WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
June, 2007

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DIED - JUNE 1, 2007 ** WILLIAM THOMAS YORK, 55, of Louisa. Preceded in death by his parents Andrew K. York and Hazel Mae Skaggs York Hall. Survivors include one daughter, Cathlene L. York; one brother Andrew K. York. Burial June 4, 2007, in Greenlawn Cemetery in Louisa.
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DIED - JUNE 1, 2007 ** BILLIE CLAY, 83 of Louisa, KY, at the J. J. Jordan Geriatric Center. Born December 24, 1923 at Clifford, KY, the son of the late William Albert and Mary Lenora Cox Clay. Preceded in death by five brothers and five sisters. Survivors include one sister, Nora Jane Pack; one brother, James Clay. Burial June 3, 2007, in Ratcliff Cemetery in Yellow Creek, KY.
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DIED - JUNE 2, 2007 ** RUBY F. JOHNSON, 71, of Dunlow. Born March 19, 1936 in Wayne County. Preceded in death by her parents, Jay and Mary Workman; two sisters, Grace Robertson and Jessie Bell Harvey. Survivors include her husband, Walter Johnson; one brother, Clyde Workman; one stepson, Jesse Johnson and wife Lucinda; 12 step grandchildren; 23 step great-grandchildren. Burial June 6, 2007, in Lycans Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 2, 2007 ** ELMER PERRY, 87, of Crum, WV, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born December 10, 1919 in Wayne County, WV, the son of the late Tilman and Dizie Perry. Preceded in death by two sisters, Thelma Muncy and Estella Sheppard. Survivors include his wife, Lucy Stacy Perry; a son, Elmer Perry Jr.; 4 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren. Burial Tuesday, in the family cemetery at Crum.
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DIED - JUNE 2, 2007 ** JAMES PHILLIP VINSON, 32, of Louisa. Survivors include his parents, James Vinson and Linda York Vinson; one sister, Jamie West of Louisa. Burial June 5, 2007, in the See Cemetery, Louisa.
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DIED - JUNE 2, 2007 ** CHARLIE MATHIS SR., 97, of Prichard, W.Va., formerly of Wayne, W.Va., at the Huntington VA Medical Center. Born August 26, 1909 on Mathis Ridge, a son of the late John H. and Thena Finley Mathis. Preceded in death by his wife, Hester Wallace Mathis; three brothers, Clyde, Claude and Clifford Mathis; a sister, Martha Mathis Browning; two infant children, Leonard and Arlie Mathis; a grandchild, Anthony Mathis; a great-grandchild, Christopher Mathis; and a daughter-in-law, Barbara Ann Simpkins Mathis. Survivors include a daughter, Emma Osburn and husband Carl; three sons, Taylor Mathis and wife Joyce, Wayne Mathis and wife Elizabeth and Charley Mathis Jr. "Peanut" and wife Erma; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild. Burial Monday, in the Taylor Wallace Cemetery, Mathis Ridge, Dunlow, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 3, 2007 ** WARD STROUD, 60, of Fort Gay, WV, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born August 16, 1946 in Omar, WV, a son of Quincy “Sug” and Leva Damron Stroud. Preceded in death by an infant brother, Wondell Stroud. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Caldwell Stroud; two sons, Ward Stroud, Jr. and wife, Angie and Tony Stroud; a sister, Bonnie Robinson and husband, Zyndale; two brothers, William Stroud and wife, Connie and Paul Stroud and wife, Christine; two grandchildren. Burial June 7, 2007, in Community Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - JUNE 3, 2007 ** CHESTER DILLON, 44, of Crum, W.Va. Born Nov. 5, 1963, in Williamson, W.Va., the son of the late Martha and Robert Dillon. Preceded in death by two brothers, Curtis and Ronnie Vermillion. Survivors include wife Lisa and two daughters, April Dillon and Nikki Dillon; sisters Brenda Holliday, Jenny Stepp and Carolyn Yokum; brothers Bruce Dillon, Roy Dillon, Larry Vermillion and Darrell Vermillion; stepbrothers Marvin Berry and Bill Berry; stepsisters Angel Picklesimer, Judy Hayes and Sue Berry. Burial June 7, 2007, in Mt. View Memory Garden at Maher, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 4, 2007 ** HOBERT SUPHEN HANEY, 74, of Dunlow, WV, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV. Born June 9, 1932 in Wayne County, a son of the late Leonard Owen and Minerva Perry Haney. Preceded in death by his wife, Della Mae Jeffers Haney; two sisters, Shirley Nutter and Amanda Haney; three brothers, Sampson, Arland and Bill Haney. Survivors include a son, Hobert Haney, Jr., a daughter, Minerva Ann Meddings and husband, Kenny; a brother, Owen J. Haney and wife, Faye; four grandchildren; five great grandchildren. Burial June 7, 2007, in the Perry Ridge Cemetery, Dunlow.
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DIED - JUNE 4, 2007 ** CLYDE ADKINS, 82, of Ranger, W.Va., formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, and Kiahsville, W.Va., at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born January 3, 1925, in Wayne County, West Virginia, a son of the late Lindsey and Haney Adkins. Preceded in death by three sisters, Perlina "Pearl" Maynard, Opal Holland, Nannie Narramore; three brothers, Clifford, Walter and Winford Adkins. Survivors include a son, Bob Preece and wife Cassa; a sister, JoAnn Moon and husband Ronnie; four brothers, Willard Adkins and wife Thelma, Dennis Adkins and wife Kathy, James Adkins and Lindsey Adkins Jr.; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Burial June 7, 2007, in Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne.
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DIED - JUNE 4, 2007 ** RAMALI “BOB” HIAT, 60, of Gallipolis, OH, formerly of Wayne. Born May 16, 1947, in Fresno, California, a son of the late Bertha Lucas and Mohammed Hiat. Preceded in death by one brother, Pete Hiat. Survivors include one sister, Eula Adams and husband Homer; five brothers, Butch Hiat, Wilkie Hiat, Clarence Lucas, Duane Lucas and wife Lisa and Orbie Dale Lucas. Burial June 7, 2007, in the Lambert Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 5, 2007 ** SARAH JANE SANFORD, 86, of Valley, at Lanier Memorial Nursing Home in Valley. Born October 4, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Charles Elba and Cordie Alice Howerton Lawhorn. Preceded in death by her husband, Nathan Sanford. Survivors include two daughters, Rosa Lee Rowe and Elizabeth Ann Sellards; four sons, Bill Sanford, Henry D. Sanford, Charles E. Sanford and Donald L. Sanford; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild. Burial June 9, 2007.
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DIED - JUNE 5, 2007 ** MARTHA GAYLE PERDUE GILKERSON, 58, of Kenova, W.Va., at Hospice House of Huntington. Born January 19, 1949, to Alice Johnson Perdue and the late Willard Stanley Perdue. Survivors include her husband, Donald Richard "Dick" Gilkerson; two daughters and sons-in-law, Lisa Catherine and C. Joe Northup and Erin Elizabeth and David Rich; one granddaughter; one sister and brother-in-law, Joan Lauren and Chuck Robateau; and her mother-in-law, Pauline Gilkerson. Burial June 8, 2007, in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Ceredo, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 6, 2007 ** DAVID G. MANNS, 51, of Garfield Heights, Ohio, at the Cleveland Clinic in the Cleveland, Ohio. Born in West Hamlin, West Virginia, and was raised in Ranger, West Virginia, the son of the late Lonnie Manns and Flora Manns (nee Slade). Preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters. Survivors include one daughter, Amanda Manns; one son, David D. Manns; four grandchildren; six brothers; one sister. Burial June 10, 2007, in the Manns Family Cemetery in Harts, W. Va.
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DIED - JUNE 6, 2007 ** THELMA E. PRATT HUGHES MILLS, 94, of Kenova, W.Va., at the Hospice House of Huntington. Born December 17, 1912, in Chattaroy, W.Va., to the late John Wesley and Mildred Rose Carrico Pratt. Preceded in death by her husbands, James Robert Hughes and Dr. W. W. Mills. Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Gillen and Jerri Sutherland; one son, Jim Hughes; a stepdaughter, Molly Bevins; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Virginia Williams; one brother, Howard Pratt. Burial June 9, 2007, in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED - JUNE 6, 2007 ** MRS. DOROTHY VELVA BOWEN COFFMAN, 92, of Salt Rock, W.Va. Born December 26, 1914, in Wayne County, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Lonnie and Pearl Nelson Bowen. Preceded in death by her husband, Carl Scott Coffman; one sister, Rene Keller. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Damon and Nancy Coffman and Carl Scott II "Scotty" and Rebecca Coffman; two daughters, Glenda Coffman Younger and Nancy Coffman Leist; 15 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild. Burial June 9, 2007, in Gill Cemetery, Salt Rock, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 8, 2007 ** MARY ELLEN SANDERS NAPIER FERNANDEZ, 82, of Branchland, W.Va., in St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington. Born March 12, 1925, a daughter of the late Ezra and Ida Albright Sanders. Preceded in death by her husband, Jess Church Fernandez; one daughter, Margaret "Polly" Hazelett Adkins; four brothers, Herman Sanders, James Sanders, Charles "Lindy" Sanders and Kenneth "Kitty" Sanders. Survivors include two brothers, Arbie Jeffery and MacAurther Jeffery; one sister, Emma Adkins; three daughters, Lillian "Penny" Watkins and her husband Sherman "Dick", Wanda Smith and Judy Pritchard and her husband, Rocky; five sons, Ezra "Frank" Sanders and his wife Alma Lou Baker, Don Napier and his wife Cel, Jairi Napier and his wife Pam, Linford "Bimbo" Napier and Debbie Harvey and Winford "Rick" Napier and Denise; 18 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild. Burial June 12, 2007, in Dial and Pritchard Cemetery, Kentuck Fork Road, Branchland, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 8, 2007 ** JAMES EDGAR "ED" MOUNTS, 82, of Huntington, at St. Mary's Medical Center. Born January 23, 1925, at Spriggs, W.Va., and raised in Freeburn, Ky., and Logan, W.Va., a son of the late Lemon and Lydia McClanahan Mounts Ball. Preceded in death by his stepfather, Lawrence Ball; a sister, Tootsie Clemons. Survivors include his wife, Sarah Fortner Mounts; a daughter, Diann Jiminez and husband George; three sons, Ronald Mounts and wife Josephine, Jimmy Mounts and wife Jane and Roake Mounts and wife Patricia; two sisters, Janice Messinger and Elizabeth Wells and husband Johnse; a brother, James "Jack" Earls; three stepchildren; 13 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Burial June 11, 2007, in Spring Valley Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - JUNE 9, 2007 ** JACK LEE BOWEN, 67, of Kenova, W.Va., at Hospice House in Huntington. Born March 10, 1940, in Martin County, Ky., a son of Hessie (Kazee) and Luster Bowen. Survivors include his wife Diana; five daughters, Erana Mayse and her husband Michael, Tonya Chapman, Vicki McQuaid, Kimberly Henderson, and Kathy Frasher; 9 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren.
Burial June 11, 2007, in Crescent Hill Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 9, 2007 ** GLENNA LEA (NELSON) FETTY, 65, of Huntington, WV. Born February 24, 1942 in Wayne County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Robert H. and Tenna Marie (Finley) Nelson. Preceded in death by her son, Jennings Michael Maynard; father-in-law, Norvell A. Fetty, Sr. and mother-in-law, Elenor (Maynard) Fetty. Survivors include her husband, Norvell A. "Butch" Fetty; one son and two daughters-in-law, Jeffery Allen and April Fetty and Shelley Maynard; one daughter and son-in-law, Shelly and James A. Vaughn; four grandchildren; five sisters, Pauline Maynard, Marjorie Arthur, Nellie Horn, Roberta Adkins and her husband, Carl and Rose Boyes and her husband, Kenneth; one brother, Robert "Bob" Nelson; one sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Sharon and James "Jim" Thornburg; her step mother-in-law, Rebecca "Joy" Fetty. Burial June 12, 2007, in Woodmere Memorial Park.
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DIED - JUNE 10, 2007 ** MARILYN DANIELS, 51, of Fort Gay. Survivors include her parents, Don and Cindy Nelson; husband Jimmie Daniels; two sons, Jonathan Daniels and Don Daniels; three sisters, Darlene Kinder, Kay Legg of and Janet Jacovitch; two brothers, Bert Nelson and Tommy Nelson. Date and place of burial not given.
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DIED - JUNE 11, 2007 ** CHARLES W. CLAY, 66, of Huntington, W.Va., at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House. Born November 30, 1940, in East Lynn, W.Va., a son of the late Tilden "Tucker" and Lola May Baker Clay. Preceded in death by his wife, Brenda M. Clay; a brother, James Ivan Clay. Survivors include a daughter, Lisa Clay; a son, Charles T. "Chuck" Clay; a brother and sister-in-law, Eugene "Duge" and Linda Clay; four sisters and two sisters-in-law, Maxine and Cleon Clay, Opal Midkiff, Alfreda and Cham Adkins and Lena Pinson; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ernest "Buddy" and Carolyn Midkiff; and two sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law, Charlene and Howard Pauley and Elizabeth Bird; his father-in-law, Hubert Midkiff. Burial June 14, 2007, in Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED - JUNE 12, 2007 ** ENOLA GAY ADKINS, 44, of Westerville, Ohio, formerly of Huntington. Born January 27, 1963, in Huntington, W.Va., a daughter of Michael and Ida Mae Langham. Survivors include her parents; her husband, Mark Adkins; two sons, Mathew Adkins and Aaron Adkins; one sister, Susan Langham; two brothers, Michael Langham and Patrick Langham. Burial June 15, 2007, in the Stephenson Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 12, 2007 ** LARRY FRANCIS MOORE, 56, of Flatwoods, Ky., formerly of Kenova, W.Va., at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Ky. Born November 19, 1950, in Louisa, Ky., a son of the late Elbert and Vernia Moore. Preceded in death by four brothers, Elbert Ray, William Henry, Doyle and James Sherman Moore; one sister, Quillie Juanita Moore. Survivors include his wife, Diane Thomas Moore; one daughter, Kay Williamson; one son and daughter-in-law, Larry Jr. and Sharon Moore; two stepsons and their wives, Bryan and Lola Gumbert and Jason and Sarah Gumbert; one stepdaughter and her husband, Melissa and Mike Furnish of Carrollton, Ky.; seven grandchildren; six brothers and three sisters-in-law, Calvin Moore, Gary and Linda Moore, Charles and Patty Moore, Neal and Brenda Moore, Wendell E. Moore and John Henry Moore; four sisters and two brothers-in-law, Markie Finch, Judy and Mike Christian, Debbie Moore and Darlene and Rick Hicks. Burial June 16, 2007, location not given.
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DIED - JUNE 13, 2007 ** FAYE HUGHES HANSHAW, 74, of Louisa, at Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa, Kentucky. Born October 17, 1932 in Chillicothe, Ross County, OH, the daughter of the late George Shelby Price and Nannie Burchett. Faye was married to Clifford James Hughes on October 4, 1947 in Cadmus, KY, the son of Walter Hughes and Bessie Pennington. They had nine children; Linda Mae Hughes Swenson, Clifford Eugene Hughes, Wanda Louise Hughes, the late John Walter Hughes, Shelia Ann Hughes Kensinger, the late Lois Fay Huges Derifield, David Franklin Hughes, Sheria Lee Hughes Williamson and Richard Dale Hughes. Survivors include three sisters; Nellie Taylor, Dorothy Spillman and the late Cleo Cooper of Columbus, OH; two brothers, the late Daniel Boone Prince and the Late Hohn Lewis Prince; twenty one grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren Burial June 16, 2007, in the Yatesville Memorial Cemetery in Louisa, KY.
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DIED - JUNE 13, 2007 ** DONALD J. LYCANS, 42, of Fort Gay, WV, as a result of a motorcycle accident. Born August 14, 1964 in Bloomington, IL. Preceded in death by his mother, Mary Helen Watson Lycans; his paternal grandparents, Boyd Lycans and Romaine Perry Lycans; his maternal grandparents, Lola Hearon and Burl Watson. Survivors include his father, Charles Lycans; four sisters, Kathie Lycans, Rebecca Lycans, Davanna Lycans, and LeeAnna Lycans; one brother, Charles Dwayne Lycans; two children, Tara Nicole Lycans and Donald Keith Lycans, and their mother, Sandra Lycans; two granddaughters; stepmother, Lisa Faye Lycans of Ft. Gay. Burial June 17, 2007, in the Charles Lycans Family Cemetery, Ft. Gay.
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DIED - JUNE 14, 2007 ** SENA S. ISON, 98, of Blaine, Ky. Preceded in death by her parents, James C. “Jim Butter” Skaggs and Sena Boggs Skaggs; her husband Raymond Ison. Survivors include three grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Burial June 17, 2007, in Ison Cemetery, Moon, KY.
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DIED - JUNE 14, 2007 ** MARIE O’DELL, 91, of Prichard, WV, at Wayne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born June 15, 1915 in Kiahs Creek, WV, a daughter of the late Everett and Spicie Adkins Martin. Preceded in death by Her husband, Ernest Woodrow O’Dell; two sisters, Hazel Moritz and Thelma Maynard; a brother, Bernie Martin. Survivors include three sons, Clyde R. O’Dell and wife, Ann, C. Jay O’Dell and Paul E. O’Dell; a sister, Eileen McGlone and husband, Bill; a brother, Walter Martin; nine grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren. Burial June 17, 2007, in Community Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - JUNE 15, 2007 ** ANNA MAE GWINN SPRADLING, 82, of Kenova, W.Va., at her home. Born April 10, 1925 in Fayette County, W.Va. to the late William & Esta Wade Gwinn. Survivors include her husband, Clyde G. Spradling; one son and daughter-in-law, Jack E. & Jean Copley; two grandsons; one brother, Arvell Gwinn. Burial June 19, 2007, in Mt. Vernon Cemetery in Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - JUNE 15, 2007 ** SHIRLEY ANN WHITE WILSON CARTER, of Kenova, W.Va. Preceded in death by her first husband, Merlin Thomas Wilson. Survivors include her husband, Zeri Carter; one son, Merlin Thomas Wilson III; three daughters, Nida Marie Cart, Patricia Ann Baker and Tammy lee Bailey; one daughter-in-law, Patricia James-Wilson; three sons-in-law, John Winemiller, Mike Baker and Brian Bailey; 11 grandchildren. No burial information given.
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DIED - JUNE 15, 2007 ** RALPH D. HENSLEY, 86, of Lavalette, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born March 4, 1921, a son of the late Robert Clyde and Myrtle Spurlock Hensley. Preceded in death by his wife, Janice Cyrus Hensley; three sisters and three brothers, Thelma Drown, Natalie Bennett, Joann Smith, Robert Lee Hensley, Ezra Hensley and Ray Hensley. Survivors include two sons and a daughter, Timothy R. Hensley, Ron D. Hensley and Requel D. Hensley; two grandchildren; one great granddaughter; four sisters and one brother, Effie Marie Spaulding, Carolyn Mullins, Nellie Smith, Mary Lee Adkins and C. J. Hensley. Burial June 19, 2007, in Spring Valley Memory Gardens.
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DIED - JUNE 16, 2007 ** IDA TOMBLIN, 96, of Ranger, W.Va. Preceded in death by her parents, Emmanuel and Sally Webb; her husband, Lovel Tomblin; four sons, Taylor, Arthur, Bob and unnamed twin boy; one brother, Edward Webb; four sisters, Hester Gunther, Ruby Gentry, Thelma Tomblin and Velva Richards. Survivors include one brother James Webb; one sister, Wavy Dyers; one son, Edward Tomblin; two daughters, Juanita Nelson and Joyce Williams; three daughter-in-laws, Bonnie Tomblin, Bonnie Tomblin and Frankie Tomblin; twenty two grandchildren; fifty three great-grandchildren; forty great-great-grandchildren. Burial June 23, 2007.
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DIED - JUNE 16, 2007 ** CURTIS W. "WHITEY" MCCOY, 80, of Huntington, W.Va., at his residence. Born April 12, 1927 in Crum, W.Va., a son of the late Charlie and Florence Copley McCoy. Survivors include two sons, James Watson McCoy and Charles Curtis McCoy; two grandchildren; one sister, Betty Porter; stepchildren, Barbara Dillon & husband Philip; one daughter, Scarlett and husband, Rick L. Hicks. Burial June 19, 2007, in Spring Valley Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - JUNE 16, 2007 ** VICY HAZEL WATTS DINGESS, 76, of Fort Gay, WV, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born April 14, 1931 in Dunlow, WV, a daughter of the late Jesse and Millie Watts. Preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Raymond Dingess; two sons, Anthony and Bernard Dingess; two sisters, Millie Fortner and Mary Robertson; six brothers, Lucian Watts, Albert Watts, George Watts, Millard Watts, and two infant brothers. Survivors include two daughters, Kathy Castle and her husband, James and Janice Petit; four sons, Eddie Dingess and his wife Linda, Luther Dingess and his wife Judy, Donald Dingess and his wife Brenda and Herman Dingess and his wife, Barbara; three brothers, Alpha Watts and his wife Edith, Russell Watts and his wife Elizabeth and James Watts and his wife June; 15 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren. Burial June 19, 2007 in Maryland Napier cemetery at Genoa, WV.
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DIED - JUNE16, 2007 ** SAMUEL "RAYMOND" WATTS, 90, of Huntington, W.Va. Born April 7, 1917 in Logan County, a son of the late Jim and Della Clark Watts. Preceded in death by one grandson, Ricky D. Smith. Survived by his wife, Estel Eplin Watts; three daughters and sons-in-law, Delores and Roscoe Smith, Brenda and Charlie Heald, and Glenda and Howard Boze; one sister, Margie Walker; one brother, Walton Watts; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Burial June 19, 2007, in Bowen Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 17, 2007 ** WANDA LEE MAY, 52, of Genoa, WV. Born June 23, 1954 in Wayne County, WV, a daughter of the late Edward and Dorothy Rosebury. Survivors include her husband, Lloyd May; one daughter, Kayla Ann Garn and husband Robert Michael; two sons, Burke May and Jared May; one sister, Bonnie Adkins; three brothers, Ricky Rosebury, Dale Edward Rosebury and Richard Rosebury; one sister-in-law, Deloris Napier and husband French. Burial June 20, 2007, in the Sam Damron Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 17, 2007 ** HAZEL PIERCE, 70, of East Lynn. Born May 31, 1937 in East Lynn, a daughter of the late Samuel Ross and Cloie Queen Ross. Preceded in death by a son, Donald Pierce, Jr.; two brothers, Kirk Ross and Johnnie Ross; two sisters, Stella Ross and Rebecca Porter. Survivors include her husband, Donald Ray Pierce; two sons, Tim Pierce and wife Maria and Tom Pierce and wife JoAnn; one daughter-in-law, Linda Pierce; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one brother, Arden Ross and wife Brenda; four sisters, Ruby Porter and husband Gilmer, Betty Hill and husband Freddie, Cloie Frasher and husband Barey and Ilean Stiltner and husband Howard; one sister-in-law Dollie Ross. Burial June 20, 2007, in the Ross Family Cemetery, East Lynn.
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DIED - JUNE 21, 2007 ** DORIS JEAN SPEARS HARRISON, 77, of Huntington, at the Hospice House of Huntington. Born November 24, 1929, in Huntington to the late Charles James and Lillie Mae Beavins Spears. Preceded in death by her husband, Irvin A. Harrison. Survivors include her children, Gwendolyn Harrison, Robert L. and Debra L. Harrison, Leonard Charles and Christine Harrison, JayDene and Timothy Pardue and Jeffrey Irvin Harrison and LaVonne Glover; ten grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren. Burial June 25, 2007, in the Spring Hill Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 21, 2007 ** GLADYS MARIE JOHNSON COPLEY, 93, of Huntington, W.Va. Born April 2, 1914, in Burnwell, W.Va., to the late Floyd and Anna Ulbrich Johnson. Preceded in death by her husband, Clarence "Pete" Copley; one sister, Lula Belle Carter; one brother, Arthur Lee Johnson; and one son-in-law, Glen Gilliam. Survivors include her only child, Margaret Lee Copley Gilliam; four grandchildren; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Burial June 23, 2007, in Hillcrest Cemetery in Kenova.
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DIED - JUNE 22, 2007 ** TIMOTHY ALAN YOUNG, 26, of Ashland, Ky. Survivors include his parents, Paul Ralph Young and Joyce Young; two sisters, Karen Fraley Mellony Gallagher; one brother, Jason Young. Burial June 25, 2007, in the Young Family Cemetery in Webbville, KY.
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DIED - JUNE 23, 2007 ** CHARLES EDWARD WATTS, 67, of Wayne, W.Va., at Hospice House of Huntington. Born September 28, 1939, at East Lynn, a son of the late Robert and Senia Belle Maynard Watts. Preceded in death by a sister, Glenna Watts Raines; two stepbrothers, Otis "Boots" Watts and Forrest Watts; a stepsister, Leoda Watts Ellison. Survivors include his wife, Ada Belle Conley Watts; two sons, Charles Watts, II and wife Angie and Joel Watts and wife Amy; a sister, Juanita Watts Carter and husband Bud; two brothers, Bobby Watts and wife Doris and James Herold Watts and wife Joyce; a half-sister, Ardith Watts Thompson; five grandchildren. Burial June 25, 2007, in the Robert Vaughan Cemetery near East Lynn, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 25, 2007 ** PENNY LOU McCOMAS, 39, of Huntington. Born June 12, 1968 in Craven County, NC. Preceded in death by her father, John D. McComas; maternal grandparents, Herbert and Ethel Mays; her first husband, Keith Thompson. Survivors include her mother, Juanita McComas; two daughters, Cetera Hefner and Haley Hefner; two brothers, Steve McComas AKA Guy Young and wife Delores and Jon McComas Jr.; one sister, Pamela Darlington and husband Robert, NC; seven nephews and two nieces. Burial Friday, in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - JUNE 25, 2007 ** NINA McCOY LARSEN, 58, of Chesapeake, Ohio, formerly of Ceredo, W.Va., at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice of Huntington. Born July 16, 1948, in Crum, W.Va., a daughter to the late Ireland and Melinda (Hunt) McCoy. Preceded in death by one brother. Survivors include her husband Thomas W. Larsen; her children Thomas and Sheila Larsen, Dennis Larsen, Michele and Tim Dillon, Deborah Larsen and Brian and Christy Larsen; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four sisters and six brothers. Burial Wednesday, in the Docks Creek Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 26, 2007 ** JAMES ALAN ELISON, 43, of Fort Gay. Survivors include his parents, Rex and Patricia Armstrong; his wife, Ellen Margaret Ellison; five children, Kathleen C. Ellison, Justin Wayne Ellison, Megan Leann Ellison, Justin Dakota Ellison and Jordan Keith Ellison; two sisters, Dreama Ellison and Laura Bebee. Burial June 30, 2007, in the McGinnis Family Cemetery in Fort Gay.
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DIED - JUNE 26, 2007 ** BERTHA MAE ROBERTSON, 64, of Fort Gay. Preceded in death by her parents, John B. Cox and Ada Lee Lindsay Cox; her husband, Bernice Lee Robertson. Survivors include two sons, Lamar Haynes and Chris Haynes; two daughters, Angela Quaranta and Belinda Crum; two sisters, Tammy Ethridge and Ann Garrett; three brothers, Albert Cox, Robert Cox and Joseph Cox; 14 grandchildren. Date and place of burial not given.
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DIED - JUNE 26, 2007 ** GEORGE BLANKENSHIP, 79 of Elgin, Ill., formerly of Wayne, W.Va., at Heritage Manor, Elgin. Born July 12, 1927, in Wayne County, West Virginia, the son of Charles "Delbert" and Margaret Blankenship. Preceded in death by his wife, Norma; a son, David Michael; six brothers. Survivors include his daughter Martha Blankenship; brother, Pierce Blankenship and his wife Sue; sisters, Sarah Myrtle and her husband John, Liza Fraley, Esther Justice and Lydia Yeager and her husband George; three sisters-in-law. Burial June 30, 2007, in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Ripley, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 26, 2007 ** MR. ALEY COPLEY, 73, of Wayne, W.Va. Born August 11, 1933, at Genoa, W.Va., a son of the late Aley Charles Copley and Ella Rowe Copley. Survivors include his wife, Julia Mae Copley; two sons, Fred Copley and wife Barbara and Aley Copley Jr. and wife Brenda; one daughter, Brenda Adkins and husband Kevin; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Burial Friday, in Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 27, 2007 ** HAROLD LEE ROBERTSON, 67, of Genoa, WV, at his residence. Born February 28, 1939 in Genoa, WV, a son of the late Enoch and Opal Blevins Robertson. Preceded in death by a daughter, Kelley Ann Carpenter; a sister, Charlene Snow. Survivors include a son, Michael Robertson and wife, Donna; three sisters, Norene DiFranco and husband Frank, Josphene White and husband Bill and Imogene Tackett and husband David; two brothers, Bruce Robertson and wife June and Ronnie Robertson and wife Joann; three grandchildren. Burial June 30, 2007, in Cyrus Cemetery, Genoa, WV.
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DIED - JUNE 27, 2007 ** HELEN L. ELLIS BOOTH, 83, of Wayne, W.Va., at Jo-Lin Health Center in Ironton, Ohio. Born December 14, 1923, in Chesapeake, Ohio, a daughter of the late John and Goldie May Ellis. Preceded in death by a sister, Sadie Blair; three brothers, Lawrence, Buddy and David Ellis. Survivors include her husband, Randolph D. "R.D." Booth Jr.; two daughters, Randy Louise Cowart and husband Jerome and Deborah Damron and husband Jerry Michael; three sisters, Juanita Hamlin and husband Jack, Frances Bailey, Imogene Sites; a brother, John Lewis Ellis and wife Flora; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Burial June 29, 2007, in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 27, 2007 ** WANDA LEE SHORT ABRAMS NAPIER, 72, of Catlettsburg, wife of Kenneth Napier. Burial Saturday in Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens, Ashland.
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DIED - JUNE 28, 2007 ** DORIS JEAN MUNCEY BURCHETT, 79, of Huntington, in St. Mary's Medical Center. Born September 16, 1927, in Kermit, W.Va., to the late Thomas and Bertha Muncey. Preceded in death by her husband, Col. W. E. Burchett; two brothers, Floyd Muncey and Fred Muncey. Survivors include one son, Larry Smith; one daughter, Lois Damron; five grandchildren; several great grandchildren; three sisters, Judith Ann Cox, Betty Lou Muncey and Bonnie Sue Thompson. Burial July 2, 2007, in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Pecks Mill, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 30, 2007 ** LUCILLE MAYNARD TABOR, 76, of Wayne, W.Va., at St. Mary's Medical Center. Born April 27, 1931 in East Lynn, W.Va., a daughter of the late Frank and Nola Napier Maynard. Preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Tabor; three sisters, Doyle Ross, Glenna Blankenship and Janice Morris; two brothers, Newman Maynard and Frank Maynard. Survivors include her four children, Kathy Osburn, Dianna Adkins, David Tabor and wife, Christi, Rose Strogen and husband, Matthew; four grandchildren; three brothers, Donald Maynard and wife, Eva Mae, Glen "Pete" Maynard and wife, Audrey, Charles Maynard and wife, Paula; two sisters, Dorothy Buskirk and husband, Golden, Eileen Napier and husband, Larry. Burial July 3, 2007, in Community Memorial Gardens.

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