Obituary
Ercie Norma Lucas Powell
(May 24, 1913 - August
17, 2014)
Ercie Norma Lucas Powell,
101, of Huntington, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday August 17,
2014 from Huntington Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will
be conducted 1:00 pm Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at Crossroads Baptist
Church, with Pastor John M. Duffy officiating and John Bourn, Rodney
LeGrand, and Stephanie Abbess will provide music. Burial will be in Woodmere
Memorial Park. Ercie was the daughter of Garland “GV” and Rosetta “Rosie”
Kirk Lucas of Salt Rock, WV. She was born May 24, 1913 on Dog Fork, in Salt
Rock, WV. Others preceding her in death are her husband, Luther Powell;
infant son, Thomas Kent; sisters, Eskie Lucas Bexfield (John), Ruby Lucas
Calder (Humphry), and Mildred Lucas Messer Dandridge; brothers, Ritzel
(Roxie) Lucas, Herman H. Lucas (Thelma), Russell C. Lucas, Erskine “John”
Lucas, and numerous nieces and nephews. She is retired from Perry Norvel
Shoe Company working there some 49 years, and was a charter member and
lifetime member of Crossroads Baptist Church in Huntington where she was a
member of the choir and worked in the Sunday School Department. Ercie is
survived by her daughter, Frances (Virgle) West; grandson, Mark West; great
granddaughters, Frances Jacqueline West Kelly, Toni Joann West Caldwell, and
Meaghan West; one great grandson, Melvin Colter “Colt” West; great great
granddaughter, Kaylin Marie West; grand daughter-in-law, Kim Bross West
(Michael), all of Texas; and a brother, Kenneth Lucas of Huntington. The
family would like to especially thank the Huntington Health and
Rehabilitation, as well as Dr. Patti Marcum and her staff for the love and
care they gave to her. Friends may call 6:00-8:00 pm Tuesday August 19, 2014
at Chapman’s Mortuary and after noon on Wednesday at the church.
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