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Monday night obituary update
The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Read our complete obituaries in the Tuesday Herald-Dispatch and at www.herald-dispatch.com.
ETHEL LOLA ADKINS, 80, of Huntington, W.Va., widow of Harlie Edmond Adkins, died Saturday at home. She was a homemaker. Funeral service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville, Ohio; burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Huntington. Visitation one hour before service Tuesday at the funeral home. www.timeformemory.com/Hall.
RUBY BERRY, 79, formerly of Louisa, Ky., currently of Ostrander, Ohio, widow of Bascom Berry, died Monday in Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. She was a homemaker. Funeral service 1 p.m. Thursday, Wilson Funeral Home, Louisa; burial at Cyrus Cemetery, Louisa. Visitation after 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. www.timeformemory.com/wilson.
FINIS EDMOND BYRD, 62, of West Liberty, Ky., husband of Donna Crance Byrd, died Sunday in King’s Daughters Medical Center. He was self-employed in construction. Funeral service 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Steen Funeral Home, 13th Street Chapel, Ashland, Ky.; burial 3 p.m. Wednesday, Byrd Family Cemetery, West Liberty. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. www.steenfuneralhomes.com.
RUTH CLARK, 88, of Huntington, W.Va., widow of Charles C. Clark, died Saturday, in Fort Sanders Regional Hospital, Knoxville, Tenn. She was a homemaker. Graveside funeral service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Woodmere Memorial Park, Abbey of Peace, Huntington. Visitation one hour before service at the Abbey. There will be no procession to the cemetery. Reger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorials should be directed to the American Diabetes Association or the American Heart Association.
ELLIZABETH HARDESTY COBURN, 75, of Huntington, W.Va., widow of Chester R. Hardesty and Jerry Coburn, died Sunday at St. Mary's Medical Center. Graveside funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, W.Va. There will be no visitation nor procession to the cemetery. Reger Funeral Home, Huntington, is in charge of arrangements.
BETTY JANE NEUMEYER COURTS, 85, of Culloden, W.Va., wife of Cecil Courts Sr., died Sunday in Huntington Hospice House. She was former secretary of Courts Motors. Funeral service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Wallace Funeral Home, Milton, W.Va.; burial at Valley View Memorial Park. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. www.timeformemory.com/wallace.
THURL DALTON, 81, of Greenup, Ky., formerly of Harts, W.Va., husband of Beatrice Lucas Dalton, died Saturday in Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital. He retired from CSX Transportation. Funeral service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Evans Funeral Home, Chapmanville, W.Va.; burial at Dalton Cemetery, Little Harts, W.Va. Visitation from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
FRANCES E. JUSTICE, 70, of Ironton, Ohio, widow of Lowell Odie Justice, died Thursday in Ashland Community Hospice Care. She was a retired schoolteacher. Funeral service was July 20, at Phillips Funeral Home, Ironton; burial at Woodland Cemetery, Ironton. www.phillispfuneralhome.net.
RUTH SLEEMAN KRIPPENE, 88, of Huntington, W.Va., widow of Lewis William Krippene, died Sunday in Huntington Hospice House. She was dietetic director at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., and taught Home Economics at Chesapeake (Ohio) High School. Graveside service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington. There is no visitation. Klingel Carpenter Mortuary, Huntington, is in charge of arrangements. www.klingelcarpenter.com. Memorials should be directed to Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, Huntington.
ALICE MARIE MOORE, 50, of Ashland, Ky., wife of Paul Micheal Moore, died Saturday in King’s Daughters Medical Center. She was a homemaker. Funeral service 1 p.m. Wednesday, United Christian Holiness Tabernacle Church. Visitation after 5 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Lazear Funeral Home, Ashland, is in charge of arrangements.
HOWARD F. PULLIN, 87, of Huntington, W.Va., died Sunday in Chateau Grove Person Care Home, Barboursville, W.Va. He retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Graveside service 3 p.m. Thursday, Suncrest Cemetery, Point Pleasant, W.Va. Visitation from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Beard Mortuary, Huntington. www.beardmortuary.com.
ERMA GRAY RAINEY, 93, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Sunday in Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Deal Funeral Home, Point Pleasant; burial at Suncrest Cemetery, Point Pleasant. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
JOHN ALLEN ROLLINS, 56, of Charleston, W.Va., formerly of Kenova, W.Va., died Sunday in Charleston. He was a senior partner of Lewis, Glasser, Casey and Rollins, PLLC. Funeral service 11 a.m. Wednesday, St. Matthews Episcopal Church, Charleston. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Commons of Charleston Catholic High School. Memorials should be directed to the Buckskin Council, Boy Scouts of America, 2829 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston, WV 25311 or to the building fund at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, 36 Norwood Road, Charleston, WV 25314. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Rollins Funeral Home, Kenova, W.Va. www.rollinsfh.com.
AVALON G. ROUSH, 89, of Gallipolis, Ohio, wife of Lew W. Roush, died Sunday in Holzer Senior Care. She was a homemaker. Funeral service noon Wednesday, First Presbyterian Church, Gallipolis; entombment at Ohio Valley Memorial Gardens Chapel of Hope Mausoleum. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Willis Funeral Home, Gallipolis. www.willisfuneralhome.com. Memorials should be directed to First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund, 51 State St., Gallipolis, OH 45631.
JOE T. SINGER, 75, of Proctorville, Ohio, widower of Corine Singer, died Saturday at home. He retired from Rick Eplion Paving. Funeral service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville; burial at Rome Cemetery, Proctorville. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
THELMA CORINNE SMITH, 93, of Huntington, W.Va., widow of James Everett Smith, died Sunday in Huntington Hospice House. She retired from St. Mary’s Hospital. Funeral service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Guyandotte United Methodist Church; burial at Highland Cemetery. Visitation two hours before service Wednesday at the church. Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, is assisting the family. www.chapmans-mortuary.com.
CATHERINE GERALDINE HOBBS THOMPSON, 80, of Ashland, Ky., widow of Walker Thompson, died Sunday in Ashland Community Hospice Care. She was retired vice president and office manager of Boyd Service Inc. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Steen Funeral Home Central Avenue Chapel, Ashland. www.steenfueralhomes.com. Funeral service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Manakee Funeral Home, Elizabethtown, Ky.; burial at Elizabethtown Memorial Gardens. Memorials should be directed to First Baptist Church of Ashland, 1701 Winchester Ave., Ashland, KY 41101 or American Cancer Society, 4338 13th St., Ashland, KY 41102.
