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Obituaries 07/13/2000

Lucy Ann Foe

Lucy Ann Foe, age 86, of Cass, died Sunday, July 9, 2000, at her home in Cass.
Mrs. Foe was born February 22, 1914, at Clover Lick, the daughter of the late George and Hannah Ray Friel.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Kermit O. Foe; three sisters, Pearl Cassell, Edna Friel, and Mary Friel; and four brothers, John Friel, Frank Friel, Pete Friel, and Jim Friel.
Survivors include two daughters, Bonnie Gum and Margaret Cassell, both of Cass; two foster daughters, Diane Foe, of Cass, and Kimberly Bennett, of Marlinton; two sons, William Foe and Mark Foe, both of Cass; three stepchildren, Wayne Foe, of California, Joanna Parton, of Baltimore, Maryland, and Loretta Parton, of South Carolina; a sister, Virginia Coleman, of Dunmore; nineteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1 p. m. at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Arbovale by the Rev. David Rittenhouse. Burial was in the Wanless Cemetery at Cass.
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Clara (Sally) Kellison

Clara (Sally) Kellison, age 88, of Hillsboro, died at home Tuesday, July 4, 2000.
She was a member of Victory Chapel and of the Women of the Moose and AARP. She worked for many years at "The Lost World" at Huntersville.
The daughter of the late Claiborne and Mary Alderman Kellison, she was born at Huntersville October 14, 1911.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Selma Gainer, Ruth Baxter, and Orva (Peggy) Clark, and four brothers, Loris, Earl, Merritt, and Gilbert Kellison.
Funeral services were held Saturday morning at VanReenen Funeral Home by the Rev. Phyllis Cox, wtih burial in Beaver Creek Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be made to Greenbrier Valley Hospice.
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Betty Ellen Pritchard Cochran

Betty Ellen Pritchard Cochran, age 80, of Louisville, Kentucky, formerly of Nitro, died peacefully in her home July 4, 2000.
She was born in Dunmore February 11, 1920, to the late John and Isabel Pritchard.
Mrs. Cochran was a retired secretary from Union Carbide, in South Charleston, and had many years of volunteer service. She was a life-long Presbyterian.
Surviving her are a son, John Booth, of Louisville, Kentucky; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; a brother, Stephen Pritchard, of Sistersville; and a sister, Joann Reishman, of Kanawha City.
Graveside services were held July 7 at 1 p. m. at Dunmore Cemetery by Doyle Kester.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Dunmore Cemetery Fund or the Baxter Presbyterian Church.
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Celeste W. Jones

Celeste W. (MaMaw) Jones, age 92, of Seebert, formerly of Charlton Heights, died Monday, July 10, 2000, at home.
She was a retired operator with Union Carbide in Alloy.
A native of Gauley Bridge, she was born June 6, 1908, the daughter of W. B. (Bert) and Mattie Walker.
Surviving her are her husband, Leslie O. Jones; a stepdaughter, Nancy Morris, of Point Pleasant; ten grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were a daughter, Joy Faacis; two sons, Jerry Kicthen and an infant; two sisters, Lois Walker and Mary Walker; and a brother, Junior Walker.
Her body was donated to West Virginia University.
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Virginia Meeks Hyler Bayne

Virginia Meeks Hyler Bayne, age 74, of Clifton Forge, Virginia, died Tuesday, Juy 4, 2000, at Alleghany Regional Hospital, Low Moor, Virginia.
She was born at Stony Bottom on November 27, 1925, the daughter of the late John Calvin Meeks and Mary M. Delhunty Meeks.
She was of the Presbyterian faith.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Stokes Hyler and Floyd M. Bayne, and a daughter, Peggy Marie Hyler.
Survivors include two stepsons, Floyd M. Bayne, Jr., and Raymond Bayne, both of Clifton Forge; a sister, Gail Mace, of Follansbee; four brothers, Brown Meeks, of Madison, Ohio, Robert Meeks, of Buena Park, California, Kenneth Meeks, of Erie, Pennsylvania, and Danny Meeks, of Green Bank.
Funeral services were conducted Friday morning from the chapel of Nicely Funeral Home by the Rev. John Carrier. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery.

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