Obituary

MONA LEA "PEG" CARSON, 77, of Glenwood, widow of Herbert William "Bill" Carson, died Monday, April 12, 2004, in St. Mary's Medical Center after a short illness. Funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 15, 2004, at Heck Funeral Home, Milton, with the Rev. Lee Kendrick officiating. Burial will follow in Union Ridge Cemetery, Glenwood. She was retired from Green Acres Regional Center. She was a lifelong member of Sunrise United Methodist Church. She was born Feb. 1, 1927, in Cabell County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Arbie and Lillian Bryan Gebhardt. She is survived by three daughters, Dawn Delene Price and husband, Wally of Huntington, Aynessa Taylor and husband, Jim of Winfield, W.Va., and Ms. Lyndall "Lynn" Carson Lowry of Atlanta, Ga.; two grandsons, Jeremy Foster and wife, Kristi of Bossier City, La., and Chris Wooten and wife, Laureen of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; four great-grandchildren, Kyle and Ethan Foster and Cole and Olivia Wooten; and two very special and dear people in her life, Doris and Mike Dolin. She loved her neighbors and community; spent most of her life sewing, quilting and dairy farming; and watching and feeding the wild animals and birds that came to her back porch daily. She loved her children and family without question or reserve -- as her children loved her. She leaves a host of friends who may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, at Heck Funeral Home.