WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
MAY, 2001
These obituaries for the
month of MAY were typed by
Leigh Ann (Napier) Pierce.
DIED - MAY 01, 2001 **
COLUMBUS VANCE, 66 of Branchland, WV, at the Huntington VA Medical Center,
Huntington, WV. Born Oct. 3, 1934, at Gill, WV., a son of the late Francis and Doshie
Anderson Vance. Preceded in death by daughter, Vanessa Gwen Vance. Survivors include his
wife, Brenda Vance; three children, Erick
Jason Vance, Vivian Leigh Brunty and Michael Shannon Vance; brother, William Alfred Vance;
sister, Venora Lucas; half brother, Steven Dale Anderson; nine half brothers and sisters.
Burial May 4, 2001 in the Weltha Nelson Cemetery, Ranger, WV.
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DIED - MAY 3, 2001 ** ROBERT B.
McCLOUD, 70, of Huntington, at the Huntington VA
Medical Center. Born Oct. 17, 1930, in Ceredo, WV, the son of the late James and Carrie
Mae Scaggs McCloud. Preceded in death by a son and daughter-in-law, Robert B. McCloud, Jr
and Brenda P. Drown McCloud. Survivors include his wife, Garnet (Perdue) McCloud; a son
and daughter-in-law, Bruce E. and Pamela D. McCloud. Burial May 5, 2001 in Crescent Hill
Cemetery.
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DIED - MAY 5, 2001 ** WILMA
LORENE GOFF, 91, of Prichard, WV, at St. Marys
Hospital, Huntington, WV. Born Dec. 4, 1909, in Mill Creek, a daughter of the late
Granville Jay Frasher and Idella Thompson Frasher. Preceded in death by her husband,
Roscoe Goff. Survivors include one son, Winfred J. Henderson; one sister,
Mary Elliott. Burial May7, 2001 in the Frasher Cemetery, Fort Gay, WV.
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DIED - MAY 5, 2001 ** LILLIAN
MARGART BRUMFIELD, 77, of Kermit, in Williamson
Memorial Hospital. Survivors include her husband, Kiether Brumfield, two sons, Carl and
Keith Brumfield; four daughters, Loraine Wimbish, Judy Messer, Ruth Newsom and Margart
Damron; three brothers, Howard Parsley, Homer Parsley
and Robert Parsley; three sisters, Marie Neely, Loraine Sammons and Alpha Dotson. Burial
May 8, 2001 in Brewer Cemetery.
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DIED - MAY 5, 2001 ** CARL W.
THORNBURG, 84, in Cabell-Huntington Hospital.
The son of late John and Etta Harmon Thornburg. Preceded in death by his wife, Josephine
Thornburg; three sisters, Alma Norris, Eula Blair, and Opal Dotson; one brother, Ray
Thornburg. Survivors include one sister, Grace Cunningham; three
sons, Bobby R. Thornburg, Jim E. Thornburg and wife Sharon Thornburg, and Carl T. and wife
Sandy Thornburg. Burial May 7, 2001 in Spring Valley Memory Gardens.
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DIED - MAY 6, 2001 ** ROBERT LEE
PORTER, 42, of Fort Gay, in St. Mary's Hospital.
Born March 9, 1958, in Louisa, Ky., a son of the late Clyde Porter and Edna Webb Porter.
Survivors include his wife, Rita Faye Porter; one son, Brian Maxwell Porter; five sisters,
Leta Bowen, Rosetta Faye Sparks, Shirley Thompson, Olive Thompson, and Bobbi Watts; one
brother, John Taylor Porter.
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DIED - MAY 6, 2001 ** JAMES
ORVILLE "J.O." ADKINS, 67, of
Huntington, at the Huntington VA Medical Center. Born Dec. 10, 1933, in Wayne Co., a son
of the late Carmie and Ellen Maynard Adkins. Preceded in death by one brother, Millard Ray
Adkins. Survivors include his wife, Gerayne M. Angster Adkins; Mom, Chloe
Tomblin Adkins; five daughters and sons-in-law, Sachiko and Steve Grasso, Margaret Adkins,
Sloan Adkins, Roxanne Keidaish and Renee Seaton; six brothers, Charles O. Adkins, Jackie
Adkins, Connie Adkins, Obie Adkins, Paul Adkins and Reginald Adkins; one sister, Gail
Rohr. Burial May 10, 2001 in Greasey Ridge Cemetery near Cabwaylingo Park.
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DIED - MAY 6, 2001 ** MALINDA
CAROL "MINDY" JONES, of Fort Gay, WV,
at Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH. Born July 9, 1976, a daughter of Darrell and
Linda Jones. Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law, Jennifer and Chris Goyette.
Burial May 9, 2001 in the Bill Ratcliffe Family Cemetery on Bromley Ridge in Fort Gay.
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DIED - MAY 6, 2001 ** GEORGE N.
WALTERS, 80, of Huntington, WV, at his home.
Born Jan. 26, 1921, in Wayne Co., WV., the son of the late George and Elizabeth Wells
Walters. Preceded in death by five brothers, Ulysses, Elmon, Ike, Shady, and Bernard
Walters. Survivors include his wife, Alice Fay Finley Walters; one sister, Gertrude
Thompson; one brother, Herbert Walters; three daughters and their husbands, Don and Joyce
Hampton, Jeffery and Beverly Lycans and Mike and Janet McCarthy. Burial May 8, 2001 at
Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED - MAY 7, 2001 ** KATHERINE
H. WHITE, 81, of Louisa, Ky, in J.J. Jordan
Geriatric Center, Louisa, Ky. Born Aug. 16, 1919, in Jenkins, Ky, a daughter of the late
Benjamin F. Hamilton and Versie Cantrell Hamilton. Survivors include her husband, Herbert
B. White; one daughter, Susan H. White; one son, John A. White; sister, Ruth Jackson; one
brother, Ray Hamilton. Burial May 10, 2001.
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DIED - MAY 7, 2001, RITA MAE
GILKERSON, 91, of Wayne, WV, in Wayne Continuous
Care Center. Born Nov. 29, 1909, a daughter of the late Millard and Lona "Apple"
Gilkerson. Preceded in death by five brothers, Fabian, Shirley, Nolan, Deward and Norman
Gilkerson; two sisters, Ella "Effie" Gilkerson and Portia Gilkerson. Survivors
include two sisters-in-law, Margaret Gilkerson and Hilda Gilkerson. Burial May 9, 2001 in
the Fabian Gilkerson Cemetery, Wayne.
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DIED - MAY 8, 2001 ** GERTRUDE
SHUFF, 67, of Huntington, at St. Mary’s
Hospital. Born Aug. 13, 1933, in Huntington, WV, a daughter of the late Lester and Lola
Eves Shuff. Preceded in death by four brothers, Jesse, Rex, Lester Jr., and Donald Shuff;
one sister, Thelma Simons. Survivors include a sister, Lillian Rutherford; two
brothers, Carol O. Shuff and Robert Shuff. Burial May 11, 2001 in Harveytown Cemetery.
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DIED - MAY 8, 2001 ** HARVEY
PERRY, 95, of Naugatuck, in Williamson Memorial
Hospital. Born Jan. 5, 1906, in Wayne Co, the son of the late John Wesley and Della
Wellman Perry. Preceded in death by his wife, Lyda Maynard Perry; daughters, Dolly Zornes,
Nancy Ellen, Goldie Marie and Della Delores Perry; sons, James Edward, John Harmon, Roscoe
and baby boy Perry; brother, Alonzo Perry, and sister, Mary Ellen Frasier. Survivors
include daughters, Gladys Shadd, and Mary Benton. Burial May 11, 2001 in Maynard Cemetery,
Naugatuck.
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DIED - MAY 9, 2001 ** GRADY
LILLY, 65, of Genoa, WV, at home. Burial May 11,
2001 in the Webb Family Cemetery in Genoa.
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DIED - MAY 9, 2001 ** RAYMOND
FRAZIER, 89, of Wayne, WV, at home. Born Oct.
15, 1911, in Catlettsburg, Ky., a son of the late Arthur Frazier and Mary Alma Sturgill
Sites Frazier. Preceded in death by a daughter, Verlie Frazier; a sister, Eathel Ward; two
brothers, Arthur Frazier Jr., and Kenneth Frazier. Survivors include his wife, Clara Rice
Frazier; four daughters, Juanita Dickerson, Edna Maddox and her husband, Larry, Linda
Meredith, and Sheila Runyon and her husband, Bruce; one sister, Mary Jo Reese; one
brother, Charles Harold Frazier. Burial May 12, 2001 in Union Hill Cemetery, Chesapeake,
Ohio.
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DIED - MAY 11, 2001 ** LORETTA
FAY MAYNARD, 77, of Huntington, at Fairhaven
Nursing Home. Born Jan. 23, 1924, in Cabell Co., WV, the daughter of the late Willard J.
and Jennie Hutchison Adkins. Preceded in death by two brothers, Willis E. Adkins and
Harmason Sherdian Adkins. Survivors include one brother, Lewis Adkins; two sisters, Margie
Lee Adkins and Violet Mead. Burial May 3, 2001 in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Wayne, WV.
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DIED - MAY 12, 2001 ** FOLEY
WESLEY THOMPSON, 70, of Sidney, WV, at home.
Born July 27, 1930, in Sidney, a son of the late Henry C. and Belle Farley Thompson.
Preceded in death by three brothers, Russell, Earl and Glen Thompson; one sister, Fannie
Aliff. Survivors include his wife, Wyelda Riggs Thompson; two sons, Steven Thompson and
Douglas Thompson and wife, Amanda; six daughters, Cynthia Sanders and husband, Darrell,
Connie Scott and husband, Lee, Janice Thompson, Patricia Barton, Rita Fraley and Linda
Reider; two brothers, Clitice Thompson and Henry Ford Thompson and wife, Maggie; one
sister, Myrtle Scott. Burial May 15, 2001 in Smith Cemetery, in Sidney.
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DIED - MAY 12, 2001 ** GRACE
MARIE REYNOLDS THOMPSON, 92, of Columbus, OH,
formerly of Lycans Ridge in Wayne Co., WV., in Columbus Community Hospital. Born Jan. 19,
1909 in Andersonville, TN, a daughter of the late William Millard and Ida Sharp Reynolds.
Preceded in death by two husbands, first husband, Schaffer Adkins and second husband,
Charlie Thompson; three sons, Charles, Sammy Paul and Terry Thompson; one step-daughter,
Dolly Star; two step-sons, Arthur and Cecil Thompson; two brothers and one sister.
Survivors
include one daughter, Helen Hyder and her husband, Glen; six sons, Ireland Thompson and
wife, Ellen, Harold Thompson, Earnest Thompson and wife, Evelyn, Kenneth Thompson and
wife, Elizabeth, Dallas Thompson and wife, Penelope, Eugene Thompson and wife, Ruth; one
step-daughter, Renie Compnotta; two brothers, Robert Reynolds, and Oscar Reynolds. Burial
May 16, 2001 in Lycans Cemetery at Dunlow.
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DIED - MAY 12, 2001 ** ARNOLD
LEE CISCO, 60, of Kenova, WV., at home. A son of
the late Lenzy V. and Eliza Nickell Cisco. Preceded in death by a brother, Sanford Cisco;
a sister, Virginia Kirk. Survivors include his wife, Carol Griffith Cisco; children, Mark,
Matthew and Carrie; sisters, Enith Crockett, Revia Robertson and Ruby Waltz; brothers,
L.V. and Gene Cisco. Burial May 15, 2001 in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Ceredo.
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DIED - MAY 13, 2001 ** HAROLD
EVERETT PRICE, 74, of Lancaster, OH, at Rockmill
Rehab, Center, Carroll, Ohio. Preceded in death by his parents, Jack and Nellie Boldman
Price. Survivors include his wife, Betty Jo Price; one son, Tom Price and wife, Lacy ; one
daughter, Genie Vinyard. Burial May 18, 2001.
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DIED - MAY 13, 2001 ** DELCIA
MARIE ROBINSON, 65, of Fort Gay, at home.
Preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Robinson. Survivors include one son, Freddie
Robinson; and one sister, Edna Webb. Burial at Yatesville Memorial Gardens, Louisa.
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DIED - MAY 15, 2001 ** EMMA
SPENCE WILLIAMSON, 97, of Wayne, WV, at St.
Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, WV. Born Jan. 4, 1904, the daughter of the late John B.
and Mary Hampton Watts. Preceded in death by two husbands, William K. Spence and J. L.
Williamson; one brother, Freelin Watts; one sister, Minnie Cyrus;
two daugthers, Evelyn Young and Hazel McComas; and three sons-in-law, Wilmer McComas,
James Lemley and Robert Tomblin. Survivors include by two daughters, Estelle Tomblin, and
Ruby Lemley; two sons, Coy Spence and wife Rebecca, and Carl Spence and wife, Helen.
Burial May 17, 2001 in Community Memorial Gardens,
Wayne, WV.
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DIED - MAY 16, 2001 ** WILLIAM
KENNARD CURRY, 62, of Orient, OH, at his home.
Preceded in death by his father, Carson Curry; brother-in-law, Marvin Crawford;
mother-in-law, Lyndle Rowe; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Barbara Ann and Bernard
Wilcox. Survivors include his wife, Judy; mother, Anice Curry; sons, Kenny and wife Vicki
Curry, Dan and wife Amy Curry; daughters, Kim and husband Gary Allen, Madeline and husband
Tony Sigrist; brothers, Josh and wife Shirley Curry, Carson and wife Joyce Curry, Jay and
wife Jean Curry; sisters, Madeline Crawford, Maxine and husband Lamar Cook, Marie Curry,
Opal and husband, Lenny Bivens, and Brenda and husband Howard Byerly and a sister-in-law,
Judy Pack Curry. Burial May 19, 2001 in the Pres Friley Cemetery, in Kiahsville.
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DIED - MAY 16, 2001 ** LEONARD
DOSS, SR. 78, of Kenova, WV, formerly of
Lavalette, WV, at his home. Born Dec. 9, 1922, in Wayne Co., WV, a son of the late Fred
Doss, Sr. and Tennessee Pennington Doss. Preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Doss;
one brother, Kenneth Doss and two sisters, Edith Frazier and Lizzie Wellman. Survivors
include his wife, Phyllis Doss, three daughters and two sons-in-laws, Barbara and Scott
Ray, Carrie and Scott Arrowood, and Patty Frazier; three sons and daughters-in-law,
Leonard Doss, Jr., and wife Carla, Michael and Tammy Wilson, and Jim and Sharon Wilson;
two sisters, Corena Frasher and Julie Pratt; five brothers, Fred Doss, Jr, Eugene,
Richard, Roger and David Doss. Burial May 20, 2001 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne, WV.
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DIED - MAY 19, 2001 ** JOHN H.
STILTNER, 80, of Wayne, WV.,at his home. Born
March 11, 1921 in Wayne Co., WV, the son of the late Oscar and Matt Stephens Stiltner.
Preceded in death by two sisters, Margaret Stiltner and Leona Lucas. Survivors include his
wife, Dorothea Dean Stiltner; two daughters and sons-in-law, Grover and Johnita Stiltner
Jackson, and Michael and Kim Stiltner Adkins; one brother, William T. Stiltner; one
sister, Francis Goings. Burial May 22, 2001 in the Stephens Cemetery on Wilson’s
Creek, Wayne Co., WV.
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DIED - MAY 19, 2001 ** RUTH
BILLUPS CYRUS, 90, of Prichard, W.VA., at Sweet
Run Elder Care. Born Dec. 7, 1910, in Wayne Co., WV, a daughter of the late William T. and
Julia O’Connel Billups. Preceded in death by her husband, Charles Lockwood Cyrus, one
son-in-law, James L. Dutey. Survivors include one daughter, Sally Cyrus Dutey; one son and
daughter-in-law, Charles F." Skip" and Dottle Eastham Cyrus; three sisters,
Nellie McComas, Mrs. Pearl (Pauline) Lester, and Eileen Maynard; two brothers, Joe Billups
and Gerald Billups. Burial May 21, 2001 in the Cyrus Cemetery.
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DIED - MAY 19, 2001 ** OLIVA MAE
(BLAKE) OSBURN-GRIFFITHS, 98, of Doylestown, OH,
at West View Manor in Wooster, OH. Born May 21, 1903 in Prichard, WV, a daughter of the
late John and Della Brown Blake. Preceded in death by two husbands, Timothy Osburn and
John Griffiths; a daughter, Thelma Griffiths Goetz; infant son, Timothy Osburn; one
sister, Bessie Smith. Survivors include children and their spouses, James and Carol
Osburn, Isa and Allen Weber, Mary and Bill Roberts, Janice Waller, Nola and Bob Shonk,
Clyde and Nancy Osburn, John and Linda Osburn, and Jack and Mary Griffiths. Burial in
Chestnut Hill Cemetery.
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DIED – MAY 19, 2001 ** THELMA
B. PERRY, 88, of Sunrise Beach, MO., at the
Lauried Care Center in Laurie, MO. Born Oct. 18, 1912, in Lavalette, WV., a daughter of
the late Jacob and Nola Belle Raye Stock. Preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Perry.
Survivors include one son, Rightly Ralph Perry and his wife Vickie; one daughter, Lora
Jean Modeer and her husband John; two sisters, Lora Farrell and Jenny Jack. Burial May 24,
2001 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Covina Hills, CA.
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DIED - MAY 20, 2001 ** MARTHA
ADKINS FRAZIER, 86. Born Nov. 14, 1914, a
daughter of the late Harkins and Margaret Finley Adkins. Preceded in death by her husband,
Taylor Frazier, three sons, Taylor Jr., John Mark, and Conrad E. Frazier; a daughter,
Billie J. Frazier. Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, F. Gail McKenzie,
Constance R. Stewart, JoAnne B. and Jack M. Rife, Sr., J. Patricia and George R. Banghart.
Burial May 25, 2001 in the A.J. Frasher Cemetery, Lick Creek, WV.
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DIED - MAY 20, 2001 ** ASHLEY
SIDNEY JOHNSTON, 97, of Fort Gay, at St.
Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, WV. Born Dec. 26, 1903, in Peytonia, WV, a son of the
late John Ervin and Mary Catherine Steven Johnston. Preceded in death by his wife, Willie
Paralee "Billie" Wellman. Survivors include two daughters, Elizabeth Battin,
and Christine Kelly; three sons, John Edward Johnston, Samuel Johnston, and Kenneth
Johnston. Burial May 23, 2001 in Sunnyside Cemetery, Fort Gay.
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DIED - MAY 20, 2001 ** RANDOLPH
MARCUM, 72, of Crum, WV, at Cabell Huntington
Hospital. Born June 18, 1928, in Crum, a son of the late Joshua and Mary Meade Marcum.
Survivors include his wife, Dolly Williamson Marcum; three sons, William Thomas Marcum,
Mark Randall Marcum, and Randolph Marcum, Jr.;
two daughters, Sarah Ann Marcum and Deborah Lynn Weddington; three sisters, Anna Copley,
Lula Spaulding, and Audra Fay Gillman. Burial May 23, 2001 in Perry Point Cemetery at
Kermit.
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DIED - MAY 20, 2001 ** PAULINE
BILLUPS LESTER, 86, of Kenova, WV, at St.
Mary’s Hospital. Born March 17, 1915, in Wayne Co., WV, a daughter of the late
William T. and Julia O’Connell Billups. Preceded in death by one daughter, Barbara
Lester; two sisters, Marybelle Alley and Ruth Cyrus; four brothers, Pat, Bob, Thomas, and
Sam Billups. Survivors include her husband, Pearl Lester; one son, Ronald L. Lester; two
sisters, Nellie McComas and Eileen Maynard; two brothers, Joe Billups and Gerald Billups;
a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Faye and Albert Lester. Burial May 23, 2001 in McComas
Family Cemetery.
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DIED - MAY 21, 2001 ** MYRTLE
THOMPSON, 96, of Prichard, WV, at Wayne
Continuous Care. Born July 7, 1904, in Prichard, WV, a daughter of the late Jink and Rose
Davis Thompson. Preceded in death by three husbands, Jennings Smith, Strotber Thompson and
Elmer Chadwick; one brother, George Hoosier . Survivors
include one son, Herman S. Smith; one sister-in-law, Eltha Hoosier. Burial May 25, 2001 in
Virgil Hatten Cemetery.
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DIED - MAY 21, 2001 ** CARROLL
N. "PETE" FORTNER, 71, of Kenova, WV,
at his home. Born Jan. 22, 1930, in Wayne Co., WV, a son of the late George L. and Lydia
Belle Havens Fortner. Survivors include two sisters and one brother-in-law, Doris Jean
Fortner and Lola Gay and Willard Shy; one brother and sister-in-law,
Garrett E. and Ronda Fortner. Burial May 24, 2001 in Cyrus Cemetery.
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DIED - MAY 21, 2001 ** LUTHER
YOUNG, 72, of Webbville, Ky, in the VA Medical
Center, Huntington, WV. Born Feb. 21, 1929, in Irish Creek, the son of the late John and
Tilda Grubb Young. Survivors include his wife, Jennette Young; four daughters, Dorothy
Osborne, Ann Church, Judy Bush, and Betty Harkness; six sons, David Lee Young, Dewey Ray
Young, Donald K. Young, John Luther Young, Ronald J. Young, and Clyde Jr. Young; two
brothers, Clyde Young, and Carl Young. Burial May 24, 2001 in Young Family Cemetery, Irish
Creek.
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DIED - MAY 21, 2001 ** MARY
FRASHER ROSS, 70, of Wayne, WV, in Wayne
Continuous Care Center, Wayne. Born Oct. 15, 1930, in Logan Co., WV, a daughter of the
late Galley and Nancy Ellen Watts Frasher. Preceded in death by three brothers, Lonnie,
Brady and Wilburn Frasher; two sisters, Martha Frasher and Ruth
Frasher Brooks. Survivors include her husband, Allen Ross; one daughter, Nancy Frisby;
three sons, Wilburn Thomas Ross, Martin Bruce Ross and wife, Kathryn, and Jerry Glenn Ross
and wife Cindy; three sisters, Shirley Dyer, Vicie Osburn and husband Fisher Osburn, and
Maxine Riddle. Burial May 24, 2001 in Community
Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Wayne.
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DIED - MAY 21, 2001 ** CORA
COPLEY, 86, of Radnor, in Three Rivers Medical
Center, Louisa, Ky. Born Jan. 15, 1915, in Mill Creek, WV., the daughter of the late
Albert and Maude Rice Porter. Survivors include three daughters, Doris Porter, Helen
Dingus, and Lorene Sparks; two sons, Benjamin Frank Copley and Harold E. Copley. Burial
May 24, 2001 in Lynch Cemetery, Fort Gay.
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DIED - MAY 23, 2001 ** MAJ.
MICHAEL GIBSON, USMC, 51, of Jacksonville, N.C.,
formerly of Kenova, WV., at his home. Born in Huntington, WV. Survivors include his wife,
Donna Gibson; one son, Chris Gibson; and two stepsons, Ryan Forto, and Robert Forto.
Burial May 31, 2001 at Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery.
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DIED - MAY 23, 2001 ** CHRISTINE B. SHANNON, 81, of Huntington, formerly of Lavalette, at Cabell
Huntington Hospital. Born Dec. 9, 1919, in Huntington, a daughter of the late Leslie and
Tessie Flowers Irby. Preceded in death by her husband Donald Dudley Shannon; three
brothers, Lowen, Bert and Ernest Irby. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law,
Patricia and John Baisden, and Peggy and Richard Napier; one sister, Ruth Clary; two
brothers and sisters-in-law, Jack and Nona Irby, Dan and Rose Irby; sisters-in-law, Louise
Irby, Thelma Irby; brother-in-law, Harold Shannon. Burial May 25, 2001 in Mount Vernon
Cemetery, Wayne, WV.
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DIED - MAY 24, 2001 ** JACK
DISHMAN, 90, of Kenova, WV, at Fairhaven Nursing
Home. Born July 8, 1910, in Wayne Co., WV, a son of the late Thomas and Jettie Lee Thacker
Dishman. Preceded in death by four sisters and five brothers. Survivors include two
sisters, Gladys Bias and Betty Amis; two brothers, Forrest Dishman and Paul Dishman.
Burial May 27, 2001 in Docks Creek Cemetery.
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DIED - MAY 24, 2001 ** LYLE A.
SMITH, 97, of Huntington, in St. Mary’s
Hospital. Born April 6, 1904, in Lavalette, Wayne Co., WV, a son of the late Ira J. and
Virginia Wilkinson Smith. Preceded in death by his wife, Helen E. Holsonback Smith; a
sister, Cassie Hope Smith. Burial May 29, 2001 in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - MAY 25, 2001 ** FANNIE
CURNUTTE, 82, of Wayne, WV, in St. Mary’s
Hospital, Huntington. Born Aug. 12, 1918, in Mingo Co., a daughter of the late Francis
Marion and Cynthia Napier Curnutte. Preceded in death by four brothers, Frank, Jim,
Howard, and Marion Curnutte; two sisters, Shirley C. Damron and Vaida
Curnutte. Survivors include one sister, Naida Trout. Burial May 27, 2001 in the Curnutte
Cemetery in Radnor.
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DIED - MAY 25, 2001 ** HENRY
JOHNSON MILLS, 105, of Wayne, WV, at Wayne
Continuous Care Center, Wayne. Born June 1, 1895, a son of the late Lambert and Prudence
Lloyd Mills. Preceded in death by his wife, Willa Jackson Mills; five sisters and four
brothers. Survivors include one son, Patrick H. and wife, Tanis T. Mills; one sisters,
Leota M. Tyree. Burial May 28, 2001 in the Patrick Cemetery, Wayne.
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DIED - MAY 25, 2001 ** FAYE
EASTHOM LUSHER, 56, of Huntington, WV, at her
home. Born July 27, 1944, in Cabell Co., WV, a daughter of the late Lawrence and Martha
Dick Easthom. Preceded in death by a sister, Ruby Arthur and a brother, Lawrence Easthom.
Survivors include three sons, Mark Lusher, Michael Lusher, and
Bradford Lusher; a sister, Delores Morris; seven brothers, Carl Gregory Easthom , Herschal
Easthom, Rodney, Russell, Jimmy, Kenny and Pete Easthom. Burial May 29, 2001 in Forest
Memorial Park, Milton.
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DIED - MAY 25, 2001 ** SPENCER
TOPPINGS, 78, of Branchland, WV, in St.
Mary’s Hospital. Born April 16, 1923, in Harts, WV, a son of the late Nick and Annie
Wiley Cummings. Survivors include his wife, Georgia Workman Toppings; five sons, William
R. and wife Donna Toppings, Dallas and wife Sue Farley; Clinton and Linda
Farley, Larry and Jean Farley, and Cleve Farley Jr.; three daughters, Alice and Larry
Raymer, Dina and J.J. Rakes, and Brenda and Tommy Adkins; one sister, Sylvia Vance; one
brother, Rev. Sectell Toppings. Burial May 27, 2001 in the Pack Cemetery, Harts, WV.
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DIED - MAY 25, 2001 ** JAMES E.
LESTER, 63, in VA Medical Center, Huntington.
Born July 18, 1937, at Logan, the son of Marie Skuler and the late John Lester. Survivors
include a brother, Robert E. Lester. Burial May 27, 2001 in Jennies Creek.
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DIED - MAY 26, 2001 ** GRACE
ADKINS, 94, of Ona, WV, formerly of Kenova, WV,
at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born June 26, 1906, in Wayne Co., WV, a daughter of the
late Lee and and Nona Bias Martin. Preceded in death by her husband, Talmer Adkins; a son,
Cletis Lee Adkins; a daughter-in-law, Carla Adkins; two brothers, Willie and Carnie
Martin; one sister, Mae Bartram. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Edward
O’Neal and Judy Adkins; two daughters and sons-in-law, Recie Marie and Fred Erwin,
Loretta Faye and Bill Earl; a
daughter-in-law, Ruth Adkins. Burial in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.
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DIED - MAY 26, 2001 ** CYNTHIA
MARIE MCCLELLAN, 34, of Genoa, WV. Born Sept.
24, 1966, a daughter of Glen W. Wilson and Julia Elizabeth Blevins Wilson. Survivors
include three foster sisters, Bernice Endicott, Norma Scarberry and Shirley Endicott; two
foster brothers, Willie Wilson and Glen F. Wilson. Burial May
29, 2001.
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DIED - MAY 26, 2001 ** MARLINE
LITTLE ELLIS, 69, of Louisa, Ky, at home.
Survivors include two daughters, Leta Kelly and Janet Porterfield; five sons, William
Michael Ellis, Mark Richard Ellis, Timothy Scott Ellis, James Grant Ellis, and Thomas
Mitchell Ellis; and one sister, Mosalete Kidd. Burial May 29, 2001 in
Little-See Cemetery.
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DIED - MAY 26, 2001 ** DELBERT
"WALDO" BOOTH, 86, of Prichard, WV, at
St. Mary’s Hospital. Born Sept. 10, 1914, in Wayne Co., WV, a son of the late Taylor
and Rebecca Hazlett Booth. Preceded in death by his wife, Sadie Vance Booth. Survivors
include five children and their spouses, Robert S. and wife Diane Booth, Geraldine and
husband John Roam, Sheila and husband Joe Mayo, Waldo and wife Nellie Booth and Randy and
wife Wanda Booth; one sister and brother-in-law, Miami and husband Rufus Wells; and one
brother and sister-in-law, Noah C. and wife Olive Booth. Burial May 30, 2001 in Docks
Creek Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED - MAY 27, 2001 ** STAFF
SARGENT ERNEST B. SEAY, 77, of Prichard, WV, at
VA Medical Center, Huntington, WV. Born Oct. 8, 1923, in Logan, WV, a son of the late
Arthur Seay and Leona Hull Seay. Preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Merideth Seay.
Survivors include several step-children. Burial May 29, 2001 at
Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Huntington, WV.
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DIED - MAY 27, 2001 ** BERTHA
FINLEY, 93, of Huntington, WV, at her home. Born
June 9, 1901, in Dunlow, WV, a daughter of the late Millard C. and Susana Smith Adkins.
Preceded in death by her husband, Henry Finley; a son, Nelson Finley; three sisters and
three brothers. Survivors include five daughters, Lou Wechsler, Katherine Meade, Anna
Slone, Linda Prince, and Betty Wilson; one son, James C. Finley; three sisters, Bessie
Salmons, Flora Maynard, and Delpha Dean. Burial May 29, 2001 in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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DIED - MAY 28, 2001 ** MILDRED
WALKER MITCHEL, 94, of Ceredo, WV, at Putnam
General Hospital. Born Oct. 19, 1906, in Cabell Co., WV, a daughter of the late Charles E.
and Tate Midkiff Walker. Preceded in death by her husband, Robert Mitchel, Sr. and one
daughter, Ruth Ann Burgess. Survivors include one son-in-law, Oley Burgess. Burial May 30,
2001 at Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, WV.
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DIED - MAY 29, 2001 ** NAMON
PYLES, 80, of Lavalette, WV, in Wayne Continuous
Care Center, Wayne. Born Aug. 14, 1920, at East Lynn, a son of the late Ralph and Aletha
Adkins Pyles. Preceded in death by his wife, Carmie Stephens Berry Pyles; two brothers,
Fisher and Elton Pyles; one sister, Ester Porter. Survivors include five daughters,
Juanita Belcher and husband Jessie C., Annalee Belcher and husband, Jack, Becky Jane
Merritt, Cathy Rowe and husband, Bob and Debra Lynn Noe; one son, Namon Doug Pyles and
wife, Dianna; three sisters, Helen Marie Porter, Arbutis Pratt, and Fern Arrowood; two
brothers, Jennings Pyles and Alpha Jay Pyles.
Burial May 31, 2001 in the Stephens Cemetery, Wayne.
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DIED - MAY 29, 2001 ** LUCIAN H.
"BUTCH" PELFREY, 55, of Naples, Fl.,
formerly of Huntington, WV. Survivors include his wife, Nannie Mae Pelfrey; five children,
Geneva JoAnn Pelfrey, Lucian Michael Pelfrey, Carrie Pelfrey Lara, Jimmy Potter and Rickey
Thacker . Burial June 4, 2001 in the Wyant Cemetery, Milton, WV.
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DIED - MAY 30, 2001 ** NOAH
DELMAS STEPHENS, 49, of Lavalette, WV, at home.
Born Oct. 29, 1951, in Wayne Co., a son of Noah Stephens and Lorene Russell Stephens.
Survivors include one daughter, Rebecca Stephens; one son, Roger Allen Stephens; one
sister and brother-in-law, Sheila Kay Newman and Ford F. Newman; two brothers and one
sister-in-law, Lemuel J. Stephens and Gary S. Stephens and wife, Brenda. Burial June 3,
2001 in Stephens Cemetery, Wilson Creek.
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DIED - MAY 30, 2001 ** ELMER E.
"SANDY" RICHARDSON, 80, of Kenova,
WV., at home. Born Aug. 23, 1920 in Pittsburgh, PA, a son of the late Fred W. and Edith T.
Peterson Richardson. Survivors include his wife, Jean "Ginger" DeGroat
Richardson; one daughter and son-in-law, Virginia and James Lyon; two sons and
daugthers-in-law, Fred W. and Alice Richardson, and Robert J. and Karen Richardson; one
sister, Edith Carlson; one brother, Fred E. Richardson. Burial in the Allegheny Cemetery
in Pittsburgh, PA.
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DIED - MAY 31, 2001 ** MELDA
DEMPSEY NAPIER, 84, of Huntington, WV, at Wayne
Continuous Care Center, Wayne. Born January 7, 1915, in Wayne Co., WV, the daughter of the
late John E. and Cassie Maynard Tomblin. Preceded in death by two husbands, Greenway
Dempsey and Ivan Napier; two brothers, Arley Tomblin
and Ebb Tomblin; and four sisters, Elise Belcher, Sarah Tomblin, Rhoda Trimble and Vickie
Marcum. Burial June 3, 2001 at Spring Valley Memory Gardens.