WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
February, 2003

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

DIED – FEBRUARY 1, 2003 ** ROSIE OSBORN MARCUM, 54, of Kermit, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Survivors include her husband, Elwood Marcum. Burial February 4, 2003 in the Marcum Family Cemetery, Kermit.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 2, 2003 ** HOMER C. ALLEY, 72, of Evansville, Ind., at Deaconess Hospital. Born November 14, 1930, he was the only son of the late Emmett C. and Mary B. Alley. Survivors include his wife, Harriette; son, Wade; daughters, Rachael and Logan. Burial was held February 9, 2003.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 2, 2003 ** LEONARD E. "MOON" MULLEN SR., 82, of Huntington, WV, in Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Huntington. Born December 11, 1920, in Huntington, WV, a son of the late William and Grace McComas Mullen. Preceded in death by his wife, Flossie Tomblin Mullen; five sisters, one brother. Survivors include his children, Marcia, Margaret Sue Dutton and husband Roger, Leonard E. Mullen Jr. and wife Tannya, Priscilla K. and husband David, William E. Mullen, Frances K. Hughes and husband, Vassie Ray, Barbara L. Mullen McKenzie and husband Dennis and Tina L. Mullen; siblings, Flossie Pemperton, Virginia Martin, Patricia Ross, Robert Mullen, and Jerry Gibson. Burial, February 5, 2003 in Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 2, 2003 ** EARNEST CARL FIELDS, 97, of Louisa, Ky., formerly of Wayne County, at the J. J. Jordan Geriatric Center in Louisa, Ky. Born February 12, 1905, in Wayne County, a son of the late Milton and Maggie Burns Fields. Preceded in death by his wife, Martha Irene Smith Fields; a daughter, Dixie Irene Fields Walker; nine brothers and sisters, Arthur, Paul, Raymond, Delbert, George Henderson, Lucy, Bertha, Laura and Letha. Survivors include three daughters, Maggie Galloway and husband Joe, Christa Senters and husband Granville, Betty Chapman and husband James; a son, Ernie Joe Fields and wife Gladys; a brother, Milton Fields, Jr.; a son-in-law, Alvis Walker. Burial February 5, 2003 in the Smith Cemetery at Sidney.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 3, 2003 ** ALBERT W. TUCKER, 82, of Kenova, WV, in the Alamance Regional Medical Center, Burlington, N.C. Born September 7, 1920, in Fort Gay, WV, a son of the late Frank Tucker and Shirley Wellman Tucker Harris. Preceded in death by one son, Alvin Darrell Tucker. Survivors include his wife, Irma Pinson Tucker; one daughter and son-in-law, Herma C. and Sonny Current; one son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Janice Tucker; one sister, Mindy Rutledge. Burial February 7, 2003 at Warfield Cemetery in Warfield, Ky.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 3, 2003 ** McFAIN G. BROOKS, 65, of Loganville, Ga. He was the son of the late Bryan and Lizzie Adkins Brooks. Survivors include one daughter, Delma Pitts; one son, Fain P. Brooks; one sister and two brothers. Burial February 7, 2003 at the Finley Cemetery on Lick Creek Road in East Lynn.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 4, 2003 ** LARRY WINSTON MURPHY, 59, of Dunlow, WV, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born May 28, 1943, in Davin, WV, a son of the late Raymond G. and Marjorie Ross Murphy. Preceded in death by three brothers, Billy Ray, Robert and Roger Murphy. Survivors include his wife, Juanita Copley Murphy; five daughters, Pauletta Robinson and husband Jimmy, Lisa Matthew and husband Quinton, Edna Murphy, Teresa Pierce and husband Bill, Sharon Wilson and husband James; four sisters, Anna June Phillips, Wilma Accord and husband Dean, Nine Plymale and husband Rosco, Deborah Tyler; four brothers, Ed Norman Murphy and wife Darlene, Dennis Murphy and wife Bonnie, Glen Murphy and wife Mary and Ed Murphy and wife Carol; sister-in-law, Carol Murphy. Burial February 6, 2003 at Twin Oaks Cemetery, Dunlow, WV.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 5, 2003 ** LAURA BELLE KEESEE, 65, of Huntington, at the home of her son. Born June 14, 1937, in Wayne County, WV, a daughter of the late Roy and Lessie Adkins Finley. Preceded in death by her husband Albert Keesee. Survivors include two sons, Danny Cardwell and Derke Cardwell and his wife Michelle; stepson Albert Keesee Jr.; three sisters, Pansy Craze, Eldalee Genesiewki, and Kizzie Parsons; one brother, Ersie Finley. Burial was held February 7, 2003.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 5, 2003 ** MARGARET L. PERDUE, 83, of Kenova, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Survivors include one son, Delbert Perdue; two daughters, Berna Verhey and Mariann Douglas; two brothers, Wilson Stowers and Walter Stowers; and one sister, Mary Fay Fuller. Burial February 8, 2003 in the Spring Valley Memory Gardens, Huntington.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 6, 2003 ** ROBERT J. ROWE, 63, of Catlettsburg, Ky., formerly of Ceredo, WV, at his home. Born October 20, 1939, in Ceredo, WV, a son of the late Robert W. and Monnie Diamond Rowe. Preceded in death by one sister, Nancy Barnett. Survivors include his wife, Carolyn "Susie" Simpkins Rowe: daughter and son-in-law, Amy and Mary Robinson; one son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Debbie Rowe; three stepchildren, Kim Griswold & Andy Bass and Jeff and Angie Ward; and David Graham; two sisters, Anne Rowe and Mary Sue Salyers; one brother, Bruce Rowe; mother and father-in-law, Jackie and Jim Reynolds. Burial February 8, 2003 in Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne, WV.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 6, 2003 ** JAMES SUTTON, 54, of Fort Gay, in Fairhaven Rest Home, Huntington. Burial February 9, 2002 in Wellman Cemetery, Fort Gay.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 6, 2003 ** EVA LILLIAN ROSS DINGESS SEXTON, 92, of Huntington, in Wayne County. Born October 6, 1910, in Wayne County, a daughter of the late Audie Vaught Ross and Gracie Ross. Preceded in death by two husbands, John Greene Dingess and Earl Gilbert Sexton; two sisters, Violet Berriman and Audalene Deerfield; four brothers, Lawrence Ross, Delbert Ross, Ray Ross and Lindsey Ross. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Lois and Dwight Gangwish and Jo Ann and Douglas Shepherd; a sister, Martha Ross Cade. Burial February 11, 2002 in Woodmere Memorial Park.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 6, 2003 ** IRENE MULLENS CALHOUN, 81, of Wellington, Fla, formerly of Kenova, at home. Survivors include two daughters, Judith Johnson and Kimberly Joy Calhoun; two sons, Robert Ray Calhoun and Richard Allen Calhoun; three sisters, Peggy Tooley, Barbara Garner, and Dovetta Fay Ratliff; and two brothers, Billy Jack Mullens and Clevis Mullens. Burial February 11, 2003 in Dock’s Creek Cemetery.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 6, 2003 ** DANIEL A. GOOCH, 89, of Huntington, at his home. Born April 28, 1913, in Cabell County, a son of the late John H. Gooch and Orpha May Smith Gooch. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Norma L. and Dannie Withrow. Burial February 10, 2003 in Forest Memorial Park in Milton.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 6, 2003 ** GOLDIE BOWEN GRUBB FLETCHER, 48, of Genoa, at her residence. Born February 7, 1954, at Louisa, Ky., a daughter of Halie Belle Bowen Bowen and the late Everett Bowen. Preceded in death by her first husband, Jack Grubb. Survivors include her husband, Lemuel Allen Fletcher; a daughter, Alma Renea Grubb; three sons, Jack Clifford Grubb, Jr., and wife Sarah, Michael Lee Grubb and Steven Allen Fletcher; four sisters, Ethel Brown, Margaret Crabtree and husband Arnold, Joanie Falsgate and husband Irvin, and Garnett Berry; one brother, Joe Everett Bowen and wife Diane. Burial February 9, 2003 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne, WV.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 7, 2003 ** DORA SALYERS LYKINS, 92, of Prichard, at her home. Born May 31, 1909, in Salyersville, Ky., a daughter of the late John and Georgia Powers Salyers. Preceded in death by her husband, Moody Lykins. Survivors include seven daughters, Marie Lycan, Ethel Michael, Lois Jones, Peggy Wellman, Georgia Smith, Jeanie Jones and Judy Fields; one son, Richard Lykins; four sisters, Minnie Neidich, Thelma Bean, Gladys Smith and Enda Cunningham. Burial February 10, 2003 in the Bean Family Cemetery, Prichard.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 7, 2003 ** VADA IRIS BROWNING, 82, of Harts. Born December 3, 1920, in Harts, a daughter of the late Will and Emma Farley Manns. Preceded in death by her husband, Roy Browning; two daughters, Geneva Meeks and Dott Browning; three sisters, Lizzie Vance, Rosa Pack and Nora Gartin; two brothers, Archie and Vester Manns; one son-in-law, Don Meeks. Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Belva Meeks, Darlene and Terry Lester, and Ruby and Leonard Marcum; one son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Kathy Vance; three sisters, Eliza Price, Dova Workman, and Wavie Wiley; one brother, Dave Mann; a son-in-law, Dallas and Sharol Meeks. Burial February 10, 2003 in Browning Cemetery, Little Harts.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 8, 2003 ** MAMIE BRUNTY, 89, of Branchland, in Lincoln Continuous Care Center, Hamlin, WV. Preceded in death by her parents, Mitchelle and Pisicalla Davis Ferguson; husband, James Brunty; and Louis Prichard. Survivors include daughters, Louise Ramey, Reanice Hale and Janice Stewart; son, Jirl Brunty. Burial February 11, 2003 in Watson Cemetery, Branchland.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 8, 2003 ** ERIC C. PETRY, 15, of Kenova, WV. Born April 30, 1987, in Atlanta, Ga., a son of David and Tina Aylor Petry. Preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Carroll Petry. Survivors include two brothers and a sister-in-law, Aaron and Kristin Petry and Ryan Petry; maternal grandparents, William E. and Barbara Aylor; paternal grandmother, Thelma Spitler. Burial February 13, 2003 in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 8, 2003 ** BARBARA SUE BUSH, 61, of Louisa, Ky. Born February 1, 1942, in Island Creek, Ky., a daughter of the late Noah Phillips and Nellie Robinson Phillips. Preceded in death by her husband William Bush. Survivors include two daughters, Rida Bush Holbrook and Janice Bush Hall; one sister, Loram Ratliff; five brothers, Jack Phillips, James E. Phillips, Frank Phillips, Leon Phillips and Noah Phillips. Burial February 12, 2002 in Greenlawn Cemetery, Louisa, Ky.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 8, 2003 ** DORA E. ADKINS COCHRAN, 77, of Branchland, WV, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Evermont and Stella Adkins. Preceded in death by one daughter, Anna Mae Cooper and one son, Evermont "Monty" Cooper. Survivors include five sons, James Cooper, Edward Cooper, Roger Cooper, Jack Cochran and Jerry Cochran; five daughters, Ruth Watts, Cora Cooper, Betty Mansfield, Tawana Hundley and Debbie Watson; two sisters, Betty Griffith and Emma Harrah; one brother Charles Adkins. Burial February 12, 2003 in Pea Ridge Cemetery, Mud River.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 9, 2003 ** LAWRENCE DAVID BRUMFIELD, 65, of Huntington, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born August 15, 1937, in Huntington, a son of the late James and Phoebe Dunn Brumfield. Preceded in death by five sisters, Kathleen, Ann, Rose, Juanita and Ruth; two brothers, Carl and Sloney. Survivors include his wife, Patricia; a son, Breck Brumfield and wife Julia; a brother, C. E. "Buddy" Brumfield; a brother-in-law, Jack Adkins; two sisters-in-law, Joyce Jones and Pam Ward. Burial February 13, 2003 in Spring Valley Memorial Gardens.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 11, 2003 ** HOMER RUSSELL "ROUNDY" BARTRAM, 93, of New Bern, N.C., formerly of Mount Sterling, Ky., and Kenova, WV., at Britthaven of New Bern. Born December 17, 1909 in Guthrie, Oklahoma, he was a son of the late William and Vinnie Crabtree Bartram. Preceded in death by his wife, Eloise Owens Bartram and a brother, Haskell L. Bartram. Survivors include two sons, David Bartram and Robert Bartram; daughter, Suzanne Reynolds; a brother, Don Bartram; and three half brothers, Bill, Joe, and Jim Bartram. Burial February 15, 2003 in Greenleaf Memorial Park.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 11, 2003 ** LEONA L. CREMEANS, 52, of Huntington, WV. at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born October 10, 1950, in Wayne, WV. a daughter of the late Elbert and Olga Adkins. Preceded in death by a sister, Edith Bennett and brother, Cornice H. Adkins. Survivors include her husband, Harley Cremeans; a daughter and son-in-law, Merceda and Robert Beckett; and three stepchildren, Linda Ward and husband, Charles, Tammy Carr-Shaver, and Sheri L. Jenkins, Harley Cremeans and wife, Kim; five sisters, Marie Gillespie, Opal Strogilos, Blanche Warren, Louise Adkins and Betty Lou Adkins and her husband, James; four brothers, Delmar Ray, Ollin Doyle, Ersie Hartzel and Robert Lee Adkins. Burial was held February 14, 2003.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 12, 2003 ** CURTIS MAYNARD, 74, of Huntington, at his residence. Born September 25, 1928, in Kermit, W.Va., a son of the late Thomas and Sena Maynard. Survivors include his wife, Flora "Skipper" Maynard; daughter, Laura Maynard and her husband Fred Bell; brother, Wilbur Maynard; sisters, Bertis Campbell, Edna Faulkner and Flo Bohannan, Bobbie Stone and Avanell Roach. Burial February 15, 2003 in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 12, 2003 ** ROBERT LEE DAUGHERTY, 72, of Columbus, Ohio. Born June 24, 1930, in Fort Gay, a son of the late William George Daugherty and Elsie Charles Daugherty. Survivors include four daughters, Muffle Wilkerson, Lillian Alverez, Angie Daugherty and Bobbie Jo Daugherty; three sons, Robert Lee Daugherty, James Daugherty, and Rickey Allen Daugherty; two sisters, Sue Gann and Nancy Thompson; three brothers, Howard Daugherty, Paul Daugherty and William Daugherty Jr. Burial February 15, 2003 in Greenlawn Cemetery, Louisa, Ky.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 12, 2003 ** CHARLES MONTGOMERY, 79, of Wayne, in Wayne Continuous Care. Preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Montgomery. Burial February 15, 2003 in Lynch Cemetery, Fort Gay.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 13, 2003 ** JACK A. DAVIS, 60, of Genoa, W.Va., at home. Born August 6, 1942, in Logan County, WV. a son of the late Roscoe Davis and Mary Adams Davis. Survivors include his wife, Sue Riggs Davis; four sons and two daughters-in-law, Ronnie and Ronda Davis, Jackie Davis Jr., Ricky Davis and Jimmy and Christine Davis; four sisters, Barbara Dean, Viola Bryant, Edith Davis and Eunice Caudill; three brothers, Kennith, Harlan and Elba Davis. Burial February 16, 2003 in Roscoe Davis Cemetery, Genoa, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 13, 2003 ** OKEY ENOCHS, 80, of Cleveland, N.C., formerly of Huntington, at his home. Born April 29, 1922, in Wayne, WV, a son of the late Nathan and Ida Wiley Enochs. Survivors include his wife Anna Myers Enochs; a son, Tim Enochs; two stepsons, Randy Ferguson and Clayton Ferguson; two stepdaughters, Ronnie Lynn Ferguson and Liane Saunders; a sister, Betty Enochs; a brother, bobby Enochs. Burial February 18, 2003 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 13, 2003 ** VERNA BARKER HILL, 98, of Huntington, in Sweet Run Elder Care, Kenova, WV. Born March 26, 1904, in Spurlocksville, a daughter of the late James Madison and Francis Miller Barker. Preceded in death by her husband, Hansford Hill; four children; one sister, Emer Spurlock; and one brother, Albert Barker. Survivors include one daughter, Lillian Chandler; one son and daughter-in-law, Thurman and Lois Fern Hill. Burial February 16, 2003 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 13, 2003 ** HELEN LEWIS, 74, of Wayne, formerly of Logan, at Wayne Continuous Care Center in Wayne. Born July 14, 1928, at Jody, a daughter of the late Arthur and Marie Davis Childers. Preceded in death by her husband, Luther Lewis; one sister, Shirley Jones, and four brothers, Jack, Gene, Paul and Frank Childers. Survivors include three daughters, Joyce Brohard, Eva Jane Perry and Julie Daniels; one son, Bobby Lewis; three sisters, Glenna Riley, Louise Cavender and Carolyn Young; three brothers, Dale Dearien and Wallace Childers and Donald Childers. Burial February 18, 2003 in Forest Lawn Cemetery at Pecks Mill.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 14, 2003 ** ESTEL E. KELEMEN, 71, of Mitchell Heights, Logan, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Huntington. Born October 23, 1931, in Boone County, a daughter of the late Oscar and Anna Laura Barker Kirk. Preceded in death by two sisters, Mamie White and Annadell Ellis; one brother Hansel Kirk. Survivors include her husband, Steve Keleman; one daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie L. and John D. Russell; two sons and daughter-in-law, James S. Kelemen and Joseph G. and Betheny Kelemen; two sisters and brother-in-law, Lillian and Art Oman and Mildred Gaynelle Trent; one brother, Jim Keleman; sister-in-law, Irene Kyer. Burial was held on February 18, 2003.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 15, 2003 ** JAMES E. CHAPMAN, 69, of Marietta, Ga. He was the son of the late Benjamin E. and Cletus McComas Chapman. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Ann Queen Chapman; daughter, Holly Ann Chapman; son and daughter-in-law, James C. and Theresa Lynn Leggiere Chapman. Funeral services were private.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 15, 2003 ** ROBERT E. JEFFRIES, 66, of Ceredo. Born February 14, 1937, in Marlington, W.Va., the son of the late Robert and Helen Young Jeffries. Survivors include his wife, Judy Smith Jeffries; two sons and daughters-in-law, Forrest and Elizabeth Jeffries and Bobby and Theresa Jeffries; one daughter and son-in-law, Samantha and Wil York; one brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Sue Jeffries; one sister, Lynda and Jim Hunter. Burial February 19, 2003 in Woodmere Memorial Park.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 17, 2003 ** EDITH LAWSON, 89, of Huntington, formerly of Ceredo and Kenova, in Heritage Center. Preceded in death by her husband, Carl Lawson.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 18, 2003 ** LETHA P. ESQUE, 70, of South Point, Ohio. Born July 3, 1932, in Lincoln County, a daughter of the late James and Lottie Merritt Porter. Preceded in death by one sister, Bertha Lucas, and five brothers, George Porter, Enoch Porter, Marion Porter, James Porter, Jr. and Roy Porter. Survivors include her husband, Wille Esque, Jr.; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Faye and Richard Jeffery and Dottie and Kenny Stroud; one brother and sister-in-law, Gilmer and Ruby Porter; three daughters and son-in-law, Margaret and Lewis Meadows, Jeanette Starks and Sharon Esque and Roger Keaton; four sons and daughters-in-law, Ray Fletcher, James and Ilene Fletcher, Paul and Sheri Fletcher and Tim and Lori Fletcher; one stepdaughter and her husband, Alease and Bobby Blake; three sisters-in-law, Sherlena Porter, Gue, and Rebecca Bowen. Burial February 21, 2003 in the Dial Prichard Cemetery in Branchland.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 19, 2003 ** MARY E. STUBBS, 42, of East Lynn, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Survivors include her mother, Charlene Laney Smith; three sons, Richard Stubbs, Jr., Brian Stubbs and Mark Stubbs; four brothers, Ronnie Smith, Roger Smith, William Smith and Larry Smith; one sister, Linda Boylard. Burial February 22, 2003 in Greenlawn Cemetery, Burlington, Ohio.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 21, 2003 ** MARY ETTA BALDWIN, 82, formerly of Kenova, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Preceded in death by her husband, Fred Baldwin. Burial February 24, 2003 in Hatten-Newman Cemetery, Prichard.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 19, 2003 ** EMMA I. "MADGE" WILLIAMS, 78, of Cowen, in Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Division. Born October 1924, in Bolair, a daughter of the late Easter and Emma Myrtle Cogar Gregory. Preceded in death by her husband Harry Williams, and several brothers and sisters. Survivors include her children, Nancy and her husband Jake Bragg, David and his wife Linda Williams, Garry and his wife Leslie Williams and Susan and her husband Dwight Given. Burial February 22, 2003 in the Handschumacher Cemetery in Upper Glade.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 20, 2003 ** CLYDE BROWN, 82, of Ceredo, W.Va., at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va. Born January 8, 1921 in Kermit, W.Va., a son of the late Elder John Brown and Sarah Varney Brown. Preceded in death by six brothers, Alfred, Clarence, Lawrence, Claude, Clinton and Clifford Brown. Survivors include his wife, Fern Scott Brown; three daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Jerry McCoy, Sarah and Kevin Dixon and Nancy and Kevin Mitchell; one sister, Muriel Salyers; one brother, Alvis Brown; five sisters-in-law, Georgia Brown, Louise Brown, Gladys Brown, Nell Varney, Magdalene Blackburn. Burial February 23, 2003 at Hillcrest Cemetery in Kenova.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 20, 2003 ** DELMER W. CAREY, 76, of Wayne, W.Va., at Wayne Continuous Care Center. Born February 2, 1927, at East Lynn, W.Va., a son of the late Harvey and Gertrude Mills Carey. Preceded in death by two sisters, Beatrice Tabor and Faye Nichols; two brothers, John Harvey Carey and Earl P. Carey. Survivors include a sister, Lona Smith and her husband Clyde; a brother, Dallas Carey and his wife Betty. Burial February 23, 2003 at the Spurlock Cemetery, Wayne.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 20, 2003 ** DEBORAH ANN BLACK VITITOE, 41, of New Tazewell, Tenn., formerly of Huntington, in the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Born June 4, 1961, a daughter of Hershell Black and the late Lois Childers Black. Preceded in death by her father-in-law, Oliver Vititoe and mother-in-law, Leona Ball Vititoe. Survivors include her husband, Verlin Vititoe; daughters, Melissa, Marissa and Lois; brother, David Black. Funeral was held on February 25, 2003.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 21, 2003 ** MARY ETTA WORKMAN BALDWIN, 82, of Heartland of Riverview, formerly of Kenova, W.Va. Born March 28, 1920, in Lawrence County, Ky., a daughter of the late James H. and Sally Cyrus Canterbury. Preceded in death by her husband, Fred Baldwin. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Rita and Kenneth Joos; two sons, Thomas Workman and Samuel C. Workman. Burial February 24, 2003 in Hatten-Newman Cemetery near Prichard, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 21, 2003 ** JACK W. OSBURN, 95, at Regency Park, Huntington, WV. Born in East Lynn, W.Va., the middle child of Charles Walker Osburn and Mary Etta Pratt Osburn. Preceded in death by two wives, Pearl Thompson Osburn and Dorothy Kendell Buckner Osburn; sisters Era Carson, Maude Adkins, Lina Booth, Irene Osburn, Hanna and Hester Osburn Crabtree. Survivors include his children, jack W. Osburn, Jr., and his wife Jane Wilson Osburn, C. Robert Osburn, Sherri Osburn Krantz, Connie Buckner Clifton and Kristen Buckner and her husband, Donald Eskew. Burial February 28, 2003 at the Elmwood Cemetery.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 21, 2003 ** EDWIN AKERS, 80, of Ceredo, W.Va. Born February 7, 1923, a son of the late Noah and Erie Bartram Akers. Preceded in death by two sisters, Myrtle Akers and Hazel Carver; and five brothers, Carmi, Rondal, Kenneth, Clifford and Claude Akers. Survivors include his wife Dream Adkins Akers; one sister, Pauline Akers Browning and one brother, Roy Akers. Burial February 25, 2003 in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Ceredo.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 22, 2003 ** MARY INEZ HOBACK ALLEY, 68, of Prichard, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born October 11, 1934, at Lavalette, in Wayne County, the daughter of Erie Childers Hoback and the late Charles Ralph Hoback. Survivors include her husband, H. Ben Alley; a son and daughter-in-law, Hubert Ben Jr., and Marlene Alley; a daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca Jane and Robert Bookwalter; a brother and sister-in-law, Gary Roger Sr. and Linda Hoback. Burial February 26, 2003 in the Alley-Miller Family Cemetery.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 23, 2003 ** LARRY DEAN MEDDINGS, 46, of Dunlow, in Three Rivers Medical Center, Louisa, Ky. Born November 27, 1956, in Louisa, Ky., a son of Delmer and Anna Jo Gilliam Meddings. Survivors include two sisters and brothers-in-law, Dottie Jean and Andy Ray Stamper, and Angela and Nicholas Cripe; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Bobby and Dee Meddings, Andrew Meddings, and Alvie and Marlene Meddings. Burial February 25, 2003 in Meddings Family Cemetery on Mill Creek.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 25, 2003 ** GLEN "RED" BIAS, 71, of Proctorville, Ohio, at his residence. Born October 21, 1931, in East Lynn, WV. a son of the late Leslie and Iva Simpkins Bias. Preceded in death by his wife, Eunice M. Frye Bias; a brother, Merwin Bias. Survivors include a daughter, Helen Leddy; a sister, Opal Eyman and her husband, Jerry; a brother, Boyd Bias. Burial February 28, 2003 at Elmwood Cemetery.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 25, 2003 ** CLARA SWANSON, 90, of Chesapeake, Ohio, in Heartland of Riverview, South Point, Ohio. Born August 2, 1912, in Stiltner, W.Va., a daughter of the late Kiah and Dicie Adkins Napier. Preceded in death by her husband, Don Swanson, one son, Randy Swanson. Survivors include two daughters, Sue Akers Forto and Linda Tanner; two sons, Don Swanson and Leo Adkins. Burial February 28, 2003 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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DIED – FEBRUARY 26, 2003 ** MARY MILLER, 92, of McConnell, W.Va., at Guyan Valley Hospital. Born April 14, 1910, in Wayne County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Henson and Loshie Adkins Parsons. Preceded in death by her husband, Delbert Miller and two brothers, Calvin and Lawrence Parsons. Survivors include three sons and their spouses, Delmas and Ruth Miller McConnell, Dellos and Juanita Miller, and George O’Dell Parson; two daughters, Sybil and her husband, Hallie Adkins and Iness and her husband, James Perry. Burial March 1, 2003 in Sanders Cemetery, East Lynn, W.Va.

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