Arbutus "Boots" June (May) Neff Surbaugh
(April 8, 1924 - October 18, 2022)

Arbutus June “Boots” Neff Surbaugh, 98 of Huntington, WV passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 16, 2022, at the Village at Riverview. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Rev. Steve Hinkle officiating. Burial will follow in Rome Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  She was born April 8, 1924, in Chapmanville, WV the daughter of the late Kennie and Martha Jude May. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Henry Neff and Russell Dale Surbaugh, daughter, Sharon Hampton, two sisters, Belfa Harshbarger and Iris Matter, a brother Raymond May, grandson, Kennie Scott Neff and a son-in-law, Vernon Rice. She was a retired Dental Hygienist at the State Hospital (Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital), Huntington. She attended Sunset Chapel Baptist Church. She is survived by her loving family, daughter, Rosemary Rice of Huntington; sons and daughters-in-law, Kennie C. and Linda Neff of Washington, WV and Henry Phillip and Karen Neff of Dalton, GA; eight grandchildren, Kelley (John) Barker, Beth (Tom) Wilmink, Rebecca Brown, John Phillip Neff, Amy (Jeremy) Cayton, Ray Lee (Michelle) Hampton, John Patrick Hampton and Phillip Michael Hampton.; ten great grandchildren, special family member, Ronnie Lee Cooper, son-in-law, Raymond Hampton, special caregivers, Patricia Beaman  and Donna Smith and several nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank the staff at Village at Riverview for the excellent care of Arbutus over the years.