EFFIE DARBY, 89, of Wayne, died May 25 at Wayne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Johnson Tiller Funeral Home; burial at Community Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service. 

CATHERINE IRENE DEER, 83, of Huntington, died May 23 at Huntington Health and Rehabilitation Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio. 

DENNIS JAMES SMITH, 66, of Milton, died May 19. Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Keaton Cemetery. Wallace Funeral Home, Milton, is in charge of arrangements. 

DIWANA LYNN LOVEJOY, 48, of Huntington, died May 22 at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio; burial at Miller Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. www.ehallfuneralhome.com.

FREDA BRUMFIELD STRATTON, 90, of Harts, W.Va., widow of Rev. Clarence Stratton, died May 23 at her residence. She was a homemaker. A private family viewing will be held at Evans Funeral Home and Cremation Services; interment at Highland Memory Gardens.

JOHNNIE RAY HENNEN SR., 63, of Huntington, husband of Theresa Hennen, died May 18 at his residence. He was an auto mechanic. There will be no services at this time. www.chapmans-mortuary.com.

MARY ESTHER ADAMS, 47, died May 23 at her residence. Graveside service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ohio Valley Memorial Gardens. Deal Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

JASON ALLEN ADKINS, 41, of Chapmanville, W.Va., died May 20. Funeral service will be noon Tuesday at Evans Funeral Home and Cremation Services; burial at Adkins Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. 

TAYLA JO JOHNSON, 16, of Huntington, daughter of Ralph Johnson and Beverly Walden, died May 20 at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Graveside service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Dock’s Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Monday at Reger Funeral Home. www.regerfh.com.

DIWANA LOVEJOY, 49, of Huntington, died May 22 at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio. 

DYLAN ARTHUR THACKER, 25, of Huntington, son of Duane Thacker and Virginia Vickers, died May 20 at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Celebration of Life will be 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Chapman’s Mortuary. www.chapmans-mortuary.com.

GALEN THOMAS ADKINS, 31, of Huntington, father of Avery Adkins, died May 19. He was in sales and delivery for Galaxy Distributing. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Chapman’s Mortuary; inurnment at a later date. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. www.chapma…

JASON ALLEN ADKINS, 41, of Chapmanville, W.Va., died May 20. He was a registered nurse. Arrangements are incomplete at Evans Funeral Home and Cremation Services. 

THOMAS BRUCE FERRELL II, 72, of Huntington, father of Angie Ferrell, died May 22 at his residence. He was a retired mechanic. There will be no services at this time. www.chapmans-mortuary.com.

CLAUDE ADKINS, 76, of Huntington, husband of Phyllis Adkins, died May 21 in Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, Huntington. Funeral service will be conducted 7 p.m. May 25, Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio. Visitation will be two hours before service Monday at the funeral h…

DYLAN ARTHUR THACKER, 25, of Huntington, son of Duane Thacker and Virginia Bentley Vickers, died May 20 in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Chapman’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete. www.chapmans-mortuary.com.

GALEN THOMAS ADKINS, 31, of Huntington, father of Avery Lee Adkins, died May 19. He was in sales and delivery for Galaxy Distributing of West Virginia. Chapman’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

RICHARD SAMUEL SARVAS, 73, of Huntington, husband of Millie Sarvas, died May 21 at home. He was a retired Manufacturing Engineer. Arrangements are incomplete at Chapman’s Mortuary. www.chapmans-mortuary.com.

RITA DAMRON, 62, of Prichard, died May 21 in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Rollins Funeral Home in Kenova. www.rollinsfh.com.

AVERY STEELE, 59, of Wayne, died May 20. Johnson Tiller Funeral Home, Wayne, is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

CATHERINE ANN TYE, 71, of Barboursville, died May 20. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. May 26, Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville. Visitation will be two hours before service at the funeral home. Social…

CLAUDE ADKINS, 76, of Huntington, husband of Marjorie Fraley Adkins, died May 21 in Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, Huntington. Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio, is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete. 

CONNIE JEAN STEELE, 56, of East Lynn, wife of Dennie Steele, died May 18. Funeral services will be conducted at noon May 22, Johnson Tiller Funeral Home, Wayne. Burial will follow in Skeens Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before service at the funeral home.

TINA RENEE RICHARDSON, 50, of Ashton, W.Va., died May 19 in Cornerstone Hospital of Huntington. A graveside service and burial will be 1 p.m. May 22 at Moore’s Chapel Cemetery in Ashton. Wilcoxen Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, W.Va., is in charge of arrangements.

CAROLYN SHUFF, 90, of Huntington, widow of Kenneth James Shuff, died May 19 in Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, Huntington. There will be a celebration of her life at a later date. Chapman’s Mortuary, Huntington, is assisting the family.

CONNIE SUE FERGUSON, 69, of Huntington, wife of Charles S. Ferguson, died May 16 in St. Mary’s Medical Center. She was a medical transcriptionist with the former Huntington Hospital and now River Park Hospital. Due to current health concerns, the family will have a celebration of life at a l…

DAVID LEWIS MORRIS, of Marietta, Ga., husband of Sharon L. Morris, died May 17. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. May 23 at Fletcher Chapel Church Cemetery, Covington, Va. Arrangements by Loving Funeral Home, Covington, Va. www.lovingfuneralhome1913.com.

JAMES PETER TRACY, 76, of Huntington, brother of Christine Fouch, died May 19 at home. He was a former nurse’s aide at Huntington State Hospital. Memorial service will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday at Chapman’s Mortuary. Friends may visit after noon on Saturday at Chapman’s Mortuary.