Heck Funeral Home
Obituaries (2007)

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   1.    Lunsford,  Garnet

   2.    Childers,  Mable Faye

   3.    Nicholas,  James Hallie 

   4.    Alford,  Elsie Ferrell

   5.    Williams,  Ricky Paul

   6.    Hall,  Dillard

   7.    Marks,  Michael J.

   8.    Roberts,  Rex Allen

Doors to the Past

Obituary

Garnet Lunsford, 91, of Milton, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 4, 2007.  Funeral service and a celebration of Garnet’s long and loving journey will be conducted at 1:00 PM, Friday, September 7th, at Heck Funeral Home, Milton.  Her nephew, the Reverend Norman Stickler will be officiating.  Entombment and committal service will follow in Forest Memorial Park, Milton.  Garnet was the daughter of the late John C. and Lona Lawson Stickler and was born in Cabell County on June 16, 1916.  She was a member of Culloden Baptist Church.  She was involved in the war effort by working at Sylvania in Huntington during World War II.  Garnet was employed at General Electric Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut until her retirement in 1976 when she returned home to her family who loved and adored her.  She was preceded in death by her husband, James S. Lunsford; a son, Jimmy Lunsford; seven sisters, Emily Stickler, Lina Marie Medley, Dollie Meadows, Mildred Smith, Lora Jean Medley, Carolyn Justice, and Wilma Miller; one brother, Lawrence Stickler.  She is survived by two loving daughters, Rose Davis of Huntington, Nancy and Richard Edmonds of Milton; one brother, Jennings Stickler of Worthington, KY; and a daughter-in-law, Mary Lunsford of Logan, Ohio.  “MawMaw” Garnet leaves a loving legacy of life including twelve grandchildren:  Sherry and Darrell Walden of Ona, Mike and Robin Davis of Huntington, Charles and Laura Edmonds of Milton, Bobby and Amy Edmonds of Milton, Lisa and Mack Beckett of Salt Rock, Linda Lunsford of Huntington, Teresa and Bruce Brenning of McArthur, Ohio, James Lunsford of Lancaster, Ohio, Carolyn Dougherty of McArthur, Ohio, Anita and Fred Dougherty of Logan, Ohio, Timmy and Leisa Lunsford of Logan, Ohio, and Dian and Joel Cushing of Chillicothe, Ohio.  Garnet lovingly left behind 26 great grandchildren and 15 great great grandchildren.  “Children are an heritage from the Lord…” Psalm 127:3.  Friends, loved ones and those touched by Garnet’s life may call at Heck Funeral Home on Thursday, September 6th from 6 to 8 PM.

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