WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
January, 2003

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These obituaries for the month of  JANUARY   were typed by Leigh Ann Napier.
 

DIED – JANUARY 1, 2003 ** PAUL DON NIDAY, 69, of Lavalette, WV, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born October 16, 1933, in Huntington, WV, a son of the late Floyd L. and Nona G. Niday. Preceded in death by a brother, Floyd Lee Niday, Jr.; and two sisters, Louise Settlemeyer and Edith Gay Pettus. Survivors include his wife, Thelma Adkins Niday; three sons, Paul Don Niday, Jr and his wife, Michelle, David S. Niday and his wife, Ann and Matthew B. Niday and his wife, Sherra; a grandson, Michael S. Niday; a sister, Wanda June Moore; and sister-in-law, Frances Niday. Burial was held on Saturday, January 4, 2003.
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DIED – JANUARY 2, 2003 ** GROVER CLAYTON MAYNARD, 61, of Fort Gay, WV, at Three Rivers Medical Center, Louisa, Ky. Born February 24, 1941, at Dunlow, WV, a son of the late Brady and Ora Spry Maynard. Survivors include his wife, Fannie L. Moon "Blue" Maynard; a daughter, Veronica Staley; two sons, Marvin Clayton Maynard and wife, Selena, and Grover Eric Maynard; a sister, Bonnie J. Crum; three grandchildren Burial January 4, 2003 at the Greasy Ridge Cemetery, Dunlow, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 2, 2003 ** CARRIE PEARL CHADWICK McQUINN, 97, of Ceredo, at Wayne Continuous Care Facility. Born January 16, 1905, in Wayne County, WV, a daughter of the late Anthony P. and Charlotte Drown Chadwick. Preceded in death by her husband, Bernard Downing McQuinn; and one sister, Hazel Chadwick Mosser. Survivors include three daughters, Gloria Looney and her husband, Cliff, Hazel Billups and her husband, Clyde, and Jill Dolin; 9 grandchildren, Burial January 4, 2003 in Dock’s Creek Cemetery.
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DIED – JANUARY 2, 2003 ** DOUGLAS VANHOOSE, 60, of Prichard, at the VA Medical Center. Born October 22, 1942, in Hubbardstown, WV, the son of the late Pete VanHoose and Mammie Hurley VanHoose. Preceded in death by four brothers, Gene Wooten, Earl VanHoose, Harmie VanHoose and Charles VanHoose; one sister, Charlotte Booth. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Picklesimer VanHoose; two sons, Douglas VanHoose and Keith VanHoose; three sisters, Sue Ellis, June McKeand, and Faye Trinity; one brother, Everett VanHoose; one granddaughter, Megan VanHoose; 12 step-grandchildren; three special step-grandchildren; three stepdaughters, Stephanie Napier, Amber Swafford and Nikki Marcum; 2 stepsons, Tony Endicott and Jason Mandola. Burial January 5, 2003 in Ellis-VanHoose Cemetery, Fort Gay.
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DIED – JANUARY 2, 2003 ** RUTH ZETTA MAE BROWNING WILCOX, 64, of Columbus, at Kobacker House. Born April 10, 1938, in Fort Gay, WV, the daughter of Emory Pack, deceased, and Margaret Knoll. Preceded in death by her daughter, Polly Pack, and brothers, Jennings Pack and John Sherman Pack. Survivors include her husband, Daniel Wilcox; children, Garland Pack, George Porter, Cathy and Jeffrey Selbe and Margaret and Steve Sloan; 14 grandchildren; one great-grandson. Burial January 6, 2003 at Obetz Cemetery.
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DIED – JANUARY 3, 2002 ** RICHARD H. "SONNY" PHILLIPS, 59, of West Hamlin, at his residence. Born May 18, 1943, in Rangers, WV, a son of Loyale Kasey and the late Haskeil Phillips. Preceded in death by a brother, Louis Kasey. Survivors include two daughters, Julie Phillips and Jodie Phillips; one son, Jason Phillips; one sister, Sonja Howell; two nephews, Michael and Matthew Kasey; four grandchildren. Burial January 6, 2003 in Sanders Cemetery, Ranger, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 4, 2003 ** MR. CLAUDE EDWARD GILKERSON, 51, of Lexington, Ky, formerly of Kenova, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born September 13, 1951, in Kenova, a son of Betty McAlister Gilkerson and the late Walter Claude Gilkerson. Survivors include two daughters and one son-in-law, Shelly and Sam Queen and Claudia Gilkerson; a brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Cindy Gilkerson; a granddaughter, Andrea Queen; Burial January 7, 2003 in Maple Hill Cemetery.
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DIED – JANUARY 4, 2003 ** SAM FRANCIS LEWIS, 59, of Santa Fe, Texas, at his home. Born December 28, 1943, in Wayne, a son of Fannie Jones and the late Basil Lewis, Sr. Preceded in death by his son, Cory; two brothers, Basil Lewis Jr. and Paul Lewis. Survivors include his wife, Robin Lewis; sons and daughters-in-law, George Deharde, Jr., Frank and Kathy Deharde, Randy and Evelyn Deharde, Ronnie Deharde, Chuck and Sheryl Deharde and Joe and Maryann Wheelis, Jr.; daughters and sons-in-law, Robin and Vernon Reid, Mari Deharde and her partner, Cheryl Brown, Joni and Jim Vitek; Tammy and Mark Lewis; stepfather, William Jones; mother-in-law, Corinne Williams; sister and brother-in-law, Pauline and Curt Crabtree; 16 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. Burial January 9, 2003 in Grace Memorial Park Cemetery.
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DIED – JANUARY 4, 2003 ** WAYNE LINCOLN SANDERS, 97, of Jacksonville, Fla, formerly of Lavalette, WV, at his residence. Born April 1, 1905, at East Lynn, WV, a son of the late George W. and Belle Mills Sanders. Preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ellen "Dixie" Parsons Sanders; two sisters, Edna Burns and Irene Landon; and two brothers, Stanton Garland Sanders and Thomas Sanders. Survivors include a daughter, Faye Mills and her husband, Jack; five sons; E. J. Sanders and wife Ann, McKinley Sanders and wife Onalee, Willis Sanders and wife Linda and Willie Sanders and Carl Sanders and wife, Debbie; four granddaughters, Karen Fragale, Debbie Lewis, Kathy Sanders, and Patricia Wise; four grandsons, Randy Sanders, Greg Sanders, Jeff Sanders, and Jeremy Sanders; four great granddaughters, five great-grandsons; three step grandchildren, Jennifer Gorham, Scott Hutchinson and Stephanie Fragale; two step great-grandchildren and a step great-great-grandson. Burial January 9, 2003 at the Sanders Cemetery, East Lynn, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 5, 2003 ** WILLIAM HENRY "DICK" DINGESS, 85, of Genoa, at his residence. Born September 5, 1917, in Stiltner, WV, a son of the late William and Sarah Watts Dingess. Preceded in death by his wife, Nannie Mae Crum Dingess; three brothers, Harley Dingess, Charley Dingess and Johnny Russell; two sisters, Margaret Rowe, Mae Rowe; two infant siblings. Survivors include six daughters and five sons-in-law, Olive and Elisha Adkins, Sarah and Roy Lee Matthew, Delsie Casto, Gladys and Bobby Napier, Delores and Dennis Kennedy, and Carla and Kenny Thompson; two sons and daughters-in-law, Zebert and Carol Dingess and Charlie and Linda Dingess; 20 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren. Burial January 8, 2003 in Cox Cemetery, Billy’s Branch.
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DIED – JANUARY 5, 2003 ** ELMER WILLIAM HILL, 60, of Ceredo, WV, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Jean Romine Hill. Burial January 9, 2003 in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Ceredo.
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DIED – JANUARY 6, 2003 ** VIRGINIA ADKINS "JENNY" JACK, 79, of Huntington, after a long illness. Born June 9, 1923, in Huntington, a daughter of the late Cleveland "Cleve" Adkins and Nola Ray Adkins. Preceded in death by her stepmother, Gertrude "Gertie" Ray; a brother, Howard Adkins and two sisters, Lucille Laney and Thelma Perry. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Connie Jack; her sister, Lora Farrell. Burial, January 8, 2003 at the White Chapel Mausoleum, White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 6, 2003 ** MARY MAGDALINE NANCE, 93, of Huntington, WV, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born August 30, 1909, in Mason County, WV, a daughter of the late Pete and Maude Meadows Conrad. Preceded in death by her husband, Carl Nance; four children, Donald Burcham, Doris Grubbs, Georgia Marie Nance and Carl Nance Jr.; two brothers, Chuck and Jessie Conrad; and one grandson, Jon Powell. Survivors include 12 grandchildren; two sisters, Erma Jackson and Irene Jenkins; one brother, Mervin Conrad. Burial January 9, 2003 at Spurlock Cemetery, Wayne, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 7, 2003 ** JOHN B. MILLS, 87, of Wayne Co., WV, in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Huntington, WV. Born December 24, 1915, in Wayne County, WV, the son of the late Lewis S. and Olive Dickerson Mills. He was preceded in death by his wife, Imogene Dean Mills; three sisters, Cora, Mary and Sarah Queen; six brothers, Appie, Truman, Cullie, Henry, and two infant brothers. Survivors include two daughters, Joann Wallace and her husband Bazil, and Joyce Pasley; one son, James Bryan Mills and his wife Peggy Fay; one sister, Arbutus Smith and her husband, Laddie; two brothers, Lewis Glenn Mills and his wife Erma, Bryan Mills and his wife, Dorothy; a sister-in-law, Alta Mills. Burial, January 11, 2003, in the Mills Cemetery, Peter Cave Creek Road, Wayne, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 7, 2003 ** ESTEL E. BLEVINS, 72, of Huntington, at the VA Medical Center. Born April 27, 1930, in Ceredo, WV, a son of the late Earnest and Opal Perdue Blevins. Survivors include his wife, Jean Blevins; five daughters, Sue Gibson, Glenna Stevens, Regina Scarberry, Patricia Skean, and Ami Blevins; four sons, Phillip Blevins, Steve Blevins, Tim Blevins, and John Blevins; one sister, Patricia McClaskey. Burial January 9, 2003 in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Ceredo, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 7, 2003 ** ANNA MAE JUDE HUKE, 68, of Temple Hills. Born May 24, 1934, in Inez, Ky., a daughter of the late John H. Jude and Nora Cain. Preceded in death by a granddaughter, Mary Ryalls. Survivors include her husband, Rodney L. Huke; three daughters, Shirley Haley, Debra Ryalls and Jeanne Willett; one son, Rodney Lee Huke: four brothers, James. L. Jude, Harrison Jude and John D. Jude and Claude Jude; five sisters, Bessie L. Stine, Alice Faye Kirkman, Rebecca Phillips, Carolyn Ekers and Barbara J. Taylor. Burial January 13, 2003 in the Maryland Veterans Cemetery in Cheltenburg, Md.
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DIED – JANUARY 7, 2003 ** BASIL ROBERTSON, 66, of Columbus, Ohio, at a hospice home in Columbus. Born May 28, 1936, in Wayne County, a son of the late Oney and Artie Robertson. Preceded in death by his wife, JoAnn, and five brothers, Harold, Landford, Thomas, Ronnie and Paris Robertson. Survivors include two daughters, Joyce (Ronald) Clevenger and Brenda Mienen; one son, Tim Robertson; three sisters, Lois "Jewell" Pack, Lillian Pack, and Arna Gay Buxton; four brothers, Randolph, Alfred "Joe", Elwood, and the Rev. Bernard Lee Robertson; two sisters-in-law, Nora Jean Richesin and Cathy Pennington. Burial January 11, 2003 in the Robertson Cemetery.
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DIED – JANUARY 7, 2003 ** CECIL WILLIAMSON, 79, of Crum, in St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington. Survivors include his wife, Myrtle Chafins Williamson. Burial January 10, 2003 in Williamson’s Family Cemetery at Bull Creek.
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DIED – JANUARY 8, 2003 ** WAYNE H. OSBURN, 68, of Wayne, at Putnam General Hospital. Born August 4, 1934, in Huntington, a son of the late Emmitt and Mary Parsons Osburn. Preceded in death by one brother, Eddie Osburn. Survivors include two sisters and brothers-in-law, Judith and Herman Rowe and Patty and Edward Jackson; one brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Alice Osburn; one daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Sanders Maynard; one son and daughter-in-law, Shawn and Debbie Osburn. Burial January 11, 2003 in Bowen Cemetery.
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DIED – JANUARY 9, 2003 ** DONALD B. CANTERBURY, 66, of Kenova. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Wilma Jean; one sister, Louise Milurn; and two brothers, Jessie and William Canterbury. Survivors include his wife, Kathryn; a son, Donald Gene; two brothers, David and Jack Canterbury; one sister, Virginia Kouns; stepchildren, Peggy, Becky and Stephen. Burial January 14, 2003 in Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED – JANUARY 10, 2003 ** MARGARET LUCILLE LEFFINGWELL, 75, formerly of Ceredo, in Lincoln Continuous Care, Hamlin, WV. Born December 3, 1927, in Huntington, a daughter of the late Burchel Ferguson and the late Iva Jane Stapleton Rutherford. Preceded in death by her stepfather, Thomas Rutherford, who raised her; one daughter, Donna Grizzell. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Sam and Vergie Leffingwell; two sisters, Freda Gail Adkins, and Virginia Morrison; one brother, Fred Rutherford. Burial January 13, 2003 in Spring Valley Memory Gardens.
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DIED – JANUARY 11, 2003 ** RUTH STEWART WALTERS, 89, of Ceredo, in Woodlawn Oaks Health Care, Ashland. Born September 13, 1913, in Ceredo, a daughter of the late Lee and Bessie Farra Workman. Preceded in death by her husbands, Fred Stewart and Donald Walters. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Faye and Albert Lester and Janet and Ronald Mayo; one son, Jimmie Lee Stewart; two stepsons, Jim Walters and John Walters; four sisters, Edith Rakes, Louise Rarog, Betty Fisher, and Regina Conner; and one brother, Joe Fred Workman. Burial January 14, 2003 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – JANUARY 12, 2003 ** MARGARET RAY SULLIVAN, 92, of Huntington, in Richmond, Va. Survivors include two daughters, Ina S. Smith and Joyce S. Robertson. Burial January 15, 2003 in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – JANUARY 12, 2003 ** CARSON "MAYNARD" HAY, 81, of Naugatuck, WV, at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, WV. Born October 12, 1921, at Whites Creek, Wayne County, WV, the son of the late William Carson "Willie" Hay and Brookie Maynard Hay. Preceded in death by his wife, Anna Lee Baisden hay, four infant children and a grandson, Christopher Shane Simpkins. Survivors include three sons, Maynard Lee Hay, Frank Carson Hay, John Jess Hay; four daughters, Ruth Ann Hopkins, Della Elizabeth Simpkins, Sharon Sue Southers, and Sylvia Marie Kirk; two brothers, Ethan Hay and Edwin Hay; three sisters, Virginia Gillman, Martha Anglin and Louise Peaden. Burial January 16, 2003 in Mountain View Memory Gardens, at Maher.
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DIED – JANUARY 12, 2003 ** FRANCES "JUANITA" NAPIER, 85, formerly of Huntington, WV, at her home in Richmond, Va. Born April 5, 1917, in Huntington, WV, a daughter of the late Cecil and Jessie Long. Preceded in death by her husband, Mosie Henry "Hank" Napier, and her sister, Mae Pack. Survivors include her daughter, Donna Lefko; a son, Tom Napier and his wife, Suzi; and a brother, Bill Long. Burial January 16, 2003 at Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 12, 2003 ** GARY MEADE, 69, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Radnor, in Mesa. Survivors include his wife, Doris Meade; daughters, Luann Collins and Jonita Meade-Nelson; brothers, Howard Meade and Duffy Meade; sisters, Ethel Corunett and Lutie Switzer. There were no services.
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DIED – JANUARY 13, 2003 ** IMOGENE B. DANIELS, 85, of Huntington, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born November 27, 1917, in Wayne County, WV, a daughter of the late Tom and Anna Taylor Bates. Preceded in death by her husband, Homer Daniels; a son Thomas Daniels and two grandchildren. Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, Tracey Daniels and Dale and Judy Daniels; a daughter, Mary Alice Cox. Burial January 15, 2003 in Crown City Cemetery, Crown City, Ohio.
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DIED – JANUARY 14, 2003 ** DIXIE LEE ADKINS, 71, of Proctorville, Ohio, in Wayne Continuous Care. Born June 10, 1931, in East Lynn, WV, a daughter of the late Fletcher and Pinkie Adkins Drenner. Preceded in death by her husband, Chet W. Adkins and a daughter, Linda J. Smith. Survivors include her son-in-law, Charles Smith; two sisters, Mary Clark and Alice Sue Finlay; two brothers, Bill Drenner and Bennie Drenner. Burial January 17, 2003 in Rome Cemetery, Proctorville, Ohio.
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DIED – JANUARY 14, 2003 ** LORNA GERTRUDE STAPLETON, 82, of Huntington, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born March 16, 1920, in Floyd County, Ky, a daughter of the late Jay Frew and Rouie Salyer Brown. Preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Stapleton, and one brother, Jay Edward Brown. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Molly Stapleton; three daughters, Lorna Lea Bowen, Karen Sue Duncan, and Sherry Ann Hursman; three brothers, John Brown, Robert Brown and Raymond Thomas Brown; six sisters, Mary Grizzle, Marjorie LeMaster, Eloise McFadden, Irene Anderson, Loretta Hetzer and Marty Bentley; a special "sister", Rose Brown. Burial January 18, 2003.
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DIED – JANUARY 14, 2003 ** JOSEPH A. KOVICH, 91, of Huntington, WV, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born April 1, 1911, in McComas, WV, a son of the late Joe and Anna Stern Kovich. Preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Chloe Lucas Kovich; a sister, Helen Massar; a brother, Nick Kovich. Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Anna Laura and Tim Dorey; and Jenni Jo Kovich; three sisters, Millie Maiolo, Mae Bennett and Sophie Kovich; four brothers, Mike Kovich, Steve Kovich, George Kovich and Tom Kovich. Burial January 18, 2003 in Woodmere Memorial Park.
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DIED – JANUARY 15, 2003 ** JAY PACK, 75, of Kiahsville, WV, at his residence. Born July 13, 1927, in Wayne County, WV, a son of the late Rufus and Lucinda Watts Pack. Survivors include his wife, Ruby Neace Pack; two daughters, Carol Lynn Crawford and husband, Robert and Debra Kay Adkins and her husband, Donnie; two sons and daughters-in-law, Kenneth Jay and Sharon Pack and Jerry Lee and Edith Pack; two sisters, Esta Mae Swimm, and Ina Fay Wilson; two brothers, Earsle Pack and Julius Pack; children from a previous marriage, Karen Bryan, Kathy Horn, Darlene Kiner, Jeri Hadler, Daryl Pack and Steven Clark. Burial January 18, 2003 at Pack Cemetery.
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DIED – JANUARY 15, 2003 ** MARY ALICE BAILEY, 100, of Hamlin, in Lincoln Continuous Care Center, Hamlin. Preceded in death by her husband, Claude F. Bailey, Sr. Survivors include a son, Claude F. Bailey, Jr.; a daughter, Clara "Gabby" Ray. Burial January 19, 2003 in Highland Memory Gardens at Godby Heights.
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DIED – JANUARY 15, 2003 ** RHONDA KAYE SMITH, 45, of Louisa, Ky, in Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. Born September 28, 1957, in Louisa, Ky., a daughter of JoAnn Sword and the late David Emery Smith. Survivors include one brother, Jack Smith. Burial January 18, 2003 in Ratliff Cemetery at Bromley Ridge.
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DIED – JANUARY 15, 2003 ** LINDA MAE WILSON, 52, of Fort Gay, at her residence. Born May 30, 1950, in Holmes County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Herman and Erma Caroline Snyder Young. Survivors include four sons, Thelmar Lynn Wilson, Dwayne Wilson and wife, Candice, Brady Wilson and Grady Wilson; three sisters, Grace Brown, Glenda Boreman and Shirley Thompson; seven brothers, Cloyd Young, Larry Young, Gary Young, Glenn Young, Richard Young, Bob Young, and Joel Heiks. Burial January 18, 2003 in Young-Wilson Cemetery, Genoa, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 15, 2003 ** CARL BURTON GILBERT, 42, of Huntington, at his residence. Born January 15, 1961, a son of Carl Al Gilbert and Shirley McCarty. Preceded in death by three nephews. Survivors include his stepmother, Norma Gilbert; a son, Carl S. Gilbert; a brother and sister-in-law, Ronnie and Michelle Gilbert; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Billie and Curtis Burdine and Connie and P.K. Taylor. Burial January 19, 2003 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 15, 2003 ** MARY ELIZABETH STEVENS CHRISTIAN, 91, of Kenova, in Wayne Continuous Care Center. Born November 11, 1911, in Wayne County, a daughter of the late Harvey Stevens and Mattie Stevens Scott. Preceded in death by an infant daughter, Donna Faye Christian; three brothers, Henry, Willie and Charles Stevens; and two sisters, Louise Christian and Ruth M. Simpkins. Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Shirley and Bennie Manis and Rebecca Stevens; a sister, Hester Betts and two sisters-in-law, Lessie Stevens and Mae Christian. Burial January 20, 2003 in Dock’s Creek Cemetery, Maple Hill Section, Kenova.
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DIED – JANUARY 16, 2003 ** NATHAN J. EVANS, 74, of Crum, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born June 30, 1928, in Webb, a son of the late Williams Evans and Martha Jane Spaulding Evans. Preceded in death by his wife, Maudie Muncy Evans, in 2001. Survivors include two daughters, Debra Dianna Swafford and Rosella Evans; two sons, Charles Edward Evans and Ronnie Lee Evans; one sister, Emline Copley. Burial January 19, 2003 in Evans Family Cemetery in Fort Gay.
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DIED – JANUARY 16, 2003 ** ERMIE WORKMAN FIELDS, 91, of Genoa, WV, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born September 26, 1911, in Sydney, WV, a daughter of the late Doliver and Francis Ball Workman. Preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Vernon Fields, Sr.; four sisters, two brothers, and a granddaughter. Survivors include a daughter, Alma Thompson and her husband, Charles; two sons, Arthur Fields and his wife Gypsy, and Alvin Fields and his wife, Hazel. Burial January 19, 2003 at Smith Cemetery, Sydney, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 17, 2003 ** MRS. FRANCES IRENE FILLINGER, 84, of Lake City, Fla., formerly of Huntington, in Lake City Medical Center. Born May 3, 1918, in Huntington, a daughter of the late Leander Bloss Jr. and Dimmie Luther Bloss. Preceded in death by her first husband, Thornton O. Fisher, Jr., her second husband, Hugh Fillinger; a son, Thornton O. Fisher III; seven brothers, and three sisters. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Carl and Nancy Fisher; a daughter, Carolyn Weaver; a son-in-law, Larry Holley. Burial January 21, 2003 in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED – JANUARY 17, 2003 ** LONNIE "ROADRUNNER" CLARK, 66, of Pine Knot, Ky., formerly of Wayne County, in Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Ky. Born March 24, 1936, on Rich Creek, Wayne County, WV, a son of the late John and Nannie Maynard Clark. Preceded in death by a son, Lonnie Clark, Jr., and a brother, Kenneth Lee Clark. Survivors include his wife, Roberta Dorothy Davis Clark; four daughters, Elizabeth Clark, Jo Anne McFarland, Karen Carmichael and Kellie Worland; three stepchildren, Joseph Beineke, Starletta Johnson, and Sheila Rose; six sisters, Edith Insco, Edna Spurlock, Thelma Litton, Bonnie Litton, Connie Smith, and Brenda Hawryliew. Burial, January 20, 2003 in the Sam Damron Cemetery, Dunlow.
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DIED – JANUARY 17, 2003 ** MARY MAGDALENE CARLSON, 91, of Louisa, Ky. Born September 13, 1911, in Nelsonville, Lawrence County, Ark., a daughter of the late Earl Milligan and Goldie Belle Rawley Milligan. Preceded in death by her husband, Paul E. Carlson; two infant children; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Violet Trout, Barbara Elaine Schloff and Betty Lou Allen; one son, Paul Edward Carlson, Jr.; a foster son, Kenneth Berryhill; two brothers, Walter Milligan and Jo Milligan; her sister, Lela Greenwood. Burial January 21, 2003 in Rose Hill Burial Park.
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DIED – JANUARY 18, 2003 ** LONNIE L. HATFIELD, 80, of Huntington, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born April 27, 1922, in Milton, a son of the late Eppson and Rena Scott Hatfield. Preceded in death by one son, Steven M. Hatfield; seven brothers, Fred, Enoch, Alfred, Albert, Irvin, Walter and Junior Hatfield; and two sisters, Fannie Nicholas Miller and Edna Wright. Survivors include his wife, Irene Estep Hatfield; three daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and Charles T. Lucas, Sheila and Virgil Adams, Suzette and Brian Brumfield; two sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry R. and Carol Hatfield, and David L. and Rita Hatfield; one sister, Mary Peyton. Burial January 21, 2003 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Barboursville.
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DIED – JANUARY 18, 2003 ** GEORGE EDWARD HUTCHINSON, 56, of Ceredo, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Patty McCoy Hutchinson; her mother, Vina Belle Nichols Sanders; a sister, Virginia Sue Renfrow. Burial January 21, 2003 in Dock’s Creek Cemetery.
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DIED – JANUARY 20, 2003 ** MRS. DICIE E. BURNS, 68, of Pecks, Ill., in St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington. Born April 20, 1934, at Beech Fork, a daughter of the late Elmer and Reba Lester Adkins. Survivors include her husband, William James Burns; two daughters, Sherry (Dennis) Pritchard, Judith (Greg) Slack; one son, James (Kathy) Burns; three sisters, Thelma Adkins, Elizabeth Scarberry, and Louise Maynard; three brothers, Cecil Adkins, Anthony Adkins, and Elmer Adkins, Jr. Burial January 23, 2003 in the Jones Cemetery at Beech Fork.
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DIED – JANUARY 20, 2003 ** BETTY SKEENS BILLUPS, 80, of Ceredo, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born August 17, 1922, a daughter of the late William C. and Effie Perdue Skeens. Preceded in death by her husband, Paul T. Billups; her sister, Marian Skeens Osburn; her son-in-law, David Webb. Survivors include a brother, William C. Skeens, Jr., and his wife, Lee; a sister, Peggy Skeens Ullom; two stepdaughters, Helen Billups Webb and Judy Billups Akers and her husband Gary; three stepsons and their wives, James and Pat Billups, Clyde and Hazel Billups and Robert and Beverly Billups. Burial January 24, 2003 in Crescent Hill Cemetery in Ceredo.
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DIED – JANUARY 20, 2003 ** BETTY JAMES, 73, of Huntington, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Survivors include her son, Jimmy James. Burial January 24, 2003 in Dock’s Creek Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – JANUARY 20, 2003 ** EVELYN MAY WORKMAN, 78, of Wayne, WV, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born May 27, 1924, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the daughter of the late Stanley and Lessie Mills Rohrbaugh. Preceded in death by her husband, Wetzel K. Workman. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Bonnie and Michael H. Oliver and Betty and Jerry Wright. Burial January 24, 2003 in the Mills Cemetery, Wayne, WVa.
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DIED – JANUARY 21, 2003 ** WOODROW W. ADKINS, 90, of Huntington, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born August 27, 1912, in Wayne County, WV, a son of the late Henson and Arnetta Cremeans Adkins. Preceded in death by his wife, Normal L. Adkins; five sisters, Pearl Bostic, Lavina Jordan, Oneda Adkins, Vera Adkins and Leva Adkins; and four brothers, Antil, Eber, Oren and Raymond Adkins. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Dwight and Sharon Adkins. Burial January 24, 2003 in Woodmere Abbey of Remembrance.
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DIED – JANUARY 21, 2003 ** SCOTT EUGENE ALIFF, 59, of Huntington, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Survivors include five daughters, Debra J. Frazier, Connie L. Adkins, Rebecca S. Bailey, Cynthia Ann Harless and Jennifer Aliff; one son, Scott Eugene Aliff, Jr.; one sister, Ann Jenkins; one brother, Alvin Aliff. Burial January 23, 2003 at Mount Vernon Cemetery, in Wayne County.
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DIED – JANUARY 21, 2003 ** CHARLENE KITTS, 75, of South Point, Ohio, in St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, WVa. Born July 6, 1927, in Kenova, WVa. a daughter of the late William and Cynthia Booth Combs. Preceded in death by one son, Gary Lee Kitts; four brothers, Frank Combs, Charlie Combs, Raymond Combs and Jack Combs; and two sisters, Gladys Rakes and Elizabeth Pearl Douglass. Survivors include her husband, Leo F. Kitts. Burial January 24, 2003 in Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point.
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DIED – JANUARY 21, 2003 ** MR. GLEN E. BOYD, 74, at his residence. Born August 13, 1928, in Wayne County, WV, a son of the late Dock and Iva Newman Boyd. Preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. Survivors include his wife, Anagene Smith Boyd; son, Mark Boyd, and daughter and son-in-law, Vicki and Gary Morrison. Burial January 25, 2003 in Ridgelawn Memorial Park.
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DIED – JANUARY 21, 2003 ** MISS ERMA LOUISE TONEY, 85, of Wayne, WV., at the residence of her sister, in Wayne, WV. Born December 6, 1917, in Wayne County, the daughter of the late Alden Kieffer and Cassie Adkins Toney. Preceded in death by five brothers, Carl, Clyde, Lynn, Bert, and Bob and one sister, Eliza Asbury. Survivors include five brothers, Alden Toney and wife Betty, Don Toney and wife Evelyn, Kyer Toney and wife Corinne, Jim Toney and wife Dorothy, and Gary Toney and wife Judy; three sisters, Olive Booth and husband Noah, Ilene Brumfield and husband George, and Mae Crockett; two sisters-in-law, Anna Fay Toney and Connie Toney. Burial January 25, 2003 in the Spurlock Cemetery, Wayne.
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DIED – JANUARY 23, 2003 ** EVERETT H. DEAN, 91, of Kenova, WV, at Mariner Health Services. Born December 30, 1911, in Kenova, WV, a son of the late Elba and Emma Howard Dean. Preceded in death by his wife, Agnes Napier; three sisters, Dorothy Neal, Charlotte Crabtree, Willie Hatfield; two brothers, Jack Dean and Elwood Dean; and one stepbrother, Homer Dean. Survivors include nieces, Libby McCall, Ezella Martino, Donise Howe and Nancy Dean, Leigh Ann Napier Pierce, Michelle Napier Hughes, Lee Ann Napier Hicks; and one nephew, Michael Lee Napier ; two brothers-in-law, Donald Lee Napier and wife Helen, and Harvey Lee Napier and wife Marjorie; and sister-in-law, Maxine Napier. Burial, January 26, 2003 at Dock’s Creek Cemetery, Kenova, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 24, 2003 ** MARGARET ELIZABETH "PEGGY" BOONE CYRUS, 93, at home. Born March 4, 1909, a daughter of the late James Rankin Boone and Vergie Lee Cavendish in Central City, WV. Preceded in death by her husband, Evan Merton Cyrus and a sister, Oretha Boone Martin. Survivors include one brother, James Franklin Boone; two daughters, Sally Oretha Cyrus and Judith Evan Cyrus Johnson. Burial January 29, 2003.
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DIED – JANUARY 24, 2003 ** WILLIAM JESSE VINSON, 82, of Fort Gay, in the VA Medical Center. Born November 27, 1920, in Fort Gay, a son of the late Monzola and Alice Smith Vinson. Preceded in death by his wife, Louise Davis Vinson. Survivors include one son, Kip Vinson; one daughter, Sunny Beaver; four sisters, Zella Phiffer, Matilda Ann Brewer, Helen Kavaolic and Barbara Baisden; one brother, Jim B. Vinson. Burial January 24, 2003 in the Vinson Cemetery in Fort Gay.
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DIED – JANUARY 24, 2003 ** ALYCE BYARD MARTIN, of Calumet City, Ill., formerly of Ceredo. Burial January 27, 2003 in Lansing, Illinois.
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DIED – JANUARY 24, 2003 ** EMMA LOU ELLIOTT, 64, of Proctorville, at home. Born September 3, 1938, in Wayne County, a daughter of the late Luther and Mabel Taylor Manns. Preceded in death by three brothers, Ray, Breck, and Leonard Manns. Survivors include one son, Mark Elliott; two daughters and one son-in-law, Teresa and Todd Jenkins and Angela Elliott; three sisters, Cuba Goins, Fannie Johnson, Betty Driskell; two brothers, Ben Manns and L. Dale Manns. Burial January 28, 2003 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens.
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DIED – JANUARY 25, 2003 ** MAUDE DAVIS SEBASTIAN, 92, of Lavalette, at home. Born July 19, 1910, in Wayne County, a daughter of the late Elba and Myrtle Davis. Preceded in death by her husband, John Langley Sebastian; a grandson, Christopher Lane Nelson; three brothers, Basil, Walker and Jennings Davis. Survivors include two sons, Wendell Sebastian and his wife, Helen, and Jim Sebastian; six daughters, Betty McDaniel and husband Bill, Kathleen Nelson, Opal Hazelett and husband, Buck, Myrtle Sebastian and Phyllis Hutchinson and husband Quincy, and Gloria Lynn Sebastian. Burial January 28, 2003 in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Wayne, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 25, 2003 ** HARLAN M. "SCORCHIE" BURNS, 62, of Huntington, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born April 7, 1940, in Hurricane, WV, a son of the late Muncie and Myrtle Sponaugle Burns. Survivors include his wife, Janice Midkiff Burns; two daughters and a son-in-law, Sherry and Stephan Singer and Sandra Burns; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Faye and Nick Kiser and Rose and Leroy Doneff; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Edsel and Sheila Burns, Robert and Della Burns and Earl and Ruth Burns. Burial January 28, 2003 in Woodmere Memorial Park.
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DIED – JANUARY 26, 2003 ** JINKS ADKINS, 89, of Ranger, WV, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born August 20, 1913, the son of the late Jesse and Farabelle Neace Adkins. Preceded in death by his wife Iva May Miller Adkins; one daughter Dorothy Aldridge Gue, brothers Nimrod, Caudle, Clyde and Harold Adkins; sisters, Inez Adkins and Ova Neace Adkins. Survivors include one brother, Ward Adkins; one son, David and his wife Opal Aldridge; one son-in-law, Hurston Gue. Burial January 29, 2003 at Arnold Cemetery, Ranger, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 26, 2003 ** NOAH JAMES MILLER, 76, of Prichard, WV, in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Huntington. Born November 22, 1926, in Chattaroy, WV, a son of the late Edward and Mary Ramey Miller. Survivors include his wife, Violet Miller; six children and their spouses, Imogene and Edward Ray Dowden, Geraldine and Gerald Rosser, James Roy and Kathy Miller, Janice and Danny Christian, Randy and Traci Miller and Roger and Patricia Miller; sisters, Ozalena Crum, Betty McMillon, Loretta Finley, and Judy Elkins; a brother Johnnie Miller. Burial January 29, 2003 in Copley Cemetery, Trace Branch, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 26, 2003 ** NORA WORKMAN, 88, of Harts. Preceded in death by her husband, Jim Workman. Burial January 29, 2003 in Manns Cemetery, Little Harts.
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DIED – JANUARY 26, 2003 ** JACKIE WHITE JR., 43, of Kenova, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Burial January 31, 2003 in Highland Cemetery, Huntington.
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DIED – JANUARY 28, 2003 ** AGNES DIAN NAPIER COSTNER, 44, of Cherryville, N.C. formerly of Wayne, in the Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby, N.C.  Born September 18, 1958, in Wayne County, a daughter of the late Paul and Loretta Hope Napier. Survivors include her husband, Jerry Costner; one son, James Costner and wife Jennifer; one daughter, Mary Costner; two brothers, Paul Edward Napier and wife Sue and Ralph W. Bauman; two sisters, Bernice Langdon and husband Denver and Gladys Kay Watts and husband Pete. Burial February 1, 2003 in the Jones Cemetery.
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DIED – JANUARY 28, 2003 ** DESSIE RAMEY, 55, of Lakin, in Lakin Hospital. Burial was held at Ramey Family Cemetery, Wayne County.
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DIED – JANUARY 29, 2003 ** PEGGY MOORE KEYSER, of Kenova, at home. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Elmer Moore and Sadie Mae Dishman Moore. Preceded in death by her husband, John William Keyser, Sr.,; her in-laws, John Hubert Keyser and Faye Sutherland Keyser. Survivors include her four children, John William Keyser Jr., and his wife, Debbie Cabell Keyser, Terry Keyser and his wife Brenda Scott Keyser, Timothy Kent Keyser and daughter Tammy Lynn Keyser. Burial February 1, 2003 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – JANUARY 29, 2003 ** DOROTHY CROCKETT, 88, of Westwood, at home. Preceded in death by her husband Allen Crockett. Burial February 1, 2003 in Mount Olive Cemetery in Spencer.
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DIED – JANUARY 30, 2003 ** KATHY NICE, 38, of Ceredo, at home. Burial February 1, 2003 at Maple Hill Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – JANUARY 30, 2003 ** REV. EARL G. SMITH, 93, of East Lynn, WV., at Wayne Continuous Care Center. Born September 25, 1909, at East Lynn, WV, a son of the late Mont and Missouri Hobbs Smith. Preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Barbara Smith, four sister and five brothers. Survivors include his wife, Phoebe Miller Smith; four daughters, Eunice Hatton and husband Richard, Edris Skeens and husband Doss, Jr., Wilma Kareff and husband Robert and Florene Ratcliff; three sons, Cletis Smith, Charles Smith, and Sherman Smith; two sister, Lula Merritt and Patricia Taylor; four brothers, William Smith, Lucian Smith, Glen Smith and Marvin Smith. Burial February 1, 2003 at the Smith Cemetery, East Lynn, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 30, 2003 ** DORIS M. CASEY HICKS, 79, of Huntington, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born March 12, 1023, in Cabell County, WV, a daughter of the late Ray G. and Mary Fuller. Preceded in death by her first husband, Harold F. Casey; one son, Harold Dennis Casey; one brother, Harold Gene Fuller and one sister, Virginia Fuller. Survivors include her husband, Samuel J. Hicks; one son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Lola Casey Hicks; one daughter, Leonta Bias; two brothers, Raymond Fuller and Ralph Fuller; and one sister, Mildred Earls. Burial February 1, 2003 in Dock’s Creek Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – JANUARY 30, 2003 ** ODESSA BAKER, 83, of Jacksonville, Fla., at her residence. Born June 30, 1919, in Dunlow, a daughter of the late Mose D. and Sarah Williamson Maynard. Preceded in death by her husband, Earl Baker; two sisters, Neltha Williamson and Opal Violet Olson; three brothers, Volla and Leonard Maynard. Burial February 4, 2003 in Jacksonville, Fla.
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DIED – JANUARY 30, 2003 ** GERALD BRENTON BARTRAM, 57, of Fort Gay, WV, at home. Born March 3, 1945, in Louisa, Ky., a son of the late Jarvis and Ruth Foster Bartram. Survivors include his wife, Betty Jo Burke Bartram; one son, Mark Hardin and his wife Jennifer; and one daughter, Michele Jones and her husband Jason; two sisters, Thursie Carolyn Wellman and Brenda Short and her husband Bill. Burial February 2, 2003 in Bartram Cemetery, Fort Gay, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 30, 2003 ** IRVIN CLARK, 75, of Huntington, WV, at home. Born March 1, 1927 in Crum, WV, a son of the late Joseph and Ada Horn Kirk. Preceded in death by a grandson Benjamin Kirk; three brothers, and one sister. Survivors include his wife Polly Kirk; two sons and daughters-in-law, Stanton D. and Debra Kirk and Mark and Robin Kirk; one daughter and son-in-law, Sarah Beth and Chris Kelley; three brothers, Ted Kirk, Millard Kirk and James Kirk; two sisters, Cordell Edwards, and Anna Rose Taylor. Burial February 2, 2003 in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED – JANUARY 30, 2003 ** ESSIVE ADKINS NAPIER, of Wayne County, WV, at the home of her grandson Brian Cliff Napier. Born January 9, 1922, in Mount Union, Wayne County, WV, a daughter of the late William Tolbert and Effie Aliff Stephens. Preceded in death by her husband James "J. C." Adkins; four brothers, Clyde Thomas Stephens, George Minnis Stephens, William Tolbert Stephens Jr., and Lemuel Stephens; three sisters, Rita Marie Stephens, Icy Jane Belcher and Sadie Adkins. Survivors include a son, Ronald Lee Adkins and wife Margie; two daughters, Arlene Brumfield and Linda James Napier; a brother and sister, Noah Stephens and Mary Evaleen Ross. Burial February 2, 2003 at the Stephens Family Cemetery, Wilson Creek, Wayne, WV.
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DIED – JANUARY 30, 2003 ** SHIRLEY ADKINS SANDERS, 90, of East Lynn. Born June 12, 1912, in Lincoln County, a daughter of the late Park Adkins and Elma Adkins Adkins. Preceded in death by her husband, Oscar Jennings Sanders; one daughter, Hazzell Hutchinson; two sons, LeRoy Sanders and Golden Sanders; one sister, Gladys Adkins; one brother, Wetzel Adkins. Survivors include two sisters, Tressie Dalton and Lucy West; one daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Les McComas; two sons and daughters-in-law, John Roy and Patty Sanders and Leonard and Cindy Sanders. Burial February 2, 2003 in Nestlow Sanders Cemetery, East Lynn.
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DIED – JANUARY 31, 2003 ** EDNA DORIS FARRIS, 76, of Saunders Branch, Chapmanville, at Logan General Hospital. Born March 28, 1926, a daughter of the late Thomas P. and Sarah Malinda Maynard Ramey. Preceded in death by three sisters, Violet Marie Sheppard, Rachel Mae Blankenship and Edith Eloise Ricketts; one brother, Wetzel Zion Ramey. Survivors include her husband, Paul Ray Farris; two sisters, Eldean Wellman and Shelah Tess and husband Ed Cummings; four brothers, Cleston C. and wife Minnie Ramey, Aca F. and wife Polly Ramey, John B. and wife Patricia Ramey, and Victor Loral and wife Patricia Ramey. Burial February 3, 2003 in Highland Memory Gardens at Godby. 

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