WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
September, 2009
These obituaries for the month of September were typed by Howard Osburn.
DIED - SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 ** ROBERT LEE "BOB" MANNS,
60, of Ranger, W.Va., at home. Born July 2, 1949 in West Hamlin, W.Va., a son of
the late Lonnie and Flora Manns. Preceded in death by a son, Steven F. Manns;
brothers and sisters John, Harrison, Sadie, Audrie, Lonzo, Dewey, David, Iris
and Sharon. Survivors include his wife, Bess Manns; daughters Bobbie J. Manns
and Linda J. Cooper; step-son Adam (Sarah) Alford; step-daughter Trina (Davy)
Moore; brothers and sisters Alice Manns, Paul Manns, Don (Mary) Manns, Ron
(Cindy) Manns, Oscar (Jeanette) Manns and Tom (Merle) Manns; two grandchildren.
Burial September 4, 2009, in the Manns Cemetery, Harts, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 ** REBA BOWENS, 79, of
Fort Gay, at King's Daughters Medical Center. Born Dec. 4, 1929 at Drag Creek,
W.Va. to the late Monroe and Sara Chaffin Copley. Survivors include two
daughters, Sandra Walker and Lisa McCoy; three sons, Fairley Bowens, Donald
Bowens and Larry Bowens; three sisters, Betty Sammons, Ludy Copley and Lexie
Short; three brothers, Ermal Copley, Claude Copley and Ralph Copley. Burial
September 3, 2009 at at Bowens Cemetery in Webb, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 ** MARY DAWN CROCKETT, 24,
of Lavalette, WV, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital. Born November 25, 1984 in
Cabell County, WV, a daughter of James, Crockett and wife, Tammy of Wayne, WV,
.and Loretta Robertson Neace and husband, David of Huntington, WV. Survivors
include a daughter, Erica Halle Crockett; four sisters, Larae Ellison and
husband Jeffrey, Jamie Sullivan, Bobbi Crockett and Laura Beth Franks and
husband Dustin. Burial September 9, 2009 at the Crockett Family Cemetery at
Wayne.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 3 ** RUBY JANE VINSON, 69, of
Prichard, W.Va., at her residence. She was the daughter of Pauline Dillon and
the late Chriss Dillon. Preceded in death by her husband Burthen Vinson; three
brothers and four sisters. Survivors include children, Terry (Selena) Vinson,
Ted (Carol) Vinson, Lisa (Andy) Goodall and Holly Vinson; three brothers,
Charles Dillon, Gary Dillon and Chriss Dillon Jr.; seven sisters, Yvonne Luther,
June Bowen of, Liz Dillon, Dixie Marcum, Regenia Stamper, Shirlene Hardwick and
Barbara Sansom; Three grandchildren. Burial September 6, 2009, place not given.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 5, 2009 ** CURTIS LEE EVANS, JR.,
60, of Laurel, Md., in Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. Born
Dec. 14, 1948, in Louisa, the son of Curtis and Marie Copley Evans of Fort Gay,
W.Va. Survivors include his wife, Sarah K. Evans; two daughters, Nancy Napier
and Katherine McKenzie; two sons, Frank Evans and David King; a brother, Jim
Evans; two sisters, Betty Frasher and Christine Saunders; and seven
grandchildren. Burial Saturday, September 11, 2009 in Maplewood Cemetery,
Elkins, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 5, 2009 ** ELBA TAYLOR, 80, of
Ranger, husband of Maxine Taylor, at Logan General Hospital. Burial September 9,
2009 at Taylor Cemetery, Wade Adkins Branch.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 5, 2009 ** CHARLEY FRY LYCAN, 93,
of Lavalette, W.Va., at Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington. Born
Jan. 24, 1916, in Stiltner, W.Va., a daughter of the late Dr. Frank H. Fry and
Cassie Mathis Fry. Preceded in death by her husband and son, Curtis Lycan and
Tanner Lycan; three sisters, Effie Maynard, Ethel Horne, Sally Bradshaw; five
brothers, F. B. Fry, Sherman Fry, Chalk Fry, Johnson Fry and Edmond Fry.
Survivors include numerous nieces and nephews. Burial September 8, 2009, at
Community Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 6, 2009 ** MRS. ETHEL COLLINS, 84,
of Huntington, wife of James W. Collins, at Huntington Health and Rehab. Born
May 6, 1925 in Huntington, a, daughter of the late Melvin Napier and Myrtle
Billups Napier Perry. Survivors include 3 sisters; Bonnie Plybon, Garnet Maynard
and Rosie Watts; 5 brothers, Alpha Perry, Kenny Perry, Billy Perry, Delbert
Napier, and Gene Napier all of Wayne, WV. Burial September 9, 2009 in White
Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 6, 2009 ** ANGELA SELINA MULLINS,
45, of Harts, wife of Stoney Mullins, at home. She was an RN. Burial September
19, 2009 at Ferrellsburg Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 7, 2009 ** JAMES RONALD LEE JUSTICE JR.,
47, of Huntington, W.Va. Born September 4, 1962, in Georgetown, Ohio, a son of
Iris Maynard Justice of Dunlow, W.Va., and the late James Ronald Lee Justice.
Survivors include his wife, Wilma Sue Napier Justice; a daughter, Amanda Jo
Justice Barker and husband Shannon; two step-sons, Jason Lynn Hensley and wife
Heather and Joshwa Lee Hensley; two sisters, Robin Justice Perry and Monica
Faith Maynard; three grandchildren. Burial September 11, 2009, at James Justice
Cemetery, Dunlow, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 6, 2009 ** MRS. BETTY LEE ADAMS,
76, of St. Petersburg, Florida, at Egret Cove Center. Born September 6, 1933, in
Wayne County to the late Hourston and Mattie Elmore. Preceded in death by her
husband, Robert Lee Adams; her son Donald Lee Adams; sisters Dolly Kilgore and
Jewell Bloss; brothers Leon, Lamech, Homer and Donald Elmore. Survivors include
her son Robert Timothy Adams (Sue); daughter Diana Kay Adams Bush (Larry);
sisters Bonnie Fitzpatrick and Louise Risher; and a daughter-in-law Paula Beth
Adams. She has 8 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Burial October 3,
2009, at Bowen Cemetery, Cabell County West Virginia.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 7, 2009 ** OLLIE BURTON MILLS, 43,
of Huntington, W.Va., at St. Mary's Medical Center. Born July 7, 1966 in
Huntington, a son of the late Ollie Mills and Shirley Adkins. Preceded in death
by one brother, Walter Mills; two sisters, Linda Pease and Kathleen Harris.
Survivors include four brothers, Frank Mills, Ronnie Mills, Clyde Mills and
Teddy Mills; two sisters, Muriel Goodman and Elva Levering; one daughter, Corey
Mills. Burial September 11, 2009 in the Mills Cemetery, East Lynn.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 ** BEVERLY JUNE STANLEY HORNE.
Preceded in death by her father, Edward Stanley; and, one granddaughter,
Cheyenne Holly. Survivors include her husband, Robert Horne; mother, Edna
Stanley; daughters, Twyla (Rob.) Cook and Wendy Holly; five grandchildren;
sister, Kitty (Willie) Anderson; brothers, Don (Sarah) Stanley, Jay (Betty)
Stanley, Larry Stanley, Matt (Shannon) Stanley, Olin Hinkle; step-children,
Kevin (Cassie) Thompson and Breanna Horne. Burial September 12, 2009, place not
given.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 ** JERRY RONALD VAUGHN,
60, of Wayne, WV, at his residence. Born February 4, 1949 in Wayne County, a son
of the late Henry Lee and Oma Adkins Vaughan. Preceded in death by a brother,
Robert Lee Vaughan. Survivors include two sons, Henry Lee Vaughan, II and wife,
Melissa and Jacob Scott Vaughan; a sister, Carla Joy Adkins and husband,
Charlie; a brother, Jacob Vaughan and wife, Nannie; two grandchildren. Burial
September 12, 2009 at the Vaughan-Mills Cemetery at Wayne, WV.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 ** ANGELA MARIE MAYNARD COLES,
35, of Huntington, WV, at her residence. Born October 7, 1973 in Michigan, a
daughter of the late Glen and Sandra Carter Maynard. Survivors include her
husband, George Coles; four children Amber, Jayla, Cassie and Brandon; three
brothers Jason (Kristina) Maynard, Bobby Maynard and Christopher Maynard;
Grandmother Nettie DeBusk. Burial September 15, 2009, place not given.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 ** REGANIA SUE ADKINS,
88, of Huntington, W.Va. Born July 17, 1921 in Louisa, Ky., a daughter of the
late Ezra and Esther Alley Adkins. Preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Truman
Adkins; and one grandson, Kevin Dale Adkins. Survivors include two sons and
daughters-in-law, Lowell Gale and Sandy Adkins and Larry Truman and Tammy
Adkins; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brothers and sisters-in-law,
Toney and Lila Adkins, Homer and Emma Jean Adkins, Amos Adkins and Charles "Red"
and Janice Adkins; sister and brother-in-law, Phyllis Jean and James White.
Burial September 13, 2009, in Morrison Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 ** VERA ELLEN NAPIER, 61,
of Kenova, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington, WV. Born
April 27, 1948, in Cabell County, to the late Wilbur and Irene (Patterson)
Wells. Preceded in death by a sister, Donna Blanton. Survivors include her
husband, Elijah Napier; two daughters, Alisha and Kevin Grayson and Rhonda and
Jeff Moine; three brothers, Bob Wells, Keith Wells and Steve Wells; and four
sisters, Alice Maynard, Sally Maynard, Evelyn Webb and Marlene Kitchen; five
grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Burial September 14, 2009 in the Maple Hill
Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 ** CHARLES DAVID BAILEY "BEETLE",
62, of Huntington, W.Va. Born July 15, 1947, a son of Charles and Betty Bailey.
Preceded in death by his twin sons; a nephew, Matt Arthur; and his grandparents,
Kirby and Violet Hager and Charles M. Bailey Sr. and Emmaline Bailey. Survivors
include his wife, Cheryl "Sherrie" Bailey; two daughters and their husbands,
Christie D. and Danny Crum and Cindy L. and Ryan Cassell; father-in-law, Raymond
Walker and his wife Sarah; five precious grandchildren; one sister, Debora
"Debbie" Spicer and brother-in-law Craig; one sister-in-law, Sandy "Sandy Sue";
and brother-in-law, Terry Arthur. Burial September 15, 2009, place not given.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 ** LARRY VIRGIL FINLEY,
65, of Dunlow, WV, at his residence. Born November 27, 1943 in Logan, WV, a son
of the late Zora and Ida Belle Elliott Finley. Preceded in death by two sisters,
Louvern Ferguson Finley and Margie Meddings; two brothers, J.C. Finley and Brady
"Shorty" Finley; a grandson, Joseph Pearlie Finley, Jr. Survivors include his
wife, Loretta Joan Miller Finley; two daughters, Kimberly Aileen Finley Early
and husband Robert and Loretta Lynn Finley Smith; two sons, Joseph Pearly
Finley, Sr. and Larry Virgil Finley, Jr.; four sisters, Verda Phillips, Emma
Workman, Betty Messer and husband Irvin and Oneda Hundley; two brothers, Clark
Finley and Zora Finley, Jr. and wife, Mary; 14 grandchildren and 6
great-grandchildren. Burila September 14, 2009 at Ferguson Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 12, 2009 ** INFANT GABRIEL AIDEN XAIVER
JACKSON, 12 days old, at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Born August 30,
2009 in Cincinnati, OH, a son of Dustin Gathings & Crystal Melissa Jackson.
Survivors include his grandparents, Cheryl Watts and husband, Kenny and Stacy
Jackson and wife, Mandy; great grandparents, Bill and Gayle Jackson; numerous
aunts and uncles. Burial September 17, 2009, place not given.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 ** LOUISE STOKER, 67, of
Huntington, WV, at her residence. Born April 27, 1942 in Kirk, WV, a daughter of
the late Guy C. and Eva Marcum Fowler. Survivors include her two sons and a
daughter-in-law, Gary Dwayne and Peggy Sue Stoker and Berry Edward Stoker; a
twin sister, Eloise Daniels; three brothers, Stanley Fowler, Thaddeus Fowler and
Roger Fowler. Burial September 16, 2009 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens,
Barboursville.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 ** JAMES CARLOS ISAACS,
61, of Sterling Heights, Mich., formerly of Kenova, W.Va., at Cabell Huntington
Hospital. Born May 13, 1948 in Logan County, West Virginia, a son of the late
Henry and Mary Nelson Isaacs. Preceded in death by one sister, Velma Isaacs.
Survivors include his wife, Maudie A. Isaacs; one son, David W. Isaacs; and one
daughter, Teresa R. Thomas and husband Keith; four grandchildren; three
brothers, Gerald Isaacs, Charles Isaacs and wife Donna and Paul Isaacs and wife
Lynn; one sister, Virginia Lucas and husband Mike. Burial September 14, 2009 in
Community Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after 6 p.m.. Sunday at the funeral
home.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 12, 2009 ** LEO "BUD" THACKER, 93,
of Lavalette, W.Va., at Cabell-Huntington Hospital. Born May 18, 1916, in
Huntington, W.Va., a son of the late Jerry and Bertha Fortner Thacker. Preceded
in death by his first wife, Charlene Staley Thacker; a son, Jennings Thacker;
three sisters, Fern Murphy, Thelma Thacker and Irene Maynard. Survivors include
his wife, Hastie Sullivan Thacker; two sons, Dallas Marvin Thacker and Ralph
Edward Thacker; two daughters, Juanita Fay May and Linda Lou Stajnrajh; and one
sister, Opal Staley; 16 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. Burial
September 14, 2009, at Cyrus Cemetery, Prichard, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 ** SAMUEL TRAVIS PAYTON,
25, of Pataskala, Ohio, formerly of Kenova, W.Va., at his home. Born April 10,
1984 in Huntington, W.Va., a son of Sam Payton of Cross Lanes, W.Va., and
Melissa Perdue Mathis of Kenova. Preceded in death by a sister, Samantha Marie
Payton; and his grandfather, Eustace Jewell Perdue. Survivors include his
parents; his twin sons, Samuel Kevin and Travis Clay Payton; his fiancée,
Kristina McGlone; his step-father, David Mathis; his step-mother, Marsha Payton;
one sister and her husband, Kristi and Jody Pollard; two brothers, Stephen
Payton and Thumper Payton; his maternal grandmother, Jane Thompson; his paternal
grandparents, Roy and Elsie Payton; two step-sisters, Cindy and Dennis Ferguson
and Becca Mathis; his step-grandparents, Ronnie and Luetta Belcher and Junior
and Dorothy Mathis; one aunt, Susie Milne; four uncles, Jeff Perdue and Todd,
Gary and Terrance Payton. Burial September 18, 2009, in Maple Hill Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 ** SADIE MAYNARD TABOR,
91, of Barboursville, WV, in the Homestead Unit of Heritage Center. Born June
16, 1918, in Wayne County, W.Va., the daughter of the late Edgar and Lizzie
Osburn Maynard. Preceded in death by her husband, Otto Tabor; sisters, Miriam
Copley, Mattie Lois Gillespie; brothers, Forrest, Ray, Kenneth Maynard;
granddaughter-in-law, Belinda Call. Survivors include one daughter and
son-in-law, Janice and Robert Call; two grandchildren; five great-grandsons;
sister-in-law, Irene Maynard; brother-in-law, Orville Tabor. Burial September
15, 2009, in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 ** WONDELL EDWARD HAYTON,
76, of Prichard, W.Va., in the Huntington VA Medical Center. Born November 5,
1932, a son of the late Reily and Ethel Smith Hayton. Preceded in death by a
son, Jerry Hayton; a granddaughter Tabitha Webb; brother and sister-in-law Bill
and Nancy Hayton. Survivors include his wife Mary Hayton; six sons, Jim (Jane)
Hayton, Mike (Penny) Adkins, Rick (Tammy) Adkins, T.H. (Bobbi) Hayton, Scott
Hayton and Bud (Brenda) Hayton; three daughters Donna (Eddie) Smith, Eileen
(Dominic) Facarazzo and Toni (Jerry) Stack; one brother and sister-in-law, Terry
and Sam Hayton; 17 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Burial September
17, 2009, in the Wondell Hayton Family Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 ** JOHN LEE BREWER, 72,
of Lenore, W.Va., at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, Ky. Born February
7, 1937 in Mingo County, W.Va. a son of the late Elza and Dora Mae Mayhorn
Brewer. Preceded in death by two sisters, Allene Hundley and Martha O'Brien.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Faye Smith Brewer; two daughters, Jennifer
Lynn (Randy) Mitchell and Lavonna Ann (Daniel) Wallace; one son, John Lee (Tanayea)
Brewer Jr.; one brother, Charles Brewer; sisters, Gladys Jarrells, Shirley
Dillow, Dora Mae Newsome, Helen Brewer, Barbara Blair and Lorene Thomas; ten
grandchildren. Burial September 16, 2009, place not given.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 ** JAMES WESLEY "JIM, JAY, J.R."
JERVIS, Jr., 56, of Canal Winchester, Oh., formerly of Wayne County, at
Mount Carmel East Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Born February 22, 1953 at Iaeger,
WV, a son of the late James Wesley and Margaret Green Jervis. Preceded in death
by two sisters, Lois Jervis and Joyce Scott. Survivors include his wife, Edna
Marcella Marcum Jervis; a daughter, Brea Wolfe and husband Steven; two sons,
Shane Jervis and Seth Jervis; four sisters, Myrtle Jervis, Dorothy Groskof and
husband David, Alice Hall and husband George and Elizabeth Milford and husband
Tom; two brothers, Tom Jervis and Gary Jervis; and three grandchildren. Burial
September 17, 2009 at the Robinson Cemetery on Ferguson Branch.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 ** CHARLES W. "CHARLIE" HENSLEY,
74, of Kenova, W.Va., in St. Mary's Medical Center. Born July 26, 1935 in
Catlettsburg, Ky., a son of the late Charles R. and Madge L. Conley Hensley.
Preceded in death by his wife, Donna Gail Hensley; one son, Charles W. Hensley
Jr.; and infant sister, Carol Sue Hensley. Survivors include one son and
daughter-in-law, Bobby and Kelly Hensley; one daughter and son-in-law, Karen and
Glenn Wheeler; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Edward and Sherry Hensley and
Jack L. and Debbie Hensley; one sister, Marva Bellomy; six grandchildren; one
great-grandchild. Burial September 17, 2009, in Forest Lawn Memorial Park,
Huntington.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 ** CASEY RYAN COPLEY, 21,
of Fort Gay, WV, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital. Born July 25, 1988, a son
of Larry and Debbie Copley of Fort Gay. Survivors include his parents; his wife,
Brenda McCoy Copley; one daughter, Jalyn Kay Copley; one brother, Larry Andrew
Copley; his maternal grandmother, Ann Thornsbury; and his paternal grandparents,
Rush and Lutie Copley. Burial September 18, in the Wellman Cemetery in Fort Gay.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 ** ETHEL MAYNARD, 85, of
Wayne, WV, at Wayne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born November 21, 1923 in
Wayne County, WV, a daughter of the late Lucian and Kaitie Maynard Clark.
Preceded in death by a daughter, Glendola Adkins also; three infant sons.
Survivors include three daughters, Wealtha Blankenship, Dorothy Overby and
Kaitie Clark; two sons, Allen and Arlie Maynard. Burial September 16, 2009
at Community Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 ** OPAL MARIE BROWN, 74,
of Louisa, Ky., at Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, Va. Born October 11, 1934, in
Dunlow, W.Va., a daughter of the late Ottie Sever and Ruby Parsons Mills.
Preceded in death by one sister, Wanda Lee Mills; two sons-in-law, William
Eugene Reed and William Timothy Cremeans; grandparents Letha and Willie Mills
and Maude and Edward Parsons. Survivors include her husband, Johnie Brown; three
daughters, Glenna Marie Reed, Marilyn Kaye Cremeans and Shani Rae Brown; one
son, Michael Lee (Roslyn) Moore; three sisters, Loretta Clark, Patti (Jimmy
Clyde) Napier and Kay (Larry) McComas; four brothers, Bill Ed (Louise) Mills,
Gerald (Loretta) Mills, Dale (Francis) Mills and David (Jeanette) Mills; six
grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Burial September 19, 2009, place not
given.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 ** ROY LEE MARCUM, 77, of
Kenova, W.Va., at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Ashland, Ky. Born April 4,
1932, in Dunlow, W.Va., a son of the late Charlie and Goldie Picklesimer Marcum.
Preceded in death by a son, Terry Lee Marcum; a brother, Charles Marcum Jr.
Survivors include his wife, Anita Louise Gullett Marcum; a daughter, Brenda Lee
and Tim Hensley; a son, Roy Lee II and Jennifer Marcum; five grandchildren;
brothers Ralph Marcum and Alan Jay Marcum; sisters Freedis Fry, Lucille McCall,
Hazel and Orville Stroud and Viola and Ray Bell. Burial September 18, 2009, in
White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 ** GLEN ROY COX, 70, of
Genoa, West Virginia, at his residence. Born February 27, 1939 in Wayne County,
a son of the late Milton and Bertha Rowe Cox. Preceded in death by a sister,
Edith C. Watts. Survivors include his wife, Wilma J. Holland Cox; two sons,
Matthew Cox and Joseph Cox; a sister, Gladys Robertson and husband, Dennie; five
brothers, Samuel Cox, Ralph Cox and wife Barbara, Virgil Cox and wife Judy,
Billy Gene Cox and wife Christine and Thomas Edward Cox and wife Betty. Burial
September 19, 2009 at the Ollie Stiltner Cemetery on Napier's Ridge.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 ** THOMAS ALLEN WELLMAN,
59, of Huntington, WV. Born June 3, 1950 in Huntington, WV, a son of the late
Ernest and Ruby Clark Wellman. Preceded in death by a brother, Ronald Wellman.
Survivors include a sister, Donna Heustis and husband Keith. Burial September
17, 2009 at Community Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 ** NANNIE MAE SCOTT, 91,
of Fort Gay, WV, at her home. Born May 19, 1918 in Coalmont, Tenn., a daughter
of the late Eldrige and Dora Ross Parson. Preceded in death by her husband,
Clifford Scott; three sons, Jerry Scott, Melvin Scott and James Scott; one
daughter-in-law Rhoda Magdelene Scott Marcum. Survivors include three daughters,
Thelma Pratt, Stella Stevens and Betty Ritenberry; one son, David Keith Scott;
27 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
Burial September 19, 2009 at the Scott Cemetery in Fort Gay.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 ** EZRA "BIG BUB" GOODMAN,
83, of Beech Fork. Born March 1, 1926, in Logan, W.Va., a son of the late Tom
and Ida Adkins Goodman. Preceded in death by his sister, Martha Napier; two
brothers, Hoover Goodman and Gallie Goodman. Survivors include his wife, Alice
Brunty Goodman; four children, Dorothy and husband Tom Mathews, Ray and Andy
Goodman and Martha Jean and husband Kevin Drumm; brothers Fredlene Goodman and
Tommy Goodman; sisters Julietta Lafferty and Norma Farris; 8 grandchildren; 13
great-grandchildren. Burial September 19, 2009, in Mays-Ramsey Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 ** LEXIE EASTHAM BAILEY,
83, of Huntington, W.Va., at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va.
Born January 4, 1926, in Kenova, W.Va., a daughter of the late Roy E. and
Pauline Jarrell Eastham. Preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence R. "Butch"
Bailey; three brothers, Billy Joe, David and Roger Eastham. Survivors include by
her sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Kay Bailey, Mark and Jane Bailey and
Brett and Brenda Bailey; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Burial
September 19, 2009, in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 ** GLEN ROGER (POKE) CURNUTTE,
68, of Wayne, W.Va. Born November 10, 1940 in Wayne County, West Virginia, a son
of the late Frank and Stella Rice Curnutte. Preceded in death by his wife, Vonia
Lee Curnutte; one brother, Elwood "Jim" Curnutte. Survivors include his
daughter, Tammy Lucas and husband Ronald; and two granddaughters; two brothers,
Gene Curnutte and Bob Curnutte and wife Pat. Burial September 21, 2009 in
the Curnutte Cemetery, Radnor, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 19, 2009 ** MRS. PARALEE HOOVER,
age 77, of Texarkana, Arkansas, in a Texarkana hospital. Born January 27, 1932,
in Stiltner, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Harvey and Charity Fry.
Preceded in death by a grandson, Anthony James Helms. Survivors include her
husband, Ernest Hoover; three sisters, two brothers, and their spouses: Chloe
and Herb Stump, Rosa Lee and Julius Finley, Janise Sue and James Canaday,
Hershel Fry and Dempsy and Nila Fry; two daughters, three sons, and their
spouses; Vonda and Troy Ward, Ronda and Jim Beller, Glenn and Dreama Davis, Bill
and Teresa Davis and Charles Edward and Bonnie Davis; and numerous
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren. Burial September
23, 2009, at Genoa Central Church of Christ Cemetery, Genoa, Arkansas.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 19, 2009 ** LANNY "PREACHER" PRATT,
63, of Powell, TN, at his residence. Born November 8, 1945 in Wayne County, WV,
a son of the late Paul and Eva Pitcher Pratt. Survivors include his wife, Brenda
Pratt; two daughters, Melanie Pratt and Eva Pratt; three sons, Paul Pratt and
wife Donna, David Pratt and wife Amy and Timothy Pratt and wife Erica;
four sisters, Carolyn Myers and husband Roy, Bonnie Crockett, Paulette Pratt and
husband Rick and Marsha Pratt; two brothers, David Pratt and wife Emma and Marty
Pratt; eight grandchildren. Burial September 23, 2009 at Adkins Cemetery on
Little Lynn.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 20, 2009 ** FRANCES "SANDY" WILEY,
76, of Wayne, W.Va. Born March 18, 1933 in Salina, Kansas, a daughter of the
late Francis Arthur and Julia Agnes Kistler Smith. Preceded in death by a
daughter, Angela Foley. Survivors included her husband Ira "Lou" Wiley; her
children Mike Plant, Patti Risk, Bob Plant, Sue Chlebek, Lynda VanDierendonck,
and Mark Wiley; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren; one sister,
Molly Smith. Burial Thursday, September 24, 2009 in the Joseph Taylor Cemetery,
Cove Gap, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 ** LINDA MARLENE HALSTEAD
CANTERBURY, 61, of Charleston, W.Va., formerly of Huntington, W.Va., at
the CAMC Memorial Hospital. Born October 5, 1947, in Huntington, a daughter to
the late Clayton Miller and Ruby Jewel Tooley Halstead. Preceded in death by her
husband, to Shirl Canterbury. Survivors include seven daughters, Kim and Michael
Wade Gilkerson, Patricia and Tony Kipp, Summer and James Elmer, Nicole and Roger
McCormick, Virginia Frye, Brenda Sorrell and fiancé Bruce Himes and Sarah
Rowland; four sons, James Sterba, Keith Vanburen, Benjamin Childers and Jerry
Childers; a brother, Amos Ricky and Cindy Halstead; a sister, Brenda and Gene
Watkins; 18 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Burial September 25,
2009, at the Christian Cemetery, Prichard, W.Va.,
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 ** HALIEY BELLE BOWEN,
91, of St. Clairsville, OH, formerly of Genoa, WV, at Cumberland Point Nursing
Home in St. Clairsville. Born February 28, 1918 in Inez, KY, a daughter of the
late Sherman and Mary Bowen. Preceded in death by her husband, Everett Bowen;
four daughters and four sons. Survivors include four daughters, Nan Ballengee,
Garnet Burns and husband Robert, Margaret Crabtree and husband Arnold and Ethel
Brown; a son, Joe Everett Bowen and wife Dixie; and numerous grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. Burial September 24, 2009 at Endicott Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 ** THURMAN MEEKS, 71, of
Wayne, W.Va., formerly of Breeden, W.Va., at his residence. Born January 14,
1938 at Laurel Branch, Lincoln County, West Virginia, he was the son of the late
Alonzo and Mary Vance Meeks. Survivors include his wife, Deloris Marcum Meeks;
four children, Debra Lackey and husband Cornelius, Gregory Meeks and wife Tammy,
Pamela Meeks and Mark Meeks and wife Ann; eight grandchildren; and six great-
grandchildren. Burial September 25, 2009 in the Sheppard, Kinser, Meeks
Cemetery, Copley Trace, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 ** MARY LOU DYER, 78, of
Hurricane, W.Va., at Charleston General Hospital. Born September 25, 1930, in
Spencer, W.Va., a daughter of the late Oral and Corda Whited. Preceded in death
by two sisters, Anna Lorene Martin and Emogene Fry; two brothers, Gerald and
Flayo Whited. Survivors include her husband, Jack C. Dyer; a daughter, Deborah
Dyer-Jones and husband Robert; a son, Jack C. Dyer II and wife Sue; a sister,
Betty Phelps; three grandchildren. Burial September 26, 2009, at Spring Hill
Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 ** KEISHI D. PAULSON, 34
of Harrington, Del., formerly of Huntington, W.Va., in Delaware Hospice Center,
Milford, Del. Preceded in death by her grandfather, Claudie Steele. Survivors
include her husband, Jacob R. Paulson; a daughter, Brianna Danyele Paulson; a
son, Braden Jacob Paulson; her mother Carolyn Sue Moore; brothers, Gregory
Moore and wife Diana and Craig Moore; grandmother, Doris Steele; several nieces
and nephews; her mother and father-in-law, Robert and Susan Paulson;
sisters-in-law, Erin and Leah Paulson. Burial September 25, 2009 at the Sellards
Cemetery, East Lynn, W. Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 ** BERTHA WALLACE, 82, of
Belfont, at Ansted Nursing Home. BornJuly 21, 1927, on Rich Creek in Wayne
County, a daughter of the late John H. and Nancy Gilkerson Wallace. Preceded in
death by sisters, Ada Johnson, Dorothy Ramey and Victoria Adkins; brothers,
Ernie, Bud and Millard Wallace. Survivors include sisters, Nora Skidmore, Freda
Polter and Barbara Frame and husband Norman; brother, William Wallace and wife
Cherie. Burial September 28, 2009 at Hillcrest Cemetery, Wayne County.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 ** DIXIE LEE HAZLETT, 96,
of Huntington, widow of Luther Hazlett, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born Feb.
19, 1913, in Wayne County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Drew and Molly Clay
Hite. Preceded in death by her parents; a brother and three sisters. Survivors
include a son and daughter-in-law, David and Kay Hazlett; two daughters and
sons-in-law, Carolyn and Jim Flannery and Jane and Terry Flesher; six
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Jean Beatty. Burial
September 28, 2009 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 ** ROY JUNIOR CARTER, 68,
at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born July 8, 1941 in Wayne County, West
Virginia, a son of the late George W. and Emma Epling Carter. Preceded in death
by one brother, Paul Carter; two sisters, Creasie Mays and Linda Carter.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Carter; three children, George Carter,
Darlene Castle and husband Hendrick and Tammy Harris; four grandchildren;
brothers and sisters, Homer Carter, Zeri Carter, Muss Carter and wife
Phyllis, Calvin Carter and wife Loretta, Lyda Yates and husband Herschel, Ida
Blake and husband Isaac, and Joyce Blake. Burial September 26, 2009 in Mt.
Vernon Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 ** DWIGHT DANIEL WALKER,
51, of Pasadena, Texas, at Bayshore Medical Center in Pasadena. Born
October 29, 1957 in Huntington, WV, a son of the late Ercel and Frances Rachel
Insco Walker. Survivors include three sisters, Mary Goodrich, Elizabeth
Blair and Teresa Walker; two brothers, David Walker and Bill Walker. Burial
September 30, 2009 at the Walker Cemetery at Genoa.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 26, 2009 ** ELVIS LEE STAMBAUGH,
50, of Louisa, KY. Preceded in death by his parents John Livingston
Stambaugh and Margaret Rose Dickerson Stambaugh. Survivors include his wife,
Wilma Jean Stambaugh; two daughters, Hannah Jean Marcum and Tonya Francis
Stambaugh; two sons, Jonathan Stambaugh and Lee Stambaugh; four sisters, Charity
Dawn Price, Penny Price and Crystal Price; four brothers, Richard Price, Douglas
Eugene Stambaugh, Larry Joe Stambaugh and James Walter Stambaugh; six
grandchildren. Burial September 29, 2009 in the Stambaugh Family Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 26, 2009 ** EDITH IMOGENE VAUGHAN,
90, formerly of Point Pleasant, W.Va., widow of Thomas C. Vaughan, in Florida.
Burial October 10, 2009 at Vaughan-Mills-Bing Cemetery, Wayne, W.Va.
(Edith was born February 10, 1919 in Wayne County, WV, a daughter of Nathaniel
Clarence Sansom and Clara Dean. Her children were James Thomas, George Allen,
Joyce Marlene, Lowell Wendell and Constance Louise Vaughan.)
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 ** ESSIE GUE SMITH, 77,
of Kenova, W.Va., at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington. Born
November 1, 1931, to the late Robert Preston and Sarah Emma Hyatt Hamm in
Greenup, Ky. Preceded in death by her husbands, Roy Gue and Clyde Smith; four
brothers, Lorren Hamm, Arvil Glenn Hamm, Elmer Hamm and Granville Preston Hamm;
two sisters, Maggie Elswick and Anna Mytle Scroggins. Survivors include two
daughters, Patty (Charles) Bryant and Sharon (Carl) Smith; two sons, Rick
(Aimee) Gue and Billy (Angie) Gue; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a
brother, Oval Hamm; a sister Dorothy Cox. Burial September 30, 2009, in the
Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 ** BELVA JEAN WATTS ELKINS
WILLIAMS, 90, of South Point, Ohio, in the St. Mary's Medical Center in
Huntington. Born November 22, 1918, in Wayne County W.Va., a daughter of the
late Perry Taylor and Hessie Robinson Watts. Preceded in death by her
first husband, Paul Elkins and her second husband James C. Williams; nine
brothers and sisters. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Patricia
Lee (Michael) Woods; two step-daughters, Joyce Ann Hatfield and Carolyn Sue
Shannon; one step-son, Gary Allen Williams; five grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren. Burial October 2, 2009, in Hillcrest Cemetery in Kenova.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 ** JESSE FOX PERRY, 85,
of Genoa, W.Va. Born February 1, 1924 in Wayne County, West Virginia a son of
the late John and Siddie Moore Perry. Preceded in death by one son, Warren
Perry; three brothers, Frennie Perry, Tom Perry, and Harry Perry; one
sister, Hazel Hyder. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Endicott Perry; three
sons, Keith Perry and wife Sue, David Perry and wife Carolyn and Jesse
Perry and wife Debbie; one daughter, Nancy Williams and husband Robert; eight
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one sister, Dicie Thompson; two
brothers, John Bill Perry and wife Irna Leah and Ken Perry and wife Martha.
Burial October 2, 2009 in the John Perry Cemetery, Hampton Ridge, Genoa.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 ** LESTER RAY BAKER, 76,
of Wayne, WV, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born January 1, 1933 in
Uneeda, WV, a son of the late James Oscar and Gladys Faye Pridmore Baker.
Preceded in death by a brother, Gene Baker. Survivors include his wife, Frances
Nell Delph Baker; five daughters, Janice Chaney and husband Roger, Jackie
Baker, Linda Kooser, Patty Ash and Eva Upesleja; two sons, Gary Baker and
wife Tammy and Johnny Baker and wife Theresa; two sisters, Virginia Workman and
Edna Cook; four brothers, Gary Price, Michael Price, Arthur Palmer and
wife Janet and William Price and wife Wanda; a sister-in-law, Faye Baker;
twelve grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Burial October 1, 2009 at
Elmwood Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 ** SIDNEY ANDERSON STROUD,
93, of Genoa, W.Va., at the Emogene Dolin Hospice House. Born in Mingo County,
West Virginia, a son of the late Harmon and Catherine Parsley Stroud. Preceded
in death by five brothers, Harley, Burley, Quincy "Sug", Shorty, and Tony; five
sisters, Ada Coburn, Pearlie Robinette, Linda Williamson, Goldie Maynard, and
June Moore. Survivors include his lifelong companion, Charity (Stroud)
Stafford; two sons, Stan and wife Teresa and Mike; one daughter, Catherine; six
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Burial October 1, 2009 in the
Stroud Family Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 ** DIANNA HOPE STEPHENS LAMBERT,
64, of South Point, Ohio. Born September 8, 1945, in Wayne, W.Va., a daughter of
the late George and Mable Stephens. Preceded in death by two daughters, Cynthia
Michelle and Beverly Angel Lambert; two brothers, Richard and Charley Stephens;
two sisters, Beverly Watts and Delores Parsley. Survivors include a daughter,
Diana Renee Lambert; three sisters, Glenna Williams, Joyce Jones and husband
Kenneth and Helen Weber and husband Paul; eight brothers, Argene Stephens and
wife Faye, Adolphis Stephens and wife Barbara, Paul Stephens and wife Edith,
Raymond Stephens and wife Barbara, Silas Stephens and wife Dorothy, Michael
Stephens and wife Donna, Dallas Stephens and wife Brenda and Donald Stephens.
Burial October 3, 2009, in the Stephens Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 ** MR. JAMES F. HUNT, 83,
of Huntington, widower of Betty Ellen Hunt, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice
House. Born October 5, 1925 at Ceredo, W.Va., a son of the late Orland and
Minnie Ferris Hunt. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and
Roger Wood; two sons and daughters-in-law, Ron and Donna Hunt and Chris and
Kenna Hunt; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Orland
Hunt and David Hunt. Burial October 2, 2009, in White Chapel Memorial Gardens,
Barboursville.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 ** JOHN PRENTICE RATCLIFF,
85, of Proctorville, Ohio. Preceded in death by his parents John Ashley and
Gypsey Louise (Stepp) Ratcliff. Survivors include brothers, Millard Ratcliff and
Jim Ratcliff; foster sister, Phyllis Watts. Survivors include his wife, Barbara
"Peggy" Darnall Ratcliff; their children, Anna, Janet, John Eric "Rick," David
and Marjorie; nine grandchildren; two great-grandsons; six step-grandchildren.
Burial date and place not given.