Tuesday afternoon obituary update

The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Check back at 4:30 p.m. for more updated information on area deaths, and read Wednesday’s Herald-Dispatch and www.herald-dispatch.com.

LEO JACK BUTCHER, 78, of South Point, Ohio, husband of Ruby Butcher, died Monday in St. Mary’s Medical Center. He was a blacksmith. Funeral service 1 p.m. Thursday, Schneider-Griffin Funeral Home, Chesapeake, Ohio; burial at Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. www.schneidergriffin.com.

LONA H. COLLINSWORTH, 91, of Ashland, Ky., died Tuesday in Boyd Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was a homemaker. Funeral service noon Thursday, Miller Funeral Home, Ashland; burial at Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens, Ashland. Visitation one hour before service Thursday at the funeral home.

BETTY VIRGINIA GODSEY, 80, of Ashland, Ky., daughter of Anna Pauline Slogic Godsey Fannin of Ashland, died Monday in Wurtland (Ky.) Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral service 11 a.m. Thursday, Steen Funeral Home, Central Avenue Chapel, Ashland; burial at Ashland Cemetery. Visitation one hour before service Thursday at the funeral home. www.steenfuneralhomes.com.

HELEN C. THOMPSON GRAHAM formerly of Ashland, Ky., widow of Joseph R. Graham, died Monday. She was a freelance reporter in Ohio. Funeral service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Snyder Funeral Home, Mansfield, Ohio; entombment at Oak Grove Mausoleum, Lexington, Ohio. . Visitation locally will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Miller Funeral Home, Ashland. Contributions may be made to Community Hospice, Ashland, or Richland County Genealogy Society, Mansfield, Ohio.

GLADYS IRENE HART, 82, of Leon, W.Va., died Tuesday at home. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Mount Zion Cemetery. There is no visitation. Deal Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, W.Va., is assisting the family.

KELSEY REBECCA KUHN, 15, of Barboursville, W.Va., died April 2. Funeral service 11 a.m. Friday, Wallace Funeral Home and Chapel, Barboursville; burial at Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Huntington, W.Va. Visitation from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. www.timeformemory.com/wallace.

AGNES B. JOHNSON, 87, formerly of Ashland, Ky., died Saturday in Odyssey House, Palm Desert, Calif. She was a retired teacher. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Steen Funeral Home, 13th Street Chapel, Ashland. There is no public service.  www.steenfuneralhomes.com.

BRIAN JOYCE, 33, of Pikeville, Ky., died Monday. Funeral service 11 a.m. Thursday, J.W. Call Funeral Home Chapel, Pikeville; burial at Ratliff Cemetery, Shelby Gap, Ky. Visitation after 6 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Donations may be made to Immanuel Baptist Church, 5469 North Mayo Trail, Pikeville, KY 41501. www.jwcallfuneralhome.com.

ADA FAYE MIDKIFF LAWSON, 89, of Hamlin, W.Va., widow of Robert Lawson, died Sunday in Lincoln Nursing and Rehabilitation. Funeral service 7 p.m. Thursday, McGhee-Handley Funeral Home, West Hamlin, W.Va.; burial 11 a.m. Friday, Slone Cemetery, Pleasant View, W.Va. Visitation after 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

KIMBERLY ANN REID, formerly of Huntington, soul mate of Ronald S. Gomez, died Sunday in Our Lady of the Lakes Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, La. Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, is in charge of arrangements. www.chapmans-mortuary.com.    

BONNIE TRACY of Huntington, W.Va., wife of Bill Tracy, died Monday at home. Beard Mortuary, Huntington, is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.