WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
MARCH, 2001

BACK

These obituaries for the month of March were typed by Leigh Ann (Napier) Pierce.
 

DIED - MARCH 1, 2001 ** SALLIE WALKER, 86, of Crum, WV, widow of Charles Walker, Sr. Survivors include eight sons, Roscoe Walker, Leo Walker, Eugene Walker, Curtis Walker, Charles Walker, Jr., Walter Walker, Melvin Walker, and Billy Ray Walker; five daughters, Virginia Sheppard, Armilda Fay Kumer, Edna Tilley, Pauline Ferguson, and Patricia Ann Walker; one sister, Betty Nester. Burial in Williamson Cemetery, Kermit.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 2, 2001 ** MRS. ZORA ESTELLE HAYNES, 88, of Huntington, at her son’s residence. Born Sept. 18, 1912 in Wayne Co., WV, a daughter of the late Allen and Elizabeth (Johnson) Christian. Preceded in death by her husband, Paul Ray Haynes; two sons, Paul Marlin Haynes and Lynwood Elroy Haynes: one sister, Opel Sommerfeld; one brother, Rev. Garrett Christian. Survivors include four sons and two daughters-in-law, Lafe and Stella Haynes, Roger Allen and Connie Haynes and Lawrence R. Haynes and Carl Leon Haynes; one daughter-in-law, Aifreda Haynes; two sisters, Alta Munk, and Mercedes Schultz. Burial March 5, 2001, in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 2, 2001 ** ORSON CRUM, 80, of Mansfield, in Medical Central Hospital, Mansfield. Preceded in death by his wife Lena B. Parsley Crum. Survivors include three brothers, Arthur Crum, Lloyd Crum, and Carl Crum; and three sisters, Julia Fitch, Martha Dempsey, and Goldie Ledbetter. Burial March 6, 2001 in Mt. View Memorial Gardens.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 2, 2001 ** JAMES F. "BULLET" JACKSON, 68, of Ashland, at his home. Born July 8, 1932, Wayne Co., WV, a son of the late Ernest and Julia Jackson. Survivors include his wife, Ann Jackson; one son, Kent and wife Olga Jackson; two daughters, Jami and husband Mike St.Clair, and Shari and husband Tim Broughton; two brothers, Homer and wife Betty Jackson, Ernest and wife Naomi Jackson.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 3, 2001 ** JASON DESTRY CUNNINGHAM, 21, of Fort Gay. Born March 10, 1979, in Huntington, a son of George Destry Cunningham and Teresa Elaine Doss Blunt. Survivors include his wife, Alecia DeFoe Cunningham; Stepfather, Tim Bunt; Stepmother, Donna Cunningham; two brothers, Shane Blunt and Bobby D. Cunningham; one sister, Christian Cunningham. Burial March March 6, 2001 in Doss Cemetery, Fort Gay.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 3, 2001 ** MRS. MILDRED RUTH WOLFE, 71, of  Huntington, WV, at her home. Born Aug. 14, 1929, in Wayne Co, a daughter of the late Harvey Bloss Hutchinson and Inez Opal Frazier Hutchinson. Preceded in death by a sister, Sara Jane Frost. Survivors include a daughter, Brenda and husband George Sergent; three sons, George Wolfe, Tom and wife Gayle Wolfe, and David Wolfe; a sister, Elizabeth Stannard; a brother, James P. and wife Harriet Hutchinson. Burial March 6, 2001 at Oaklawn Memorial Park, Huntington.
******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 5, 2001 ** ESTA GERTRUDE QUEEN BLEVINS, 69, daughter of Wayne and Nettle Tomblin Queen. Survivors include her husband, James J. Blevins; four sons, Mickey Blevins, Pat Blevins, James Jr "Jay" Blevins and Claude Blevins; one daughter, Vina and husband Timmy Nelson; two daughters-in-law, Sharon Blevins and Judy Stollings; two sisters, Katie Moore, and Norma Humphries; one brother, Sammy Queen. Burial March 5, 2001.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 6, 2001 ** LENA MAE McCLOUD, 79, of Kenova, WV, at her home. Born march 19, 1921, in Wayne Co., WV, the daughter of the later Claude and Pauline Copley Holt. Preceded in death by her husbands, Ralph Bartram and Clyde McCloud; one son-in-law, Roy F. Carter, three brothers, Leonard, Hershel and Paul Holt; and four sisters, Edith Kidd, Myrtle Vinson, Dimple Thompson and Lillian Holt. Survivors include; one daughter, Joan Bartram, two sisters, Bonnie Bellomy, Kathleen VanHoose. Burial March 8, 2001 in Yatesville Memorial Cemetery.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 6, 2001 ** MARIE KNIGHT, 85, of Milton, in Teays Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Hurricane. Born August 10, 1915, in Cabell Co., WV, a daughter of the late David Allen and Ella Cyrus Hutchinson. Preceded in death by her husband, Chester Knight; a daughter, Betty Young. Survivors include
two daughters, Clara Jean Landis and Fay Chambers; two sons, Bill Knight and Edward D. Knight. Burial March 9, 2001 in Forest Memorial Park, Milton.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 7, 2001 ** WALTER ROY QUEEN, 69, formerly of Wayne Co, a son of the late Walter and Charlotte Freeman Taylor Queen. Born Nov. 4, 1931, in Wayne Co., a son of the late Walter and Charlotte Freeman Taylor Queen. Preceded in death by two sisters, Millie Bruce Browning and Sallie Finley. Survivors
include his wife, Elsie Vance Queen; two daughters, Betty Finton and husband, Bob, and Patricia Queen; a sister, Mary Nelson. Burial March 11, 2001 in Dot Queen Cemetery near Cove Gap.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 8, 2001 ** LONA LOUISE CONN, 77, of Ceredo, at her home. Born October 22, 1923, in Radnor, a daughter of the late McKinley and Lucy Sartin Moore. Preceded in death by a son, Roscoe Thomas Conn; son-in-law, Lindsey Moore; brother Bernie Moore; and brothers-in-law, Nathan, Cecil and Roscoe Conn.
Survivors include her husband Roy S. Conn; four daughters, Martina Little and husband Gary, Carolyn Fluty and husband Randy, Patricia K. Moore, and Willie R. Moore and Bill Irving; three sons, William M. Conn and wife Brenda, Roy S. Conn and wife Linda, and Nathan L. Conn and wife Sue; four sisters, Frankie Damron, Emma Booth, Edna Booth and Stella Himmellan; two brothers, Thomas and Sherman Moore; two brothers-in-law, Lawrence and Thomas Conn. Burial March 12, 2001 in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Ceredo.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 10, 2001 ** DONALD ANDREW WORKMAN, 87, of Kenova, WV, in Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington. Born April 30, 1913, in Wayne Co, a son of the late John and Fannie Lockwood Workman. Preceded in death by his wife, Reba Caperton Workman; one son, Robert F. Workman; two daughters, Martha Oakes and Janet L. Williamson; two brothers, William H. Workman and Johnnie Workman. Survivors include two daughters and two sons-in-law, Layuna Brisby, Carolyn and John Bodine, and Jack Oakes; two sons and daughters-in-law, Donald and Norma Workman, and Richard and Marsha Workman; one sister, Emma Plymale; two brothers and four sisters-in-law, Frank and Glenna Workman, Lonnie and Jane Workman, Milford Workman and Gaylene Workman. Burial March 12, 2001 in Docks Creek Cemetery.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 10, 2001 ** ILENE (CYRUS) BLANKENSHIP, 57, of Wayne, WV, at her home. Born Jan. 21, 1944, a daughter of Dorothy Lee (Booth) Cyrus and the late Virgil Raymond Cyrus. Preceded in death by one brother, Charles Franklin Cyrus; her father-in-law, Lee Blankenship. Survivors include her husband, Jennings Lee Blankenship; two sons, Dallas Dwayne Blankenship and wife Valerie Ann, Charles "Chuck" Donald Blankenship and wife, Valerie Jean; three sisters, Betty Haggeman and husband, Gary, Katherine Starr, and Flora Starn and husband Mike; two brothers, Lee Cyrus and wife, Elane, and Carlos Cyrus. Burial March 14, 2001 in Price-Mills Cemetery on Mt. Union Ridge, Wayne.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 10, 2001 ** RONNIE LEE McCLOUD, 44, of Huntington, at his residence. Born Nov. 22, 1956, in Huntington, a son of Carville McCloud and Virginia Napier McCloud. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Deitz McCloud; three sons, Joshua Dietz, Jason Dietz and Dakota McCloud; one daughter, Savannah McCloud; three sisters, Carolyn Parsons, Haney Malott and Christine Adkins. Burial March 14, 2001 in Plymale Cemetery.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 10, 2001 ** EUGENE WALLER, 41, of Jennies Creek, in Stonecoal. Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Walter and Victoria Waller Marcum; one son, Clifford Waller Jr.; two daughters, Amanda Waller and Renea Waller; three brothers, Clifford Waller Jr, Homer Waller, and Roger Waller; and seven sisters, Phyllis Stumbo, Eula Prince, Nannie Dillon, bonnie Newsome, and Maggie Morgan, Judy Kirk and Teresa Marcum. Burial March 15, 2001 in Perry Point Cemetery.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 10, 2001 ** LOWELL BALL, 64, of Barberton, Ohio, formerly of Wayne, WV, in Barberton Citizens Hospital, Barberton, OH. Born Feb. 20, 1937, in Wayne Co., WV, a son of the late Howard and Lena Adkins Ball. Preceded in death by his wife, Velma Ball. Survivors include three daughters; Margaret Maynard and husband Michael, Eloise Bradshaw and husband, Kevin, and Melissa Alain and husband, Marc; one son, Ricky Ball and wife, Sue; five brothers, Marvin Ball and wife, Judy, Ernie Ball and wife, Phyllis, Ronnie Ball, Randall Ball and wife, Delana, Wallace Ball and wife, Zella. Burial March 14, 2001 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 11, 2001 ** ARMILDA IDA MAYNARD, 75, of Fort Gay, WV, in J. J. Jordan Geriatric Center, Louisa, KY. Born Nov. 16, 1925, in Dunlow, a daughter of the late Adam Napier and Josephine Watts Napier. Preceded in death by her husband, Maxwell S. Maynard. Survivors include one daughter, Karen Trogdon; one son, Max Maynard; five sisters, Norma Rowe, Surilda Maynard, Alberta Copley, Nannie Thompson, and Mary Mohler; one brother, Robert Napier. Burial March 13, 2001 in Maynard-Frazier Cemetery, Lost Creek
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 11, 2001 ** RUBY SPARKS CAMPBELL, 83, of Catlettsburg, Ky, at her home. Born Sept. 27, 1917 in Wayne, WV, a daughter of the late Joe and Belle Perry Sparks. Preceded in death by her husband, Winfred "Red" Campbell and one brother, Earl Sparks. Survivors include two sons, Paul Campbell and John
Campbell; one daughter, Lois Hale; two sisters, Joann Reitenour, Ruth Workman. Burial March 14, 2001 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Ashland, KY.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 12, 2001 ** ERNEST LOWELL DORSEY, 76, of Ceredo, WV, at his home. Born April 2, 1924, in Kenova, WV, a son of the late John Thomas and Elizabeth Detamore Dorsey. Preceded in death by a daughter, Robin Dorsey; four brothers and eight sisters. Survivors include his wife, Lucy Patterson Dorsey; four sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Deborah Dorsey, Frederick and Kim Dorsey, Randy and Kim Dorsey, and Jon Dorsey. Burial March 15, 2001 at Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 12, 2001 ** REVA ARLENE HARBOUR JOHNSON, 84, of Ona, formerly of Huntington, WV, at St. Mary’s Hospital. A daughter of the late Curtis and Essie Harbour. Preceded in death by her brothers, Russell, Charles, Jimmy, and Bill; a sister-in-law, Ann Harbour, a son-in-law, Leonard Hand. Survivors include her husband, Robert Johnson, her children and spouses, Robert and Ann Johnson, Dewey and Shirley Johnson, Sandra Hand, Delores and Roland Esque; brothers and sisters, Mrs. Russell (Dorothy) Harbour, Frennis Harbour, Fern and Les Maynard, Mrs. Jimmy (Julie) Harbour Clark, Darrell Harbour, Mrs. Bill (Dessie) Harbour, Juanita and Jack Adkins, Ouida and Emerson Pearson, Winston and Reba Harbour, Edward and Rachel Harbour and Judy and Bob Loudermilk. Burial March 14, 2001 at Enon Cemetery, Salt Rock, WV
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 13, 2001 ** VIRGINIA D. STEWART, 86, of Huntington, WV, at her daughter’s home. Born May 17, 1914, in Wayne Co., WV, a daughter of the late Willie and Sadie Ball Dickerson. Preceded in death by her husband, William B. Steward and one son, William D. Stewart. Survivors include one daughter, Barbara Black and husband, Roger. Burial March 16, 2001 in Woodmere Memorial Park.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 15, 2001 ** JOHN LEE HOWARD, 49, of Kenova, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born June 26, 1951,in Kenova, WV, a son of Ruby Hazlett Howard and the late Merville C. Howard. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Hatten Howard; one sister, Connie Sparks; two brothers, Charley A. Howard and Merville "Tim" Howard. Burial Mar. 18, 2001 at Hillcrest Cemetery.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 16, 2001 ** EMMA E. OVERSTREET, 96, formerly of Huntington, WV, at Hickory Creek Nursing Center, in The Plains, OH. Born March 5, 1905, Buffalo Creek, Wayne Co., WV, a daughter of the late Ora Fuller and Sallie Ferguson Fuller. Preceded in death by her husband Claude Overstreet; her only child,
Claudia Lusty; one brother and four sisters. Survivors include one sister, Lillian Wagner. Burial March 18, 2001.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 17, 2001 ** KENNETH ROBERT SELLARDS, 67, of Huntington, WV, at his home. Born July 13, 1933, East Lynn, WV, a son of the late Jesse Robert and Erie Queen Sellards. Preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Irene Sellards; one brother, Donald Sellards. Survivors include four daughters, Sharon Lewis, Jennifer Yuhas and husband, Steve, Deborah Estep, and Bobbie Short; one sister, Barbara Jean Sellards. Burial March 20, 2001 in Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 18, 2001 ** DIANNA JOYCE BROWNING WEBB, 37, of Ceredo, WV, at her home. Born July 25, 1963, in Huntington, WV, a daughter of Janet Harold Browning and the late Joe Edward Browning. Survivors include one brother, Matthew Browning; one sister, Beverly Perdue. Burial March 20, 2001 in Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 18, 2001 ** MARIAN WOOD BURGESS LEACH, 92, of Richmond, VA, formerly of Huntington, WV. Preceded in death by her husbands, W. Earl Burgess and Hugh Leach. Survivors include one son, John M. Burgess; one stepson, Hugh Leach, Jr.; one sister, Margaret Robling; and one brother, Roger Wood. Burial March 22, 2001 in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, WV.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 18, 2001 ** CLYDE EARL CRUM, 53, of Inez, in the University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY. A son of Hubert and Ozalene Crum. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Crum; two sons, Dale Maynard and Gregory Crum; one daughter, Kimberly Smith; four sisters, Bonnie Watts, Rose Perkins, Ozalene Copley, and Dorothy Mason. Burial March 22, 2001 in Crum Cemetery, Dunlow.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 19, 2001 ** DOSWELL L. RIDENOUR, 86, of Wayne, WV, at his home. Born Sept. 14, 1914, in Richmond, Va, a son of the late William Henry and Pansy N. Bowles Ridenour. Preceded in death by his wife, Katherine Lee Branch Ridenour; and brother, William Henry Ridenour, Jr. Survivors include two daughters, Mary Katherine Marks, and Elizabeth Lawson Miller and her husband, Bob. Burial March 21, 2001 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 20, 2001 ** STOLLA MAYNARD, 84, of Sullivan, OH, formerly of Dunlow, WV, at Grant Riverside Hospital in Columbus, OH. Born May 7, 1916, in Wayne Co., WV, a son of the late Mose D. Maynard and Sara Jane Williamson Maynard. Preceded in death by two brothers, Don Maynard and Lonnie Maynard and three sisters, Neltha Williamson, Opal Olson, and infant sister, Bonetta Maynard. Survivors include his wife, Della Perry Maynard; three daughters and sons-in-law, Marlene and Fred Elliott, Gloria Gail and Tenis White, and Eloise and Andrew White; two sons and daughters-in-law, Willis Ray and Anna Lou Maynard, Dennis Harold and Betty Maynard; three sisters, Odessa Baker, Onita Parsons, and husband, Bob, and Olena Marcum; two brothers, Volla Maynard and wife, Joan and Leonard Maynard. Burial March 23, 2001 in Saul Perry Cemetery, Dunlow.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 24, 2001 ** LILLIE HOBBS, 84, of Huntington. Born April 5, 1916, in Wayne Co., a daughter of the late Henry and Gertrude Wroten Adkins. Preceded in death by her first husband, Boyd Lambert; her second husband, Denford Bias; two brothers and two sisters. Survivors include her husband, Thomas Hobbs; five daughters, Norma Lovejoy and husband, Maxwell, Violet Stover and husband, Robert, Deloris Gilkerson and husband, Ray, Fern Breedlove and Barbara Prater and husband, Wesley; one son, Norman Lambert and wife, Dreama; one sister, Lottie Messinger; one brother, Edison Adkins; one stepdaughter, Shirley Sherk; two stepsons, Roger and Eugene Hobbs. Burial March 26, 2001 in Green Valley Cemetery.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 24, 2001 ** ROBERT D. FULLER, SR., 89, in Heartland of Riverview, South Point, OH. Born Dec. 29, 1911, in Wayne Co., WV, a son of the late Anthony Wayne and Ida Harmon Fuller. Preceded in death by his wives, Dorothy VanMeter Fuller and Gladys Insco Fuller; an infant daughter, Mary Louise Fuller; daughter, Mrs. Betty Michaels; one sister and five brothers. Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Paul and Joann Fuller, Robert D. Jr. and Linda Fuller; daughter, Patty Nottingham; son-in-law, Ted Michaels; a sister and brother-in-law, Catherine and William Yallalee; several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. Burial March 27, 2001 in the Crescent Hill Cemetery, Ceredo.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 26, 2001 ** MRS. VIRGINIA L. BRAMMELL, 77, of Huntington, WV, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born Sept. 21, 1923, in Louisa, Ky, a daughter of the late Ed and Maude Wellnian Crum. Preceded in death by her husband, Jack R. Brammell and one sister, Mary Janet Mullins. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Jack R. Brammell II and Cheryl Brammell; one daughter and son-in-law, Victoria and Dale Capehart. Burial March 30, 2001 in Pine Hill Cemetery, Louisa, Ky.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 27, 2001 ** WALTER ALVIN PERRY, 95, of South Shore, Ky, at Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born Mar. 24, 1906, in Mingo Co., WV, a son of the late Lindsey and Georgia Frazier Perry. Preceded in death by several brothers and sisters. Survivors include his wife, June Morton Perry; a daughter, Kathi Lu and husband Dr. Timothy Cassity; two sisters, Opal Cummings and Beulah Jackson; a brother, Rufus Perry. Burial March 30, 2001 in Siloam Cemetery.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 27, 2001 ** GERALDINE V. CRAWFORD, 83, of Huntington, at Heartland of Riverview , South Point, OH. Born July 11, 1917, in Wayne Co., a daughter of the late Fitzhugh and Minnie Moxley Rowsey. Preceded in death by her husband, Robert Crawford; three brothers, Ivan Chapman, Teddy Chapman and Jack Rowsey; one sister, Dorothy Chapman. Survivors include a stepdaughter, Sue Weber; a son-in-law, Larry Weber; one brother, John Rowsey and two sisters, Mattie McCreery and Roberta Paules.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 27, 2001 ** JOHN RAYMOND FERGUSON, 74, of Kenova, WV, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington. Born Nov. 20, 1916, in Wayne, WV, a son of the late Gllie and Estee Dorsey Ferguson. Preceded in death by five brothers, Stanford, Joseph, Clarence, Russell and Roy Ferguson. Survivors include his wife, Juanita Adkins Ferguson; four sons, Raymond Lee and wife Dottie Ferguson, Robert Wayne Ferguson, John Richard and wife Connie Ferguson, and Dennie Dale and wife Janice Ferguson; one sister, Viola and husband Louis Watts; one brother, Billie Earl and wife Shirley Ferguson. Burial March 30, 2001 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 27, 2001 ** MABEL (FRAZIER) KECK FRILEY, 90, of Wayne, WV, in Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital, Wadsworth, OH. Born April 1, 1910, in Kenova, a daughter of the late Alonzo and Eller Ball Frazier. Preceded in death by two husbands, Oliver F. Keck and Delbert Friley; four brothers, Claude, Herman, Paul and Bill Frazier and one daughter, Patricia Ann (Keck) Wilson. Survivors include one daughter, Barbara Wilson and husband Carl; two sons, James Keck and wife, Irene, and Sam Keck and wife, Beulah; one son-in-law, James E. Wilson; one brother, Woodrow Frazier and wife, Arlene; and one sister, Gertrude Ross. Burial March 30, 2001 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 28, 2001 ** DONALD B. MOORE, 67, of Ceredo, WV, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, a son of the late John "Pete" and Mary Sidney Moore. Preceded in death by his sister, Joella Pete Moore and a son, Aaron John Moore. Survivors include his wife, Katherine Allen Moore; one son and daughter-in-law, Lance Allen and Paula Jeen Moore. Burial March 31, 2001 in Dock’s Creek Cemetery, Kenova.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 29, 2001 ** MRS. GEORGIA WORKMAN PALMER FRYE, 85, of Logan, WV, in Logan General Hospital. Born May 2, 1915, at Kiahsville, WV, a daughter of the late Sam and Hulda Ann Carter Workman. Preceded in death by two husbands, James M. Palmer and Charles S. Frye; three brothers, Arnold, Boyd and Jinks Workman; and three sisters, Elizabeth Nelson, Fannie Alford, Effie Allen. Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Beulah Palmer, Margaret and Lonnie Wiley, and Carol and Larry Ferris; one sister, Evelyn Adkins. Burial March 31, 2001 in Lucas-Adkins Cemetery, Ranger.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 30, 2001 ** WILLIAM NEAL HOUDYSCHELL, infant, son of Tim and Lisa Pyles Houdyschell, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Survivors include two brothers, Jacob and Caleb Houdyschell. Burial in Buffrey’s Creek Cemetery, Hillsboro.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 30, 2001 ** MARY E. NEASE PLYMALE, 84, of Huntington, WV, at the Jo-Lin Health Care Center, Ironton, OH. Born Aug. 7, 1916, in Ceredo, WV, a daughter of the late Floyd and Lucy Sullivan. Preceded in death by her first husband, William S. Nease; her second husband, Clarence A. Plymale; one son, Billy Jack Nease; a son-in-law, William Hendricks; two brothers and two sisters. Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Rosella and James Robinette, Betty L. Preas, and Marilyn and James Verch; a daughter-in-law, Myrna J. Nease; two sisters, Marie Blankenship, and Margaret McGraw. Burial April 2, 2001 in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 30, 2001 ** MYRA L. NEWSOME, 41, of Delbarton, WV, in St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington. Born June 1, 1959, in Washington D. C., a daughter of Delores Turley Elkins and the late Dewey Elkins. Preceded in death by a brother, Dewey Arthur Elkins, Jr. Survivors include her husband, W. G. Newsome; two children, Amy Leigh Newsome and Erin Paige Newsome; one brother and sister-in-law, Gary and Tammy Elkins; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Tilda Ann and Lonnie Muncy, Tammie and Kevin Justice, Drucilla and Jeff Gillenwater. Burial April 2, 2001 in Mountain View Memory Gardens, Maher, WV.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
DIED - MARCH 31, 2001 ** ETHEL PRESTON, 85, of Proctorville, OH, formerly of Radnor, WV, at Proctorville, OH. Born Feb. 20, 1916, in Wayne Co., WV, a daughter of the late Millard and Luda Thompson Matthews. Preceded in death by her husband, Robert V. Preston; a son, William Chambers Preston; four brothers brothers, Welcie, Pete, Till and Carl Matthews. Survivors include two daughters, Janie Blake and husband, Bob, and Sue Ann Howell and husband, Bill; a brother, Roy Lee Matthews and wife, Sarah. Burial April 3, 2001 in Matthews Cemetery, Dunlow.

BACK