WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
May, 2003
These obituaries for the month of MAY were typed by Leigh Ann Napier.
DIED – MAY 2, 2003 ** ALMA AVIS TAYLOR, 69,
of Ceredo, formerly of Huntington, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Preceded in death by
her husband, Paul W. Taylor. Survivors include a special friend, Violet L. Curtis. There
was no services.
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DIED – MAY 2, 2003 ** HARVE ROSS, 85, of Wooster, Ohio,
at his daughter’s home in Wooster. Born May 12, 1917, in Radnor, a son of the late T.
Grandville and Letha Wilson Ross. Preceded in death by his wife, Frieda Lee Perry; a
daughter, Letha Joyce Ross; five brothers, Anthoney, Pete, Frank, Earl and Raymond; and
two sisters, Reeva and Fannie. Survivors include two sons, Harvey D. and wife Mary Ross,
and Robert S. and wife Heather Ross, Sr.; three daughters, Loretta Mae Anderson and
husband Doug, Waltie I. Johnson and husband Robert W. Johnson, and Elizabeth Ross; a
brother, Charles Ross and wife Lela; and a sister, Norma Chaney and husband Darrell.
Burial May 7, 2003 in the Harvey Memorial Cemetery in Wayne.
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DIED – MAY 2, 2003 ** SWANSON HUGH CHRISTIAN, 89, Fort
Gay, at Heritage Manor. Born March 9, 1914, in Mt. Sterling, Ohio, a son of the late James
Daniel and Rebecca Francis Christian. Preceded in death by two wives, Margie Ellen Wilks
Christian and Irene Pauley Christian; a daughter, Deloris Jean Christian; a brother, Ora
Christian; and three sisters, Mae Christian, Lucy Christian and Jeanie Pelfrey. Survivors
include seven daughters, Lena Bowen, Betty Holland and husband William, Lillian Callicoat
and husband Larry, Dora Carter and husband Joe, Loretta Carter and husband Delbert,
Darlene Ferguson and husband Lawson, and Leona Adkins and husband James; three sons, James
Theodore Christian and wife Billie Joyce, Roger Hugh Christian and wife Judy and Daniel
Lee Christian and wife Fay; two sisters, Katherine Canterbury and Lynchy Pratt; three
brothers, Dave, Morgan, and Joe Christian. Burial May 5, 2003 in Booth Cemetery.
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DIED - MAY 3, 2003 ** RICHARD CARROLL SANDERS, 49, of
Lavalette, in El Paso, Texas. born March 2, 1954 in Mt. Vernon, Ga., a son of the late Leo
F. and Evelyn L. Cook Sanders. Survivors include his fiancee, Paula Shumway; four sisters,
Mailyn Poole, Louise Reeves, Evelena Meanu and Carolyn Shockley; two brothers, Donald
Sanders and James Sanders, and one niece, Kathy Jo Sanders. Burial in Waynesboro, Ga.
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DIED – MAY 3, 2003 ** SYLVIA IRIS VANSCOY, 68, of
Huntington, at her daughter’s residence. Born September 16, 1934, in Patrick County,
VA., a daughter of the late Richard T. and Maggie Katie Hopkins Hall. Preceded in death by
her husband, John William Vanscoy; a daughter, Connie S. Vanscoy Murdock; a son, Larry G.
Vanscoy, and a twin brother, Sydney Ellis Hall. Survivors include two daughters and
sons-in-law, Terrie and Bill Collins and Linda Vanscoy Moore and Garry Moore; a son and
daughter-in-law, Billy Joe and Christy Vanscoy; three sisters and two brothers-in-law,
Patricia Hall Bolland, Margaret Hall Cyrus and Raymond Cyrus; and Claudia Hall Collicchio
and Dan Collicchio; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Virgil Hall and Richard D. Hall and
Debbie Hall. Burial May 6, 2003 in Woodmere Memorial Park
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DIED – MAY 4, 2003 ** ADDIE PARSLEY HEWLETT, of
Heartland of Riverview. She was the daughter of the late William Thomas Parsley and Effie
Florence Parsley. Preceded in death by her husband, Frank Hewlett; seven sisters, Tella
Donald Jennings, Della Thompson, Eula Caldwell, Gladys Fuller, Elizabeth Akers Davis,
Nancy Hatfield and Emma Florence Parsley and five brothers, Theodore Parsley, Alex
Parsley, Henry Parsley, Wayne Parsley and Charles Parsley. Survivors include two daughters
and one son-in-law, Janice Kay Fine and Sandra and David Hatten. Burial May 6, 2003 in
Dock’s Creek Cemetery.
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DIED – MAY 5, 2003 ** MARION DAVID CARLEY, JR., 44, of
Crum, in Three Rivers Medical Center, Louisa, Ky. Born August 25, 1958, in Columbus, Ohio,
a son of Marion David Carley, Sr. and Chloe Jane Copley Carley. Additional survivors
include his wife, Joyce Marie Hannah Carley; one daughter, Marion Renae Marie Carley; one
sister, Lora Presley; three half-brothers, Randall Carley, Kenneth Carley, and Howard Lee
Carley. Burial May 8, 2003.
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DIED – MAY 5, 2003 ** LETA ELAINE WOOLWINE, 55, of
Chattanooga, Tenn., formerly of Ceredo, in Chattanooga. Survivors include her stepmother,
Andrea Lamb Hess; two daughters, Natalie Woodward and Cara Woolwine; two sons, Philip and
Lee Woolwine. Burial May 10, 2003 at Hillcrest Cemetery in Kenova.
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DIED – MAY 5, 2003 ** WILLIAM STANLEY "BILL" TAYLOR,
80, of Huntington, at Mariner Health Care Center. Born November 8, 1922, in Ceredo, a son
of the late Lewis S. and Elizabeth Gilkerson Taylor. Survivors include a daughter, Donna
Belt; one brother, Donald Taylor. Burial May 8, 2003 at Spring Valley Memory Gardens.
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DIED – MAY 5, 2003 ** CHARLENE BASH DICKERSON, 85, of
Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Kenova, W.Va., at Scioto Community Center in Columbus, Ohio.
Born July 14, 1917, in Wayne County, W.Va., daughter of the late John and Mary Curry Bash.
Preceded in death by her husband, Henry H. Dickerson; a son, Charles H. "Butch"
Dickerson. Survivors include her daughter, Mary Frances D. Hampton and her two sons, and
daughters-in-law, Paul A. and Paula Dickerson and Roger and Shelley Dickerson; a sister
June Farley and her husband Willard Farley; a brother-in-law, Ralph Dickerson. Burial May
8, 2003 in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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DIED – MAY 6, 2003 ** GERALD "SLUEFOOT" ELWOOD ADKINS,
63, of Wayne. Born August 9, 1939, in Wayne County, a son of the late Harlan and Clara
Davis Adkins. Preceded in death by three brothers, Tommy, Oscar, and Richard Adkins and
one sister, Jane Dillon. Survivors include his wife, Margarette Nance Adkins; one daughter
and son-in-law, Patti and Johnny Stephens; four sons and three daughters-in-law, Jerry
Adkins, Tommy and Rhonda Adkins, Jimmy and Elaine Adkins and Shawn and Tammy Adkins; three
brothers, Glen, Wendell, and David Adkins; two sisters, Lois Adkins and Faye Nance; one
uncle, Paul Davis. Burial May 9, 2003 in Sluefoot Adkins Cemetery in Wayne.
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DIED – MAY 7, 2003 ** DELPHIA ADKINS DEAN, 85, of
Wayne, at her home. Born November 27, 1917, in Wayne County, a daughter of the late
Millard and Suzanne Smith Adkins. Preceded in death by her husband, Jason Dean; four
sisters, Bertha Finley, Bessie Salmons, Gladys Queen and Sadie Adkins and three brothers,
Basil, Herbert and Curtis Adkins. Survivors include one sister, Flora Maynard. Burial May
10, 2003 in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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DIED – MAY 7, 2003 ** HELEN SHAMBLIN SWISHER, 97, of
Kenova, at her home. Born June 10, 1905, in Racine, Ohio, a daughter of the late Nelson
and Julia Pyles Shamblin. Preceded in death by her husband, Raymond C. Swisher. Survivors
include one brother, Thomas E. Shamblin. Burial May 9, 2003 at Woodmere Memorial Park in
Huntington.
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DIED – MAY 8, 2003 ** WILLIAM MCKINLEY GRANT, 90, of
Fort Gay, at his home. Born January 16, 1913, in Wayne County, a son of the late Thomas
and Elizabeth Grant. Preceded in death by his wives, Edna Webb Grant, and Bessie Ball
Grant; one brother, Charles Grant. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Larry
and Dixie Grant, and Gary and Sharon Grant; six daughters and sons-in-law, Avanell and
George Savage, Carol and Tom Pennington, Connie and Larry Castle, Kathy and Joe Copley,
Deborah and Robert M. Copley, and Brenda and Roger Vanscoy; one stepdaughter, Nanetta
Hardwick and husband Jim; one sister, Jewell Poulson. Burial May 11, 2003 in Lynch
Cemetery in Saltpetre.
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DIED – MAY 9, 2003 ** JAMES NEWMAN, 90, of Huntington,
in Mariner Health Care Center, in Huntington. Preceded in death by his wife, Beadie
Newman. Survivors include a sister, Helen Daniels. Burial May 12, 2003 in Susie Chapel
Cemetery in Huntington.
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DIED – MAY 9, 2003 ** MISS OPAL M. FORTNER, 73, of
Huntington, in Heritage Center. Born July 13, 1929, in Ceredo, a daughter of the late
Henry Sheridan and Lurania Ethel Christian Fortner. Preceded in death by two sisters,
Juanita Hope Spurlock and Ethel Mae Black, and one brother, George Christian. Survivors
include one brother, Harold T. Fortner and wife Debbie; two sisters, Ruby Scheid and C.
Ilene Riddle. Burial May 22, 2003 in Hatten-Newman Cemetery near Prichard.
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DIED – MAY 9, 2003 ** BYRD FARLEY, 84, of Crum, in
Cabell-Huntington Hospital. He was the son of the late Perry Anderson and Nancy Jane
Farley. Preceded in death by his wife, Mae Richardson Farley; an infant son, Roger Farley.
Survivors include one sister, Maudie Smith and her husband Warren; five sons, Charles
Farley and wife Ina, James Ronald Farley and wife Donna, Harvey Farley and wife Ann, Terry
Farley and wife Donna and Jerry Farley; two daughters, Nancy Stumbo and husband Danny and
Ann Marcum and husband Ronald. Burial May 12, 2003 in the Parsley Cemetery in Crum.
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DIED – MAY 9, 2003 ** ELIZABETH MARGARET WILSON FRAZIER,
81, of Kenova, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born April 28, 1922, in Kenova, a
daughter of the late Anthony and Garnet Robertson Wilson. Preceded in death by her
husband, Vernol W. Frazier; a grandson, Anthony Frazier; two sisters, Marie Frisby and
Phyllis Ross and two brothers, Paul and Bill Wilson. Survivors include one daughter and
son-in-law, Linda and Butch Ratcliff; one son and daughter-in-law, Bobby and June Frazier;
two brothers, Clyde "Jack" Wilson and Carl "Tony" Wilson. Burial in
Hillcrest Cemetery in Kenova.
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DIED – MAY 9, 2003 ** HUGH "BUD" LESLIE, 75,
of Prichard, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born July 18, 1927, in Betsy Lane, Ky., a
son of the late Pharoah D. and Faye King Leslie. Survivors include his wife, Lydia J.
Irick Leslie; one daughter and son-in-law, Helen and Glenn Robert Harper; two sons and one
daughter-in-law, Donald F. and Sue Leslie and Kenneth D. Leslie. Burial May 13, 2003 in
Hillcrest Cemetery.
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DIED – MAY 10, 2003 ** LEONARD CASSIDY, 85, in St.
Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington. Born August 30, 1917, in Williamson, WV, a son
of the late Taylor and Rebecca Holland Cassidy. Preceded in death by an infant son,
William Cassidy; two sisters and a brother-in-law, infant Irene Cassidy and Mable Cassidy
Wilson and husband Jay Wilson. Survivors include his wife Mable; three sons and two
daughters-in-law, Gary and Joan Cassidy, Jerry and Velonis Cassidy and Linden Cassidy; two
daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Roy Beckett and Sue and Murie Perry; two sisters and
one brother-in-law, Louise Cassidy Roure and Earnestine and Gelious Adkins; one brother
and sister-in-law, Taylor Jr., and Lucille Cassidy. Burial May 13, 2003 in the Edgar
Maynard Cemetery in Genoa.
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DIED – MAY 10, 2003 ** JEWEL C. ROACH, 95, of
Huntington, in Heritage Center. Born June 11, 1907, in Hurricane, a daughter of the late
S.S. and Gertrude Spurlock McGee. Preceded in death by her husband John P. Roach; and a
sister, Jessie Day. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, JoAnn and John Hall; a
son and daughter-in-law, Gene and Eleanor Roach. Burial May 13, 2003 in Ridgelawn Memorial
Park.
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DIED – MAY 10, 2003 ** ED RICHARD "DICK" DUFFEY,
76, of Roanoke, Va., formerly of Kenova, at his residence. Born July 7, 1926, in Kenova, a
son of the late Henry and Sadie Patterson Duffey. Preceded in death by his wife, Mary
Alice Brown Duffey. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Sharon Duffey Myers and
Roger Myers; a sister, Sarah Duffey. Burial May 13, 2003 in Burlington-Greenlawn Cemetery,
Burlington, Ohio.
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DIED – MAY 11, 2003 ** CHRISTINE SLONE DIAMOND, 68, of
Fort Gay, in Kings Daughters Medical Center. Born June 24, 1933, in Coldwater, Ky., a
daughter of the late Willie Slone and Marggie Furgett Slone. Survivors include her
husband, Felix Diamond; two sons, Gary McCoy and James Avery McCoy; one daughter, Sue
McCoy. Burial May 14, 2003 in Greenlawn Cemetery, Louisa.
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DIED – MAY 11, 2003 ** THOMAS BOOG COLEMAN, 65, of
Wayne, at his home. Born October 19, 1937, in Pike County, Ky., a son of the late Daniel
and Melissa Pack Coleman. Preceded in death by three brothers, Hansel Coleman, Edsel
Coleman, and Amos Coleman. Survivors include his wife, Hope Walters Coleman; three
daughters and two sons-in-law, Wilma and Mark Stevens, Anita Frasher and Carol and Stacey
Harris; three sons, Thomas Coleman, Ronald Coleman, and Daniel Coleman; one sister and
brother-in-law, Phyllis and Gordon Ward; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Alfred and
Jewell Coleman, Randall and Carolyn Coleman, and Denny and Sue Coleman. Burial May 15,
2003 in Mount Vernon Cemetery.
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DIED – MAY 11, 2003 ** DYLAN MICHAEL HUNDLEY, 5, of
Ceredo. Born February 18, 1998, in Huntington, a son of Terry Hundley and Lisa Marie
Bradshaw. Survivors include his maternal grandparents, Patricia A. and Christopher Hall;
paternal grandmother, Audrey Hundley; two sisters and a brother, Amberlyn M. Bradshaw,
Whitley Nicole Hundley and Dalton Wayne Hundley. Burial May 15, 2003 in Spring Valley
Memory Gardens, Huntington.
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DIED – MAY 12, 2003 ** BELVA HARDWICK VINSON, 76, of
Louisa, Ky., formerly of Fort Gay. Born October 31, 1926, at Vinson Branch in Wayne
County, a daughter of the late George W. and Rosa Crace Hardwick. Preceded in death by her
husband, Ireland S. Vinson; four brothers, Ray J., George, Delbert, and Scott Hardwick.
Survivors include one son, Ralph B. (Tom) Hardwick and wife Shirlene; two brothers,
Colonel E. Hardwick and James V. Hardwick; three sisters, Verna Mae Wellman and husband
Ernest, Beatrice Robinett, and Wilma Frazier and husband Aulta. Burial May 14, 2003 at the
Vinson Family Cemetery at Fort Gay.
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DIED – MAY 13, 2003 ** MARY FRANCES "FRANCIE"
LINVILLE, 78, of Huntington, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born June 2, 1924,
in Cabell County, a daughter of the late Manna Ray and Verna Hazel Jefferson Linville.
Burial May 16, 2003 in Spring Valley Memory Gardens.
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DIED – MAY 13, 2003 ** GERTRUDE HATFIELD, 91, of Kenova,
in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Preceded in death by her husband, John Hatfield Sr.
Survivors include two sons, Lloyd Hatfield and John Hatfield, Jr. A private family service
was planned, with no visitation.
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DIED – MAY 13, 2003 ** HARRY KIP SMITH, 76, of Kenova,
at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born June 17, 1926, in Boone County, a son of the late
Floyd and Delilah Smith. Preceded in death by four sisters, Lucille Jean Webb Andrews,
Ruby Blankenship, Opal Fannin and Bessie Hamilton; three brothers, Bernard, Floyd Jr., and
Frank C. Smith. Survivors include his wife, Anna Mae Smith; two sons and daughters-in-law,
Harry Kip Jr. and Tamara L. Smith, Larry F. and Nina D. Smith and Brenda J. Ralph. Burial
May 16, 2003 in Maple Hill Cemetery.
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DIED – MAY 14, 2003 ** ORVILLE LEE WINDLE, 76, of
Kenova, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Preceded in death by his wife, Louise Griffith
Windle. Survivors include a daughter Barbara Newman; a stepdaughter, Barbara Turner; a
sister, Mary Ross. Burial May 17, 2003 in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens at Beckley.
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DIED – MAY 14, 2003 ** GLENDOLA E. MAYNARD ADKINS, 49,
of Prichard, in St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington. Born July 29, 1953, in
Huntington, a daughter of Ethel Clark Maynard and the late Everette Maynard. Preceded in
death by her husband, Billy Albert Adkins and one son, Billy Albert Adkins, Jr. Survivors
include three sisters, Dorothy Overby, Wealtha Blankenship and Kathy Clark; two brothers,
Allen Maynard, and Arlie Maynard. There was no visitation or service.
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DIED – MAY 17, 2003 ** LUCEIL GILLISPIE SEXTON, 79, of
Huntington. Born July 7, 1923, in Huntington, a daughter of the late John Nye and Emmer
Jane Davis Gillispie. Preceded in death by her husband, Clarence M. Sexton; a son, Charles
Michael Sexton; four brothers, Orville, Delmer, Ivan and Carvel Gillispie; and three
sisters, Virginia Gillispie, Marie Gillispie and Irene Gillispie Meadows. Survivors
include two daughters and a son-in-law, Audrey J. Bowling and Helen I. and Raymond J.
Guarnieri. Burial May 21, 2003 in Oaklawn Memorial Park.
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DIED – MAY 19, 2003 ** JOANN STOLLINGS, 60, of Napoleon,
Ohio, formerly of Huntington, at her home. Born August 28, 1942, in Wayne County, a
daughter of the late Billy and Letha Tabor Harless. Survivors include two sons, Danny Lee
Lyons and Timothy Lyons; three daughters, Dorothy Bailey and Connie Lyons, and Roseann
Lyons; one brother, Ivan Harless; and three sisters, Mable Sue Harless, Gail Carter, and
Roberta Bocook. Burial May 23, 2003 in Forest Memorial Park, Milton, W.Va.
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DIED – MAY 19, 2003 ** CHARLES EUGENE BROWN, 58, of
Wayne, formerly of Waverly, Ill, in Huntington Veterans Medical Center, Huntington. Born
September 2, 1944, in Waverly, Ill., a son of Charles August and Marjorie Charles Crank
Brown. Preceded in death by one brother, John Keith Brown and two sisters, Evelyn May
White and Kathy Lou Brown. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Hudson; one daughter,
Kirissa Sue Ann Krantz; one brother, Jim Brown and wife Judy; five sisters, Donna and Glen
Shearburn, Shirley and Bill Bettis, Marilyn Xiers and Nancy Eby. Burial May 23, 2003 in
Camp Butler National Cemetery.
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DIED – MAY 21, 2003 ** MARY BEATRICE WARD, 76, of
Shoals, at Heartland of Riverview in South Point, Ohio. Born August 22, 1926, in Shoals, a
daughter of the late William and Trinie Irby Ray. Preceded in death by five brothers and
four sisters. Survivors include her husband, Wilford C. Ward; two sons and
daughters-in-law, Dale and Veronica Ward and Randal and Bonnie Ward; a daughter, Pam Ward;
a brother and sister-in-law, Edward and Mildred Ray. Burial May 24, 2003 in Ward Cemetery.
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DIED – MAY 22, 2003 ** MARVIN LOVELL BING, 70, of Apple
Grove. Born December 2, 1932, at East Lynn, a son of the late Kay Wilson Bing and Yonnie
Gilkerson Bing. Survivors include his wife, Margaret Ann Belcher Bing; one sister, Daphene
Cochran; three sons and daughters-in-law, Marvin Ray and Jane Chaney Bing, John Kay and
JoAnn Adkins Bing, Roger Lee and Erika Bing; three daughters and sons-in-law, Jo Ann and
Junior Lee Chaney II, Yonnie Jane and Ralph David Stover, and Patricia Ann and Delbert
Ernest Flora II. Burial May 26, 2003 in Mills-Vaughn Cemetery in Wayne.
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DIED – MAY 23, 2003 ** ERMA EUNICE CARTER, 97, of
Barboursville, at her home. Born December 12, 1905, in Lincoln County, a daughter of the
late Gilbert and Margaret Catherine Porter Moore. Preceded in death by her husband, Ralph
Leonard Carter; her son, Harold Carter. Survivors include three daughters and one
son-in-law, Esther Newberry, Hazel Butcher, and Carolyn and Thomas Mansfield; two sons and
daughters-in-law, Jarrell and Helen Carter and Leonard and Madeline Carter; three sisters
and one brother-in-law, Louise Gebhart, Mildred and Ed Ray and Evelyn Reynolds. Burial May
26, 2003 in Enon Cemetery at Salt Rock.
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DIED – MAY 23, 2003 ** SANDRA EPLING FRASHER, 53, of
Fort Gay, in King’s Daughters Medical Center, Ashland, Ky. Born in Logan County, a
daughter of Knapp Epling and the late William Raymond Epling. Survivors include her
husband, Denver Frasher; two daughters and sons-in-law, Shelly and Presley Adkins and
Connie Sue and Ronnie Barrett; six sisters, Helen Joyce Thompson, Eloise Pruitt, Doris
Sadler, Mary Weaver, Viola Epling, and Violet Sparks; two brothers, Raymond Epling and
Nathan Epling. Burial May 25, 2003 in the Christian Cemetery on Big Hurricane Creek near
Fort Gay.
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DIED – MAY 24, 2003 ** ANNA M. GRAY GRIZZEL, 78, of
Huntington, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born September 24, 1924, in Radnor, W.Va.,
a daughter of the late John and Lydia Blankenship Galyean. Preceded in death by her first
husband, Harlan Gray; second husband, Ervin E. Grizzel; two sisters, Beulah Cline and
Marie Blankenship; and two brothers, Moran Reynolds and Jennings Galyean. Survivors
include two daughters and sons-in-law, Lois and Jim DeKeyser, Peggy and Lamar
O’Steen; two sons and daughters-in-law, Marvin and Rose Marie Gray, and James and
Linda Gray; two step-daughters, Nancy Ford and Linda Grizzel; one stepson, Earl Grizzel
and wife Judith. Burial May 28, 2003 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.
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DIED – MAY 24, 2003 ** GILBERT R. "BUTCH" CREMEANS,
52, of Kenova, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born May 7, 1951, in Huntington, a son of
Gilbert E. Cremeans and the late Mary Magdalene Sloan Cremeans. Survivors include his
wife, Dyneese Cremeans; two daughters, Melinda Bias and Wench Bellomy; four sons, Chris
Bias, Michael Cremeans, Todd Cremeans, and Jason Cremeans; one sister, Hazel Powell; one
brother, Glen Cremeans. Burial May 28, 2003 in Oaklawn Memorial Park on Pea Ridge in
Huntington.
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DIED – MAY 24, 2003 ** BILLY JACK BRAMMER, 69, of
Mansfield, Ohio, at Medcentral in Mansfield, Ohio. Born May 8, 1934, in Lavalette, a son
of the late Ernest and Ann Christian Brammer. Survivors include his wife, Ethel Butcher
Brammer; four daughters, Laura Snow, Tina Carpenter, Jackie Merriman, and Pamela Childers;
five sons, George Brammer, Jerry Childers, James Brammer, James Childers, Daniel Brammer;
and one granddaughter whom they raised, Tara Thayer. Burial May 27, 2003 in Butcher
Cemetery.
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DIED – MAY 25, 2003 ** EDITH MARY NEUTZLING BLATT, 93,
in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born August 4, 1909, in Cincinnati, Ohio, a daughter of
the late Leis Neutzling and Barbara Grayber Neutzling McGinnis. Preceded in death by her
husband, Lewis A. Blatt and an infant son, Thomas Blatt. Survivors include four children,
Barbara Ellen Blatt, Mark Blatt, Gregory Blatt and wife Linda, and Gabriel Blatt and wife
Rhonna. Burial May 28, 2003 in Spring Hill Cemetery.
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DIED – MAY 25, 2003 ** HOWARD DEAN BILLUPS, 86, of
Pueblo, Colo., formerly of Kenova and Huntington, in Pueblo. He was a son of the late Rush
and Elma Billups. Survivors include his wife, Loretta Billups; two daughters, Patricia
Woods and Phyllis Dorris; one sister, Lois Hathaway; two brothers, Glen Billups and Joseph
Billups. Burial May 31, 2003 in Davis Mortuary, Pueblo.
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DIED – MAY 26, 2003 ** HELEN MARGARET TOMLIN, 67, of
Kenova, at her home. Born March 5, 1936, in Huntington, a daughter of the late Joseph
Russick and Hazel Skaggs Hicks. Preceded in death by a brother, Jerry Ray Russick.
Survivors include her husband, George Tomlin; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Charles
Tomblin, and James and Jeanette Tomlin; one daughter, Lisa Tomlin; three sisters, Mary
Biss, JoAnn Lewis, and Orpha Lee. Burial May 29, 2003 in Hillcrest Cemetery in Kenova.
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DIED – MAY 26, 2003 ** MERRIL F. SMITH, 79, of
Huntington, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born June 25, 1923, in Shoals, W.Va., a son
of the late Hamlet and Caroline Virginia Hutchinson Smith. Preceded in death by his wife,
Verna Louise Robinson Smith, six brothers, Clifford, Pascal, Sankie, Golden, Ernest and
Walter Lee Smith and one sister, Nellie Haynie. Survivors include a daughter, Norma
Vinson; two brothers, Col. James C. Smith and Clair S. Smith. Burial May 29, 2003 in the
Smith-Riggs Family Cemetery, Buffalo Creek Road, Wayne County, W.Va.
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DIED – MAY 26, 2003 ** REV. GEORGE B. GILKERSON, 71, of
Wayne, W.Va. Born January 19, 1932, in Dunlow, W.Va., a son of the late Thomas Hansford
and Lou Matthews Gilkerson. Preceded in death by two sisters, Hilda Rowe and Wanda Napier;
and two brothers, Jasper Gilkerson and Millard B. Gilkerson. Survivors include his wife,
Martha L. Gilkerson; one daughter and son-in-law, Mary Lou and Paul Albright; one son and
daughter-in-law, George B. and Kimberly Gilkerson Jr.; four sisters, Helena Geager, Tena
Belle Ferguson and husband Charles, Sylvia Napier and husband Austin, Aldena Gilkerson.
Burial May 29, 2003 in Community Memorial Gardens in Wayne.
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DIED – MAY 27, 2003 ** FLOYD MICKEY CODMAN, 83, of
Kenova, in Mariner Health Care Center, in Huntington. Survivors include his wife, Eva
Codman. There was no visitation or funeral service.
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DIED – MAY 27, 2003 ** RUBY "CRICKET" NEACE,
76, of Ranger, W.Va., at her home. Born January 5, 1927, in Wayne County, W.Va., a
daughter of the late Jona and Martha Spence McClellan. Preceded in death by her husband,
Kermit Neace and two sons, Jimmy and Freddie Neace. Survivors include six sons, Dallas
Neace and wife Joyce, Argus Neace and wife Sandy, Donnie Neace, Keith Neace and wife Dawn,
Cletis Neace and wife Carol and Jerry Neace and wife Dreama; four daughters, Pam and Bill
Hillman, Sharon and David Adkins, Judy and Alan Hartley, and Gloria and Allen Nelson; two
sisters, Norma Brumfield and Rhoda Baker. Burial May 30, 2003 in the Neace Headley
Cemetery, Ranger.
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DIED – MAY 27, 2003 ** MARCELINE BEUHRING, 86, of
Huntington, at the Arbors Nursing Home in Fairmont, W.Va. She was the daughter of the late
Charles E. and Edna Lunsford Carroll. Preceded in death by her husband, Harold E. Beuhring
and four brothers, Paul, Richard, Donald and Alfred Carroll. Survivors include two sons
and daughters-in-law, Larry L. and Janice Beuhring and James F. and Melinda Beuhring; one
daughter and son-in-law, Donna and Larry King. Burial May 31, 2003 in Woodmere Memorial
Park.
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DIED – MAY 27, 2003 ** SYLVIA ELLEN YOUNG, 75, of
Louisa, Ky. Born August 21, 1927, in Houckville, Ky., a daughter of the late Morton
Harrison Young and Chloe Grim Young. Survivors include two sisters, Ethel Bays and Velma
Young. Burial May 29, 2003 in Greenlawn Cemetery in Louisa.
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DIED – MAY 28, 2003 ** WILLIAM ALLEN BIBB JR., 78, of
Huntington, at his home. Born January 29, 1925, in Huntington, W.Va., a son of the late
William Allen and Mary Jane Lambert Bibb Sr. Preceded in death by his stepmother, Gladys
Donally Bibb. Survivors include his wife, Ada Pearl Plymale Bibb; a daughter and
son-in-law, Mary Jane Bibb Amos and Charles C. Amos. Burial May 31, 2003 in Spring Hill
Cemetery.
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DIED - May 28, 2003 ** WOODROW FARLEY, 75, of Louisa, Ky., in
King’s Daughters Medical Center. Survived by his wife, Amy Farley. Burial May 30,
2003, Yatesville Memorial Gardens in Louisa.
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DIED – MAY 29, 2003 ** NAOMI T. "PEGGY" FINLEY,
62, of Wayne, W.Va., at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va. Born August 4,
1940, in Wayne County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Clyde and Mary Watson Toney. Preceded
in death by one brother, Carl Watson Toney. Survivors include her husband, Boyd F. Finley;
one daughter, Amber Bunter; one son and daughter-in-law, Kevin and C.J. Finley; two
sisters and brothers-in-law, Vicki and Roger Jett, and Paula and Charles Maynard; one
brother and sister-in-law, John and Judy Toney. Burial June 1, 2003 in Elmwood Cemetery,
Wayne, W.Va.
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DIED – MAY 29, 2003 ** JUDITH ANN ROOP, 52, of Fort Gay,
formerly of Whittensville, Ky. Born February 27, 1951, in Logan, a daughter of the late
James Ward and Jewell Pauline Hoosier Ward. Survivors include two daughters, Jewell
Tingler and Kathy Napier; two sons, Paul David Presley and Kenneth Ray Presley; one
sister, Eva Hall; three brothers, James Ward, Kenneth Ward and Wallace Ward. Burial May
31, 2003 in Lakin Cemetery at Big Hurricane.
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DIED – MAY 29, 2003 ** JAMES MICHAEL BLEVINS, 39, of
Catlettsburg, Ky., in Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital. Born October 11, 1963, in Lakewood,
Ohio, a son of the Rev. James Elza Blevins and Barbara Ann Holt Blevins. Survivors include
one sister, Sharon Ann and husband Randy Barger; one brother, Keith Robert and wife Vickie
Blevins. Burial June 2, 2003 in Brooklyn Heights Cemetery in Cleveland.
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DIED – MAY 29, 2003 ** NAAMAN BELCHER, 84, of
Verdunville, at Logan Regional Medical Center, in Logan. Born September 19, 1918, at
Crawley Creek, a son of the late John and Mandy Lowe Belcher. Preceded in death by his
wife, Rosie Lee Belcher; three brothers, Leslie, Herbert and Garland Belcher and one
sister, Roma Dempsey. Survivors include two sons, Lloyd Belcher and Leo Belcher; one
daughter, Loretta Belcher; one brother, Ray Belcher; two sisters, Virgie Sartin and Myrtle
White. Burial June 1, 2003 in the Frye Cemetery at Verdunville.
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DIED – MAY 30, 2003 ** JOSEPH EDWARD SIMMONS, 22, of
Huntington, at his home. Born June 10, 1980, in Cabell County, a son of Edward N. Simmons
and Teresa Scarberry Ward. Survivors include a brother, Eric Simmons and grandmother,
Joyce Scarberry. Burial June 3, 2003 in Dock’s Creek Cemetery, Kenova.
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DIED – MAY 30, 2003 ** MILES KELLY YOST, 67, of
Huntington, at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Born August 12, 1935, a son of the late
William and Alice Hooser Yost. Preceded in death by a brother, Larry Boyce Yost. Survivors
include three daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Michael Peterson, Kelli and Tim
Brizendine and Crissy and Chris Staten; three sons and one daughter-in-law, Randal Miles
Yost, Russell Ryan Yost, and Stephen and Liz Yost. Burial June 7, 2003 in the Hooser
Cemetery.
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DIED – MAY 31, 2003 ** L. D. JUDE, 60, of Genoa, at
Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born September 28, 1942, in Martin County, Ky., a son of the
late Claude and Artie Clevenger Jude. Preceded in death by his brother, Daniel Jude.
Survivors include his wife, Tona Smith Jude; four daughters, Linda Ratcliff and husband
David, Laura Dunkle, Virginia Pack, and Parthenia Jude; three sons, L.D. Jude, Jr., Arthur
Lee Jude, Luke Adam Jude; five sisters, Fannie Brewer, Judy Spaulding, Vergie Perry, Sula
Faye Phillips and Betty Esque; five brothers, Nathan, Frank, Jimmy, Clarence, and J.B.
Jude. Burial June 4, 2003 in Sol Perry Cemetery.
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DIED – MAY 31, 2003 ** DONALD W. ROBERTS, 89, of Daytona
Beach, Fla., formerly of Huntington, at his home. Born December 9, 1921, in Wayne County,
the son of the late Clarence and Stella Bates Roberts. Preceded in death by his first
wife, Dorothy; his son, Donnie; two brothers, a sister, his son-in-law. Survivors include
his wife, Thelma Davis Roberts; his daughter, Elizabeth Lawrence; two sisters and two
brothers and two sisters-in-law. Burial June 4, 2003 in White Chapel Cemetery.
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DIED - NO DATE GIVEN- **
WILLIAM G. "BILL"
MITCHELL, born in Kenova, on October 15, 1916. Survivors include his wife of 58
years, Sibyl McCain Mitchell; daughter Linda Birk; her children, Morgan Salyer and Alison
Salyer, and one sister, Jean Lesaca. Burial May 27, 2003, in Bluegrass Memorial Gardens in
Lexington.