Obituary

Birdie Maxine Cole
(August 16, 1928 - April 18, 2010)

BIRDIE MAXINE HALL ELLIS COLE, 91, of Ceredo, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 18, 2010, at St. Mary's Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted noon Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at Reger Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Rodney Hale. Burial will follow at White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Birdie was a retired inspector with 33 years at Owens Illinois and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ceredo. Birdie was born on Aug. 16, 1918, in Ceredo, the daughter of the late Sidney Lee and Mary Lucille Perdue Thacker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Roy Hall, Herschel Ellis and Joe Cole. Four brothers: Forrest, James, Paul and Sigel Thacker; two sisters: Catherine Wotring and Violet Lucas; and one granddaughter: Brianna Hall. She is survived by her two sons and daughter-in-laws: James and Jewell Hall of Huntington, and Gene and Pamela Hall of Roanoke, Va., and one daughter and son-in-law: Marlene and Kenneth Kirby of Cincinnati, Ohio. Fourteen grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and six great, great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until service time on Wednesday at the Reger Funeral Home. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Huntington.