WAYNE COUNTY OBITUARIES
SEPTEMBER, 1998
DIED - Sep. 6, 1998 ** DAVID MICHAEL RATLIFF, 46, of Kenova, W. Va. Born Oct. 23, 1951 in Cabell County,
W. Va., a son of Forrest Wesley and Faye (Mullens) Ratliff. Survivors include his parents;
one son, Jason Michael Ratliff; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Danny and Carla
Ratliff and Darrell Lee Ratliff. Burial Sep. 10, 1998 in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, W.
Va.
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DIED - Sep. 6, 1998 ** MILDRED
L. BARTLETT, 72, 0f Londonderry, OH, in
Heartland of Chillicothe. Born Jan. 6, 1926 in Wayne County, W. Va., a daughter of the
late Edmond and Josie (Smith) Ferguson. Survivors include her husband, Roy C. Bartlett;
one son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Barbara Wright; three sisters, Eileen
Booth, Mrs. Oscar (Geraldine) McSweeney and JoAnn Hopping; one brother, Glen Ferguson.
Burial Sep. 9, 1998 in Londonderry Cemetery.
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DIED - Sep. 7, 1998 ** MRS.
SHERRI DAWN BAILEY GILL, 51, of Crofton, MD.,
formerly of Kenova, W. Va. Born Feb. 20, 1947 in Cabell County, W. Va., a daughter of the
late James and Mary Maxine Bailey, Jr. Survivors include her husband, Ravindra Gill; one
son, Jason Bailey; one sister, Barbara Bailey de los Santos; one brother, Donald R.
Bailey. Burial Sep. 12, 1998 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Kenova, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 7, 1998 ** MRS.
SARAH ELIZABETH LAUHON, 75, of Clearwater, FL.,
at her home. Born Apr. 18, 1923 in Huntington, W. Va., a daughter of the late Harry C. and
Willa Belle (Marcum) Jones. Survivors include her husband, Otto "Bud"Lauhon; two
sons, Larry Kent and David Bruce Lauhon; two sisters, Rosa Lee Jones
and Jane Dean; one brother, Harry Martin Jones. Burial Sep. 11, 1998 in Forest Lawn
Memorial Gardens, Huntington, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 7, 1998 ** STANFORD
M. "BUZZ" ADKINS, 89, of Huntington,
W. Va., at his home. Born Aug. 19, 1909 on Millers Fork Creek in Wayne County, W. Va., a
son of the late Willie C. and Lorena (Adkins) Adkins. Preceded in death by his wife, Ruby
(Davis) Adkins; two sisters, Gertrude Leep and Zuma Adkins; one brother,
LaFon Adkins. Survivors include four daughters, Hazel Mae Adkins and husband Billy J.,
Wilma Lee Adkins and husband Ralph, Phyllis Hope Childers and Betty Jewel Webb and husband
Jerry; two sisters, Zula Dowis and Margery Childers. Burial Sep. 10, 1998 in Memorial
Community Gardens, Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 8, 1998 ** JAMES RAY
McCOMAS, 49, of Prichard, W. Va. in a Wirt
County, W. Va. industrial accident. Born Ce. 29, 1948 in Huntington, W. Va., a son of
James P. and Velva (Clay) McComas. Preceded in death by one sister, Geraldine Krantz.
Survivors include his parents; his wife, Pamela Gail (Hesson) McComas.
Burial Sep. 12, 1998 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 9, 1998 ** MARGIE P.
FRYE, 62, of Harts, in Logan General Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Willie Frye, Jr.; Three daughters, Diania Brumfield, Connie
Steele, and Frances Frye; two sons, Willie Frye, III and Bruce Mitchell Frye; one sister,
Dixie McNeely. Burial Sep. 11, 1998 in Browning Cemetery.
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DIED - Sep. 9, 1998 ** CRYSTAL
NICHOLE McMULLEN, 20, of Wayne, W. Va., in St.
Mary’s Hospital. Born Dec. 29, 1977 in Huntington, W. Va., a daughter of Charles F.
and Twyla M. (Carr) McMullen. Survivors include her parents; one son, Jamison Nicholas;
one sister and brother-in-law, Tanya Jeanette and Christopher
Scott Brubeck. Burial Saep. 12, 1998 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 9, 1998 ** NAOMI
PARSONS GUE, 62, of Huntington, W. Va., at her
home. She was a daughter of the late Walter Parsons and Rosa Parsons, who survives.
Preceded in death by her husband, Freddy G. Gue; one daughter, Roxie Drucilla Gue; one
brother, Carmie Parsons. Survivors also include one daughter and son-in-law, Rosemary and
Danny Brinegar; three sisters, Hazel Sanders, Delores Hoke, asnd Sharon Lucas; three
brothers, Bo, Hartsel and Ercil Parsons. Burial Sep. 12, 1998 in Green Valley Cemetery,
Salt Rock, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 12, 1998 ** JONATHAN
MICHAEL TAYLOR, 10, of East Lynn, W. Va. Born
Dec. 8,1987 in Huntington, W. Va., a son of Brian and Nannie Mae (Mills) Taylor. Survivors
include two brothers, Joshua Smithson and Matthew Taylor, grandparents Leon and Martha
Taylor and Milton and Nevada Mills. Burial Sep. 16, 1998 in Memorial Community Gardens,
Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 13, 1998 ** ANNA
BELLE HALE ENYART, 50, of Catlettsburg, KY., at
King’s Daughters’ Medical Center, Ashland, KY. Born May 23, 1948 at East Lynn,
Wayne County, W. Va., a daughter of the late Troy and Ruby (Sexton) Hale. Preceded in
death by two sisters Elva Marshall and Iris Hale; three brothers, Robert Hale, Carl Hale
and Joseph Hale; her adopted mother Sadie Hale. Survivors include her husband, Garfield
Enyart; two daughters, Carol Dalton and Kathy Neace and husband Michael; two sons, Keith
Dalton and wife Kim, and Daniel Dalton; three sisters, Gladys Ward, Violet Richardson, and
Freda Lewis; two brothers, Ronnie Hale and Harold Hale; one half-brother, Claude Hale.
Burial Sep. 15, 1998 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 14, 1998 ** MRS.
HATTIE MAE LOCKHART, 90, of Huntington, W. Va.
Born Jan. 27,1908 in Fort Gay, Wayne County, W. Va., a daughter of the late James and
Maggie (Fortner) Billups. Preceded in death by her husband, Lorenzo Dow Lockhart; one
daughter, Lydia Ruth Martin;. two stepsons, Hubert and Audrey Lockhart; three sisters and
six brothers. Survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and Dewey Hylton, and Lucy
and Roger Warren; seven sons and daughters-in-law, William H. and Catherine Lockhart,
Edgar S. Lockhart, Robert L. and Margot Lockhart, George H. and Joyce Lockhart, James W.
and Norita Lockhart, Richard R. and Frances Lockhart, and Harold D. and Mary Lockhart; two
sisters, Virginia Fulks and Lillian Crump. Burial Sep. 18, 1998 in Mount Vernon Cemetery,
Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 14, 1998 ** MR.
JAMES FRANKLIN MILUM, 59, of Huntington, W. Va.
Born May 24, 1939 in Cabell County, W. Va., a son of Ermel Milum, and the late Sylvia
Henrietta (Skeens) Milum. Survivors include his wife Mary I. (Chapman) Milum; three
daughters, Jamie Sue Townsend, Lisa Dawn Milum, and Cheryl Denise
Fields; one son, James G. Milum; one stepdaughter, Connie Lynn Lafferty; one stepson,
Randall K. Messer; one sister, Sharon Rae Sowards. Burial Sep. 16, 1998 in Maple Hill
Cemetery, Kenova, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 17, 1988 ** GOLDIE
PIERCE, 55, of Wayne, W. Va., in Cabell
Huntington Hospital, Huntington, W. Va. Born Jun. 6, 1943 at East Lynn in Wayne County, W.
Va., a daughter of Bethel Ross Stiltner. Survivors include four daughters, Cheryl Bloss,
Kim Farley, Darlene Pierce and Connie Pierce; three sons, Robert, Chris
and Herman Eugene Pierce; four sisters, Delila Davis, Georgia Maynard, Alice Adkins and
JoAnn Pierce; eight brothers, Darrell Ross and Howard, Glenn, Kenneth, Albert, Gerald,
David and Thurel Stiltner. Burial Sep. 19, 1998 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne, WW. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 17,1998 ** MRS.
IRENE P. MAY, 94, of Huntington, W. Va., in
Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born Jun. 15, 1904 in Wayne County, W. Va., a daughter of the
late Stewart and Cora (Mills) Price. Preceded in death by one grandson, Richard Stewart
May; four brothers, Cebern, Heman, Kermit and Arlie Price; two sisters,
Gladys Keck and Eula Adkins. Survivors include one son, Keith R. May; two daughters and
one son-in-law, Corlie Perry and Barbara L. and Clayton E. Spurlock; two sisters, Ruby
Price and Zelma Rencsok. Burial Sep. 20, 1998 in Price-Mills Cemetery, Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep.18,1998 ** MARY
GEORGE MATHIS, 78, of Lexington, KY., at Sayre
Christian Village Nursing Home in Lexington, KY. Born in Wayne County, W. Va., a daughter
of the late Joe and Stella (Baker) George. Preceded in death by her husband, Basil Mathis.
Survivors include one brother, Jim George; one brother-in-law, Dan Hammond and his wife
Jackie. Burial Sep. 22, 1998 in Greenbrier West Cemetery, Louisa, KY.
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DIED - Sep. 22, 1998 ** MRS.
DAISY LEE ARTRIP BRUMFIELD, 89, of Dunbar, W.
Va., at Sunrise Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dunbar, W. Va. Born April 18, 1909, in
Wayne, W. Va., a daughter of the late Fleming and Jennie Trogdon Artrip. Preceded in death
by her husband, Bostic Carlton Brumfield; two sisters, Anne Artrip
and Naomi Bradshaw; two brothers, Sam Artrip and William Artrip. Survivors include one
daughter, Geneve Curry; five sons, Walton Brumfiel, Flem Brumfield, John Brumfield, Bostic
Brumfield and Glen Brumfield. Burial Sep. 25, 1998 in The Wayne Cemetery.
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DIED - Sep. 22, 1998 ** MR.
SHIRLEY JAY CRABTREE, 85, formerly of East Lynn,
W. Va., at Country Meadows Nursing Center, Bridgeville, PA. Born in Wayne County, W. Va.,
a son of the late John W. and Naomi (Thompson) Crabtree. Preceded in death by his wife,
Hester (Osburn) Crabtree; five brothers, Dewey, Curtis, Raymond, Beecher and omer
Crabtree; three sisters, Fannie (Emery) Cassady, Goldie (Claude) Lewis, and Grace (Oscar)
Doss. Survivors include two daughters, Alice Bicknell and her husband Lawrence, and Beth
Lambert and her husband John; two sisters, Vangie (Herman) Jackson and Opal (Gaylord)
Perry; one sister-in-law Irene (William ) Hanna; one brother-in-law Jack Osburn. Burial
Sep. 26, 1998 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wayne, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 25, 1998 ** MR.
ROBERT CURTIS McCOY, 76, of Huntington, W. Va.,
in St. Mary’s Hospital. Born Sep. 9, 1922 in Sabina, OH, a son of the late Raymond W.
and Margaret Jane (Curtis) McCoy. Preceded in death by his wife, Ada Lee (Ward) McCoy.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Janie and Robert Salyers and Judy and
Allen Sato. Burial Sep. 27, 1998 in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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DIED - Sep. 25, 1998 ** MR.
DENVIL F. CHANDLER, 86, of Huntington, W. Va.,
Nora (Hayes) Chandler. Preceded in death by one brother, Edgel Chandler; two sisters,
Ethel and Betty Louise Chandler. Survivors include his wife, Sarah Louise (Walters)
Chandler; three daughters and sons-in-law, Nora Ann and Terry Thornburg, Mary Jo and
Richard Thompson, and Peggy and Raymond Pollard; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Denvil
F. Chandler, III, and Henry and Kathryn Chandler; two sisters, Thelma Walter and Gladys
Blake; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Leroy Chandler, Paul and Virginia Chandler,
and John and Cuza Chandler. Burial Sep. 28, 1998 in Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens, Ashland
, KY.
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DIED - Sep. 26, 1998 ** EARL S.
ROBINSON, SR., 66, of Kenova, W. Va. Born Jun.
29, 1932 in Wayne County, W. Va., a son of the late Willard and Dora (Gillum) Robinson.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia (Remillard) Robinson; three daughters and one
son-in-law, Cheryl Ratliff, Jane and Jeff Baldwin, and Janet Robinson; one son and
daughter-in-law, Earl, Jr. and Kelly Robinson. Burial Sep. 29, 1998 in Crescent Hill
Cemetery, Ceredo, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 27, 1998 ** MRS.
ALTA FLORIS RAY DEMPSEY, 76, of Las Vegas, NV.
Born Mar. 11, 1922 in Wayne County, W. Va., a daughter of the late Delbert and Pinkie
(Elkins) Ray. Preceded in death by her husband, Claude L. Dempsey; one brother, Pearley
Ray; three sisters, Mamie Duckworth, Sybil Ferguson, and Wilma
Bellomy. Survivors include one daughter, Sandra Spence; one brother, Frank Ray; two
sisters, Opal Ward and Eula Madden. Burial Oct. 3, 1998 in Bloss Family Cemetery,
Lavalette, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 28, 1998 ** MRS.
GERALDINE B. STEINBRECHER, 66, of Huntington, W.
Va., at her home. Born Jan. 22, 1932 in Wayne County, W. Va., a daughter of the late
William and Belle (Blair) Barker. Preceded in death by her husband, Howard
"Ducky" Steinbrecher; one brother, James Barker. Survivors include one son and
daughter-in-law, Pastor Larry Diamond and Rowena Diamond; one daughter and son-in-law,
Myra and Donald Smith; one sister, Juanita Thompson. Burial Oct. 1, 1998 in Woodmere
Memorial Park, Huntington, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 28, 1998 ** LEON
ERROL RYAN, 76, of Kenova, W. Va., at St.
Mary’s Hosptial, Huntington, W. Va. Born Jun. 5, 1922 in New York City, NY. Survivors
include his wife, Recia (Brown) Ryan; one daughter and son-in-law, Bonnie Sue and Scott
Ferguson; one son and daughter-in-law, Erroll Todd and Easter Ryan; three
sisters, Constance Triolo, Dorothea Zimmerman, and Madeline Urell; one brother, Clifford
Ryan. Burial Oct. 1, 1998 in Spring Valley Memorial Gardens.
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DIED - Sep. 29, 1998 ** MRS.
IRMA KATHLEEN CHILDERS, 87, of Kenova, W. Va.,
at King’s Daughter Medical Center. Born Jan. 8, 1911 in Catletttsburg, KY, a daughter
of the late George Oliver and Lydia (Davis) Armstrong. Preceded in death by her husband,
Edgar Allen Childers Sr.; one grandson, David Lee Ratliff. Survivors include one daughter,
Jacqueiline Hunt; two sons, Edgar A. Childers, Jr. and George David Childers; one brother,
Daniel F. Armstrong. Burial Oct. 2, 1998 in Kirkland Cemetery, Lakin, W. Va.
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DIED - Sep. 30, 1998 **JOSHUA
SEAN HAYTON, 16, of Prichard, W. Va., at St.
Mary’s Hospital. Born Dec. 9, 1981 in Cabell County, W. Va., a son of Johnny and
Joann (Spence) Hayton. Preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Mack Hayton.
Survivors include one brother, John E. Hayton; maternal grandparents, Fannie and
Gilbert Spence. Burial Oct. 3, 1998 in Hayton Family Cemetery.