WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
JUNE, 1998

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DIED - Jun. 1, 1998 ** MRS. HESTER DAVIS SPENCE, 63, of Cleveland, OH, in Malachi House, Cleveland, OH. Born Mar. 7, 1935 at East Lynn, W. Va., a daughter of Lottie Griffith Davis and the late Sylvester Davis. Preceded in death by four brothers, Orvie, Celbarn C., Shockley, and Sylvester, Jr. Survivors include two daughters, Anita Johnson and Linda Spence; one son, Tolbert Spence, Jr.; three sisters, Edna May
Kennedy, Lulie Hall, and Jean Kendrick; one brother, Lee Davis. Burial Jun. 6, 1998 in Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 1, 1998 ** TROY B. TABOR, 67, of Griffithsville, in Thomas Memorial Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Helen M. (Staley) Tabor; one son, Troy Alan Tabor; one daughter, Karen Morrow; four brothers, Elwood Tabor, Hershel Tabor, Conrad Tabor, and Herman Tabor; eight sisters, Cuma Havens, Freda Smith, Renal Adkins, Lorane Bell, Janice Flowers, Louvene Flowers, Frances Johnson and Dixie Roberts. Burial Jun.4, 1998 in Miller Cemetery, Sweetland, W.Va.
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DIED - Jun. 1, 1998 ** MR. DELBERT MARION PLYMALE, 88, of Tupelo, MS. He was a son of the late John Marion Plymale and Bertha (Harmon) Plymale. Survivors also include his wife, Lessie (Bolen) Plymale; two daughters, Gloria Cunningham, and Martha Sue Dawson; one sister, Martha Hatten Pritt; and one brother, Lyle F. Plymale. Burial Jun. 4, 1998.
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DIED - Jun. 3, 1998 ** MR. WILLIAM HOMER KESSEE, 75, of Route 1, East Lynn, W. Va., at home. Born Jan. 19,1923 at Branchland, W. Va., a son of the late George and Rosa (Harless) Kessee. Survivors include his wife, Lillian (Adkins) Keesee; one daughter and son-in-law, Bettina and King Queen; one son and daughter-in-law,
Gary and Sherry Pritchard. Burial Jun. 7, 1998 in Jones Cemetery, East Lynn, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 4, 1998 ** JULIA C. "GRANNY" (DEAN) STEINER, 87, of Rittman, OH, at her home. Born Jun. 18, 1910 at Fort Gay, Wayne County, W. Va., a daughter of the late Samuel and Millie Bell (Dawson) Billups. Preceded in death by her husbands, Scott Dean and George Steiner; two sons, Richard and Charles ; one brother, Jay; one half-brother, Allie; two sisters, Nora Bell and Susie; a half-sister, Lucy. Survivors include her children, Bascom (Greta) Dean, Paul Dean, Tom (Eileen) Dean, Esther Kitts, and Faye Keim. Burial Jun. 8, 1998 in Creston Maple Mound Cemetery, Creston, OH.
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DIED - Jun. 5, 1998 ** MRS. PAULINE NAPIER MILLER, 88, of Merritt Island, FL,  Napier. Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, John and Marion Stanley, Jay and Sue Stanley, and Sam and Sue Stanley. Burial in Ferguson Cemetery near Fort Fay, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 6, 1998 ** MR. CHANLES "RED" STACEY, 86, of Ceredo, W. Va., at Mariner Health Care Center, Huntington, W. Va. Born Feb. 19, 1912 in Morgan County, KY, a son of the late John Frank and Lula (Wells) Stacey. Preceded in death by his wife, Leona (Mathis) Stacey. Survivors include a step-daughter, Donna
Dempsey; one sister, Beatrice Collinsworth. Burial Jun. 9, 1998 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 6, 1998 ** MRS. SHIRLEY A. NUTTER, 73, of Dunlow, Wayne County, W. Va., at St. Mary’s Hosptial. Born Jul. 4, 1924 at Taplin, W. Va., a daughter of the late Leonard Owen and Minerva (Perry) Haney, Sr.. Preceded in death by one sister, Amanda Haney; four brothers, Gid, Bill, Arland, and Allen Haney. Survivors include her husband, Bobby J. Nutter; two daughters, Barbara Stroud and Frances Marcum; two sons, Reuben and Thomas Kirk; three brothers, Owen, Hobert, and Sampson Haney. Burial Jun. 9, 1998 in Perry Ridge Cemetery, Dunlow, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 7, 1998 ** MARY M. ATKINSON, 81, of St. Louis, MO. Born May 23, 1917 at Breeding (Breeden) W. Va., a daughter of the late James Marcum and Polly (Perry) Marcum Maynard. Preceded in death by her two husbands, Clyde Perry and Walter Atkinson; an infant daughter, Sadie Marie; two sisters, Pauline Marcum and
Roberta Maynard; one brother, Lucian Maynard. Survivors include a son, James A. Perry and his wife Glenda; one daughter, Virginia Kay Spears and her hsuband Gary; three sisters, Minnie Clark, Sarah Shropshire, and Faye Hanlon; four brothers, Luther, Wayne, Halcy, and Bill Maynard. Burial Jun. 11, 1998 in Woodmere Cemetery.
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DIED - Jun. 8, 1998 ** TERRY WAYNE PHILLIPS, 46, of Lavalette, W. Va., at his home. Born Oct. 21, 1951, in New Eagle, PA., a son of Doris Eileen Powell Phillips and the late Charles F. Phillips. Survivors include his wife, Marie Phillips; two daughters, Kari Phillips and Marci Phillips Osburn; one son, Terry Wayne Phillips, II;
two brothers, Charles and Mark Phillips. Burial Jun. 11, 1998 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
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DIED - Jun. 9, 1998 ** KENNY WATTS, 77, of Mansfield, OH., at Med-Central in Mansfield, OH. Born Dec. 20, 1921 in Wayne County, W. Va.,. a son of the late Ezra Watts and Georgia Watts. Preceded in death by his wife, Bertha Mae Watts. Survivors include four daughters, Patricia Love, Elizabeth Vanhoose, Lanie Rose Bartram, and
Rilda Birchfield; ten sons, Paul Cyrus, Duane Picklesoimer, Daniel Picklesimer, George Watts, Leon Watts, E.J. Watts, John Paul Cyrus, Norman Jackie Watts, Jimmy Watts, and Marion Watts. Burial in Watts Cemetery, Radnor, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 9, 1998 ** RUBY OLIVE ALBRIGHT CLARK, 82, of Rt. 2, Branchland,W. Va., at St. Mary's Hospital. Born oct. 11, 1915 at Branchland, Lincoln in death by her husband, Buddie Clark; three children, Jimmy, Delona and Lucille; one brother, Billy Albright. Survivors include two brothers, Ray Albright and Kenneth Albright; three sons and daughter-in-law, Cletis and Loretta Clark, Robert and his friend, Carol, Clifford and Carol Clark; four daughters and sons-in-law, Janie and Bush Mills, Sue and Larry Clay, Lois and Jennings Clark, and Margaret and Johnney Adkins. Burial in Watson Cemetery, Branchland, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun.9, 1998 ** MR. RICHARD. T "BUD" METHAX, 71, of Ceredo, W. Va. Born Sep. 2, 1926 in Wayne County, W. Va., a son of the late Richard and Thelma (Thompson) Methax. Survivors include one daughter, Patricia Lynn Schoonover; one son, Gary Richard Methax; one sister, Jean Webb. Burial June 13, 1998 in
Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 9, 1998 ** MRS. MARY A. OSBURN, 58, of Kenova, W. Va., at St. Mary's Hospital. Born Apr. 27, 1940, in Wayne County, W. Va., a daughter of the late Estel and Laura (Jarrell) McKenzie. Survivors include her husband, Frank Osburn; three sons, Frank Osburn, Jr., James A. Osburn, and Timothy S. Osburn; seven sisters, Beatrice McSorley, Carol Nichols, Nancy Kennedy, Elaine Thompson, Rose Keith, Becky Adams, and Denise Douglas; three brothers, Wayne, Glen and Tommy McKenzie. Burial Jun. 12, 1998 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 10, 1998 ** MRS. NANCY LEE "MAMAW" HUNDLEY ROBINSON, 75, of Genoa, W. Va., in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born Apr. 23, 1923, in McDowell County, W. Va.,. a daughter of the late Hubert and Amy Belle (Mounts) Hundley. Preceded in death by her husband, Oscar Dale Robinson; a son, Elmer Dee
Robinson; a brother Homer "J.R." Hundley. Survivors include six daughters and five sons-in-law, Katherine Short, Anna Lou and Emanuel Ferguson, Amy Faye and Richard Atkins, Shirlene and Ernie Morgan, Judy and William "Bill" Osborne, and Anita and Bruce Salmons; four sons and daughters-in-law, Zyndale and Bonnie Robinson, Delmer Robinson, Denver Ray and Donna Robinson, Jimmy Dale and Pauletta Robinson, an Alene Robinson; two sisters, Arisbie Sharp and Carrie Mae Workman; seven bothers, John, Oscar, Herbert, Delbert, Lloyd, Hobert, and James Hubert Hundley. Burial Jun. 13, 1998 in Endicott Cemetery, Genoa, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 10, 1998 ** THELMA CURNUTTE THOMPSON NAPIER, 87, of Winslow, AZ. Born Nov. 23, 1910 at Radnor, Wayne County, W. Va., a daughter of the late John Henry and Edna (Noe) Curnutte. Preceded in death by her husband, Mont Thompson, her second husband, Wayne Napier; three sons, Donald, Denver and Dale Thompson. Survivors include a daughter , Edna Thompson Garner and her husband, Mel; a son, Dennis Thompson ; two daughters-in-law, Peggy Thompson and Dorothy Thompson. Burial Jun. 14, 1998 in Curnutte Cemetery, Radnor, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 11, 1998 ** WALTER R. MAY, JR., 69, of Wayne, W. Va. in St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington, W. Va. Born May 4, 1929 in East Lynn, Wayne County, W. Va., Ladonna (Russell) May; two sons, Randy May and wife, Carol and Ronald James May and his wife, Debbie; a brother , John May and his wife Xilpha. Burial Jun. 14,
1998 in Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 13, 1998 ** HERBERT DILLON, 85, of Dayton, OH., in Kettering Memorial Hospital,Dayton, OH. Survivor include two daughters, Georgia May Bowens and Redith Marie Pertee; five sons, Watson Ray, Delbert Lee, William Ray, Jessie Lee, and James Edward Dillon; nine sisters, Dora Marcum, Cleo Chaffins, Mary Belle Hensley, Julie Lester, Martha Sartin, Liza Copley, Tilda Doyle, Ruby Mitchell, and Kathy Perry; seven brothers, Roy, Clem, Noah, And Wallace Dillon and Russell, Wetzel, and Willis Pridemore. Burial Jun. 16, 1998 in Elmwood
Cemetery, Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 14, 1998 ** MR. CHARLES CORBETT HENSLEY, 64, of Wayne, W. Va., at University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, KY. Born Aug. 20, 1933 in Kenova, W. Va., a son of the late Gallie "Noisy" and Hazel (Ellis) Hensley. Preceded in death by a sister, Billie Lee Stephens. Survivors include his wife, Barbara
(Caniff) Hensley; four daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Bill McAlister, Patricia and Skip Harris, Terry and Russ Lewis, and Chaundra and Scott Maddox; one brother, Elba Drown; three sisters, Josephine Collinsworth, Elizabeth Jenkins, and Bonnie Onks. Burial Jun. 17, 1998 in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 14, 1998 ** FELICIA ANN PERRY ELLIOTT, 34, of Holland, MO, at Three Rivers Medical Center, Louisa, KY. Born Sep. 21, 1963 at Chicago, IL, a daughter of Lester and Brenda Perry. Preceded in death by maternal grandfather, Farris Dyer and fraternal grandparents, Walker and Lola Perry. Survivors include her
husband, Bill Elliott; two sons, William Russell Elliott and Stephen Robert Elliott; one sister and brother-in-law, Sherri Austin and Robert; one brother, Lester Perry, Jr.; step-mother, Darlene Perry; maternal grandmother, Mary Dyer. Burial Jun. 15, 1998 in Dogwood Cemetery, Blytheville, AR.
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DIED - Jun. 17, 1998 ** OKEY J. CLAYBORNE, 65, of Wayne, W. Va., at his home. Born Jul. 13, 1932 at Maben, W. Va., a son of the late John W. and Donnie (McGraw) Clayborne. Preceded in death by his wife, Susie (Blankenship) Clayborne. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Jennie Donna and Tennyson McGinnis, and Joyce Elizabeth and Terry Sanders; one son and daughter-in-law, Okey J., Jr. and Pam Clayborne; one brother, Col. John Clayborne. Burial Jun. 20, 1998 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 18, 1988 ** FRANK SALYERS, 60, of Portage, IN, at his home. Born Mar. 27, 1938 at Prichard, W. Va., a son of Homer and Ella Marie (Phillips) Salyers. Preceded in death by his mother, Ella Marie and a brother, Joseph Lee Salyers. Survivors include his father, Homer Salyers; one son, Joey Salyers; two daughters, Stacy and Cindy Salyers; two brothers, Donald Homer (Delores) Salyers and Dennie Burrton (Ethel) Salyers; three sisters, Helen Carol (David) Gutierrez, Joan (Sal) Rodriguez, and Linda Sue (Michael) Gutierrez. Services Jun. 21, 1998. Body cremated.
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DIED - Jun. 18, 1998 ** MRS. BETTY SALMONS MARCUM. 66, of Route 1, Dunlow, W. Va. at St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, W. Va. Born Aug. 1, 1931 on Rich Creek, Wayne County, W. Va., a daughter of the late Elias Harmon and Edna (Scaggs) Salmons. Preceded in death by a brother, Edgar Allen Salmons. Survivors
include her husband, Elzie Marcum; two daughters, Marcella Jervis and Mae England; two sons, Elzie Marcum, Jr. and Wayne Marcum; three sisters, Sharon Kay Robinson, Carol Sue Robinette, and Patricia Caffee; three brothers, Donnie Gene, Everett and Herman Salmons. Burial Jun. 21, 1998 in Robinson Cemetery on
Ferguson Branch.
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DIED - Jun. 19, 1998 ** BOBBY JUNIOR ROWE, 50, of Wayne, W. Va., at St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, W. Va. Born Feb. 14, 1948 at Wayne, W. Va., a son of   the late Andy and Minnie (Marshall) Rowe. Survivors include his wife, Donna Jean (Ball) Rowe; two sons, Thomas Christopher and Michael Phillip Rowe; five sisters,
Lucille Marshall, Judy Adams, Betty Davis, Eileen Clagg, and Mary Harless; four brothers, Burgess, Ed, Cecil, and James Rowe. Burial Jun. 23, 1998 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - June. 21, 1998 ** MR. GEORGE WILLIAM HALE, 76, of Huntington, W. Va., at home. Born Oct. 6, 1921 in Wayne County, W. Va., a son of the late William Greene and Susie (Trogdon) Hale. Preceded in death by one son, Charles B. Hale. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth (Rutherford) Hale; four daughters, Betty Smith, Brenda Rickman, Mary Smith, and Orvie Flowers; three sons, William T. Hale, Andy Hale, and Rev. George R. Hale; four sisters, Zelma Bradshaw, Ruth Porter, and Cemetery, Ceredo, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 21, 1998 ** ELIZABETH A. (BETTY) FERGUSON, 61, of Kenova, W. Va., at home. Born Oct. 13, 1936 in Kenova, W. Va., a daughter of John H. Deskins and the late Violet (Smith) Deskins. Survivors include her husband, Jack W. Ferguson; one son and daughter-in-law, Jack W. Ferguson, II and Lorrie Ferguson; one sister and brother-in-law, Francis and William Sutherland; one sister and brother-in-law, A.W. and Ada Smith. Burial Jun. 24, 1988 in Docks Creek Cemetery.
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DIED - Jun. 21, 1998 ** MRS. MAXINE A. STEWART, 89, of Huntington, W. Va. at St. Mary’s Hospital. Born Nov. 10, 1908 in Wayne County, W. Va., a daughter of the late Freland H. and Tennie (Napier) Adkins. Preceded in death by her husband, William Avery Stewart; one son, William Avery Stewart, Jr. Survivors include two
daughters and sons-in-law, Tennie and John Smith, and Dorothy and Gary Dillon; one sister, Mae A. Tabor; one sister-in-law, Mary Katherine Stewart. Burial Jun. 23, 1998 in Woodmere Memorial Park.
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DIED - Jun. 21, 1998 ** MR. WILLIAM H. "BILL" SPURLOCK, 56, Of Huntington, W. Va. in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born Apr. 7, 1942 in Cabell County, W. Va., a son of the late William H. Spurlock, Sr. and Eileen (Stowers) Spurlock. Survivors include his wife, Nellie (Burdette) Spurlock; one son, Clarence Marshall Spurlock; one daughter, Retha Eileen Spurlock. Burial in Cresent Hill Cemetery, Ceredo, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 22, 1998 ** MR. JAMES P. CLARK, 80, of Palatka, FL., at Putnam, Community Center, Palatka, FL. Born Jun. 22, 1918 in Wayne County, W. Va.. Survivors include his wife, Wilma (Bias) Clark; two daughters, Susan Fridley and Kristy Bonilla. Burial Jun. 26, 1998 in Greenbottom Memorial Park.
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DIED - Jun. 22, 1998 ** MR. WILLIAM D. "DAVE" SELLARDS, 79, of Huntington, W. Va., in VAMC, Huntington, W. Va. Born Aug. 21, 1918 at Huntington, W. Va., a son of the late Frltcher and Elizabeth (Stanley) Sellards. Burial Jun. 26, 1998 in Woodmere Abbey Of Remembrance.
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DIED - Jun. 22, 1998 ** CLARENCE DARLING, 69, at Mt. Carmel Medical Center. Survivors include children Jo Ann (Joe) Parchesky, Clarence, Jr. and Deborah Darling, and David (Valerie) Vendetti. Buried in Kenova.
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DIED - Jun. 23, 1998 ** VIRGIL LESTER CHILDERS, 90, of Huntington, W. Va., in St. Mary’s Hospital. Born Jul. 10, 1907 in Wayne County, W. Va., a son of the late Alfred and Lola (Adkins) Childers. Preceded in death by his wife, Ruby (Bowen) Childers; four sisters, and three brothers. Survivors include four daughters and two
sons-in-law, Jeri and Sam Adkins, Bernice Forman, Donna and JohnThomas, and Sally Willis; two brothers, Norway and Maywood Childers; one sister, Juanita Smith. Burial Jun. 27, 1998 in Ridgelawn Memorial Park.
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DIED - Jun. 23, 1998 ** MAC C. DAMERON, 75, of Huntington, W. Va., at Pulley Health Care Center, South Point, OH. Born Jun. 10, 1923,a son of the late Cloister and Hessie (Meade) Damron. Survivors include three brothers, Harold L., Dannie, and Billie Lee Damron. Burial in Damron Cemetery, Glenhayes, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 24, 1998 ** MRS. WILHELMINA LOVINS DORSEY, 86, of Kenova, W. Va., in Heartland of Riverview, South Point, OH. Born Feb. 29, 1912 at Logan , W. Va., a daughter of the late Charles Andrew and Maggie (Shelton) Lovins. Preceded in death by her husband, Jim Dorsey; one sister, Charlene Beaver; a son-in-law, Louie Polinori. Survivors include two daughters and one son-in-law, Sue Gail and Marvin Fletcher, and Dorval Carol Polinori; one son and daughter-in-law, Charles Richard and Joy Dorsey; one sister, Grace Wertz; one brother, Joe Raymond Lovins. Burial Jun. 27, 1998 in Hillcrest Cemetery, kenova, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 24, 1998 ** BOYD FINLEY, 82, of Huntington, W. Va., in St. Mary’s Hospital. Born Dec. 24, 1915 at Wayne, W. Va., a son of the late George and Bell (Maynard) Finley. Preceded in death by his wife, Sallie (Queen) Finley; five sisters, infant Mary Finley, Sarah Ann Maynard, Elsie Lycans, Ellen Cooley, and Cora Smith; three brothers, Nick "Buck", Taylor, and Roy Finley. Survivors include five daughters and sons-in-law, Sharon Walter, Ernestine and Jack Ferguson, Charlotte and Donald Farmer, Mary Phyllis Finley, and Cora Kathryn and Hi Vance; four sons and daughters-in-law, Walter Roy "Bobo" and Leola Finley, Glen Bruce and Chloe Finley,
Phillip Roger and Barbara Finley, and Boyd Reese and Lana K. Finley. Burial Jun. 27, ????
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DIED - Jun. 24, 1998 ** KEVIN SCOTT KING, 22, of East Lynn, W. Va., at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born Jan. 13, 1976 in Huntington, W. Va., a son of Bill and Ann (Keefer) King. Survivors include six sisters, Linda Barrett, Sandy Beckelheimer and husband Gerald, Kathy Marcum and Dale Perry, Vickie Stickler and husband
ohn, Susan Harris and husband Tim, and Bonnie Callihan and husband Tim; three brothers, Daniel King and wife Geraldine, David King and wife Christina, and Darrin King and wife Myrtle. Burial Jun. 27, 1998 in King Family Cemetery, Right Fork of Little Lynn Creek, Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 26, 1998 ** MILLARD ALDRIDGE, 42, of Huntington, W. Va., in Huntington. Born Dec. 17, 1955 in Cabell County, a son of Reba Mills Aldridge and the late Filmore Aldridge, Jr. Survivors include his wife, Trish (Rice) Aldridge; two sons, Robert Shawn and Christopher Aldridge; two daughters, Jackie Ownsby and Jennifer Saunders; one brother, Harold Aldridge. Burial Jun. 30, 1998 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 26, 1998 ** MR. CECIL WILSON BROWN, 84, of Kenova, W. Va., in St. Mary’s Hospital. Born Mar. 2, 1914 at Ronceverte, W. Va., a son of the late Grover Cleveland and Eliza Jane (Taylor) Brown. Preceded in death by his wife, Anna Lee (Carey) Brown; one brother, Virgil G. Brown; one sister, Ethel M. Brown. Survivors include two daughters, Cecelia Ann Webb and her husband Keith, and Erma Jane Emerson and her husband Gerald R.; three sisters, Virginia Dunbar, Margaret Keirn, and Ruby Austin. Burial in Green Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 26, 1998 ** ALICE FAYE MULLENS, 34, of Columbus, OH., at Wilsondale, W. Va. Born Apr. 14, 1964 in Huntington, W. Va., a daughter of Jethro Spaulding and Louise Hodge Pinkerton. Survivors include her grandmother, Rosa Spaulding; her husband, Carl Mullens; two sons, Byrd Spaulding and John A. Mullens; two daughters, Alice Faye Spaulding and Melissa Spaulding; five sisters, B. Colleen Spaulding, Hazel Messer, Rosa Mullens, Deloris Jude, and Billie Jean Pinkerton. Burial Jun. 30, 1998 in Perry Point Cemetery, Jennies Creek, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 27, 1998 ** FLORIDA LEE MEADOWS, 77, of Flatwsoods, KY., in King’s Daughters Medical Center. Born May 4, 1921 at East Lynn, Wayne County, W. Va., a daughter of the late Mont and Missouri (Hobbs) Smith. Survivors include one son, Terry Meadows; one daughter, Teva Meadows; seven brothers, Marvin, Calvin, Earl G., William "Bill", Lucian, Glen, and Lorenza Smith; two sisters, Pat
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DIED - Jun. 29, 1998 ** MR. WENDELL CLAYTON PERDUE, 84, of Shoals, W. Va., in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born Jun. 20, 1914 in Wayne County, W. Va., a son of the late Lawrence W. and Vivian (Lowe) Perdue. Preceded in death by his wife, Mary M. (Beuhler) Perdue; two sons, Bobby Jack and Lawrence Wendell Perdue; three brothers and one sister. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Don C. and Mary Jo Perdue, and Russell Scott and Penny Perdue; two daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Robert E. Hall, and Patricia and Jerry Kunde; two sisters, Loretta Adkins and Jean Hatfield; one brother, Bill Perdue. Burial Jul. 4, 1998 in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Ceredo, W. Va.
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DIED - Jun. 29, 1998 ** NORWAY CHILDERS, 83, of Huntington, W. Va., at Morris Memorial Nursing Home. Born Jan. 5, 1915 in Wayne County, W. Va., a son of the late Alfred and Lola (Adkins) Childers. Preceded in death by one son, Glenn Douglas Childers; four sisters, Pansy Childers, Easter Jude, Jewell Drown and Dorothy Adkins; four brothers, Leland, Morris, Reid and Virgil Childers. Surviovors include his wife, Laura (Adkins) Childers; one daughter and son-in-loaw, Janet and Donald Triplett; one sister, Juanita Smith; one brother, Maywood Childers; one sister-in-law, Maxine Templeton; one brother-in-law, James Adkins. Burial Jul. 2, 1998 in Bowen Cemetery.
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DIED - Jun. 30, 1998 ** CLAUDE AUSTIN ADKINS, 66, of Rush, KY., at his home. Born Oct. 21, 1931 in Wayne County, W. Va., a son of the late Alonzo "Bud" Adkins and Etta (Elmore) Adkins. Preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn B. (Hagerman) Adkins; four infant brothers; one sister, Mary Frances Lane. Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, Claude Roger Adkins, and Carl Randall and JoAnne Adkins; one daughter and son-in-law, Cynthia and Randy Barber; one sister, Leona Bias; two brothers, Alonzo Adkins, Jr., and LeeRoy Adkins. Burial Jul. 2, 1998 in Bowmen Cemetery .
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DIED - Jun. 30, 1998 ** EVA MARIE FRY, 83, of Huntington, W. Va., at Mariner Health Care. Born Jun. 13, 1915 at Huntington, W. Va., a daughter of the late Smith and Martha (Adkins) Berry. Preceded in death by her husband, Carl Fry. Survivors include two daughters, Barbara Evans and Linda Wells; one step-daughter, Marlene
Maynard; two sons, Carl and Cecil Fry; one brother, Cecil Berry. Burial Jul. 3, 1998 in Bowen Cemetery.
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DIED - Jun. 30, 1998 ** MR. DON F. CLARK, 69. Preceded in death by his parents, Abby T. and Arona (Smith) Clark; one sister, Hester Clark; one brother, Cumberland Clark. Survivors include his wife, Rachel Lorena Clark; two daughters, Della Ruth Spence and her husband Mack J., and Hope Faith Nelson and her husband Donnie;
two brothers, Abby T. Clark and his wife Ruth, and John K. Clark and his wife Alice. Burial Jul. 3, 1998 in Community Memorial Gardens.

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