WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
November, 2007
These obituaries for the month of November were typed by Howard Osburn.
DIED - NOVEMBER 1, 2007 ** ANDREW JACKSON WILLIAMSON,
88, of Wayne, W.Va., at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born April 21, 1919 in Wayne
County, W.Va., the son of the late Lark and Ona Williamson. Preceded in death by
2 sisters, Ethel Dew and Martha Lundy; one brother, Dee Williamson. Survivors
include his wife Marjorie Perry Williamson; five children, John D. Williamson
and wife Sylvia, Stella R. Vance and husband Donald, Andrew J. Williamson Jr.
and wife Muriel, Benny Williamson and wife Marsha and Rudy Williamson and wife
Janice; one sister, Margie Elledge; nine grandchildren; eight great
grandchildren. Burial November 4, 2007, in the Williamson Cemetery.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 1, 2007 ** OLIVIA GRACE CASTLE, 1
day old, of Mt. Holly North Carolina. Survived by her mother Shawna Castle of
Mt. Holly NC and her maternal grandparents John B. and LouVon Maynard Castle.
Burial November 6th, 2007, in the Frasher Cemetery in Fort Gay, WV.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 2, 2007 ** NORMAN EDWARD BARTRAM,
52, of Huntington, W.Va., at St. Mary's Medical Center. Born December 6,
1954, in Tecumseh, Mich., a son of Milton J. and Donna Craig Bartram of Fort
Gay, W.Va. Survivors include his wife, Janena Haney Bartram; two sons and a
daughter-in-law, Jeremy Norman Bartram and Skyler Stewart and Laura Bartram; a
daughter, Rachel Elizabeth-Ann Bartram; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Douglas
and Cheryl Bartram and Allan and Becki Bartram; a sister and brother-in-law,
Kathryn and David Hensley. Burial November 5, 2007, in the Bartram Family
Cemetery, Fort Gay, W.Va.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 2, 2007 ** SUSIE HARVEY, 81, of
Lavalette, W.Va., at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born January 10, 1926 in Wayne
County, a daughter of the late French and Sallie Mathis Napier. Preceded in
death by her husband, Mannie Harvey; one sister, Ruby Queen; three
brothers-in-law, Ervin Napier, Freeman Queen, and Freddie Smith; and one
sister-in-law, Wanda Napier. Survivors include five brothers, Hudson Napier,
Austin Napier and his wife Sylvia, Andy Napier and his wife Freida, French
Napier and his wife Deloris and Vester Napier and his wife Fern; three sisters,
Nancy Napier, Julie Smith and Sallie Smith and her husband Lowell; four
step-children, Glen Harvey, Jean Watts, Freida Garrett, and Ramona Ray. Burial
November 5, 2007, in the Justice Cemetery, Dunlow.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 2, 2007 ** JACOB “JAKE” SPENCER,
91, of Chesapeake, OH, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born November 20, 1915 in
Rodney, OH, a son of the late Seldon and Ollie Sargent Spencer. Preceded in
death by his wife, Mary Alice Bunch Spencer; a sister, Elsie Stephenson; two
brothers, Selva and Otis Spencer. Survivors include a daughter, Judy King; a
sister, Ruby Horsnyder; a brother, Cecil Spencer; two grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Doug and Loretta
Baldwin. Burial November 4, 2007, at Community Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 2, 2007 ** BERTHA C. PINNELL, 87,
of Huntington, W.Va., at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born on November 12, 1919,
in Wayne County, W.Va., daughter of the late John D. and Tennessee Smith Clark.
Preceded in death by her husband, Thomas James Pinnell; two brothers, Johnny and
Samuel Clark; four sisters, Louise Shenkle, Hester Maynard, Sadie Lycans and
Myrtle Napier. Survivors include four daughters, Lovetta Lambert, Arbedella
Vance, Phyllis Ann Wisniewski and Mary Jean Pinnell Hall; 11 grandchildren.
Burial November 7, 2007, at Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 3, 2007 ** HELEN R. DAVIS, 83, of
Lavalette, W.Va., at her residence. Born April 11, 1924, in Huntington,
W.Va., a daughter of the late Ivan and Elmira Gates. Preceded in death by her
husband, John P. Davis; two brothers, Paul Gates and Bill Gates. Survivors
include a sister, Clara Gates; two sons, Phil Davis and his wife Helen Davis,
and Rick Davis; four grandchildren; two great-grandsons. Burial November 6,
2007, in Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 3, 2007 ** JAMES EDWARD RAY, 39, of
Crum, WV. Born September 21, 1968 in Williamson, WV, a son of the late Eugene
and Betty Justice Ray. Preceded in death by a sister, Elizabeth Ray; a brother,
Michale Ray. Survivors include his wife, Lohmia Fletcher Ray; two sons,
Christopher and Peyton Ray; a daughter, Brandy Brewer; two step-daughters,
Tiffany and Jaime Slone; two sisters, Brenda Marcum and husband, Roger and
Pamela Johnson and husband, Jay; three brothers, John Henry Ray and wife,
Christy, Thomas Ray and wife, Diana and Eugene Ray, Jr.; the mother of his
son's, Susan Fields. Burial November 8, 2007, at Ray Cemetery..
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DIED - NOVEMBER 5, 2007 ** WILLIAM F. "BILL" MAYS,
75, of Huntington, W.Va., at his home. Born March 31, 1932, to the late Lee Roy
and Thelma Cyrus Mays. Survivors include his wife, Patsy Pierce Mays; his
children, Floyd Mays and his wife Christine, Karin Dawson and her husband Mike,
Kathy Billups and her husband Paul and John Mays; seven grandchildren; one
great-granddaughter. Burial November 8, 2007, in Cyrus Cemetery.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 6, 2007 ** EMMA MAE EFFINGHAM, 86,
of Barboursville, W.Va. Born May 12, 1921, in Wayne, W.Va., a daughter of the
late Preacher Paris Adkins and Susan Adkins. Preceded in death by her husband,
James Robert Effingham; one son, Bobby Bren Effingham; one grandson; sisters
Olga Adkins, Carrie Adkins, Antha Adkins, Florida Merritt, Ruth McCaffery, Theo
Adkins and Alta Thompson; three brothers, Leo Adkins, Tolbert Adkins and Boyd
Adkins. Survivors include one son, Dennis Lee Effingham and his wife Elizabeth;
one daughter, Linda Lou Barker and her husband Paul; one sister, Ditha Jean
Clay; two brothers, Clifton Adkins and Lionel Adkins; six grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren. Burial November 8, 2007, in Spring Hill Cemetery,
Huntington.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 6, 2007 ** JAKE NAPIER, 71, of
Winter Garden, FL, at his residence. Born March 2, 1936 in Lobato, WV, a son of
Sherman and Julian Ford Napier. Preceded in death by three brothers, Albert,
Alfred and Lindsey Napier. Survivors include his , Betty Jean Frasher Napier;
two sons, Thomas Wade Napier and Michael Wayne Napier and wife, Carmen; a
brother, Sherman Napier, Jr. and wife, Vivian. Burial November 10, 2007, place
not given.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 7, 2007 ** BETHANA FAYE PRINCE BREWER,
40, of Prichard, WV, at Cross Lanes, West Virginia. WV. Born April 10, 1967 in
Huntington, a daughter of J.D. and Myrtie Jarrell Prince of Prichard, WV.
Preceded in death by her husband, Kent Brewer; her paternal grandparents,
Bethana and Jesse Prince; maternal grandfather, Columbus Jarrell,
Survivors include three daughters, Courtney Noel Carter, Alexis Paige Carter,
and Brianna Michelle Brewer; two sons, Jonathan Derrick Evans and Ryan Bradley
Carter; and three sisters, Teresa Muncy and husband, Basil, Jennifer Endicott
and husband, Mike and Frankie Ramey and husband, Tim. Burial November 10, 2007,
at the Prince Family Cemetery at Prichard.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 7, 2007 ** KENT BREWER, 44, of
Kermit, at Cross Lanes, WV. Born November 29, 1962 in Mingo County, the son of
the late Paul Brewer and Lois Messer Childress. Survivors include his mother
Lois Messer Childress; one son, Jeremy Brewer; one daughter, Brianna Brewer;
brothers Brent and Glenn Brewer; sisters Donna Pinston, Loretta Brewer and Paula
Wilson. Burial November 10, 2007, at the Selwyn-Brewer Cemetery in Kermit.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 7, 2007 ** AILEEN PYLES WEST, 100,
of Fort Gay, at her home. Born October 15, 1907 at Portsmouth, Ohio, the
daughter of the late Alvin Curtis and Margaret McDaniel Pyles. Preceded in death
by her husband, Illiff West; two brothers, Leslie E. Pyles and Harold R. Pyles;
two sisters, Mrs Charles Arthur (Fern) and Mrs. Orin Graff (Erma). Burial
November 11, 2007, at the Memorial Burial Park in Wheelerburg, Ohio.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 7, 2007 ** JUDY NEWMAN, 67, of
Erlanger, Ky., formerly of Kenova, W.Va. Beloved wife of Craig Newman, loving
daughter of Margaret Williams, dear sister of James (Sallie) Robinette. Date and
place of burial not given.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 8, 2007 ** AUDREY JEWEL GILLIAM HUNDLEY,
78, of Prichard, WV, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV. Born
February 28, 1929 in Wayne County, a daughter of the late Andrew and Bessie
Thompson Gilliam. Preceded in death by her former husband, James Hubert Hundley;
a daughter, Debbie Stamper; a grandson, Dylan Hundley; and a sister, Jerri
Gilliam. Survivors include four daughters, Glenna (Gary) Jackson, Gail Hundley,
Brenda Hundley and Bonnie (Merle) Holderby; three sons, Gary (Leatha) Hundley,
Terry (Melissa) Hundley and Jeffery Shawn Hundley; eight sisters, Judy (Bob)
Riggs, Joan (Arvil “Babe”) Maynard, Janice (James) Maynard, June (Robert)
Preston, Joe (Pete) Meddings, Justine (Mark) Trogdon, Aileen (Amos) Maynard and
Alberta Reel; two brothers, Alvie (Donna) Gillam and Andrew Gilliam; twenty
grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren. Burial November 11, 2007, at the
Hundley Haven Cemetery at Prichard.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 8, 2007 ** CLEO PLYBON JR., 78, of
Barboursville, W.Va., son of the late Cleo Plybon Sr. and Fanny Plybon, at St.
Mary's Medical Center. Preceded in death by four brothers, Frank, Bill, Don and
Jackie; one sister, Rebecca McComas; two sons, Michael Plybon and William
Plybon; a daughter, Dana Plybon. Survivors include three brothers, Danny and
Linda Plybon, Bob and Cheryel Plybon and Carol Plybon; three sisters, Joann and
Willie Adkins, Karen Dixon and Rosie and Carlos Leep; two sons, Terry Leo and
Jimmy; two daughters, Patty, Regina and Brenda Stutler; and nine grandchildren.
Burial November 13, 2007, in White Chapel Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 8, 2007 ** CLYDE THOMAS KIRK, 84,
of Logan, WV, at Logan Regional Medical Center, Logan, WV. Born August 22, 1923
in Wayne County, WV, a son of the late Thomas and Verna Martin Kirk Brewer.
Preceded in death by his step-father, Lee Brewer. Survivors include three
daughters, Delilah Adkins and husband, Doug, Carolyn Kitchen and Sharon Hopkins;
three sons, Ronald Kirk, Tommy Kirk and Michael Kirk. Date and place of burial
not given.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 8, 2007 ** VANCE LEE "PAPI" MEALEY,
48, of Kenova, W.Va., at St. Mary's Medical Center. Born February 18, 1959, in
Huntington, W.Va. to Drema Thompson Mealey and the late Jerry K. Mealey.
Survivors include his wife, Deborah "Debbie" Ratcliff Mealey; one son, Jerad
Mealey; one daughter, Jessica Hogsett; his mother, Drema Mealey; one brother,
Steve Mealey; three grandchildren. Burial November 12, 2007, in Hillcrest
Cemetery, Kenova, W.Va.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 9, 2007 ** REBECCA LOU THOMPSON ALLEY,
92, of Prichard, W.Va., at her home. Born October 11, 1915, in Wayne County to
the late Freelin and Jenny McGhee Thompson. Preceded in death by her husband,
Cyrus E. Alley; two sons, James and Kenneth Alley; three sisters, Madge Priddy,
Allean Hunt and Alma Powell; five brothers, Ned, Bob, Freelin Jr., Clyde and
Maxie Thompson. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Lois V. and Gary
V. Belcher; one brother, Glen Thompson; two grandchildren; and one
daughter-in-law, Joyce Alley. Burial November 12, 2007, in the Alley Family
Cemetery.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 9, 2007 ** JACK C. PRICE, 75, of
Huntington, at St. Mary's Medical Center. Born August 10, 1932, in Ft. Gay,
W.Va., the son of the late Adolphius A.G. and Effie Thompson Price. Survivors
include three daughters, Doris Manuel-Southern, Beth Davis and Jackie Price
Mealy; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers, Frank Price and
Glen Price; one brother-in-law, Ken Mannix. Burial November 12, 2007, place not
given.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 9, 2007 ** DON MAYNARD, 65, of
Gillette, WY, at Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette. Born February 7,
1942 in Wayne County, a son of the late Rena Marie Maynard Perry. Preceded in
death by two sisters, Rita Fay and Kathie Perry, and three brothers, D. W. and
Earl Richard Perry, and Ralph Maynard. Survivors include his wife, Amanda
Spaulding Maynard; six daughters, Rena, Donna, Priscilla, Loretta, Mona and
Rhonda; four sisters, Carline Stevens, Vada Maynard, Ann Hale and Eva Maynard;
two brothers, Elmer Maynard and Sammie Meade; sixteen grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren. Burial November 16, 2007, at the Marcum Cemetery on Tick
Ridge, Dunlow, WV.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 9, 2007 ** RUTH E. GUE, 83, of
South Point, OH, formerly of Kenova. Born December 25, 1923 in Catlettsburg, KY
a daughter to the late William Cantrell and Carrie Nance Cantrell. Preceded in
death by her husband Donald; two daughters Karen Smith and Doris Shepherd.
Survivors include five daughters, Carolyn and Buddy Whitt, Marilyn Sue and
Kenneth Fannin, Judith Ann and Roy Hamilton, Debra and Harold Sparkman and
Shirley Conley; five sons, Don & Karen Gue, Bennie Gue, Larry and Pamela Gue,
Phillip Gue and David Gue; one sister, Pauline Helms; two sisters-in-law Myrtle
Burgess and Essie Smith; 29 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, and 4 great
great grandchildren. Burial November 13, 2007, in the Docks Creek Cemetery.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 9, 2007 ** MADONNA RAE ADKINS, 30,
of Huntington, WV. Born September 26, 1977 in Logan County W.Va. Preceded in
death by her grandfather, Clifford Adkins. Survivors include one daughter,
Melita Brook Adkins; her mother, Patty Adkins; her grandparents, Melita Adkins
Wooten and Irvin Wooten; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Burial November 15,
2007, in the Hurston Adkins Cemetery, Wolfpen Road.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 9, 2007 ** SONJA JEAN HAYNES, 67,
of Dunlow, WV, at J.J. Jordan Geriatric Center in Louisa. Born May 8, 1940, a
daughter of the late Frank and Beatrice Castle. Preceded in death by her
husband, Robert David Haynes Sr.; three sisters, Betty Hildenbrand, Mary
Patterson and Margaret Muncy; one brother, Robert Castle. Survivors included two
daughters, Debbie Castle and Sandi Finley; three sons, Robert D. Haynes Jr.,
Dale C. Haynes and wife Charlene and John Haynes and wife Ann; one step son,
David Allen Haynes; two sister, Flo Long and Karen Romans and husband Lovell; 16
grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. Burial November 15, 2007, at Kingwood
Memorial Park, Columbus, Ohio.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 10, 2007 ** LARRY DONALD LEWIS, 62,
of Huntington, W.Va., at St. Mary's Medical Center. Born August 21,1945, in
Centerville, Wayne County, W.V, a son of the late Arthur and Lestie Lewis.
Preceded in death by two brothers, James Ronald Lewis and Patrick Gale Lewis;
and one sister, Corinne Ruth Dillon. Survivors include one daughter and
son-in-law, April and John Bryant; three grandchildren; three sisters, Betty M.
Jackson, Carol and Tom Osborne and Joyce Jenkins; three brothers and
sisters-in-law, A.R. and Barbara Lewis, Ralph and Jeanne Lewis and Johnny and
Nancy Lewis. Burial November 13, 2007, in Mt. Vernon Cemetery in Wayne County.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 10, 2007 ** ANNETTA JACKSON, 87, of
Genoa, WV, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV. Born June 2, 1920 in
Wayne County, a daughter of the late Miles and Tamsy Bryant Jackson. Preceded in
death by her husband, Arlie Jackson; three daughters, Jean Dickerson, Thelma
Singel, and Shirley Ward; six sisters, Rose Webb, Joyce Troyer, Ida Milam,
Alletta Keaton, Virginia Staley and Jessie Cantrel; five brothers, Luther,
Jennings, Clyde, Woodrow and Miles Jackson, Jr., Survivors include a
daughter, Sue Thompson and husband Lonnie; three sons, Gary Jackson and wife
Glenna, Robert Jackson and wife Pat and Eddie Jackson and wife Kay; sons in law,
Charles Dickerson and John Singel; thirteen grandchildren and twenty-two
great-grandchildren. Burial November 13, 2007, at the Jackson Family Cemetery at
Genoa, WV.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 10, 2007 ** CHRISTOPHER “SPUD” MICHAEL
DISHMAN, 25, of Huntington, WV. Born May 29, 1982, the son of Gary “Bub”
Dishman, Deborah and Mark Young. Preceded in death by his grandparents Sherman
and Gloria Dishman and uncle Charles “Sparky” Dishman. Survivors include a
sister, Tina Haught and her husband; a brother Jeromy Dishman; numerous aunts
and uncles and cousins; grandparents Donald James and William and Delcie Elkins.
Burial November 15, 2007, in the Davis Family Cemetery in Wayne.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 10, 2007 ** SHERDON FRAZIER, 73, of
Ashland, at Kings Daughters Medical Center. Born August 3, 1934 in Louisa, KY,
the son of the late Jarrett and Lula Webb Frazier. Survivors include one
daughter, Brenda Branham; three sons, Bobby Frazier, Tony Frazier and Gary
Frazier; 12 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Burial November 13, 2007,
at the Frazier Cemetery.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 11, 2007 ** JANIS PINSON FLANAGAN,
81, of Huntington formerly of Ceredo, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born
September 29, 1926 in Sciotoville, Ohio a daughter of the late Frank W. and Mary
Louise Cox Pinson. Preceded in death by her husband, Robert K. Flanagan Jr.;
three sisters, Helen P. Morris, Earlena Daniels and Hannah Lee White; one
brother, Frank W. Pinson Jr. Survivors include a daughter, Kathryn Lawrence;
three sons, Robert K. Flanagan III, Bruce Pinson Flanagan Kevin Andrew Flanagan;
seven grandchildren; two sisters, Marcella Stark and Betty Coburn. Burial
November 16, 2007, place not given.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 13, 2007 ** LAWRNECE MEDDINGS, 61
of Mt. Orab, OH formerly of Dunlow, at Clermont Mercy Hospital in Vatavia, OH.
Born July 19, 1946 at Dunlow, WV, a son of the late John and Clara Mae Hatfield
Meddings. Survivors include a daughter, Michelle Hall and her husband Woody;
three sisters, Francis Elaine Pertee and husband Orville, Debra Carol Justice
and husband Jay and Barbara Christine Meddings; seven brothers, Glenn John
Meddings and wife Patricia, Leonard H. Meddings, James D. Meddings, Mitchell D.
Meddings, Eugene D. Meddings, Sherwood D. Meddings and wife Kim and Richard D.
Meddings and wife Pam; two grandchildren. Burial November 17, 2007, at the
Meddings Family Cemetery near Fort Gay, WV.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 14, 2007 ** LAURA McINTIRE MARCUM,
97, of Louisa, at J.J. Jordan Geriatric Center in Louisa. Born May 2, 1910 in
Washington County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Evans J. and Anna McIntire.
Preceded in death by her husband, James Neuman Marcum Jr.; her daughter Ann
Frances; her sisters Ava Harbour and Hilda Cyress; and her brothers Evans,
Everett, Arthur and Jack McIntire. Survivors include her daughters Anita Brown
and husband Robert and Rose Marie Murry and her husband A. B.; 2 granddaughters;
2 great-grandchildren. Burial November 17, 2007, at Pine Hill
Cemetery in Louisa, KY.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 14, 2007 ** NANCY MARGARET McKINNEY BLAKE,
89, of Kenova, WV, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born January 1, 1918 in Wayne
County, WV to the late Sam & Louisa Cassady McKinney. Preceded in death by her
husband, Benjamin Franklin Blake; five sisters, Bertha Allison, Omer Carver,
Ethyl Maynard, Lucretia Thompson and Ruth Vaughn; three brothers, Carl, Roy and
Boyd McKinney. Survivors include two daughters, Anna Mae Butcher and Charlene
Thompson; three sons, Frank Blake, Bill Blake and Jim Blake; four grandchildren;
four great-grandchildren. Burial November 17, 2007, in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 15, 2007 ** LILLIAN WHELER KINCAID,
80, of Homestead, FL, formerly of Ceredo, WV, at Kinrid Hospital, Corral Gables,
FL. Born July 29, 1927 in Grayson, KY a daughter to the late Charles Edward
Wheeler and Rose Ann Perkins Wheeler. Preceded in death by her husband Freedie
H. Kincaid. Survivors include a daughter Sue Corcoran; a son Freddie H. Kincaid,
Jr.; a sister Imogene Fannis; 4 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren. Burial
November 21, 2007, in the High Carbon Cemetery in Cannonsburg, KY.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 15, 2007 ** CLARENCE OWEN BARTRAM,
88, of Huntington. Born November 11, 1919, in Huntington, a son of the late
Wesley and Minerva Adkins Bartram. Preceded in death by his first wife, Redith
Bartram. Survivors include his wife, Fannie Clark Bartram; one step-daughter,
Tammy Saunders and her husband, Thomas; one sister, Eathel Browning; two
grandchildren. Burial November 18, 2007, in Bowen Cemetery.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 16, 2007 ** PAUL B. WILSON, 78 , of
Kenova, WV, at King's Daughter's Medical Center. Born April 4, 1929, in
Williamson, W.Va., son of the late Roy B. and Lyndell Thompson Wilson. Preceded
in death by one son, Gregory Wilson. Survivors include his wife, Vivian K.
Brammer Wilson; one daughter, Linda K. Wilson; two sons and daughters-in-law,
Paul M. and Rita Wilson and Timothy W. and Janie Wilson; five grandchildren.
Burial November 19, 2007, in Spring Valley Memory Gardens.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 16, 2007 ** MARY LOU WILKS, 57.
Preceded in death by her parents Charlie Burchett and Lucille Church Burchett; a
sister, Roberta Roberts; a daughter, Melissa Kaye Wilks. Survivors include her
husband, Elisha Elwood Wilks; one daughter, Tammy Sue Prince; one son, Gary Lyn
Wilks; three sisters, Juanita Burke, Martha Hacker and Ruth Kirk; four brothers,
Ernest Burchett, Delbert Burchett, Jim Burchett and Charles Ed Burchett; three
grandchildren. Burial November 19th, 2007, in the Burchett Cemetery in Louisa,
KY.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 16, 2007 ** DAVID LEE SPURLOCK, 73,
of Chesapeake, OH, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington, WV.
Born September 21, 1934 in Huntington, WV, a son of the late Hollis and Kathryn
Spurlock. Survivors include his wife, Carmen Sue Spurlock; two sons, Kevin
Spurlock and Eric Spurlock and his spouse Tammy; one grandson; one sister,
Beverly Dillon. Burial November 19, 2007, at Bellefonte Memorial Gardens in
Flatwoods, KY.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 17, 2007 **LINDA GAIL DUNFEE STEWART,
53, of Kenova, W.Va. Born January 26, 1954, in Huntington, W.Va., a daughter of
the late Charles and Regina Murdock Dunfee. Preceded in death by a brother,
Charles Allen Dunfee; an infant son, James Joseph Stewart. Survivors include a
sister, Judith Dunfee; two children, Crystal May Stewart and Bryan Joseph
Stewart; three grandchildren; her former husband, James Stewart. Burial November
20, 2007, in Baylous Cemetery, Salt Rock, W.Va.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 18, 2007 ** LEE HENRY McCLOUD, 51,
of Ft. Gay, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. Born August 21,
1956 in Louisa, KY, to the late Jake Irvin and Fredia Loar McCloud. Survivors
include one daughter, Amanda Jo McCloud; one son, Joseph Lee McCloud; one sister
Deborah Thompson; two brothers, Pearley and Delbert McCloud. Burial November 21,
2007, at the Fish Cemetery in Ft. Gay.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 18, 2007 ** PEGGY INEZ McKINNEY ADKINS
WATTS PERDUE PARSONS, 79, of Huntington, W.Va. Born June 13, 1928 in
Inez, Kentucky, a child of the late Alfea Omega Hughs McKinney and Morgan
McKinney. Preceded in death by her Husbands, Alfred Adkins and Everett Watts;
one infant brother; one sister, Lydia McKinney; and three children, Mary
Anderson, Peggy Sue Watts, and French Watts. Survivors include her husband,
Raymond Parsons; her children, Shirley Wray, Johnny Adkins, Raymond L. Watts,
Arlene Daniels, Kathy Albright, Garnet York and Carl Watts; twenty-nine
grandchildren, forty-two great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild. Burial
November 23, 2007, in the Cox Cemetery.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 18, 2007 ** MARY JEAN YORK HATFIELD,
78, of Huntington, WV, at the Augusta Nursing and Rehabilitation Center,
Fishersville, Va. Born in Ceredo, West Virginia, on July 16, 1929, she was the
daughter of the late Lawrence Perdue and Vivian Lowe Perdue. Preceded in death
by her husband, Reo B. Hatfield Sr.; two sisters and five brothers. Survivors
include two sons, Reo B. Hatfield II and Stephen W. Hatfield; her
daughter-in-law, Lodeana Mitchell; 4 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren.
Burial date and place not given.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 19, 2007 ** ESTELLE VIRGINIA BOOTH,
92, of Clarksville, TN, formerly of Wayne, WV, in Clarksville. Born February 13,
1915 in Mingo County, WV a daughter of the late John and Lula Hazlette Purdue.
Preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Booth; her daughter, Gail “Cookie” Booth
Thompson. Survivors include a son-in-law, Lee Thompson; two grandsons; two great
grandchildren. Burial November 29, 2007, at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 20, 2007 ** ROY IVAN “BUDDY” ELLIS,
79, of Huntington, WV, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington.
Preceded in death by his parents, Sheridan and Anna Ellis; one daughter, Rita
Christian; three sisters, Mary, Ruby and Catherine; one brother, Johnny.
Survivors include his wife, Janet Faye (Artrip) Ellis; three daughters, Pam
Chatterton, Sandy Mackvey, and Donna Effingham; three sons, Raymond Burke, Randy
Burke, and Ronnie Burke; 16 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren. Burial
November 24, 2007, at Spring Valley Memory Gardens in Huntington, WV.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 21, 2007 ** PAUL RAY JOHNSON, 80,
of Louisa, Ky, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV. Born October 21,
1927 in Fallsburg, KY, the son of the late Ed and Susanna Salyers Johnson.
Preceded in death by three sisters and four brothers and a grandson. Survivors
include his wife, Claudetta Salter Johnson; four children, Shirley (Robert )
Gribben, Bill Ed (Cindy) Johnson, Darrell Johnson and Terry Johnson; two
brothers, Bill Johnson and Carl Johnson; eight grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren. Burial November 24, 2007, in Myrtle Chapel Cemetery,
Louisa.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 21, 2007 ** MAXINE OSBURN KUHN, 86,
of Chesapeake, Ohio, in the Hospice House of Huntington. Born April 16, 1921, in
Wayne County, W.Va., daughter of the late Samuel and Verna Berry Osburn.
Preceded in death by her husband, Willard Kuhn; three brothers, Bruce, Irvin and
Roscoe Osburn; three sisters, Pearl Osburn, Opal Adkins and Sylvia Booten; one
step-grandson. Survivors include three stepsons, Willard Kuhn Jr., Dewey Kuhn
and Johnny Kuhn; two stepdaughters, Sue Jack and Barbara Galloway; nine
step-grandchildren; several step-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Scott
(Virginia) Osburn and Carl (Emma) Osburn; two sisters, Dorothy Mae (Norman)
Adkins and Betty Burks; two sisters-in-law, Bessie and Lelia Osburn. Burial
November 26, 2007, in Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point, Ohio.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 22, 2007 ** JOHN RUSSELL BEAN, 84,
of Prichard, W.Va., at the Hospice House of Huntington. Born May 1, 1923, in
Wayne County, W.Va., to the late Henry and Nellie Frazier Bean. Survivors
include his wife, Thelma Lee Salyers Bean; one son, Ray Bean; one granddaughter;
three sisters, Eva Bean, Hattie Bean and Dorothy Hoosier. Burial November 25,
2007, in the Bean Cemetery in Prichard.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 22, 2007 ** ENOS BLANKENSHIP, 64,
of Kenova, WV. Born November 30, 2007 in Logan County to the late James and
Della (Nelson) Blankenship. Preceded in death by two brothers, Richard Lee
Blankenship and Benny Blankenship. Survivors include a daughter Lisa Starkey;
two grandsons; two sisters, Betty Blankenship and Paula Smith; two brothers, Ed
Blankenship and Herb Blankenship. A memorial service will be held at a
later date. Mr. Blankenship’s ashes will be buried at Sea by the US Navy.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 23, 2007 ** GREGORY LYNN WALLACE,
52, of Louisa, KY. Preceded in death by his parents, Roy Whipple, Sr. and
Francis Wallace Whipple. Survivors include his wife, Peggy Henson Wallace; two
sons, David Carter and Gregory Allan Wallace; two brothers, Roy Whipple and
Scott Whipple; three grandchildren. Burial November 26, 2007, place not given.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 23, 2007 ** DAVID V. COLVIN, 53, of
Louisa, KY. Born April 19, 1954 in Louisa, KY, to Eugene Ray Colvin and the late
Ruth Young Colvin. Preceded in death by his sister, Emily Yvonne Trimble; his
mother Ruth Colvin. Survivors include one son, David Allsbrook Colvin; two
daughters, Page Elizabeth Colvin and Elily Catherine Colvin; one sister,
Kinberly C. Thomas; one brother, E.R. Colvin; father, Eugene Ray Colvin. Burial
November 25, 2007, at Greenlawn Cemetery in Louisa, KY.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 23, 2007 ** JAMES EVERETTE BROWN,
69, of Lavalette, W.Va. Born August 22, 1938, in Huntington, W.Va., a son of the
late James and Mary Ellen Robertson Brown. Preceded in death by an infant
sister, Josephine Brown. Survivors include his wife, Sonya Henry Brown; a
daughter, Judy Lageman; a son, Jeffery M. Brown and his wife Holly; one sister,
Wanda and husband Dexel Blankenship; one brother, Harold Brown; three grandsons;
four stepchildren; five step-grandchildren. Burial date and place not
given.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 26, 2007 ** DENNIS WALLACE, 85, of
Wilsondale, WV, at his residence. Born February 4, 1922 in Wilsondale, WV, a son
of the late William “Bill” and Laura Wilda Stroud Wallace. Preceded in death by
his wife, Vada Porter Wallace; two sisters, Matilda Copley and Mary Spaulding;
six brothers, Wayne, Luther, Willie, Lonnie, Shirley, Everett Wallace. Survivors
include a daughter, Regina Wallace; a son Leslie Wallace and wife, Mary; a
grandson; a great grandson. Burial November 29, 2007, at Marcum Cemetery on Tick
Ridge.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 25, 2007 ** MELISSA MAXINE PORTER,
42, of Fort Gay, WV. Born September 30, 1965 in Huntington. She was the wife of
Thurman Porter Jr., and daughter of Andrew and Judy Tomblin of Fort Gay.
Preceded in death by her grandfather Andrew Tomblin and grandmothers Maxine
Robertson and Annalee Tomblin; father-in-law Thurman Porter, Sr.; and
mother-in-law Doris Porter. Surviving are her parents, Andrew and Jody Robertson
Tomblin; sons Joseph Alexander Porter and his wife Adriam and David Andrew
Porter; grandfather Charles Robertson; brother, Shane Tomblin and his wife
Holly; sister, Kelly Shepard and her husband Lawton; sister-in-law, Sue Davis
and her husband Darwin; brother-in-law Richard Porter and his wife Judy;
brother-in-law Gary Porter and his wife Cheryl. Burial November 28, 2007, place
not given.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 25, 2007 ** SONJA S. “TUDDY” STOVER,
65, of Ecorse, MI. Beloved wife of William H. Stover. Preceded in death by
her parents Archie Dempsey Ratcliffe and Ruth (Williamson) Ratcliffe; Brother
Kenneth A. Ratcliff. Survivors include her son, Calvin A. Pack; one grandchild;
two great-grandchildren; brothers, James Ratcliff, Lawrence (Flora) Ratcliff,
David S. (Vicky) Ratcliff, Michael (Theresa) Ratcliff; sisters, Judy (Richard)
Doss and Jean (Wilke) Napier. Burial November 28, 2007, in Doss Cemetery, Fort
Gay, WV.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 26, 2007 ** PAULINE CYRUS, 80, of
Huntington, W.Va., at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington. Born
August 25, 1927, in Logan, W.Va. Preceded in death by her husband, John E.
Cyrus; her mother Rosa Keen and stepfather Luther Keen. Survivors include three
daughters and a son-in-law, Shirley and James Sizemore, Trudy Hackney and Jerrie
Fry; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Gene Nelson.
Burial November 29, 2007, in Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova, W.Va.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 26, 2007 ** LEWIS GLEN HALE, 77, of
Barboursville, W.Va., at the Hospice House of Huntington. Born July 18, 1930, in
Wayne County, West Virginia, a son of the late William and Susie Trogdon Hale.
Preceded in death by a son, Lewis Hale II; one sister, Frankie Hale; two
brothers, George and Clifford Hale. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Warf Hale;
two daughters and sons-in-law, Glenna and Jerry Weatherholt and Kelly and Chuck
Jobe; three sisters, Billie Jean Trautwein, Zelma Bradshaw and Ruth Porter; six
grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. Burial November 29, 2007, in Baylous
Cemetery, Salt Rock, W.Va.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 27, 2007 ** LEO R. McCOMAS JR., 68,
of Lavalette, in St. Mary's Medical Center. Preceded in death by his wife,
Phyllis I. Porter McComas. Burial November 30, 2007, at Green Valley Cemetery,
Salt Rock.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 27, 2007 ** RICHARD HATTON, 82, of
Wayne, WV, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital. Born September 19, 1925 in Huntington,
a son of the late John Laken and Effie Adams Hatton. Preceded in death by his
first wife, Bette Newman Hatton; two daughters, Jeannie Williamson and Sheila
McCormick; a son, Richard Michael Hatton; an infant son; two brothers, Ralph and
John Laken Hatton, Jr. Survivors include his wife, Eunice Wilson Hatton; a
daughter, Brenda Hatton; a son, Terry Hatton and wife, Tammy; two step-sons,
David Wilson and wife, Michelle and Homer Dennis Wilson and wife, Cori; five
sisters, Betty Randguard, Mildred Rice and husband, Merle, Phyllis Morrison and
husband, Bill, Patricia Bryan, and Peggy Roberts and husband, Wendell; two
brothers, Robert Hatton and Charles Hatton and wife, Diane; twelve
grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; and one
step-great-grandson. Burial November 30, 2007, at Woodmere Memorial Park in
Huntington, WV.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 28, 2007 ** ROBERT MERRILL (BOB) RICE,
84, of Huntington, WV. Preceded in death by his parents, Robert H. and Garnie B.
Kelley Rice, in-laws John and Effie Hatton, a special granddaughter Larin
Elizabeth Rice, and two sisters, Estelle Swartzwelder and Leona Tooley.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred Evelyn Hatton Rice; four children and their
families, Bob and Janne Rice, Mike Rice and Tammy Wright, Ron and Peggy Rice,
and Tina and Mike Clem; ten grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Myrtle Rice and Bernice Willis; two brothers and sister-in-laws Harold
(Dave) and Rita Rice, Vincent (Vint) and Ann Rice. Burial December 1, 2007, at
Spring Valley Memory Gardens.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 28, 2007 ** CONNIE MACK OVERBY, 77,
of Reynoldsburg, OH, formerly of Kenova, WV, at his home. Born November 26, 1930
in Cabell County, WV to the late Avery amd Garnett Shepard Overby. Survivors
include his wife, Fanny Tomblin Overby; one daughter, Connie Ruth Orrill,
(Todd); two granddaughters; one grandson; two great grandsons; two brothers,
Avery I. Overby and Bobby L. Overby. Burial December 1, 2007, in Dock’s
Creek Cemetery.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 28, 2007 ** JESSE WAYMAN SHELTON,
58, of 2481 Wildwood Lane, Asheboro, at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Survivors
include his wife, Deanna Baisden Shelton; daughters, Brandy Shelton Long and
Teresa Isenhart; sons, Rev. Roy Lee Isenhart and his wife Susie, Stan Lee
Shelton and Dan Wayman Shelton; 3 grandchildren; sister, Susie Carpenter;
brothers, Michael Shelton and Pat Shelton. Burial December 3, 2007, in the
Baisden Family Cemetery, Rt. 37, Wayne, WV.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 29, 2007 ** CHARLES “RUSTY” BASH,
76, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington. Born August 3, 1931
in Ceredo, WV, a son to the late Gorman Bash and Zelphia Swing. Preceded in
death by a sister Thelma Jean Short. Survivors include his wife, Thelma
(Parsley) Bash; stepmother Helen Bash; a daughter, Debby Hibbard and her husband
Michael; a son Mike Bash; four grandchildren; two great granddaughters and two
great grandsons; three half brothers, Denver Bash, Dale Bash, and Keith Bash.
Burial November December 1, 1007, in the Docks Creek Cemetery.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 29, 2007 ** RUTH B. MOORE, 87, of
Barboursville, WV. Born July 18, 1920 at Clifford, Kentucky, the daughter of the
late Nile and Anna Sammons Bartram. Preceded in death by her first husband,
Elliot Ferguson; brothers Jack, Labe, and Bromley Bartram; and sister Minerva
Pine. Survivors include her husband, Eugene Moore; three brothers, Nile E.
Bartram, Billie R. Bartram and David W. Bartram; three sons, Paul R. (Patty)
Ferguson, Michael E. (Karen) Ferguson and Skip (Shirlee) Ferguson; a daughter,
Helen (Dallas) Adkins; seven grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren. Burial
December 2, 2007, at Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 29, 2007 ** CHERYL ANN NAPIER, 46,
of South Point, Ohio, in the Hospice House of Huntington. Born October 2, 1961,
in Huntington, W.Va., daughter of Bonnie Moore and the late Don Richard Moore.
Survivors include her mother; by her husband, Timothy Napier; one son and
daughter-in-law, Brad and Susan Napier; one granddaughter; one brother, Richard
Scott Moore; sister Angela Moore; father and mother-in-law Jim and June Napier.
Burial December 1, 2007, at Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point, Ohio.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 29, 2007 ** VIOLET M. "MECK" COLLINS
CHILDERS, 81, of Huntington, W.Va., at St. Mary's Medical Center in
Huntington. Born March 5, 1926, to the late Grover Collins and Myrtle Large
Collins Bancroft. Preceded in death by one daughter, Gail Mullins; three sons,
Delver Eugene, David Earl and Danny Edward Mullins; one stepson, John Moore.
Survivors include her husband, Odell Childers; one son, Jack Collins; two
sisters, Loretta Walters and Devetta Johnson; three brothers, George Collins,
Delton Collins and Arnold Collins; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 6
great- great-grandchildren. Burial December 2, 2007, in the Collins Cemetery.
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DIED - NOVEMBER 30, 2007 ** DONALD EDWARD ARTHUR,
77, of Huntington, WV, at his home. Born January 10, 1930 in Wayne County, WV to
the late Frank and Elizabeth Margaret Byrd Arthur. Preceded in death by his
wife, Iris Jean Pratt Arthur. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law,
Gary E. & Becky Arthur; a special grandson and his wife; three sisters, Francis
Johnson, Ernestine Baugh and Maxine Nona Tucker. Burial December 4, 2007, at
Dock’s Creek Cemetery in Kenova, WV.