Emily), Christopher Tolbert, Sharon Tolbert (Michael) of Florence, Alabama, Sara Arnold of Portsmouth, Tanner Tolbert, David Jake Dixon, Alexis Dixon, and Ava Dixon all of Wheelersburg; great-grandchildren Damion and Elliana (Sharon) Adyson and Brigden (Sara) four step-grandchildren and ten step-great-grandchildren (David and Tammy).
Services for Paul will be 12:00pm Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Harrison-Pyles Funeral Home in Wheelersburg with Pastor Andy Ramey officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday from 10:00am until the 12:00pm service hour. Masks and social distancing is required. The funeral home does not provide masks.
