Ethel Napier
(April 11, 1932 - December 30, 2013)

Ethel Napier, 81, of Huntington, WV, passed away Monday, December 30, 2013, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, Huntington. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 PM Thursday, January 2, 2014, at the Twenty-Sixth Street Baptist Church, Huntington, with Pastor Tim Arthur officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Huntington. She was born April 11, 1932 in Henlawson, WV a daughter of the late Cleveland and Celia Collins Adkins. Her husband, Alvie Napier; a daughter, Barbara Shull; and several brothers and sisters, also preceded her in death. She was a member of the Twenty-Sixth Street Baptist Church. Survivors include: a daughter, Judy Napier of Huntington; two sons, Kenneth Napier and his wife, Ernestine of Barboursville, WV and Alvie Napier, Jr. and his fiancée, Ella Hayes, of Culloden, WV; five grandchildren, Travis Shull, Alisha Shull, Lindsey Napier, Brittney Napier, and Kentra Napier Lewis; a great grandchild, Aubrey Lewis; a sister, Vicey Walker, of Oneida, OH; and a brother, Robert Adkins of Henlawson, WV. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at Chapman’s Mortuary, Huntington, and from 1:00 to 2:00 PM Thursday, January 2, 2014, at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, 3100 Staunton Road, Huntington, WV 25702.