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Friday night obituary update
The following obituaries were provided by local funeral homes. Read our complete obituaries in The Herald-Dispatch Saturday and at www.herald-dispatch.com.
ALICE ADAMS, 90, of Chapmanville, W.Va., died Jan. 26 in Trinity Health Care Services, Logan, W.Va. She was a retired schoolteacher. Memorial service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Strike Bible Church. Graveside service 3 .m. Monday, Highland Memory Gardens, Godby, W.Va. Arrangements at Evans Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Chapmanville.
CHARLES ADKINS JR., 55, of Wayne, W.Va., brother of Tammy Miller of Wayne, died Jan. 25. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Monday, Morris Funeral Home, Wayne; burial at Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation two hours before service Monday at the funeral home.
IRA LEONARD BECKETT JR., 80, of Ona, W.Va., died Jan. 26 in St. Mary's Medical Center. He retired from Union Carbide. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Sunday, Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville; burial at Ridgelawn Memorial Park. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home www.timeformemory.com/wallace.
SHARON LYNN BROWN, 61, of Ashland, Ky., formerly of Wurtland, Ky., daughter of Paul Dennis of Wurtland, died Jan. 27 in Community Hospice Care Center. She formerly worked at Armco Steel and at Sears. Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Monday, Bellefonte Memorial Gardens, Flatwoods, Ky. Arrangements by Preston Family Funeral Home, Ashland. Memorials may be made to Community Hospice, 1538 Central Ave., Ashland, KY 41101.
DAVID CECIL, 32, of Harold, Ky., son of Steve Allen Akers and Doris Cecil, died Jan. 24 in Decatur, Ga. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday, Upper Toler Creek Church of Christ, Harold; burial at Akers Cemetery, Harold. Visitation after 3 p.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements by Nelson Frazier Funeral Home.
VIRGINIA V. ARTHUR CLINE, 93, of Huntington, widow of Herbert Cline, died Jan. 26 at Heritage Center, Huntington. She retired from Owens-Illinois. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Monday, Rollins Funeral Home, Kenova. Private burial. www.rollinsfh.com.
ELEANOR DAMRON, 71, of Zaleski, Ohio, formerly of Dunlow, W.Va., died Jan. 26. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Dunlow Freewill Baptist Church; burial in Marcum Cemetery, Genoa, W.Va. Visitation after 6 p.m. Sunday at the church. Arrangements at Johnson Tiller Funeral Home, Wayne.
ANN MARIE HOWELL DeROSSETT, 82, of Prestonsburg, Ky., wife of Merlon DeRossett, died Jan. 27 at home. She was a homemaker. Funeral service will be noon Monday, Nelson Frazier Funeral Home, Martin, Ky.; burial at Merlon DeRossett Cemetery, Prestonsburg. Visitation after 5 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
SYBIL PEARL HARLESS JACKS, 88, of Chesapeake, Ohio, widow of Charles L. Jacks, died Jan. 27 in Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, Huntington, W.Va. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Monday, Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville, Ohio; burial at Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point, Ohio. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. www.timeformemory.com/hall.
MARIE LEWIS, 83, of Greenup, Ky., widow of Vincent Elwood Lewis, died Jan. 27 in Woodland Oaks, Ashland, Ky. She was owner of Marie’s Beauty Salon in Greenup. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday, First Baptist Church, Greenup; burial at Williams-Turner Cemetery, Elliottville, Ky. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Reed Funeral Home, Greenup.
BILL MITCHELL, 94, of Verner, W.Va., husband of Emma Browning Mitchell, died Jan. 26. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Sunday, Man (W.Va.) Church of the Nazarene; burial at Highland Memory Gardens, Godby, W.Va. Visitation from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements by Krantz-McNeely Funeral Home, Man. www.krantzmcneely funeralhome.com
JERRY MICHAEL MOORE, 51, of Garrett, Ky., son of Clinton Jones of Wayland, Ky., and Alice Moore Pack of Garrett, died Jan. 25 in St. Joseph Martin. He was a retired carpenter. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Monday, Nelson Frazier Funeral Home, Martin, Ky.; burial at Moore Family Cemetery, Lackey, Ky. Visitation after noon Saturday at the funeral home.
WILLIAM L. RITTENOUR, 90, of Huntington, W.Va., died Jan. 26 in St. Mary's Medical Center. Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, is in charge of arrangements. www.chapmans-mortuary.com
DONALD W. ROBERTS, 63, of South Point, Ohio, husband of Linda Wooten Roberts, died Jan. 25 in Kings Daughter's Medical Center, Ashland, Ky. He worked at South Point Utilities. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Sunday, Slack and Wallace Funeral Home, South Point; burial at Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. www.slackandwallace.com.
DOROTHY M. VanHOOSE, 90, of Nipa, Ky., widow of Mitchell Lee VanHoose, died Jan. 26 in HRMC. She had been a maid at the Heart o’ Highland Motel. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Preston Funeral Home Chapel, Paintsville, Ky.; burial at VanHoose Cemetery, Nippa. Visitation after 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
FLORENCE RUNYON WARD, 84, of Catlettsburg, Ky., widow of Jack Ward, died Jan. 26 at home. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Monday, Neal Funeral Home, Catlettsburg; burial in Catlettsburg Cemetery. Visiting hours will be 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. www.kilgorecollierfuneralhome.com.
VELMA WATTS, 95, of Proctorville, Ohio, widow of Clarence Watts, died Jan. 27 in Four Winds Community, Jackson, Ohio. She was organist for Abundant life Church and Schneider-Griffin Funeral Home. Graveside service will be noon Monday, Rome Cemetery Mausoleum, Proctorville. Private visitation. Arrangements by Schneider-Griffin Funeral Home, Chesapeake, Ohio. www.schneidergriffin.com.
