Gathie Ellen Edmonds, 80, of Barboursville, WV, passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, Huntington. She was born April 18, 1931 in Kanawha County, WV a daughter of the late Walter and Rosa Tolley Barnett. A son, Wesley Edmonds, also preceded her in death. She was a homemaker and was a faithful Jehovah’s Witness. Gathie and her sister, Marie, took their stand for religious freedom when they went before the Supreme Court in 1943 in the case styled West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. Survivors include her husband of 55 years, Boyd Dwight Edmonds; a daughter, Tina Armstrong (Mark Conrad) of Charlotte, NC and her son, Ryan Tokoph; a son, Timothy Lee (Linda Kay) Edmonds of St. Albans, WV and their children, Kay (Scott) Davis, Boyd (Adrianne) Edmonds, Timothy Calvin (Renee) Edmonds, and Matthew Edmonds; a son, Daniel Edmonds of St. Louis, Missouri and his son, David Edmonds; the children of Wesley, Lori Elizabeth (Braden) Scheick and Julia Michelle (Roy) Blankenship; great grandchildren, Calvin Davis, Jacob Davis, Taylor Lilly, Grace Lilly, Henry Scheick, Max Scheick, and Colton Blankenship; her sister, Marie Elizabeth Snodgrass of Ormond Beach, FL; and several nieces and nephews . Graveside rites will be conducted at 10:00 AM Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Forest Memorial Park, 2240 U.S. Route 60 W, Milton, WV 25541 followed by a memorial service at 11:00 AM Saturday at Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall-Barboursville located at 6305 Little Seven Mile Road, Huntington, WV 25702. Donations may be made to the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, 3100 Staunton Road, Huntington, WV 25702.. Chapman’s Mortuary, Huntington, is assisting the family.