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William Gallatin Kearns, Ph.D.
Nov 26, 2007
Dr. William Gallatin Kearns, Ph.D., 81, retired Marshall University Professor of Speech and Drama, died peacefully Monday, November 26, 2007 at his home in Huntington. Funeral service will be conducted at 12 noon Saturday, December 1, 2007 at Beard Mortuary, Huntington with the Rev. Ed Hood officiating. Burial will follow in Greenbottom Cemetery, Greenbottom, WV. Bill was born April 26,...
Elizabeth Lynn "Betty" Grant
Nov 18, 2007
Elizabeth Lynn "Betty" Grant, 67, of Lancaster, KY, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2007 in Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, KY. Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at Beard Mortuary, Huntington with Pastor Mark East officiating. Burial will follow in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington. She was born March 10, 1940 in Huntington, a daughter of...
Donald Charles Elmore
Nov 17, 2007
Donald C. Elmore, 81, of Barboursville, passed away Saturday, November 17, 2007 at Hospice House of Huntington. Funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday, November 20, 2007 with the Rev. Andrew Magnusson and Mr. Bill Knight officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Memorial Park. He was born November 27, 1925, a son of the late Harry Sr. and...
Jackson Fitzgerald Moses, Ii
Nov 11, 2007
Jackson Fitzgerald Moses II, 60, of Huntington died November 11, 2007 at his home after a courageous battle against cancer. He was born January 10, 1947 in Welch, West Virginia, the son of the Sue Harris Moses and the late Jackson Fitzgerald Moses of Huntington. Jack graduated from Huntington High School in 1965 and Ohio State University in 1969.  After...
Charles Otis Brown
Nov 8, 2007
Charles Otis Brown, 84, of Huntington died Thursday, November 8, 2007 at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington. Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Trinity Church of God with Pastor Ken Toler officiating. Burial will follow in Spring Hill cemetery, Huntington. He was born April 28, 1923 in Huntington, a son...
Sue Ellen Cain
Nov 1, 2007
Sue Ellen Chaney Cain, 59, of Huntington, WV died Thursday, November 1, 2007 in St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington after a courageous battle with liver disease. She was born September 14, 1948 in Adams County, OH, a daughter of the late Edward C. and Carolyn Blackburn Chaney. She was a graduate of Cabrillo College in Aptos, CA and the University...
Mary Jo Brown
Nov 1, 2007
Mary Jo Brown, 59 of Huntington, WV died Nov. 1, 2007 in Huntington. Services will be held on Thursday at 7:00 PM at Beard Mortuary with Pastor Brady Lipscomb officiating. He was preceded in death by her father, George Turrow; mother, Peggy Gore McComas and her step-father, Homer A. McComas. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Bryan and...
Hazel Garnet Miller
Oct 31, 2007
Hazel Garnet Miller, 88, of Huntington, passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at her residence. Funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 3, 2007 at Beard Mortuary, Huntington with Pastor T.D. Mills officiating. Burial will follow in Arthur Cemetery, Ona. She was born August 23, 1919 on Mason County, WV, a daughter of the late Ottie and...
Ruby Harshbarger
Oct 29, 2007
Ruby Slone Harshbarger, 87, of Huntington, passed away Monday, October 29, 2007 in Hospice House of Huntington. Graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 1, 2007 at Woodmere Memorial Park Abbey of Remembrance. She was born July 18, 1920 in Pike County, KY, a daughter of the late Jeff and Nancy Huff Slone. She was also preceded...
William N. "Bill" Worsham
Oct 27, 2007
William N. "Bill" Worsham, 52, of Huntington was called to his heavenly home on October 27, 2007. Funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church with Dr. Allen Reasons officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Huntington. He was born March 5, 1955 in Huntington, the son of Margaret and...
Katherine "Kitty" Lambert
Oct 23, 2007
Katherine "Kitty" Lambert, of Huntington, WV, was called home to be with the Lord on October 23, 2007 at St. Mary's MedicalCenter. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 11:00 AM at Beard Mortuary with Rev. Carl Merritt officiating. Burial will follow in WhiteChapelMemorialGardens. She was born in Franklin, WV a daughter of the late John Preston and Bessie...
Nora V. Harris
Oct 18, 2007
Nora V. Harris, 100, formerly of Huntington, WV, widow of Aubrey H. Harris, died Thursday October 18, 2007 at CAMC General Hospital, Charleston. She is survived by a daughter, Betty Dew of Gilford, CT; a son, Stuart Blakely Harris of Charleston; four grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. She was a member of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. Services will be held...
Teddie Lynn Metzger
Oct 18, 2007
Teddie Lynn Metzger, 75, died October 18 at her home in Jacksonville, FL. She was born in Huntington, January 18, 1932, daughter of Samuel Victor Metzger and Ella Gill. Her father's family was among the early settlers of Kentucky. Likewise her mother's family settled in Mason County, WV, in 1805. She was the valedictorian of the HEHS Class of 1949...
Roy G. "Sonny" Kittle
Oct 16, 2007
Roy G. "Sonny" Kittle, Jr., 79, of Barboursville died on Tuesday, October 16, 2007. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, October 19, 2007 at Woodmere Memoral Park Abbey of Remembrance with the Rev. Skip Scibel officiating. Roywas born December 19, 1927 in Huntington, WV, the son of the late Roy G. and Margaret Sellards Kittle. He...
Harkins J. Frye
Oct 15, 2007
Harkins Junior "Jiggs" Frye, 79 of Spring Hill, FL formerly of Columbus, Ohio slipped away to be with his Lord on Monday October 15, 2007 at the Emogene Dolin Hospice House. Military graveside services will be held on Wednesday October 17, 2007 at 11:00 AM at Sunset Cemetery, Galloway, OH. Burial will follow. Harkins, Jr. was born August 23, 1928...
George Rahall
Oct 14, 2007
George Rahall, 92, of Huntington, WV, passed away on Sunday October 14, 2007 at the Emogene Dolen Jones Hospice House, Huntington. He was born July 28, 1915 in Welch, WV, a son of the late Michael and Malakeh Bassett Rahall. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Ellen Jennings Rahall; his beloved stepmother, Edna Rahall, who reared him...
Burton H. Willet
Oct 5, 2007
Burton Harry Willet, 90, of Huntington, passed away Friday, October 05, 2007 in Hospice House of Huntington. A memorial service will be conducted 1:00 PM, Monday, October 8, 2007 at Beard Mortuary with Mark Ayers, DVM officiating. Burial will be at a later date. He was born December 5, 1916 in Orchard Park, NY a son of the late Harry...
Jack E. Capron
Oct 1, 2007
Jack E. Capron, 81, of Kenova, passed away Monday, October 1, 2007 in Morris Memorial Nursing Home, Milton. Funeral service will be conducted 7:00 PM, Thursday, October 4, 2007 at Beard Mortuary with Rev. Thaddaeus Allen officiating. Burial will follow at a later date. He was born September 20, 1926 in Huntington, WV, a son of the late Vernon and...
Patrick L. Byars
Sep 23, 2007
Patrick L. Byars, 42, of Huntington went to be with his brother in Heaven Sunday, September 23, 2007. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at the WhiteChapelMemorialGardensmausoleum with the Rev. Ronald Burnsworth officiating. He was born September 11, 1965 in Huntington, WV. He was preceded in death by his mother, Dreama Woods and...
Trelma S. Curtis
Sep 15, 2007
Trelma S. Curtis, 84, of Altizer, passed away Saturday, September 15, 2007 in River's Bend Healthcare, South Point, OH. Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at Altizer Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Huntington. She was born June 3, 1923 in Barboursville, WV, a daughter of the late Carmel Sutphin and...
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