WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
September, 2001

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

DIED – SEPTEMBER 1, 2001 ** DONALD D. KYLE, 75, of Kenova, at his residence. Born August 19, 1926, in Huntington, a son of the late John and Bessie Jane Burcham Kyle. Preceded in death by his first wife, Bessie May Kyle. Survivors include his wife, Velma Hope Ramey Kyle, a stepson, Albert Ramey. Burial September 4, 2001 in Keesee Cemetery, Raccoon Creek, Wayne County, WV.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 1, 2001 ** OLIVER COPLEY, 90, of Dunlow, WV, at J. J. Jordan Geriatric Center, Louisa, Ky. Born August 11, 1911, at Horse Creek, Wayne Co., WV, a son of the late Thomas and Sara Jane Daulton Copley. Preceded in death by five sisters, Vicie Oliver, Ethel Marcum, Rhoda Warden, Hessie Noel and Ida Duke; four brothers, Porter Copley, Lace Copley, Floyd Copley and Tom Copley. Survivors include his wife, Gladys Thompson Copley; a daughter, Alma Jane May and husband, Clyde; three sons, Richard Thomas Copley and wife, Virginia, James Walter Copley and wife, Mary, and Bascom Lee Copley; a sister, Rosia Lovins and a brother, Richard Copley. Burial September 5, 2001, in Webb Cemetery, Webb, WV.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 1, 2001 ** CURTIS LINDSEY CHADWICK, 89, of Wayne, WV, at his home. Born January 19, 1912, on White’s Creek, Wayne County, WV, a son of the late Grover C. and Maude Haynie Chadwick. Preceded in death a sister, Ruby Boothe; and a brother, John Chadwick. Survivors include his wife, Ruth Lester Chadwick, a daughter, Helen Peters and husband Ron; three sons, James D. Chadwick and wife Nancy, Grover "Pete" Chadwick and wife Janet, and Richard W. Chadwick and wife Sandy. Burial September 4, 2001 in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Wayne.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 1, 2001 ** RUTH FERGUSON, 86, of Fort Gay, in St. Mary’s Hospital. Survivors include two daughters, Faye Finley and Ruby Cockrell; five sons, Wayne Ferguson, Lesley Ferguson, Albert Ferguson and Walter Ferguson and Ray Ferguson; one sister, Opal Burriss. Burial September 3, 2001 in Pratt Cemetery, Radnor.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 2, 2001 ** KED MARCUM, SR., 84, of Ashton, WV, at home. Survivors include his wife, Hazel Marcum, three sons, Ked Marcum, Jr. Thomas Lee Marcum, and Wade Henry Marcum; three daughters, Grethel Harris, Jewell Marcum and Brenda Fisher Andrews. Burial September 5, 2001 in Marcum Family Cemetery, Tick Ridge, Wayne.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 2, 2001 ** LEE W. JOHNSON, 79, of Fort Gay, WV, at Three Rivers Medical Center. Born June 21, 1922, in Portsmouth, Ohio, a son of the late Albert Johnson and Nannie Meredith Johnson. Survivors include his wife, Irene Johnson; one son, Russell Lee Johnson; one sister, Ella Marie Gilkerson; one brother, Albert J. Johnson. Burial September 6, 2001 at Christian Cemetery, Big Hurricane, WV.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 2, 2001 ** FRANCES "HOPE" DUNKLE ADKINS, 74, of Wayne, WV, at the home of her daughter. Born May 31, 1927, in Lavalette, WV, a daughter of the late Vernon and Valoria "Mae" Jackson Dunkle. Preceded in death by her husband, Fernando Adkins; one brother, Raymond Kyle Dunkle. Survivors include one daughter, Gayle Joyce Adkins Curry and husband Virgil "Bruce"; one son, Gregory Douglas Adkins and wife, Toni. Burial September 5, 2001 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, VA.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 3, 2001 ** MAY SMITH, 73, of Columbus, Ohio, in Kenova, WV. Born July 15, 1928, in Wayne Co, a daughter of the late Hance and Mary Ellen Adkins McCloud. Preceded in death by her husbands, Baxter Jarrell and William Smith; one daughter, Linda Ward. Survivors include two daughters and one son-in-law, Mildred and Troy Adkins and Donna Jean Jarrell; one brother, Frank McCloud. Burial September 6, 2001 in Crescent Hill Cemetery.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 4, 2001 ** RUTH TALBERT THOMPSON, 79, of Howell, MI, at Beaumont Hospital. Born June 6, 1922, in Wayne, a daughter of the late Roscoe and Oakley Talbert. Preceded in death by her husband, David R. Thompson and one brother, Ray Talbert. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Deanna and Ray Marshall, Glenda and Larry Obney; one brother and sister-in-law, Rennie and Mary Talbert; three additional sisters-in-law, Eloise Talbert, Lorna Thompson, and Mima Thompson. Burial September 8, 2001, in Vaughan Mills Cemetery.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 4, 2001 ** MARY LEWIS NELSON, 73, of Ranger, WV, at home. Born March 25, 1928, in Wayne County, WV, a daughter of the late Walter and Charolette Freeman Taylor Queen. Preceded in death by two husbands, Homer Lewis and Jinks Nelson; two sisters, Millie Bruce Browning and Sallie Finley; one brother, Walter Roy Queen. Survivors include her husband, Lester Nelson; three sons, Woodrow Lewis and wife, Vicky, Gormon Nelson and Jack Nelson; two daughters, Judy Middleton and Mary Adams; four sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law. Burial September 7, 2001 at Harvey’s Creek Cemetery, Hamlin, WV.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 5, 2001 ** JEWEL CAREY, 78, of Wayne, WV, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born May 3, 1923, the daughter of the late Albert and Artie Osburn Newman. Preceded in death by one daughter, Carolyn Carey and one brother, Donald Newman. Survivors include daughters, Joyce and husband, George Brumfield, and Rosalie and husband Frank Lusher; two sisters, Bethel and her husband, Bus Adkins and Violet and her husband, Bryce Tooley. Burial September 8, 2001.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 5, 2001 ** NANNIE ASBURY CRABTREE, 76, of Genoa, WV, in St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, WV. Preceded in death by her husband, Burnie Beecher Crabtree; an infant sister, Pinky Asbury; six brothers, Harley, Bill, Claude, Barney, Lucian and Elmer Asbury. Survivors include one daughter, Sally Whitt and husband, Rod; one son, Burnie Roger Crabtree and wife, Paula. Two sisters, Sally Griffin and Victoria Vaughn; and four brothers, Woodrow, George, Tom, and Hoover Asbury. Burial September 7, 2001 in the Asbury Cemetery, East Lynn, WV.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 6, 2001 ** ROSA BELLE CARTER, 78, of East Lynn, at her residence. Born April 3, 1923, in Wyoming County, the daughter of the late James and Addie Shannon Hughes. Preceded in death by three husbands, Jim Toler, George Hughes, and Gordon Carter; two brothers, George Hughes and Stacy Hughes; one sister, Joyce Cline; six children, Curtis Toler, Jackie Toler, Rosalee Hughes, Georgie Hughes Maxine Baker, and Sylvia Cline; three sons, William Hughes, Jerry Hughes and Gordon Carter, Jr.; one brother, Fred Hughes; and one sister, Macie Haney. Burial September 9, 2001 in the Mills-Vaughn Cemetery, Wayne.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 7, 2001 ** BILLIE A. DAMRON, 76, of Kenova, WV, in St. Mary’s Hospital. Born May 19, 1923, in Wayne Co., WV, a daughter of the late Jonah and Cassie Tabor Adkins. Preceded in death by her husband, Conrad Damron, one sister, Marjorie Tabor. Survivors include one daughter, Sandra Poland; one son and daughter-in-law, Paul C. and Rita Damron; two sons, Michael Paul and Jason Scott Damron; six sisters and two brothers-in-law, Hazel Aldridge, Kathleen Terry, Gladys Holland, Joyce "Boots" and Roy Hatfield, Cassie, "Toots" and Frank Smith and Joann Gillilan. Burial September 10, 2001 in the Franklin Cemetery, Branchland, WV.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 8, 2001 ** MRS. CHARITY COCHENOUR, 85, of Wayne, WV, formerly of Kenova. Born April 13, 1916, in Genoa, WV, a daughter of the late William David and Nancy Jane Raines Walker. Preceded in death by five sisters, Drusie Selbee, Nokie Gillette, Osie Copley Norris, Mary Readen and Zenia Perry. Survivors include her husband, Samuel W. Cochenour Sr.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Lloyd Edward and Becky Cochenour, Sam Jr. and Paul Cochenour; one daughter and son-in-law, Marion and James Fred Ferguson; two brothers, Walter Walker and Brad Walker; two sisters, Goldie Poff and Alice Earl. Burial September 11, 2001 in Hill Crest Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 8, 2001 ** MARY ROBERTSON, 92, of Kenova, WV, at her residence. Born July 30, 1909, in Ferguson, WV, the daughter of the late Samuel and Molly Lovins Damron. Preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Robertson; two sons, Rev. Elmer Lee Robertson and Rev. Thelmer Robertson; one son-in-law, Jim Ward; two brothers, Forest and Noah Damron; and one sister, Dovie Napier. Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Blanche Ward, Glenna and her husband Bayless Chinn, and Gay and husband Dick Ward; two sons and four daughters-in-law, Glen Robertson and wife Sue, bill Robertson and wife Jean, Oneida Robertson, Joyce Robertson; four sisters, Ida Napier, Molly Maynard, Opal Pope, Erie Pack; six brothers, Cullie Damron, Sam Damron, Jr., Wilmer Damron, Orville Damron, Darrell Damron and Tommy Damron. Burial September 11, 2001 in Maple Hill Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 8, 2001 ** HENRY LEE BLANKENSHIP, 85, of Wayne, WV, at his home. Born Feb. 29, 1916, in Wayne, WV, a son of the late Charles Delbert and Margaret Booth Blankenship. Preceded in death by five brothers, Kelly, Arthur, Lawrence, Ben Blankenship and an infant brother, Delbert Blankenship. Survivors include his wife, Nina A. Cyrus Blankenship; three daughters, Gypsy Fields and husband Buck, Sally Reeves, Hazel Fields and husband, Alvin; four sisters, Sara Myrtle and husband John, Liza Fraley and husband Roby, Ester Justice, and Lydia Yeager and husband George; two sisters-in-law, Wilda Blankenship and Shirley Jean Blankenship; two brothers, George Blankenship and Pierce Blankenship and wife, Sue. Burial September 12, 2001 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 9, 2001 ** EULA GRAHAM BLACKBURN, 86, of Huntington, WV, at her home. Born July 22, 1915, in Paintsville, Ky, a daughter of the late Lon Graham and Daisey Hannah Graham Brown. Preceded in death by her husband, Lester Blackburn; a daughter, Mary Tomblin; two brothers, Woodrow and Carl Brown. Survivors include two sisters, Jerry Coleman, and Recia Ryan; one brother, Elman Brown; one son-in-law, Wilbur Tomblin. Burial September 12, 2001 in Spring Valley Memory Gardens, Huntington, WV.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 9, 2001 ** DOROTHY HODGE LYKINS, 65, of Kenova, WV, at her home. Born February 4, 1936, in Wayne, WV, a daughter of the late Basil and Caroline Workman Hodge. Preceded in death by her husband, Richmond P. Lykins. Survivors include three sisters, Edith Hay, Lucille Wellman, and Arnetta Hodge; and five brothers, Herbert Hodge, Basil Hodge Jr., Charles Hodge, Billy Newsom and Walton Hodge. Burial September 12, 2001 in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 9, 2001 ** LEE HARL BOWENS, 74, of Fort Gay, WV, in St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, WV. Born May 27, 1927, at Webb, WV, a son of the late William and Nora Neice Bowens. Survivors include his wife, Reba C. Bowens; three daughters, Lillie Gartin, Sandra Walker, and Lisa McCoy; four sons, Fairley Bowens, Donald Bowens, Larry R. Bowens, and Herman Bowens; two sisters, Correna Miller and Berta Delareno; one brother, Robert Bowens. Burial September 12, 2001 in Bowens Cemetery, Webb, WV.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 ** MANDY MARIE HOLLAND, 69, of Wayne, WV, in St. Mary’s Hospital. Born October 11, 1931, in Wayne, WV, a daughter of the late Guff and Ethel Bradley Holland. Preceded in death by one brother, Ray Holland; three sisters, Velma Ball, Barbara Milum and Patricia Crabtree. Survivors include two sister, Erva Rowe and husband, Harley and Opal Stiltner and husband, Jesse; five brothers, Homer Holland and wife Tonya, Joe Holland and wife Barbara; Henry Holland and wife Dianne, Roy Holland and wife Patsy and Mike Holland and wife Linda. Burial September 12, 2001 in the Edgar Maynard Cemetery, Genoa, WV.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 ** JAMES MAXWELL WORKMAN, 59, of Scottstown, Ohio, in Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington. Born April 11, 1942, in Kermit, a son of the late Willard Workman and Louverine Workman. Survivors include his two sons, James Allen Workman and Timothy Lee Workman; two sisters, Rachel Hodge and JoAnne Hoover; one brother, Samuel Workman. Burial September 13, 2001 in Marcum Cemetery, Tick Ridge.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 ** BETHEL STILTNER, 76, of East Lynn, WV, in St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington. Born in Logan, WV, a daughter of the late Albert L. and Bessie Thomas Ross. Preceded in death by one daughter, Goldie Pierce and one son, Oscar Stiltner. Survivors include four daughters, Delila Davis, Georgia Maynard, Alice Adkins and Joann Pierce; eight sons, Albert Stiltner, Gerald Stiltner, David Stiltner, Thurel Stiltner, Darrell Ross, Howard Stiltner, Glen Stiltner and Kenneth Stiltner; one brother, Newman Ross. Burial September 14, 2001 in the Osborne Cemetery, East Lynn.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ** ALMA LOUISE CRAIG, 83, of Wayne, WV, formerly of Milton, WV, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born Nov. 28, 1917, in Pocahontas County, WV, a daughter of the late Lacey and Monna Johnston Bowling. Preceded in death by her husband, Dana W. Craig; a son, Paul "Sonny" Craig; and two sisters, Elaine Constable and Eva Ferguson. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Anita and Darrell Looney; a sister, Freida Michael; one brother, W. K. Bowline. Burial September 13, 2001 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 12, 2001 ** MACH H. ADKINS, 74, of London, Ohio, at his residence. Born January 16, 1927, in Wayne Co. WV, a son of the late Joseph and Oriole Stephenson Adkins. Survivors include his wife, Alice Adkins; one daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Gail Tolle; three sons and daughters-in-law, Ernest and Sharon Adkins, Joseph and Trina Adkins and Darius and Mary Adkins. Burial September 15, 2001 in Baylous Cemetery, Salt Rock.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 14, 2001 ** MINNIE "LOUISE" RAMEY, 81, of Huntington, WV, in Mariner Health Care Center. Born October 17, 1919, in Wayne Co, a daughter of the late Charles and Callie Haynie Jones. Preceded in death by her husband, Gerald "Jerry" Ramey and three brothers, Ernest, Willard and Bernie Jones. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and Charles Grubb; a sister-in-law, Lola Jones. Burial September 17, 2001 in Dock’s Creek Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 15, 2001 ** LUCY BLACKBURN SCHULTZ, 62, of Kenova, WV, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born April 19, 1939, in Wayne Co., WV, a daughter of the late Henry J. and Lucy Adams Blackburn. Preceded in death by her husband, Robert F. Schultz, Sr. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, James and Jerry Lynn Schultz, and Robert F. Jr. and Mary Elva Schultz; one daughter and son-in-law, Barbara D. and Mark E. Goodall; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Lillie Caldwell and Julia Ann and Bryan Defoe; two brothers, James Blackburn and Thomas Blackburn. Burial September 19, 2001 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, WV.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 16, 2001 ** ELIZABETH SHANNON CHAFFIN, 68, of Proctorville, OH, in St. Mary’s Hospital. Born March 15, 1933, in Wayne Co., a daughter of the late William Jesse and Alice Robertson Shannon. Preceded in death by one daughter, Hannah Lou Slaughter. Survivors include her husband, Golden Chaffin; two daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda Gayle and Roger Lawhorn, and Starla Rae and Thomas Kisling; one son and daughter-in-law, Perry N. and Carla Chaffin; seven sisters, Tennessee Mann, Barbara Smith, Sylvia Brown, Billie Shannon, JoAnn Ashley, Karen Scott, and Sharon Shannon; six brothers, Leo Shannon, Douglas Shannon, Milton Shannon, Roger Shannon, Gene Shannon and Richard Shannon. Burial September 18, 2001 in Maple Hill Cemetery.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 16, 2001 ** WILMA BROOKSIE DIAMOND CHATTERON, 63, of Prichard, WV, at the home of her daughter. Born July 19, 1938, in Lawrence Co, Ky, a daughter of Dova Martin Diamond and the late Ova Diamond. Preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth R. Chatterton. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn and Jeff Damron; one son and daughter-in-law, Nelson and Janie Chatterton; one sister and brother-in-law, Ruth and Roy Cook; one brother and sister-in-law, Jimmy and Ruth Diamond. Burial September 18, 2001 in Spring Valley Memorial Gardens, Huntington.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 16, 2001 ** HERBERT RALPH "JACK" THOMPSON, 72, of Wayne, WV, at his home. Born Oct. 24, 1928, in Genoa, WV, a son of the late Esker and Bessie Ball Thompson. Survivors include his wife, Katie Williamson Thompson; three sons, James A. Thompson and his wife Pamela, Jerry R. Thompson, William E. Thompson and his wife Eva; three brothers, Sherwood Thompson, Roger Thompson and Lowell Thompson; four sisters, Dorothy Watts, Elizabeth Mathis, Geraldine Lycans and Reba Mae Adkins. Burial September 18, 2001 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 18, 2001 ** MRS. FERN WEBB BRUMFIELD, 85, of Kenova, WV, at Sweet Run Elder Care. Born January 2, 1916, in Portsmouth, Ohio, a daughter of the late Haney V. and Silas C. Webb. Preceded in death by her husband, Guy Brumfield, her sister, Dorothy W. Pinson. Burial September 21, 2001 in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 ** MARY LOU HARRIS, 77, of WV, in Wayne Continuous Care Center, Wayne. Born July 18, 1924, in Wayne Co, a daughter of the late Sanders and Nancy Pack Adkins. Preceded in death by three husbands, George Messer, Johnny Langford and Homer Harris; several brothers and sisters. Survivors include two sisters-in-law, Victoria Adkins and Chloe Adkins; one brother, Everett Adkins. Burial September 23, 2001 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 ** GERALD PACK, 68, of Wayne, WV, at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Huntington. Born November 11, 1932, in Logan County, the son of the late Pharo and Ruby Moore Pack. Survivors include his wife, Geraldine; one sister, Maxine Harless and husband Carmie; one daughter, Lucille Gadies and her husband, Robert; sons, Woody, Toney and his wife, Dixie and Kevin and his wife, Liz. Burial September 22, 2001 at Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne, WV.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 20, 2001 ** WILLARD O. "BUTCH" LUCAS, JR., 56, of Lavalette, WV. Born December 20, 1944, in Huntington, WV, a son of Willard Lucas and the late Ethel E. Pruitt Lucas. Survivors include his stepmother, Doris Lucas; two sons and daughters-in-law, Brian S. and Dawn Lucas and Brent A. and Diana Lucas; two sisters, Phyllis Bailey and friend Riley and Sondra Fry and her husband, Jennings. Burial September 23, 2001 in Mays Cemetery, Lavalette.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 20, 2001 ** ELBA DROWN, 83, of Prichard, WV, at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington. Born March 29, 1918, in Proctorville, Ohio, the son of the late Samuel Robert Drown and Hazel Ellis Drown Hensley. Preceded in death by one son, Samuel Robert Drown; one brother, Charles Hensley, and one sister, Billie Lee Stephens. Survivors include his wife, Mary B. Thompson Drown; one daughter, Anita Jane Robertson and husband Harold; one son, Curtis F. Drown and wife Gloria; two sisters, Mrs. R. L. "Josephine" Gollinsworth and Mrs. Glen "Elizabeth" Jenkins; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Barbara Hensley. Burial September 22, 2001 in the Cyrus Cemetery, Prichard, WV.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 21, 2001 ** JAMES IRVIN STURGILL, 71, of Maulk, Ga., formerly of Fort Gay, in Bringham VA Medical Center. Born July 18, 1930,in Fort Gay, the son of the late Rev. Henry Sturgill and Idia Loar Sturgill. Survivors include two daughters, Elizabeth Zigan, Shirley Adkins, Ann Matthews; one son, James Sturgill Jr.; three sisters. Burial September 24, 2001 in Dean Cemetery, Tabors Creek.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 21, 2001 ** WILLIAM JOSEPH "JOE" FRY, 70, of Summersville, in the University of Virginia Medical Center at Charlottesville, VA. Born September 12, 1931, in Wayne, he was the son of the late S. P. "Pete" and Ethel Perry Fry. Preceded in death by two brothers, Johnny Pete Fry and Jack Fry. Survivors include his wife, Frances Tester Fry; two daughters, Gina C. Fry and JoAnna G. Fry; one son, William Joseph "Joey" Fry II; one brother, James "Jim" Fry. Burial September 24, 2001 in the Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 22, 2001 ** MRS. MYRTLE A. BROWN, 80, of Kenova, WV, in St. Mary’s Hospital. Born September 14, 1921, in Wayne County, WV, a daughter of the late Jesse R. and Gertrude Akers Pyles. Preceded in death by her husband, Henry B. Brown, Jr. and one sister, Kathryn Ashton. Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Carole Hayner and Linda and Douglas Graham; four sons and three daughters-in-law, Raymond B. and Carolyn Brown, Robert W. and Linda J. Brown, Julian E. Brown and Johnny M. and Rose A. Brown; a sister, Alice Klos. Burial September 26, 2001 in Maple Hill Cemetery.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 22, 2001 ** ALONZO G. SMITH, 75, of Genoa, at Three River Medical Center, Louisa, KY. Born June 9, 1926, in Emmit, a son of the late John H. Smith and Hulda Dulen Smith. Survivors include his wife, Marie Noe Smith; two daughters, Helen Downing and Elizabeth Collins; two sons, William G. Smith and John A. Smith; three brothers, Joe Smith, William G. Smith, and Patrick J. Smith; four stepsons, Hershel Rose, Gilbert Estepp, John M. Estepp, and Matt Estepp; one stepdaughter, Eunice Ratliff.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 23, 2001 ** BASIL V. DELBERT, 75, of Kenova, in St. Mary’s Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Frances Lee Rowe Delbert; one son, Barry Delbert; three daughters, Brenda Wells, Jennifer O’Quinn and Joyce Whitt; a brother, Phillip Delbert; two sisters, Maxine Thacker and Geraldine Bryant.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 23, 2001 ** NANCY ELLEN ROWE BARNETT, 58, of Ceredo, WV, at her home. Born April 9, 1943, in Kenova, WV, a daughter of the late Robert W. and Monnie Diamond Rowe. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Bradley Alan and Nellwyn Barnett; two sisters, Ann Marie Rowe and Mary Sue Salyers; two brothers, Robert J. Rowe and Clyde Bruce Rowe. Burial September 26, 2001.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 25, 2001 ** MARY LENA COPLEY, 95, of South Point, Ohio, in Heartland of Riverview, South Point. Born March 29, 1906, in Fort Gay, a daughter of the late F. M. and Gypsy Baire Thompson. Preceded in death by her husband, Luther Copley; one daughter, Betty Jordan; one brother, Birch Copley; and one sister, Genevieve Tuolema. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Dollie and Bob Gillen; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Luther "Luke" and Loretta Copley, Jr., Birch L. and Janet Copley and Bobbie W. Copley; one sister, Jean Cardwell; one half sister, Rose Thompson and one half brother, F. M. Thompson Jr. Burial September 29, 2001 in Rome Cemetery.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 27, 2001 ** CHARLES ELLIS ASBURY, 73, of East Lynn, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born February 19, 1928, in Wayne Co., a son of the late Frank and Sadie Asbury. Preceded in death by three brothers, Chester, Keith and Carl Asbury; and one sister, Wilma Asbury. Survivors include his wife, Ruth Merritt Asbury; two daughters, Diana Louise Asbury and Mary Elizabeth Tomblin; two sons, Jeffrey Ellis Asbury and David Brent Asbury; four sisters, Ocie Blevins, Seay Osborne, Odessa Mills and Zelma Asbury; five brothers, Neely Asbury, Frank Asbury, Larry Asbury, Ervin Asbury and Dennis Asbury. Burial September 29, 2001 in the Asbury Cemetery, East Lynn.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 27, 2001 ** CLYDE BRYANT MESSER, 77, of Kermit, in Williamson Memorial Hospital. Survivors include one son, Clyde B. Messer, Jr.; one daughter, Judy Caserta; three sisters, Lillian Toppins, Mildred Hubbard and Betty Hart; and one brother, Ted Brewer. Burial October 1, 2001 in Messer Cemetery, Jennies Creek.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 28, 2001 ** EDWARD EUGENE MITCHELL, 51, of Cottage Grove, Minn, formerly of Kenova. Survivors include his wife, Judy Mitchell, his mother, Isabel Mitchell; two daughters, Sherry Nisbett and Sally Mitchell; one son, Tom Mitchell; two sisters, Sue Fields and Christie Koon; and two brothers, Rick Mitchell and John Mitchell. Burial October 2, 2001 in Cottage Grove Cemetery, Minn.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 30, 2001 ** MYRTLE FORTNER NAPIER, of Huntington. Born in Wayne County, WV, a daughter of the late Wayne and Nancy Moore Fortner. Preceded in death by two brothers, Earl Fortner and Wayne Fortner Jr. Preceded in death by two brothers, Earl Fortner and Wayne Fortner Jr. Survivors include two sons, Pat Napier Jr. and his wife Rhonda and Phillip Napier; four sisters, Evy Marcum, Janie Barker, Mary B. Thompson and Zellia Fortner; two brothers, Grover Fortner and Lawrence Fortner. Burial October 3, 2001 at White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.
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DIED – SEPTEMBER 30, 2001 ** WONDEL EARL RAMEY, 66, of Ranger, at home. Survivors include four sons, Raymond Ramey, Wondel Jay Ramey, Clyde Ramey and Ralph Ramey; one daughter, Joyce Newsom; two stepsons, Ricky Ramey and Sammy Ramey; two stepdaughters, Darlene Walker and Easter Jane Crum; three brothers, Kenneth Ramey, James Ramey and Richard Ramey; and two sisters, Judy Queen and Juanita Bryant. Burial October 3, 2001 in Virgil Ramey Cemetery, Ranger.

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