WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
September, 2007

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DIED - SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 ** ERNEST LEE MILLS, 34, of Huntington. Born August 15, 1973 in Huntington, WV. Preceded in death by his wife, Dawn Ray Mills, and a very special uncle, Jack Dillon. Survivors include his parents, Ernest and Patty Mills; one son, Andrew E. Mills, and one daughter, Kinzi Paige Mills; two sisters, Bonnie Frances and husband David and Angie Skaggs; three nephews; two nieces.  Burial September 7, 2007, in Spring Valley Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 ** PEARL J. NAPIER, 73, of South Point, Ohio, in St. Mary's Medical Center.  Born January 27, 1934, in Huntington, W.Va., a daughter of the late Harry E. and Elizabeth Lambert Oiler. Preceded in death by her husband, Edward Waldo Napier; and one brother, Leo Oiler. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, James Edward and Kimberly Ann Napier and David Philip and Alisa Michelle Napier; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three brothers, Leonard, Russell and Jimmy Oiler; three sisters, Dorothy Adams, Myrtle Hulbert and Linda Copley. Burial September 5, 2007, in Napier Cemetery, Wayne, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 ** HAZEL LEE MAYNARD McCOMAS, 66, of Kenova, WV, at the Hospice House of Huntington. Born August 15, 1941 in Dunlow, WV. She was raised by four special people, her grandparents, Millard Filmore and Sena Marcum Maynard and her uncle and aunt, Glen Mosey and Elsie Maynard Whitt, who preceded her in death. Preceded in death by two brothers, David and Roy Whitt and her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Dawie Earl and Mary McComas. Survivors include her husband James Robert McComas; a sister, Barbara Whitt Hamm; a brother, Millard Filmore Maynard, Jr.; 3 special nieces; a sister-in-law, Doris McComas Hill; a brother-in-law, Donald Eugene McComas; 8 grandchildren; 7 nephews. Burial September 5, 2007 in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 ** EMMA LOU LeMASTER, 79, of Louisa, KY, at the Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. Born June 13, 1928 in Gallup, Kentucky to the late Milt and Minnie Preston Parker. Survivors include one daughter, Patricia LeMaster; one son, Charles E. LeMaster; six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Burial September 9 in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Louisa.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 ** MICHAEL DAVID YOUNG, 38, of Fort Gay, WV, at his residence.  Born April 6, 1969 at Williamson, KY, a son of the late James and Brenda Martin Enochs. Preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Lucille and Ernest Martin. Survivors include three daughters, Kari Danielle Young, Hali Shantelle Young, and Maelee Jean Young. Burial September 15, 2007 in Mountain View Memory Gardens, Maher, WV.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 ** LENA ELIZABETH MILLER, 96, of South Shore, Kentucky. Preceded in death by her husband Oscar Parsley Harley Miller and her parents Charles Mayfield and Jessie Hickey Mayfield. Survivors include one daughter, Linda Senters; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Burial September 9, 2007 in Wallace Cemetery, Louisa, KY.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 ** HELEN R. STONER, 66, of Ceredo, W.Va., at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born January 17, 1941, at Carlisle, Ky., a daughter of the late Everett Hill and Sally Woody Hill.  Preceded in death by her husband, James T. Stoner; a son, David Lee Hatten Jr., and a sister, Trudy Arthur. Survivors include  a daughter, Priscilla Lee Hatten; a sister, Jan Becker; three brothers, Creed Hill, Douglas Hill and Nathan Hill. Burial September 10, 2007 in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 ** ELZIE WILLIAMSON, 91, of Salt Rock, WV, at Lincoln Nursing and Rehab Center. Born December 21, 1915 in Wayne County, WV, a son of the late John S. and Mary Elizabeth Wiley Williamson. Survivors include his wife, Jessie Irene Williamson. Burial September 11, 2007 in Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 ** ESTA PHYLLIS GRIFFITH, 67, of Catlettsburg, Kentucky. Born March 10, 1940 in Blaine, Kentucky to the late Carmon Slone and Perline Arrington Slone. Survivors include her mother, Perline A. Slone; husband Beecher Griffith; one daughter, Tiffany Griffith; two sons, Ricky Griffith and Randall Griffith; three sisters, Charlotte Sparks, June Alexander and Sharon McNiel; four brothers, Charlie Slone, Ishmael Slone, Burt Slone and Douglas Slone. Burial September 12, 2007 in the Cyrus-Young Cemetery in Brushey, Kentucky.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 ** BRENDA MAYNARD "KEE-KEE" RAMEY, 61, of Wayne, W.Va., at her residence. Born January 17, 1946 in Logan County, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Girley and Ina Justice Maynard. Brenda was a homemaker and long time member of the Hand of God Church in Huntington. Preceded in death by a sister, Mary Francis Payne; three brothers, Charles, Jimmy and Jerry. Survivors include her husband, Douglas Ramey; a daughter, Betty Ann Baldwin and husband Lloyd; two sisters, Wanda Easterling and Betty Janakovitch; two brothers, Burgess Maynard and Freddie Maynard; three grandchildren. Burial September 14, 2007 in Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 ** GARNET HARRIS, 86, of Huntington, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Mrs. Harris was the daughter of the late Garnet V. and Ada Carver Harris. Survivors include two sons; Robert F. Harris and Barry Harris; two grandchildren; and 5 great grandchildren. Burial September 12, 2007 in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova. 
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 ** REV. RICHARD EUGENE “GENE” ROBERTSON, 70, of Genoa, WV, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY.  Born February 6, 1937 at Genoa, WV, a son of the late Finley and Clara Bell Robertson.  Preceded in death by an infant son, William Howard “Billy” Robertson, and a young daughter, Tammy Marcella Robertson, a baby brother, Curtis Robertson, and a sister, Virginia Watts. Survivors include his wife, Loretta Cyrus Robertson; four sons, Charles Richard Robertson and wife, Elaine, Jerry Ronald Robertson and wife, Etha, and Bobby Gene Robertson and wife, Bonnie and Gary Leonard Robertson and wife, Janet; three daughters, Wilma Lee Robinson and husband, Millard, Eloise Lemaster and husband, Mack and Karen Sue Marshall and husband, Tony; eighteen grandchildren; twenty-two great grandchildren; four brothers, Clarence Robertson, David Bernie Robertson, Dennie Lee Robertson and wife, Gladys and Roy Kenneth Robertson and wife, Maysie; two sisters, Sara Ellen Dingess and Edith Marie Watts and husband, Alpha. Burial   September 13, 2007 in the Johnson “Jonce” Robertson Cemetery on Hampton Ridge at Genoa.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 ** GENEVA FARLEY, 80, of Fort Gay, W.Va. Born February 28, 1927, in Ferrellsburg, W.Va., a daughter of the late Mack Adkins and Cora Abbott Adkins. Preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Harold Lee Farley. Survivors include one daughter, Sue Farley Williamson; two sons, Adam Farley and Dan Farley; a special sister-in-law, Carrie Adkins; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.   Burial September 14, 2007 in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 ** MABEL L. WEBB, 80, of Proctorville, Ohio, in the Hospice House of Huntington. Born March 23, 1927 in Kenova, W.Va., daughter of the late Lafe Clark and Lucinda Lowe Clark Rice. Preceded in death by her husband Scott P. Webb Sr.; one sister, Imogene Bernice Rickman; one brother, Raymond Clark. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Dannis Webb Jr.; two grandsons; five great-grandchildren. Burial September 12, 2007 in Rome Cemetery, Proctorville.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 ** CHARLES W. "CHUCK" HENSON JR., 45, of Huntington, W.Va., in St. Mary's Medical Center. Born February 21, 1962, in Germany. Survivors include his wife, Jeannie Henson; father and stepmother, Charles W. and Donna Henson Sr.; mother Jean Henson; two daughters Heather and Jessica; two sisters, Carolyn Caines and Andrea Henson; one brother, Jonathan Henson; two stepchildren and a step-granddaughter. Date and place of burial not given.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 ** BRENDA JOYCE PERRY, 65, of East Lynn, W.Va. Born May 14, 1942 in Lincoln County, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Luther and Ella Jeffers. Survivors include her husband, James M. Perry; two daughters, Kristie Baker and husband Jason, Markella Brunty and husband Tracy; three sons, Teddy Perry and wife Becky, Tony Perry and wife Mary, and Christopher Perry; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Burial September 14, 2007 in the Smith Cemetery; Nestlow, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 ** BETTY FRANCIS CRABTREE, 74, of Huntington, W.Va., formerly of Logan County, West Virginia, at St. Mary's Medical Center. Born on March 16, 1933 in Ramage, W.Va., the daughter of the late Kelly and Callie McCormick Blankenship. Preceded in death by her first husband , Rev. James Crabtree and her second husband, Rev. Andrew Crabtree; two daughters, Drema Crabtree Hackworth and Mary Francis Crabtree; two brothers, Emmitt (Chick) Blankenship and Dennis Blankenship; two sisters, Freda Maynard and Thelma Muncey. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Mark Elwood "Woody" and Jeanie Crabtree; one daughter and son-in-law, Diana Crabtree Stearns and Steve Stearns; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one step-grandson; a sister, Lillian Hurley; a brother, Leo Blankenship of McConnell . Burial September 14, 2007  in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 15, 2007 ** MORGAN ALFRED NAPIER, 74, of Northwood, Ohio, at his home. Born January 29, 1933 in Perry Ridge, West Virginia to Blaine and Sydney (Sutherland) Napier. Preceded in death by his parents, Blaine and Sydney, and his sister, Charlotte Walkowiak. Survivors include his wife, Vivian S. Napier; children Morgan Ray (the late Linda), Kenneth (Kelly), Tony (Vicki) and Larry (Melissa) Napier, LaDean Reeves and Alesia (Philip) Goddard; 10 grandchildren; brothers, Edmund and Ronnie (Jackie) Napier; sister Brookie Crapsey; step-father Ballard Newsome. Burial September 20, 2007 in the Jerry Williamson Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 15, 2007 ** FRANK BURGESS, 74, of Ranger, W.Va., at home. Born December 10, 1932, a son of the late George and Eva Maynard Burgess. Preceded in death by his wife, Gladys; one daughter; three brothers; and two sisters. Survivors include one son, Roger Dyer; one daughter, Theresa Marcum; three brothers, Verlin Burgess, Boyd Burgess and Earl Burgess; one sister, Ernie Sova; three grandchildren; one great grandchild.  Burial September 17, 2007 in Warrick Cemetery, Branchland.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 15, 2007 ** JEAN FERGUSON, 78, of Dunlow, passed away September 15, 2007 at Cabell-Huntington Hospital.  Born January 20, 1929 at Logan, WV, a daughter of the late John B. and Delphia Williams Chafin.  Preceded in death by her husband, Fletcher Ferguson, a brother, Curtis Chafin and a sister, Jimmie Gail Justice. Survivors include four daughters, Millie Crum and companion Ernie Williams, Kelly Beckett and husband, Keven, Karen Evans and husband, Eddie, and Rhonda Brown and husband, Greg; a son, Roger Ferguson and wife, Pauline; two sisters, Reva Caruthers Patty Wiggington; a special brother-in-law, Granville Justice; ten grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren.  Burial September 17, 2007 in the Ferguson Family Cemetery at Dunlow.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 16, 2007 ** CORNELL SALYER, 86, of Louisa, KY. Preceded in death by his parents Irvin and Zelda Murry Salyer. Survivors include his wife Mary Gussler Salyer; his children, Darrel (Betsy) Salyer, Pat Peters, Carol (Wendell) Borders, Dwight (Jennie) Salyer, Barbara (Jimmy) Sparks, Debbie (Mitchell) Young, George (Diane) Salyer, Shirley (John) Houston, Tony (Donna) Salyer, Dale (Becky) Salyer and Christy (Wesley) Vanhorn; two brothers Willard Salyer and Chad Salyer; four sisters, Odessa Glover, Lorena Ball, Florenie Shirkle  and Galena Phillips. Burial September 19, 2007, place not given.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 16, 2007 ** PHYLLIS ANN BROWNING, at the residence of her daughter, Jennifer Kleeman, in Crown Point, Indiana. Born March 5, 1951 at Crum, W.Va., to George and Jessie May (Raines) Dawson.  Preceded in death by her parents, one brother, James F. Dawson and one sister, Mary Carroll Reinhart. Survivors include two daughters, Jennifer (Alexander) Kleeman and Jackie Roger Browning; a son, Jackie Roger Browning; three grandchildren; four brothers, Charles W. Dawson, Jack Dawson, Ralph Dawson (Ima Jean) and Herbert Dawson of Crum; two nephews and one niece.  Burial September 22, 2007 in Frazier Hill Cemetery, Fort Gay.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 16, 2007 ** IRENE FINDLEY, 83, of Huntington, W.Va., at Ridgeview Assisted Living. Born September 11, 1924, in Wayne County, W.Va., and was raised by the late Eldridge and Nora Finley. Preceded in death by her ex-husband, Verlin Marcum; a sister, Mabel Findley Queen; a brother, Tim Findley; two step-brothers, Gordon Ramey and Clovis Ramey; and a stepsister, Carline Ramey. Survivors  include three stepsisters, Joy Burgess, Myra Lewis and Brenda Lycans; two stepbrothers, Doug Ramey and Bryce Ramey. Burial  September 18, 2007, at Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 16, 2007 ** GLENNA RUTH FALLS, 83, of Prichard, W.Va., at her residence.  Born June 6, 1924, in Cabell County, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Thomas Corvin Vance and Florence Ida Davis Vance. Preceded in death by husband Marcus B. Falls; brother, Harley Vance. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Marcia Lynn and Larry V. Adkins; two sons and daughters-in-law, Keith G. and Debbie Falls and Gary Wayne and Jamie Falls; nine grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister and brother-in-law, Alma and Homer Cardwell; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Billie and Dallas. Burial September 19, 2007 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 ** JAMES EVERETT MATNEY, 76, of Fort Gay, W.Va., in Three Rivers Medical Center, Louisa, Ky. Born December 27, 1930, at Man, W.Va., a son of the late John and Lillie Justice Matney. Survivors include his wife, Betty Jane Brewer; two sons, James Matney and Thomas Matney; a sister, Molly Rife; two brothers, William Matney and Wayne Matney; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Burial September 20, 2007 in the Matney Family Cemetery, Fort Gay.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 ** DOROTHY CARVER MARCUM ROSS, 77, of Kenova, W.Va., at Hospice House of Huntington. She was daughter of the late Carl and Stella Carver of Ceredo. Survivors include her children, David Carver, Vickie Carver, Sharon Hensley, Louise Marcum, Carl Marcum, Ruth Marcum, Carol Stotler, Lillian Wilson and Betty Daniels; 22 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren; one granddaughter, Patty Daniels, who was raised as a daughter. Burial September 20, 2007 in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 ** TERRY MAXWELL WILLIAMSON, 65, of Ranger, WV, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born April 5, 1942 in Lincoln County, a son of the late Jeremiah Williamson and Della Wiley Williamson.  Preceded in death by three brothers, Ancil Williamson, Otho Williamson and O’Dell Williamson; one sister, Garnett Freeman. Survivors include two sisters, Myrtle Taylor and husband Sam and Grethel Wiley and husband Ted; one brother, Hallie Williamson and wife Marie; seven daughters, Myrtle Coleman and husband Mark, Linda Cornell and husband Robert, Norma Adkins and husband Richard, Dora Adkins and husband Anthony, Joyce Adkins and husband Carlos, Edie Wright and husband Kevin and Lois Jean Stanley; one son, Tommy Staley and wife Betty; 16 grandchildren; a host of great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Burial September 21, 2007 in the Terry Williamson Cemetery, Ranger.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 ** RODNEY P. AUXIER, 50, of Kenova, husband of Effie Z. Auxier, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Burial September 18, 2007 at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington. 
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 18, 2007 ** JAMES ELMER IRICK, 69, of Wayne, WV, at his residence. Born September 4, 2007 in Pikeville, KY, a son of the late William B. and Ida Florence “Fonnie” Conway Irick. Preceded in death by a daughter, Julia Yvonne Irick; a sister, Floretta Marie Iric. Survivors include his wife, Betty Vanover Irick; two daughters, Gina Irick and companion, Dennis Dyer, Vickie Acord and husband, David of; two sons, James M. Irick and wife, Tywanna and Rickey Ramey and wife, Pamela; three grandchildren. Burial September 22, 2007 in Elmwood Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 18, 2007 ** MARY JEAN OSBORNE, 65, of Blaine, KY. Preceded in death by her parents Luther and Mary Ellen Cordle Smith and her husband Herbert Osborne. Survivors include a special friend, James Morton Davids; three daughters Brenda Slone, Patsy Arrington and Susie Ratliff; two sons, Darrell Lowe and Harold Osborne; 16 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Burial September 21, 2007 in the Cordle Cemetery in Brushy, KY.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 18, 2007 ** ROBERT LYNN HILL SR., 69, of Ceredo, W.Va., at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Mr. Preceded in death by his parents, Elmer William Hill and Lou Rissie (Saunders) Hill; one sister, Eileen Hill; and two brothers, Phillip Hill and Billy Hill. Survivors include his wife, Doris McComas Hill; three sons, Robert Lynn Hill Jr. and his wife Monica, Donald Earl Hill and Lawrence Edward Hill; one daughter, Wanda E. Edwards and her husband Brian Edwards; one brother, Marvin Hill; eight grandchildren. Burial September 21, 2007 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 ** FERRY W. ADKINS, 74, of Salt Rock, W.Va., at the Hospice House of Huntington. Born June 3, 1933, in Wayne County, West Virginia, a son of the late Lawrence Adkins and Roma Dillon Adkins. Preceded in death by his brothers, Shannon, Tommy and Kenneth; sisters Lorene Adkins, Imogene Marcum and Maedell Adkins. Survivors include his wife, Elfa M. Adkins; one daughter and son-in-law, Tammy D. Adkins-Smith and Boyd Allen Smith; two grandchildren; sisters Norma Fisher and Lois Tallent.  Burial September 22, 2007 in Baylous Cemetery, Salt Rock.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 ** MARCLE GLEN BARKER, 74, of Ashland, KY, at the VA Medical Center in Huntington. Preceded in death by one daughter, Brenda Jenkins; one brother, Ralph Barker. Survivors include his wife, Rosie; three sons, Charles Jenkins, Arthur Jenkins, and Homer Jenkins; one daughter, Wilma Patton; three brothers, Allen Barker, Denzel Barker and Richard Barker; three sisters, Lucile, Marcella, and Dorothy; 14 grandchildren, and a host of great grandchildren. Burial September 24, 2007 in Jenkins Family Cemetery in Fort Gay.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 ** ELIZABETH DAPHNE WELLS, 76, of East Lynn, formerly of Switzer, WV, at Cornerstone Hospital in Huntington. Born May 16, 1931 at Danville, Virginia, the daughter of the late James and Lydia Ball Erles. Preceded in death by her step-father, Lawrence Ball; a sister, Carmen Clemons; a brother, James Mounts. Survivors include her husband Johnse H. Wells; one daughter, Barbara Wells Fitch; one son, Michael J. (Cathy) Wells; one sister, Janice Messinger; one brother, James Earles; four grandchildren; two great grandchildren.  Burial September 22, 2007 in the Forest Lawn Cemetery Mausoleum at Pecks Mill, WV.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 ** MARSHA D. GALLOWAY, 46 of Huntington, WV, at St. Mary’s Medical Center.  Born October 4, 1960 in Columbus, OH, a daughter of Madeline Wallace Perry. Preceded in death by her grandfather, William T. Wallace. Survivors include her mother; a daughter, Shawnna Wallace; three sisters, Gladys K. Booth and husband, Michael, Kathy Lynn Heck and husband, David and Crystal Dawn Jackson and husband, David; a brother, James T. Bond; her maternal grandmother, “Granny” Maudie Wallace. Burial September 21, 2007 in Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne, WV.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 ** FREDDIE WILLARD THOMPSON, 64, Louisa, KY, at the St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born March 22, 1943 in Little Blaine, Ky to the late Stant and Stella Moore Thompson. Survivors include his wife Ruby Thompson; two sons, Danny Glen Thompson and Tobbie Thompson; six sisters, Bertha McKinster, Katherine McCoy, Dovie Spurlock, Lexie Pelphrey, Clorie George; one brother, Gallie Thompson. Burial September 22m 2007 in the Thompson Cemetery in Louisa.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 ** JOHN ALBERT NEWTON, 79, of Catlettsburg, KY, at the Hospice House of Huntington. Born May 28, 1928 in Baltimore, MD to the late George Edward and Grace Helen (Boine) Newton. Preceded in death by his wife Linda Lou Arbogast. Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Caperton and her husband Chester; a sister Grace Clifton. Burial September 21, 2007 in the Glen Haven Memorial Park in Baltimore, MD with Military Rites.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 ** JAMES ARTHUR BOWEN, 91, of Jackson, Ohio, formerly of Crum, WV. Born August 15, 1916 in Crum, W.Va., son of the late Montville and Mary (Pack) Bowen. Preceded in death by two daughters, Thelma Shannon and Joyce Fahl; two brothers, Aubrey and Woodrow Bowan; five sisters, Hallie Prince, Verna Wellman, Ruth Marcum, Barbara Etters, and Florence Bowen. Survivors include his companion of 32 years, Juanita Bowen; four sons, Micadoo (Janice) Bowen, Terry Bowen, Mitchell (Dorothy) Bowen and Phillip (Elizabeth) Bowen; a daughter Janette (Vaughn) Viator; eighteen grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; and two great- great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mable Booth and Bessie McCoy. Burial September 22, 2007 in Fairmount Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 ** FREDERICK FRANKLIN LEEDY II, 59, of Wayne. Born April 2, 1948 in Huntington, WV, a son of the late Frederick Leedy and Jewel Sansom Leedy. Survivors include his wife Sue Leedy; one son, Frederick F. Leedy III; one daughter, Anna Maria Peterson and husband Bobby; one brother, John Adam Leedy.  Burial September 22, 2007 in the Leedy Family Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 ** MEREDITH O'DELL GRIESEN FINLEY, 80, of Huntington, W.Va., at the Hospice House of Huntington.  Born July 15, 1927, in Ontario, Wis., a daughter of the late William and Minnie Collins Griesen. Preceded in death by her husband, Timothy Erastus Finley; four sisters, Jean Breese, Margie Griesen, Mary Parr and Eva Schneider. Survivors include a daughter, Pattie Kitts and husband Carey; a son, Timothy Michael Finley; four sisters, Ruth Thompson, Christina Printz, Geneva Graham and Bonnie Griesen; three brothers, William Griesen, Arthur Griesen and Paul Griesen; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Burial September 24, 2007 in Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 ** CLARENCE E. JACK, 84, of Huntington, W.Va., widower of Virginia "Jenny" Jack. Born December 14, 1922, in Huntington, a son of the late Cecil Jack and Zetta Arthur Jack. Preceded in death by two sisters, Edna Christian and Cleo Ross; two brothers, Ernest Jack and Lloyd Jack of Huntington; two sisters-in-law, Mildred "Millie" Jack and Lora Farrell. Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Connie Jack; one grandson; one granddaughter; 4 great-grandchildren; two step-grandsons; a step great-granddaughter and a step great-grandson. Burial September 23, 2007 in the Little White Chapel Mausoleum, White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 ** JUANITA BARTRAM, 70, of Louisa, KY. Preceded in death by her parents, Sherman Endicott and Mary Magdelene Fluty Endicott. Survivors include two daughters, Catherine Bartram Smith and Dawn C. Bartram; two sons, Rick Bartram and William James “Bill” Bartram; two grandchildren; one great-grand-child; three brothers, Charles Sherman Endicott, Ernest Ray Endicott and Gene Endicott. Burial September 25, 2007 in the Endicott Cemetery in Fort Gay, WV.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 22, 2007 ** ROSCOE TRUMAN ADKINS, 86, of Huntington, at the Hospice House of Huntington. Born December 19, 1920, in Wayne County, a son of the late Roscoe and Marietta Lucas Adkins. Preceded in death by one brother, Milt Adkins; half-brother Calvin Lucas; half-sister Emma Stevens Gann; one grandson, Kevin Adkins. Survivors include his wife, Regania Sue Adkins; two sons and daughters-in-law, Lowell Gale Adkins and Sandy and Larry Truman Adkins and Tammy; 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; one brother, Reverend Raymond Adkins and his wife, Letha; one sister, Izetta Thompson. Burial September 25, 2007 in Morrison Cemetery.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 ** JACK A. "TONY" NELSON, 52, of East Lynn, W.Va., at his residence. Born August 3, 1955, in Huntington, W.Va., a son of Dolores Blatt Nelson and the late Jack Nelson. Survivors include his daughter, Bethany Nelson; three sisters, Sharon Denning and husband Dave, Sherry Webb and husband Rick and Charlotte Thompson and husband Terry; two brothers, Andy Nelson and wife Paige and Donald A. Nelson and wife Hope; one grandson. Burial September 27, 2007, in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Wayne, W.Va.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 25, 2007 ** KATHERINE VIRGINIA PERDUE, 82, of Raleigh, N.C., formerly of Ceredo, WV. Preceded in death by her parents Porter and Nettie; a brother, Jack Shafford; a sister, Carol Hale. Survivors include her husband, Luke Thomas Perdue; her daughter, Linda C. Cyrus and husband Joseph Robert Cyrus; her brother Ronald Shafford; two grandsons. Burial September 28, 2007  in Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 25, 2007 ** EMMAREE JEAN McGRANAHAN, 7 weeks old, of Louisa, KY.  Born August 5, 2007 to John Wayne McGranhan and Carrie Ann McCoy. Survivors include a half sister, Sierra Lucille McCranhan; Paternal grandfather Claude McGranhan; maternal grandfather Donald Newsome and maternal grandmother, Tina Copley. Burial September 28, 2007 in the McGranhan Cemetery in Louisa.
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DIED - SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 ** EMMA JEAN MARCUM, 72, of Dunlow, WV, at Three Rivers Medical Center.  Born April 7, 1935 in Wayne County, WV, a daughter of the late Lindsey Maynard and Mary Horn Maynard Scaggs. Preceded in death by her husband, Luther Marcum; a daughter, Hazel Marie Marcum; one sister, Eunice Jordan. Survivors include a daughter, Pat Marcum; six sons, John L. Marcum and companion, Shelly Mullins, Robert Marcum, Ronnie Marcum and wife, Ruby, Roger Marcum and wife, Brenda, Daniel Marcum, and Charles Andrew Marcum and wife, Willetta; three brothers, Bill Maynard, Lonnie Maynard and Howard Scott Maynard; forty-two grandchildren and forty-eight great grandchildren. Burial October 1, 2007 in Sam Damron Cemetery.

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