BERTHA ELLEN BIAS, 90, of Huntington, W.Va., died Tuesday, July 26, 2011, in the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House.
Bertha was born September 21, 1920, in Huntington, a daughter of the late John A. VanMatre Sr. and Ruth Weekley VanMatre. She was a former monitor for Sylvania.
She was preceded in death by
a sister Opal Miller
a brother John A. VanMatre Jr.
She was a former member of the 20th Street Baptist Church and a charter member of the New Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband of 70 years Thomas Bias; daughter Sandra Bias Linn;
sister Dortha Hensley;
three nephews,
Jim Hensley,
John and Martin VanMatre and a special friend,
Rebecca Wiley, all of Huntington.
Funeral service at Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, with Pastor Donald Walker officiating. Burial in Ridgelawn Memorial Park.
Bertha was born September 21, 1920, in Huntington, a daughter of the late John A. VanMatre Sr. and Ruth Weekley VanMatre. She was a former monitor for Sylvania.
She was preceded in death by
a sister Opal Miller
a brother John A. VanMatre Jr.
She was a former member of the 20th Street Baptist Church and a charter member of the New Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband of 70 years Thomas Bias; daughter Sandra Bias Linn;
sister Dortha Hensley;
three nephews,
Jim Hensley,
John and Martin VanMatre and a special friend,
Rebecca Wiley, all of Huntington.
Funeral service at Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, with Pastor Donald Walker officiating. Burial in Ridgelawn Memorial Park.
BERTHA ELLEN BIAS, 90, of Huntington, W.Va., died Tuesday, July 26, 2011, in the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House.
Bertha was born September 21, 1920, in Huntington, a daughter of the late John A. VanMatre Sr. and Ruth Weekley VanMatre. She was a former monitor for Sylvania.
She was preceded in death by
a sister Opal Miller
a brother John A. VanMatre Jr.
She was a former member of the 20th Street Baptist Church and a charter member of the New Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband of 70 years Thomas Bias; daughter Sandra Bias Linn;
sister Dortha Hensley;
three nephews,
Jim Hensley,
John and Martin VanMatre and a special friend,
Rebecca Wiley, all of Huntington.
Funeral service at Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, with Pastor Donald Walker officiating. Burial in Ridgelawn Memorial Park.
Bertha was born September 21, 1920, in Huntington, a daughter of the late John A. VanMatre Sr. and Ruth Weekley VanMatre. She was a former monitor for Sylvania.
She was preceded in death by
a sister Opal Miller
a brother John A. VanMatre Jr.
She was a former member of the 20th Street Baptist Church and a charter member of the New Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband of 70 years Thomas Bias; daughter Sandra Bias Linn;
sister Dortha Hensley;
three nephews,
Jim Hensley,
John and Martin VanMatre and a special friend,
Rebecca Wiley, all of Huntington.
Funeral service at Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, with Pastor Donald Walker officiating. Burial in Ridgelawn Memorial Park.
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