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May 11, 2008 @ 05:55 PM

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KATHLEEN T. ADKINS, 82, of Holden, W.Va., widow of Sylford Adkins, died Saturday at home. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Evans Funeral Home, Chapmanville, W.Va. Burial will follow at Highland Memorial Gardens, Godby, W.Va. Visitation will be after 10 a.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home.

DOROTHY P. BIRD, 77, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Saturday at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, at Wilcoxen Funeral Home, Point Pleasant. Burial will be at Kirkland Memorial Gardens, Point Pleasant. Visitation is from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

MARGARET ELOISE GLANCY FOUNTAIN BLAKE of Huntington, W.Va., widow of Denver Theodore Blake, died Saturday at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Reger Funeral Chapel, Huntington.  Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Huntington. Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. 

CAROLYN SUE LOVEJOY DORTON, 57, formerly of Lawrence County, Ohio, wife of Eddie Dorton, Jr., died Friday at Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation, North Carolina. Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville, Ohio, is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

PAUL FLORA, 75, of Ashton, W.Va., died Sunday in the Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehab Center, Point Pleasant, W.Va. Deal Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete. 

BILLY KENNETH GORDON, 78, of Barboursville, W.Va., died Friday. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Visitation is from 6  to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. www.timeformemory.com/wallace.

KAREN L. HUDSON, 54, of Cheshire, Ohio, wife of Les R. Hudson, died Sunday at home. She was a registered nurse at the Holzer Senior Care Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Willis Funeral Home, Gallipolis. Burial will follow at the Addison-Reynolds Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. www.willisfuneralhome.com

BILLIE JONES, 53, of Chesapeake, Ohio, died Sunday in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Schneider-Griffin Funeral Home, Chesapeake, is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

EDNA B. KOUNS, 88, of Ashland, Ky., widow of Cecil Willard Kouns, died Saturday at Community Hospice Care Center, Ashland. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Steen Funeral Home, Ashland. Burial will be at Kouns Family Cemetery. Visitation is from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday. www.steenfuneralhomes.com.

OLEY FRANK LEFFINGWELL, 69, of Proctorville, Ohio, husband of Sharon Moore Leffingwell, died Friday, in Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville. Burial will follow in Rome Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. www.timeformemory.com/hall

HARVEY MIDKIFF, 62, of Harts, W.Va., died Sunday at Charleston Area Medical Center General Division, Charleston, W.Va. Evans Funeral Home, Chapmanville, W.Va., is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

PHILLIPS KEITH MURPHY, 52, of Milton, W.Va., died Saturday at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville, W.Va., is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

DELBERT ROLLINS, 78, of Leon, W.Va., died Saturday at home. Deal Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, W.Va., is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

FRANKLIN THOMAS ROSE, 45, of Sias, W.Va., died Thursday, at the Washington Hospital in Washington, P.A. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday, at Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin, W.Va. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home.

MONTE RAY ROSS, 49, of Huntington, W.Va., husband of Pamela J. Ross, died Saturday in Cabell Huntington Hospital. He was a 24-year employee of W.Va. Laborers Union No. 543. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Reger Funeral Chapel, Huntington. Burial will follow in Flowers Cemetery, Huntington. Visitation is from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. 

TYRONE K. SAUNDERS, 52, of Barboursville, W.Va., husband of Dorothy Marie Saunders, died Wednesday at Hospice House of Huntington. Funeral service will be at noon Wednesday at Apostolic Life Cathedral, Guyandotte, W.Va. Burial will be at Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va. Visitation is from 11 to noon Wednesday.

LOIS MARIE STARKWEATHER, 82, of Proctorville, Ohio, widow of Cecil Starkweather, died Saturday at Heartland of Riverview, South Point, Ohio. Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville, is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

JAMES FREDERICK THOMPSON, 75, of Logan, W.Va., widower of Betty Thompson, died Saturday. He was a retired fire chief from the Logan Fire Department and former Logan County Fire Commissioner. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin, W.Va. Burial will follow at Lincoln Memorial Park, Hamlin. Visitation is two hours prior to services. 
 
VICTORIA T. VERMILYEA, 87, of Ironton, Ohio, widow George H. Vermilyea, died Saturday at Kings Daughters Medical Center, Ashland, Ky. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ironton. Visitation will be 11 to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. 

JOYCE SPAULDING YORK, 75, of Dingess, W.Va., widow of Olen L. York, Sr., died Friday at home. Funeral service will be 7 p.m. Thursday at Chapmanville Church of God, Chapmanville, W.Va. Visitation is one hour prior to services. Evans Funeral Home, Chapmanville, is in charge of arrangements.