Wallace Funeral Home
Obituaries (2021)
Milton

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  2.    Pritt,  Erma Frances
  3.    Smith,  Curtis Junior
  4.    Collins,  Dianna Lynn
  5.    Weatherholt,  Rickey O.
  6.    Meadows,  Fern Elvin
  7.    Black,  Ronald Lee
  8.    McCroskey,  Gertrude
  9.    Ramos,  Kristy Ann
  10.  Glancy,  Judy Faye
  11.  Collins,  Rodney Howard
  12.  Counts,  Bessie Christine

 

Cabell County
Doors to the Past

Obituary

Bessie Christine Counts
(December 9, 1944 - March 31, 2021)

Bessie Christine Counts, 76, of Milton, passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, WV. Bessie was born at home in Milton to Albert Earl and Alma Love Chapman on December 9, 1944, the youngest of three children. She went to School in Milton. Bessie married Donald Ray Counts Sr. on January 10, 1964 in Milton. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother for 53 years. Bessie is preceded in death by her loving husband Donald Ray Counts Sr., her parents and older sister Ola (Chapman) Holley. Bessie is survived by two children, son Donald Ray (Tammie) Counts Jr. and daughter Kristy Counts; brother Donald Earl Chapman, and only granddaughter Marissa (Dylan) Hayslette and special dear friend Norma Raines. The family of Bessie wishes to extend thanks to St. Mary’s Hospital nurses, doctors and members of Wallace Funeral Home. A special thank you to all the kind and thoughtful neighbors on John’s Creek over the years. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, April 5, 2021, at Forest Memorial Park Mausoleum by Pastor Doug Bragg. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the cemetery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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