WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
July, 2002
These obituaries for the month of JULY were
typed by Leigh Ann (Napier) Pierce.
DIED – JULY 1, 2002 ** JARRETT L. RIGGS, 55,
of Defiance, Ohio, formerly of Wayne, in the Medical College of Ohio. Born March 5, 1947,
in Wayne, a son of the late Sophia Brown and Jarrett W. Riggs. Preceded in death by his
daughter, Lorry Riggs, and his sister, Ruth Ann Riggs. Survivors include his wife, Martha
Northrup Riggs; one son, William C. Riggs; two stepdaughters, Melissa Northrup and Cyndi
Kruth; one stepson, Lavon Northrup; one sister and brother-in-law, Wanda and Jack Davis;
one brother, Michael Lindsay; two stepbrothers, Ron Lindsay and Steve Lindsay. Burial July
6, 2002 in Rosco Davis Cemetery, Big Lynn.
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DIED – JULY 1, 2002 ** SHIRLEY YVONNE (COOLEY) FRYE, 51,
of East Lynn. Born December 24, 1950, in Welch, WV, a daughter of the late Henry Clay
Cooley and Shirley Vincent (Poe) Cooley. Preceded in death by two brothers, James Cooley
and Bobby Cooley, and her daughters, Sherry Whitt and Lynn Annette Whitt. Survivors
include her husband, Roger Whitt; one daughter Lori Mayhon; four brothers and two
sisters-in-law, Vincent Palmer, Andy and Hazel Cooley, Thomas and Patricia Cooley and
Larry Cooley; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Brenda Cooley and Bertha and Aubrey Kirk.
Burial July 7, 2002 in Community Memorial Gardens, in Wayne.
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DIED – JULY 1, 2002 ** LYNN ANNETTE WHITE, 30, of East
Lynn. Born October 7, 1971, a daughter of Roger Whitt and the late Shirley Yvonne (Cooley)
Frye. Preceded in death by one sister, Sherry Whitt. Survivors include her stepfather,
Jesse Frye; five sons, Little Ricky Allen Davis, Travis Lee Davis and Alex Anderson Davis,
Ray Curtis Davis and Roscoe Elby Davis and their father, Ricky Davis; one sister, Lori
Mayhon; two stepsisters, Mary Kay Slollazzo and Sheila Cooley; one stepbrother, Jesse
Frye, Jr. Burial July 7, 2002 in the Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne.
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DIED – JULY 2, 2002 ** ALVIN CARL BOOTH, 77, of Van
Buren Township, Mich., formerly of Wayne, W.VA, at his home. Born December 6, 1924, in
Wayne, WV, the son of the late Percy and Edith Booth. Preceded in death by a sister, Ethel
and brothers, Clifford, John, Jennings and Charles Bennett. Survivors include children,
Darlene, Marlene, Alvin Jr., and Janet and Ethel; two brothers, William Richard and James
Douglas and one sister, Dora Clark. Burial was at Michigan Memorial Park, Michigan.
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DIED – JULY 2, 2002 ** ALBERT JAY JOHNSON, 66, of
Kenova, WV, at his home. Born May 9, 1936, a son of the late Albert and Nannie Meredith
Johnson. Survivors include his wife, Doris Smith Johnson; a sister and her husband, Ella
Marie and Ted Gilkerson; a stepdaughter and her husband, Lynn and Robert Watts; a stepson
and his wife, Mike and Cynthia Stewart. Burial July 6, 2002 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – JULY 3, 2002 ** SHERRILL EDWARD THACKER, 68, of
Kenova, WV, at the VA Medical Center in Huntington, WV. Born April 12, 1934, in Wayne
County, WV, a son of the late Prentice and Minne Lloyd Thacker. Preceded in death by three
brothers, Tom, Gene and Dan Thacker and two sisters, Virginia Engles and Joann Mills.
Survivors include one brother and sister-in-law, Harold and Olivia Thacker. Burial July 6,
2002 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – JULY 4, 2002 ** IRENE WHEELER THOMPSON, 81, of
Taylor, Mich., formerly of Blaine, Ky, in Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn, Mich. Born October
14, 1920, in Blaine, the daughter of the late Cheatwood and Emma Bayes Wheeler. Preceded
in death by her husband, Bert Thompson. Survivors include two daughters, Emily Rose
Caudill and Carolyn and Michael James Thompson; three sons, Larry Thompson, Danny Bert
Thompson and Lonzo Ray Caudill; three sisters, Willie Jane Jetters, Jean Lester and Janet
Gilliam; four brothers, Paul Wheeler, Jeff Wheeler, Elwood Wheeler and Earl Wheeler.
Burial July 8, 2002 in Castle Cemetery, Blaine, KY.
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DIED – JULY 4, 2002 ** SAMUEL AARON RUNYON, 31, of
Kenova, at his home. Born October 17, 1970, a son of Harley Runyon and Nancy Sperry
Foshee. Survivors include his stepfather, Lewis Foshee; a brother, John Matthew Runyon.
Burial was at the family cemetery in Lost Creek, Ky, near Willard.
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DIED – JULY 5, 2002 ** ROBERTA CHILDRESS DANIELS, 82, of
Louisa, KY. Born January 12, 1920, in Louisa, a daughter of the late Quincy Childress and
Arvtna Hughes Childress. Preceded in death by her husband, Ed Daniels; one brother, Ray E.
Childress and one sister, Jane Pigg. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Betty
and Sam E. Diamond; one sister, Betty Miller. Burial July 7, 2002 in Wooten Cemetery,
Louisa.
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DIED – JULY 5, 2002 ** CLIFFORD J. HUGHES, 83, of
Louisa, KY, in the VA Medical Center, Huntington. Born June 17, 1919, in Logan, a son of
the late Walter Hughes and Bessie Pennington Hughes. Preceded in death by one daughter,
Lois Derfield; and one son, John Hughes. Survivors include three sons, Gene Hughes, David
Hughes and Richard Hughes; four daughters, Linda Swenson, Wanda Hughes, Sheila Kingsinger
and Sheria Williamson; one sister, Mae Ola Eldridge. Burial July 8, 2002 in Yatesville
Memorial Cemetery in Louisa.
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DIED – JULY 6, 2002 ** BRENDA JOYCE COPLEY, 50, of Fort
Gay. Born June 17, 1952, in Williamson, a daughter of Joyce Spruce Vinson and the late
Charles Vinson. Preceded in death by one brother, Charles W. Vinson, Jr. Survivors include
her husband, Ralph E. Copley; one son, Blake E. Copley; one brother, Henry Vinson. Burial
July 9, 2002 in Mountain View Memory Cemetery, Maher, VA.
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DIED – JULY 6, 2002 ** LELIA PAULENE BARBOUR, 91, of
Huntington, at Woodland Oaks Nursing Facility, Ashland, Ky. Born August 8, 1910 in Wayne
County, WV, a daughter of the late Henry Clay and Sarah Virginia Rowe Brumfield. Preceded
in death by her husband, Waldo Barbour; six brothers, Will, Fernando, Otis, Floyd, James
and Henderson Brumfield; and five sisters, Clara Carroll, Sadie Barbour, Mabel Barbour,
Molly Perry and Pearl Woods. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Nancy and
Dale Riley and Paulette and Roy Ellis. Burial July 8, 2002 in Woodmere Memorial Park,
Huntington.
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DIED – JULY 6, 2002 ** TOMMYE JEAN STALEY, 66, of
Huntington, formerly of Wayne, in Fairhaven Nursing Home, Huntington. Born April 15, 1936,
in Wayne County, a daughter of the late Woodrow Augustus and Bonne Justine (Reynolds) Fry.
Preceded in death by one son, Ronald Jacob Staley. Survivors include two daughters, JoAnn
Denise Staley and Polly Beth Staley; one son, Chuck Staley and wife Pamela; one brother,
Woodrow A. "John" Fry. Burial July 10, 2002 in Community Memorial Gardens,
Wayne.
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DIED – JULY 7, 2002 ** LILLIAN GRAVES, 93, of Fort Gay,
WV, in Mount Carmel West Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Survivors include three daughters, Mae
Reese, Marlene Cook, and Mary Hensley; one sister, Edna Vanhoose. Burial July 10, 2002 at
Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED – JULY 7, 2002 ** EMALINE BAILEY, 91, of
Huntington, at her home. Born March 17, 1911, in Wayne, WV, a daughter of the late Napleon
and Victoria Bowen Chinn. Preceded in death by an infant daughter, Emmazetta; a brother
Ercle Chinn; stepbrother Abe Goodman and a sister, Louise Rickman. Survivors include her
husband, Charles M. Bailey, Sr.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Charles M. Bailey, Jr. and
wife Betty, and Carlton D. and Juanita Bailey; one daughter, Maxine Childers and husband,
Rev. Charles A. Childers. Burial July 10, 2002 at Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED – JULY 10, 2002 ** BESSIE DICKERSON BARNETT, 88, of
Wayne, WV, at St. Mary’s Hospital. Born May 30, 1914, in Wayne County, the daughter
of the late Mack and Mary Allen Dickerson. Preceded in death by her husband, Rufus
Barnett; two sons, Michael L. Barnett and Gene A. Barnett; two sisters, Pearl Fraley and
Ellie Belcher; three brothers, Lawrence, Walter and Jess Dickerson. Survivors include
three daughters, Charlotte Barrett and husband Paul, Kathy Houck and husband, Eugene, and
Sandra Hope and husband, Leslie; two sons, Homer and Jean Barnett, Dennis and Betty
Barnett; one sister, Thelma Dickerson; one brother, Bill Dickerson and wife Freda. Burial
July 13, 2002 at Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne, WV.
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DIED – JULY 11, 2002 ** CLARENCE C. "MIKE" BAILEY,
77, of Kenova, WV, formerly of Alliance, Ohio, at his residence. Born September 26, 1924,
in Kenova, a son of the late Clarence Victor Bailey and Blanche Fischbach Bailey.
Survivors include his wife, Jean E. White Bailey; one daughter and son-in-law, Teresa and
Keith Schafer; three sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Debra Bailey, Pat and Vivian
Bailey and Tim and Joy Bailey; three sisters, Pauline Thompson, Susan Parsons, Eleanor
Roach; three brothers, Earl Bailey, John Bailey and Larry Bailey. Burial July 14, 2002 in
Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, WV.
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DIED – JULY 12, 2002 ** LEO PERRY, 85, of Ravenswood,
formerly of Huntington, in the Ravenswood Care Village. Born June 16, 1917, in Wayne
County, a son of the late George F. and Ineze I. Esque Perry. Preceded in death by his
wife, Loreda Lowe Perry; seven sisters and three brothers. Survivors include three
sisters, Vada Lowe, Luta Kiser and Daisey Wellman. Burial July 15, 2002 in Community
Memorial Gardens, Wayne, WV.
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DIED – JULY 13, 2002 ** DEBORAH LYNN NORRIS NELSON, 48,
of Huntington, WV, at her home. Born October 6, 1953, in Kenova, WV, a daughter of Ruby
Moss. Preceded in death by her father-in-law, Jesse Nelson. Survivors include her husband,
Gary Dale Nelson; one daughter Janice Ann Nelson Bennett and husband, Michael Earl; one
son, Gary Dale Nelson, Jr.; one sister, Jeanette Bowen and husband, Lowell; two brothers,
Greg Norris and wife Katy and John Norris. Burial July 17, 2002 at Community Memorial
Gardens, Wayne, WV.
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DIED – JULY 13, 2002 ** ROMAINE BROWN, 87, of
Chapmanville, formerly of Huntington, WV, at Logan General Hospital. Born December 11,
1914, in Sunbeam, WV, the daughter of the late Gilbert Lincoln and Telia Viola Fry Nelson.
Preceded in death by her husband, Arvil Brown; three sisters, Shirley Tipton, Brookie
Lambert, and Maxine Osborn; four brother, Kyle, George, Paul and Bee Nelson. Survivors
include two brothers, Wilburn Nelson and Buster Nelson. Burial July 15, 2002 at White
Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, WV.
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DIED – JULY 13, 2002 ** HAZEL MARIE BOGGS, 85, of
Brooklyn Center, Minn, formerly of Webbville, KY, at Prairie Lodge, Brooklyn, Minn. Born
March 21, 1917, in Lawrence County, KY, a daughter of the late Stephen Boggs and Rhoda
Phipps Boggs. Preceded in death by her son, Phillip Young; a daughter Charlotte Doddroe,
and a brother Russell Boggs. Survivors include her daughters, Phyllis Filing, Linda
Leonard; son, Ray Young; brothers, Garnet Boggs, Virgil Boggs; a sister, Marjorie Boggs.
Burial July 18, 2002 in the Boggs Family Cemetery, Dry Fork, KY.
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DIED – JULY 15, 2002 ** BEULAH FRANCES B. MOORE, 73, of
Huntington, WV, at City Hospital in Martinsburg, WV. Born March 5, 1929, in Prichard, WV,
a daughter of the late Marlin C. Bias and Mamie Boyd Bias Cottle. Preceded in death by a
sister, Victoria Marcum. Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Rebecca and
James Ronk and Rae Ann and David Johnson, and Darla and John Eckhart. Burial July 18, 2002
in Spring Hill Cemetery.
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DIED – JULY 15, 2002 ** FRANCES McKEE HATTON, 83, of
Huntington, WV, at St. Mary’s Hospital. Born June 25, 1919, in Mingo County, WV, a
daughter of the late Edward and Minnie Taylor McKee. Survivors include one brother, Edward
McKee. Burial July 17, 2002 in the Burk-Hatton Cemetery, Prichard, WV.
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DIED – JULY 15, 2002 ** ANNA LOUISE MOODY, 78, of
Kenova, WV, at her home. Born November 1, 1923, in Williamson, WV, a daughter of the late
Henry and Marie Sayre Stock. Preceded in death by her husband, William Harold Moody; an
infant daughter, Pamela Sue Moody; two sister, Clara Cannoy and June Serey; two brothers,
William Stock and Henry Stock; a stepdaughter, Barbara Jacobson. Survivors include three
daughters and two sons-in-law, Edith and Gerald Perry, Margaret Adkins, and Mary and John
Adkins; two sons and one daughter-in-law, William Harold Moody, Jr. and Henry Edward and
Nancy Moody; one stepdaughter and husband, Janet and John Wasser. Burial July 18, 2002 in
Golden Oaks Cemetery, Ashland, KY.
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DIED – JULY 17, 2002 ** JAMES NELSON, 78, of Kenova, WV,
formerly of Logan, WV, in the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Huntington, WV. Born
March 28, 1924, in Logan, WV, a son of the late Leander and Polly Williamson Nelson.
Preceded in death by his wife, Harriet Stanley Nelson; two brothers, Bill and Herb Nelson;
three sisters, Della Blankenship, Cora Vance, and Darlene Blankenship; a stepdaughter,
Donna Donley. Survivors include one son, Mark Nelson; two daughters, Benita Adkins and
Barbara Nelson; two stepdaughters, Loretta Adkins, Freda Riffle; two sisters, Minnie
Sparks and Sarah Jane Smith. Burial July 20, 2002 in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, WV.
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DIED – JULY 15, 2002 ** KENNETH RAY HORN, 63, of Orange
City, Fla., in his home. Born in Logan County. Survivors include his wife, Virginia Horn;
two sons, James Horn and Ronald Horn; one daughter, Evelyn F. Figueroa; three sisters,
Belle Burgess and Gloria Jean Bell, and Susannah Van Horn. Burial July 20, 2002 in
Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Culpepper.
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DIED – JULY 19, 2002 ** HERMAN LEE SPEARS, SR., 82, of
Proctorville, in St. Mary’s Hospital. Born January 15, 1920, in Wayne County, WV, a
son of the late Marshall and Josie Graham Spears. Preceded in death by two brothers, and
three sisters. Survivors include his wife, Esta Crabtree Spears; one son, Lee Spears, Jr.
and wife Aletha Preece Spears. Burial July 22, 2002 in Woodmere Memorial Park.
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DIED – JULY 20, 2002 ** ULYSSES PICKLESIMER, 85, of
Radnor, WV, in Three Rivers Medical Center, Louisa, KY. Born May 13, 1917, at Hardy, KY, a
son of the late Charlie and Vicie Farley Picklesimer. Preceded in death by two sons,
Donald and Ronald Picklesimer; five sisters and one brother. Survivors include his wife,
Bessie Colegrove Picklesimer; two daughters, Phyllis Dotson and Rosalie Williams; a
sister, Dorothy Elliott.
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DIED – JULY 20, 2002 ** ALVIE NAPIER, 81, of Huntington,
at home. Survivors include his wife, Ethel Adkins Napier; two sons, Kenneth Napier and
Alvie Napier, Jr. and one sister, Lizzie Napier. Burial July 23, 2002 in Forest Lawn
Memorial Gardens.
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DIED – JULY 21, 2002 ** ADA ARTRIP McCANN, 96, of South
Point, Ohio, formerly of Fort Gay, WV, in St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, WV. Born
September 25, 1905, in Fort Gay, WV. Preceded in death by her husband, Homer F. McCann and
one son, Jennings Wray McCann. Survivors include one daughter, Wilma M. Payne; one son,
C.F. "Frank" McCann; two sisters, Blanche Barney and Violet Hatcher. Burial July
25, 2002 in Greenlawn Cemetery, Louisa, KY.
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DIED – JULY 18, 2002 ** ESTEL ADKINS GILKERSON, 93, of
Lavalette, WV, at her home. Born May 30, 1909, in Wayne County, WV, a daughter of the late
Claude and Cordie Leap Adkins. Preceded in death by three brothers, Golden, Noble and
Denver Adkins; one sister, Bethel Canterbury. Survivors include her husband, Sterling
Gilkerson; one daughter, Ilene Pemberton and husband, Harold; one son, Leonard Gilkerson
and wife, Helen; one sister, Viola Farley Davis. Burial July 21, 2002 at Bowen Cemetery.
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DIED – JULY 21, 2002 ** MARY LOU DEAN, 67, of
Huntington, in St. Mary’s Hospital. Born February 3, 1935, in Marietta, Ohio, a
daughter of the late Ernest Lewis and Ruby Porter Lynch. Survivors include her husband,
Silas L. Dean; two daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Gregory Wagner and Janet and
Shannon Carson; one brother, James L. and Carol Lynch. Burial July 23, 2002 in Spring
Valley Memory Gardens, Huntington.
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DIED – JULY 19, 2002 ** NEWELL POWERS, 89, of
Huntington, WV, in his son’s home. Survivors include his wife, Garnet Harmon Powers;
three children, Marvin Powers, Russell Powers and Shirley Chapman. Burial July 22, 2002 at
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Huntington.
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DIED – JULY 22, 2OO2 ** WILLIS R. CROCKETT, 63, of
Ironton, Ohio, at King’s Daughters Medical Center, Ashland, KY. Born March 3, 1939,
in Wayne County, WV, a son of the late Paul and Blanche Donahoe Crockett. Survivors
include a son, Willis Reed Crockett, II, two daughters and a son-in-law, Brenda Crockett
and Melany and Kevin Ross; the mother of his children, Linda V. Crockett; and a brother,
Ercel Crockett. Burial July 27, 2002 in Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point, Ohio.
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DIED – JULY 22, 2002 ** KATHERN OSBORNE KIRBY, 72, of
Huntington, WV, at her residence. Born July 17, 1930, in Cabell County, WV, a daughter of
the late Okay Preston and Olive Childers Hanshaw. Preceded in death by her first husband,
Grayson Thornton Osborne, her second husband, George Kirby; two sisters, Toots Carver and
Lorna Hanshaw, and a brother, Troy Hanshaw. Survivors include three daughters and two
sons-in-law, Anita and Ernest Perry, Nancy Meade Salmons, and Pamela S. Osborne; a son,
Scott H. Osborne; one sister, Dorothy Hanshaw; two brothers, Larry George Hanshaw and Neal
Hanshaw. Burial July 25, 2002 in Bowen Cemetery.
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DIED – JULY 24, 2002 ** ESTELLA F. SHEPPARD, 72, of
Hillsboro, Ohio, formerly of Columbus, at her residence. Born December 5, 1929, in Wayne
County, WV, the daughter of the late Tillman and Dixie Maynard Perry. Preceded in death by
her husband Harold Sheppard; one sister, Thelma Perry Muncy; a daughter-in-law, Kathy
Perry. Survivors include one son, Clifford and his wife Linda Perry; one brother, Elmer
and wife, Lucy Perry, Sr.. Burial July 27, 2002 in the Resthaven Memory Gardens.
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DIED – JULY 24, 2002 ** DOROTHY CAREY WATTS, 89, of
Wayne, WV, at her residence. Born April 11, 1913, at East Lynn, WV, a daughter of the late
Taylor and Sadie Lowe Carey. Preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Watts; two sisters,
Delsie Tabor and Georgia Muncy; two brothers, Bruce and Elmer Carey; a son, Danny Roger
Watts. Survivors include three daughters, Doris Casteele, Della C. Trautwein, Donna Holt
and her husband, Charles Joe; two sons, Dewey R. Watts and wife Marilyn and Charles E.
Watts and wife Connie L. Burial July 27, 2002 at Mose Asbury Cemetery.
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DIED – JULY 26, 2002 ** ROY LEE GUE, 76, of Kenova, in
Cabell-Huntington Hospital. Born April 4, 1926, a son of the late Frank and Nellie Gue.
Preceded in death by one sister, Tennie Hamm, and one brother, Donald Gue. Survivors
include his wife, Essie Florence Gue; two daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia and Charles
Bryant and Sharon and Carl Smith; two sons and daughters-in-law, Billy and Angie Gue and
Rick and Aimee Gue; one brother, Eunice Gue; and one sister, Myrtle Burgess. Burial July
30, 2002 in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – JULY 26, 2002 ** COLLEEN A. PINSON, 41, of
Barboursville. Born December 5, 1960, in Huntington, a daughter of Harold
"Buddy" Merritt and the late Eathel Eplin Merritt. Survivors include her
husband, Truman L. Pinson, Jr.; one son, David Kent; her father and mother, Harold and
Delores Jean Merritt; two sisters, Judy Foster and husband, Bob, and Tina Lyons; five
brothers, Timmy Berry and wife Theresa, Charles Ray and wife Debbie, Brian Merritt and
wife Delisa, Greg Merritt and wife Michele, and Dean Berry and wife Susan. Burial July 28,
2002 in Eplin Family Cemetery, East Lynn, WV.
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DIED – JULY 28, 2002 ** GIRISH PATEL, 59, of Louisa, KY.
Born February 17, 1943, in India, the son of the late Aditbhai and Diwaliben Patel.
Survivors include his wife, Urmila; a son, Rajan and a daughter, Kiinna; four sisters,
Shardaben Patel, Vimalaben Patel, Manoramaben Patel, and Shardaben Patel from India;one
brother Kirit Patel.
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DIED – JULY 25, 2002 ** LORA LESSIE BARTRAM, 94, of
Lavalette, WV. Born October 5, 1907 in Falling Rock, WV, a daughter of the late Daniel
Bruce and Bertie Lee Fitzwater Young. Preceded in death by her husband, Okey Bartram; a
stepson Harold Bartram; three brothers, Arnold, Alvie and Herman Young; two sister, Emma
Young and Tressie Young. Survivors include a daughter, Dorothy Stewart and husband Bill; a
stepdaughter, Claris Mosser; a son, Roy Bartram and wife Margaret; two stepsons, James
Bartram and Glen Bartram and wife Williadean; a sister, Faynelle Newhouse. Burial July 28,
2002 in Osborn-Bartram Cemetery, Fort Gay, WV.
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DIED – JULY 28, 2002 ** MARK EDWARD CHRISTIAN, 44, of
Chesapeake, Ohio, in St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, WV. Born September 24, 1957, in
Huntington, WV, a son of Atha Riggs Christian and the late Roy Christian. Survivors
include two sisters and their husbands, Connie and Charles Watts, Gaynelle and Jim Bond.
Burial July 31, 2002 in Highland Memorial Gardens.
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DIED – JULY 29, 2002 ** BRENDA IRENE CONN, 57, of
Ceredo, WV, in St. Mary’s Hospital. Born August 14, 1944, in Louisa, KY, a daughter
of the late Cecil and Tella Mae Boyd Hensley. Survivors include her husband, William Conn;
one daughter, Veronica Kimber; two sons, William K. Conn and Brian Conn; five sisters,
Doris Carter, Flo Liebee, Pat Jordan and Georgie Davis and Polly Bartley; four brothers,
Larry Hensley, Cecil Hensley, Paul Hensley and George Vanhoose. Burial August 1, 2002 in
Crescent Hill Cemetery, Ceredo, WV.
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DIED – JULY 29, 2002 ** ROSA MAE BOWEN PENNINGTON, 81,
of Mill Creek, Fort Gay, WV. Rosa was the daughter of the late Sam Spaulding and Susie
Evans Spaulding. Survivors include two daughters, Thelma Mosley and Bonnie Pack; four
stepdaughters, Kay Lester, Judy Patton, Vinnie Inman, and Vickie Couch; six stepsons,
Russell Pennington, Tom Pennington, Roger Pennington, Gabe Pennington, Donnie Pennington,
and Bill Dean; three sisters, Mimi Mullins, Jane Chaffin and Ivory Maher. Burial August 1,
2002 at Webb Community Cemetery, Webb near Crum, WV.
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DIED – JULY 30, 2002 ** ROY MITCHELL HITCHCOCK, 85, of
Kenova, WV, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born March 23, 1917, in Paintsville, KY, a son
of the late Charles Hitchcock and Rhoda Hughes Hitchcock Pruitt. Preceded in death by two
sisters and two brothers. Survivors include his wife, Caroline Scaggs Hitchcock, one
daughter, Joyce Ann Hardeman; four sons and daughters-in-law, James Edward and Harriett
Hitchcock, Leroy and Judy Hitchcock, Charles and Karlene Blankenship and Bobby and Janet
Blankenship. Burial August 3, 2002 in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, WV.
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DIED – JULY 30, 2002 ** GORDON KEITH PYLES, 48, of
Huntington, WV, in St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington. Born October 17, 1953, in
Huntington, a son of Gordon Lee and Bertha Carver Pyles. Preceded in death by an infant
son, Wesley Adam. Survivors include his wife, Billie Jean Woods Pyles; a daughter,
Margaret Sue "Meg" Smith and her husband, Michael Smith; a brother, Mark Steven
Pyles. Burial August 2, 2002 in Spring Valley Memory Gardens, Huntington.