Rosella Virginia McGown, 85, of Huntington, widow of Elder Sherman D. McGown, passed away Monday September 18, 2017 at Grayson’s Assisted Living, Huntington. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 pm Friday at the Reger Funeral Chapel by David Messer. Burial will follow in Docks Creek Cemetery, Kenova, WV. She was born May 11, 1932 in Cabell County, WV, a daughter of the late William Carl and Lula Bates Smith. Rosella was a homemaker and a member of the United Baptist Church. In addition to her husband and parents she was also preceded in death by grandsons Travis and Clayton Lucas; brothers Alvin, Bill, Bob, Wayne and Dave Smith and sister Connie Banks. Survivors include a son and daughter in law Sherman and Julie McGown; daughters and sons in law Virginia and Lewis Nelson, Rebecca and Norman Lucas, Julie and Don Collins and Sheri McGown; grandchildren Darron (Kathy) Nelson, Brad (Julie) Nelson, Evan (Kyla) Nelson, Greta (Roger) Sowards, Ashton McGown, Haley McGown, Richard (Bailey) Peyton, Dillon Collins and Kelli Ash; great grandchildren Riley Nelson, Garrett Nelson, Lily Sowards, Lucas Sowards, Parker Nelson and Farrah Rosella Sowards; siblings Jim Smith, Helen Thompson, Peggy McComas, Shirley Spurlock and Mary Chatterton and many of her children’s friends whom she treated as her own. The family would like to extend a special thank you to Kevin and Alisha and their staff at Grayson’s Assisted Living. Friends may call from noon until service time on Friday at the Reger Funeral Home.