Obituary

JAMES E. ROACH
(January 25, 1927 - October 27, 2012)

James E. Roach, 85 of Huntington, WV, passed away, Saturday, October 27, 2012 at the Woodlands Retirement Community, Huntington, WV. He was born January 25, 1927 in Cabell County, WV, the son of the late Jesse Bernard and Minnie Mae Farren Roach. He was a retired Insurance Executive with Insurance Systems after 40 years of service and an honorary member of the Huntington Rotary Club where he served as secretary for 15 years. He was a 32 Degree Mason, member of the Western Star Lodge #11 in Guyandotte, member of St. Johns Episcopal Church in Huntington, Veteran of the US Army serving in WWII in Italy and was an avid Golfer.  He was also preceded in death by his wife Margaret Jane Roach in 2004. He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Debbie (Glen) Crouse of Ona, WV; one son, Michael (Barbara) Roach of Lynchburg, VA; one brother, Gene (Thelma) Roach of Elizabethtown, KY; one step-sister, Sharon Ray of Sumpter, SC; four grandchildren, James and Jennifer Crouse of Ona, WV, Melissa and Rodney Markham of Mt. Carmel, TN, Angela and Eric Lease of Lynchburg, VA, and Kristen and Jeff Woodford of Lynchburg, VA, nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Monday, October  29, 2012 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Huntington, WV with Rev. Lisa Graves officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Huntington, WV. Henson Mortuary, Barboursville, WV is caring for the family. The James E. Roach family requests that Memorial Donations be made to St. Johns Episcopal Church.