DIED – FEBRUARY 1, 2004 ** ROBERT J. ALEXANDER, 53, of Wayne, at his residence.   Born, September 24, 1950, in Oakland, California, a son of Hugh Alexander and the late Arlene Smith Alexander.  Survivors include three daughters, Angela Marshall, Crystal Mills and husband Teddy, Regina Marshall; two sons, Robert J. Alexander II and Adam Alexander; five brothers, Jimmy Alexander and wife Freda, Ricky Alexander, Paul Alexander and wife Kay, Louis Alexander and Steve Alexander.  Burial was held February 5, 2004 in Blankenship Cemetery on Big Branch Road.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 1, 2004 ** HESTER KETCHUM PEMBERTON QUINBY, 94, of Ceredo, W.Va., in Kingsbrook Nursing Home, Bellefonte, Ky.  Born July 14, 1909, in Wayne, W. Va., a daughter of the late Menis and Myrtle Adkins Ketchum.  Preceded in death by her first husband, Russell Pemberton, and her second husband, Harrison Quinby; two brothers, Phillip and Chad Ketchum; one sister, Lucy Ketchum; one daughter, Lucy Jane Lewis.  Survivors include two daughters and their spouses, Jean and Walter Sowards and Judy and Ralph Barker; two sisters, Harriet Ketchum and Julia Alice Edwards and husband Eddie.  Burial February 4, 2004 in the Elmwood Cemetery at Wayne.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 1, 2004 ** JOHN L. SWORD, 57. of Cleveland, Ohio, at home.  Born November 13, 1946, at Mill Creek, a son of the late Ruben and Katherine Noe Sword.  Survivors include his wife, Linda Burgess Sword; one son, John Noah Sword; one sister, Beverly Masterson; two brothers, Michael A. Sword and Daniel Gregory Sword.  Burial February 4, 2004 in Sword Cemetery.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 1, 2004 ** NEOLA FAYE CORNWELL, 73.  Born August 16, 1930, in Kenova, W. Va., to the late Raymond and Dollie McKeand Browning.  Survivors include her husband, Dan L. Cornwell; three children, Diane and husband Jimmie Corns, Danny and wife Lisa Cornwell, and William Raymond Cornwell; a brother, Nelson and wife Bettye Browning.  Burial was held February 4, 2004 in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 2, 2004 ** JOSEPH E. BOOTEN, 83, of Huntington, at her home.  Born, May 9, 1920 in Huntington, W. Va., a son of the late Asa Doliver and Missouri Smith Booten.  He was preceded in death by his three brothers, Asa, Ralph and Jack and three sisters, Gladys Thomas, Louise Mooring, and Ruth Newman.  Survivors include his wife, Osa Pyles Booten; three children and their spouses; Mary Beth and Bobby Evans, John Mark and Jenny Booten, and Karen Joan and Zane Jackson; two brothers-in-law, Pierce and I. J. Pyles.  There was a private burial February 5, 2004.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 2, 2004 ** MICHELLE LANE VANCE, 30, of Branchland, W.Va.  Born October 11, 1973, the daughter of Nita Jean Manns Vance and the late Lawson Vance.  She was preceded in death by one brother-in-law, Russell Donahue.  Survivors include two sisters and one brother-in-law, Drema Donahue and Amy and Rodney Dial; two brothers and their wives, Neal and Trish Vance and Alva and Debbie Vance.  Burial was held February 6, 2004 at the Franklin Cemetery, Branchland.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 2, 2004 ** MELISSA SUE THOMPSON, 37, of Fort Gay.  She was born August 14, 1966, in Huntington, W. Va., a daughter of Henry and Catherine Marie Marcum Maynard.  Survivors include her husband, John Clinton Thompson; a son, Jonathan Nathaniel Thompson; a brother, Marcus Maynard and wife Karen; a father-in-law and mother-in-law, John Cecil and Wanda L. Thompson; two brothers-in-law, William Leroy Thompson and Jeffrey Cecil Thompson and wife Karen; a sister-in-law, Gwendolyn Jean Fetherolf and husband Dwayne.  Burial was held February 6, 2004 in the Thompson Cemetery.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 2, 2004 ** CHARLES HARRISON SMITH, JR., 79, of New Port Richey, Fl.  Born August 20, 1924, in Kenova, W. Va.  Survivors include his wife, Joy; three sons, Eric, Aaron and Ken; a daughter, Pam; five brothers and sisters, Jim, Judy, Rita, Patti and John.  Burial was held February 14, 2004 at White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Barboursville.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 3, 2004 ** ERIE MCCLELLAN SPENCE, 94, of Wayne, W. Va., at St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington, W. Va.  Born March 12, 1909, at Stiltner, W.Va., a daughter of the late Lark and Della Frasher McClellan.   She was preceded in death by her husband, Elder Edmond Spence; one sister, Maxie Ramey; three brothers, Boyd McClellan, Glen McClellan, and Lark “Doc” McClellan; and one son-in-law, Clyde Chaney.  Survivors include seven daughters, Pauline Maynard, Della Dunkle, Erma Napier, Dianna Clay, Ruby Chaney, Phyllis Jordens, and Nella  Sue Howes; one sister, Birdie Workman, three brothers, Roy, Ira, and Dallas McClellan.  Burial was held February 7, 2004 at Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 3, 2004 ** DOROTHY KIDD THOMPSON, 88, in Austin, Texas.  She was a long time resident of Ceredo, W. Va.  Born February 24, 1915, in Wayne County, a daughter of the late Joseph and Jennie Napier Kidd.  Preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Thompson; daughter, JoAnn Vest; and son-in-law, Jim Romine.   Survivors include two daughters and three sons-in-law, Janet and Gerald Abrams, Jean and Gene smith, and son-in-law, David Vest; sister and brother-in-law, Bertie and Jim Pinson.  Burial February 7, 2004 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova, W. Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 3, 2004 ** BUDDY J. DESKINS, 79, of Logan, at Logan Park Care Center.  Born August 20, 1924, in Logan, a son of the late Robert Lee and Maude Graham Deskins.  Preceded in death by one sister, Freda Albritton.  Survivors include his wife, Lois Hall Deskins; four daughters, Sandra Ferrell, Tern Wheller, Susan Mullins and Kimberly McClure; three brothers, Doran, Emerson and John Deskins.  Burial February 7, 2004 in Highland Memory Gardens near Logan.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 4, 2004 ** PATRICIA JEAN MONWAY, 63, of Lavalette, in St. Mary's Medical Center.  Born February 9, 1940, in Huntington, W. Va., a daughter of the late Russell and Nellie Rood Henderson.  Preceded in death by a sister, Betty Taylor.  Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Cindy and Tom Fischer and Tammy Monway; five sisters and two brothers-in-law, Mary Bradberry, Jeanette Waggoner, Virginia Wilks, and Charlotte and Joe Smith, Helen and Lloyd Adkins.  Burial was held February 6, 2004 in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Huntington, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 4, 2004 ** CRYSTAL DAWN BRANHAM, 22, of Louisa, Ky, in Lake Placid, Fla.  Born February 5, 1951, in Ashland, Ky., a daughter of Bobby Branham and Betty Jean Lemaster Bowen.  Survivors include her maternal grandmother, Betty Lemaster Stacy and paternal grandparents, Bob and Janice Branham.  Burial was held February 9, 2004 in Lemaster Cemetery, Fort Gay.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 5, 2004 ** JAMES W. PIERCE, 75, of Kenova, in the Huntington VA Medical Center.  Born June 15, 1928, in Charleston, a son of the late James Curtis and Macel F. Moles Pierce.  Preceded in death by one son, Paul Wesley Pierce.  Survivors include his wife, Hazel Means Pierce; two daughters, Diana Lynn Brakins, and Louisa Michelle Reed; four sons, James W. Pierce, Jr., Dwain A. Pierce, Barry E. Pierce and Keith W. Pierce; one sister, Betty Dunlap; one brother, Homer Pierce.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 6, 2004 ** RUBY NAPIER MILLS, 93, of Huntington.  Born February 26, 1910, in Wayne County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Albert Gallington Napier and Rebecca Turner Napier.  Preceded in death by her husband, George E. Mills; one son, Raymond E. Mills; eight sisters and three brothers.  Survivors include one sister, Edith Napier Moore.  Burial was held February 9, 2004 in the Napier Cemetery, Wayne County.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 7, 2004 ** JONATHAN EUGENE STULL II, of Huntington, in Cabell Huntington Hospital.  He was the infant son of Jonathan Eugene I and Tammy Waters Stull.  Survivors include his grandparents, Leo Waters and Kathy Bowles.  Burial was held February 10, 2004 in Crescent Hill Cemetery in Ceredo.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 9, 2004 ** JULIA DRUZELLA SMITH, 85, of Wayne, formerly of Kenova, in the Wayne Continuous Care Center.  Born August 6, 1918, in Wayne, W. Va., a daughter of the late Samuel and Emma Hutchinson Smith.  Preceded in death by seven brothers, Roy Hutchinson, Charles Smith, William Smith, Leonard Smith, Leo Smith, Ollie Smith and Harold C. Smith; and five sisters, Martha Black, Mary Pelphrey, Ruth Spurlock, Minnie Dingess and Emma Wellman.  Survivors include one sister, Gladys B. Smith; a brother-in-law, Wetzel Spurlock; a sister-in-law, Phoebe Smith.  Burial held February 13, 2004 in the Smith Family Cemetery, Buffalo Creek.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 9, 2004 ** CHARLES E. REED, 18, of Huntington, at his home.  Born October 22, 1985, in Huntington, a son of Janice Mullins Reed and the late Larry Eugene Reed.  Survivors include a sister, Donna Bums, a brother, Billy Burns; his grandmother, Emma Marie Mullins.  Burial held February 12, 2004 in Berry Cemetery on Camp Creek in Lavalette.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 12, 2004 ** ALBERTA JO MOORE, 71, of Kenova, W. Va., from Heartland of Riverview in South Point, Ohio.  Born September 8, 1932, in Ashland, the daughter of the late Sam and Fannie Mae Jordan Stevens.  Preceded in death by her husband, Harry Moore.  Survivors include three daughters, Kathy Lee Moore, Ella Mae Hammond and Sidney Conley and husband John; three sons, Kevin Moore and wife Pamela, David Moore and Larry Moore and wife Bridgette; one sister, Ethel Lamb; one brother, Sam Stevens, Jr.   Burial held February 14, 2004 at the Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens, Ashland.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 12, 2004 ** BETTY L. REESE PARSONS, 71, of Kenova, W. Va., formerly of Charleston, W.Va., at St. Mary's Medical Center.  Born February 1, 1933, in Charleston, W.Va., a daughter of the late Samuel L. and Minnie Florence Conway Reese.  Preceded in death by a son, Richard Allen Parsons and a brother, Eugene Reese.  Survivors include her husband, Zane W. Parsons; a son, Zane Parsons, Jr.; two brothers, William L. Reese and James H. Reese; two sisters, Etta M. Massey and Norma L. Marion.  Burial held February 15, 2004 in Maple Hill Cemetery.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 12, 2004 ** HATTIE L. ELMORE, 83, of Ceredo, W. Va., in St. Mary's Medical Center.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Lamech Elmore.   Survivors include three sons, Ralph B. Elmore, James C. Elmore, and Mickey Elmore; two daughters, Clara Fitzpatrick and Mattie F. Smith; a sister, Anna Lee Carico.  Burial was held February 16, 2004 in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Wayne County.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 13, 2004 ** JOHN FREEMAN HATFIELD, JR.  He was the son of John Freeman Hatfield, Sr., and Frances Gertrude Hatfield.  Survivors include his wife, Sally Ann “Nancy” Hatfield; a daughter, Peggy Sue Hatten.  No funeral service.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 13, 2004 ** WILLARD BROWNING, 65, of Ranger, at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington.  Born January 10, 1939, in Wilsondale, a son of the l ate Carel and Mary Dalton Browning.  Preceded in death by two brothers, Dewey and Carless Browning.  Survivors include his wife, Georgeanna Dempsey Browning; five sons, Hillard Jay Browning, Paul Browning, Ralph Stanley Browning, James Browning and Hilbert Lee Browning; a sister, Georgia Browning; six brothers, his twin, Hillard Browning, Edward Browning, Arthur Browning, Noah Browning and Frealin Browning and Willie Jay Browning.  Burial held February 16, 2004 in Mead Cemetery, in Dunlow.
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DIED – FEBRUARY  13, 2004 ** JENNINGS ADKINS, 79, of Delbarton, at his home.  Born March 24, 1924, in Kiahsville, a son of the late Stewart and Lucinda Queen Adkins. Survivors include his wife, Helen Brown Adkins; two sons, Mike Adkins and wife, Libby and Duane Adkins and wife Stephanie; two brothers, Jason Adkins and Evert Adkins; a sister, Polly Blankenship.   Burial held February 15, 2004 in Greasy Ridge Cemetery in Wayne County.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 14, 2004 ** BESSIE CYRUS, 84, of Tango, in Thomas Memorial Hospital, South Charleston, W.Va.   She was preceded in death by her husband, Daymond Cyrus.  Burial was held February 17, 2004 in Midkiff Cemetery, Sumerco. W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 14, 2004 ** OSCAR NELSON, 84, of Dunlow, at the Huntington Veterans Administration Medical Center.   Born April 10, 1919, in Dunlow, a son of the late Millard and Melinda Williamson Nelson.  Preceded in death by two sons, Michael and Daniel Nelson; three brothers, Noah, Sammy and Jesse Nelson, and five sisters, his twin Geneva, Viola, Sarah Ann, Mary and Hessie.  Survivors include his wife Virginia; a brother, William Harrison Nelson and wife Joyce; a special brother and sister in Christ, Lewis and Mary Nelson, and a twin brother, Paul Nelson.  Burial was held February 16, 2004 in Greasy Ridge Cemetery near Dunlow.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 14, 2004 ** MARIE ELLIS, 90, of Dingess, in Logan Regional Medical Center.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Kyle B. Ellis, Sr.   Burial was held February 17, 2004 in Deskins Cemetery.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 14, 2004 ** ARTIS PATITUCCI, 76, of Ceredo, W. Va., in Mariner Health Care Center.  Born August 13, 1927, in Maysville, Ky., a daughter of the late Martin Luther and Sarah Elizabeth Gray Falls.  Preceded in death by three husbands, Joe Boyd, Harold Shy and Dominick Patitucci; a daughter Linda Falvo; two brothers, Marcus B. Falls and Martin Luther Falls Jr.; two sisters, Audrey Howell and Edith Humphreys.  Survivors include a son, David Shy; a sister, Mildred Baker and a sister-in-law, Ruth Falls.  Burial was held February 17, 2004 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 15, 2004 ** MELVIN THOMPSON, 64, of Barboursville, in St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington.   Born December 14, 1931, at Mill Creek, a son of Ethel Williams.  Survivors include one sister, Judy Gillespie and two brothers, Matthew Thompson and Billy Thompson.  Burial February 18, 2004.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 15, 2004 **  BOYD PERTEE, 71, of Barboursville, W. Va., in St. Mary's Medical Center.  Born July 10, 1932, in Crum, W. Va., a son of the late Tom and Naomi Brumfield Pertee.  Preceded in death by his wife, Jamie Pertee; two sisters, Mary Etta Dalton and Betty Copley; two brothers, Terry Pertee and Everett Pertee.  Survivors include one sister, Carrie Maynard and three brothers, Roy, Troy and Willis Pertee.  Burial held February 18, 2004 in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 16, 2004 ** ALBERT J. SMITH, 88, of Wayne, at home.  Born August 21, 1915 at Ferguson, a son of the late George and Mary Robertson Smith.  Preceded in death by two sisters, Hazel Watts and Bertha Garrett.  Survivors include his wife Lucy Harvey Smith; six sons, Jerry Smith and wife Donna, Stanley Smith and wife Tammy, Raymond Smith and wife Carolyn, Sam Smith and wife Lynn, George Smith and wife Donna and Bill Smith and wife Lisa; two daughters, Lillian Arrowood and husband Larry, Sandy Pelphrey and husband Glen; a sister, Ruby Nelson.  Burial held February 19, 2004 in Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 16, 2004 ** FRED ROBERTSON, 75, of Proctorville, Ohio, in St. Mary's Medical Center.  Born June 18, 1928, in Kentucky, a son of the late Frank and Sadie Meade Robertson.  Preceded in death by four brothers, Frank Jr., Tracy, Andervill and Roland Robertson, and two sisters, Mary Ellen Brown and Minnie Asbury.  Survivors include his wife, Wanda Lee Beckett Robertson; two daughters, Loretta Crockett and Charlene Wood; a stepson, Jack Keaton; a brother, Lawrence Robertson.  Burial held February 20, 2004 in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 17, 2004 ** DONALD GENE TAYLOR, 75, of Huntington, in Mariner Health Care Center, Huntington.   Born August 3, 1928, a son of the late Gordon and Cynthia Newman Taylor.  Preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Rickman Taylor; three sisters, Bonnie Panell, Mildred Fannin and Elsie Taylor; three brothers, Robert, Clarence and Marian Paul Taylor.  Survivors include eight children and their spouses, Karen and Charlie Adams, Patty Johnson, Judy and David Pennington, Donald Taylor, Jr., and wife Beverly, David and Pam Taylor and Rod and Melissa Taylor, Diane Taylor, Marsha and Bryan Chaffin; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Jim and Nellie Taylor and Glen and Mary Anne Taylor.   Burial February 20, 2004 in Taylor Cemetery, Huntington.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 16, 2004 ** EMMITT WOOTEN, 63, of Mulberry, Fla., formerly of Wayne, at his home.  Born May 7, 1940, in Wayne County, a son of Eris Adkins and the late Ruby Wooten.  Preceded in death by a brother, Emery Steel, and two sisters, Lola Kolton and Goldie Tomblin.  Survivors include his wife, Mary Bailey Wooten; a daughter Ruby Huffman; a special daughter, Nellie  Sieben; three sons, Emmitt Jr., and wife Lisa, Paul and wife Angel and Charlie Wooten; a sister, Lula Tomblin; a brother, Emzy Wooten.  Burial held February 21, 2004 in Jasper Ferguson Cemetery at East Lynn.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 16, 2004 ** MARY SPARKS, 75, of Kermit, in Appalachian Regional Hospital.  Born March 19, 1928, a daughter of the late Gilbert Pope and Mabel Pope.  Survivors include her husband, Clyde Sparks; three sons, Charles Sparks and wife Sue, Jim Sparks and wife Robin and Bob Sparks and wife Sharon; brothers and sisters, Jim Pope and wife Sue, Linda Staten and husband Charles, Jean Bevins and husband Kenneth, and Patty Hudson and husband Larry.  Burial held February 19, 2004 in Hillcrest Cemetery at Kenova.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 17, 2004 ** EMMALINE BARTRAM THOMPSON, 78, of Fort Gay, at Three Rivers Medical Center, Louisa, Ky. Born September 28, 1925, in Fort Gay, a daughter of the late Willie Bartram and Mary Copley Bartram.  Preceded in death by two brothers, Noah Bartram and Claude Bartram; two sisters, Ivory Bartram and Nellie Bartram.  Survivors include her husband, Carmie Thompson, Sr.; one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Cook and husband Joe; one son, Carmie Thompson Jr. and wife Donna; one brother, Alvis Bartram; one sister, Irene Hudson.  Burial held February 20, 2004 in Copley Cemetery at Trace Branch.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 17, 2004 ** OPAL L. DAVIS, 91, of Huntington, at her home.  Born June 9, 1912, in Wayne County, a daughter of the late Delbert and Maude Barbour Hale.  Preceded in death by her husband, Carl Davis; a son, Carl Davis, Jr.; two brothers and a sister.  Survivors include a sister.  Burial held February 20, 2004 in Woodmere Abbey of Remembrance.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 17, 2004 ** NOAH FERGUSON, JR., 73, of Dunlow, at his home.  Born September 29, 1930, at Dunlow, a son of the late Noah and Ollie Browning Ferguson.  Preceded in death by his wife, Louvern Finley Ferguson and a son, Noah Bruce Ferguson.  Survivors include two daughters, Darlene Maynard and husband Av, and Belle Ferguson; a son, Michael Lee Ferguson and wife Della; five sisters, Ida Pearl Meade, Virginia Hogg and Reba Hankins, Sarah Hankins and Millie Asbury.  Burial held February 20, 2004 in the Ferguson Cemetery near Dunlow.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 18, 2004 ** WILMA L. HARLESS WILLIAMSON, 77, of Huntington, in St. Mary’s Medical Center.   Born July 31, 1926, in Wayne County, a son of the late Henry and Viola Perry Harless.  Preceded in death by three brothers and four sisters.  Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Carolyn and Chester Whisman, Donna Kendrick; four sons and daughters-in-law, buddy and Jane Williamson, Chester and Barb Williamson, Jack and Tina Williamson and James Williamson; three sisters, Locie Adkins and Juanita Lucas and Donna Daniels.  Burial held February 22, 2004 in Mount Vernon Cemetery.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 19, 2004 ** BILLY JOE PRICHARD, 76, of Wayne, in St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington.  Born September 23, 1927, in Branchland, a son of the late Park and Ida Brinegar Prichard.  Preceded in death by one sister, Velma Jean Clark; two brothers, Arnold Prichard and Haskel Prichard and his mother and father-in-law, Arbie and Elizabeth Casteel.  Survivors include his wife, Lucille Casteel Prichard; one daughter, Brenda Clay and husband Eugene; one son, Billy Ray Prichard and wife Kathy; eight brothers and sisters, Nickie Smith, Blanche Hall, Mabel Freas, Dextia Smith, Charleen Prichard, Thomas Prichard, Don Prichard, and Clarence Prichard.  Burial held February 22, 2004 in Elmwood Cemetery in Wayne.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 20, 2004 ** WILLIAM “BILL” DAVID LEWIS, 59, of Kenova, formerly of Grove City, Ohio, in the VA Medical Center.  Survivors include his wife, Linda Lewis; one daughter, Darlene Sue Lewis; three sons, Chad Ernest Lewis, David Lewis, and Ken Lewis; two sisters, Janice Belltrone and Lynn Graves; one brother, Leonard Neal.  Burial February 24, 2004 at Grove City Cemetery.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 21, 2004 ** MABEL V. PARSLEY PORTER, 77, of Huntington, at Cabell Huntington Hospital.  Born October 7, 1926, in Wayne, W. Va., a daughter of the late Taylor and Hattie Marcum Parsley.  Preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Porter; a daughter, Brenda Fife; a brother, Robert Lee Bailey.  Survivors include a son, Orville Fife; two daughters, Coetta S. Hannah, and Loretta Hill; a son-in-law, Clyde Muncy; two brothers, Homer Parsley and Charlie Parsley; a sister, Sadie Williams.    Burial held February 25, 2004 in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 21, 2004 ** LANNY DALE ROBERTSON, 52, of Fort Gay, in Three Rivers Medical Center, Louisa, Ky.   Born February 27, 1951, in Fort Gay, a son of the late Edgar Robertson and Mona Thompson Robertson.  Survivors include six daughters, Shawna Dingess, Melissa Prater, Christy Cox, Tonya Cox, Lucinda Johnson and Bonnie Johnson; three sons, John Edgar Robertson, Michael Bartram, and Douglas Cox; two sisters, Darlene Sluss, Judy Adkins; three brothers, Edgar Robertson, Jr., Dallas Robertson, and Paul Robertson.  Burial held February 25, 2004 in Christian Cemetery in Fort Gay.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 22, 2004 ** ERNEST W. CAUDILL, 82, of Kenova, at his home.  Born August 25, 1921, in Wolfe County, Ky., the son of the late Jesse E. and Mary Mullins Caudill.  Preceded in death by a son, Bill Caudill; one brother and seven sisters.  Survivors include his wife Reva Reynolds Caudill; a daughter, Janice and son-in-law John Milam; one sister, Nina Hobbs.  Burial held February 25, 2004 in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 22, 2004 ** PEARL EDRA MCCOY, 90, of Lavalette, W.Va., at St. Mary's Medical Center.  Born March 9, 1913, in Lavalette, W.Va., a daughter of the late Samuel Joseph and Armida Delaro Pyles Newman.  Preceded in death by her husband, George Wetzel McCoy; a son, Jody McCoy; a daughter, JoAnn McClung; a brother, Harv Edwin Newman and two sisters, Jewell Emogene Fortner and Ruby Dorma Stone.  Survivors include three sons, and two daughters-in-law, Charles and Mary E. McCoy, Jack McCoy and Jim and Barbara McCoy; a daughter-in-law, Evelyn McCoy.  Burial held February 25, 2004 in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Wayne County.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 22, 2004 ** CHARLES EDWARD DRENNER, 96, of Logan, W.Va., formerly of Delbarton and East Lynn, W.Va.,  in Logan Center.   Born June 3, 1907, in East Lynn, W.Va., a son of the late George and Almeda Davis Drenner.  Preceded in death by his wife, Myrtle Hagar Drenner, three sisters, Geneva Stapleton, Mary Lou Drenner and Ellen Drenner; four brothers, John, Richard, Pete and Verdie Drenner; a son-in-law, John Ooten.  Survivors include three daughters, Beulah Ooten, Doris McCallister and husband Delbert, Karen Bousson and husband Jim; a son, Charles Drenner and wife Eileen; two sisters, Josephine Russel and Mabel Callaway.  Burial held February 26, 2004 in Elmwood Cemetery.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 23, 2004 ** BILLY KING, 76, of East Lynn, W.Va., at his residence.  Born December 17, 1927, in Logan, W.Va., a son of the late Ewell and Manie Margaret Faine King.  Preceded in death by a son, Kevin Scott King; three sisters, Ethel Russell, Aretta Bedford and Rebecca Ballard; and a brother, Ernest King.  Survivors include his wife, Ann King; five daughters, Sandra Beckelheimer and husband Gerald, bonnie Callihan and husband Tim, Kathy Perry and husband Dale, Vickie Stickler and husband John and Susan Harris; three sons, Daniel King and wife Geraldine, David King and wife Christina and Darrin King; a stepdaughter, Linda Barrett; three sisters, Maxine Daniels, Bonnie Drenner, and Eileen Miller.  Burial held February 26, 2004 in King Cemetery, East Lynn.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 24, 2004 ** RUBY RAMEY JONES, 84, of Clemmons, N.C., at Meadowbrook Terrace of Davie.  Born February 9, 1920, in Wayne County.  Preceded in death by her husbands, Checker Stanley and Clyde Jones; a daughter, Sherry Boger; a brother, Jim Ramey; a sister, Cuba Elliott and half brother, Willie Ramey.  Survivors include a son, Stanley Jones; a stepson,   J. C. Jones; a brother, Frank Ramey and wife Marta; a half-brother, Silford Ramey and wife Mabel; a son-in-law, Sam Boger and wife Pat.  Burial held February 28, 2004 in Westlawn Gardens of Memory.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 25, 2004 ** SHERMAN MOORE, 72, of Ceredo, formerly of Kenova, in St. Mary's Medical Center.   Born January 31, 1932, in Fleming, W.Va., a son of the late McKinley and Lucy Ann Sartin Moore.  Survivors include one daughter, Frankie Y. Frasure; one son, Cebern Moore; three sisters, Frankie Damron, Emma booth and Edna Booth; two brothers, Tom Moore and Don Moore.  Burial held February 28, 2004 in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 25, 2004 ** WOODROW ASBURY, 87, of Huntington, formerly of Wayne, at Huntington Veterans Administration Medical Center.  Born February 1, 1917, in East Lynn, a son of the late Moses and Minnie Davis Asbury.  Preceded in death by his wife, Eloise Fry Asbury; three sisters, Pinky Asbury, Nannie Asbury Crabtree and Sallie Asbury Griffin; six brothers, Hartley, Bill, Claude, Barney, Elmer and Lucian Asbury.  Survivors include one daughter, Brenda Asbury Leaman; one sister, Victoria Vaughan and husband Burnie; three brothers, Tom Asbury, Hoover Asbury and wife Mary, and George Asbury and wife Eileen.  Burial held February 28, 2004 in Moses Asbury Cemetery at East Lynn.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 26, 2004 ** HOWARD E. CALDWELL, 78, of Catlettsburg, Ky., formerly of Kenova, W.Va., in Community Hospice Center, Ashland, Ky.  Born October 27, 1925, in Kenova, W.Va., a son of the late Bogar and Eula Parsley Caldwell.  Preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Loretta Powell Caldwell; two daughters, Teresa Warner and Shirley Mae Caldwell; one brother, Manford R. Caldwell.   Survivors include one daughter, Beverly Gonzales; four sisters and three brothers-in-law, Emogene Brumfield, Wanda and Ted Kennedy, Barbara and James Cole and Judy and Danny Roy; three brothers and one sister-in-law, Theodore Caldwell, and Bobby and Ruby Caldwell.  Burial held February 28, 2004 in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 26, 2004 ** MINERVA MAYNARD LITTLE, 68, of Fort Gay, W.Va.  Preceded in death by her parents, McKinley and Lexie Frazier Maynard; five brothers, Charles, Dombey, Maxwell, Ike and Neville Maynard.  Survivors include her husband Carl K. Little Jr.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Kevin and Danielle Little, and Trevor Little and Holly Ballard; two daughters and sons-in-law, Tonji and Ron Bowen, Jacqueline and Warren Blum; one brother, Darrell Maynard and wife Virginia.  Burial held February 29, 2004 in Maynard-Frazier Cemetery, Lost Creek, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 27, 2004 ** CARROLL ADKINS, 86, of Ceredo, W. Va., at his home.  Born July 29, 1917, in East Lynn, W.Va., a son of the late Lee and Mary Jackson Adkins.  Preceded in death by four brothers, Tillman, Hiram, Herman, and Lee Jr., Adkins.  Survivors include his wife, Gladys Warf Adkins; two sons, Roger Carroll Adkins and Gregory Kent Adkins; four sisters and a brother-in-law, Lola Bowen, Rilda Egan, hazel Leffler and Charlotte G. and Jim Diamond.  Burial held February 29, 2004 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 27, 2004 ** HAROLD D. ADKINS, 76, of Huntington, in St. Mary’s Medical Center.  Born January 4, 1928, in Lavalette, W.Va., a son of the late Noble and Mona Adkins.  Preceded in death by two brothers, Leo and Reo Adkins.  Survivors include his wife, Virginia Deal Adkins; a daughter, Pamela Gillette and a son, Rev. Jeffrey Adkins and wife, Valerie; two brothers, Darrell Adkins and wife Shirley and Wendell Adkins.  Burial held March 1, 2004 Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 28, 2004 ** ERMA E. CRAFT NEWMAN, 84, of Huntington, in Cabell Huntington Hospital.  Born August 10, 1919, in Wayne County, a daughter of the late Melvin and Matilda Elkins Craft.  Preceded in death by a son, James Ermal Newman; sisters, Velma E. Kelley Billups and Alma Adeline Craft; brothers, Deral C., Herman F., Harold H., and Minnis Otto Craft.  Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Charles Howard and Connie Jo Newman; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Norris and Clara Craft and Keith Ray and Lynette Craft.  Burial held March 2, 2004 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 28, 2004 ** JUDITH LEE GRUBER, 67, of Huntington, in St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington.   Survivors include an aunt, Juanita Fink.   Burial held March 3, 2004 at Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington.

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