WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
June, 2005
These obituaries for the month of June were typed by Kenneth Napier.
DIED - JUNE 1, 2005 ** LULA AUDRIA YOUNG BOBLETT
PHILLIPS, 88, of Kenova, widow of Burton R. Phillips Sr., at home. Burial
June 6 in the West Virginia Memorial Gardens, Calvin, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 2, 2005 ** SHIRLEY McGUIRE ADKINS, of
Elgin, S.C., widow of Lit Adkins. She was the daughter of the late Harvey and
Golden Ford McGuire of Pikeville, Ky. Preceded in death by her husband, Lit
Adkins; two infants; five sisters, Hazel Fitch, Edna McKinney, Nona Saunders,
Myrtle Muncy and Verlie Polk; three brothers, Charlie, Ballard and Pearl
McGuire. Survivors include four daughters, Christine Sarappa, Jerry Jordan,
Jacqueline Webb and her husband Ronnie, Bonnie Sue Webb and her husband Estell;
three stepdaughters, Joann Bentley, Geneva Coleman, and Ruth Stiltner; 12
grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.
Burial June 7, 2005, in the McGuire Family Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 2, 2005 ** ALMA ADKINS, 92, of
Branchland. Born in Wayne County on November 21, 1912. Preceded in death by her
husband, Aaron Adkins; a son, Arnold Adkins; two brothers, Lucian Simpkins and
E. J. Simpkins; two sisters, Cassie Lane and Ivy Bias. Survivors include her
children, F. Bernard Adkins, Mildred Walden, Carl Adkins, Curtis Adkins, Donald
Adkins, Daisy Hager, and Connie Morgan; 18 grandchildren; 39
great-grandchildren; 28 great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Enslow Simpkins
and Earl Simpkins; two sisters, Avonel Endicott and Lois Ross. Burial was June
5, 2005, in Elmwood Cemetery, in Wayne.
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DIED - JUNE 2, 2005 ** RALPH W. PETERS, 89, of
Huntington, at St. Mary's Medical Center. Born August 26, 1915, in Fort Gay,
W.Va., a son of the late Frank E. and Opal Wilson Peters. Preceded in death by
his wife, Annetta Schroy Peters. Burial was June 4 in Woodmere Memorial Park,
Huntington. Survivors include his daughter, Sharon Peters; son-in-law Stephen
Kern, and a granddaughter, Grace Kern.
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DIED - JUNE 2, 2005 ** DOROTHY MAE BAILEY MUCEK,
81, of Huntington, at Cabell Huntington hospital. Born May 25, 1924, a daughter
to the late Thomas and Goldie Bailey. Survivors include her husband, Joe Mucek;
a daughter, Carol Raines; three sisters, Jean Rossell, Geraldine Maenza and Reba
Ross; and six grandchildren. Burial was June 7, 2005.
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DIED - JUNE 3, 2005 ** DANNY THOMAS STAPLETON II,
infant, son of Danny and Trista Stapleton of Wayne, at Cabell Huntington
Hospital. Burial was June 5, 2005, at Napier Cemetery, Wilson Creek, Wayne.
Surviving family members include a sister; Erica Nicole Stapleton; grandparents,
Danny and Donna Stapleton; and grandmother Gaywell and Charles Rowe;
great-grandparents; Charles and Viola Talbert, Bill Stapleton, Lola Blankenship
and Phyllis and James Blackburn.
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DIED - JUNE 3, 2005 ** ALBERT THACKER, 80, of
Kenova, in Rivers Bend, South Point, Ohio. Born November 9, 1924, in Wayne
County, W.Va., a son of the late William "Bill" and Stella Spradlin Thacker.
Preceded in death by his wife, Betty E. Marushi Thacker; two sisters, Dixie
Blevins and Ailene Golden; and two brothers, Charley and George Thacker.
Survivors include four sons, Joseph A. Thacker, Anthony S. Thacker, Tracy
Thacker and Stacy Thacker; one sister, Betty Heck; eight grandchildren; one
great-grandson. Burial was June 7, 2005 in Hillcrest Cemetery in Kenova.
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DIED - JUNE 4, 2005 ** PATSY L. HOLLAND 56, of
Wayne at her home. Born April 22, 1949 on Billy's Branch in Wayne County, the
daughter of the late Albert and Lillian Berry Watts. Survivors include her
husband of 36 years, Roy Holland; two daughters, Denise Holland, Donnetta Spence
and husband Brian; one son, James Phillip Holland and wife Peggy Joan; two
sisters, Phyllis Jackson and husband Darrel, Connie Marshall and husband James;
five brothers, Bobby Watts and wife Catherine, Ronnie Watts, Billy Watts and
wife Carol, Roger Watts and wife Margie, and Jerry Watts and wife Debbie; three
grandchildren.
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DIED - JUNE 4, 2005 ** JESSIE MURVYNE BOOTON, 96,
of Opelika, Ala., formerly of Huntington, and widow of Percy Booton, at her
home. Burial was in Bowen Cemetery on June 7, 2005. Born in Neal, W.Va., July18,
1908, the daughter of the late Thomas Howard Wilson and Goldie Brumfield Wilson.
She is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, Charles Hanley, Eddie M.
and Pat Booton, and Jim and Joy Booton; two brothers, Woodrow Wilson and Meryle
Wilson ; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
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DIED - JUNE 5, 2005 ** RUBEN BASIL DEAN, 77, of
Wayne, in St. Mary's Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Nellie Craft
Dean; one daughter, Sue Browning; four sons; Rubin Dean and wife Sheena, Paul
Dean, Eddie Dean and David Dean; three sisters, Eloise Ward, Helen Skeens , and
Zena Fry; six grandchildren; 2 step- grandchildren; one great-grandchild; five
step-great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. Burial was in Elmwood
Cemetery, Wayne.
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DIED - JUNE 5, 2005 ** NANCY MARIE FRASHER PATTON,
91, of Louisa, Ky, at Three Rivers Medical Center. Born February 15, 1914 in
Fort Gay. Preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Patton; a daughter, Linda
Karen Patton. Survivors include one granddaughter; one grandson; seven
great-grandchildren. Burial was June 7, 2005, Greenlawn Cemetery in Louisa.
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DIED - JUNE 5, 2005 ** CINDY RUTH SHULTZ, 45, of
Kenova, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born May 3, 1960, a daughter of the late
David and Roverta Adkins Shultz. Survivors include two sisters, Karen D. Shultz
and Cherri Toccaline; two brothers, Nathan and Dwight Shultz; several nieces and
nephews. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
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DIED - JUNE 6, 2005 ** LINFORD L. “BUDDY BOY” HAZELETT,
63, of Millersburg, Mich., formerly of Branchland, W.Va., at Cabell Huntington
Hospital. Born November 10, 1941. Preceded in death by his father, Carl
Hazelett; one son, David Hazelett and one daughter, Sharon Hazelett. Survivors
include his wife, Rosemary Pylak Hazelett; two sons and one daughter, James,
Steven and Janet Hazelett; mother and stepfather, Eula Smith and Lambert Davis;
four grandchildren; eight brothers, Lonzo, Chalmer, Larry, Gary, Mike, Don,
Canton “Cotton” and Ray Hazelett. Burial Saturday, June 11, 2005, in Watson
Cemetery, Branchland, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 7, 2005 ** RITA M. HOOKER, 84, of
Centerville, OH, died June 7, 2005 at St. Leonardis Assisted Living. Born
November 21, 1920, a daughter of the late John and Mary T. Haye Adelmann. Her
husband, William F. Hooker also preceded her in death. Survivors include four
daughters, Susan Sparacino and husband, Charles, Colonel Virginia Closs and
husband, Lieutenant Colonel William Closs, Joanne Lewis and husband Robert
Lewis, Peggy Zopff and husband, Thomas; two sons, Robert J. Hooker, Thomas
Hooker and wife, Anne; nineteen grandchildren. Burial was at Asbury Cemetery,
Dunlow, on June 11, 2005.
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Died - JUNE 8, 2005 ** EDITH MORRISON, 96 of East
Lynn, WV. Born March 21, 1909 in East Lynn, WV, a daughter of the late Charles
R. and Dora Osburn Morrison. Preceded in death by a daughter, Wanda L. Ritter; a
brother, Freelin Morrison. Survivors include two sisters, Naomi Harless and Ida
Davis; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two
great-great-grandchildren. Graveside services were conducted June 10, 2005 at
Morrison Family Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 9, 2005 ** ROBERT EARL BARTLEY, 79.
Born November 26, 1925 in Pike County, KY., a son of the late Earl Bartley and
Zelma Goodson Loveday. Survivors include his wife, Anna Rae Belcher; one son,
Daniel Robert Bartley; a sister, Jackie Kerr; and two grandchildren.
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DIED - JUNE 10, 2005 ** CONOTH E. RAY, 85, of
Huntington, at the Huntington Veterans Area Medical Center. Born April 27, 1920
at Crossroads in Cabell County, a son of the late Aaron and Lucy Wright Ray.
Preceded in death by a brother, Freeman Ray; two sisters, Letha Thurgood and
Mildred Dziarnowski. Survivors include a son and a daughter-in-law, C. Edward
Ray, Jr., and Sandy; a daughter Susan R. Popp; two grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law, Forrest (Virginia) Ray; two
sisters, Helen Floyd Mathews and Freda Thomas; one sister-in-law, Alma Ray; and
four step-grandchildren. Burial was in the Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington.
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DIED - JUNE 11, 2005 ** RUBY MEADE, 97, of Ceredo,
in St. Mary's Medical Center. Born July 11, 1907, in Fallsburg, Ky., a daughter
of the late Valentine and Zoa Evelyn Bellomy Burke. Preceded in death by her
husband, Walter Meade; son, Walter Shelton Meade; daughter, Beaulah Faye
Shannon; grandson Tony Meade; and brothers Rufus, Forest and Claude Burke.
Survivors include two daughters and spouses, Mary and Gary Eaves and Wanda and
Ralph Bender; a daughter-in-law, Brenda Meade; son-in-law Dock Shannon; 13
Grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law Roslyn Burke and a
host of nieces and nephews. Burial was in Meade Cemetery, Prichard.
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DIED - JUNE 11, 2005 ** WALTER EUGENE BOYD, 74, of
Louisa, Ky. Born October 2, 1931 in Richardson KY., the son of the late Charlie
Boyd and Goldie Belt Boyd. Preceded in death by his wife, Betty J. Boyd.
Survivors include seven sisters, Fay VanArtsdalen, Frances Myrtle McGinnis,
Juanita Elam, Carol Sergent, Lavern Boyd Bowling, Donna Jean Little, Deborah Ann
Castle; two brothers, Ledford Boyd and Paul Edwards. Burial in the Greenlawn
Cemetery was June 14, 2005.
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DIED - JUNE 12, 2005 ** MARGARET CHRISTINE MARCUM SMITH,
46, of Huntington. Born December 2, 1958, a daughter of the late Tommy Marcum
and Lilly Marcum. Preceded in death by a son, Ernest Eugene Smith. Survivors
include her husband, Donald Smith; children, Sarah and George Thacker, James and
Barbara Smith, Bobbie Jo and Larry Williams, Michael and Roberta Smith, Nina and
Jack Smith, Janet Smith, Julie Ann Smith, Donnie Smith and Andrew Smith; two
brothers, David and Tom Marcum; one sister, Jeanne Muncy; seventeen
grandchildren.
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DIED - JUNE 12, 2005 ** RONALD P. HATFIELD, 58, of
Huntington. Born June 15, 1947, in Baltimore, Maryland, a son of the late Hubert
Paul Hatfield and Evelyn P. Myers Hatfield. He was a divorcee of Jean M.
Anderson. Survivors include three aunts, Marie Stroud, Mildred Hensley and
Dorothy Massey; one uncle, Lloyd Myers. Burial was June 16, 2005, in the Grafton
National Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 13, 2005 ** ETHEL GEORGIA CAREY, 96, of
Lesage, W.Va. Born February 16, 1909, in Cabell County, W.Va., a daughter of the
late G. B. and Corintha Newman. Preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth K.
Carey; son, Bobby Lee Carey; and daughter-in-law, Paula Carey. Survivors include
three sons, Charles E. (Ruth), Keith K. (Corene), and Larry M. (Barbara);
daughter, Kay Charlene (Richard) Malcolm; 15 grandchildren; 23
great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. Grandchildren served as
pallbearers. Burial was in Greenbottom Memorial Park on June 16, 2005
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DIED - JUNE 14, 2005 ** BARNEY A. BLEVINS, 80, of
Huntington, W.Va. Born July 29, 1924, in East Lynn. W.Va. Preceded in death by
his wife of 58 years, Ocie Asbury Blevins; his parents, Elbert and Cora Merritt
Blevins. Survivors include his daughter, Judy Blevins; two sisters, Theo Mills
and Thelma Jackson. Burial was in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington.
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DIED - JUNE 15, 2005 ** THOMAS DAVIS JR., 62, of
Huntington, at his residence. Born May 13, 1943, a son of the late Thomas and
Nettie Mae Issacs Davis. Preceded in death by an infant daughter, Teresa Davis;
four sisters, Perlina Steele, Glenna Workman, Ramona Riley and Ida Mays; two
brothers, Fred Steele and Roy Lee Davis. Survivors include two daughters, Marie
and Trish Davis; two sisters, Polly Travis and Leona Bocook; two brothers, Allan
Davis and Jesse Davis. Graveside services were conducted June 17, 2005 at the
Skeens Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 15, 2005 ** ALBERT DEAN PITTMAN, 67, of
Louisa, in Cleveland. Born in Heidelberg, Mississippi on February 7, 1938 to the
late W. B. Pittman and Lillian L. McDonald Pittman. Survivors include his wife,
Judith Burke Pittman; a son, J. Dean Pittman; two daughters, Rhonda S. Rife and
Tamara D. Ward; and four grandchildren. Burial June 17, 2005, in the Burke
Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 15, 2005 ** FONTELLA LETT, 90, of
Proctorville, Ohio, in St. Mary's Medical Center. Born February 15, 1915, in
Wayne County, W.Va., daughter of the late Charles W. and Gypsy Booth Preston.
Preceded in death by her husband, Wallace E. Lett; son, Randall P. Lett; and
brother, Dennis Preston. Survivors include three daughters, Myrna J. Gomez ,
Rita Rebstein, and Sherry Wolfe; a special friend who was like a daughter, Ruth
Ann Whitley; 12 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandchild; and three special cousins. Burial June 16, 2005 in
Miller Memorial Gardens, Miller, Ohio.
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DIED - JUNE 15, 2005 ** REX WALTERS, 88, of Lenore,
at his home. Born October 4, 1916 in Redwine, Ky, a son of the late Charles and
Nancy Lemaster Walters. Survivors include a son, Jerry Walters; a daughter,
Helen Muncy; four grandsons; and five great-grandchildren.
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DIED - JUNE 17, 2005 ** EVA MAY MARTIN HAMER, 95,
of Kenova, at Woodlands Retirement Community. Born November 6, 1909, in Kenova,
to the late John Randolph Martin and Edith Hatten Martin. Preceded in death by
her husband, Joe Fisher Hamer; two brothers, Kenneth and Tom Martin; and a
sister, Sarah Helen Martin. Survivors include her daughter, Jane Hamer Cross and
her husband, John Cross; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several
very special nieces and nephews; and her loving friend, Leola Dale Frazier of
Huntington. Eva May was the oldest living descendent of Wiley Hatten. Burial was
in Woodmere Memorial Park in Huntington, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 18, 2005 ** ROXIE LaDONNA WELLS, 54, of
Dunlow, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia. Born May 14,
1951 at Paintsville, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Charles Nelson and Opal
Whitt Arrington. Survivors include her husband, Lonzo Lee Wells; a daughter,
Rebecca Sue McGee; a grandson, Bailon McGee; a sister, Yvette Copley; a brother,
Phillip Theis; and a special nephew, Willie Jay Copley.
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DIED - JUNE 18, 2005 ** EDWARD "BUG" ADKINS, 77, of
Wayne, at home. Born Oct 25, 1927, in Stiltner, W.Va., a son of the late Noah
and Martha Adkins. Preceded in death by his grandson, B. J. Adkins; four
brothers, Howard, Seburn, Hatten and Harmon Adkins; and three sisters, Hannah,
Zona and Ada Beatrice. Survivors include his wife, Mary Watts Adkins; sons,
Orvel (Judy) Adkins, Braxton (Charlott) Adkins, Charles (Kathy) Adkins, Thurman
Adkins, Timothy Adkins, Joseph Adkins and Noah Adkins; daughters, Martha
(Arthur) Maynard, Pamela Adkins and Sharon (Brent) Thompson; brothers, Ray
Adkins, N. P. Adkins, Clyde Adkins, Clifford Adkins and Glen Roy Adkins;
sisters, Mary Cooper and Janie Watts; 12 grandchildren; and 16
great-grandchildren. Burial was in Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne.
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Died - JUNE 19, 2005 ** GARLAND T. WEBB, 80, of
Wayne, West Virginia, in King's Daughters Medical Center, Ashland, Kentucky.
Born March 11,1925, in Genoa, West Virginia, a son of the late Vernie and Jennie
Clark Webb. Preceded in death by two sisters, Madeline Wallace and Dorothy
Wilson. Survivors include his wife, Lou F. Webb; a son, Gregory Webb and wife,
Karen; three daughters, Rhonda Arthur and husband Ron, Sheryl Fry and husband
Forster, and Lisa Dean and husband John; a sister, Lucille Cassidy ; two
brothers, Clyde Webb, and Homer Webb; five grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren. Burial June 21, 2005 in the Smith Cemetery near Sidney,
West Virginia.
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DIED - JUNE 19, 2005 ** BOBBY JOE FRASHER, 68, of
Fort Gay, W.Va., at his residence. Born May 22, 1937, a son of the late Barney
and Edith Marshall Frasher. Preceded in death by a son, Robert J. Frasher.
Survivors include his wife, Marilyn Dixon Frasher; a son Timothy Frasher and his
wife Beverly Sue; and a daughter, Jennifer "Sas" and her husband David Caudill;
siblings, Pearly Glen Frasher, Ralph D. Frasher, Denver Frasher, Dora Gilkerson,
Vivian Hoosier, Phyllis Fetherolf, June Taylor, Debbie Hatton and Opal Thompson;
nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Burial was June 22. 2005, in the
Christian Cemetery, Fort Gay, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 19, 2005 ** WILLIAM T. "BILL" CHANEY JR.,
60, of Ceredo, W.Va., at the VA
Medical Center in Huntington. Born March 23, 1945, in Huntington to William
Tracy Chaney Sr. and Velma Lambert Chaney. Survivors include his wife, Connie
Clutters Chaney; two daughters and sons-in-law, Deana and Scott Milum and Andi
and Tim Miller; two granddaughters; two grandsons; four sisters, Barbara Klijian,
Jo Ann Hemann, Patricia (Dillard) Lykins and Carol (Russ) Gibson; a brother,
John (Debbie) Chaney; sister-in-law Beverly Clutters; and many nieces and
nephews. Burial was in Spring Valley Memory Gardens, Huntington.
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DIED - JUNE 19, 2005 ** AUDREY THACKER PLYMALE, 95,
of Kenova, in Grayson, Ky. Born October 24, 1909, in Wayne County, to James and
Ida Hutchinson Thacker. Preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd V. Plymale.
Survivors include one brother, James E. Thacker; one niece, Patricia Dawn
McGlone; a nephew, Ralph Langley; two great-nieces and five great-nephews.
Graveside services were conducted June 25, 2005 at Dock's Creek Cemetery in
Kenova.
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DIED - JUNE 19, 2005 ** NADINE MAYNARD, 73, of
Lodi, OH, at her home. Born in Boardland to Irvin and Hazel Fletcher Branham.
Preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Marcus; a daughter, Daphine; a
grandson, Glenn Maynard; a sister, Flo Holbrook. Survivors include five
daughters, Patresia Nordick, Margaret Star, Alice Church, Annette Robinette, and
Iris Gerber; three sons, Jesse, Louis and Curtis Maynard; 14 grandchildren, nine
great-grandchildren; three sisters and four brothers.
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DIED - JUNE 19, 2005 ** LESTER NELSON, 90, of
Ranger, W.Va., at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born January 13,1915, a son of the
late Hurston and Viola Lovejoy Nelson. Preceded in death by his first wife,
Elizabeth Hale Nelson; his second wife, Mary Lewis Nelson; and six brothers and
sisters. Survivors include two daughters, Judy and George Middleton and Mary
Adams; three sons, Jack Nelson, Gorman Nelson and Woody Lewis and his wife
Vickie; five sisters, Hester Wiley, Burnice Vance, Essie Adkins, Elvie Maynard,
and Garnett Huff; two half sisters, Magdeline and Eva; one brother, Olan Nelson;
13 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Burial
was at Highland Memory Gardens, Chapmanville, W.Va.
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DIED - JUNE 19, 2005 ** WAYNE ALFRED "PEG" STILTNER,
of Fanrock. Born August 8, 1921 in Wayne County, the son of the late Lee and
Maudie Ferguson Stiltner. Survivors include his wife, Jo Nell Boswell Stiltner;
three sons, Ronnie, Allen and Kenny Stiltner; two daughters, Maudie Kinser and
Judy Browning; four stepsons; a stepdaughter, a sister, Geraldine Watts; 15
grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; two great-great- grandchi1dren; 16
step-grandchildren; and 16 step-great-grandchildren. Burial was in the Edgar
Maynard Cemetery in Genoa.
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DIED - JUNE 19, 2005 ** SALENA FAYE ROWE, 65 of
Barboursville, at Select Specialty Hospital in Charleston, WV. Born February 1,
1940 in Wayne, WV, a daughter of the late Gilbert Stanley and Myrtle Hazelett
Cade. Preceded in death by her late husband, Henry Harless Jr. ; an infant
daughter, Sarah Jane Rowe; three brothers, Dana Cade, Gilbert Stanley Cade, Jr.
and Herbert Cade. Survivors include her husband, Clarence Lee Rowe; two
daughters, Pamela Jean Barker and husband, Rex, Brenda Lee Hair; a son Larry Joe
Harless and former wife, Sheree; a sister, Lyda Mae Perdue; a brother, John Cade
and wife, Violet; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandson. Burial was at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Wayne, WV.
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DIED - JUNE 20, 2005 ** CLARA REED CROCKETT HUNTER,
86, of Huntington, West Virginia, at Mariner Health of Huntington. Born March 8,
1919, at Wayne, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Roland and Maude Ella
Bailey Crockett. Preceded in death by her husband, Charles Marshall Hunter; two
sisters, Geneda Moore and Dorletha Adkins; and two brothers, Victor Crockett and
Allen Crockett. Survivors include two sisters, Mary Adkins, and Geneva Miller
and husband Carl; a special niece, Linda K. Hill and husband Tommy "Butch" Hill,
and other nieces and nephews. Burial was at White Chapel Memorial Gardens,
Barboursville, West Virginia.
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DIED - JUNE 20, 2005 ** NANCY ANN MOONEY, 84, of
Huntington, WV, at St. Mary's Medical Center. Born April 25, 1921 in Huntington,
WV, a daughter of the late Henry and Maryland Rowe Bartram. Preceded in death by
her husband, Forrest Lee Mooney; seven sisters, Martha Bowden, Pearl Justice,
Ethel Arthur, Stella Meade, Emma McComas, Sarah McComas and Rose Rowe; and four
brothers, Freelin, John, Shelby and Jennings Bartram. Survivors include four
sons, Robert Lee Cook and wife, Patsy, Rev. Roger Lynn Mooney and wife, Alice,
James Neil Mooney and wife, Sandy, and John David Mooney; nine grandchildren and
ten great-grandchildren. Burial was at White Chapel Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - JUNE 21, 2005 ** MARY A. THOMPSON, 73, of
Huntington, at her home. Born December 20, 1931, in Wayne County, West Virginia,
to Mont and Zella Thacker David. Preceded in death by a great-granddaughter,
Kennedy Hazlett. Survivors include her husband, Glen V. Thompson; two daughters
and one son-in-law, Dena and Shelby Hazlett and Teresa Hazlett; five
granddaughters; four great-grandchildren; five sisters, Blanche Burton, Glenna
Sturm, Jean Meade, Barbara Slone and Freda Davis; three brothers, Ken Davis,
Ralph Davis and Mack Davis; several nieces and nephews. Burial June 24, 2005, in
the Hazlett Family Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 21, 2005 ** HAROLD F. "SMITTY" SMITH SR.,
in St. Mary's Medical Center. Born February 17, 1935, in Ceredo, a son of
the late James Dewey and Mamie Neal Smith. Preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie
Jean Duncan Smith; a brother, James Dewey Smith Jr. Survivors include four
children, Barbara Hileman and her husband, Kenny, Harold F. "Frank" Smith Jr.
and his wife, Lana, Richard Allen "Richie" Smith, and Frank Mishoe and his wife,
Cindy; six grandchildren; a step-granddaughter; five great-grandchildren; 10
sisters and brothers, Nanna Mae Smith, Mary Kelley, Wilma Hale, Art Smith,
Charles "Shorty" Smith, Zeke Smith, Eugene Smith, Roger Lee Smith, Doug Smith
and Howard Smith. Burial was in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Ceredo.
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DIED - JUNE 21, 2005 ** JEWEL PLYMALE SHINGLETON,
97, at St. Mary's Medical Center. Born on January 14, 1908, the daughter of
William Edward and Leah Plymale. Preceded in death by her husband, Paul Cyrus
Shingleton; sisters Roxie Drown, Pauline Moss and Hope Plymale; brothers, Glover
Plymale, Wayne Plymale, and Lewis Plymale. Survivors include her daughter,
Sharon Joy Curnutte and her husband Dr. L. Douglas Curnutte; four grandsons; and
five great-grandchildren; her sister, Mary Garst; and many nieces and nephews.
Interment was in the Dock's Creek Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 21, 2005 ** DONALD GRAY HILLMAN, 79, of
Louisa. Born August 10, 1925, a son of the late Robert Lee Hillman and Dosha
Hammond Hillman. Survivors include three sons, Don, Dean and Scott Hillman; one
sister, Lois McGlone; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Burial was at
the Greenlawn Cemetery.
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DIED - JUNE 23, 2005 ** A. SCOTT WHITT, 60, of
Lavalette, WV, at St. Mary's Medical Center. Born March 31, 1945 in Logan, WV, a
son of the late Denver Evans and Martha Ann Carter Whitt. Survivors include his
wife, Elizabeth Ann "Liz" Queen Whitt; two daughters, Tasha Justice and husband,
Jay, Olivia Fry and husband, Tucker; a son Jason Whitt and wife, Christy; two
granddaughters; a step-grandson; two sisters, Donna Sullivan and husband, Tim,
Jo Etta Wagner and husband, Herb; two brothers, Ronnie Whitt, Coda Whitt and
wife, Kate. Burial was at Woodmere Memorial Park.
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DIED - JUNE 23, 2005 ** ELIZABETH S. "BETTY" WILLIAMSON,
90, of Ceredo, W.Va., widow of Earl Williamson, at her residence. Born March 10,
1915, in Huntington, a daughter of the late William and Bessie Fillinger Seeley.
Survivors include her cousins, Dorothy Wurts and Helen Johnson, Helen Gill,
James Wurts, Michael Wurts, Phillip Wurts and Ellen Davidson, Martha Combs and
Marilyn Lee. Graveside services were June 27 in the Highland Cemetery,
Huntington.
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DIED - JUNE 25, 2005 ** THOMAS R. SARTIN, 59, of
Crum, W.Va., at his residence. Born October 29, 1945 in Mingo County, W.Va., the
son of the late Bill Sartin and Ira Brewer Sartin. Survivors include his
brothers Everett Sartin, Paul and wife Alberta Sartin, and Danny Sartin; his
sisters Billie Joe and husband Paul Robinett, Sue and husband Wallace Spaulding
, Ila Faye and husband Wayne Crawford, and Debbie and husband Berney Tullis.
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DIED - JUNE 25, 2005 ** SAMUEL TROGDON, 81, of
Lavalette, W.Va., at his residence. Born November 1, 1923 at Wayne, West
Virginia, a son of the late George "Hop" and Ida Belle Booth Trogdon. Preceded
in death by six sisters, Madge Dean, Hazel Wheeler, Marie Daniels, Bessie
Trogdon, May Trogdon and Fay Trogdon; and two brothers, Ed Trogdon and Walter
Trogdon. Survivors include his wife, Anna Jean Newman Trogdon; a daughter,
Barbara Sue Trogdon; and a sister, Sadie Spurlock. Burial was at the Mays
Cemetery, Lavalette.
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DIED - JUNE 27, 2005 ** GERTRUDE SMITH, 83, of
Ceredo, West Virginia, at Mariner Health of Huntington. Born September 9, 1921
in Wayne County, a daughter of the late James and Lucy O'Dell Staley. Preceded
in death by her husband, Golden Smith; a sister, Myrtle Staley; and a brother,
Benny Staley. Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Jervis and husband, Jack,
and Sarah DeBoard and husband, Ed; a son, Bascom E. Smith and wife, Kermalou;
two sisters, Leah Sykes, and Blanche Staley; two brothers, Donald A. Staley, and
Lowell "Red" Staley; twenty-six grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren, and
two great-great-grandchildren. Burial was at Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne.
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DIED - JUNE 27, 2005 ** GLADYS B. SMITH, 96, from
Huntington, W.Va. Born October 5, 1908, in House, New Mexico Territory, the
daughter of the late Laban and Florence Bartram. Preceded in death by her
husband, Tom Smith and two brothers, Clarence and Clyde Bartram. Surviving are
three daughters and sons-in-law, Christine and Morty Pilcher and Thomasine and
Tom Crossan, and Brenda and John McMillan; and one son and daughter-in-law,
William (Bill) and Dorothy Smith; 12 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; six
great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Mary E. Bartram and one sister-in-law,
Mary Louise Bartram. Burial was in the Smith Family Cemetery in Wayne County.
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DIED - JUNE 27, 2005 ** OPAL E. WALKER, 88, of
Huntington, West Virginia, at St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington, West
Virginia. Born February 5, 1917 in Wayne County. She was the widow of Walter
Walker. Survivors include two daughters, Betty Riley and husband, Zimmerman, and
Margaret Keigley; six sons, Billy Mays and wife, Shirley, Ted Mays, Jack Mays
and wife, Brenda, Larry Mays, John Walker and wife, Cathy, and Michael Walker;
three brothers, Keith Mays, Glenn Mays, Clifford Mays; and a sister, Delores
Harmon; seventeen grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren, and three
great-great-grandchildren. Burial was June 30, 2005, at Mount Vernon Cemetery,
Wayne.
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DIED - JUNE 28, 2005 ** MARY POLAND, 68 of
Cleveland, OH, at Parkside Villa in Middleburg Heights, OH. Born October 10,
1936 in Wayne, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Roy and Hester Spurlock
Ashworth. Preceded in death by two sisters, Emily McSweeney and Irene Phillips;
6 brothers, Eugene, Alvie, Walter, Roy, Jr., Ivan and Raymond Ashworth.
Survivors include three daughters, Jill Obeshain and husband, Jim, Kathy Bond
and husband, Ralph, Sheila Poland; one son, James Poland; three sisters, Marie
Shavor, Jane Hicks, and JoAnn Fedorav; one brother, Glen Ashworth; six
grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Burial was July 2, 2005, at Spurlock
Cemetery, Wayne, WV.
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Died - JUNE 28, 2005 ** MILLARD PORTER, 46, of
Kermit. Born October 31, 1958, a son of the late Bill and Fern Chaffin.
Survivors include his former wife, Charlotte Spence; a son, Justin Porter; three
daughters, Megan Porter, Kandice Porter and Mirand Davis; one brother, Crit
Hall; five sisters, Mary Davis, Gail Stake, Lottie Quin, Helen Johnson and
Juanita Deskins. Burial was in the Chaffin Cemetery in Warfield, KY.
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DIED - June 28, 2005 ** PHARO "OZZIE" OSBORN, 83,
Born July 18, 1921 in Fort Gay, WV.
Preceded in death by his parents, Etta Dean Osborn and A.V. "Doc" Osborn; and
five sisters and
two brothers. Survivors include his wife, Jane Hope Skinner; three children, a
son, Glenn, and 2 daughters, Carolyn (Robert) Orchid and Sharon (Carlo) Cameron
Battaglini; eight grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
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DIED - JUNE 29, 2005 ** MICHAEL TODD SAUNDERS, 35,
of Prichard, West Virginia. Born August 24, 1969 at Huntington, West Virginia, a
son of Patty Lou Fuller Nottingham of Huntington, West Virginia, and the late
Kenneth Ray Saunders. Preceded in death by an aunt, Betty Michaels, and all of
his grandparents. Survivors include his wife, Ora Renea Crum Saunders; five
daughters, Whitley Boyes and Brittani Saunders, Tia Adkins, Norna Saunders and
Kenda Saunders; a sister, April Saunders; two brothers, Ken Saunders and wife,
Jennifer, and Jeff Saunders; one niece; four nephews; uncles and aunts include
Carmal Saunders and wife, Roberta, and Charles Saunders, Paul Saunders, Sadie
Hazlett and husband, Arnold, Fern Kegley and husband, Randy, Faye Perry, Paul
Fuller and wife, Joanne, and Bobby Fuller and wife, Linda; a mother-in-law,
Bonnie J. Crum and friend, Wetzel Adkins; a father-in-law, Paul Crum. Burial was
at the Greasy Ridge Cemetery, Dunlow, West Virginia.